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Snute hype, keeping the foreign dream alive.
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Jjakji showed a lot of heart and skill in his series against Zest. TRUE's game 1 vs. Stork was definitely the most memorable match, and even though he lost to Snute, he displayed some fantastic ZvZ.
One thing the write-up doesn't really touch on is the lag issues that plagued the players all night. TRUE's series against Innovation started with the two players discussing lag in-game, and featured some crazy micro blunders by TRUE. I'm not saying the guy is a TvZ expert, but there's no way latency wasn't involved. Lag obviously played a huge role in Inno's series against Snute, as Inno lost a Reaper to slow Lings off creep which resulted in him losing his FE and being down 0-1 very early on. During that series, Snute would go on to pause the game due to "laggyu."
Hard to really know the extent to which lag influenced the results, but the players obviously had to compete in subpar conditions. I can't for the life of me understand Blizzard's unwillingness to fix this atrocious, glaring issue.
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Glad to see Snute and Innovation pull through.
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Snute is so good it scary  hope he pulls a good one
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oh my god Snute advanced out of a Code S quality group of players o.O
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Would be so cool if Snute wins it all...
But i think zest will just roll everything... god.. he's so op...
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On July 17 2014 20:58 sharkie wrote:
oh my god Snute advanced out of a Code S quality group of players o.O
perhaps now people will stop say "he only beat guys to bad for code a/code s he never would have a chance there etc" like its usual after the hsc wins etc
he just IS code S caliber
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Northern Ireland174 Posts
snute has always been a monster!
Hopefully he goes on to take the whole thing :D
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Stork ?? TRUE ?? Noooh. Good luck to Snute though !
Thanks for link to VODS, RevolutionX.
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Belgica34432 Posts
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On July 17 2014 20:40 pure.Wasted wrote:
Jjakji showed a lot of heart and skill in his series against Zest. TRUE's game 1 vs. Stork was definitely the most memorable match, and even though he lost to Snute, he displayed some fantastic ZvZ.
One thing the write-up doesn't really touch on is the lag issues that plagued the players all night. TRUE's series against Innovation started with the two players discussing lag in-game, and featured some crazy micro blunders by TRUE. I'm not saying the guy is a TvZ expert, but there's no way latency wasn't involved. Lag obviously played a huge role in Inno's series against Snute, as Inno lost a Reaper to slow Lings off creep which resulted in him losing his FE and being down 0-1 very early on. During that series, Snute would go on to pause the game due to "laggyu."
Hard to really know the extent to which lag influenced the results, but the players obviously had to compete in subpar conditions. I can't for the life of me understand Blizzard's unwillingness to fix this atrocious, glaring issue.
If by fixing you mean giving LAN, then Blizzard wont do it because certain ppl would just play the cracked/pirated version of the game...
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On July 17 2014 21:57 Painiyff wrote:
If by fixing you mean giving LAN, then Blizzard wont do it because certain ppl would just play the cracked/pirated version of the game...
I completely disagree. Right now you can play EVERYTHING with the starter version besides 1v1 Ladder, I think LAN-mode now would even get (at least some) more players into the game because all you would have to do is having an battle.net account which is made up in about 3 minutes
We had some LAN's were we played SC2 with up to 8 Players and it was insane fun (we played standard multiplayer maps, not arcade or sth.) but the laggs were a big problem every time because my internet connection is really bad.
I think giving SC2 a LAN ability now would just make sense in almost every case. The only problem for streamers would be that they can only cast tournaments when they are actually at the place where it happens because they can't join a lobby via Internet anymore.
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To get back to Topic:
I did not catch that many games of IEM but the series between TRUE and Stork was really refreshing and entertaining.
Also I'm sorry for Illusion but it would've been a huge surprise if he'd even took a single map tbh, so many good players there.
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SNUTE!! on top of stork and TRUE! congrats
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On July 17 2014 20:34 19Meavis93 wrote:
Snute hype, keeping the foreign dream alive.
g3 vs Stork was so full of hype
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Mixed feelings. Insanely happy SNUTE made it happen, but equally frustrated I missed the games! Vods were sick though - especially that 3hatch speedling hold g3 vs True! The multitasking needed to for soomething like that 0.0 WP!
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Nice to see a foreigner get through. I don't pay much attention to things outside of korea... but I'll be watching!
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I was disappointed that the delay meant that I missed all of jjakji's games since i had to sleep, but im sad that he got knocked out. I remember back in his GSL run days when he was known for his amazing TvP, but it seems that lately it has been a bit shaky at times. I hope the games were amazing and that I'll be able to go back and watch them soon.
Also, holy crap Snute. Way to be amazing in a group that I thought he would be lucky to get 3rd place. Unreal how good he is.
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snute is love, snute is hope, snute is someone we can trust!
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Poland3756 Posts
Snute casually beating Code S semifinalists and Code S regularplayer - very impressive.
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Snute has this almost Stephano ability to just tear through Code S level koreans, but I find, its not as consistent as some may suggest, to the a point where he is susceptible to even fellow foreigners
he's not perfect, but he's pretty damn good
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Snute is a fucking legend, great job!
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On July 17 2014 21:57 Painiyff wrote:Show nested quote +On July 17 2014 20:40 pure.Wasted wrote:
Jjakji showed a lot of heart and skill in his series against Zest. TRUE's game 1 vs. Stork was definitely the most memorable match, and even though he lost to Snute, he displayed some fantastic ZvZ.
One thing the write-up doesn't really touch on is the lag issues that plagued the players all night. TRUE's series against Innovation started with the two players discussing lag in-game, and featured some crazy micro blunders by TRUE. I'm not saying the guy is a TvZ expert, but there's no way latency wasn't involved. Lag obviously played a huge role in Inno's series against Snute, as Inno lost a Reaper to slow Lings off creep which resulted in him losing his FE and being down 0-1 very early on. During that series, Snute would go on to pause the game due to "laggyu."
Hard to really know the extent to which lag influenced the results, but the players obviously had to compete in subpar conditions. I can't for the life of me understand Blizzard's unwillingness to fix this atrocious, glaring issue. If by fixing you mean giving LAN, then Blizzard wont do it because certain ppl would just play the cracked/pirated version of the game...
That is a stupid arguement, you can't ladder on cracked or pirated versions. Also no one is saying that you should be able to play campaign offline. Just bloody LAN, why would people pirate a game they have never played before to play against the computer (or other players) if you don't even know how to build an SCV....
Everyone that wants to play SC2 has bought the game already, and if they haven't SC2 already have lots of perks if you want to play it. Like player spawning. There really is no good excuse for not getting LAN.
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Jens "Snute" Aasgaard, king of the north. 
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Snute showing everyone that he is Korean level good. So happy for him :D
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Zest looking confident to win it all, yes!
So happy for Snute also! But sad for Stork 
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I never really comprehend the meaning of clinic when used in this context?
Does it just mean a lesson in standard x?
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Wow Snute o.O ....what a badass! ^.^
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Zest looking good to win the entire thing. Would be nice with another trophy for KT.
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They just need to put LAN in. No one is buying this game anymore. At least add it a few months after Legacy of the Void is released. Then there's little money to be made any longer.
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East Gorteau22261 Posts
On July 18 2014 01:02 Digitalis wrote:
I never really comprehend the meaning of clinic when used in this context?
Does it just mean a lesson in standard x?
Essentially, "putting on a clinic" means displaying how to do something very well (alternatively, well and with little effort). At least that's the context I would use the term in.
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Russian Federation604 Posts
Snute - the god of zergs!))
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they can just have tournament versions of sc2 with LAN. which is installed/uninstalled by blizzard employees on tournament computers if they're really stubborn about it and they can even charge a fee! i just made more money for blizzard.
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To be honest, when snute go to korea, he can't even go to code s. Stork luckily went to code s only with his pvp skill. Snute cant stand with korea protoss
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Good to see foreigners other than Scarlett or Naniwa or Stephano beating two of the best Zerg and Protoss players in the world. Hoping for Snute to get at least top 4.
Seeing as how well Snute played against Stork, I'd say he has a realistic chance of beating Zest if they meet. Other than Taeja or Snute, I can't anyone beating Zest. Snute is a maybe. Taeja is a yes.
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Austria24422 Posts
On July 18 2014 02:08 swag_bro wrote:
Good to see foreigners other than Scarlett or Naniwa or Stephano beating two of the best Zerg and Protoss players in the world. Hoping for Snute to get at least top 4.
Seeing as how well Snute played against Stork, I'd say he has a realistic chance of beating Zest if they meet. Other than Taeja or Snute, I can't anyone beating Zest. Snute is a maybe. Taeja is a yes.
I think Zest is the one player he would want to face the least. Zest is a monster against zerg and especially against SH styles. I think Taeja or Innovation have the best shot against him. Maybe someone can get lucky in PvP.
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On July 18 2014 02:08 swag_bro wrote:
Good to see foreigners other than Scarlett or Naniwa or Stephano beating two of the best Zerg and Protoss players in the world. Hoping for Snute to get at least top 4.
Seeing as how well Snute played against Stork, I'd say he has a realistic chance of beating Zest if they meet. Other than Taeja or Snute, I can't anyone beating Zest. Snute is a maybe. Taeja is a yes.
Solar has the best chance of beating Zest, his ZvP is crazy good.
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On July 18 2014 01:58 sm1995 wrote:
To be honest, when snute go to korea, he can't even go to code s. Stork luckily went to code s only with his pvp skill. Snute cant stand with korea protoss
Debatable. TRUE (who lost to Snute as well) is also a semi-finalist of the latest Code S but somehow doesn't appear in your post at all. I'd say, if Snute would get one of the easier groups in Code A (For example being in group B instead of DRG), he could definitly make Code S, although his run would probably be very short.
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On July 18 2014 02:32 Xoronius wrote:Show nested quote +On July 18 2014 01:58 sm1995 wrote:
To be honest, when snute go to korea, he can't even go to code s. Stork luckily went to code s only with his pvp skill. Snute cant stand with korea protoss Debatable. TRUE (who lost to Snute as well) is also a semi-finalist of the latest Code S but somehow doesn't appear in your post at all. I'd say, if Snute would get one of the easier groups in Code A (For example being in group B instead of DRG), he could definitly make Code S, although his run would probably be very short.
Also Debatable. I think Snute can make a run as impressive as Naniwa's. The only person who would be able to stop him would be someone of championship calibre like how Mvp or DRG stopped him when they were of championship form back in the day.
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On July 18 2014 02:13 DarkLordOlli wrote:Show nested quote +On July 18 2014 02:08 swag_bro wrote:
Good to see foreigners other than Scarlett or Naniwa or Stephano beating two of the best Zerg and Protoss players in the world. Hoping for Snute to get at least top 4.
Seeing as how well Snute played against Stork, I'd say he has a realistic chance of beating Zest if they meet. Other than Taeja or Snute, I can't anyone beating Zest. Snute is a maybe. Taeja is a yes. I think Zest is the one player he would want to face the least. Zest is a monster against zerg and especially against SH styles. I think Taeja or Innovation have the best shot against him. Maybe someone can get lucky in PvP.
Yeah, pretty much this.
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GJ Snute you can beat anyone you'll be facing in quaters, hope you will advance far!
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I hope Snute will do well.
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On July 17 2014 20:39 HoZBlooddrop wrote:
Foreigner hope!
those things still exist
i thought they already sitting next to a dodo bird
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Poland3756 Posts
The prize for 1st place is 10k. Sounds like s.t. for TaeJa to win 
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EPT
![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/staff/Meru/2014/IEM/IEM_Shenzhen.jpg)
Zest topped the group, but 
jjakji gave him a real run for his money in their initial series. ![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/staff/DarkLordOlli/IEM_Shenzhen_Day_1_results.png)
Liquid'Snute put on a remarkable performance in a group full of Code S Ro16 players. 
