It seems as if the prevailing opinion is beginning to agree with me that there is not much NASL is doing right. I quit watching halfway through the first season, and if the first season finals didn't make me care, this one's surely won't. The writeup was enjoyable though.

Crunktd

Canada14 Posts

December 02 2011 15:12 GMT

#163

I hope these finals are good, and can hopefully make up for the season sorry to say :/ . But a great final weekend definately WOULD make up for everything.... like a idra huk finals <<<<<<3333333 that would make me jizz.
I will be buying the ticket for the finals sunday so dont worry

HUK FIGHTING!!

sashqinCho

Russian Federation131 Posts

December 02 2011 15:14 GMT

#164

On December 03 2011 00:08 Nuzoybot wrote:

it makes me sad to open the article ready to be hyped about the upcoming tournament and instead I ended up reading what the authors think about the NASL regular season.
As pointed by a few other posters, tournament preview for the grand final != time to bash the regular season.
Nontheless, Hwangsin-NASL was funny!!

same here...still bet on brat_ok vs dimaga 3-1!

Pokebunny

United States10654 Posts

December 02 2011 15:15 GMT

#165

Just started cracking up in the library at HwangSin-NASL roflroflrofl

Synwave

United States2803 Posts

December 02 2011 15:16 GMT

#166

Very well written article although I felt all the criticism should have been left for a Final Edit article rather than a hype preview article. Regardless, it was well defined and argued and I appreciated reading it.
The predictions made me chuckle including the actual ones.

Oh and fantastic art/design!

Fishriot

United States621 Posts

December 02 2011 15:18 GMT

#167

I appreciate the honest (in this case, critical) news articles from TL. Makes me feel like i'm reading an actual honest news source, and not something put out by fox news.

MyTHicaL

France1070 Posts

December 02 2011 15:20 GMT

#168

On December 03 2011 00:05 Lysanias wrote:

Show nested quote +

You can't compare 1 crime with another.

You actually can, and it is done often in court of law... If 1 judge rules in a certain way for a case that can be compared in some way to another case- the first verdict will often influence the 2nd.
PS i never heard of sarens cheating... and what saviOr did wasnt hacking it was match fixing so in this case; no u cant compare them.

Jampackedeon

United States2053 Posts

December 02 2011 15:26 GMT

#169

Great article, I read it on the way to work. I think the NASL needs to take (another) long hard look at their format after these finals, and to make sure everything goes off buttery smooth for this weekend!

Randomaccount#77123

United States5003 Posts

December 02 2011 15:28 GMT

#170

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ILoveAustralia

Bangladesh104 Posts

December 02 2011 15:41 GMT

#171

What's with tt1 bashing. He got hammered so hard in the article and a 3 word report on the hwsing player. Because of that I hope tt1 or hwsang wins the entire tournament.

zarepath

United States1626 Posts

December 02 2011 15:43 GMT

#172

On December 03 2011 00:41 ih8Australia wrote:
What's with tt1 bashing. He got hammered so hard in the article and a 3 word report on the hwsing player. Because of that I hope tt1 or hwsang wins the entire tournament.

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Doodsmack

United States7224 Posts

December 02 2011 15:46 GMT

#173

Funny how there's a NASL countdown timer in the TL banner but a giant anti-hype article plastered on the home page lol. Certainly TL writers shouldn't write articles to please organizations TL is receiving ad revenue from. However it's a questionable use of ad space when the finals countdown timer is coupled with a regular-season bashing article disguised as a finals preview article. Just criticize the regular season at the appropriate time and place.

Xialos

Canada508 Posts

December 02 2011 16:01 GMT

#174

Leave TT1 alone dude, if i'm not mistaken he used to double nexus expand at some point lol. he has good macro. And alot of protoss have been doing 7/8 gates on 2 bases against zerg lately, and it's not because they are cheesy but because zerg is a strong race :D. (just analyze HuK's games, it's pretty similar to TT1)

Forikorder

Canada8840 Posts

December 02 2011 16:08 GMT

#175

how come every article i find on TL is all about how terrible everything is and how things should be fixed but wont?

you seemed to be very biased against the NASL for instance

NASL could not (or refused to) alter their budget to meet these demands, and they were left without the Koreans who were a highlight of their first season.

this makes me think that you jsut refused to actually look into the story behind it, from everything i heard the NASL tried to bend over backwards for the Koreans and offered them a very good deal that was essentially what they wanted and considering that unlike MLG the prize pool was huge there was no reason for anyone to think the Koreans should have gotten everything they wanted (which was essentially free money, and not having to spend a dime or do anything but play)

i think your opinion on the casters isnt something that deserves to have made the article since it was an Opinion, people have plenty of opinions about casters and seems like the community is always torn between liking and hating every caster

also your mention of Barcraft, it may be different in other areas but as far as i know you dont see many barcrafts for the first 2 days of MLG most of the time barcrafts are for the FINALS (at least the big ones) so obviously the barcrafts would be for the three days of finals

also you never mentioned the success of season one despite its problems the finals were amazing

seems to me this sint an article to discuss NASL but an outlet for you to take out all your hate

Hrrrrm

United States2081 Posts

December 02 2011 16:17 GMT

#176

So many people want shit to be sugarcoated to "inflate" the hype and help ESPORTS. Nothing will hurt ESPORTS more than being dishonest about the reality of certain situations. Yes the timing is a little off, feels like Waxangel might've missed the deadline for this and should've been on the front page when the regular season ended or the playoffs. It's pointless to have something like this AFTER the Finals because barring any horrendous screw ups(Eagles), it'll be good-great and people would then claim the article is trying to put a wet blanket over a "successful finals event". Good article just late timing.

galtdunn

United States977 Posts

December 02 2011 16:27 GMT

#177

On December 02 2011 18:48 JunkkaGom wrote:
At leat NASL gets article.
Where is GSL Nov. Final preview?

This!!!! I wanna see it! It's tomorrow! Maybe it comes out after games are over T.T

TheRealNanMan

United States1471 Posts

December 02 2011 16:32 GMT

#178

Awesome write up! If this doesn't get people hyped about the season 2 final I don't know what will ^^ Less than 15 minutes I can't wait!!! :D

Doctor.Ownage

United States39 Posts

December 02 2011 16:36 GMT

#179

Headin down to the Venue right now!!!

I still have extra tickets tho, please email me
vega15@att.net

Longshank

1648 Posts

December 02 2011 16:40 GMT

#180

Shitting all over a tournament seems like a weird approach for a hype thread. I'm not sure I'm a big fan of this new TL style of shit articles only for the purpose of stirring up some drama.

edit: that said, I'm no fan of NASL but there's a time and place for everything.