On March 18 2014 05:54 BrieFanFiction wrote:
Did anyone else feel a little bad for the players this time around because they were dealing with such a harsh format?

Absolutely not, given that they almost certainly will have cut a deal

nimdil

Poland3751 Posts

March 18 2014 10:35 GMT

#142

[q]Most Dramatic Drama: Love him or hate him, you have to admit that NaNiwa's mid-series forfeiture was one of the most interesting things to happen on the weekend.[/q]
I don't agree. That was just weak of NaNi and as much as I enjoyed probe rush in Blizzard Cup, I can't comment his forfeit with anything but "meh, just retire already".

Gianttt

Netherlands194 Posts

March 18 2014 12:03 GMT

#143

I think this is one of the most exciting tournaments, because of the things that happened.
The only European to be forfeiting his match for in my opinion a bad reason. Players being lucky on winning their matches, such as herO versus Hyun and Revival versus Jjakji.
And sOs showing how to win a 100.000 tournament in style, coming there to win, and not to impress, but that's how he impressed most.

I liked it.

Tanzklaue

Germany1415 Posts

March 18 2014 16:05 GMT

#144

not even a mention of hasuobs great run in the open bracket that almost net him a palce in the championshipbracket?

zatic

Zurich15355 Posts

March 18 2014 16:33 GMT

#145

Lost a bet against Carmac on that stupid weird herO Polt game. I mean WTF was that.

GohgamX

Canada1096 Posts

March 18 2014 21:26 GMT

#146

On March 19 2014 01:05 Tanzklaue wrote:
not even a mention of hasuobs great run in the open bracket that almost net him a palce in the championshipbracket?

hasuobs really did have a great run...

ukiya2004

199 Posts

March 19 2014 02:42 GMT

#147

Why is there no interview with SOS for this???!!! I demand an interview!!!!

elwood.sc2

Germany35 Posts

March 19 2014 13:32 GMT

#148

On March 18 2014 10:38 M.R. McThundercrotch wrote:
I gave these finals a miss because Protoss, but now I really regret it. I love cheesy nonsense, especially when there is a lot on the line. HongUn has been my favorite Protoss so far (some Prime cheddar), but $O$ is doing his very best to win me over. 100,000 dollars and he does back-to-back proxy 2-gates? So good.

On March 18 2014 14:02 ukiya2004 wrote:
Flash/Jaedong cheese, people thinks they are heroes and courageous for doing that. SOS cheese, people thinks hes an asshole. I am getting really annoyed at all this hate going around here. SOS did what he needed to win. and people should respect him for that. not downplay him

Ya, thanks for that! I liked the finals and the whole tourney itself a lot. What crazy and close games where these by herO against Hyun and Polt! Cheese is a big part of the game, it brings variety to longer series like Bo5 or Bo7.

And if all the terran whiners (sorry for that, but there was a time when Terrans dominated Code S, now it's just Protoss, every race has its time) watch closely, then you could realize, that a cheese build is NOT a free win, specifically at this high level of play. Best examples came in the finals: sOs won his cheeses, herO did not.

And yes, it even hurts me as a (most likely) protossfan to watch opponenty die to blink-all-ins, BUT then watch e.g. Maru and you must admit, that even blink-all-ins are not free wins also.

Plus: I like the variety Protoss brings to the game, in the moment it is the race with the most diverse build opportunities.

FFW_Rude

France10201 Posts

March 19 2014 13:38 GMT

#149

sOs. 2 tournaments. Makes half of what MC got during almost 4years of hard training and countless tournaments.

This is difficult to accept...

Congratul... no i can't.

This is still a good sign that more money comes into the scene

Incognoto

France10239 Posts

March 19 2014 13:53 GMT

#150

because sOs was eating waffles because he started sc2?

29 fps

United States5724 Posts

March 19 2014 17:05 GMT

#151

i, for one, don't like the winner-takes-all format... if the 1st place prize had been 50k, the winner would have been just as happy (given that it started at 50k, and not changed from 100k), but then 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc. would still get some money, so they'll at least feel slightly rewarded for their efforts.

linkhimura

Argentina231 Posts

March 19 2014 18:51 GMT

#152

the unofficial awards, lol.

I'm happy for sOs, I liked Rain more, but he was my 2nd choice, so it isn't that bad.

Drake

Germany6146 Posts

March 20 2014 16:58 GMT

#153

btw no big interview with sos ? rly ?

Xinzoe

Korea (South)2373 Posts

March 20 2014 20:59 GMT

#154

On March 20 2014 03:51 linkhimura wrote:
the unofficial awards, lol.

I'm happy for sOs, I liked Rain more, but he was my 2nd choice, so it isn't that bad.

Rain was in the tournament? omg!

MidnightZL

Sweden203 Posts

March 21 2014 08:01 GMT

#155

Unfortunatley NaNiwa took away a huge deal of the epicness in this tournament, it was a real killer for me at least, fanboy that i (was). At least he could have tried his best and do one final attempt at bringing home the big price and then quit, simple put, being professional. But NO, he didnt even train for it at all, and the tweet about playing LoL at his hotel was too much, fuckenoh! And then the forfeit on top of that, GG NaNiwa!

Anyway, the tornament had a few really good games and my top pick is the same as everyone elses i guess, jjakji vs revival, that's a top 5 all times for me i guess. The final was the worst match ever tbh, if he had cheesed him a third time in a row, i would have turned off the stream tbh.