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Tobblish
Sweden6404 Posts
Sure Blizzard wants to push this expansion with a tournament to crate big hype but for the players and the overall healthiness of the game it's just that MEH. Would have enjoyed to see a big tournament a month AFTER the HOTS launch. Sure pull off some 8man stuff and minor things but big ass tournaments with A LOT of cash for first place for a game thats not even a day old?.. fuck off. | ||
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Kasaraki
Denmark7115 Posts
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ElMeanYo
United States1032 Posts
Players, you better start practicing HOTS if you aren't already. | ||
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IamHobbyless
Germany29 Posts
I will be there and im just so excited  | ||
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McGregsen
Germany110 Posts
On February 16 2013 05:59 opterown wrote: i would not be surprised if a few people end up dropping out of this tournament tbh Quite likely but won't be entirely based on the switch to HOTS. There have always been quite a few dropouts for the IEM events. Honestly this decision is understandable but debatable. But the problem is there will always be two sides. Obviously the top tier players that are still in other competitions running WOL will complain about the switch while other players that have already been playing lots of HOTS will be happy since they get higher chances to show off here. The community will be split as well there are lots of people that are tiered of the stale WOL gameplay and are hungering for new stuff where others want to see a tournament at the highest possible skill level. I'm wondering about the influence blizzard took in the decision considering they are willing to provide EU servers, possibly fly out the winner to the launch event. Obviously this can be great PR for them. | ||
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Laryleprakon
New Zealand9496 Posts
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Ch3rry
Poland228 Posts
Poll: Yes or No? It's gonna be HotS, yeah!!! (Yes) (101) It's gonna be HotS, boo!!! (No) (29) 130 total votes Your vote: Yes or No? (Vote): It's gonna be HotS, yeah!!! (Yes) | ||
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Killmouse
Austria5700 Posts
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xN.07)MaK
Spain1159 Posts
On February 16 2013 06:57 Ch3rry wrote: Let the poll decide: Poll: Yes or No? It's gonna be HotS, yeah!!! (Yes) (101) It's gonna be HotS, boo!!! (No) (29) 130 total votes Your vote: Yes or No? (Vote): It's gonna be HotS, yeah!!! (Yes) I'm not concerned about the game played, but the fact that many players will have not too much time to practice. Hots plus a couple of months of practice would have been perfect IMO. | ||
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Ch3rry
Poland228 Posts
On February 16 2013 07:08 xN.07)MaK wrote: I'm not concerned about the game played, but the fact that many players will have not too much time to practice. Hots plus a couple of months of practice would have been perfect IMO. Well, in the end almost nobody thinks of IEM as top notch competition. We have GSL for that (and maybe MLG). Therefore, making IEM finals world-firsts Heart of the Swarm tournament was the only way to make this tournament memorable in the long run. | ||
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xN.07)MaK
Spain1159 Posts
On February 16 2013 07:13 Ch3rry wrote: Well, in the end almost nobody thinks of IEM as top notch competition. We have GSL for that (and maybe MLG). Therefore, making IEM finals world-firsts Heart of the Swarm tournament was the only way to make this tournament memorable in the long run. I want it to be HotS, don't get me wrong :D | ||
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Fenrax
United States5018 Posts
On February 16 2013 06:57 Ch3rry wrote: Let the poll decide: Poll: Yes or No? It's gonna be HotS, yeah!!! (Yes) (101) It's gonna be HotS, boo!!! (No) (29) 130 total votes Your vote: Yes or No? (Vote): It's gonna be HotS, yeah!!! (Yes) That is suggestive poll if I ever saw one. Completely worthless. | ||
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Ch3rry
Poland228 Posts
On February 16 2013 07:23 Fenrax wrote: That is suggestive poll if I ever saw one. Completely worthless. Well, if You change your mind about "like"/"don't like" IEM HotS finals after seeing the poll, then Your opinion is quite useless. EDIT: Back on topic, I'm glad that all tournaments are switching to HotS as soon as possible. Was worried that no one will play HotS for high prizes until at least 3 months after its launch. | ||
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Dirkinity
Germany409 Posts
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Nyarly
France1030 Posts
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Chloroplaste
France281 Posts
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Teoyaomqui
Sweden326 Posts
On February 16 2013 05:59 opterown wrote: i would not be surprised if a few people end up dropping out of this tournament tbh It's a 100k prize pool, I expect some players to be rightly upset about not knowing it would be HotS before now but everyone to show up. | ||
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FrostedMiniWheats
United States30730 Posts
On February 16 2013 07:40 Chloroplaste wrote: Soul Train + mothership core... dudes it will be such an easy win for Parting with the current state of heart of the swarm ! Hellbats n mines yo MVP's got this. He seems to know what he's doing in HotS already as well | ||
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Nazeron
Canada1046 Posts
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scypio
Poland2127 Posts
Watching new strategies evolve, become OP, get figured out and discarded will be a lot of fun. And for me it is far more interesting than watching the same stupid NR10-NR15 WoL games. | ||
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