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On June 10 2011 03:30 Fionn wrote:Show nested quote +On June 10 2011 03:28 Wolf wrote:
I love this writeup. Great job, man. Gotta say, you should've called Alicia "The Chosen One"! Since you went four days of solo casting, I will do it as a thank you. :p I was actually going to put in the 'Daughter of Ga-Yeon' since he has a girl's name and he always mentions how much she supports him, but I believe Alicia fans would eat me alive.
I read your name and went, wtf how if hes a writer how doesn't he have a special icon, hit home and seen and the article wasn't even writen by TL :p I was suprised.
Very very good article ^^ MMA hwaiting!
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very well written! You captured my exact feelings with your description of TheBest 
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On June 10 2011 03:15 Fionn wrote:
If you love protoss and hate the other two races, well, here's your hero: Alicia.
Protoss is actually my least favorite race, considering what we have to watch - mostly gimmicky players relying on openers / timed pushes. Even the Protoss hero, MC, has occasionally boring games due to his unforgiving style (mostly PvZ build order executions)
Then came Alicia, showing us a PvT style we've never seen before - Alicia v T quickly became my favorite matchup. The only Toss from the RO16 taking this one down would make for a pretty epic story... even better if his opponent is MMA (actually, anyone on that side but TheBest would be great)
There are comments on Alicia's weak PvZ, I understand, but it's only weak relative to his other matchups. In reality, whose PvZ is better than his other than MC? I highly doubt Line could take Alicia if he ran into him.
Also wanted to add, Ryung actually has a good chance at taking this, much better than people might think. He's a TvT specialist, and he's only got Terran to face until the final. He also plays good macro games (SlayerS team, duh), so I can't say I'd be disappointed if he made it through.
Overall, this isn't a bad final 8 at all - only one truly undeserving player (TheBest), one somewhat unproven (Line), two great players (Ryung, Top), and the rest tip-top tier (I'd personally argue against Polt, but the TLPD says otherwise).
It's the best top 8 we've had since the first Code S season, IMO.
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Excellent hype writeup, I especially love the part about TOP. I was rooting for MMA but now I think I want TOP to take it, the dude's been fighting so hard since he topped Code A.
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Great read! Thank you very much. I'm rooting for MMA, I think he deserves this win the most. But I'll be happy for MarineKing if he wins, too.
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Interesting read, thank you. MarineKing fighting hope he wins, he deserves it.
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On June 10 2011 03:24 Mailing wrote:
What will MKP's new nickname be when he wins a gsl :D
GSLkingprime or Championprime
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<3 this writeup.
As awesome as Nestea and Nada are, their play last night was far from perfect. Line and TOP definitely deserved their victories, and I'm actually excited to see how these two underdogs will perform next round. Perhaps Line vs TOP will be a better series than the hypothetical Nestea vs Nada series.
And I'm very interested to see more play out of Line. Up until his defeat of Nada, there was no way to know that he would be this good. Looking back, however, I think he may really be one of the most underrated dark horses of the tournament. Indeed, he did get knocked out of several GSLs. However, he was also consistent enough to pull his way back through several GSL qualifiers, which are arguably as difficult as the GSLs themselves. Also, beating an up-and-coming Taeja during one of these qualifiers could be a sign of his skill.
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On June 10 2011 06:03 wattabeast wrote:Show nested quote +On June 10 2011 03:29 Blasphemi wrote:
There is obviously a middle ground between the Gretorp situation and the mess GSL has of almost all the good players getting knocked out early every season.
What is this Gretorp situation? thanks.
I'm really curious as well, could someone elaborate please?
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I'll be watching the two non-TvTs! Plus the semifinals and finals too if either Line or Alicia gets through! Fighting!
Great write-up.Good hype.
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On June 10 2011 03:24 Mailing wrote:
What will MKP's new nickname be when he wins a gsl :D
OptimusPrime, i.e., OP (Over Powered).
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On June 10 2011 05:55 MiX wrote:
Right now only MMA, MKP, and Alicia have any sort of shot at winning this. Hard to get excited when 5 out of 8 of the players stand no chance. This has nothing to do with people upset their favorite player got eliminated. It has to do with the fact that the round of 8 doesn't contain the best players in the world, and people want to see the best players in the world play each other.
I think you meant to say that the Round of 8 doesn't contain the most popular players in the world.
5 of the 8 players are in the Top 10 of Korean ELO (and 6 of the 8 if you want to extend to Top 12). It is just simple facts the most of the best players in Korea are Terrans - MVP, MKP, MMA, etc. Whereas the other 2 races only really have 2 decent players a piece (MC and Alicia) (Nestea and Losira).
The only players that do not belong are TheBest and Line from what we've seen in the past - I'd go so far to say Ryung doesn't belong either.
On June 10 2011 06:04 imkp wrote:Show nested quote +On June 10 2011 05:55 MiX wrote:
Right now only MMA, MKP, and Alicia have any sort of shot at winning this. Hard to get excited when 5 out of 8 of the players stand no chance. This has nothing to do with people upset their favorite player got eliminated. It has to do with the fact that the round of 8 doesn't contain the best players in the world, and people want to see the best players in the world play each other. This is why the world championship was so good, it had the 4 best players in the world in the ro4.
Also, San is not top 4.
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sweet write up. i want mma vs marine king finals. would be nice. lol i laughed so hard at the forgotten son of the emperor
but still sad that nestea wont win another. i mean dangit I felt like he was the better player. oh well, cant have everything.
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Excellent write-up. This should be front page!
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I want MKP to win it all! But for some reason I feel like it's probably MMA who is going to take it all...
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This was one of the best write-ups I've read in a long time, great job man
Rooting for Alicia
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Excellent writeup, you should totally apply for TL writer positions!
Only thing I wanna note is please spoiler that top portion in italics. To be honest I wanted to watch the vods but came upon this thread and got completely spoiled by those italics so i just decided to read the whole thing then haha.
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As much as all these guys might be good, I hate watching TvT. It's the most boring drawn out match ever. It was in BW and it still is now. I'll only watch the finals prob.
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Very nicely written, now I hope these gets published every ro8 in GSL since they build up a nice storyline and hype. I for one don't care if the three gods (nestea, mvp, mc) are still in it, the players in ro8 are sick good to make it that far and I just hope gsl provides a nice finals for once.
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Good read, I'm rooting for MKP just beacuse it be so good to see him win and to see his reaction. Can't wait for it !!
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EPT
