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IEM Taipei - Invited Players announced - Page 5

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SetGuitarsToKill
Profile Blog Joined December 2013
Canada28396 Posts
January 25 2016 23:44 GMT
#81
On January 26 2016 08:43 KappaKingPrime wrote:
Why did they even invite MC? He is "retired" and dosn't practise as much as other pros. Wasted spot IMHO.

MC is currently streaming himself sleeping and getting 1.2k viewers. He brings the people in with his very presence
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Diabolique
Profile Joined June 2015
Czech Republic5118 Posts
January 26 2016 00:17 GMT
#82
On January 26 2016 08:44 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 26 2016 08:43 KappaKingPrime wrote:
Why did they even invite MC? He is "retired" and dosn't practise as much as other pros. Wasted spot IMHO.

MC is currently streaming himself sleeping and getting 1.2k viewers. He brings the people in with his very presence

MC is a great guy and I will be happy to see him at any tournament, I even hoped, he will steal some welfare money. But not at this tournament, this was supposed to be the big "GOOD BYE KOREANS" tournament.
sOs | Rogue | Maru | Trap | Scarlett | Snute | MC
imre
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
France9263 Posts
January 26 2016 00:41 GMT
#83
On January 26 2016 05:48 Elentos wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 26 2016 05:31 Charoisaur wrote:
On January 26 2016 03:52 Elentos wrote:
On January 26 2016 03:49 ejozl wrote:
On January 26 2016 03:44 Musicus wrote:
On January 26 2016 03:41 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:
I wonder how many invitationals Lilbow will get invited to before organizers realize hes not that popular or good in LotV


Yeah he is the only invite that stands out as "should he be there?". Ptitdrogo, ShowTime, Nerchio, Mlord would've been sick. Him and the supposedly retired MC I guess.

He still was the best foreigner at the end of HotS. sOs hasn't shown that great play in LotV yet either, but no one is arguing that he shouldn't be there and with good reason I think.

sOs has played 4 televised 1v1 games in LotV and is the reigning Starcraft World Champion. Lilbow meanwhile has been completely overshadowed by other foreign players in LotV so far when playing in the same tournaments as them. I'd be fine with Lilbow if he had an interesting playstyle but... well, he never had that.

if Lilbow doesn't have an interesting playstyle nobody has.
His playstyle is the definition of interesting.

Aren't you the person who thought +2 stalker/sentry vs roach/hydra was the pinnacle of RTS gameplay? Yeah no, I don't agree with you. His playstyle is the definition of boring for me.


Hitting timings isn't exactly spectacular I'd agree. Turtling is still worse imo :D
Zest fanboy.
Charoisaur
Profile Joined August 2014
Germany16033 Posts
January 26 2016 00:48 GMT
#84
On January 26 2016 05:48 Elentos wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 26 2016 05:31 Charoisaur wrote:
On January 26 2016 03:52 Elentos wrote:
On January 26 2016 03:49 ejozl wrote:
On January 26 2016 03:44 Musicus wrote:
On January 26 2016 03:41 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:
I wonder how many invitationals Lilbow will get invited to before organizers realize hes not that popular or good in LotV


Yeah he is the only invite that stands out as "should he be there?". Ptitdrogo, ShowTime, Nerchio, Mlord would've been sick. Him and the supposedly retired MC I guess.

He still was the best foreigner at the end of HotS. sOs hasn't shown that great play in LotV yet either, but no one is arguing that he shouldn't be there and with good reason I think.

sOs has played 4 televised 1v1 games in LotV and is the reigning Starcraft World Champion. Lilbow meanwhile has been completely overshadowed by other foreign players in LotV so far when playing in the same tournaments as them. I'd be fine with Lilbow if he had an interesting playstyle but... well, he never had that.

if Lilbow doesn't have an interesting playstyle nobody has.
His playstyle is the definition of interesting.

Aren't you the person who thought +2 stalker/sentry vs roach/hydra was the pinnacle of RTS gameplay? Yeah no, I don't agree with you. His playstyle is the definition of boring for me.

what was bad about stalker/sentry against roach hydra?
The micro interactions and constant trading were awesome.
only ling bane muta vs bio mine comes close to that.
so bad that lotv killed it.
Many of the coolest moments in sc2 happen due to worker harassment
stuchiu
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Fiddler's Green42661 Posts
January 26 2016 01:25 GMT
#85
MC made top 16 KR GM, game on?
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MiniFotToss
Profile Joined December 2013
China2430 Posts
January 26 2016 01:26 GMT
#86
Hope MC gets revenge on sOs and Lilbow actually wins against someone
swissman777
Profile Joined September 2014
1106 Posts
January 26 2016 01:30 GMT
#87
On January 26 2016 10:26 MiniFotToss wrote:
Hope MC gets revenge on sOs and Lilbow actually wins against someone


How about triple proxy gate by both MC and sOs?
Circumstance
Profile Blog Joined March 2014
United States11403 Posts
January 26 2016 02:03 GMT
#88
It honestly feels like ESL either learned about the WCS changes too late, or completely forgot SC2 was on the docket for Taipei.
The world is better when every background has a chance.
BreAKerTV
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
Taiwan1658 Posts
January 26 2016 02:13 GMT
#89
On January 26 2016 02:46 Arvendilin wrote:
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On January 26 2016 02:43 LongShot27 wrote:
On January 26 2016 02:42 Arvendilin wrote:
Not really super hyped about this lineup tbh. buuuuut ehh I guess its the best we can hope for with GSL and SSL going on in full force


What's distressing is 0 Taiwanese players

Isn't the Taiwanese scene basically dead at this point?

China has had a resurgence but afaik Taiwan died 2 years ago :/

Taiwan died Almost a full year ago. The final SC2 broadcast from TeSL was made in March 2015. If my memory serves me correctly, it was Has vs. Ruin.
Retired caster / streamer "BingeHD". Digital Nomad.
RKC
Profile Joined June 2012
2848 Posts
January 26 2016 02:55 GMT
#90
On January 26 2016 10:25 stuchiu wrote:
MC made top 16 KR GM, game on?


I watched his stream for a bit. One game, he MSC-pylon rushed a Terran (building pylons outside and then inside the Terran base, kept activating photon overcharge). Quite funny! Terran player must be super mad!
gg no re thx
swissman777
Profile Joined September 2014
1106 Posts
January 26 2016 03:00 GMT
#91
On January 26 2016 09:17 Diabolique wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 26 2016 08:44 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:
On January 26 2016 08:43 KappaKingPrime wrote:
Why did they even invite MC? He is "retired" and dosn't practise as much as other pros. Wasted spot IMHO.

MC is currently streaming himself sleeping and getting 1.2k viewers. He brings the people in with his very presence

MC is a great guy and I will be happy to see him at any tournament, I even hoped, he will steal some welfare money. But not at this tournament, this was supposed to be the big "GOOD BYE KOREANS" tournament.


Why? I actually hoped to see some Koreans doing in a foreign tournament. Koreans need some love too
ZAiNs
Profile Joined July 2010
United Kingdom6525 Posts
January 26 2016 03:04 GMT
#92
On January 26 2016 12:00 swissman777 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 26 2016 09:17 Diabolique wrote:
On January 26 2016 08:44 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:
On January 26 2016 08:43 KappaKingPrime wrote:
Why did they even invite MC? He is "retired" and dosn't practise as much as other pros. Wasted spot IMHO.

MC is currently streaming himself sleeping and getting 1.2k viewers. He brings the people in with his very presence

MC is a great guy and I will be happy to see him at any tournament, I even hoped, he will steal some welfare money. But not at this tournament, this was supposed to be the big "GOOD BYE KOREANS" tournament.


Why? I actually hoped to see some Koreans doing in a foreign tournament. Koreans need some love too

Because though he is a good player, he's not a top-tier player and a lot of people hoped all 8 of the invited players would be top-tier Koreans because other than Blizzcon this may have been the only opportunity to have a truly stacked weekend tournament.
swissman777
Profile Joined September 2014
1106 Posts
January 26 2016 05:36 GMT
#93
The prizepool is 25,000 dollars

source: http://esports.dailygame.co.kr/view.php?ud=2016012611405420100
swissman777
Profile Joined September 2014
1106 Posts
January 26 2016 05:38 GMT
#94
On January 26 2016 12:04 ZAiNs wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 26 2016 12:00 swissman777 wrote:
On January 26 2016 09:17 Diabolique wrote:
On January 26 2016 08:44 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:
On January 26 2016 08:43 KappaKingPrime wrote:
Why did they even invite MC? He is "retired" and dosn't practise as much as other pros. Wasted spot IMHO.

MC is currently streaming himself sleeping and getting 1.2k viewers. He brings the people in with his very presence

MC is a great guy and I will be happy to see him at any tournament, I even hoped, he will steal some welfare money. But not at this tournament, this was supposed to be the big "GOOD BYE KOREANS" tournament.


Why? I actually hoped to see some Koreans doing in a foreign tournament. Koreans need some love too

Because though he is a good player, he's not a top-tier player and a lot of people hoped all 8 of the invited players would be top-tier Koreans because other than Blizzcon this may have been the only opportunity to have a truly stacked weekend tournament.


Well, I think GSL and viewership may have a say in it-- though I was arguing for Korean players in general because "GOOD BYE KOREANS" seemed like an anti-Korean(?) opinion
Cricketer12
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
United States13990 Posts
January 26 2016 05:57 GMT
#95
On January 26 2016 06:25 Shellshock wrote:
I feel like Soulkey will win this for some reason

If he makes it past the semis v polt somehow he should otherwise sOs wins
Chain 1 Arthalion Chain 2 Urgula Chain 3 Mululu Chain 4 Lukias
Cricketer12
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
United States13990 Posts
January 26 2016 05:58 GMT
#96
On January 26 2016 10:30 swissman777 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 26 2016 10:26 MiniFotToss wrote:
Hope MC gets revenge on sOs and Lilbow actually wins against someone


How about triple proxy gate by both MC and sOs?

I remember using that on taldarim alter v terran, good ol days
Chain 1 Arthalion Chain 2 Urgula Chain 3 Mululu Chain 4 Lukias
Diabolique
Profile Joined June 2015
Czech Republic5118 Posts
January 26 2016 10:21 GMT
#97
On January 26 2016 14:38 swissman777 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 26 2016 12:04 ZAiNs wrote:
On January 26 2016 12:00 swissman777 wrote:
On January 26 2016 09:17 Diabolique wrote:
On January 26 2016 08:44 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:
On January 26 2016 08:43 KappaKingPrime wrote:
Why did they even invite MC? He is "retired" and dosn't practise as much as other pros. Wasted spot IMHO.

MC is currently streaming himself sleeping and getting 1.2k viewers. He brings the people in with his very presence

MC is a great guy and I will be happy to see him at any tournament, I even hoped, he will steal some welfare money. But not at this tournament, this was supposed to be the big "GOOD BYE KOREANS" tournament.


Why? I actually hoped to see some Koreans doing in a foreign tournament. Koreans need some love too

Because though he is a good player, he's not a top-tier player and a lot of people hoped all 8 of the invited players would be top-tier Koreans because other than Blizzcon this may have been the only opportunity to have a truly stacked weekend tournament.


Well, I think GSL and viewership may have a say in it-- though I was arguing for Korean players in general because "GOOD BYE KOREANS" seemed like an anti-Korean(?) opinion

No, trust me, I do not have any anti-Korean opinions ... now, I have just anti-foreigner opinions ...
sOs | Rogue | Maru | Trap | Scarlett | Snute | MC
SeriousLus
Profile Joined July 2012
169 Posts
January 26 2016 12:52 GMT
#98
let me get this right...
its a tournament with 8 players and 5!!!!??? commentators? that starts on Monday and ends on a Tuesday????? and it`ll be bo3 mostly?? holy cow.. sc2 going straight to...
Elentos
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
55566 Posts
January 26 2016 13:04 GMT
#99
On January 26 2016 21:52 SeriousLus wrote:
its a tournament with 8 players and 5!!!!??? commentators?

Yes.
On January 26 2016 21:52 SeriousLus wrote:
that starts on Monday and ends on a Tuesday?????

Yes.
On January 26 2016 21:52 SeriousLus wrote:
and it`ll be bo3 mostly??

No. It's BO5 with the finals as a BO7.
Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes.
xtorn
Profile Blog Joined December 2013
4060 Posts
January 26 2016 13:05 GMT
#100
very happy for Snute!

But Lilbow should've been replaced by Showtime.
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