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The Best Games of 2012 - Page 9

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Games that previous required GomTV subscriptions should be free now, as GomTV has made them available to all!
Gromrojas
Profile Joined November 2011
Costa Rica30 Posts
March 07 2013 14:50 GMT
#161
long time waiting for this!! thanks TeamLiquid !!!
discator
Profile Joined March 2011
Germany639 Posts
March 07 2013 15:20 GMT
#162
Great article!
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Ahuka
Profile Joined March 2011
Netherlands8 Posts
March 07 2013 15:20 GMT
#163
So few protoss
Wise are those who learn that the bottom line doesn"t always have to be their top priority
AnomalySC2
Profile Joined August 2012
United States2073 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-07 15:25:28
March 07 2013 15:25 GMT
#164
On March 08 2013 00:20 Ahuka wrote:
So few protoss


Blame warpgates imo. It's a race of extremes in WoL. I'm thinking the mothership core may help with that in HoTS, or at least I assume that's the plan.
Feito
Profile Joined February 2011
United States65 Posts
March 07 2013 16:12 GMT
#165
I love this thread so much.
"To be forgotten is worse than death."
fezvez
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
France3021 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-07 17:07:09
March 07 2013 16:13 GMT
#166
Such a great article.

I thought I would know so many of these games, but unfortunately, just saying "players X and Y gave us an incredible fight!" is not enough most of the time (for me to remember that particular game)

Apart from that, yes, Gumiho vs Losira is the best series I have ever seen.
Azzur
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Australia6267 Posts
March 07 2013 16:20 GMT
#167
The number one game was what I would've picked as the best game of 2012 as well!
FrostedMiniWheats
Profile Joined August 2010
United States30730 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-07 16:34:15
March 07 2013 16:27 GMT
#168
Actually now that I think about it, why wasn't PartinG vs Jjakji g3 from season 1 (cloud kingdom) on here? I know it's hard to recollect every game from 2012 and compress it into a top 40, but I really thought that one stood out, it's surely at least better than Taeja vs Nestea.

Not only was it a sick back and forth game with storms everywhere, but I saw it as the point where PartinG truly began to establish himself as a top-tier protoss what with Jjakji being a recent champ and having one of the best TvPs out there at the time.
NesTea | Mvp | MC | Leenock | Losira | Gumiho | DRG | Taeja | Jinro | Stephano | Thorzain | Sen | Idra |Polt | Bomber | Symbol | Squirtle | Fantasy | Jaedong | Maru | sOs | Seed | ByuN | ByuL | Neeb| Scarlett | Rogue | IM forever
KalWarkov
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
Germany4126 Posts
March 07 2013 16:31 GMT
#169
fun fact: not a single American player played a top 40 / top 7 game in 2012/13.
DiaBoLuS ** Sc2 - Protoss: 16x GM | Dota2 - Offlane Immortal | Wc3 - Undead decent level | Diablo nerd | Chess / Magnus fanboy | BVB | Agnostic***
Crushgroove
Profile Joined July 2010
United States793 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-07 17:03:52
March 07 2013 16:48 GMT
#170
Waxangel.... I'm disappointed! After all the discourse we had about that Hyun ZvT game on whirlwind in IPL 5. For shame........

Edit: Its not even in the top 40????????? COME ON! It was the most skillfull, most effective use of baneling mines in all of WoL.
[In Korea on Vaca] "Why would I go to the park and climb a mountain? There are video games on f*cking TV!" - Kazuke
eeChiama
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Argentina96 Posts
March 07 2013 17:10 GMT
#171
Taeja's masterful TvT vs Noblesse in GSL Code S, Ro 32 in Daybreak should have made the 2013 games in my opinion! Taeja v Bogus Daybreak too.

Anyways, great list! Thank you
proud owner of the TL mousepad
Le Cheque Zo
Profile Blog Joined September 2012
Spain133 Posts
March 07 2013 17:21 GMT
#172
(T)FXOGuMiho vs. (Z)LG-IM_LosirA
Great Article
Abacus1
Profile Joined August 2011
Australia45 Posts
March 07 2013 17:45 GMT
#173
For me, the game that made me begin to realise just how far the mind games went in SC2 was Nestea vs Anypro in the round of 8 GSL. It wasn't just that Nestea introduced the spinecrawler rush. It was that the timing he hit was so perfect and developed with previous knowledge about Anypro on that specific map. On top of that, the timing of the Hydras popping out as the voidray reaches his base and the follow up of taking down the expansion a second time with hydras who at the time were the subject of so much hate.

That game was the moment I realised I would watch eSports forever.
'We all got our choices to make...'
DJHelium
Profile Joined December 2010
Sweden13480 Posts
March 07 2013 17:55 GMT
#174
On March 08 2013 02:45 Abacus1 wrote:
For me, the game that made me begin to realise just how far the mind games went in SC2 was Nestea vs Anypro in the round of 8 GSL. It wasn't just that Nestea introduced the spinecrawler rush. It was that the timing he hit was so perfect and developed with previous knowledge about Anypro on that specific map. On top of that, the timing of the Hydras popping out as the voidray reaches his base and the follow up of taking down the expansion a second time with hydras who at the time were the subject of so much hate.

That game was the moment I realised I would watch eSports forever.


That wasn't 2012 though
#1 player in the world atm: J-god | Follow me on twitter! @DJHelium
tuho12345
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
4482 Posts
March 07 2013 17:57 GMT
#175
in the end TvT always the best MU! Thanks Gumiho for his greatness in this game.
DavoS
Profile Blog Joined October 2012
United States4605 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-07 18:02:05
March 07 2013 18:00 GMT
#176
Very awesome, I know what I'll be doing all weekend!
I know ZvZ isn't a popular matchup, but I think NesTea vs DRG and Life vs DRG at the Iron Squid 2 were both awesome games too. NesTea vs DRG had NesTea doing these drastic changes in playstyles and unit compositions, and DRG either got thrown too far off balance from them or persevered through them. The last 2 games between Life and DRG had a queen being killed by 2 lings in a straight up fight and an all in being held off, which in itself isn't remarkable, but the fact that the spawning pool for Life finished halfway though the battle was pretty inspiring to watch as a zerg.

Edit: Game 2 of jjakji vs MMA for the IPL... um... either 4 or 5? qualifier was amazing too.
"KDA is actually the most useless stat in the game" Aui_2000
effecto
Profile Joined February 2011
France142 Posts
March 07 2013 18:02 GMT
#177
Gumiho and MMA made 2012 a beautiful year
Design - eddytritten.com
Orek
Profile Joined February 2012
1665 Posts
March 07 2013 18:09 GMT
#178
GOMTV might have 3 year anniversary free VODs event again in September.
http://www.gomtv.net/forum/view.gom?topicid=224255&cid=0&kind=8

This thread is very helpful then. Thank you for the good work!!
Latham
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
9583 Posts
March 07 2013 18:13 GMT
#179
Awesome thread, but the part where "it requires a GOMTV subscription to view" felt like a huge kick to the balls. The other games that don't require a subscription to be viewed, I will proceed to watch during this weekend to bid farewell to WoL
For the curse of life is the curse of want. PC = https://be.pcpartpicker.com/user/LathamTK/builds/#view=CrqmP6
IcemanAsi
Profile Joined March 2011
Israel681 Posts
March 07 2013 18:31 GMT
#180
Wow, great article and amazing work. Thank you very much!

But "LG-IMMvp vs StarTale_Squirtle" is in my mind one of the worst games I've ever seen. Bunkerish verging on showoffish play by MVP being counterd by the most deeply broken ( and thankfully removed ) mechanic in the game. Deplorable game, can't imagine why anyone would think it was bearable let alone good.
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