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WCS America Reflections - 5 Things We Learned - Page 3

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Deleuze
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United Kingdom2102 Posts
August 13 2013 19:47 GMT
#41
Great write up Fionn!
“An image of thought called philosophy has been formed historically and it effectively stops people from thinking.” ― Gilles Deleuze, Dialogues II
intotheheart
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Canada33091 Posts
August 13 2013 19:58 GMT
#42
Great writing!

Out of curiosity, what does everyone feel about the entertainment quality of these games? I thought that they were pretty good (and Terry the Intern was amazing) but was also curious about how everyone else felt about the WCS AM games.
kiss kiss fall in love
antigravity
Profile Joined July 2013
29 Posts
August 13 2013 19:58 GMT
#43
region locking doesn't make sense: theognis quit after losing to hellokitty... both hellokitty and Polt are at the University of Texas... let's region lock Texas!!
holmesgenius
Profile Joined February 2013
Vietnam65 Posts
August 13 2013 20:03 GMT
#44
No matter what......korean will win this season.
Terran imbalance ---- Zerg wins ---- Protoss advances
Sevre
Profile Joined June 2013
Ireland619 Posts
August 13 2013 20:09 GMT
#45
On August 14 2013 05:03 holmesgenius wrote:
No matter what......korean will win this season.


And every season for the likely future. Time to pack up and go back to Brood War right? Oh wait...
boxerfred
Profile Blog Joined December 2012
Germany8360 Posts
August 13 2013 20:10 GMT
#46
"pulled ahead of WCS Europe in terms of player quality, taking the spot as the second strongest of the three regions."

That is true, due to all those koreans stuck in 'murica. Get a region lock, and AM is just dead.
E.L.V.I.S
Profile Joined April 2011
Belgium458 Posts
August 13 2013 20:18 GMT
#47
jim is 17 really ? no offense to him of course but he looks way older ^^
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[F_]aths
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Germany3947 Posts
August 13 2013 20:18 GMT
#48
Calling Jaedong a kong? I am offended deeply. Everyone knows that he intentionally lets the competition some time to practice before he starts his tyrannical reign.
You don't choose to play zerg. The zerg choose you.
E.L.V.I.S
Profile Joined April 2011
Belgium458 Posts
August 13 2013 20:20 GMT
#49
On August 14 2013 05:09 Sevre wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 14 2013 05:03 holmesgenius wrote:
No matter what......korean will win this season.


And every season for the likely future. Time to pack up and go back to Brood War right? Oh wait...

my bet is that grubby will be the first foreigner to win wcs eu
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Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33513 Posts
August 13 2013 20:25 GMT
#50
On August 14 2013 04:40 Acer.Scarlett` wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 14 2013 04:26 Swisslink wrote:
On August 14 2013 04:05 Incognoto wrote:
Scarlett is definitely probably one of the best foreigners.


I would go further: Probably one of the top Zerg including the Koreans. Beside Soulkey I don't see a Zerg who I'd consider much stronger than Scarlett. There might be a few around her level, depending on the matchup, but in general I don't think so.

... unfortunately she won't participate next season :-/

On August 14 2013 04:26 Corrish wrote:
If I remember correctly Scarlett confirmed in an interview in WCS AM finals that she'll be taking a break after this season to get treatment for her wrist. Which is probably the smart thing to do, but still a shame, especially with the Season final held in her home country.


She didn't "confirm" it, she just said she might take a break. Not 100% sure yet, afaik.

You overrate me ;; Especially in tournaments I play worse due to big nerve issue, and don't have solid ZvP at all ~

I am taking a break for sure, whether I can't play in WCS season 3 depends on the dates for WCS, not whether I am taking time off (99% won't be playing in it as I will be gone all of september)


sorry, the cross isn't optional
AdministratorHey HP can you redo everything youve ever done because i have a small complaint?
tomastaz
Profile Joined January 2013
United States976 Posts
August 13 2013 20:39 GMT
#51
Jaedong! I believe in you! You along with Flash with both win Premier tournaments in the future!
No church in the wild --- @tzhang0126
Lysanias
Profile Joined March 2011
Netherlands8351 Posts
August 13 2013 20:40 GMT
#52
Not sure how much pride NA can take in the fact that it's the second strongest WCS according to results of it's players. Congratulations ? i guess ?
Appart from Scarlett there isn't much of the actual NA scene that can put up a fight wich is a shame, and imo bad for the growth of the NA scene as a whole.

I hope other NA players rise up when Scarlett takes her break, or it's going to turn out to be a mini WCS Korea.
Subversa
Profile Joined July 2013
10 Posts
August 13 2013 20:41 GMT
#53
Polt AND Taeja huh
theking1
Profile Joined June 2013
Romania658 Posts
August 13 2013 20:42 GMT
#54
"Europe has close competition and a huge foreigner presence "
it had 1 players in the semifinals compared to last year where there was 1 in the finals.europe is taking the wcs am path.i could care about europe after grubby and mma were eliminated
Koerage
Profile Joined April 2012
Netherlands1220 Posts
August 13 2013 20:45 GMT
#55
you realize Fionn named JD JaeKong just so he'd stop getting 2nd places?
figq
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
12519 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-08-13 20:49:49
August 13 2013 20:49 GMT
#56
China is on the rise, new websites and big money being raised there recently and their players already doing decently in WCS. Soon, if things are really developing now in China, there could be a whole new force coming from there and for now it seems such force would join NA too. So indeed the NA competition seems to be outgrowing EU for now. Although in a completely no-KR no-CN foreigner battle between NA and EU, from NA only Scarlett would measure well with the top of EU - she is undoubtedly the best right now, even long before Stephano retired actually.
If you stand next to my head, you can hear the ocean. - Day[9]
Koshi
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Belgium38799 Posts
August 13 2013 20:51 GMT
#57
Great write up. Thanks.
I had a good night of sleep.
NightOfTheDead
Profile Joined August 2009
Lithuania1711 Posts
August 13 2013 20:51 GMT
#58
On August 14 2013 05:45 Koerage wrote:
you realize Fionn named JD JaeKong just so he'd stop getting 2nd places?


Second places are now a bad thing? Oo
c0ldfusion
Profile Joined October 2010
United States8293 Posts
August 13 2013 20:53 GMT
#59
Damn, ZvT is Scarlett's best match-up.

If only JD didn't 6 pool...
Prince_Stranger
Profile Joined November 2010
Kazakhstan762 Posts
August 13 2013 20:55 GMT
#60
Jaedong Fighting!
"To all eSports fans, I want to be remembered as a progamer who can make something out of nothing, and someone who always does his best. I think that is the right way of living, and I'm always doing my best to follow that." - Jaedong
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