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South Korea wins NationWars V

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TL.net ESPORTS
Profile Joined July 2011
4 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-04-23 16:13:05
April 23 2018 15:59 GMT
#1
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(Wiki)StarCraft II: NationWars V


South Korea upheld its reputation as the StarCraft II powerhouse of the world, lifting the NationWars V championship trophy in front of a cheering Parisian crowd. The Netherlands managed to take three games off Korea in the best-of-nine final, but were unable to stop a rampaging (Wiki)INnoVation who took all five maps for Korea. It was the second year in a row that INnoVation played an instrumental part in Korea's NationWars victory, with the Machine Terran closing out Poland in the 2017 finals. The South Korean will take home $25,000 in prize money, while the Netherlands earned $12,500 for their efforts.



The Netherlands advanced to the finals after defeating Mexico 4-2, while Korea defeated Finland 4-0 on the back of a true all-kill (no revives) from (Wiki)soO. After putting in solid performances for Korea during the online portion of the tournament, Korean captain (Wiki)MMA enjoyed a spot on the victorious side without having to win a single game during the live portion.

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Aunvilgodess
Profile Joined May 2016
954 Posts
April 23 2018 16:08 GMT
#2
absolutely shocking result
Ryu3600
Profile Joined January 2016
Canada469 Posts
April 23 2018 16:18 GMT
#3
When/Will replays of Nationwars V be released? :o
Maru is the best Terran ever.
Mun_Su
Profile Joined December 2012
France2063 Posts
April 23 2018 16:24 GMT
#4
INnoVation is always clutch in teamleagues
INno <3 - TY - Maru - Taeja - Rain <3 - Classic <3 - Stephano <3 - soO <3 - Soulkey - Dark - SERRAL =O / END REGION LOCK
tekrebel
Profile Joined June 2012
56 Posts
April 23 2018 16:28 GMT
#5
I like how when Innovation loses, he basically just updates, restarts, scans for errors, and crush faces.
iamho
Profile Joined June 2009
United States3347 Posts
April 23 2018 16:37 GMT
#6
Fun tournament, I hope there will be a Nation Wars 6!
_fool
Profile Joined February 2011
Netherlands677 Posts
April 23 2018 16:44 GMT
#7
The whole tournament was solid entertainment! Will crowdfund again!
"News is to the mind what sugar is to the body"
pvsnp
Profile Joined January 2017
7676 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-04-23 16:47:37
April 23 2018 16:46 GMT
#8
Team Korea is the only team where all three players got an allkill. Not a bad showing. Watching the banter between MMA, soO, and Inno was also really fun, and not something you get to see every day from the Koreans.
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Khalimaroth
Profile Joined September 2010
France70 Posts
April 23 2018 16:48 GMT
#9
O'Gaming ♥
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ArtyK
Profile Joined June 2011
France3143 Posts
April 23 2018 16:53 GMT
#10
The highlight for me is team Netherlands run and their reactions during each tense moments and victories, the teammate cams make this event great.

I really wish for a proleague format next time tough, and less breaks in-between games for the online portion at least :p
Sup dood ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ KiWiKaKi | SLush | uThermal | PtitDrogo | SortOf | Clem ~ "I told my mom she should vote for me in Nation Wars, she said 'I dunno, I kinda want Finland to win'" – Luolis ~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_NScWV9h8k#t=1h01m
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DieuCure
Profile Joined January 2017
France3713 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-04-23 16:59:08
April 23 2018 16:57 GMT
#11
Totally reduced gap, win in the early game or lose

Thanks for the event ! I hope this will happen again next year.
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HolydaKing
Profile Joined February 2010
21254 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-04-23 17:08:53
April 23 2018 17:07 GMT
#12
Definitely a entertaining last tournament day. While things didn't go completely smooth offline, it still was a very fun day. A little disappointed that Serral didn't win a game or two or his Finnish mates who both were not too far away from a win.

Overall the tournament had some very fun events, such as Reynor showing his power, Showtime vs Serral, Special vs Korea and TurkeyDano doing some fun things.

Hoping for a next one as well!
ShoCkeyy
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
7815 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-04-23 17:26:46
April 23 2018 17:23 GMT
#13
Wow, Netherlandsssss great results, too bad Harstem didn't get Inno that last time but Inno just showing up as he always does under pressure.
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Poopi
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France12875 Posts
April 23 2018 18:12 GMT
#14
Watching it live was pretty fucking amazing, really loved it!
The KR - NL match was perfect for my liking since uThermal played well and dropped mules, the match wasn’t one sided since Harstem managed to beat INno once, KR won as I wanted, etc.

Sending MMA first was a very good strategy from KR, they were able to see what uThermal was going to do in TvT with their weakest player, so INno (aka a Terran with better mechanics than MMA) would have more intel before going into his match.
Since MMA was good enough for uThermal to bring out his A game, he actually did the exact same build against INno, who adapted very well (bunker and sending only one cyclone instead of two inside the medivac).

Great tournament
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Mun_Su
Profile Joined December 2012
France2063 Posts
April 23 2018 18:30 GMT
#15
On April 24 2018 01:46 pvsnp wrote:
Team Korea is the only team where all three players got an allkill. Not a bad showing. Watching the banter between MMA, soO, and Inno was also really fun, and not something you get to see every day from the Koreans.



i also loved to see them interacted. too bad soO didn't come to the crowd.

for next year I'd like to see Stats and Dark, they look likes really fun and good talkers; with the teamleagueexpert
INno <3 - TY - Maru - Taeja - Rain <3 - Classic <3 - Stephano <3 - soO <3 - Soulkey - Dark - SERRAL =O / END REGION LOCK
Caelum93
Profile Joined March 2018
62 Posts
April 23 2018 18:39 GMT
#16
Finally Soo won a trophy!
pvsnp
Profile Joined January 2017
7676 Posts
April 23 2018 19:02 GMT
#17
On April 24 2018 03:39 Caelum93 wrote:
Finally Soo won a trophy!


I like how the Kong aura is so strong that people regularly forget (or neglect to mention) that he won Kespa Cup.
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TrueFlameSC
Profile Joined March 2018
2 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-04-23 19:29:59
April 23 2018 19:29 GMT
#18
Great tourney, enjoyed watching it. Enjoyed the chance to be apart of it from home with the purchases of the Nations avatars.
Solar424
Profile Blog Joined June 2013
United States4001 Posts
April 23 2018 19:43 GMT
#19
On April 24 2018 03:39 Caelum93 wrote:
Finally Soo won a trophy!

He had to get carried by team league Inno though.
Mithriel
Profile Joined November 2010
Netherlands2969 Posts
April 23 2018 20:03 GMT
#20
Really loved this tournament, i might go down to Paris next time around!
There is no shame in defeat so long as the spirit is unconquered. | Cheering for Maru, Innovation and MMA!
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