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GSL Finals Retrospective Part 1: #23 - #8 - Page 5

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negativedge
Profile Joined December 2011
4279 Posts
December 12 2013 05:19 GMT
#81
On December 12 2013 13:20 Cinim wrote:
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...


the gameplay doesn't matter?

ok, lol

it certainly matters to some people, and that was one of the better ZvZ series ever played, if not the best.
Noam
Profile Joined September 2010
Israel2209 Posts
December 12 2013 05:30 GMT
#82
Great read!
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Belha
Profile Joined December 2010
Italy2850 Posts
December 12 2013 05:38 GMT
#83
Lovelly article!! Thx, so much nostalgia :´I
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opterown *
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Australia54784 Posts
December 12 2013 05:41 GMT
#84
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.

epic macro? the one where squirtle misrallied like 5 immortals into mvp's base? none of the games were particularly good save the vortex for novelty and the last one due to tension.
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agsub
Profile Joined May 2012
Singapore368 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-12-12 05:56:07
December 12 2013 05:55 GMT
#85
Thanks Fionn!
ppshchik
Profile Joined September 2010
United States862 Posts
December 12 2013 06:03 GMT
#86
Jjaki vs Leenock games are of the highest quality, but as a person who's watched all GSL finals live, I'd have to say that GSL Season 2 is the best, and thus built the most hype for its finals.
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bo1b
Profile Blog Joined August 2012
Australia12814 Posts
December 12 2013 06:09 GMT
#87
On December 12 2013 13:32 Gorlin wrote:
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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.

It was great at the time but it simply doesn't hold up to some of the later tvz's, both in mechanics and strategy.

I don't know what to say man, people have simply got a lot better since then.
xAdra
Profile Joined July 2012
Singapore1858 Posts
December 12 2013 06:12 GMT
#88
On December 12 2013 14:41 opterown wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 12 2013 12:24 Dodgin wrote:
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.

epic macro? the one where squirtle misrallied like 5 immortals into mvp's base? none of the games were particularly good save the vortex for novelty and the last one due to tension.

Opinions. I loved the dual sight contain. G1, g2, g3 weren't that memorable, i'd agree.
Shellshock
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States97276 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-12-12 06:23:12
December 12 2013 06:21 GMT
#89
Hoping jjakji vs Leenock is #1
going to be really disappointed if it's DRG vs MMA. Outside game 7 and maybe 1 other game in that series, it was not good. Sure, game 7 was great, but the rest... meh
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LockeTazeline
Profile Blog Joined June 2012
2390 Posts
December 12 2013 06:25 GMT
#90
Fionn article + GSL. <3
opterown *
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Australia54784 Posts
December 12 2013 06:25 GMT
#91
you already know the top 3 shellbot lol
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lichter
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
1001 YEARS KESPAJAIL22272 Posts
December 12 2013 06:26 GMT
#92
On December 12 2013 15:25 opterown wrote:
you already know the top 3 shellbot lol


Shhhhhhhh don't reveal what we know
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Popkiller
Profile Blog Joined March 2012
3415 Posts
December 12 2013 06:27 GMT
#93
if Fionn really did write a "novel" for his #1 choice, it might be because it's an unexpected choice and he has to argue it.
fezvez
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
France3021 Posts
December 12 2013 06:39 GMT
#94
Fuck, that's glorious Fionn!
Zealously
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
East Gorteau22261 Posts
December 12 2013 06:43 GMT
#95
On December 12 2013 15:27 Popkiller wrote:
if Fionn really did write a "novel" for his #1 choice, it might be because it's an unexpected choice and he has to argue it.


I think a lot of people agree on his #1 pick, actually. Besides, I think the best finals get longer write-ups both because they're high on the list and because they were exciting enough to warrant lots of talk about them.
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FuRong
Profile Joined April 2010
New Zealand3089 Posts
December 12 2013 06:46 GMT
#96
On December 12 2013 15:21 Shellshock wrote:
Hoping jjakji vs Leenock is #1
going to be really disappointed if it's DRG vs MMA. Outside game 7 and maybe 1 other game in that series, it was not good. Sure, game 7 was great, but the rest... meh


Fuck Leenock vs Jjakji, I almost got banned for raging after that series. Watching Jjakji lucksacking his way to victory was like watching Joe Cada winning the WSOP.

I don't think it was that great from a gameplay perspective either
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Highwinds
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada955 Posts
December 12 2013 06:56 GMT
#97
On December 12 2013 15:09 bo1b wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 12 2013 13:32 Gorlin wrote:
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.

It was great at the time but it simply doesn't hold up to some of the later tvz's, both in mechanics and strategy.

I don't know what to say man, people have simply got a lot better since then.



I dont think it was about how great the mechanics were for that set. People loved it because everyone wanted Nestea to win. We all sat there watching and hoping for Nestea to come out on top. He was in a terrible position then he won it and it was a very close match.
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Big J
Profile Joined March 2011
Austria16289 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-12-12 07:26:17
December 12 2013 07:24 GMT
#98
Where is MMA vs Mvp? Wasn't that like at least worst 5?
I don't remember it exactly (the only Starcraft game I ever really had to fight sleep), but wasn't it Mvp turtling on 3base Mech for 15mins in all 5games and then pushing out once every game just to get caught unsieged by MMA's bio?

... GSL really wasn't blessed. But #15-#8 all had some really good moments.
And yeah, if you put the cheesefest that MMA vs DRG was on #1 instead of the The King beating Squirtle I'm pissed.
ArTiFaKs
Profile Joined September 2013
United States1229 Posts
December 12 2013 07:46 GMT
#99
Dear vs soO doesn't get enough credit... Dear didn't just all-in everygame. An all-in is where you literally go all-in and there's no possibility of transitioning out.. it's a little misrepresented with that description. Dear would almost always leave an opening to take a 3rd or stop the aggression and transition, but just because the aggression was successful doesn't make it an all-in. There were definitely some intense games as well, and the series being tied 2-2 at one point really added to the suspense. I understand they weren't really well known but since we're looking back on it from a nostalgia perspective, I think it deserves a bit more credit than that,especially knowing how Dear destroyed in the season 3 finals directly after, and the whole Royal Roader aspect. Just my opinion of course but I really enjoyed those games
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Ctesias
Profile Joined December 2012
4595 Posts
December 12 2013 08:13 GMT
#100
Great article. Looking forward to part 2. MMA vs DRG or Mvp vs Squirtle better be number one!
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