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TL.net ESPORTS
Profile Joined July 2011
4 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-05-06 05:14:17
May 06 2019 04:57 GMT
#1
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The WCS Spring qualifiers/Challenger tournaments came to an end as Neeb claimed the first place spot from the North American region with a 4-0 victory over JonSnow.


The conclusion of North America's Challenger tournament finalizes the list of sixteen players who have earned direct seeds (as well as travel and accommodations) into group stage #3 of the upcoming WCS Spring tournament in Kiev (May 17-19). The seeded players will compete against 64 open bracket contenders at WCS Spring for the first unified WCS Circuit championship of the year, as well as a seed at the WCS Global Finals.



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Charoisaur
Profile Joined August 2014
Germany15919 Posts
May 06 2019 05:22 GMT
#2
Wow Neeb is a god. He may not have beat the strongest players but names do not matter, results do!
Many of the coolest moments in sc2 happen due to worker harassment
AzAlexZ
Profile Joined September 2016
Australia3303 Posts
May 06 2019 05:30 GMT
#3
Another day at the office for Neeb, nothing new
Faker is the GOAT!
SlammerIV
Profile Joined December 2013
United States526 Posts
May 06 2019 05:41 GMT
#4
Especially with Scarlett not competing was easy money for Neeb, I think Puck was his hardest challenge.
FataLe
Profile Joined November 2010
New Zealand4495 Posts
May 06 2019 05:57 GMT
#5
Easy work
hi. big fan.
MoonyD
Profile Joined December 2013
Australia191 Posts
May 06 2019 05:59 GMT
#6
Great to see Neeb make it all the way and win the entire tournament. (Recovering from his bo3 lose to Idraling in group stages)
The world wants to be deceived
sudete
Profile Joined December 2012
Singapore3054 Posts
May 06 2019 06:43 GMT
#7
Nice to see jonsnow playing some good games. 4-0 looks awful but it wasn't like the games were lopsided
Year of MaxPax
DreamOen
Profile Joined March 2010
Spain1400 Posts
May 06 2019 06:47 GMT
#8
Serral in EU, Neeb in NA things back to audience expectations. Sadly maru lost. I would watch a bo7 round robin between maru serral and neeb
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Geo.Rion
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
7377 Posts
May 06 2019 06:47 GMT
#9
surprised Masa lost in the ro4, gonna have to watch the vod
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Dave4
Profile Joined August 2018
494 Posts
May 06 2019 07:00 GMT
#10
Great work Neeb.

Also particularly excited for TLO, can't believe he is still around and kicking ass. I remember when he was well known way back in beta days for his ingenuity.
Xain0n
Profile Joined November 2018
Italy3963 Posts
May 06 2019 09:00 GMT
#11
On May 06 2019 14:22 Charoisaur wrote:
Wow Neeb is a god. He may not have beat the strongest players but names do not matter, results do!


A literal GOD Tasteless!

That's exactly what I meant, WCS Challenger NA is indeed the most prestigious of tournaments.
Harris1st
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Germany6889 Posts
May 06 2019 10:07 GMT
#12
Hyped for Kiev! Gratz Neeb
Go Serral! GG EZ for Ence. Flashbang dance FTW
thomie05
Profile Joined July 2018
1 Post
May 06 2019 11:19 GMT
#13
Why was Scarlett not competing?
Geo.Rion
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
7377 Posts
May 06 2019 11:22 GMT
#14
On May 06 2019 20:19 thomie05 wrote:
Why was Scarlett not competing?

You cannot partake in GSL and WCS Challenger in the same season. But she can be there at Kiev, meaning the WCS main event. Next season she can make the choice again between code S and challenger
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Nakajin
Profile Blog Joined September 2014
Canada8989 Posts
May 06 2019 11:22 GMT
#15
On May 06 2019 20:19 thomie05 wrote:
Why was Scarlett not competing?


Can't play in challenger in you play in GSL, she can go to the event tho.
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hg2g2
Profile Joined January 2013
Canada71 Posts
May 06 2019 12:50 GMT
#16
On May 06 2019 20:22 Geo.Rion wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 06 2019 20:19 thomie05 wrote:
Why was Scarlett not competing?

You cannot partake in GSL and WCS Challenger in the same season. But she can be there at Kiev, meaning the WCS main event. Next season she can make the choice again between code S and challenger


There is no choice to make past Season 1/Spring, Blizzard scrapped the rule. She's already in Code S again along with Special, the only reason he tried this time is because he can still play Challenger for Summer.
JoFar
Profile Joined January 2017
31 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-05-06 13:00:11
May 06 2019 12:51 GMT
#17
On May 06 2019 16:00 Dave4 wrote:
Great work Neeb.

Also particularly excited for TLO, can't believe he is still around and kicking ass. I remember when he was well known way back in beta days for his ingenuity.


Good job by Neeb, but in the end there wasn't really somebody able to challange him with Scarlett not playing.

I am happy for TLO, too.

But to be honest, it also shows one more how weak overall NA is. TLO barely made it to RO16 in the last european qualifiers / tournaments he played. I don't think any player besides Neeb (and Scarlett, if she had played in the Qualifiers) from the NA Top 8 could have made it into the EU Top 8. Maybe they wouldn't even be the favorite against Top16 EU Players.

Greenei
Profile Joined November 2011
Germany1754 Posts
May 06 2019 12:59 GMT
#18
The distribution of seeds on regions seems really unfair. EU is so much stronger than the rest. We should have a distribution like EU (10), NA (4), Rest (2).
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Harris1st
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Germany6889 Posts
May 06 2019 13:09 GMT
#19
On May 06 2019 21:59 Greenei wrote:
The distribution of seeds on regions seems really unfair. EU is so much stronger than the rest. We should have a distribution like EU (10), NA (4), Rest (2).


Yes Region-Lock Europe away from the poor rest of the world so they can grow stronk

On a more serious note, doesn't matter too much since you can still go through the group phases in Kiev
Go Serral! GG EZ for Ence. Flashbang dance FTW
NinjaNight
Profile Joined January 2018
428 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-05-06 13:17:14
May 06 2019 13:12 GMT
#20
On May 06 2019 21:51 JoFar wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 06 2019 16:00 Dave4 wrote:
Great work Neeb.

Also particularly excited for TLO, can't believe he is still around and kicking ass. I remember when he was well known way back in beta days for his ingenuity.


Good job by Neeb, but in the end there wasn't really somebody able to challange him with Scarlett not playing.

I am happy for TLO, too.

But to be honest, it also shows one more how weak overall NA is. TLO barely made it to RO16 in the last european qualifiers / tournaments he played. I don't think any player besides Neeb (and Scarlett, if she had played in the Qualifiers) from the NA Top 8 could have made it into the EU Top 8. Maybe they wouldn't even be the favorite against Top16 EU Players.



Well Neeb, Scarlett, and Special could potentially be favored over any EU player other than Serral. They'd also all be capable of beating Serral sometimes. So I'd say NA is pretty top heavy. One great zerg, one great terran, and one great protoss, then mediocrity below them.
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