My god. SK-LG-IM is such a scary team. 10 GSL titles, and 13 GSL finals appearances.

Makes you wonder how well they could be doing in the GSTL if the coach was even half-competent at teamleagues.

Nekovivie

United Kingdom2599 Posts

July 20 2012 08:43 GMT

#149

On July 20 2012 17:42 Bagration wrote:
My god. SK-LG-IM is such a scary team. 10 GSL titles, and 13 GSL finals appearances.

Makes you wonder how well they could be doing in the GSTL if the coach was even half-competent at teamleagues.

Well GSTL seems to be about giving your bench a shot. If he just put Mvp out every game then sure, they'd win more. But it wouldn't really build the team very well.

XiaoJoyce-

China2908 Posts

July 20 2012 08:50 GMT

#150

What is this OSL dual tournament? Why is MC in Kespa tournament?

Rannasha

Netherlands2398 Posts

July 20 2012 08:53 GMT

#151

On July 20 2012 17:50 XiaoJoyce- wrote:
What is this OSL dual tournament? Why is MC in Kespa tournament?

Dual tournament is the "official" name for a GSL-style group-phase. With the next OSL being SC2, players from GSL as well as Kespa players are playing in the first round (the dual tournament). The players from the 2 groups don't mix until the next round, each set has their own tournament. MC plays in the non-Kespa dual tournament along with 15 other players that either qualified or were seeded. Kespa players have their own dual tournament. The next round will feature Kespa and non-Kespa players going up against each other. The 2 finalists from the current OSL (the last Broodwar one) are seeded directly into this next round and skip the dual tournament.

Assirra

Belgium4169 Posts

July 20 2012 08:55 GMT

#152

It's funny since they are one of the only teams that actually use the team in GSTL rather then star players.

Bagration

United States18282 Posts

July 20 2012 08:57 GMT

#153

On July 20 2012 17:43 Nekovivie wrote:

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Well GSTL seems to be about giving your bench a shot. If he just put Mvp out every game then sure, they'd win more. But it wouldn't really build the team very well.

When a team that has MC, Nestea, MVP, Losira goes 0-2 in the GSTL, of course the coach's decision-making will be questioned.

It's great to give the B-teamers more experience, but not by screwing up the team's GSTL performance. Winning comes first.

On July 20 2012 17:55 Assirra wrote:

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It's funny since they are one of the only teams that actually use the team in GSTL rather then star players.

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Nestea, MVP and MC are players of the team. Just because they are successful doesn't mean they aren't part of the team :p

Look, I'm all for giving B-teamers a chance, but you can't give them so many chances that it jeopardizes the ability for the team to win. Results always come first. IM is by far the most successful team when it comes to individual results, and even more so if you add in MC's results (then it just becomes obscene). It is a very talented team, and I simply would like to see the team do better in teamleagues (though to their credit, they have done great in the IPL TAC).

TL;DR Results > everything else

Nekovivie

United Kingdom2599 Posts

July 20 2012 09:04 GMT

#154

Look, I'm all for giving B-teamers a chance, but you can't give them so many chances that it jeopardizes the ability for the team to win. Results always come first.

I remember when slayers used a b-teamer called jjob