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Maru, Innovation, and San Qualify for IEM Taipei!

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hansonslee
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States2027 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-01-04 22:32:19
January 04 2015 21:13 GMT
#1
DISCLAIMER: This is my first time posting news. So, please give me any feedback on how I can better present the news. Enjoy! :D

(Wiki)IEM Season IX - Taipei/Asian Final Qualifier

For those who don't check the liquipedia as often as I do, here's a quick recap.

In the Asian Final Qualifiers, Maru and Innovation had breezed through their qualifiers and ended up on the Winner's Finals, which automatically grant them qualification spots.

(T)Maru overcame his ZvT weakness by beating (Z)HyuN and (Z)Life and pushed San to the Loser bracket.

(T)INnoVation crushed his lesser Terran opponents (T)Cure and (T)MMA and defeated (P)Classic for the second spot.

(P)San demonstrated his competitiveness by defeating the rising SKT1 star (Z)Dark and high tier Protosses (P)herO[jOin] and Classic.

FAQ:

Why do this recap?

I wanted to do these quick recaps, because I noticed on that whenever I do FPL, I have to spend a lot of time doing research on liquipedia and aliguac. So, I want to do quick recaps, so those who are more casual towards the Starcraft scene can have easier and quicker access to the information regarding certain players and their momentum.

Also, this tournament was NOT in the liquipedia front page. So, I have decided to write a quick blurb about it!

Like my contributions? Let me know, and I am willing to do more!
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DoctorFoxer
Profile Joined August 2012
United States191 Posts
January 04 2015 21:15 GMT
#2
Do you know where we can finds VODs?
When behind, Dark Shrine.
Xinzoe
Profile Joined January 2014
Korea (South)2373 Posts
January 04 2015 21:17 GMT
#3
Should give a few sentences on how those 3 players defeated the others
Shellshock
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States97276 Posts
January 04 2015 21:18 GMT
#4
Couldn't have asked for better results
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dyDrawer
Profile Joined September 2012
Canada438 Posts
January 04 2015 21:22 GMT
#5
I love the idea of these short recaps. One more thing though: it'd be great if you could post the liquipedia link in your thread.
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rOse.MarCh
Profile Joined October 2012
United States15 Posts
January 04 2015 21:23 GMT
#6
Very impressive results that show Maru worked on his TvZ and San went full clutch and defeated three favored opponents.
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Antonidas
Profile Joined August 2014
United States105 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-01-04 21:32:30
January 04 2015 21:26 GMT
#7
You should stay as neutral as possible. Words like "lesser" are mostly meaningless in this game. The margin of error allowed for victory is incredibly miniscule, esp. at the pro level. Thus, whoever is better and worse is highly debatble and near impossible to determine as of now.

You should condense your sentences. Eliminate words like has, have, etc. It will make you appear more professional, and the site, more prestigous.

Thanks for the work.
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KingofdaHipHop
Profile Blog Joined October 2013
United States25602 Posts
January 04 2015 21:44 GMT
#8
Impresed by Maru actually qualifying for something, nice to see INno make it (altho his last two forays into IEM were Ro8 0-3 exits). And San is someone I can root for, but I wish herO or Rain or Dark qualified D:
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rOse.MarCh
Profile Joined October 2012
United States15 Posts
January 04 2015 21:45 GMT
#9
On January 05 2015 06:26 Antonidas wrote:
You should stay as neutral as possible. Words like "lesser" are mostly meaningless in this game. The margin of error allowed for victory is incredibly miniscule, esp. at the pro level. Thus, whoever is better and worse is highly debatble and near impossible to determine as of now.

You should condense your sentences. Eliminate words like has, have, etc. It will make you appear more professional, and the site, more prestigous.

Thanks for the work.

Very well put.
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messioso
Profile Joined June 2011
Denmark635 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-01-04 22:12:48
January 04 2015 22:11 GMT
#10
Should link to the LP article so people can quickly go to the brackets

(Wiki)IEM Season IX - Taipei/Asian Final Qualifier
Former ESL League Operations. I ran IEM/WCS for like 3 years or something. I did map vetos on a tablet. That guy.
The_Templar
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
your Country52797 Posts
January 04 2015 22:14 GMT
#11
Thanks for the recap. However, you need to make sure that you're not introducing bias into this (it's supposed to just sum up some of the stuff that happened), since you're only stating facts. Words like "overcame", "crushed", "breezed", etc. introduce these biases.
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SBGamer
Profile Joined October 2014
Germany115 Posts
January 04 2015 22:29 GMT
#12
Do you know why Bomber forfeited?
Bomber is love, Maru is life.
hansonslee
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States2027 Posts
January 04 2015 22:31 GMT
#13
Thanks for the feedback, guys! I will definitely keep those in mind!

Also, it's pretty nice to see one of the IEM guys helping me out!
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Shuffleblade
Profile Joined February 2012
Sweden1903 Posts
January 04 2015 22:46 GMT
#14
Really nice, thanks for the news update =D
Maru, Bomber, TY, Dear, Classic, DeParture and Rogue!
Dav1oN
Profile Joined January 2012
Ukraine3164 Posts
January 04 2015 23:08 GMT
#15
dat lineup, poor Kas
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Circumstance
Profile Blog Joined March 2014
United States11403 Posts
January 04 2015 23:14 GMT
#16
Grats to Innovation, Maru, and San for qualifying, and to Classic for qualifying as the inevitable replacement after Maru drops out again.
The world is better when every background has a chance.
vult
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
United States9400 Posts
January 04 2015 23:29 GMT
#17
Maruuuu! Hopefully he makes up for the time he missed by not going to Toronto.

Good lineup so far! Great fan-favorite Terran lineup!
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Blargh
Profile Joined September 2010
United States2103 Posts
January 04 2015 23:32 GMT
#18
On January 05 2015 06:18 Shellshock wrote:
Couldn't have asked for better results

Agreed. San is currently one of the top Protoss players at the moment, having qualified for both major KR tournaments and doing quite well in PL thus far (I think he's only played as an ace, and he won that).

And Maru & Innovation? Do they need any explanation?? Though, I would have loved to see a player like Dark do well, given his recent hype.
Ctesias
Profile Joined December 2012
4595 Posts
January 05 2015 00:50 GMT
#19
Finally we get to see more of Maru.
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TheLordofAwesome
Profile Joined May 2014
Korea (South)2656 Posts
January 05 2015 01:11 GMT
#20
Were Maru's games streamed anywhere? I can't find them on Basetrade. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks!
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