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IEM WC 2014 - sOs Seizes $100,000 Once More - Page 3

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Josh_Video
Profile Joined August 2013
Canada798 Posts
March 17 2014 04:36 GMT
#41
I didn't even bother waking up to watch the finals because i knew it would be a shitty series. After reading what happened, i'm glad i stayed in bed.

Protoss vs Protoss. Thank god.
MKP :D ~ MMA ~ Scarlett ~ Taeja ~ Mvp ~ InnoVation ~ Polt | Prime ( RIP :( ) ~ Acer ~ SK Telecom T1 | I enjoyed the locust war of May 3, 2014.
Random_0
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
United States1163 Posts
March 17 2014 04:51 GMT
#42
I want to see a picture of herO with a big novelty check that says "IEM World Championship, 2nd Place, $0"
Orcasgt24
Profile Joined August 2011
Canada3238 Posts
March 17 2014 04:54 GMT
#43
On March 17 2014 11:37 lichter wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 17 2014 11:34 Orcasgt24 wrote:
Did anyone get to see the viewer count? 830 am was too early for me to watch so I didn't get to watch live

Show nested quote +
On March 17 2014 04:05 shid0x wrote:
On March 17 2014 03:10 KrazyTrumpet wrote:
On March 17 2014 03:09 Master Blaster wrote:
How many viewers did the final get??? I had a bet on whether it would reach 100k...

It did reach 100k


we had 122 k

[image loading]

+30k on the chinese stream.
And add to that the SPOTV viewers (korea) but they did not give away numbers.

so 152 k + SPOTV at the peak.


That picture looks alot like the total viewers for a single game list on twitch. Still I bet 120k of it was IEM. Very nice! I thought the bad time for it may hurt but I was wrong!

And as usual, Totalbiscut was right when he said they'd break 100k easy
In Hearthstone we pray to RNGesus. When Yogg-Saron hits the field, RNGod gets to work
ArTiFaKs
Profile Joined September 2013
United States1229 Posts
March 17 2014 05:11 GMT
#44
On March 17 2014 11:37 GTPGlitch wrote:
Man it really sucks that herO had all those really great series and just gets nothing because of a shitty pvp final

like, grats to sOs for the mind games and such, but really... that was such a terrible series, and herO played so well up to that point... super disappointed with the WTA format tbh :C


Totally agree! And for a guy who's career winnings is something like 28k it's really unfortunate I hope sOs treated him to a fancy meal or bought him some shit to make up for it. WTA was nice and all in theory, but it didn't raise viewers until the finals, which Cologne actually had more concurrent viewers throughout the tournament, so that failed. And it wasn't any more "hype" than usual. The games make the hype themselves, and a winner take all format when PvP finals has been happening all but 1 tournament so far just didn't work out. Timing is usually everything, and I'm sure if there was more stability as far as balance goes, it could have been different, but all in all i think it failed in it's goal. I'm totally down for some more non-WTA formats and I hope they don't do it again next year.
There are things known, and things unknown, and in-between are the doors.
goody153
Profile Blog Joined April 2013
44230 Posts
March 17 2014 05:12 GMT
#45
The holy shit moment was basically holy shit.
this is a quote
droppanda
Profile Joined December 2011
Australia176 Posts
March 17 2014 05:20 GMT
#46
Teamliquid front page stories also misuse the word 'throw'.
Can we stop propagating this in the e-sports community?

To throw a game in any sense of the word means to lose on purpose, usually in reference to match-fixing and the likes.
For some reason, the e-sports community has tossed this word about so it it just means 'losing a game from your own mistakes when you should not have because you were way ahead'.

Please, anyone new to esports will not only be confused, when they realize it is just people using it incorrectly, it just gives the community an immature image.
Incognoto
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
France10239 Posts
March 17 2014 05:21 GMT
#47
Damn, I called the Ro4+ perfectly. :o

If you don't believe me check post history.

I knew hero would take down polt and I knew Taeja would lose to sos. sos was just on fire though so it makes sense that he won.

:D
maru lover forever
igay
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
Australia1178 Posts
March 17 2014 05:29 GMT
#48
Yeah fairly lack luster finals but the rest of the tourney was great and a bunch of interesting things happened!
MVP <3 MKP <3 DRG <3
illidanx
Profile Joined November 2011
United States973 Posts
March 17 2014 05:38 GMT
#49
On March 17 2014 14:11 ArTiFaKs wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 17 2014 11:37 GTPGlitch wrote:
Man it really sucks that herO had all those really great series and just gets nothing because of a shitty pvp final

like, grats to sOs for the mind games and such, but really... that was such a terrible series, and herO played so well up to that point... super disappointed with the WTA format tbh :C


Totally agree! And for a guy who's career winnings is something like 28k it's really unfortunate I hope sOs treated him to a fancy meal or bought him some shit to make up for it. WTA was nice and all in theory, but it didn't raise viewers until the finals, which Cologne actually had more concurrent viewers throughout the tournament, so that failed. And it wasn't any more "hype" than usual. The games make the hype themselves, and a winner take all format when PvP finals has been happening all but 1 tournament so far just didn't work out. Timing is usually everything, and I'm sure if there was more stability as far as balance goes, it could have been different, but all in all i think it failed in it's goal. I'm totally down for some more non-WTA formats and I hope they don't do it again next year.


kespa players actually receive monthly salary, so they don't have to depend on tournament winnings to survive.
Die-hard KeSPA fan
Ansinjunger
Profile Joined November 2010
United States2451 Posts
March 17 2014 06:00 GMT
#50
I really wanna catch the next Meta, Artosis had a good time this weekend , and there's some crazy games to talk about.
Iceman331
Profile Joined April 2010
United States1306 Posts
March 17 2014 06:09 GMT
#51
So I finally got around to watching the mass carriers game, and I'm pretty sure the storms and hidden expansions did more to win that game than the carriers. Oh and the fact that he somehow held a max supply push while on 4 gateways and 90 probes. Pretty sure that's not supposed to happen.
TAMinator
Profile Joined February 2011
Australia2706 Posts
March 17 2014 06:10 GMT
#52
"heading nito the finals" Wax pls.
asdfOu
Profile Joined August 2011
United States2089 Posts
March 17 2014 06:27 GMT
#53
sHy: lol i'll take that 100k tyvm
rip prime
Incognoto
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
France10239 Posts
March 17 2014 06:31 GMT
#54
On March 17 2014 15:09 Iceman331 wrote:
So I finally got around to watching the mass carriers game, and I'm pretty sure the storms and hidden expansions did more to win that game than the carriers. Oh and the fact that he somehow held a max supply push while on 4 gateways and 90 probes. Pretty sure that's not supposed to happen.


Maybe he held that because had more than six +3 carriers?
maru lover forever
Emerson_H
Profile Joined March 2014
United States460 Posts
March 17 2014 06:31 GMT
#55
On March 17 2014 11:56 thirtyapm wrote:
so glad sOs won and not fake hero

that fake hero's micro is so good, and his comebacks so epic - he was infuriating to watch lol

Not fake hero.
jeri
Profile Joined July 2012
Germany335 Posts
March 17 2014 07:02 GMT
#56
sos is the man, why bother and play every tourney? play 2-3 proper ones and cash it big, gg sos!
"The voices are back. Excellent." Dexter Morgan
Orcasgt24
Profile Joined August 2011
Canada3238 Posts
March 17 2014 07:03 GMT
#57
On March 17 2014 15:09 Iceman331 wrote:
So I finally got around to watching the mass carriers game, and I'm pretty sure the storms and hidden expansions did more to win that game than the carriers. Oh and the fact that he somehow held a max supply push while on 4 gateways and 90 probes. Pretty sure that's not supposed to happen.

The storms were the support, after those were used to soften the Terran the Carriers did the rest. They Obliterated the Viking Fleet, then laid waste to the marines in no time. He lost one Carrier to a max supply push at his 3rd base. Then another max supply bio army met the fleet in the middle of the map. They were wiped out and the Protoss was at 192 supply after that fight
In Hearthstone we pray to RNGesus. When Yogg-Saron hits the field, RNGod gets to work
GoodSirTets
Profile Joined June 2012
Canada200 Posts
March 17 2014 07:03 GMT
#58
mass carriers new meta thank you s0s
High Diamond/ Low Masters :^)
hansonslee
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States2027 Posts
March 17 2014 07:20 GMT
#59
On March 17 2014 10:35 neoghaleon55 wrote:
Also interesting that people don't hate sOs as much as they did Puma back in his 2x NASL championships. I guess it is because sOs has a better smile and carriers.


You sure? A lot of people hated PuMa that even Huskystarcraft had to downplay the hate when he casted his games on his channel. Also, when Puma was doing badly in Proleague, a lot of people made fun of him for not having 1-1-1 handy anymore against Protoss.

sOs is definitely more charming though.
Seed's # 1 fan!!! #ForVengeance
WolfintheSheep
Profile Joined June 2011
Canada14127 Posts
March 17 2014 07:22 GMT
#60
Well, sOs seems to have a knack for winning the tournaments that really count.

On March 17 2014 14:38 illidanx wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 17 2014 14:11 ArTiFaKs wrote:
On March 17 2014 11:37 GTPGlitch wrote:
Man it really sucks that herO had all those really great series and just gets nothing because of a shitty pvp final

like, grats to sOs for the mind games and such, but really... that was such a terrible series, and herO played so well up to that point... super disappointed with the WTA format tbh :C


Totally agree! And for a guy who's career winnings is something like 28k it's really unfortunate I hope sOs treated him to a fancy meal or bought him some shit to make up for it. WTA was nice and all in theory, but it didn't raise viewers until the finals, which Cologne actually had more concurrent viewers throughout the tournament, so that failed. And it wasn't any more "hype" than usual. The games make the hype themselves, and a winner take all format when PvP finals has been happening all but 1 tournament so far just didn't work out. Timing is usually everything, and I'm sure if there was more stability as far as balance goes, it could have been different, but all in all i think it failed in it's goal. I'm totally down for some more non-WTA formats and I hope they don't do it again next year.


kespa players actually receive monthly salary, so they don't have to depend on tournament winnings to survive.

Most players receive a monthly salary, but that salary usually isn't much to speak of. Kespa is no exception.
Average means I'm better than half of you.
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