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Zerg:
Jaedong, HyuN,Leenock, Nerchio, Tefel, ParanOidProtoss:
Dear, HasuObs, MaNa, OKai, JYP, ForteTerran:
uThermal, DieStar, Funkay, ScoobersMOD EDIT: These aren't groups!
IEM Katowice Open Bracket Player List
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digmouse
China6329 Posts
Zerg: Jaedong, HyuN,Leenock, Nerchio, Tefel, ParanOidProtoss: Dear, HasuObs, MaNa, OKai, JYP, ForteTerran: uThermal, DieStar, Funkay, ScoobersMOD EDIT: These aren't groups!
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sharkie
Austria18407 Posts
Dont they realise its a winner takes all tournament? (I am sorry but I cant see any of these players winning the whole thing) :/ | ||
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Aeromi
France14460 Posts
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MorDka
Poland543 Posts
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Ej_
47656 Posts
e: ok apparently they arent, feeling relieved | ||
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Killmouse
Austria5700 Posts
but yaaay jaedong | ||
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Yorkie
United States12612 Posts
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TR
2320 Posts
On March 05 2014 03:46 Ej_ wrote: lol are those groups? because all-korean group does look quite funny and not quite fair : ( I'm pretty sure those aren't groups. | ||
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Serinox
Germany5224 Posts
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Zenbrez
Canada5973 Posts
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oo_Wonderful_oo
The land of freedom23126 Posts
On March 05 2014 03:52 Zenbrez wrote: This is the best they could do with groups? -.- It's not groups. | ||
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MosART
United States1899 Posts
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Scoobers
48 Posts
Worst case scenario: anything else Am I the only 1 that is not a pro on this list? | ||
Zealously
East Gorteau22261 Posts
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Guileful
Kazakhstan137 Posts
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Yhamm
France7248 Posts
On March 05 2014 03:53 MosART wrote: I thought there would be more participants. This looks good for foreigners to make it if these are the groups. But I thought it's a double elimination bracket. what makes you think it is not a double elimination bracket? (because it is) | ||
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Musicus
Germany23576 Posts
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xtorn
4060 Posts
On March 05 2014 03:56 Guileful wrote: Group A so friggin group of Death It's the lineup of players, these most probably aren't the groups. Let's go JD! | ||
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Natolumin
France72 Posts
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Garnet
Vietnam9021 Posts
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BaneRiders
Sweden3630 Posts
On March 05 2014 03:55 Zealously wrote: If these were groups I would quit life Why? You would have plenty of interesting matches right of the bat, no?  | ||
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TRaFFiC
Canada1448 Posts
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Fuell
Netherlands3111 Posts
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Siphyo
Netherlands121 Posts
On March 05 2014 03:39 sharkie wrote:(I am sorry but I cant see any of these players winning the whole thing) :/ Jaedong? Dear? OP should add the qualified players to get a more clear picture: http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/IEM_Season_VIII_-_World_Championship | ||
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partydude89
1850 Posts
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JBright
Vancouver14381 Posts
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Lorning
Belgica34432 Posts
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ManniBender
81 Posts
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Ctone23
United States1839 Posts
I'm surprised more players aren't participating but maybe the risk is too high. | ||
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EJK
United States1302 Posts
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Advantageous
China1350 Posts
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Dingodile
4133 Posts
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Greendotz
United Kingdom2053 Posts
On March 05 2014 03:54 Scoobers wrote: Best case scenario: I get my ass handed to me by JD Worst case scenario: anything else Am I the only 1 that is not a pro on this list? Good luck Scoobers! :D | ||
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asongdotnet
United States1060 Posts
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Shawngood
Germany473 Posts
Edit: Please keep in mind that players in the Open Bracket have to pay for their trip to Poland plus hotel costs and whatever else. Having that in mind actually makes this Open Bracket-lineup surprisingly great. | ||
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DrPandaPhD
5188 Posts
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catplanetcatplanet
3829 Posts
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ArTiFaKs
United States1229 Posts
On March 05 2014 04:46 Dingodile wrote: sounds like 90% of all top progamers declined due to "winner takes all". Except 90% of the top progamers tried qualifying in the region qualifiers so that statement is very misleading. Traveling to Poland to play in an open qualifier in a winner take all championship is more risky, but obviously a lot of players wanted a chance to come because the region qualifiers were completely stacked, especially the korean qualifier. I think this tournament is guna be so much fun to watch, and I'll be happy for whoever wins the 100k and sad for the runner up who misses out on it all it's definitely going to change someone's life for the better though and that's a good thing. I am hoping that it isn't someone who already has won tons of prize money in their career though like Jaedong or MC, but i'm very excited to see how this turns out  | ||
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ArTiFaKs
United States1229 Posts
On March 05 2014 04:57 catplanetcatplanet wrote: anyone else in on the scoobers hype train? I'll hop on the Scoobers hype train! We need a catch phrase for his fans to chant... Gogo Scoobs, he can't lose..! I know I'm bad at catch phrases.. Scoobers will turn his opponents into losers! ?? | ||
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Qwerty85
Croatia5536 Posts
The terran lineup certainly doesn't look promising. Good think we already have Polt, Jjakji and Taeja in the tournament. | ||
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Shinta)
United States1716 Posts
On March 05 2014 03:42 Aeromi wrote: I thought Carmac told us about an open bracket full of koreans, with Maru, PartinG... Probably his intel right before confirming with them and hearing "lol, winner takes all, enough said" and hung up | ||
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sharkie
Austria18407 Posts
On March 05 2014 04:18 Siphyo wrote: Jaedong? Dear? OP should add the qualified players to get a more clear picture: http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/IEM_Season_VIII_-_World_Championship not with the quality of their play lately | ||
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Vertitto
Poland750 Posts
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Shinta)
United States1716 Posts
On March 05 2014 04:58 ArTiFaKs wrote: Except 90% of the top progamers tried qualifying in the region qualifiers so that statement is very misleading. Traveling to Poland to play in an open qualifier in a winner take all championship is more risky, but obviously a lot of players wanted a chance to come because the region qualifiers were completely stacked, especially the korean qualifier. I think this tournament is guna be so much fun to watch, and I'll be happy for whoever wins the 100k and sad for the runner up who misses out on it all it's definitely going to change someone's life for the better though and that's a good thing. I am hoping that it isn't someone who already has won tons of prize money in their career though like Jaedong or MC, but i'm very excited to see how this turns out I bet that a lot of that 90% would have decided not to go anyways even if they won the qualifier though. It's cool to get flight paid for and get to participate in a foreign country, but no good Korean team will let a ProLeague player prioritize this tournament over even a single ProLeague match. It's losing practice time in exchange for a neat experience. Aka not worth it. | ||
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Jj_82
Swaziland419 Posts
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asongdotnet
United States1060 Posts
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NeThZOR
South Africa7387 Posts
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jakethesnake
Canada4948 Posts
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Grovbolle
Denmark3805 Posts
On March 05 2014 03:54 Scoobers wrote: Best case scenario: I get my ass handed to me by JD Worst case scenario: anything else Am I the only 1 that is not a pro on this list? You have an aligulac page: http://aligulac.com/players/2190-Scoobers/ You are almost pro  | ||
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Furikawari
France2522 Posts
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opterown
Australia54784 Posts
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Scoobers
48 Posts
On March 05 2014 05:27 Grovbolle wrote: You have an aligulac page: http://aligulac.com/players/2190-Scoobers/ You are almost pro Wow now that's crazy Btw I lost 1-2 to inlove yet it says 2-0, who do I contact to correct that ugly mistake? | ||
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pNRG
United States333 Posts
On March 05 2014 05:09 Shinta) wrote: I bet that a lot of that 90% would have decided not to go anyways even if they won the qualifier though. It's cool to get flight paid for and get to participate in a foreign country, but no good Korean team will let a ProLeague player prioritize this tournament over even a single ProLeague match. It's losing practice time in exchange for a neat experience. Aka not worth it. Potential experience of a lifetime for missing a weekend of practice isn't worth it? | ||
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EseNcEIncubus
Canada39 Posts
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Cerulean
Netherlands7 Posts
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LongShot27
United States2084 Posts
On March 05 2014 05:09 Shinta) wrote: I bet that a lot of that 90% would have decided not to go anyways even if they won the qualifier though. It's cool to get flight paid for and get to participate in a foreign country, but no good Korean team will let a ProLeague player prioritize this tournament over even a single ProLeague match. It's losing practice time in exchange for a neat experience. Aka not worth it. Implying playing with some of the best players in the world isn't great practice | ||
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Zetter
Germany629 Posts
On March 05 2014 05:09 Shinta) wrote: I bet that a lot of that 90% would have decided not to go anyways even if they won the qualifier though. It's cool to get flight paid for and get to participate in a foreign country, but no good Korean team will let a ProLeague player prioritize this tournament over even a single ProLeague match. It's losing practice time in exchange for a neat experience. Aka not worth it. Except that no one actually forfeited their spot. | ||
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_SpiRaL_
Afghanistan1636 Posts
On March 05 2014 03:39 sharkie wrote: I dont understand how non Polish people come to the open bracket... Dont they realise its a winner takes all tournament? (I am sorry but I cant see any of these players winning the whole thing) :/ Jaedong or Dear can't win the whole thing? be real of course they can. They also have decent equity in this event, more than enough to attend especially considering their teams are almost certainly taking care of them. Jaedong or Dear's spot in the open qualifier is probably worth like $5k in equity just for example. Perhaps more. | ||
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Kofuku
31 Posts
I bet that a lot of that 90% would have decided not to go anyways even if they won the qualifier though. It's cool to get flight paid for and get to participate in a foreign country, but no good Korean team will let a ProLeague player prioritize this tournament over even a single ProLeague match. It's losing practice time in exchange for a neat experience. Aka not worth it. Isn't that an odd thing to say when five IEM Katowice participants play in Proleague, with two of them (sOs and Rogue) seeing heavy rotation for a team that is semi-realistically gunning for the top spot? And herO is the best player on a bad team. All of them will miss at least one Proleague match, if not two (because of travel time/lack of time to prepare). Or does "good Korean team" mean only teams who didn't have players qualify? | ||
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Skynx
Turkey7150 Posts
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Zealously
East Gorteau22261 Posts
On March 05 2014 06:11 Kofuku wrote: And herO is the best player on a bad team. . please | ||
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jeri
Germany335 Posts
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Kofuku
31 Posts
Sorry And herO is the best player And they're still letting him go to IEM! | ||
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NovaMB
Germany9534 Posts
On March 05 2014 06:31 Kofuku wrote: Sorry And herO is the best player And they're still letting him go to IEM! Ofc they do, his accomodation is paid for | ||
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teddyoojo
Germany22369 Posts
On March 05 2014 05:40 Scoobers wrote: Wow now that's crazy Btw I lost 1-2 to inlove yet it says 2-0, who do I contact to correct that ugly mistake? the guy u quoted^^ | ||
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ogsgodlike
Bulgaria31 Posts
(terran push or what...??? | ||
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Aeromi
France14460 Posts
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tili
United States1332 Posts
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Shellshock
United States97276 Posts
I know you like Bbyong but herO is still their best player imo | ||
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Kofuku
31 Posts
Yeah of course, I was just replying to the person who said that no good Korean team would let their players give up Proleague practice time just to attend IEM, even with flight and accommodations paid for. | ||
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LockeTazeline
2390 Posts
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NovaMB
Germany9534 Posts
Finalised Bracket! | ||
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misspoo
France63 Posts
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mikumegurine
Canada3145 Posts
lol people better not play the race card and say T is underpowered when the Terrans go out in this one... | ||
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Hectorian
Sweden13 Posts
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Shinta)
United States1716 Posts
On March 05 2014 06:11 Kofuku wrote: Isn't that an odd thing to say when five IEM Katowice participants play in Proleague, with two of them (sOs and Rogue) seeing heavy rotation for a team that is semi-realistically gunning for the top spot? And herO is the best player on a bad team. All of them will miss at least one Proleague match, if not two (because of travel time/lack of time to prepare). Or does "good Korean team" mean only teams who didn't have players qualify? Of those 5, only sOs and herO are surprising. They are the only ones needed by their team, the others are players who come off the bench. Useful, yes, but not entirely necessary. I wouldn't be surprised if one of both of these players decided later not to attend, especially with how crucial their PL matches are right now. Also, sOs was invited, and herO is qualified through IEM Singapore, neither through the KR qualifiers. As for the other guy who quoted me: Yes, I'm saying that playing an international weekend tournament hurts a players PL practice, and it hurts the teams PL practice too. | ||
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SmoKim
Denmark10305 Posts
------ JaedongScoobers------ JYPMaNa------ HasuObsParanOid------ FunkayLeenock----- HyuNForte----- DieStarNerchio----- TefeluThermal----- OKaiDear----- | ||
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Ctone23
United States1839 Posts
On March 05 2014 05:09 Jj_82 wrote: i still feel like ranting on the 100'000 $ winner takes it all prize pool. don't you agree its not smart? i mean, there are soo many good players that did everything to go there, with a shrinking market of starcraft. so, why not share at least a little bit of the pool. inb4: taeja wants to go beyond a 10k :D Well, I think it's a marketing ploy to get more viewers on the stream. Can you imagine if Jaedong plays Naniwa in the final? I would wager over 100k would watch that, easily. I can't legitimately come up with a good reason for winner-take-all, besides what I just mentioned. It's one of those situations where they did it, because they can. Really unfortunate for the players, but systems are in place (WCS) that distribute better. | ||
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sharkie
Austria18407 Posts
On March 05 2014 07:23 Ctone23 wrote: Well, I think it's a marketing ploy to get more viewers on the stream. Can you imagine if Jaedong plays Naniwa in the final? I would wager over 100k would watch that, easily. I can't legitimately come up with a good reason for winner-take-all, besides what I just mentioned. It's one of those situations where they did it, because they can. Really unfortunate for the players, but systems are in place (WCS) that distribute better. Jaedong vs Naniwa final would get 100k on the stream regardless of the prize money lol of course this is a marketing ploy, but the result of the open bracket players shows us how IEM failed with this one | ||
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Redrot
United States446 Posts
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_SpiRaL_
Afghanistan1636 Posts
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GrapeApe
1053 Posts
Should be fun though. | ||
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Kofuku
31 Posts
On March 05 2014 07:36 _SpiRaL_ wrote: "Price money" is a common misspelling by people who speak English as a foreign language. Is it a literal translation or something? Sorry for offtopic. The letters C and Z sounds the same or very similar in some languages (I know it does in Spanish at least) so if you're just spelling from how you've heard it, it's easy to confuse | ||
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Josh_Video
Canada798 Posts
On March 05 2014 03:56 Yhamm wrote: what makes you think it is not a double elimination bracket? (because it is) Liquipedia says otherwise. | ||
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NovaMB
Germany9534 Posts
http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/IEM_Season_VIII_-_World_Championship/Open_Bracket_Qualifier It doesnt | ||
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GranDGranT
Sri Lanka2141 Posts
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MysterySC
Andorra109 Posts
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OneTime42
2 Posts
On March 05 2014 03:39 sharkie wrote: I dont understand how non Polish people come to the open bracket... Dont they realise its a winner takes all tournament? (I am sorry but I cant see any of these players winning the whole thing) :/ Umm you can't see Jaedong or Dear winning this whole thing? Also all of the non-Polish players are on teams that will pay for airfare and hotels... | ||
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KaiserCommander
Mexico290 Posts
On March 05 2014 03:54 Scoobers wrote: Best case scenario: I get my ass handed to me by JD Worst case scenario: anything else Am I the only 1 that is not a pro on this list? Is your body ready yet? | ||
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JacobShock
Denmark2485 Posts
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KaiserCommander
Mexico290 Posts
On March 05 2014 04:57 catplanetcatplanet wrote: anyone else in on the scoobers hype train? I'm, will be rooting for this motherfucker | ||
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KaiserCommander
Mexico290 Posts
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NovemberstOrm
Canada16217 Posts
On March 05 2014 09:17 KaiserCommander wrote: Hey, something offtopic, but, why is people saying SC2 scene is dying or shrinking? Is that really happening?. a lot of people think because we aren't the biggest we're dead, some are trolls, etc. most commonly though it's used as a trollish remark On March 05 2014 07:44 Kofuku wrote: The letters C and Z sounds the same or very similar in some languages (I know it does in Spanish at least) so if you're just spelling from how you've heard it, it's easy to confuse that always confused me a little when i seen it | ||
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KaiserCommander
Mexico290 Posts
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ImperialFist
790 Posts
On March 05 2014 09:09 KaiserCommander wrote: I'm, will be rooting for this motherfucker he is actually really good, i think he can challenge for first place. | ||
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tshi
United States2495 Posts
On March 05 2014 09:08 JacobShock wrote: This time JD, this time =) I know <3!! | ||
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vult
United States9400 Posts
But hoping for MaNa to make some plays! | ||
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LimeNade
United States2125 Posts
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Orcasgt24
Canada3238 Posts
NO GROUPS EVER AT ANY POINT IN TIME FOR THIS TOURNEY People have a very hard time understanding this. 5 pages and still talking about group play... | ||
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tomastaz
United States976 Posts
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Prince_Stranger
Kazakhstan762 Posts
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phagga
Switzerland2194 Posts
On March 05 2014 04:57 catplanetcatplanet wrote: anyone else in on the scoobers hype train? Count me in! Scoobers FTW! Can we make this a Scoobers Hype Thread now? | ||
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pure.Wasted
Canada4701 Posts
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neptunusfisk
2286 Posts
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Waxangel
United States33389 Posts
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Zerg.Zilla
Hungary5029 Posts
On March 05 2014 14:57 neptunusfisk wrote: Three mediocre zergs and Dear? Well, none of these going to win the whole thing.. Three mediocre zergs?!? Get some sleep pls... -.-" | ||
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slowbacontron
United States7722 Posts
Corrected your score on Aligulac ^^ | ||
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bokchoi
Korea (South)9498 Posts
On March 05 2014 15:14 Waxangel wrote: i find jyp's decision to request a trip here kinda questionable, but maybe he's palying well lately :O would u say no to a free trip? :D haha | ||
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partydude89
1850 Posts
Open Bracket is not free. you have to pay to go there. | ||
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Orcasgt24
Canada3238 Posts
On March 05 2014 16:42 partydude89 wrote: Open Bracket is not free. you have to pay to go there. Its free if your team is paying for all that. | ||
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pure.Wasted
Canada4701 Posts
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Zenic
53 Posts
On March 05 2014 07:36 _SpiRaL_ wrote: "Price money" is a common misspelling by people who speak English as a foreign language. Is it a literal translation or something? Sorry for offtopic. I'm one of these people who speak English as a foreign language and until now I thought "price" is British English, while "prize" is American. It gets a little confusing when you learn the British spelling in school, but read American literature and internet posts in your pastime. At some point you stop considering that there could be a different meaning. Actually your post let me believe that the word "price" doesn't even exist. | ||
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McRatyn
Poland901 Posts
 Sorry Aslo I call dibs on being first in Scoobers' Fan Club. Just sayin' | ||
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DjHorsi
20 Posts
On March 05 2014 03:39 sharkie wrote: I dont understand how non Polish people come to the open bracket... Dont they realise its a winner takes all tournament? (I am sorry but I cant see any of these players winning the whole thing) :/ I guess korean think they can win it. Then only 2 poeple left. HasuObs probably goes there together with Dear- and its very close to germany anyway. Why uthermal goes there i dont know either maybe he lives in poland?! | ||
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vthree
Hong Kong8039 Posts
On March 05 2014 08:52 MysterySC wrote: No offence but winner takes all.... unless your Nani or scarlett what is a foreigner doing here? spend the time and money on a smaller tourney Because they don't necessary have to win... Even getting through the open braceket will make them popular enough to get invited for other tournaments. | ||
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Rhaeide
Spain304 Posts
On March 05 2014 03:54 Scoobers wrote: Best case scenario: I get my ass handed to me by JD Worst case scenario: anything else Am I the only 1 that is not a pro on this list? A wish come true here. Good luck agains JD | ||
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SLCMemento
13 Posts
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asongdotnet
United States1060 Posts
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TAMinator
Australia2706 Posts
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Gothic
Sweden122 Posts
On March 05 2014 20:46 Zenic wrote: I'm one of these people who speak English as a foreign language and until now I thought "price" is British English, while "prize" is American. It gets a little confusing when you learn the British spelling in school, but read American literature and internet posts in your pastime. At some point you stop considering that there could be a different meaning. Actually your post let me believe that the word "price" doesn't even exist. Unless I'm completely mistaken: "Price" is what something costs. (What's the price of the book? It's $20.) "Prize" is what you win. (The prize sum was $20.000, winner took it all.) | ||
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_SpiRaL_
Afghanistan1636 Posts
On March 05 2014 20:46 Zenic wrote: I'm one of these people who speak English as a foreign language and until now I thought "price" is British English, while "prize" is American. It gets a little confusing when you learn the British spelling in school, but read American literature and internet posts in your pastime. At some point you stop considering that there could be a different meaning. Actually your post let me believe that the word "price" doesn't even exist. The word price exists, but it's always "prize money". Price means how much something costs. Prize is a reward for winning. Price would make zero sense in this context. So basically never "price money". You have heard those mastercard ads with the slogan priceless right? Priceless is like a mother's love, something so valuable money cannot buy it. It comes from the word price. In American English things like organize use a "z" but its organise with an "s" in British English (although both are acceptable). Hope this helps. | ||
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_SpiRaL_
Afghanistan1636 Posts
On March 06 2014 23:26 Gothic wrote: Unless I'm completely mistaken: "Price" is what something costs. (What's the price of the book? It's $20.) "Prize" is what you win. (The prize sum was $20.000, winner took it all.) This is correct. Damn those Swedes and their English | ||
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