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United States695 Posts
On August 24 2013 14:44 bourne117 wrote:Show nested quote +On August 24 2013 14:08 bokchoi wrote:
Travel + jet lag getting the best of INnoVation? Remember he hasn't traveled as much as these guys esp. to Europe. I know he went to MLG Dallas and made ro4 there. Plus I'm sure an event of this quality would warrant more of his focus than that MLG. I doubt that played any role in it. Taeja has always been capable of pushing Innovation to the limit. Almost all of their games have been very close. The Taeja lose shouldn't be a huge surprise. The naniwa lose is probably just a result of having to play right after that insane series with Taeja. It was likely hard for him to even focus on his games. He was most likely still going over what went wrong or what he could have done differently in the games with Taeja. Against Naniwa he just looked like some normal terran which he clearly isn't. Show nested quote +On August 24 2013 14:28 dyDrawer wrote:
Hoping for Rain and First to advance. Honestly with the number of Terrans we have in this tournament, Rain and First with their superb PvTs, should make it farther than MC (whose PvT is troubling him). Rain would have to play Taeja and he is looking unstoppable so far. It would be close but I think Taeja can take it and should be the favorite at this point to win the whole thing. First I think will make it for sure. He kind of crushed Polt the last time they played and I doubt it will be any different.
Except that Taeja always lose to Rain. In fact I don't remember Taeja taking any game off Rain at all.
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On August 24 2013 15:15 painkilla wrote:Show nested quote +On August 24 2013 14:44 bourne117 wrote:On August 24 2013 14:08 bokchoi wrote:
Travel + jet lag getting the best of INnoVation? Remember he hasn't traveled as much as these guys esp. to Europe. I know he went to MLG Dallas and made ro4 there. Plus I'm sure an event of this quality would warrant more of his focus than that MLG. I doubt that played any role in it. Taeja has always been capable of pushing Innovation to the limit. Almost all of their games have been very close. The Taeja lose shouldn't be a huge surprise. The naniwa lose is probably just a result of having to play right after that insane series with Taeja. It was likely hard for him to even focus on his games. He was most likely still going over what went wrong or what he could have done differently in the games with Taeja. Against Naniwa he just looked like some normal terran which he clearly isn't. On August 24 2013 14:28 dyDrawer wrote:
Hoping for Rain and First to advance. Honestly with the number of Terrans we have in this tournament, Rain and First with their superb PvTs, should make it farther than MC (whose PvT is troubling him). Rain would have to play Taeja and he is looking unstoppable so far. It would be close but I think Taeja can take it and should be the favorite at this point to win the whole thing. First I think will make it for sure. He kind of crushed Polt the last time they played and I doubt it will be any different. Except that Taeja always lose to Rain. In fact I don't remember Taeja taking any game off Rain at all.
yeah rain is 6-0 vs taeja. for some reason, even though taeja is a multi-tasking monster, it seems like rain just reads him like a book.
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United Kingdom14103 Posts
Zealously's bold predictions are coming true.
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Naniwa is the worst mannered pro. Yeah it's duckdeok's fault you don't scout every game and a person mind games you with nexus first ..rock paper scissors my ass.
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On August 24 2013 15:35 heartlxp wrote:Show nested quote +On August 24 2013 15:15 painkilla wrote:On August 24 2013 14:44 bourne117 wrote:On August 24 2013 14:08 bokchoi wrote:
Travel + jet lag getting the best of INnoVation? Remember he hasn't traveled as much as these guys esp. to Europe. I know he went to MLG Dallas and made ro4 there. Plus I'm sure an event of this quality would warrant more of his focus than that MLG. I doubt that played any role in it. Taeja has always been capable of pushing Innovation to the limit. Almost all of their games have been very close. The Taeja lose shouldn't be a huge surprise. The naniwa lose is probably just a result of having to play right after that insane series with Taeja. It was likely hard for him to even focus on his games. He was most likely still going over what went wrong or what he could have done differently in the games with Taeja. Against Naniwa he just looked like some normal terran which he clearly isn't. On August 24 2013 14:28 dyDrawer wrote:
Hoping for Rain and First to advance. Honestly with the number of Terrans we have in this tournament, Rain and First with their superb PvTs, should make it farther than MC (whose PvT is troubling him). Rain would have to play Taeja and he is looking unstoppable so far. It would be close but I think Taeja can take it and should be the favorite at this point to win the whole thing. First I think will make it for sure. He kind of crushed Polt the last time they played and I doubt it will be any different. Except that Taeja always lose to Rain. In fact I don't remember Taeja taking any game off Rain at all. yeah rain is 6-0 vs taeja. for some reason, even though taeja is a multi-tasking monster, it seems like rain just reads him like a book.
Oh wow. I will say Taeja use to have HORRENDOUS tvp. If the GSL had even a reasonable number of tosses in the tournament there is a good chance he wouldn't have made nearly has many ro8s. For some reason I just feel different this time. Taeja has started to play a TON more aggressive in tvp and it has really helped him out. Hopefully we will see because he is either facing the most unpredictable and aggro toss in MC or the most cautious standard toss in rain lol
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JAEDONG vs RAIN in the finals!!! 4-1
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A great write-up.
Hoping for some Taeja Ws or Jaedongs first major victory in sc2!
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United Kingdom31935 Posts
Omg Inno... He wasnt himself yesterday I even saw him lying on the table in the player area. It was really weird like he was ill or tired :/
Lets go Polt and Maru!!!
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Ehh poor JD fans, even if he gets to the finals he'll lose there.
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On August 24 2013 16:32 Sakkreth wrote:
Ehh poor JD fans, even if he gets to the finals he'll lose there.
That's what they said in his first match against Rain too.
Super glad Jaedong is doing so well in this tournament. Exceptionally disappointed in Innovation, but Jaedong's success really trumps that. Hope JD can go all the way.
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OMG Jaedong.. GO GO.. 
Want Scarlett, Jaedong, Naniwa and Polt to do well today though..
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Time for Bomber to redeem himself ...
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A great day 1. A few thoughts :
- I would bet a few bucks on Bomber as title winner.
- Nani is right, whatever one thinks of him or his manners. PvP is just coinflip atm and his games are not the only ones that illustrate it.
- The NA scene is more competitive than it's supposed to be, which is great news.
- MC vs Jaedong game 2 and Innovation vs Taeja game 3 will definetely be among the games of the year.
- It's really becoming insanely hard to stay at the top within the current state of the game.
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I hope Nani can spare a scouting probe today. It may not change much in the end if both players do what they have decided to do, but...
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I don't get how people can think Innovation played well vs Taeja. He f**** up game 2 by not scouting a simple attack by Taeja (and reacting properly). In game 3, he didnt take advantage of the battles he won, then proceeded not to build a single viking and let Taeja drop on his tanks over and over again (main reason why he lost btw). He forced unfavorable engagements. Also his late expansions were constantly denied. Innovation played terribly compared to what he has showed us in the past.
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United States695 Posts
On August 24 2013 15:35 heartlxp wrote:Show nested quote +On August 24 2013 15:15 painkilla wrote:On August 24 2013 14:44 bourne117 wrote:On August 24 2013 14:08 bokchoi wrote:
Travel + jet lag getting the best of INnoVation? Remember he hasn't traveled as much as these guys esp. to Europe. I know he went to MLG Dallas and made ro4 there. Plus I'm sure an event of this quality would warrant more of his focus than that MLG. I doubt that played any role in it. Taeja has always been capable of pushing Innovation to the limit. Almost all of their games have been very close. The Taeja lose shouldn't be a huge surprise. The naniwa lose is probably just a result of having to play right after that insane series with Taeja. It was likely hard for him to even focus on his games. He was most likely still going over what went wrong or what he could have done differently in the games with Taeja. Against Naniwa he just looked like some normal terran which he clearly isn't. On August 24 2013 14:28 dyDrawer wrote:
Hoping for Rain and First to advance. Honestly with the number of Terrans we have in this tournament, Rain and First with their superb PvTs, should make it farther than MC (whose PvT is troubling him). Rain would have to play Taeja and he is looking unstoppable so far. It would be close but I think Taeja can take it and should be the favorite at this point to win the whole thing. First I think will make it for sure. He kind of crushed Polt the last time they played and I doubt it will be any different. Except that Taeja always lose to Rain. In fact I don't remember Taeja taking any game off Rain at all. yeah rain is 6-0 vs taeja. for some reason, even though taeja is a multi-tasking monster, it seems like rain just reads him like a book.
No, it's just that Taeja doesn't do scv pull 
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