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ATC Season 3 - Grand Finals Preview - Page 2

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KalWarkov
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
Germany4126 Posts
July 26 2014 20:54 GMT
#21
Acer should show manners and play without innovation
DiaBoLuS ** Sc2 - Protoss: 16x GM | Dota2 - Offlane Immortal | Wc3 - Undead decent level | Diablo nerd | Chess / Magnus fanboy | BVB | Agnostic***
Musicus
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany23576 Posts
July 26 2014 20:56 GMT
#22
On July 27 2014 05:51 Bumblebee wrote:
The Acer TeamStory Cup is coming up this weekend at TaKe's place in Krefeld, Germany. It's an event we've been focused on for a long time now. We've put in a lot of hours and hard-work towards achieving our goal of making it to grand finals. When Snute all-killed Team Acer in the winnerbracket final, we overcame a hurdle that we haven't been able to in the past; beating Team Acer. We've been very positive about our whole team's performance throughout the groupstage as well as the playoffs. Everyone has really stepped up and carried the team on their back when they needed to.

As I say that, I have some very unfortunate news for not only us, but you guys as well. It's been known for a while that HerO is having some real-life issues that's going to keep him in Korea while the team is competing in Germany. To be more specific, HerO has moved out of the IM house recently and is now looking for a new place to live as he currently doesn't have a way to practice and needs to get that sorted out immediately.

In addition to this, during IEM Shenzhen TaeJa's wrist issues has blown up again. Having travelled quite a bit and played a lot of tournaments recently, there's been a setback and his doctor has advised him to stay home for at least two weeks without playing.

This means we will be without both TaeJa and HerO at the Acer TeamStory Cup finals. With that being said, we're still confident in our abilities and we're going to work hard on giving it our best to take the trophy home. Our 5 Europeans are in the best shape they've ever been. Multiple all-kills and four-kills by them during the online play has really shown how strong we are when we're all at our best.


Damn, sorry to hear that. I wanted both teams at full power . I hope Taeja gets better and HerO finds a new place soon!

Snute, Bunny and the rest are great, but I'm pretty sure Acer will take it easily now.
Maru and Serral are probably top 5.
Trasko
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Sweden983 Posts
July 26 2014 20:56 GMT
#23
On July 27 2014 05:51 Bumblebee wrote:
The Acer TeamStory Cup is coming up this weekend at TaKe's place in Krefeld, Germany. It's an event we've been focused on for a long time now. We've put in a lot of hours and hard-work towards achieving our goal of making it to grand finals. When Snute all-killed Team Acer in the winnerbracket final, we overcame a hurdle that we haven't been able to in the past; beating Team Acer. We've been very positive about our whole team's performance throughout the groupstage as well as the playoffs. Everyone has really stepped up and carried the team on their back when they needed to.

As I say that, I have some very unfortunate news for not only us, but you guys as well. It's been known for a while that HerO is having some real-life issues that's going to keep him in Korea while the team is competing in Germany. To be more specific, HerO has moved out of the IM house recently and is now looking for a new place to live as he currently doesn't have a way to practice and needs to get that sorted out immediately.

In addition to this, during IEM Shenzhen TaeJa's wrist issues has blown up again. Having travelled quite a bit and played a lot of tournaments recently, there's been a setback and his doctor has advised him to stay home for at least two weeks without playing.

This means we will be without both TaeJa and HerO at the Acer TeamStory Cup finals. With that being said, we're still confident in our abilities and we're going to work hard on giving it our best to take the trophy home. Our 5 Europeans are in the best shape they've ever been. Multiple all-kills and four-kills by them during the online play has really shown how strong we are when we're all at our best.


Ahh thank you for the explanation! Sucks they won't participate but sounds very reasonable. Best of luck to both!
Jaedong <3
IAmHaunteR
Profile Joined May 2013
United States36 Posts
July 26 2014 20:58 GMT
#24
Grats to Acer on the ATC!
"Where I walk, you will die"
Yorkie
Profile Blog Joined December 2012
United States12612 Posts
July 26 2014 20:59 GMT
#25
Damn, Acer is looking quite favored now unless Snute goes off. Weird that they made a two team final a stand alone event.
Hwang Kang Hooooooooooo. Follow mah boy Shellshock @Shellshock1122
Yrr
Profile Joined June 2012
Germany804 Posts
July 26 2014 21:01 GMT
#26
How do the two series in the final work?
MMR decay is bad, m'kay? | Personal Hero: TerranHwaiting
Soke
Profile Joined September 2012
United States790 Posts
July 26 2014 21:02 GMT
#27
On July 27 2014 05:51 Bumblebee wrote:
The Acer TeamStory Cup is coming up this weekend at TaKe's place in Krefeld, Germany. It's an event we've been focused on for a long time now. We've put in a lot of hours and hard-work towards achieving our goal of making it to grand finals. When Snute all-killed Team Acer in the winnerbracket final, we overcame a hurdle that we haven't been able to in the past; beating Team Acer. We've been very positive about our whole team's performance throughout the groupstage as well as the playoffs. Everyone has really stepped up and carried the team on their back when they needed to.

As I say that, I have some very unfortunate news for not only us, but you guys as well. It's been known for a while that HerO is having some real-life issues that's going to keep him in Korea while the team is competing in Germany. To be more specific, HerO has moved out of the IM house recently and is now looking for a new place to live as he currently doesn't have a way to practice and needs to get that sorted out immediately.

In addition to this, during IEM Shenzhen TaeJa's wrist issues has blown up again. Having travelled quite a bit and played a lot of tournaments recently, there's been a setback and his doctor has advised him to stay home for at least two weeks without playing.

This means we will be without both TaeJa and HerO at the Acer TeamStory Cup finals. With that being said, we're still confident in our abilities and we're going to work hard on giving it our best to take the trophy home. Our 5 Europeans are in the best shape they've ever been. Multiple all-kills and four-kills by them during the online play has really shown how strong we are when we're all at our best.

Man, :/ The series won't be as great now D:
Djsoke
Trasko
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Sweden983 Posts
July 26 2014 21:10 GMT
#28
On July 27 2014 06:01 Yrr wrote:
How do the two series in the final work?


I believe it's a best of three, but Liquid with a 1 series advantage. So if Liquid wins the first series, Liquid take it all. Acer have to win both in order to take gold.
Jaedong <3
Soke
Profile Joined September 2012
United States790 Posts
July 26 2014 21:11 GMT
#29
On July 27 2014 06:01 Yrr wrote:
How do the two series in the final work?

It's a Bo3 of Bo9s, so the first team to win 2 Bo9s wins the whole thing. Liquid gets an auto 1-0 in all of the series since they came from winners Bracket.
Djsoke
Soke
Profile Joined September 2012
United States790 Posts
July 26 2014 21:11 GMT
#30
On July 27 2014 06:10 Trasko wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 27 2014 06:01 Yrr wrote:
How do the two series in the final work?


I believe it's a best of three, but Liquid with a 1 series advantage. So if Liquid wins the first series, Liquid take it all. Acer have to win both in order to take gold.

No, It's a Bo3 of Series, Liquid gets an auto 1 map advantage in all series.
Djsoke
Squat
Profile Joined September 2013
Sweden7978 Posts
July 26 2014 21:19 GMT
#31
This went from being almost a lock for TL to a really desperate situation.
"Digital. They have digital. What is digital?" - Donald J Trump
Evil_Sheep
Profile Joined September 2010
Canada902 Posts
July 26 2014 21:23 GMT
#32
On July 27 2014 05:51 Bumblebee wrote:
...This means we will be without both TaeJa and HerO at the Acer TeamStory Cup finals...

That is extremely disappointing news. With Snute sure to be fatigued after travelling from NationWars the day before (not to mention the incoming terran patch), I don't expect Liquid will now have much of a chance to make this finals into a contest. We all know how good Snute is, not to mention the rest of Liquid's Europe roster, but even starting from 1-0, it's hard to imagine how Liquid can overcome these setbacks.
JustPassingBy
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
10776 Posts
July 26 2014 21:33 GMT
#33
Time for Europe to hold!
CrazyBirdman
Profile Joined July 2011
Germany3509 Posts
July 26 2014 22:55 GMT
#34
TeamSnute got this easy then.
Pino
Profile Joined June 2013
1032 Posts
July 26 2014 23:12 GMT
#35
Snute counts like a korean. The rest of the line up is strong too. This should be close , gl to both
[PkF] Wire
Profile Joined March 2013
France24238 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-07-26 23:27:19
July 26 2014 23:18 GMT
#36
I'm really excited. I hope it all comes down to a TaeJa - INnoVatioN ace match !
The_Templar
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
your Country52797 Posts
July 26 2014 23:34 GMT
#37
Sad that TaeJa isn't playing D:
Still predicting 2-0 Liquid though ^^
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Josh_Video
Profile Joined August 2013
Canada798 Posts
July 26 2014 23:41 GMT
#38
Although this is terrible news for TL in ATC, its the right decision. You cant expect HerO to play in his current situation, and I doubt that the ATC finals are anywhere near as important to TL as making sure TaeJa's wrists don't explode.
MKP :D ~ MMA ~ Scarlett ~ Taeja ~ Mvp ~ InnoVation ~ Polt | Prime ( RIP :( ) ~ Acer ~ SK Telecom T1 | I enjoyed the locust war of May 3, 2014.
MarinePrince
Profile Joined October 2011
United States101 Posts
July 26 2014 23:46 GMT
#39
Let's go Snute, TLO, and Bunny!
"Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character." - Albert Einstein
MarinePrince
Profile Joined October 2011
United States101 Posts
July 26 2014 23:49 GMT
#40
Let's go Snute, TLO, Bunny, Mana, and Ret!
"Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character." - Albert Einstein
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