EPT[WESG 2017] Grand Finals - Page 18
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Hok
Canada42 Posts
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buffzerg33
96 Posts
No points for WCS Global Finals, really not enough good players. Till like ro4 games were low quality. Casters as well are kinda boring accept Rotti. Also timezone is bad for Europe and US. That said, pricepool is close to IEM Katowice, but when you try to compare....there is nothing to compare. Anyway, good job, at least last 4 players where high class. | ||
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yyltyler
23 Posts
On March 18 2018 20:51 buffzerg33 wrote: WESG have some problems. No points for WCG Global Finals, really not enough good players. Till like ro4 games were low quality. Casters as well are kinda boring accept Rotti. Also timezone is bad for Europe and US. That said, pricepool is close to IEM Katowice, but when you try to compare....there is nothing to compare. Anyway, good job, at least last 4 players where high class. Just treat it as a wcs circuit level tournament with a few rampaging Koreans. | ||
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Musicus
Germany23576 Posts
Looking at the sponsors and advertising it's 100% aimed at the chinese market and viewership. I'd imagine the international viewership that has been really low (for all games btw, not just sc2) doesn't matter all that much to them. Otherwise they would show english ads from international sponsors on the english stream. Like where am I supposed to buy that juice box in Germany to support WESG?  | ||
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Penev
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jarodtou
167 Posts
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JWD[9]
364 Posts
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digmouse
China6329 Posts
On March 18 2018 20:57 Musicus wrote: I mean WESG is just Alibaba dipping their toe into esports and seeing what comes out of it. Looking at the sponsors and advertising it's 100% aimed at the chinese market and viewership. I'd imagine the international viewership that has been really low (for all games btw, not just sc2) doesn't matter all that much to them. Otherwise they would show english ads from international sponsors on the english stream. Like where am I supposed to buy that juice box in Germany to support WESG? Twitch viewership was 10k+ in the previous days, considering the bare minimum exposure (for this caliber of tournaments) and bad time for EU and NA it's fine. | ||
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Fango
United Kingdom8987 Posts
On March 18 2018 16:02 Charoisaur wrote: You cheered for Rogue at IEM Shanghai but not at the super tournament? I didn't want Rogue to qualify for blizzcon over the other guys who were very close. (sOs, alive, Maru etc). | ||
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Jathin
United States3505 Posts
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Boggyb
2855 Posts
On March 18 2018 22:54 Jathin wrote: Anyone else think Dark threw that series? Watch Game 7 again and tell me his decision making wasn't suspicious. That bunker was dead and he pulled all his drones off it when it was 10% from dying. He was playing for $120,000. Someone paying him to throw would have had to offer even more than that and no gambler could or would. The only realistic possibility is if Maru and Dark conspired to split the money ($280,000) with Dark getting more in exchange for letting Maru win and getting the prestige. While I can imagine situations like that happening in theory, there are possibly major tax reasons why that's not realistic unless the winner is giving the loser a very lopsided split. | ||
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orvinreyes
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Kalera
United States338 Posts
On March 18 2018 22:54 Jathin wrote: Anyone else think Dark threw that series? Watch Game 7 again and tell me his decision making wasn't suspicious. That bunker was dead and he pulled all his drones off it when it was 10% from dying. Occam's Razor: He was under a huge amount of stress and made a bad split-second decision. | ||
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Fran_
United States1024 Posts
On March 19 2018 00:07 Kalera wrote: Occam's Razor: He was under a huge amount of stress and made a bad split-second decision. Occam's razor always wins. GG | ||
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Fango
United Kingdom8987 Posts
On March 18 2018 22:54 Jathin wrote: Anyone else think Dark threw that series? Watch Game 7 again and tell me his decision making wasn't suspicious. That bunker was dead and he pulled all his drones off it when it was 10% from dying. User was warned for this post He panicked because the marines were killing drones. I'm not sure how many drones it takes to out-dps bunker construction but there's a good chance he was about to fall of. Also no one on earth would throw a game with $120K on the line. | ||
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leublix
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Lorning
Belgica34432 Posts
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Zephyp
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KR_4EVR
316 Posts
 Maru had an eureka moment of apotheosis midway through the series. He knew he could beat Dark in late game, he could beat Dark's all-ins, and he could beat Dark with bio pushes BUT if he didn't micro perfectly, Dark would win in each of those cases. So he made a huge decision, realising that if he put the stress on  Dark instead, it would be up to Dark to have to micro perfectly to hold - which is really hard in a 2-3 hour long best of 7 under huge stress and monetary pressure.Maru, you have finally absorbed the teachings of $O$ - and a similar paycheck. | ||
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juicyjames
United States3815 Posts
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