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Acer.INnoVation - A Signing to End All Signings - Page 4

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Sated
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
England4983 Posts
September 02 2013 23:19 GMT
#61
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dutchfriese
Profile Joined November 2012
2554 Posts
September 02 2013 23:22 GMT
#62
On September 03 2013 07:06 FeyFey wrote:


NA is as hard as KR currently, maybe even harder. So if he wants easy mode he will go EU. Might even be a good idea to be setup for next season. But imo it is fine to stay in Korea, with half of the Code S mainstays being in the NA region.


i have to disagree. There are good players in NA no doubt, but wcs korea round of 32 is much, much harder than the wcs NA round of 32, and i would say the same holds true for the round of 16 as well.
Plansix
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States60190 Posts
September 02 2013 23:23 GMT
#63
On September 03 2013 08:19 Sated wrote:
This article is incredibly disrespectful towards the level of play you find at tournaments like Dreamhack. You do remember what happened at the WCS finals, right..?

He was beaten by a really good player? When has Innovation not been top tier. He would be a favorite at Dreamhack, for sure.
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dutchfriese
Profile Joined November 2012
2554 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-09-02 23:24:56
September 02 2013 23:24 GMT
#64
On September 03 2013 08:19 Sated wrote:
This article is incredibly disrespectful towards the level of play you find at tournaments like Dreamhack. You do remember what happened at the WCS finals, right..?


I do. Bomber, a terran from WCS korea, swept the WCS NA runner up.
T0F4sT
Profile Joined September 2011
Netherlands317 Posts
September 02 2013 23:24 GMT
#65
On September 03 2013 06:52 travis wrote:
yo, revival is pretty good, I think your suggestion that revival holding his own against innovation was a little rude. would anyone put him as the favorite? no way. but is revival damn good? yeah


That's what I was thinking also. Sure Innovation is better, but its almost saying now that revival is some trash tier player.
EGdoto #dealwithit
tshi
Profile Joined September 2012
United States2495 Posts
September 02 2013 23:25 GMT
#66
On September 03 2013 08:19 Sated wrote:
This article is incredibly disrespectful towards the level of play you find at tournaments like Dreamhack. You do remember what happened at the WCS finals, right..?

I agree. It is incredibly disrespectful and I lost all respect.

But no, it'll be interesting to see if Kespa changes at all cuz their players are going to foreign teams. Didn't they (Kespa) already allow everyone to join their league or something? They might already be more open.
scrub - inexperienced player with relatively little skill and excessive arrogance
zev318
Profile Joined October 2010
Canada4306 Posts
September 02 2013 23:25 GMT
#67
i really thought this was gonna go into what happened with his signing, like what teams were involved etc.
Cricketer12
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
United States13991 Posts
September 02 2013 23:49 GMT
#68
can't wait to see what this does to scarlett's already amazing ZvT
gratz to INnoVation and Acer
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Evenshade
Profile Joined July 2013
131 Posts
September 02 2013 23:52 GMT
#69
I guess this means no more help from MMA to Soulkey :<.
MMA was very happy to see SK beating Innovation GSL finals, now they are teammates.
agsub
Profile Joined May 2012
Singapore368 Posts
September 03 2013 00:02 GMT
#70
Thanks Fionn for the great read!
VanSCPurge
Profile Joined November 2012
United States169 Posts
September 03 2013 00:33 GMT
#71
On September 03 2013 08:24 T0F4sT wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 03 2013 06:52 travis wrote:
yo, revival is pretty good, I think your suggestion that revival holding his own against innovation was a little rude. would anyone put him as the favorite? no way. but is revival damn good? yeah


That's what I was thinking also. Sure Innovation is better, but its almost saying now that revival is some trash tier player.






Thank you, this was my entire point in my posts as well.
"Once you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth." -S. Holmes
Gorilla23
Profile Joined March 2012
United States339 Posts
September 03 2013 00:46 GMT
#72
On September 03 2013 08:25 tshi wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 03 2013 08:19 Sated wrote:
This article is incredibly disrespectful towards the level of play you find at tournaments like Dreamhack. You do remember what happened at the WCS finals, right..?

I agree. It is incredibly disrespectful and I lost all respect.

But no, it'll be interesting to see if Kespa changes at all cuz their players are going to foreign teams. Didn't they (Kespa) already allow everyone to join their league or something? They might already be more open.


Join their league? As in SPL? No, they didn't. They allowed people to join KeSPA.

And how many players joined foreign teams as a transfer such as INnoVation? 1? Just INnoVation. I'm pretty sure there are more KeSPA players than just one. I'm pretty sure.

Also, the wording may have made it seem disrespectful, but it was just being honest.
negativedge
Profile Joined December 2011
4279 Posts
September 03 2013 01:21 GMT
#73
kespa is really going to have to start sending players to foreign tournaments or this is going to be something of a common occurrence. flash ain't going anyway (except maybe to lol...), but just about anyone else might be fair game.
Walnuts
Profile Joined March 2012
United States770 Posts
September 03 2013 01:23 GMT
#74
On September 03 2013 07:47 Dragoonstorm7 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 03 2013 07:10 RifleCow wrote:
On September 03 2013 07:09 plasemeious wrote:
On September 03 2013 07:06 FeyFey wrote:
Revival would have won anyway ! And I am not some pouty Revival fan girl ... well I am but anyway !

On September 03 2013 06:57 mikumegurine wrote:
was wondering

is INnoVation going to switch to WCS NA as soon as possible?


NA is as hard as KR currently, maybe even harder. So if he wants easy mode he will go EU. Might even be a good idea to be setup for next season. But imo it is fine to stay in Korea, with half of the Code S mainstays being in the NA region.

Really? What makes you believe that?

Look at the top 8 in WCS Season 2 Finals.

America is extremely top heavy. There are 6 or 7 players that are code S level, but once you get past them, talent level drops pretty fast. Over half of NA Premiere would not be Code A in KR.

Also: "half of the Code S mainstays being in the NA region'" ...?
What are you on? cause I want some.
Formerly Code S players actually in AM:
Recent: Taeja, Polt, Ryung, Nestea, Huk
Over a Year Ago: HerO, Oz, Violet, Alicia, aLive
...and thats it. The only "mainstays" there are Polt and Taeja and maybe Ryung. Thats a far cry from "half"

I don't think you pay much attention to Code S... "mainstay" means important to the tournament, and Hero was Ro4 and Ro8, same as Taeja, while Oz was Ro4 at one point. Even alive made Ro4.
Gandalf on balance: "It's always darkest before the dawn"
Walnuts
Profile Joined March 2012
United States770 Posts
September 03 2013 01:23 GMT
#75
On September 03 2013 08:25 tshi wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 03 2013 08:19 Sated wrote:
This article is incredibly disrespectful towards the level of play you find at tournaments like Dreamhack. You do remember what happened at the WCS finals, right..?

I agree. It is incredibly disrespectful and I lost all respect.

But no, it'll be interesting to see if Kespa changes at all cuz their players are going to foreign teams. Didn't they (Kespa) already allow everyone to join their league or something? They might already be more open.

Isn't the best player in the world a favorite to win every tournament he enters?
Gandalf on balance: "It's always darkest before the dawn"
forumtext
Profile Joined September 2011
575 Posts
September 03 2013 01:32 GMT
#76
Thanks for the article, good luck to Innovation and Acer!
ke_ivan
Profile Joined February 2011
Singapore374 Posts
September 03 2013 01:32 GMT
#77
Great article, but you also should pay some lip service to FXOpen, the Korean Team with a foreign backer. They bought an entire team, man.
VanSCPurge
Profile Joined November 2012
United States169 Posts
September 03 2013 01:35 GMT
#78
Also, the wording may have made it seem disrespectful, but it was just being honest.



The wording made it sound like Revival is some garbage player, which he isn't. Yes, we all know INoVation would win. No, it probably wouldn't be the roflstomp that the wording makes it sound like. That's why it is disrespectful.
"Once you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth." -S. Holmes
Lunareste
Profile Joined July 2011
United States3596 Posts
September 03 2013 01:43 GMT
#79
Great write up, thanks!
KT FlaSh FOREVER
Ahtiven
Profile Joined May 2009
Malaysia159 Posts
September 03 2013 01:45 GMT
#80
Who is the man behind Acer?
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