EPTI think TY vs Stats on Abyssal gets my vote, being in one of the biggest finals of the year helps
2017 in Review - Team Liquid Awards - Page 3
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Fango
United Kingdom8987 Posts
I think TY vs Stats on Abyssal gets my vote, being in one of the biggest finals of the year helps | ||
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pvsnp
7676 Posts
On December 03 2017 08:55 Fango wrote: Blizzcon is better than other weekenders, but not starleague level. Half of the players at blizzcon can't even make GSL ro16, and many qualified from tournaments months before instead of being in form at the time. And then there's having less prep time between matches, having bo5 for semis etc. It's just not the same as GSL This is correct. Blizzcon has money and hype, but anyone claiming that it it demands the same level of skill (or higher) to win as a Korean Starleague is simply wrong. GSL has, is, and will remain the gold standard by which players' skill is measured. While SSL is also a Starleague and respected as such, it just doesn't carry the same weight of history and tradition that gives GSL the highest prestige. | ||
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Rolltide
United States447 Posts
In my opinion the best map was game 3 Rogue vs Neeb where Neeb had 199 army supply to win. | ||
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Rolltide
United States447 Posts
If GSL is so superior the gold standard so to speak then a GSL champ should have won Blizzon. None of them did. | ||
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ZigguratOfUr
Iraq16955 Posts
On December 03 2017 09:44 Rolltide wrote: To say that Blizzcon is an inferior tournament to GSL is retarded. There is only one world champion, there are 3 GSL champions. If GSL is so superior the gold standard so to speak then a GSL champ should have won Blizzon. None of them did. There is only one Kung Fu Super League, so obviously the Kung Fu Super League champion > the three GSL champions. | ||
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outscar
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Argonauta
Spain4902 Posts
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DieuCure
France3713 Posts
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Executer08
Germany163 Posts
His difficulties in offline events are a thing of the past [talking about special] this is mostly true as he indeed performed well at almost every event, but the 0-3's vs snute and soO were still chokes with bad gameplay (way worse than he played up to those series'). so while he overcame his past offline disasters, he still seems to have some work ahead of him when it comes to a stable mentality all the way through a tournament. nice article, enjoyed the read. keep up the good works lads | ||
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Veluvian
Bulgaria256 Posts
Best matches: Hardly to believe, but Dark vs soO on Ro16 in GSL Season 3 Code S (one of the best ZvZ if not the best I've ever witnessed), final matches between TY vs Stats at IEM Katowice, Inno vs Rogue at GSL Super Tournament 2 and even sOs vs Inno at the final in GSL Season 3 are amazing. | ||
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covetousrat
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Mahanaim
Korea (South)1002 Posts
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breaker1328
Canada294 Posts
On December 03 2017 09:38 Rolltide wrote: Dark should have been voted the most exciting player since he played in what was regarded as the best match and the best map. In my opinion the best map was game 3 Rogue vs Neeb where Neeb had 199 army supply to win. That would have been my vote too but you have to know TL writers will ever admit that a foreigner could do anything that would make a korean look bad. | ||
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Boggyb
2855 Posts
On December 03 2017 12:00 breaker1328 wrote: That would have been my vote too but you have to know TL writers will ever admit that a foreigner could do anything that would make a korean look bad. They chose SpeCial as the breakout player when there were strong arguments for both GuMiho and Rogue. (Hell, even TY would have fit) | ||
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Paljas
Germany6926 Posts
anyway, i enjoyed it. thanks | ||
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D-light
Finland7364 Posts
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pvsnp
7676 Posts
On December 03 2017 12:00 breaker1328 wrote: That would have been my vote too but you have to know TL writers will ever admit that a foreigner could do anything that would make a korean look bad. Neeb vs Rogue was not actually a very entertaining game. It was tense, and hype because of the players/their stories, and unusual for how late it went, but if you showed that match to somebody who had never before seen SC2, they would walk away thinking the game is all about turtling and probably quite boring at that. Neeb vs Rogue was a cool game, but it didn't have the continuous, chaotic, multitasking and seesawing action that really characterize the best games. Because major battles usually decide the fate of the game immediately, it's highly unusual–and highly entertaining–when multiple major fights occur and the two players are still even. The justly legendary Taeja vs Inno that is oft-cited as the single greatest game of SC2 was nearly an hour of continuous fighting. Multiple games in 2017 were far more deserving of "best map" than Neeb vs Rogue. Like the Dark vs Stats one TL chose, or aLive vs Inno at Katowice, or TY vs Stats at Katowice, or TY vs Inno at GSL vs the World, or Dark vs Inno in GSL. | ||
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yht9657
1810 Posts
I think both TY and Rogue deserve the breakout player nomination, the former earned the prize money he was supposed to have earned in the last 11 years, while the latter finally proved himself with 3 championships including WCS world champion. Special did exceptionally this year especially in the global finals but he still hasn't won anything yet | ||
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dartaniar
Ukraine2 Posts
and thank to all the great players for this wonderful year! | ||
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ChriS-X
Malaysia1374 Posts
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