For some reason I don't think Innovation can win Blizzcon, he's shown too many chinks in his armor along the way. Season 1 I would've backed him to win anything but now hmmm... I doubt he's anywhere near favourite status but should still stand a good chance. Tbh I feel like at least 10 players stand a good chance of winning, Blizzcon is gonna be one hell of a tournament.

AlgeriaT

Sweden2197 Posts

November 03 2013 12:37 GMT

#106

These pre-Blizzcon hype articles are so damn good. TL at its best. Can't wait for the one on Naniwa

jeri

Germany335 Posts

November 03 2013 12:39 GMT

#107

its almost impossible to predict any winners. some cases like mvp/alive/bomber.... who hasnt showed any results in last 2 months and almost dropping out of their premiers.... at s3 finals i realy thought that soulkey would wipe the floor with dear, like he did with trap and with rain in gsl. but boy... was i wrong.

Aunvilgod

2653 Posts

November 03 2013 14:00 GMT

#108

On November 03 2013 14:32 lichter wrote:
Hellbat TvT was basically PvP before all the 4gate nerfs

Nah PvP was never about multitasking. Hellbat TvT was 100% multitasking. But it still sucked.

BoggieMan

520 Posts

November 03 2013 14:19 GMT

#109

On November 03 2013 23:00 Aunvilgod wrote:

Show nested quote +

Nah PvP was never about multitasking. Hellbat TvT was 100% multitasking. But it still sucked.

His point was just that everyone used the same build, and it was a very aggressive matchup that rarely lasted beyond 15 minutes.

goody153

44300 Posts

November 03 2013 14:20 GMT

#110

On November 03 2013 23:19 BoggieMan wrote:

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His point was just that everyone used the same build, and it was a very aggressive matchup that rarely lasted beyond 15 minutes.

like zvz before spore buff ?

ftA

United States2 Posts

November 03 2013 14:26 GMT

#111

The most impressive part about his rise in non-TvT win% is that it's an equally good sample size. It sucks to see that a player so good was hit so heavily by the nerfing of one unit. I'm sure it comes down to a little more than that. But it just goes to show that if you rely too heavily on one thing in this game -- "His fall came with the hellbat nerf—a crippling blow to the hellbat-drop tactics that were the backbone of his TvT play." -- you are going to experience A LOT of variance.

ftA

United States2 Posts

November 03 2013 14:30 GMT

#112

Great write-up! It might just be me, but I think there are spaces missing after italicized words here.

Grovbolle

Denmark3815 Posts

November 03 2013 17:15 GMT

#113

Hopefully, INnoVation has prepared with MMA. The TvT of MMA can rub off on him, and he can helps MMA in the other MU's. The Terran duo of Acer is quite strong to say the least.

Lorch

Germany3710 Posts

November 03 2013 17:19 GMT

#114

On November 03 2013 23:00 Aunvilgod wrote:

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Nah PvP was never about multitasking. Hellbat TvT was 100% multitasking. But it still sucked.

Define multitasking. Personally from playing all the races I felt like dealing with counter zealot warp ins in your main while executing your 4gate in his main was about equally "hard" from "microing" hellbat drops while defending against them.

The_Templar

your Country52798 Posts

November 03 2013 17:24 GMT

#115

There's still 13 more of these in the next 120 hours.
I bet the next one will be about naniwa

kisoso

Bulgaria105 Posts

November 03 2013 17:25 GMT

#116

Best case scenario - InnoVation doesn't hit any terran on the way to the final with Soulkey. Any other case = bad.

SHODAN

United Kingdom1162 Posts

November 03 2013 20:27 GMT

#117

I gotta tell ya, it was fun watching Innovation lose his mythical aura. the series against Mvp and months of hellbat abuse was kinda disgusting. but that doesn't matter now. we need a man like Innovation to slay the toss dragons.

Pandain

United States12989 Posts

November 04 2013 01:13 GMT

#118

Dream finals is Innovation Soulkey finals to be honest.

That would be the best ending to the year, even better then MVP winning versus anyone.

Powerfoe

Canada167 Posts

November 04 2013 06:19 GMT

#119

On November 04 2013 02:24 The_Templar wrote:
There's still 13 more of these in the next 120 hours.
I bet the next one will be about naniwa

TL writers are just gonna give up LOL. This is too much. Just watch.