WCS S2 Finals - Day 2 Recap/Day3 Preview - Page 5

On August 25 2013 14:12 theking1 wrote:
first is one of those lesser known korean who are in shape and defeat the fan favourites and better known players.Sadly sc2 hasn't had a top player being consistent and winning many tournaments in a row since mma.Knowing how the sc2 scene works I know first will probably win the entire thing

there should be a new sc2 law:"the least known korean always wins the tournament".I am definately roting for jaedong but seriously doubt he can win over first.First is the duckdeok of this wcs finals.

On August 25 2013 14:25 althaz wrote:

He predicted the correct result in every match in that group (including Naniwa over Innovation), IIRC.

I love all four players that are left over, so I don't care too much who wins, but I kinda hope it's Taeja vs Jaedong in the finals. I feel like that would produce the highest quality games.

I have a feeling Bomber vs Taeja is going to be incredible too and I feel like whoever can emerge from that battle should go into the final as the favourite.

On August 25 2013 12:33 ladysman09 wrote:


Alive should have beaten First if he didn't make any mistakes. Also, coming from USA, Alive was very very jetlagged, unlike First. That also played a huge role.

Alive actually should have 3-0'd First being the more experienced and much more talented player, not to take anything away from First, but he just got lucky alive is a choker and was jet lagged.

And Naniwa made way WAY too many mistakes against Jaedong. I don't think JD's ZvP improved at all, it's just that his Protoss opponents made way too many mistakes. Rain, let's not even talk about him, and MC? Well first off he failed his all ins from micro mistakes and secondly he did Masters mistakes like forgetting the zealot at the hole.

tl;dr...alive is better than first, and naniwa, mc and rain are all better than JD, they just made mistakes.

On August 25 2013 14:43 FrostedMiniWheats wrote:


What a joke post. I've been far more impressed with First than I ever have with Alive. He's actually one of the few Protoss players I truly find entertaining. If anything it should have been a 3-0 from First.

Alive's always had potential too, and did score some nice results back in 2012, but get real. For a long time Alive has been mediocre, and this tournament was the best showing he's had in awhile. First on the other hand, even prior to OSL posted impressive results at two IEMs and in GSTL.

by Zealously, who correctly predicted INnoVation to be eliminated in the Ro16

On August 25 2013 12:36 Lysanias wrote:


I thought it was not possible to require a player because of the trade lock period by kespa, but alright i guess i stand corrected on that.
Did he just not have a contract with T8 ? Or was the trade lock only there for eSF and kespa.

On August 25 2013 16:15 MrSexington wrote:
I don't post that much on TL anymore.

I just wanted to stop by and say that I think the Korean translator/host (didn't catch his name) is doing a really great job. Great energy, transitions, and questions. I don't speak Korean, but through body language, it seems like by the way he's asking them questions and his personality, he's able to get more out of these Korean pros during the interviews. It feels like I get a lot more out of them during his interviews that I ever have in any other tournament. (I hope he's not just adding color to their answers to make them more fleshed out?)

Hire this man again and give him a raise.

Thanks.

On August 25 2013 10:10 ymir233 wrote:
4-3 JD-Taeja finals.

I will believe.