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SetGuitarsToKill
Canada28396 Posts
 Polt has departed team EnVyUs and will forfeit his spot at Blizzcon to complete his mandatory military service.  PtitDrogo is the next highest seed and will replace him. It is unknown if he will permanently retire from progaming, however, given his age (28), it seems unlikely that the former GSL Champion and 8 time Premier tournament winner will return. 
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Zacrophage
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Captain America :'( | ||
Topin
Peru10055 Posts
 thx for everything Polt ♥ | ||
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KtJ
United States3514 Posts
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geokilla
Canada8230 Posts
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Topin
Peru10055 Posts
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blade55555
United States17423 Posts
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Charoisaur
Germany15916 Posts
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Brutaxilos
United States2624 Posts
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CosmicSpiral
United States15275 Posts
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BigFan
TLADT24920 Posts
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PharaphobiaSC
Czech Republic457 Posts
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kell234
Russian Federation44 Posts
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Penev
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Shellshock
United States97276 Posts
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ZigguratOfUr
Iraq16955 Posts
I didn't realize he was 28. Damn. | ||
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FrkFrJss
Canada1205 Posts
That being said, I'm really sad that Hydra and now Polt have had to forfeit their spots. Even though Polt wasn't as dominant as he has been in the past, and he hasn't been playing as well online, he'd always risen to the challenge of Blizzcon. | ||
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HzVee
43 Posts
even less terran in blizzcon as well. | ||
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sc2chronic
United States777 Posts
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Charoisaur
Germany15916 Posts
On October 13 2016 08:57 sc2chronic wrote: in a way, im glad koreans are making the biggest sc2 tourney in the world seem secondary to them. future of sc2 is looking bleak. not a ded gam post, just be realistic; do you see this game holding up for the next 2-3 years? Agreed. Polt forfeited his blizzcon spot because the tournament isn't important to him. | ||
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LongShot27
United States2084 Posts
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phodacbiet
United States1740 Posts
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SetGuitarsToKill
Canada28396 Posts
On October 13 2016 08:55 Shellshock wrote: well the timing of this is definitely a surprise I really seems like he had no choice. Korean government must have been like "military now or don't come back" | ||
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Cashling
United States49 Posts
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redloser
Korea (South)1721 Posts
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blade55555
United States17423 Posts
On October 13 2016 09:00 Charoisaur wrote: Agreed. Polt forfeited his blizzcon spot because the tournament isn't important to him. I'm 90% positive that's not why he isn't going to blizzcon. It sounds like he had no choice and the Korean military is forcing him to do it now (he's 28). | ||
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oGoZenob
France1503 Posts
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Penev
28472 Posts
On October 13 2016 08:57 sc2chronic wrote: in a way, im glad koreans are making the biggest sc2 tourney in the world seem secondary to them. future of sc2 is looking bleak. not a ded gam post, just be realistic; do you see this game holding up for the next 2-3 years? So because Hydra can't attend because of his long ago planned wedding and Polt because of mandatory military service means this Blizzcon "seems secondary" to them? Sure. Nice ded gaem post btw On October 13 2016 09:03 blade55555 wrote: I'm 90% positive that's not why he isn't going to blizzcon. It sounds like he had no choice and the Korean military is forcing him to do it now (he's 28). I'm 100% positive that Charoisaur is 100% positive  | ||
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LongShot27
United States2084 Posts
On October 13 2016 09:07 Penev wrote: So because Hydra can't attend because of his long ago planned wedding and Polt because of mandatory military service means this Blizzcon "seems secondary" to them? Sure. Nice ded gaem post btw If this years Blizzcon plus WESG don't make an improvement the game is kinda dead. Nothing wrong with stating a fact, though I dont know about the making blizzcon seems secondary argument. | ||
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FrkFrJss
Canada1205 Posts
On October 13 2016 09:07 Penev wrote: So because Hydra can't attend because of his long ago planned wedding and Polt because of mandatory military service means this Blizzcon "seems secondary" to them? Sure. Nice ded gaem post btw He's not wrong, though, by saying that Hydra views marriage as more important than Blizzcon or that Polt views not breaking the law as more important than Blizzcon. It's just annoying how people have to attribute every negative event to proof of Starcraft 2's death or the WCS region lock. On October 13 2016 09:09 LongShot27 wrote: If this years Blizzcon plus WESG don't make an improvement the game is kinda dead. Nothing wrong with stating a fact, though I dont know about the making blizzcon seems secondary argument. Except that what he is stating is really an opinion at this point and not actual proof. It's like people saying daed game because the KT team supposedly disbanded when it actually just moved buildings. | ||
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Cinskywind1
17 Posts
Best of luck to him and can't think of a player who has consistantly entertained more than Polt. | ||
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SetGuitarsToKill
Canada28396 Posts
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mooncifer
109 Posts
I don't know Polt's situation, but maybe there came something that made him have no choice. | ||
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chipmonklord17
United States11944 Posts
On October 13 2016 09:13 SetGuitarsToKill wrote: https://twitter.com/StarCrafteSport/status/786358761208238080 RIP Nerchio, at least Neeb should get out of his | ||
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SKN1995
Japan204 Posts
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LongShot27
United States2084 Posts
On October 13 2016 09:16 SKN1995 wrote: He's a fan favorite for sure so a lot of people will miss him at BlizzCon but realistically speaking ByuN is so infinitely better so its no loss for competition. What does this comment even mean? | ||
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Phredxor
New Zealand15076 Posts
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ArtyK
France3143 Posts
My favorite WoL terran, one of the smartest and most charismatic player ever, who won in every expansion. What else is there to say... I was actually surprised about his age while checking liquipedia earlier this year, so i kinda foresaw that retirement with the military and all, but definitely not right before blizzcon Farewell Polt, you will be missed! Oh and Drogo you better not throw away this opportunity | ||
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FrkFrJss
Canada1205 Posts
On October 13 2016 09:18 ArtyK wrote: TT My favorite WoL terran, one of the smartest and most charismatic player ever, who won in every expansion. What else is there to say... I was actually surprised about his age while checking liquipedia earlier this year, so i kinda foresaw that retirement with the military and all, but definitely not right before blizzcon Farewell Polt, you will be missed! Oh and Drogo you better not throw away this opportunity Asking Drogo not to throw something? I feel like I know what he would say. | ||
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billynasty
United States260 Posts
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ArtyK
France3143 Posts
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Adept
United States472 Posts
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KappaKingPrime
United States468 Posts
Either way more interesting for foreigners. | ||
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Die4Ever
United States17665 Posts
THE FUCK first Hydra, that was ok, but Polt too? | ||
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Charoisaur
Germany15916 Posts
On October 13 2016 09:20 FrkFrJss wrote: Asking Drogo not to throw something? I feel like I know what he would say. well, against Nerchio, Solar and TY I don't think it will make a difference if he throws or not. | ||
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Penev
28472 Posts
On October 13 2016 09:09 LongShot27 wrote: If this years Blizzcon plus WESG don't make an improvement the game is kinda dead. Nothing wrong with stating a fact, though I dont know about the making blizzcon seems secondary argument. I don't think there are a lot of ppl who aren't worried about the future of SC2 at this point. | ||
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LongShot27
United States2084 Posts
On October 13 2016 09:41 Penev wrote: I don't think there are a lot of ppl who aren't worried about the future of SC2 at this point. Oh we've got a lot of people with their heads in the sand | ||
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Cluster__
United States328 Posts
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FrkFrJss
Canada1205 Posts
On October 13 2016 09:43 LongShot27 wrote: Oh we've got a lot of people with their heads in the sand And a lot of people who are crying that the sky is falling. | ||
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JuanDi
45 Posts
On October 13 2016 08:57 sc2chronic wrote: in a way, im glad koreans are making the biggest sc2 tourney in the world seem secondary to them. future of sc2 is looking bleak. not a ded gam post, just be realistic; do you see this game holding up for the next 2-3 years? 2-3 years totally. Foreigners are getting money now and so there's opportunity for more teams to get sponsors and for them to grow. In korea the scene will hold up too, since it has a good establishment. It is not 2-3 years I'm worried about, but the very far future were current pros are either too old or decide to move on for other reasons. Maybe I'm being pessimistic but I feel like not enough people will enter the scene to make it through. Then again, BW is barely even alive and is making a comeback. Be realistic, do you think the established korean scene will disappear just 3 years from now? when all the pros are still hard at work to compete and fans have grown thanks to the feats of Byun and Neeb and even Dark? Would seem like a lot of wasted opportunities from sponsors. And for the foreign scene it would be even more ridiculous to think it has only 2-3 years left. Like I said, since foreigners now have a chance, foreign teams will be able to get more and better sponsors. The scene is not dying, it is estabilizing. | ||
Heyoka
Katowice25012 Posts
Also never forget his great interview with Wax where he just said with a straight face "oh I don't sleep" in response to asking how he does both school and SC2. Doesn't even give it any thought, says it like its the most natural thing in the world. On October 13 2016 08:57 sc2chronic wrote: in a way, im glad koreans are making the biggest sc2 tourney in the world seem secondary to them. future of sc2 is looking bleak. not a ded gam post, just be realistic; do you see this game holding up for the next 2-3 years? I love this post. No capitalization, terrible grammar, a bunch of sentence fragments and then WHAM a random semicolon out of nowhere. It's like someone thought "In order to make up for this post barely making sense, I need to use an advanced punctuation mark in order to balance it out and show how serious I really am". Truly a work of art. Really speaks to the duality of existence don't you think? | ||
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SplattedOne
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On October 13 2016 09:27 Charoisaur wrote: well, against Nerchio, Solar and TY I don't think it will make a difference if he throws or not. I mean, he can at least beat Nerchio. | ||
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I wasbanned fromthis
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seemsgood
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AgentScholar
United States39 Posts
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Gwavajuice
France1810 Posts
Hope you guys at TL will make a big tribute/nostalgia post for him, but take your time : Polt deserves the best article possible (no pressure though ^^) + Show Spoiler + PtiDrogo must be hallucinating right now | ||
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Flossy
United States870 Posts
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Probe1
United States17920 Posts
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i_love_polt
United States2 Posts
On October 13 2016 09:00 LongShot27 wrote: And with that, I am finished with starcraft +1 Bye. | ||
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AgentScholar
United States39 Posts
On October 13 2016 09:10 FrkFrJss wrote: It's just annoying how people have to attribute every negative event to proof of Starcraft 2's death or the WCS region lock. Agreed, many people let this game's popularity go because they just believe the game will die. But for games with more "dumb" players, they don't "rationally" think on the weakness of their game and just play it so game is alive. | ||
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negativedge
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Cricketer12
United States13972 Posts
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sc2randomize
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Kevin_Sorbo
Canada3217 Posts
may you snipe NK's nexuses with epic drop play forever. | ||
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LongShot27
United States2084 Posts
Polt was one of the last of the original high skill SC2 players that still played regularly, and the last one I cared to watch. And with this, their watch is ended. | ||
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Phredxor
New Zealand15076 Posts
On October 13 2016 09:00 LongShot27 wrote: And with that, I am finished with starcraft Good timing. I hear there is no more GSL anyway. | ||
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Charoisaur
Germany15916 Posts
On October 13 2016 10:28 LongShot27 wrote: Polt was one of the last of the original high skill SC2 players that still played regularly, and the last one I cared to watch. And with this, their watch is ended. How can you not care about Byun? | ||
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H0bgawblin
United States109 Posts
I was totally that guy that made fun of people who "mourned" Michael Jackson's death, but I am now a giant hypocrite. | ||
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Drmooose
United States390 Posts
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kaykoose
United States2302 Posts
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Yiome
China1687 Posts
He is certainly already out of practice. Going to Blizzcon probably means just getting eliminated in the first round. | ||
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LongShot27
United States2084 Posts
probably 2 .5years of not existing | ||
BisuDagger
Bisutopia19228 Posts
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eviltomahawk
United States11135 Posts
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TelecoM
United States10668 Posts
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Raineeb
Philippines39 Posts
On October 13 2016 08:57 sc2chronic wrote: in a way, im glad koreans are making the biggest sc2 tourney in the world seem secondary to them. future of sc2 is looking bleak. not a ded gam post, just be realistic; do you see this game holding up for the next 2-3 years? Well we are still here enjoying the game and lots of new people coming in and enjoying the game w/ more fun Coop, Arcade (Carbot!) and other modes. I guess these people who are saying that SC2 is dead are the people who are not playing it at the moment. | ||
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dyDrawer
Canada438 Posts
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hexhaven
Finland931 Posts
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CKSide
United States223 Posts
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DerMeister
United States57 Posts
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KingofdaHipHop
United States25602 Posts
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Veldril
Thailand1817 Posts
On October 13 2016 09:10 FrkFrJss wrote: He's not wrong, though, by saying that Hydra views marriage as more important than Blizzcon or that Polt views not breaking the law as more important than Blizzcon. This statement is so wrong in a level that it's not even funny. Marriage is one of the biggest commitments in life especially for East Asians. People quit job to get married is very common in Asia and pissing off your in-law family is the last thing to do here. And if you think not breaking the law that can result in a very harsh punishment is better than forfeiting Blizzcon then you are either very young or very naive. | ||
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vexille
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ProBell
Thailand145 Posts
The $200k then go next year instead??? Now I dont feel as bad I won't get to go to blizzcon. He will surely be cheering for his old teammate Byun. | ||
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TheBloodyDwarf
Finland7524 Posts
On October 13 2016 13:40 ProBell wrote: OMFGGGGGGG The $200k then go next year instead??? Now I dont feel as bad I won't get to go to blizzcon. He will surely be cheering for his old teammate Byun. Conscript army doesnt work like that. Finnish army isn't strict as south korean army but when you go past 28-29 year, shit is starting to happen. I think Polt had no option but harsh punishment or go to army. | ||
Inflicted
Australia18228 Posts
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SeriousLus
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Veldril
Thailand1817 Posts
On October 13 2016 13:49 TheBloodyDwarf wrote: Conscript army doesnt work like that. Finnish army isn't strict as south korean army but when you go past 28-29 year, shit is starting to happen. I think Polt had no option but harsh punishment or go to army. It seems that skipping would result in 18 months jail time (and he would still have to complete the military service later). So yeah not the law you want to break. | ||
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FrkFrJss
Canada1205 Posts
On October 13 2016 13:13 Veldril wrote: This statement is so wrong in a level that it's not even funny. Marriage is one of the biggest commitments in life especially for East Asians. People quit job to get married is very common in Asia and pissing off your in-law family is the last thing to do here. And if you think not breaking the law that can result in a very harsh punishment is better than forfeiting Blizzcon then you are either very young or very naive. Yo....didn't you read the quote that I was agreeing with? The quote said that the biggest SC2 tournament of the year seems less important to Hydra and Polt. And I said that he was not wrong in this statement. Hydra does view marriage as more important (obviously), and Polt does view the summons from his country as more important than a video game tournament (obviously). So....I'm not sure how you read my statement completely backwards. | ||
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TheHumanLife
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insitelol
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Dingodile
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On October 13 2016 14:08 FrkFrJss wrote: Yo....didn't you read the quote that I was agreeing with? The quote said that the biggest SC2 tournament of the year seems less important to Hydra and Polt. And I said that he was not wrong in this statement. Hydra does view marriage as more important (obviously), and Polt does view the summons from his country as more important than a video game tournament (obviously). So....I'm not sure how you read my statement completely backwards. So far I have seen you only go to military in winter in South Korea. You have to do it till you are 28yo or you have to leave South Korea forever. | ||
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Poopi
France12780 Posts
It's very cool for Drogo tho, hopefully he will train hard for it. | ||
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Makro
France16890 Posts
and ptitdrogo somewhat manage to go to blizzcon hahaha better not throw this opportunity away :D | ||
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Noonius
Estonia17413 Posts
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TheHumanLife
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baiesradu
Romania150 Posts
Regarding the future of SC2 you never know .For me brood war was awesome because it created passions, beautiful moments in my life before I was even aware that Korea had a competitive scene. By the time I discovered that SC 2 was coming out and it cashed in on the fame of sc1 . And the passion of the people involved followed sc2 . You can say what you want about its bleak future but brood war esports international scene has never looked as good as sc2 international scene. And there is still passion for the game. I watched the kespa cup and I was so happy to hear the commentators enjoy and love the game. I loved that Neeb won. I'm looking forward to homestory cup and blizzcon. If foreigners want to create something now is the time. Korea doesn't have to be mekka of esports. They have to be the best at it to keep this title. | ||
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Infiiiniity
45 Posts
I started watching SC2 because of these guys. The greatest terrans have left the scene | ||
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suddendeathTV
Sweden388 Posts
On October 13 2016 14:17 TheHumanLife wrote: this is what happen when you have to deal with the North Korea. As long as those pigs live, many male Koreans will be forced to waste their 2 years for that. Really sucks for Polt. I already wasted 2 years there not long ago. It's so funny that your name is "TheHumanLife". I rest my case. | ||
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Zerg.Zilla
Hungary5029 Posts
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christophequirion
France82 Posts
On October 13 2016 14:54 Makro wrote: jesus christ what a news, i really had high hopes for polt as a player at the global final + building up a huge career as a coach in envyUS with his huge experience within the esport scene and ptitdrogo somewhat manage to go to blizzcon hahaha better not throw this opportunity away :D Nerchio in Drogo's group, and Solar and TY... he better start practicing super hardcore... | ||
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papaz
Sweden4149 Posts
I've followed him since the day he won super GSL tournament when he was on Prime team. He should have changed his nick to Poltimus when on Prime. GG Poltimus Prime | ||
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rednusa
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AnungUnRama
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LongShot27
United States2084 Posts
On October 13 2016 15:00 TheHumanLife wrote: Ripperino still 0 terran from WCS Circuit after Polt left... terrans in foreign scene are having hard time for sure. However, ByuN and TY will show terran power in blizzcon. As a random player, I will always cheer for the weakest race. Y'all really are taught to hate them huh? | ||
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AaGaM
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royalroadweed
United States8301 Posts
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LoneYoShi
France1348 Posts
On another note, Drogo (Throwgo ?) hype ! | ||
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Chris_Havoc
United States600 Posts
On that note I also expect HyuN, Bomber, and Stork to go as well, since all three are the same age (28) as Polt. | ||
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Daswollvieh
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NKB
United Kingdom608 Posts
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Infiiiniity
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Dreamer.T
United States3584 Posts
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Musicus
Germany23576 Posts
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Ragnarork
France9034 Posts
Definitely one of my favorite terrans back then... | ||
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Ej_
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NA conspiracy | ||
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Mekare
Germany393 Posts
jokes aside, I'm really sad about this. Polt is such a fun guy and I always enjoyed watching him play. T.T Hope we'll still see him around in some way. | ||
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Feisty
Vatican City State35 Posts
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stardog
556 Posts
On October 13 2016 15:07 christophequirion wrote: Nerchio in Drogo's group, and Solar and TY... he better start practicing super hardcore... Well, at least if he manages to get out of his group, he'll be set for a deep run having practiced against all three races. | ||
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FrostedMiniWheats
United States30730 Posts
an abrupt end to one of the most entertaining sc2 players of all-time. To think I once hated Polt for talking smack about Jinro. | ||
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Shinta)
United States1716 Posts
Sorry if I'm ignorant of any sort of registration dates or w/e, but this seems silly. | ||
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Dingodile
4133 Posts
edit: actually america is in the same position. I know there is no military enforcement but if america calls you, you better don't fefuse it otherwise you have to leave america permanently very likely. | ||
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weikor
Austria580 Posts
Cant really blame korea either, i mean with the north threatening nukes on your capital. Honestly, polt isnt more than a gaming celebrity, and although hes much more known than Random Korean XY he still has to go do his military service. | ||
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plogamer
Canada3132 Posts
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Chris_Havoc
United States600 Posts
This is a case of the korean military saying "NOW POLT!" Blizzcon be damned. | ||
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bypLy
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XiZeL
Switzerland92 Posts
we have a non Korean winning a Korean event and we still have 2 events that will earn the winner 200k each. and keeping in mind all the match fixing scandals at the end of last year having us loose some of the greatest of all time. i have never been so hyped about starcraft even if i lost my all time favorite player i have become a fan of players outside my favorite race. | ||
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NEEDZMOAR
Sweden1277 Posts
On October 13 2016 09:00 Charoisaur wrote: Agreed. Polt forfeited his blizzcon spot because the tournament isn't important to him. youre like a whiny manchild :D | ||
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bjornkavist
Canada1235 Posts
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PharaphobiaSC
Czech Republic457 Posts
On October 13 2016 09:00 LongShot27 wrote: And with that, I am finished with starcraft Well I'm quite sure nobody wants whiny random noname NA player with this kind of attitude in the game/team anyways. I think i never saw anything positive from you since i joined TL dude, u got some problems. | ||
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Elentos
55510 Posts
And it makes it even less understandable that he originally signed a multi-year contract with EnVy. Did he not realize? | ||
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Penev
28472 Posts
On October 13 2016 17:38 Elentos wrote: That's just sad. I just wanted to see one last hurrah at Blizzcon against high level competition. And it makes it even less understandable that he originally signed a multi-year contract with EnVy. Did he not realize? Weird isn't it? Looks like a sudden chance of plans. Maybe he was counting on some sort of exemption rule he misunderstood or something like that.. | ||
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sharkie
Austria18385 Posts
On October 13 2016 17:38 Elentos wrote: That's just sad. I just wanted to see one last hurrah at Blizzcon against high level competition. And it makes it even less understandable that he originally signed a multi-year contract with EnVy. Did he not realize? Even Polt can be stupid sometimes :p | ||
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Eiltonn
Germany307 Posts
P.S. good thing Byun made it to Blizzcon | ||
Olli
Austria24417 Posts
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Elentos
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FFgringo
44 Posts
Best of luck to Ptitdrogo, it's gonna be hard. | ||
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Jan1997
Norway671 Posts
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PharaphobiaSC
Czech Republic457 Posts
On October 13 2016 18:18 Jan1997 wrote: Why does a 28 year old have mandatory millitary service? Because everyone in korea do? | ||
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SC2ShoWTimE
Germany722 Posts
It seems like most wcs player just moved up 1 rank and got seeded accordingly(#1 wcs vs #8kr, 2#wcs vs #7kr etc.). For some reason Drogo, Elazer and Violet seem to be on the wrong spot though. Like e.g. Dark as #1kr should be playing vs #8 wcs(drogo) but instead he plays vs violet who is #6 now with the new seeding. Seems a bit odd to seed everyone based on the wcs ranking except for 3 players. | ||
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Titusmaster6
United States5937 Posts
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[PkF] Wire
France24192 Posts
2 T left. Will ByuN and TY pull off a Dark - Solar SSL ? | ||
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Musicus
Germany23576 Posts
On October 13 2016 18:23 SC2ShoWTimE wrote: Anyone know how they did the seeding for the new groups? It seems like most wcs player just moved up 1 rank and got seeded accordingly(#1 wcs vs #8kr, 2#wcs vs #7kr etc.). For some reason Drogo, Elazer and Violet seem to be on the wrong spot though. Like e.g. Dark as #1kr should be playing vs #8 wcs(drogo) but instead he plays vs violet who is #6 now with the new seeding. Seems a bit odd to seed everyone based on the wcs ranking except for 3 players. Good catch, something is wrong. | ||
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[PkF] Wire
France24192 Posts
yeah don't get how it's done either | ||
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sparklyresidue
United States5523 Posts
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Musicus
Germany23576 Posts
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Creager
Germany1890 Posts
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Noonius
Estonia17413 Posts
On October 13 2016 18:46 Creager wrote: Wow only two Terrans left in Blizzcon now, what grim times, ZPCraft all over the place right now time to try out my new tinfoil hat. TY will have visa problems and has to withdraw, and we all know it's took long of a trip for ByuN to make. | ||
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fireforce7
United States334 Posts
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Crocolisk Dundee
870 Posts
Thanks for the entertaining games over the last couple of years, Polt, and good luck in the military! | ||
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ilililililililiii
United States93 Posts
On October 13 2016 08:56 FrkFrJss wrote: I think this decision makes a lot of sense. Polt knew that he could only leave if he had a successor to the title of "Captain America," and now that a worth successor has arisen, he can forego is mantle in order to continue his life. That being said, I'm really sad that Hydra and now Polt have had to forfeit their spots. Even though Polt wasn't as dominant as he has been in the past, and he hasn't been playing as well online, he'd always risen to the challenge of Blizzcon. haha ayyy | ||
Jer99
Canada8157 Posts
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Elentos
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outscar
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FueledUpAndReadyToGo
Netherlands30548 Posts
This really sucks though as there's now only 2 terrans left in Blizzcon. Between this and the bad time zone and usually huge technical issues I might just watch some vods. I hope Drogo practices like a madman coming weeks. | ||
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proortoss
China14 Posts
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HelpMeGetBetter
United States764 Posts
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Azhrak
Finland1195 Posts
On October 13 2016 18:23 SC2ShoWTimE wrote: Anyone know how they did the seeding for the new groups? It seems like most wcs player just moved up 1 rank and got seeded accordingly(#1 wcs vs #8kr, 2#wcs vs #7kr etc.). For some reason Drogo, Elazer and Violet seem to be on the wrong spot though. Like e.g. Dark as #1kr should be playing vs #8 wcs(drogo) but instead he plays vs violet who is #6 now with the new seeding. Seems a bit odd to seed everyone based on the wcs ranking except for 3 players. You are correct. The seeding is not traditional all the way through. Here are the groups as they stand now: + Show Spoiler + A B C D It seems they have seeded the groups by interleaving the Korea and WCS seeds so that the average seed of both groups stays the same, alternating korea wcs wcs korea, and wcs korea korea wcs. Here are the seeds that those groups represent: + Show Spoiler + 1 #1 korea dark As you can see, it all goes well according to the formula until the 11th seed, which should be #6 wcs (violet) but instead is #7 korea (dear). Almost all of the seeds from 11 to 16 do not follow the pattern, which also causes #8 wcs (ptitdrogo) not to be in the same group as #1 korea as we would expect. Here are the seeds corrected to follow the pattern set by seeds 1-10: + Show Spoiler + 1 #1 korea dark Lastly, below are the groups that these seeds would produce: + Show Spoiler + A B C D I can only assume there were some scheduling issues that prevented them from making the seeding completely traditional. | ||
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SCHWARZENEGGER
206 Posts
On October 13 2016 09:00 Charoisaur wrote: Agreed. Polt forfeited his blizzcon spot because the tournament isn't important to him. he's been pissed off by balance since lotv release, 6 months was required for blizzard to understand that adepts need nerf, and after that they make just -1 damage. | ||
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proortoss
China14 Posts
On October 13 2016 19:58 HelpMeGetBetter wrote: when are the groups played? Did they announce the full schedule yet? Polt Participation – WCS Global Finals Oct 12, 2016 by Blizzard Esports Blizzard Esports announces today that Choi “Polt” Seong Hun has withdrawn from the WCS Global Finals. Polt was urgently summoned to South Korea to report for compulsory military service, and thus will be unable to compete. We appreciate Polt’s contribution over the years as a fierce competitor in StarCraft II esports and eagerly hope for his return to the competitive scene upon the completion of his military service. With the next highest WCS Circuit point total, Theo “PtitDrogo” Freydiere has been summoned to replace Polt at the WCS Global Finals. In the interest of maintaining fair and competitive group stage brackets, players have been reseeded accordingly, and new groups have been constructed to reflect the new seeding. ----------------- check the link for more info. as well as the schedule for the global playoffs http://wcs.battle.net/sc2/en/articles/polt-participation-wcs-global-finals | ||
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Musicus
Germany23576 Posts
On October 13 2016 20:05 Azhrak wrote: You are correct. The seeding is not traditional all the way through. Here are the groups as they stand now: + Show Spoiler + A B C D It seems they have seeded the groups by interleaving the Korea and WCS seeds so that the average seed of both groups stays the same, alternating korea wcs wcs korea, and wcs korea korea wcs. Here are the seeds that those groups represent: + Show Spoiler + 1 #1 korea dark As you can see, it all goes well according to the formula until the 11th seed, which should be #6 wcs (violet) but instead is #7 korea (dear). Almost all of the seeds from 11 to 16 do not follow the pattern, which also causes #8 wcs (ptitdrogo) not to be in the same group as #1 korea as we would expect. Here are the seeds corrected to follow the pattern set by seeds 1-10: + Show Spoiler + 1 #1 korea dark Lastly, below are the groups that these seeds would produce: + Show Spoiler + A B C D I can only assume there were some scheduling issues that prevented them from making the seeding completely traditional. Nice visualization of the problem, thanks . | ||
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Fango
United Kingdom8987 Posts
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ihatevideogames
570 Posts
Someone give me hope, I don't want sc2 to die ;_; | ||
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NinjaToss
Austria1383 Posts
On October 13 2016 21:02 ihatevideogames wrote: It's hard not to think 'ded gaem' with all the things happening recently and while viewrship keeps declining. Someone give me hope, I don't want sc2 to die ;_; I hope you do realize he has to go back to Korea because of how S.Korean's policy works with things such as military service | ||
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Musicus
Germany23576 Posts
On October 13 2016 21:02 ihatevideogames wrote: It's hard not to think 'ded gaem' with all the things happening recently and while viewrship keeps declining. Someone give me hope, I don't want sc2 to die ;_; Even if sc2 was the biggest esport there is, hell even if it was bigger than the NFL and NBA together, Polt would still have to go to the military. So how does this news make you think "ded gaem"? I really can not understand. | ||
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FrkFrJss
Canada1205 Posts
On October 13 2016 20:59 Fango wrote: RIP dreams of Polt fans, Snutr, and Nerchio. although Neeb looking better to won his group now It's funny how Snute leaving Neeb's group actually makes for a higher chance for Neeb to win his group. Also, I really didn't rate Nerchio's chances all that great in his original group, and I don't give him a much worse chance now. | ||
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HugoBallzak
700 Posts
On October 13 2016 21:34 Musicus wrote: Even if sc2 was the biggest esport there is, hell even if it was bigger than the NFL and NBA together, Polt would still have to go to the military. So how does this news make you think "ded gaem"? I really can not understand. Probably because losing a player like polt is going to kill interest even further. Lose an exciting Korean terran and replace them with a generic foreigner protoss. Not quite the same thing unfortunately. Also, not to mention polt is one of the most exciting players who was able to compete in wcs events outside of korea. | ||
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sacrilegious
Canada863 Posts
I'll never forget how he took the time to sign some stuff for me when I found him right after he did a sit down interview in WCS Toronto almost 3 years ago now. More importantly, so many crazy tournaments he's won or come close to, while making things exciting like MLG I swear, I can't be the only one thinking to get mad at someone or something (i.e. the SK military) regarding all of this, but you just can't because that's just how the way things are in life. | ||
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wUndertUnge
United States1125 Posts
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Elentos
55510 Posts
On October 13 2016 22:30 wUndertUnge wrote: Man there were only 3 terrans as it was. Couldn't he have waited just a couple more months? You think he wouldn't have if he had the choice? | ||
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DSK
England1110 Posts
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Biscuittzz
155 Posts
On October 13 2016 21:53 HugoBallzak wrote: Probably because losing a player like polt is going to kill interest even further. Lose an exciting Korean terran and replace them with a generic foreigner protoss. Not quite the same thing unfortunately. Also, not to mention polt is one of the most exciting players who was able to compete in wcs events outside of korea. While your point is correct, I find Drogo to be quite entertaining. Not through his personality or playstyle, however, it's unfortunate that he's only entertaining because he tilts and throws so much. So on the biggest stage of all against the toughest opposition allowed by this region-locking scheme he doesn't seem in a good place. Then again he could do a Uthermal on it a win the whole thing. Either way he'll entertain. | ||
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Biscuittzz
155 Posts
Some players are good, others are great but then there are the Champions. Champions within the game and without. Polt was one of these champions. I don't believe we'll see another player of his calibre again within SC2. With him gone now, that must be one of the final player links to WoL severed? Are there any of the old guard left so to speak? And with regards to hurting the game? Polt's departure most definitely will affect this. For me personally, he was the only player that made this region-locked abomination watchable. Hopefully, if he does ever come back, the state of the game will allow him to participate in all events like it used to. | ||
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Tuckleberry
21 Posts
Always in my heart | ||
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Elentos
55510 Posts
On October 13 2016 22:54 Biscuittzz wrote: Are there any of the old guard left so to speak? Depends on how you'd define the "old guard". There are players from before the KeSPA switch left. MC is the biggest name obviously. | ||
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blade55555
United States17423 Posts
On October 13 2016 09:07 Penev wrote: So because Hydra can't attend because of his long ago planned wedding and Polt because of mandatory military service means this Blizzcon "seems secondary" to them? Sure. Nice ded gaem post btw I'm 100% positive that Charoisaur is 100% positive I am now 100% positive that I was right and had nothing to do with Blizzcon not being important to him . Sucks Korea couldn't have waited another 2 months though. | ||
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Clbull
United Kingdom1439 Posts
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jedi1982
United States172 Posts
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Mun_Su
France2063 Posts
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Advantageous
China1350 Posts
On October 13 2016 08:57 sc2chronic wrote: in a way, im glad koreans are making the biggest sc2 tourney in the world seem secondary to them. future of sc2 is looking bleak. not a ded gam post, just be realistic; do you see this game holding up for the next 2-3 years? as much as i'd hate to admit it, it seems to be that way... i use to love this game but now the player base and skills it takes to play is just not as rewarding (on a casual player basis, "rewarding"). just look at the stream views on twitch, its gone from 40k-50k to 20k-30k to 8k-15k, now its essentially -5k unless there's a tournament going on. i honestly blame blizzard for trying to micro manage the tournament and the tournament holders. i dont understand why they even tried to in the first place... like blizz claims at every blizzcon, "We're a game development company", when it comes to the poor organization of the events, basically implying: therefore, don't blame us for the congested processes in the convention that do not run smoothly even though we have the technology and resources to make everything almost as perfect *QQ* | ||
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Elentos
55510 Posts
On October 13 2016 18:29 [PkF] Wire wrote: Fuck... 2 T left. Will ByuN and TY pull off a Dark - Solar SSL ? They will eliminate each other in the round of 8, it's the Terran way. | ||
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MyLovelyLurker
France756 Posts
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outscar
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Vedeynevin
United States431 Posts
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Thax
Belgium1060 Posts
On October 14 2016 00:21 MyLovelyLurker wrote: Much as I like Drogo, it's a bit of a lwaste tbh, with his current lvl I can't see him do anything in his group. There are a lot of people who couldn't do anything in that group, including a large chunk of Koreans. | ||
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NEEDZMOAR
Sweden1277 Posts
On October 13 2016 20:11 SCHWARZENEGGER wrote: he's been pissed off by balance since lotv release, 6 months was required for blizzard to understand that adepts need nerf, and after that they make just -1 damage. typical terran to turn this into balance whine. | ||
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beefITek
France54 Posts
typical terran to turn this into balance whine. Lotv summary after one year of competition: 7 zergs, 7 protoss, 2 terran, all is said DKim thanks for terran, you made a dead game for them even blizzcon 500 000 $ price pool is almost not intersting to watch then User was warned for this post | ||
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Creager
Germany1890 Posts
On October 14 2016 00:45 NEEDZMOAR wrote: typical terran to turn this into balance whine. Well, to be frank, he kinda has a point, something has to be wrong, otherwise we'd still have a decent number of Terran players left, which since LotV isn't really the case anymore. | ||
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Noocta
France12578 Posts
It's sad its so sudden, I guess their governement didn't leave him any choice. | ||
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SCHWARZENEGGER
206 Posts
On October 14 2016 00:45 NEEDZMOAR wrote: typical terran to turn this into balance whine. phahah my quote about adepts is polt's words from his stream | ||
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Olli
Austria24417 Posts
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Poopi
France12780 Posts
On October 14 2016 01:30 beefITek wrote: Lotv summary after one year of competition: 7 zergs, 7 protoss, 2 terran, all is said DKim thanks for terran, you made a dead game for them even blizzcon 500 000 $ price pool is almost not intersting to watch then It's been the case since BLord / Infestor, why would you want to complain now as if it's only since LotV? xD The Blizzcon will still be interesting and it'll taste even better if the best player in the world manages to win against all odds (ByuN), iirc no terran has won a Blizzcon yet. Polt probably knew he had to stop before Blizzcon but he needed to be funded for his trips I guess... It's such a bummer that he won't play it and just stopped sc2 so suddenly, after very bad performances in recent tourneys (still top 2 #WCS, almost #1, since Neeb had the luck not to be stopped by ByuN, so overall decent performance), without a chance to redeem himself. This military service is really killing hype :/. | ||
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MyLovelyLurker
France756 Posts
On October 14 2016 00:38 Thax wrote: There are a lot of people who couldn't do anything in that group, including a large chunk of Koreans. Can't disagree with that. It would already be super strong if Nerchio made it out. | ||
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billynasty
United States260 Posts
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Kerence
Sweden1817 Posts
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Meeii
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Matte3D
Sweden26 Posts
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FrkFrJss
Canada1205 Posts
On October 14 2016 04:11 Matte3D wrote: Just such a strange timing, GL Polt :'( For the fans, it's very much an anti-timing. If Drogo doesn't get 0-4 in his group, then he will have done better than Lilbow. | ||
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Edpayasugo
United Kingdom2214 Posts
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Die4Ever
United States17665 Posts
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Nine Gates
Finland198 Posts
On October 14 2016 03:16 Poopi wrote: Mvp, technically, but I know that's not what you meant.iirc no terran has won a Blizzcon yet. | ||
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SinO[Ob]
France897 Posts
On October 14 2016 03:22 billynasty wrote: I just hope Drogo realizes that this is a huge opportunity & practices his butt off to give everyone a good show & doesnt just pull a Lilbow. Nah Drogo is a hard worker for sure. But I do not if he is confident enough though. | ||
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Shellshock
United States97276 Posts
On October 14 2016 06:58 SinO[Ob] wrote: Nah Drogo is a hard worker for sure. But I do not if he is confident enough though. He pretty much has the hardest group too imo. He might practice hard but I wouldnt be surprised to see him go 0-4 | ||
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Incognoto
France10239 Posts
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TheFish7
United States2824 Posts
I blame Kim Jong Un for this BS | ||
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zyce
United States649 Posts
It was wonderful watching him play, and having a Korean pro that could speak English so well was really nice. I'm glad he's made such good use of his time, and wish him luck. I hope he'll be back when he's done with his service. | ||
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aeligos
United States172 Posts
I hope you're better at denying sovereign leaders their right govern (via NATO) than you were at SC2. | ||
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geokilla
Canada8230 Posts
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Kitai
United States873 Posts
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sa1Ko
Argentina99 Posts
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BigFan
TLADT24920 Posts
On October 14 2016 11:31 sa1Ko wrote: Retirements with no class at all ... looks like hydra and polt were afraid of the blizzcon walk of shame... ^_^ what? Please understand the context of their retirements because making such a ridiculous statement. | ||
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Danglars
United States12133 Posts
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antigravity
29 Posts
Truly sad to see him go without a chance for a shot at the last big score / tournament @ BlizzCon, which he has earned... END OF AN ERA. | ||
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Phredxor
New Zealand15076 Posts
On October 14 2016 04:16 FrkFrJss wrote: For the fans, it's very much an anti-timing. If Drogo doesn't get 0-4 in his group, then he will have done better than Lilbow. Lilbow actually qualified off of his own merit though. | ||
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iamho
United States3347 Posts
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Parrek
United States893 Posts
On October 14 2016 13:59 Phredxor wrote: Lilbow actually qualified off of his own merit though. Not really any different than Drogo. Lilbow mainly qualified from WCS Premier just as Drogo got his points from WCS events he did well in. | ||
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Solar424
United States4001 Posts
On October 14 2016 14:45 Parrek wrote: Not really any different than Drogo. Lilbow mainly qualified from WCS Premier just as Drogo got his points from WCS events he did well in. Drogo only qualified because 2 other people dropped out | ||
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SKN1995
Japan204 Posts
On October 14 2016 12:58 BigFan wrote: what? Please understand the context of their retirements because making such a ridiculous statement. How is that statement ridiculous? He's just expressing how he sees it. Now, if he had stated that EVERYONE should see it the same way he does and there's no other right way to see it, then yes it would have been ridiculous. | ||
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SKN1995
Japan204 Posts
On October 14 2016 15:10 Solar424 wrote: Drogo only qualified because 2 other people dropped out Lilbow only qualified because the players he played against to get enough points to qualify weren't better. I really dont get what you think "off of one's own merit" signifies :D | ||
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Elentos
55510 Posts
On October 14 2016 14:06 iamho wrote: Captain America should've renounced his Korean citizenship to apply for US citizenship, that's one way to get out of military service. I'm pretty sure that's also a good way to never be allowed to go to South Korea again. | ||
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Poopi
France12780 Posts
On October 14 2016 15:10 Solar424 wrote: Drogo only qualified because 2 other people dropped out He qualified because he earned enough points. | ||
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Musicus
Germany23576 Posts
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Elentos
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Phredxor
New Zealand15076 Posts
On October 14 2016 17:27 SKN1995 wrote: Lilbow only qualified because the players he played against to get enough points to qualify weren't better. I really dont get what you think "off of one's own merit" signifies :D He only qualified because two players couldn't attend for various reasons. That's what I meant. His personal performance during the year wasn't good enough, but he lucked out. | ||
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Lightrush
Bulgaria164 Posts
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Azhrak
Finland1195 Posts
The Groups announced on October 12 utilized incorrect seeds for PtitDrogo, Elazer, and viOLet. We apologize for the error and have corrected the groups above. New groups: + Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://d299ks0j9y7dbf.cloudfront.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Opening-Week-Groups_Social_DSP_960x480_Elazer-A_rev4.png) | ||
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Majick
416 Posts
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jojoquirion
4 Posts
On October 14 2016 19:14 Majick wrote: OMG... Now that they switched Drogo with Elazer, Group D is probably the worst scenario Nerchio could possibly get... Indeed. Neeb and even Snute are more lucky. | ||
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Majick
416 Posts
On October 14 2016 19:24 jojoquirion wrote: Indeed. Neeb and even Snute are more lucky. And also Nerchio & Elazer fighting in one group is not what I wanted to see | ||
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Musicus
Germany23576 Posts
On October 14 2016 19:34 Majick wrote: And also Nerchio & Elazer fighting in one group is not what I wanted to see Yeah, that really sucks. But hey, I still believe in Nerchio. | ||
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Elentos
55510 Posts
On October 14 2016 19:37 Musicus wrote: Yeah, that really sucks. But hey, I still believe in Nerchio. I don't really believe in him with this group honestly. TY and Solar are just so good. | ||
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sa1Ko
Argentina99 Posts
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Thax
Belgium1060 Posts
On October 14 2016 10:04 aeligos wrote: Bye polt. I hope you're better at denying sovereign leaders their right govern (via NATO) than you were at SC2. He would basically have to be Alexander the Great then. | ||
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Thax
Belgium1060 Posts
On October 14 2016 17:25 SKN1995 wrote: How is that statement ridiculous? He's just expressing how he sees it. Now, if he had stated that EVERYONE should see it the same way he does and there's no other right way to see it, then yes it would have been ridiculous. Just because you have a right to an opinion doesn't mean said opinion can't be wrong or ridiculous. | ||
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Musicus
Germany23576 Posts
On October 14 2016 19:49 Elentos wrote: I don't really believe in him with this group honestly. TY and Solar are just so good. Well Nerchio's ZvT is incredible and he did practice a lot of ZvZ, so I don't think he wants to avoid it nowadays. He was actually sad that he didn't have more zergs in his KeSPA Cup group. It will be really, really hard, but he can still do it I think. | ||
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the_techsan
United States16 Posts
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WhosQuany
Germany257 Posts
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Elentos
55510 Posts
On October 14 2016 22:20 Musicus wrote: Well Nerchio's ZvT is incredible and he did practice a lot of ZvZ, so I don't think he wants to avoid it nowadays. He was actually sad that he didn't have more zergs in his KeSPA Cup group. It will be really, really hard, but he can still do it I think. Yeah but he also said TY and Solar were among the strongest players he played while he was in Korea. To the point where he was convinced TY was gonna win KeSPA Cup before he even played his Ro8 match. And Solar is obviously capable of incredible play as well. TY has the luxury of only preparing one match-up. Let's face it, this would be an incredibly hard group to win for any Korean or foreign pro with Solar and TY in it. But even just advancing from it is a challenge most players would probably fail. Nerchio can do it, but he's gotta show up at his absolute best to actually make it happen. Beside that, I'm convinced Nerchio will give us a good show, whether he advances to the next round or not. | ||
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Poopi
France12780 Posts
I still can't process that we might never see Polt play again, offline... | ||
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Bagration
United States18282 Posts
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Elentos
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TurboMaN
Germany925 Posts
It has been a lot of fun watching you play in tourneys and streaming. All the best! | ||
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Ve5pa
United Kingdom252 Posts
What i know for sure though was Polt was a guy who tried to embrace playing in the west in his latter years, great effort with the English even though their were some funny interview moments. He always played with a smile on his face and was an extremely likable guy. His attempts at BM were always lighthearted and he will be sorely missed in the SC2 community. Thanks for the memories Polt. p.s. I think in KR u can only put military service off so long, and I'm pretty sure I've heard somewhere that 28 may be the cut off. I think he's got to go into the marines corp though as it was pretty much the only unit he ever built | ||
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J. Corsair
United States470 Posts
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Poopi
France12780 Posts
On October 15 2016 02:08 Elentos wrote: By the way, nothing against Drogo, but it would have been really cool to see uThermal play against Dark. A great (the best?) foreign TvZer and the best Korean ZvTer. Damn you and your stupid missing 15 points Marc! I don't think he stands a chance since him and MLorD struggle to compete with Nerchio when it counts. Would have been cool to see the only other foreign Terran that has a shot vs KR (since him and MLorD are virtually the only foreign T to have beaten Nerchio in TvZ bo5 iirc? Edit: LotV ofc) zergs tho I agree. MLorD couldn't do much but uThermal might surprise them in bo3. But who knows maybe viOLet will forfeit as well ensuring no Korean in foreign WCS x). | ||
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FrkFrJss
Canada1205 Posts
On October 15 2016 02:08 Elentos wrote: By the way, nothing against Drogo, but it would have been really cool to see uThermal play against Dark. A great (the best?) foreign TvZer and the best Korean ZvTer. Damn you and your stupid missing 15 points Marc! Well, then blame is entirely on uThermal since he invoked the "I killed Neeb in a finale and thus I will forever be stomped every time I meet him" curse. He could have just lost to Neeb then beat him in the other tournaments. Also, TRUE is also a Korean from the WCS region and not just violet. | ||
uThermal
Netherlands165 Posts
On October 15 2016 06:45 FrkFrJss wrote: Well, then blame is entirely on uThermal since he invoked the "I killed Neeb in a finale and thus I will forever be stomped every time I meet him" curse. He could have just lost to Neeb then beat him in the other tournaments. Also, TRUE is also a Korean from the WCS region and not just violet. Getting completely crushed by someone much better than you is still called a curse? I'll take it | ||
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FrkFrJss
Canada1205 Posts
On October 15 2016 09:28 uThermal wrote: Getting completely crushed by someone much better than you is still called a curse? I'll take it Well...it only applies to those who beat Neeb in an offline finals. Hydra also suffered this fate...and he retired o_O | ||
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Kovzirg
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Elentos
55510 Posts
On October 17 2016 00:45 Kovzirg wrote: I don't understand both of these Blizzcon withdrawals (Polt and Hydra). You literally just have to show up and are guaranteed a nice chunk of change. Maybe... oh I don't know... it's not so easy to "just show up"? You think Hydra could just be at the event on the 28th to play and then fly to Korea to get married the on the same day with severe jetlag (if he's even there on time because of time zones)? You think the military would have just let Polt go to Blizzcon but he decided to forfeit anyway? That's pretty optimistic. | ||
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Blargh
United States2101 Posts
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PharaphobiaSC
Czech Republic457 Posts
On October 17 2016 00:45 Kovzirg wrote: I don't understand both of these Blizzcon withdrawals (Polt and Hydra). You literally just have to show up and are guaranteed a nice chunk of change. Have you ever been on wedding? It's not like you plan this in one day... | ||
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Thax
Belgium1060 Posts
On October 17 2016 01:45 Blargh wrote: If I had to guess, these players will still receive the minimum prize money, as they did qualify but had to forfeit. I doubt it. Then what would their replacements get? There's not magically gonna be more price money because some people forfeited. | ||
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Chidoriiiii
United States21 Posts
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blade55555
United States17423 Posts
On October 17 2016 00:45 Kovzirg wrote: I don't understand both of these Blizzcon withdrawals (Polt and Hydra). You literally just have to show up and are guaranteed a nice chunk of change. I feel Hydra should have scheduled his wedding for early October whenever he started planning a date, but Polt I don't think had a choice. Just from reading he has to do Military, Korea won't let him delay any further as he's 28 years old. So it sucks for him as I don't think there's anything he could have done to delay it. | ||
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Heyoka
Katowice25012 Posts
On October 17 2016 01:45 Blargh wrote: If I had to guess, these players will still receive the minimum prize money, as they did qualify but had to forfeit. I am stabbing in the dark here because I do not know Blizzard's internal conversations on this but that seems incredibly unlikely. | ||
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intotheheart
Canada33091 Posts
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MoonyD
Australia191 Posts
From a spectating point of view though, it would've been nice if he was replaced by another Terran. But there's not many good foreigners that play Terran | ||
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FrkFrJss
Canada1205 Posts
On October 17 2016 13:18 MoonyD wrote: I'm sure everyone in Group A don't mind Polt being replaced by a PittDrogo. Since for them it'd mean 1 less matchup to prepare for. From a spectating point of view though, it would've been nice if he was replaced by another Terran. But there's not many good foreigners that play Terran Well, there's MarineLord, Masa, and uThermal. But unfortunately, they didn't play well enough to make the 10th spot. I would say, that uThermal has been a pretty good Terran throughout LotV, and Masa's been getting better. It's just that Europe is dominated primarily by Zerg, and their Protoss has kept up but their Terran has not. And then for NA it's like Neeb, Masa, and Scarlett (and Puck and Pili among others) who are the top. | ||
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Blargh
United States2101 Posts
I could see them not doing that too, since they are not actually playing the Ro16 at all, but I feel that would be a much more fair system. After all, the replacement players are still having their trip paid for, so they have little to lose. | ||
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antigravity
29 Posts
On October 15 2016 09:28 uThermal wrote: Getting completely crushed by someone much better than you is still called a curse? I'll take it Forget curses, uthermy - you beat Neeb in IEM finals and then lose to Harstem at WESG qualifiers... How?? (No Benelux VODs.) Gotto think you would've made it in to top 8 at WESG Euro quals -- DeMusliM did! -- and then it's $400,000 to top 8 at WESG finals with only 2 Koreans... | ||
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Nakajin
Canada8989 Posts
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Jj_82
Swaziland419 Posts
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PtitDrogo
France163 Posts
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Die4Ever
United States17665 Posts
On October 17 2016 14:52 Nakajin wrote: I don't want to complain, but is there any special Blizcon preview comming up? I've been looking out for this too, we're less than 2 weeks away and usually they start coming up earlier than that I think | ||
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FrkFrJss
Canada1205 Posts
On October 18 2016 02:24 PtitDrogo wrote: Well duh It's life And this is why you're my favourite French Protoss whose name starts with a "p" who has won a tournament in the 2016 WCS season, is ranked 10 in the WCS standings and plays on myi. But more seriously, Drogo has been playing better as of late than he was around mid-2016, so if he practices a lot, then he might be able to show some good games (even if he doesn't necessarily make it out of the group). | ||
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Swoopae
Australia339 Posts
Thanks for the memories Captain America | ||
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