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TaeJa to take Hack's spot in WCS AM Premier - Page 5

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GumBa
Profile Blog Joined July 2012
United Kingdom31935 Posts
January 16 2014 02:22 GMT
#81
On January 16 2014 09:24 Bagration wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 16 2014 09:22 Darkhoarse wrote:
Guys Revival got invited to IEM last year for a region he didn't even live in/participate in qualifiers for. INVITES ARE BOGUS


INVITES ARE BOGUS
INVITES = BOGUS
BOGUS = INNOVATION
INNOVATION = GOOD
INVITES = GOOD


Excellent thought process! I especially like the part where you state INNOVATION=GOOD.
To all the haters: you deserve to witness many, many more Serral victories, worthy of the godlike player he is.
mongmong
Profile Joined November 2011
Korea (South)1389 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-01-16 02:46:06
January 16 2014 02:45 GMT
#82
On January 16 2014 09:16 GumBa wrote:
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On January 16 2014 09:12 SpunXtain20 wrote:
This is good news, Taeja is a home boy and a stud. Been a super fan of his since way back in early 2011 when he was crushing kids in the ESV weekly competitions, even before he became one of Slayer's key players.

I was really excited when I was proved correct after saying Taeja had superstar qualities in him. Now as a near-bonjwa after his record run this summer, we're going to see him crush some more face in WCS-NA. Good luck noble stallion, may your keystrokes be swift and precise.

Near Bonjwa? Oh lol please just be fanboy hyperbole....



This boy has potential to be something special even though he is already a very accomplished player. Watching Taeja reminds me of Nada back in his prime. This kid is going to win something much bigger in the future me thinks :0
어헣 ↗ 어헣 ↗
Plansix
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States60190 Posts
January 16 2014 02:48 GMT
#83
On January 16 2014 09:24 Bagration wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 16 2014 09:22 Darkhoarse wrote:
Guys Revival got invited to IEM last year for a region he didn't even live in/participate in qualifiers for. INVITES ARE BOGUS


INVITES ARE BOGUS
INVITES = BOGUS
BOGUS = INNOVATION
INNOVATION = GOOD
INVITES = GOOD


Flawless victory.
I have the Honor to be your Obedient Servant, P.6
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Survivor61316
Profile Joined July 2012
United States470 Posts
January 16 2014 02:49 GMT
#84
Why all the hate on Taeja? Who cares if they had a totally bogus cover story for him getting seeded or not..he's obviously a better player than anyone else they could have given it to (except for bomber maybe), so as long as the best players are in the tournament I could care less. Why should a lesser player get the invite just because they had more WCS points? The point system was so broken last year. I mean come on, I love MVP, but he had no business being in the grand finals at blizzcon; he had one good (pre-hellbat nerf) season and got in. I say make sure the best players are competing at all times. I'll take quality matches any day of the week.
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hansonslee
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States2027 Posts
January 16 2014 03:08 GMT
#85
I am not a fan of the Taeja overhype, but he definitely earned his prestige during the end of 2013. Sure, the selection seems subjective, but TaeJa is a great, if not consistent, player and deserves his seed.
Seed's # 1 fan!!! #ForVengeance
orllyfools
Profile Joined May 2012
United States153 Posts
January 16 2014 03:11 GMT
#86
On January 16 2014 07:19 DinoMight wrote:
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On January 16 2014 07:07 aike wrote:
And that's fine because professional athletes forfeit because they are tired all the time.

Pro sports teams frequently bench their best players during exhibition matches or matches that aren't very important to avoid injury. A lot of players turn down things like all-star games etc. to avoid being unfit to play their important games.



tp be even more fair it was only Shoutcraft Major had to forfeit. no real WCS implications from doing it either. so, Juanito, fuck these haters. viva la raza!!
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TeeTS
Profile Joined June 2011
Germany2762 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-01-16 03:17:59
January 16 2014 03:17 GMT
#87
I don´t like those promotions. But at least they are performance based.
ETisME
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
12782 Posts
January 16 2014 03:39 GMT
#88
Wcs am suddenly is a lot more interesting
其疾如风,其徐如林,侵掠如火,不动如山,难知如阴,动如雷震。
DavoS
Profile Blog Joined October 2012
United States4605 Posts
January 16 2014 03:59 GMT
#89
On January 16 2014 06:06 mikkmagro wrote:
Technically Bomber had more points but oh well

Bomber already qualified through the wildcard anyway right? So it wouldn't make sense to give Bomber 2 spots :p
"KDA is actually the most useless stat in the game" Aui_2000
mikumegurine
Profile Joined May 2013
Canada3145 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-01-16 04:13:20
January 16 2014 04:01 GMT
#90
On January 16 2014 12:59 DavoS wrote:
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On January 16 2014 06:06 mikkmagro wrote:
Technically Bomber had more points but oh well

Bomber already qualified through the wildcard anyway right? So it wouldn't make sense to give Bomber 2 spots :p



nah he is not in premier just yet

he got through the wildcard ladder qualifiers, which just puts him in challenger

this would have been a free ticket straight to premier
Asturas
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Finland587 Posts
January 16 2014 06:08 GMT
#91
:/
I would prefer watching Taeja and Jaedong in GSL. Same with Liquid's Hero and so on. I don't really like tournaments for foreigners with top tier Koreans.
There are no boundaries, that's the final conclusion.
ArTiFaKs
Profile Joined September 2013
United States1229 Posts
January 16 2014 06:56 GMT
#92
On January 16 2014 09:18 SpunXtain20 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 16 2014 09:16 GumBa wrote:
On January 16 2014 09:12 SpunXtain20 wrote:
This is good news, Taeja is a home boy and a stud. Been a super fan of his since way back in early 2011 when he was crushing kids in the ESV weekly competitions, even before he became one of Slayer's key players.

I was really excited when I was proved correct after saying Taeja had superstar qualities in him. Now as a near-bonjwa after his record run this summer, we're going to see him crush some more face in WCS-NA. Good luck noble stallion, may your keystrokes be swift and precise.

Near Bonjwa? Oh lol please just be fanboy hyperbole....


Okay near bonjwa might be an exageration, but July, Jaedong and Bisu were near-bonjwas in BW with ~5 championships a piece. Taeja has won that many in the space of about 6 months, at the least it is certainly an impressive achievement to be consistantly dominant like this.


Taeja didn't win any championships? He wont DreamHacks and HomeStory Cup and Asus ROG.. But he didn't win Blizzcon, Season Finals or anything considered a "championship" against the deserving best players in the world at that time so really "near-bonjwa" is just silly.
There are things known, and things unknown, and in-between are the doors.
Daswollvieh
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
5553 Posts
January 16 2014 06:58 GMT
#93
When Taeja and HerO can meet in ro8, all is well in starcraft land.
RyLai
Profile Joined May 2011
United States477 Posts
January 16 2014 07:09 GMT
#94
On January 16 2014 07:15 giftdgecko wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 16 2014 07:07 aike wrote:
On January 16 2014 06:50 Serinox wrote:
On January 16 2014 06:44 Pontius Pirate wrote:
On January 16 2014 06:39 MajOr wrote:
On January 16 2014 06:36 mikumegurine wrote:
On January 16 2014 06:31 MajOr wrote:
not to hate but. last season he decided to forfeit his matches(despite being present there at NASL studio) and he gets rewarded by being promoted to Premier. i undestearnd is based on points but still.


maybe he forfeited back then cause this was all planned and he knew all along he get promoted back to Premier...

ya man he can read into the future the new plans for wcs 2014 and also knew hack would switch back to kr.. cmon lol also this community its soooo hypocrit not even funny i forfeited shoutcraft cuz the pc from the lan i was playing had basically 20 fps. and i get shiited on but he forfeited his challenger league match(dont really know the reason) and the community didnt shit on him.

just wonderful

I vaguely remember hearing it was a wrist thing, but I don't remember where I heard that from.

He would've had to play his Challenger Match right after his Ro16 Premier Group and not just the next day, no the same night. TaeJa forfeited because he was too tired.

And that's fine because professional athletes forfeit because they are tired all the time.

With little to gain and a lot to lose, yeah... they do. Nazgul came out and said that he had a redic schedule and was worsening his wrist problems if I remember right. So with no guarantee on the upcoming format of WCS why play the match and risk injury?


If this is true, then it's simply a problem with the system. Someone in the EU challenger played random because he didn't give a shit anymore since it meant little to nothing. If a match has almost no relevance, it's hard to convince the players to try hard for it unless they have a lot of pride.

Though to MajOr, people tend to be kinder to players they favor more. :/ We just need to get you on Liquid and get you a bunch of top finishes in major tournaments. Idk. People definitely have a double standard for their more favored players.
bjornkavist
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Canada1235 Posts
January 16 2014 07:14 GMT
#95
gg
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Noonius
Profile Joined April 2012
Estonia17413 Posts
January 16 2014 08:10 GMT
#96
good news
Terran forever | Maru hater forever
Serinox
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany5224 Posts
January 16 2014 08:38 GMT
#97
On January 16 2014 16:09 RyLai wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 16 2014 07:15 giftdgecko wrote:
On January 16 2014 07:07 aike wrote:
On January 16 2014 06:50 Serinox wrote:
On January 16 2014 06:44 Pontius Pirate wrote:
On January 16 2014 06:39 MajOr wrote:
On January 16 2014 06:36 mikumegurine wrote:
On January 16 2014 06:31 MajOr wrote:
not to hate but. last season he decided to forfeit his matches(despite being present there at NASL studio) and he gets rewarded by being promoted to Premier. i undestearnd is based on points but still.


maybe he forfeited back then cause this was all planned and he knew all along he get promoted back to Premier...

ya man he can read into the future the new plans for wcs 2014 and also knew hack would switch back to kr.. cmon lol also this community its soooo hypocrit not even funny i forfeited shoutcraft cuz the pc from the lan i was playing had basically 20 fps. and i get shiited on but he forfeited his challenger league match(dont really know the reason) and the community didnt shit on him.

just wonderful

I vaguely remember hearing it was a wrist thing, but I don't remember where I heard that from.

He would've had to play his Challenger Match right after his Ro16 Premier Group and not just the next day, no the same night. TaeJa forfeited because he was too tired.

And that's fine because professional athletes forfeit because they are tired all the time.

With little to gain and a lot to lose, yeah... they do. Nazgul came out and said that he had a redic schedule and was worsening his wrist problems if I remember right. So with no guarantee on the upcoming format of WCS why play the match and risk injury?


If this is true, then it's simply a problem with the system. Someone in the EU challenger played random because he didn't give a shit anymore since it meant little to nothing. If a match has almost no relevance, it's hard to convince the players to try hard for it unless they have a lot of pride.

Though to MajOr, people tend to be kinder to players they favor more. :/ We just need to get you on Liquid and get you a bunch of top finishes in major tournaments. Idk. People definitely have a double standard for their more favored players.

That was Dayshi and that's not really true. He played random because his internet connection was unstable that day and he couldn't play good that way, so he decided to just random it, because he would only fall to Group Stage.
Grovbolle
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Denmark3813 Posts
January 16 2014 12:45 GMT
#98
On January 16 2014 09:21 Bagration wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 16 2014 09:18 SpunXtain20 wrote:
On January 16 2014 09:16 GumBa wrote:
On January 16 2014 09:12 SpunXtain20 wrote:
This is good news, Taeja is a home boy and a stud. Been a super fan of his since way back in early 2011 when he was crushing kids in the ESV weekly competitions, even before he became one of Slayer's key players.

I was really excited when I was proved correct after saying Taeja had superstar qualities in him. Now as a near-bonjwa after his record run this summer, we're going to see him crush some more face in WCS-NA. Good luck noble stallion, may your keystrokes be swift and precise.

Near Bonjwa? Oh lol please just be fanboy hyperbole....


Okay near bonjwa might be an exageration, but July, Jaedong and Bisu were near-bonjwas in BW with ~5 championships a piece. Taeja has won that many in the space of about 6 months, at the least it is certainly an impressive achievement to be consistantly dominant like this.


Can't even beat elfi
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Furthermore, you can argue that Taeja is "near-bonjwa" for 3,000 pages, but all you need is three letters to prove that he isn't: GSL

The guy hasn't won a single tournament in Korea, and he hasn't won a single official WCS event.

Bitch please
http://aligulac.com/results/search/?search=&after=&before=&players=taeja
elfi&event=&bestof=all&offline=both&game=all&op=Search

In these games, TaeJa is 6–4 (60.00%) in games and 3–2 (60.00%) in matches against elfi.
Lies, damned lies and statistics: http://aligulac.com
Maegi
Profile Joined January 2013
Finland174 Posts
January 16 2014 13:39 GMT
#99
LOL going back to korea. Hack next GSL champion?
NaNiwa <3
magicallypuzzled
Profile Joined June 2011
United States588 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-01-16 19:07:48
January 16 2014 19:03 GMT
#100
soooo do we know who is taking taeja"s challenger spot? or is one group simply having a free win?


edit and by group i mean pro
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