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WCS AM 2014 S1 Qualifier Registrations Now Open - Page 88

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Wintex
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Norway16846 Posts
January 13 2014 23:59 GMT
#1741
BOMBER BOMBER BOMBER!!!!
The Bomber boy
Dinotramp
Profile Joined August 2012
Nauru2871 Posts
January 14 2014 00:00 GMT
#1742
On January 14 2014 08:59 Wintex wrote:
BOMBER BOMBER BOMBER!!!!


GG
RIP Starcraft scene in the UK. Defeated by EG money and Swedish Zergs.
IAmWithStupid
Profile Blog Joined February 2013
Russian Federation1016 Posts
January 14 2014 00:00 GMT
#1743
Fuck yeah! Bomber!!! Good night, everyone!
Insert wise words here
Wintex
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Norway16846 Posts
January 14 2014 00:00 GMT
#1744
All of this from Korea. Friggin amazing. Players that can play with that much lag are godly.
The Bomber boy
AWalker9
Profile Blog Joined August 2013
United Kingdom7229 Posts
January 14 2014 00:09 GMT
#1745
Gogo Check grab that 5th spot!
soOjwa has returned to smite all that stand in his way
NovaMB
Profile Joined February 2013
Germany9534 Posts
January 14 2014 00:18 GMT
#1746
I hope that everybody doesnt just forget how hard NASL fucked up (again!) just because Bitterdam smiled into the camera once during the first broadcast.

Its astounding how many fuckups happen during those AM qualifiers and MLG got bashed for it.Here nobody seems to give a damn. NASL seems to get a free pass every time, but they havent improved anything since they've taken over this WCS. And I doubt they will,

But they can't do wrong ofc.
+ Show Spoiler +
Killing esports bla bla
coL.hendralisk
Profile Joined September 2009
Zimbabwe1756 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-01-14 00:25:02
January 14 2014 00:19 GMT
#1747
On January 14 2014 08:38 StutteR wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 14 2014 08:30 coL.hendralisk wrote:
On January 14 2014 08:19 Dinotramp wrote:
On January 14 2014 08:16 Undead1993 wrote:
On January 14 2014 08:15 NovaMB wrote:
ElhayM vs. iAsonu
(P)desRow vs. (Z)JonSnow
(Z)Jig vs. believe
(T)Bomber vs. (Z)check

Nice brackets.

could you just stop crying?
the brackets are random and it's not fair to seed people because it's a qualifier and everyone should have equal chances


"It's not fair to seed people". What am I hearing?


I think he is trolling, can't be that dumb


Don't call someone dumb just because you had some bad luck.


On January 14 2014 08:38 Musicus wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 14 2014 08:30 coL.hendralisk wrote:
On January 14 2014 08:19 Dinotramp wrote:
On January 14 2014 08:16 Undead1993 wrote:
On January 14 2014 08:15 NovaMB wrote:
ElhayM vs. iAsonu
(P)desRow vs. (Z)JonSnow
(Z)Jig vs. believe
(T)Bomber vs. (Z)check

Nice brackets.

could you just stop crying?
the brackets are random and it's not fair to seed people because it's a qualifier and everyone should have equal chances


"It's not fair to seed people". What am I hearing?


I think he is trolling, can't be that dumb


Undead doesn't troll, I don't know why he has that opinion, but he is serious. Was about to make a long post, but I think he also knows all the reasons why seeds exist and he still has that opinion.

Edit: So what I mean is, you can respect a different opinion and don't have to call him dumb.


Sorry, I am just frustrated and sad atm. No offense to him for having his opinion.


On January 14 2014 08:44 StutteR wrote:
this is a wildcard qualifier meant for ladder stars to get a chance to join WCS. The fact that pros fail in previous qualifiers or go outside of their region and try to qualify using this competition is their own fault.

A single elim tourney is never the best but considering time restraints, its a good solution.


On January 14 2014 08:42 Undead1993 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 14 2014 08:42 mikumegurine wrote:
depends on what the seeding is based on

exactly i didn't mean that blizzcon seeding is dumb for example
moreover blizzard wanted to give newcomers chances with the wcs system, how do they get chances to show their skill if in the qualfier for the "Challenger League" their first opponent is bomber?



Here's how I see it.

The original quote "the brackets are random and it's not fair to seed people because it's a qualifier and everyone should have equal chances" makes me think: first of all it's based on ladder, so why not seed it for example, based on ladder rank? Is it also fair to you if one quarter has all the highest ranked players while another has the bare minimum ranked qualified players? I believe EU wcs had seeds all qualifiers (dunno about wildcard) while NA wcs for sure had just random brackets all the way since the first. I mean, if you think the whole idea of seeding is bad or whatever then I just don't know what to say..

So by bracket luck (which is evident in all of the qualifiers thus far), some players that would qualify for sure if they lucked out should miss out while some others luck in?

And "how do they get chances to show their skill if in the qualfier for the "Challenger League" their first opponent is bomber?" How about xeno or myself? These 'newcomers' would most likely not make it out if the previous qualifiers and this one had seeding though..
NovaMB
Profile Joined February 2013
Germany9534 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-01-14 00:29:07
January 14 2014 00:26 GMT
#1748
On January 14 2014 09:19 coL.hendralisk wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 14 2014 08:38 StutteR wrote:
On January 14 2014 08:30 coL.hendralisk wrote:
On January 14 2014 08:19 Dinotramp wrote:
On January 14 2014 08:16 Undead1993 wrote:
On January 14 2014 08:15 NovaMB wrote:
ElhayM vs. iAsonu
(P)desRow vs. (Z)JonSnow
(Z)Jig vs. believe
(T)Bomber vs. (Z)check

Nice brackets.

could you just stop crying?
the brackets are random and it's not fair to seed people because it's a qualifier and everyone should have equal chances


"It's not fair to seed people". What am I hearing?


I think he is trolling, can't be that dumb


Don't call someone dumb just because you had some bad luck.


Show nested quote +
On January 14 2014 08:38 Musicus wrote:
On January 14 2014 08:30 coL.hendralisk wrote:
On January 14 2014 08:19 Dinotramp wrote:
On January 14 2014 08:16 Undead1993 wrote:
On January 14 2014 08:15 NovaMB wrote:
ElhayM vs. iAsonu
(P)desRow vs. (Z)JonSnow
(Z)Jig vs. believe
(T)Bomber vs. (Z)check

Nice brackets.

could you just stop crying?
the brackets are random and it's not fair to seed people because it's a qualifier and everyone should have equal chances


"It's not fair to seed people". What am I hearing?


I think he is trolling, can't be that dumb


Undead doesn't troll, I don't know why he has that opinion, but he is serious. Was about to make a long post, but I think he also knows all the reasons why seeds exist and he still has that opinion.

Edit: So what I mean is, you can respect a different opinion and don't have to call him dumb.


Sorry, I am just frustrated and sad atm. No offense to him for having his opinion.


Show nested quote +
On January 14 2014 08:44 StutteR wrote:
this is a wildcard qualifier meant for ladder stars to get a chance to join WCS. The fact that pros fail in previous qualifiers or go outside of their region and try to qualify using this competition is their own fault.

A single elim tourney is never the best but considering time restraints, its a good solution.


Show nested quote +
On January 14 2014 08:42 Undead1993 wrote:
On January 14 2014 08:42 mikumegurine wrote:
depends on what the seeding is based on

exactly i didn't mean that blizzcon seeding is dumb for example
moreover blizzard wanted to give newcomers chances with the wcs system, how do they get chances to show their skill if in the qualfier for the "Challenger League" their first opponent is bomber?



Here's how I see it.

The original quote "the brackets are random and it's not fair to seed people because it's a qualifier and everyone should have equal chances" makes me think: first of all it's based on ladder, so why not seed it based on ladder rank? Is it also fair to you if one quarter has all the highest ranked players while another has the bare minimum ranked qualified players? I believe EU wcs had seeds all qualifiers (dunno about wildcard) while NA wcs for sure had just random brackets all the way since the first.

So by bracket luck (which is evident in all of the qualifiers thus far), some players that would qualify for sure if they lucked out should miss out while some others luck in?

And "how do they get chances to show their skill if in the qualfier for the "Challenger League" their first opponent is bomber?" How about xeno or myself?

ESL used their Go4SC2/IEM seeding (dont really know how it works) for every qualifier. Only problem with that was that players who never played on the ESL site (Yoda, Patience) got the lowest seeds of the Wildcard qualifier(First was #15, cant really explain why, YoDa was #69 and last)

Theres always bracket luck involved in every qualifier, but you can atleast try to setup a fair competetion by balancing the brackets out. Having 4 favourites of the qualifier meet before the ro8 is not a fair way of seeding or a fair bracket for that matter

Ladder rank would be weird because most players didnt bother to play after getting 200 wins so they were just Masters, and how do you seed those? That would bring the same problems as the ESL seeding.
Musicus
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany23579 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-01-14 00:28:12
January 14 2014 00:27 GMT
#1749
On January 14 2014 09:19 coL.hendralisk wrote:
+ Show Spoiler +
On January 14 2014 08:38 StutteR wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 14 2014 08:30 coL.hendralisk wrote:
On January 14 2014 08:19 Dinotramp wrote:
On January 14 2014 08:16 Undead1993 wrote:
On January 14 2014 08:15 NovaMB wrote:
ElhayM vs. iAsonu
(P)desRow vs. (Z)JonSnow
(Z)Jig vs. believe
(T)Bomber vs. (Z)check

Nice brackets.

could you just stop crying?
the brackets are random and it's not fair to seed people because it's a qualifier and everyone should have equal chances


"It's not fair to seed people". What am I hearing?


I think he is trolling, can't be that dumb


Don't call someone dumb just because you had some bad luck.


On January 14 2014 08:38 Musicus wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 14 2014 08:30 coL.hendralisk wrote:
On January 14 2014 08:19 Dinotramp wrote:
On January 14 2014 08:16 Undead1993 wrote:
On January 14 2014 08:15 NovaMB wrote:
ElhayM vs. iAsonu
(P)desRow vs. (Z)JonSnow
(Z)Jig vs. believe
(T)Bomber vs. (Z)check

Nice brackets.

could you just stop crying?
the brackets are random and it's not fair to seed people because it's a qualifier and everyone should have equal chances


"It's not fair to seed people". What am I hearing?


I think he is trolling, can't be that dumb


Undead doesn't troll, I don't know why he has that opinion, but he is serious. Was about to make a long post, but I think he also knows all the reasons why seeds exist and he still has that opinion.

Edit: So what I mean is, you can respect a different opinion and don't have to call him dumb.


Sorry, I am just frustrated and sad atm. No offense to him for having his opinion.


On January 14 2014 08:44 StutteR wrote:
this is a wildcard qualifier meant for ladder stars to get a chance to join WCS. The fact that pros fail in previous qualifiers or go outside of their region and try to qualify using this competition is their own fault.

A single elim tourney is never the best but considering time restraints, its a good solution.


On January 14 2014 08:42 Undead1993 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 14 2014 08:42 mikumegurine wrote:
depends on what the seeding is based on

exactly i didn't mean that blizzcon seeding is dumb for example
moreover blizzard wanted to give newcomers chances with the wcs system, how do they get chances to show their skill if in the qualfier for the "Challenger League" their first opponent is bomber?



Here's how I see it.

The original quote "the brackets are random and it's not fair to seed people because it's a qualifier and everyone should have equal chances" makes me think: first of all it's based on ladder, so why not seed it based on ladder rank? Is it also fair to you if one quarter has all the highest ranked players while another has the bare minimum ranked qualified players? I believe EU wcs had seeds all qualifiers (dunno about wildcard) while NA wcs for sure had just random brackets all the way since the first.

So by bracket luck (which is evident in all of the qualifiers thus far), some players that would qualify for sure if they lucked out should miss out while some others luck in?

And "how do they get chances to show their skill if in the qualfier for the "Challenger League" their first opponent is bomber?" How about xeno or myself? These 'newcomers' would most likely not make it out if the previous qualifiers and this one had seeding though..


I can confirm that the EU wildcard also had seeds and comletely agree with everything you said. Today really was unfortunate for you and others and it could've been avoided if done correctly imo. No offense to Desrow (he played great against JonSnow), but if you look at his bracket and yours for example, it's hard to not see a problem and think it's fair.

I hope you keep going though, voted for you on http://gameon.gg/vote at least.
Maru and Serral are probably top 5.
coL.hendralisk
Profile Joined September 2009
Zimbabwe1756 Posts
January 14 2014 00:29 GMT
#1750
On January 14 2014 09:26 NovaMB wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 14 2014 09:19 coL.hendralisk wrote:
On January 14 2014 08:38 StutteR wrote:
On January 14 2014 08:30 coL.hendralisk wrote:
On January 14 2014 08:19 Dinotramp wrote:
On January 14 2014 08:16 Undead1993 wrote:
On January 14 2014 08:15 NovaMB wrote:
ElhayM vs. iAsonu
(P)desRow vs. (Z)JonSnow
(Z)Jig vs. believe
(T)Bomber vs. (Z)check

Nice brackets.

could you just stop crying?
the brackets are random and it's not fair to seed people because it's a qualifier and everyone should have equal chances


"It's not fair to seed people". What am I hearing?


I think he is trolling, can't be that dumb


Don't call someone dumb just because you had some bad luck.


On January 14 2014 08:38 Musicus wrote:
On January 14 2014 08:30 coL.hendralisk wrote:
On January 14 2014 08:19 Dinotramp wrote:
On January 14 2014 08:16 Undead1993 wrote:
On January 14 2014 08:15 NovaMB wrote:
ElhayM vs. iAsonu
(P)desRow vs. (Z)JonSnow
(Z)Jig vs. believe
(T)Bomber vs. (Z)check

Nice brackets.

could you just stop crying?
the brackets are random and it's not fair to seed people because it's a qualifier and everyone should have equal chances


"It's not fair to seed people". What am I hearing?


I think he is trolling, can't be that dumb


Undead doesn't troll, I don't know why he has that opinion, but he is serious. Was about to make a long post, but I think he also knows all the reasons why seeds exist and he still has that opinion.

Edit: So what I mean is, you can respect a different opinion and don't have to call him dumb.


Sorry, I am just frustrated and sad atm. No offense to him for having his opinion.


On January 14 2014 08:44 StutteR wrote:
this is a wildcard qualifier meant for ladder stars to get a chance to join WCS. The fact that pros fail in previous qualifiers or go outside of their region and try to qualify using this competition is their own fault.

A single elim tourney is never the best but considering time restraints, its a good solution.


On January 14 2014 08:42 Undead1993 wrote:
On January 14 2014 08:42 mikumegurine wrote:
depends on what the seeding is based on

exactly i didn't mean that blizzcon seeding is dumb for example
moreover blizzard wanted to give newcomers chances with the wcs system, how do they get chances to show their skill if in the qualfier for the "Challenger League" their first opponent is bomber?



Here's how I see it.

The original quote "the brackets are random and it's not fair to seed people because it's a qualifier and everyone should have equal chances" makes me think: first of all it's based on ladder, so why not seed it based on ladder rank? Is it also fair to you if one quarter has all the highest ranked players while another has the bare minimum ranked qualified players? I believe EU wcs had seeds all qualifiers (dunno about wildcard) while NA wcs for sure had just random brackets all the way since the first.

So by bracket luck (which is evident in all of the qualifiers thus far), some players that would qualify for sure if they lucked out should miss out while some others luck in?

And "how do they get chances to show their skill if in the qualfier for the "Challenger League" their first opponent is bomber?" How about xeno or myself?

ESL used their Go4SC2/IEM seeding (dont really know how it works) for every qualifier. Only problem with that was that players who never played on the ESL site (Yoda, Patience) got the lowest seeds of the Wildcard qualifier(First was #15, cant really explain why, YoDa was #69 and last)

Theres always bracket luck involved in every qualifier, but you can atleast try to setup a fair competetion by balancing the brackets out. Having 4 favourites of the qualifier meet before the ro8 is not a fair way of seeding.

Ladder rank would be weird because most players didnt bother to play after getting 200 wins so they were just Masters, and how do you seed those? That would bring the same problems as the ESL seeding.


You could seed the known players like Check and Bomber who finished in top 16 gm last season and randomize the rest. WCS america qualifiers heavily depended on bracket luck this time, even MLG used seeds when they hosted the qualifiers for wcs.

On January 14 2014 09:27 Musicus wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 14 2014 09:19 coL.hendralisk wrote:
+ Show Spoiler +
On January 14 2014 08:38 StutteR wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 14 2014 08:30 coL.hendralisk wrote:
On January 14 2014 08:19 Dinotramp wrote:
On January 14 2014 08:16 Undead1993 wrote:
On January 14 2014 08:15 NovaMB wrote:
ElhayM vs. iAsonu
(P)desRow vs. (Z)JonSnow
(Z)Jig vs. believe
(T)Bomber vs. (Z)check

Nice brackets.

could you just stop crying?
the brackets are random and it's not fair to seed people because it's a qualifier and everyone should have equal chances


"It's not fair to seed people". What am I hearing?


I think he is trolling, can't be that dumb


Don't call someone dumb just because you had some bad luck.


On January 14 2014 08:38 Musicus wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 14 2014 08:30 coL.hendralisk wrote:
On January 14 2014 08:19 Dinotramp wrote:
On January 14 2014 08:16 Undead1993 wrote:
On January 14 2014 08:15 NovaMB wrote:
ElhayM vs. iAsonu
(P)desRow vs. (Z)JonSnow
(Z)Jig vs. believe
(T)Bomber vs. (Z)check

Nice brackets.

could you just stop crying?
the brackets are random and it's not fair to seed people because it's a qualifier and everyone should have equal chances


"It's not fair to seed people". What am I hearing?


I think he is trolling, can't be that dumb


Undead doesn't troll, I don't know why he has that opinion, but he is serious. Was about to make a long post, but I think he also knows all the reasons why seeds exist and he still has that opinion.

Edit: So what I mean is, you can respect a different opinion and don't have to call him dumb.


Sorry, I am just frustrated and sad atm. No offense to him for having his opinion.


On January 14 2014 08:44 StutteR wrote:
this is a wildcard qualifier meant for ladder stars to get a chance to join WCS. The fact that pros fail in previous qualifiers or go outside of their region and try to qualify using this competition is their own fault.

A single elim tourney is never the best but considering time restraints, its a good solution.


On January 14 2014 08:42 Undead1993 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 14 2014 08:42 mikumegurine wrote:
depends on what the seeding is based on

exactly i didn't mean that blizzcon seeding is dumb for example
moreover blizzard wanted to give newcomers chances with the wcs system, how do they get chances to show their skill if in the qualfier for the "Challenger League" their first opponent is bomber?



Here's how I see it.

The original quote "the brackets are random and it's not fair to seed people because it's a qualifier and everyone should have equal chances" makes me think: first of all it's based on ladder, so why not seed it based on ladder rank? Is it also fair to you if one quarter has all the highest ranked players while another has the bare minimum ranked qualified players? I believe EU wcs had seeds all qualifiers (dunno about wildcard) while NA wcs for sure had just random brackets all the way since the first.

So by bracket luck (which is evident in all of the qualifiers thus far), some players that would qualify for sure if they lucked out should miss out while some others luck in?

And "how do they get chances to show their skill if in the qualfier for the "Challenger League" their first opponent is bomber?" How about xeno or myself? These 'newcomers' would most likely not make it out if the previous qualifiers and this one had seeding though..


I can confirm that the EU wildcard also had seeds and comletely agree with everything you said. Today really was unfortunate for you and others and it could've been avoided if done correctly imo. No offense to Desrow (he played great against JonSnow), but if you look at his bracket and yours for example, it's hard to not see a problem and think it's fair.

I hope you keep going though, voted for you on http://gameon.gg/vote at least.


Thank you
mikumegurine
Profile Joined May 2013
Canada3145 Posts
January 14 2014 00:52 GMT
#1751
queen infestor wins Jon Snow game 1

that foreigner technique
Adebisi
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Canada1637 Posts
January 14 2014 01:11 GMT
#1752
On January 14 2014 09:26 NovaMB wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 14 2014 09:19 coL.hendralisk wrote:
On January 14 2014 08:38 StutteR wrote:
On January 14 2014 08:30 coL.hendralisk wrote:
On January 14 2014 08:19 Dinotramp wrote:
On January 14 2014 08:16 Undead1993 wrote:
On January 14 2014 08:15 NovaMB wrote:
ElhayM vs. iAsonu
(P)desRow vs. (Z)JonSnow
(Z)Jig vs. believe
(T)Bomber vs. (Z)check

Nice brackets.

could you just stop crying?
the brackets are random and it's not fair to seed people because it's a qualifier and everyone should have equal chances


"It's not fair to seed people". What am I hearing?


I think he is trolling, can't be that dumb


Don't call someone dumb just because you had some bad luck.


On January 14 2014 08:38 Musicus wrote:
On January 14 2014 08:30 coL.hendralisk wrote:
On January 14 2014 08:19 Dinotramp wrote:
On January 14 2014 08:16 Undead1993 wrote:
On January 14 2014 08:15 NovaMB wrote:
ElhayM vs. iAsonu
(P)desRow vs. (Z)JonSnow
(Z)Jig vs. believe
(T)Bomber vs. (Z)check

Nice brackets.

could you just stop crying?
the brackets are random and it's not fair to seed people because it's a qualifier and everyone should have equal chances


"It's not fair to seed people". What am I hearing?


I think he is trolling, can't be that dumb


Undead doesn't troll, I don't know why he has that opinion, but he is serious. Was about to make a long post, but I think he also knows all the reasons why seeds exist and he still has that opinion.

Edit: So what I mean is, you can respect a different opinion and don't have to call him dumb.


Sorry, I am just frustrated and sad atm. No offense to him for having his opinion.


On January 14 2014 08:44 StutteR wrote:
this is a wildcard qualifier meant for ladder stars to get a chance to join WCS. The fact that pros fail in previous qualifiers or go outside of their region and try to qualify using this competition is their own fault.

A single elim tourney is never the best but considering time restraints, its a good solution.


On January 14 2014 08:42 Undead1993 wrote:
On January 14 2014 08:42 mikumegurine wrote:
depends on what the seeding is based on

exactly i didn't mean that blizzcon seeding is dumb for example
moreover blizzard wanted to give newcomers chances with the wcs system, how do they get chances to show their skill if in the qualfier for the "Challenger League" their first opponent is bomber?



Here's how I see it.

The original quote "the brackets are random and it's not fair to seed people because it's a qualifier and everyone should have equal chances" makes me think: first of all it's based on ladder, so why not seed it based on ladder rank? Is it also fair to you if one quarter has all the highest ranked players while another has the bare minimum ranked qualified players? I believe EU wcs had seeds all qualifiers (dunno about wildcard) while NA wcs for sure had just random brackets all the way since the first.

So by bracket luck (which is evident in all of the qualifiers thus far), some players that would qualify for sure if they lucked out should miss out while some others luck in?

And "how do they get chances to show their skill if in the qualfier for the "Challenger League" their first opponent is bomber?" How about xeno or myself?

ESL used their Go4SC2/IEM seeding (dont really know how it works) for every qualifier. Only problem with that was that players who never played on the ESL site (Yoda, Patience) got the lowest seeds of the Wildcard qualifier(First was #15, cant really explain why, YoDa was #69 and last)

Theres always bracket luck involved in every qualifier, but you can atleast try to setup a fair competetion by balancing the brackets out. Having 4 favourites of the qualifier meet before the ro8 is not a fair way of seeding or a fair bracket for that matter

Ladder rank would be weird because most players didnt bother to play after getting 200 wins so they were just Masters, and how do you seed those? That would bring the same problems as the ESL seeding.

I agree, lots of problems with seeding, I'm not sure why they didn't just use a double elimination bracket instead of single elimination, adds a few more games and probably an extra hour or two to the length of the qualifier, but drastically reduces bracket luck. Double elim is generally pretty bad for broadcasting purposes, but the intent of the qualifier is to find the best players, which DE is no doubt better than SE, hell even Code A is using partial double elim for their qualifier now.
korona
Profile Joined October 2009
1098 Posts
January 14 2014 01:11 GMT
#1753
I wonder how many cheated to fulfill the entry conditions (200 wins from last season & this season combined). At least Moosegills (account name 'iRene') and Guitarcheese (account name 'vVvGlon') seem to have cheated & there are rumors about other players too.

Description of Moosegills (account name 'iRene') case: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewpost.php?post_id=20589384

Description of Guitarcheese (account name 'vVvGlon') case: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewpost.php?post_id=20590358
Squat
Profile Joined September 2013
Sweden7978 Posts
January 14 2014 01:21 GMT
#1754
Looks like we just had ourselves a Red Wedding.
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