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GSL Finals Retrospective Part 1: #23 - #8 - Page 4

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teddyoojo
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
Germany22369 Posts
December 12 2013 03:58 GMT
#61
id assume blizz cup will count so u already have ur #1
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rafaelsc
Profile Joined September 2013
Venezuela6 Posts
December 12 2013 03:58 GMT
#62
Great article, really looking forward for the next part.
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TheDougler
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada8304 Posts
December 12 2013 03:59 GMT
#63
On December 12 2013 12:24 Dodgin wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 12 2013 12:17 bo1b wrote:
I hope mvp vs squirtle isn't #1. It's got to be the most over hyped series ever, the "game" that most people talk about was like a 40min no rush into archon toilet, and then mvp won a series by squirtle choking like crazy and waltzing out his base too early.


Like 5 of the games were good, I liked them all except 1 and 4. That contain on Dual Sight, the epic macro game on Entombed Valley.


RIGHT!? Fuck I don't get how so few people enjoyed that contain on dual sight, that was just SO fucking intense!
I root for Euro Zergs, NA Protoss* and Korean Terrans. (Any North American who has beat a Korean Pro as Protoss counts as NA Toss)
TommyP
Profile Joined December 2011
United States6231 Posts
December 12 2013 04:00 GMT
#64
If you go back and watch DRG/Genius, the last game (6) was actually so damn good and close.
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TheDougler
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada8304 Posts
December 12 2013 04:00 GMT
#65
On December 12 2013 11:36 negativedge wrote:
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On December 12 2013 10:28 Stancel wrote:
I will be very surprised if either/both the Blizzard Cup and GSL Oct 2011 finals aren't in the top 3. Thinking about them still gives me chills.

edit: mobile pls


the October 2011 finals weren't even that good, really. it was just everything around them that made them memorable: the huge, amazing foreign crowd, the ungodly hype surrounding the two players who were clearly the best two in the world at the time, the number one fan favorite going up against a player on the verge of bonjwa-hood, etc. the games themselves were meh.


Pretty sure Jjakji vs Leenock was October 2011, not DRG vs MMA.
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rift
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
1819 Posts
December 12 2013 04:09 GMT
#66
Gotta be real, World Championship was an event match, not a regular league. Invite with 8 Koreans and 8 foreigners? Come on now. Mvp won Code S three times, but people like to attach it as 4th GSL because it sounds impressive.
Seeker *
Profile Blog Joined April 2005
Where dat snitch at?37024 Posts
December 12 2013 04:15 GMT
#67
Oh shiet. Fionn's back. And his comeback was not a disappointment :D
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Cinim
Profile Joined April 2011
Denmark866 Posts
December 12 2013 04:20 GMT
#68
I have to disagree with the 8th on this list soo much....

Sniper vs Hyun was certainly not no. 8, it was one of the worst finals ever, I'm not even talking about the gameplay, because it doesn't matter....

It was during IPL, the entire GSL playoffs was completely being ignores, it almost had a status of being a lesser tournmant in comparrison to the IPL, and everything was just so hidden.

It felt like this finals was some underground thing, which is just... wrong...
Hell, it's about time
Gorlin
Profile Joined November 2010
United States2753 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-12-12 04:24:37
December 12 2013 04:20 GMT
#69
On December 12 2013 11:22 FrostedMiniWheats wrote:
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On December 12 2013 11:19 DRTnOOber wrote:
Best game of all time is Scarlett VS Bomber in Redbull Battlegrounds.


I don't even think that was the best Scarlett game...this year even.

Dream vs Scarlett alone was better in ATC finals imo.


Agreed. I don't know if it's because it was Day9 endorsed or what, but there's no way Scarlett vs Bomber was the best of all time (not to say it wasn't incredible and I wasn't shitting my pants watching it, but I think it loses handily to Nestea vs sC and MMA vs DRG/Gumiho, among others).

And that Dream Scarlett game was fucking bonkers, I'd rate it above the vs Bomber one as well.

On December 12 2013 13:00 TheDougler wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 12 2013 11:36 negativedge wrote:
On December 12 2013 10:28 Stancel wrote:
I will be very surprised if either/both the Blizzard Cup and GSL Oct 2011 finals aren't in the top 3. Thinking about them still gives me chills.

edit: mobile pls


the October 2011 finals weren't even that good, really. it was just everything around them that made them memorable: the huge, amazing foreign crowd, the ungodly hype surrounding the two players who were clearly the best two in the world at the time, the number one fan favorite going up against a player on the verge of bonjwa-hood, etc. the games themselves were meh.


Pretty sure Jjakji vs Leenock was October 2011, not DRG vs MMA.

MMA vs Mvp was October, JJakji Leenock was November.


My top two are Mvp/Squirtle and MMA/DRG, possibly in part because my two favorite players won and I was riding a completely insane emotional roller coaster during them from the 3-0 to 3-3 to 4-3.
Koromon
Profile Joined May 2012
United States304 Posts
December 12 2013 04:22 GMT
#70
So happy to see a Fionn post
bo1b
Profile Blog Joined August 2012
Australia12814 Posts
December 12 2013 04:23 GMT
#71
drg vs innovation is better then any other series played every imo. Nestea vs Sc was enjoyable but it certainly isn't close to some of the more recent tvz's that have been produced.
lichter
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
1001 YEARS KESPAJAIL22272 Posts
December 12 2013 04:27 GMT
#72
Curious vs Innovation > DRG vs Innovation
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Gorlin
Profile Joined November 2010
United States2753 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-12-12 04:32:38
December 12 2013 04:32 GMT
#73
On December 12 2013 13:23 bo1b wrote:
drg vs innovation is better then any other series played every imo. Nestea vs Sc was enjoyable but it certainly isn't close to some of the more recent tvz's that have been produced.

Enjoyable...?
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=220213
Feel free to open up any page from around 128 to 160 and tell me that anybody watching the game thought it was just "enjoyable". I get chills from just looking at that thread.
BigFan
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
TLADT24920 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-12-12 04:53:14
December 12 2013 04:44 GMT
#74
Good writeup, enjoyed reading it. Most of the GSL finals I've watched have been later(the two ZvZs, PvPs for ex) although also watched some of the earlier GSL finals(GSL open seasons(remember open season 2 finals with foxer 2 raxing Nestea and losing lol)). Interesting that I missed some of the more talked about ones even if they were considered bad(mvp vs top/vs squirtle, Nestea vs Inca etc...)

On December 12 2013 10:31 TheDougler wrote:
1. MVP vs Squirtle. I really hope fionn does it justice. From it being heralded in 2010 (er... super early 2011 I guess? my memory is foggy), by the Startale vs IM GSTL finals, to the never before or since in a GSL match battlecruiser vs mothership core (unless I'm mistaken?), hell I even thought that game 5 and 6 were great, though I realize my opinion is in the minority there. To finally, MVP being the king of wings. It takes a true champion to pull off a move like that in game seven. Proxy 11/11 rax? No way. NO WAY does a person of such infinite starcraft stratigical depth as MVP do that in the most important game of the night. This was the SC2 equivalent (I think?) of Boxer bunker rushing yellow three games in a row. What a finals that was...

I think Jaedong and life play risky strats a decent amount in important games(Jaedong in BW and in SCII(6 pool Scarlett in a BO5 to win for ex), life in all the early pools and such). I think it was a great idea by mvp to pull that move off. If it didn't work though, we'll be talking about how Squirtle defended against the 11/11 and that mvp made a bad move lol.

On December 12 2013 13:32 Gorlin wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 12 2013 13:23 bo1b wrote:
drg vs innovation is better then any other series played every imo. Nestea vs Sc was enjoyable but it certainly isn't close to some of the more recent tvz's that have been produced.

Enjoyable...?
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=220213
Feel free to open up any page from around 128 to 160 and tell me that anybody watching the game thought it was just "enjoyable". I get chills from just looking at that thread.

The Nestea vs sC games were very enjoyable from what I recall. Surprising that I still remember exactly how game 5 ended but man, that game was ridiculous. Such a close game as well. Crossfire is a terrible map for zerg, too many chokes and such. sC played really well but I think he overstressed a bit but he couldn't just sit back and allow nestea to make more units without engaging. Thinking back, I do think that the ending wasn't surprising when you consider that nestea had infestors to fungal(I think it was still 8 seconds at the time) and it was like 15 marines or something with tanks for sC so with fungal and some of the zerlings/queen/mutas, he could hold.
Former BW EiC"Watch Bakemonogatari or I will kill you." -Toad, April 18th, 2017
CuSToM
Profile Joined October 2010
United States1478 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-12-12 04:57:27
December 12 2013 04:57 GMT
#75
Nestea vs Inca was 2011 Code S May
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Marcus420
Profile Joined January 2011
Canada1923 Posts
December 12 2013 04:58 GMT
#76
I still thing fruitdealer winning gsl open season 1 is the best final to date.



video still gives me chills
Shellshock
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States97276 Posts
December 12 2013 05:01 GMT
#77
Yay for Sniper vs HyuN getting some recognition. Really underrated finals
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liberate71
Profile Joined October 2011
Australia10252 Posts
December 12 2013 05:11 GMT
#78
On December 12 2013 10:34Fionn wrote:
The best three finals get much longer write ups. I pretty much write a novel for #1

10k and were all happy :D

Welcome back fionner
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Pursuit_
Profile Blog Joined June 2012
United States1330 Posts
December 12 2013 05:14 GMT
#79
I really think MMA vs DRG deserves the #1 spot, it was the best TvZ player vs the best ZvT player, the son of Boxer vs Zergs last hope, it went all 7 games in a nail biter with constant back and forth action, all of the games were pretty good and showed off relatively new strategies (the original Roach / Ling / Bling bust for example), the final game was super close and had an extremely climatic ending, and it happened at the height of Starcraft 2's 2011 hype train where the reign of Starcraft seemed certain and indisputable in front of thousands of cheering fans.

Jjakji vs Leenock was also amazing and deserves a high ranking, but I fear it will be overlooked because the players weren't super popular at the time and Jjakji especially has never been a fan favorite (despite having one of the coolest names in SC2).

Just thinking about them really makes me miss 2011 TvZ

In Somnis Veritas
Fanatic-Templar
Profile Joined February 2010
Canada5819 Posts
December 12 2013 05:18 GMT
#80
At least I'm happy to know there are other Fruitdealer loyalists in this thread .
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