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On June 14 2011 18:37 zolii wrote:
Question for DreamHack Staff
1. Is Nada really going to participate? Huk twetted to SirScoots yesterday that Nada is not going.
2. Why is Nercio not on the list? (not trolling - he has been playing great recently) Has DH invited him and he declined?
This has been posted so many times on TL. First of all, all players need to apply in order to recieve an invite (exceptions might have been made for the koreans). Second, Nerchio doesn't yet feel ready for LANs, or so the rumors say.
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Groups D, F and G look pretty deadly. The rest seem to have a clear top 2 at least.
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On June 14 2011 18:45 sVnteen wrote:
Man
its so stupid that they are so sweden favoured with the invites
isnt it ridiculous that players like merz, jimpo, naugrim or bischu are invited over darkforce stephano nerchio or Delphi
Honestly what do you excpect? It's an "offline" tournament in Sweden, obviously it's going to be easier to invite swedish players because they are almost 100% guaranteed to be able to participate. Perhaps they want to prioritize swedes because the crowd will be mainly swedish? If there was a huge tournament in Germany like this, based on invites (there probably is lol just havent heard bout it), wouldn't you expect alot of germans to participate?
Besides, alot of the swedish players are talented, and who knows, maybe nerchio didn't send an application, or he wasn't that well knows, when the invitees where decided.
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lol, poor MKP fanboys, all were shrugging off his loss to MMA as a chance to goto DH, now poor kid not going :O
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Ofc there will be alot of swedish invites since its a tournament on swedish soil and Dreamhack want to give as much exposure to the swedish players as possible.
And considering how good some of the swedish players are im not sure what the fuzz is about
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On June 14 2011 19:01 drdreggor wrote:Show nested quote +On June 14 2011 18:45 sVnteen wrote:
Man
its so stupid that they are so sweden favoured with the invites
isnt it ridiculous that players like merz, jimpo, naugrim or bischu are invited over darkforce stephano nerchio or Delphi
Honestly what do you excpect? It's an "offline" tournament in Sweden, obviously it's going to be easier to invite swedish players because they are almost 100% guaranteed to be able to participate. Perhaps they want to prioritize swedes because the crowd will be mainly swedish? If there was a huge tournament in Germany like this, based on invites (there probably is lol just havent heard bout it), wouldn't you expect alot of germans to participate? Besides, alot of the swedish players are talented, and who knows, maybe nerchio didn't send an application, or he wasn't that well knows, when the invitees where decided.
Stephano was invited but had too pull out because he has exams on monday, nerchio doesn't go to LANs because he's under eighteen and his parents are against it or something. Dunno about darkforce/delphi.
Jimpo has been steadily inmproving so he's a reasonable invite and he's finnish btw not swedish I think. Bischu has been showing pretty goood stuff lately too and has been training in the swedish pro-house so I wouldn't doubt him pulling off an upset if he's on a good day. Naugrim and merz aren't the highest caliber but asdrdreggor said, it's a swedish lan, of course they favor swedes a bit, same for NASL/MLG in the US and for the record naugrim placed better than haypro at the WCG qualifiers a month ago and haypro hasn't done anything decent for ever so I wonder why he is invited anywhere tbh. In the end they probably won't make it out of group stage and I don't think many others could in their place so it doesn't change mutch.
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On June 14 2011 19:14 Alexl wrote:Show nested quote +On June 14 2011 19:01 drdreggor wrote:On June 14 2011 18:45 sVnteen wrote:
Man
its so stupid that they are so sweden favoured with the invites
isnt it ridiculous that players like merz, jimpo, naugrim or bischu are invited over darkforce stephano nerchio or Delphi
Honestly what do you excpect? It's an "offline" tournament in Sweden, obviously it's going to be easier to invite swedish players because they are almost 100% guaranteed to be able to participate. Perhaps they want to prioritize swedes because the crowd will be mainly swedish? If there was a huge tournament in Germany like this, based on invites (there probably is lol just havent heard bout it), wouldn't you expect alot of germans to participate? Besides, alot of the swedish players are talented, and who knows, maybe nerchio didn't send an application, or he wasn't that well knows, when the invitees where decided. Stephano was invited but had too pull out because he has exams on monday, nerchio doesn't go to LANs because he's under eighteen and his parents are against it or something. Dunno about darkforce/delphi. Jimpo has been steadily inmproving so he's a reasonable invite and he's finnish btw not swedish I think. Bischu has been showing pretty goood stuff lately too and has been training in the swedish pro-house so I wouldn't doubt him pulling off an upset if he's on a good day. Naugrim and merz aren't the highest caliber but asdrdreggor said, it's a swedish lan, of course they favor swedes a bit, same for NASL/MLG in the US and for the record naugrim placed better than haypro at the WCG qualifiers a month ago and haypro hasn't done anything decent for ever so I wonder why he is invited anywhere tbh. In the end they probably won't make it out of group stage and I don't think many others could in their place so it doesn't change mutch.
Darkforce said on a german podcast that he was invited, but wasnt sure if he was going back then. Guess he chose not to.
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NaDa isn't going because this is his last week of uni before summer and they're having exams this week
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On June 14 2011 19:20 b_unnies wrote:
NaDa isn't going because this is his last week of uni before summer and they're having exams this week
Nada not going? =( Dang that sucks. Still theres such a huge roster that I think it will be epic either way!
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looks like MKP is out of LG Cinema3d Starcraft II 3D Special League....
There is still time to get him for Dreamhack
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Sad that we don't see Nerchio and Stephano this time (yeah I know it's not Dreamhack's fault).
Btw, regarding Nerchio rumors, I think he stated quite clearly in an interview some days ago that he doesn't attend LANs -yet- cause he doesn't feel skilled enough (even tho I would disagree  ).
I would also have loved to see Sheth and Kiwikaki instead of Machine and Tyler for NA but you can't have everything...
Group E looks like the easiest group and group B is the group of death (poor Socke -_-).
I don't understand why people think group H is the group of death. Afaik Fruitdealer isn't good anymore, Haypro isn't impressive either and Mana's vZ is probably the worst at the whole event. If the BYOC winner is a decent player this will be an average group imo.
Overall groups are very balanced tho, good job!
Will definitely be even more interesting than MLG since there are more top foreigners this time, apart from the obvious Korean superheroes Bomber, July and MC I don't see a clear favorite.
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quite a number of good player not found in there still but probably due to Korea commitment
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Sick line up!
This looks like it can become a truly great event! Hope everyone can bring their best games! There are Swedes in all groups and perhaps not all of them are top EU players but this is what to expect from a LAN, there should be local representation. As a Swede I am still very proud that there are so many Swedish contenders that are top names in SC2 and it will be great seeing them playing at Dreamhack!! But it is a truly strong line up from all over the world! Looking forward to this!
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Nada <---> MKP
nice deal 
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The Korean lineup is rather disappointing. Bomber and July are awesome but was hoping for more MMA / MC action, or perhaps MKP. But oh well, can't have everything.
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On June 14 2011 20:21 Ocedic wrote:
The Korean lineup is rather disappointing. Bomber and July are awesome but was hoping for more MMA / MC action, or perhaps MKP. But oh well, can't have everything.
02. oGs MC – Protoss
he's participating
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Group A
Naniwa and Ret
Group B
Socke and Morrow
Group C
SaSe and Idra
Group D
MC and Sen
Group E
LaLuSh and Moon
Group F
July and Thorzain
Group G
White-Ra and NaDa(If he's going)
Group H
Bomber and Happy
I changed some of the players marked with bold text than the post with other predictions before me.
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little mistake: #44 nightend is romanian.
demuslim & socke fightiing~~
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On June 14 2011 20:21 Ocedic wrote:
The Korean lineup is rather disappointing. Bomber and July are awesome but was hoping for more MMA / MC action, or perhaps MKP. But oh well, can't have everything.
I agree that MMA and MKP would have been nice but I think that these fellows will keep the foreigners busy..
oGs MC
oGs NaDa
TSL FruitDealer
WeMade Fox Moon
Startale July
Startale Bomber
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EPT
