
Turning of the Tide: When Neeb Won KeSPA Cup 2016
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MJG
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oGoZenob
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Excellent write-up as usual ! | ||
spoonmaster
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Xamo
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AzAlexZ
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Yoshi Kirishima
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Rob-Zero
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TheLordofAwesome
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Edpayasugo
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Wolf
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Yoshi Kirishima
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On March 30 2023 22:00 Wolf wrote: One of the best tournaments I ever worked on. Such a memorable run. Miss your casting, but hope you're doing well!! Was nice hearing your voice again rewatching that VOD. | ||
catplanetcatplanet
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On March 30 2023 04:18 MJG wrote: Great article - I'm sorry to say that I completely forgot about ![]() what the fuck man | ||
tlnetuser108
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Crocolisk Dundee
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On March 30 2023 22:00 Wolf wrote: One of the best tournaments I ever worked on. Such a memorable run. I also miss your casting and hope you are doing well these days, Wolf! | ||
Charoisaur
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Waxangel
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On April 06 2023 04:27 Charoisaur wrote: Wasn't that tournament around the time teamhouses were closing and the koreans had to move out and transition to being independent players? Not to take away from Neeb but I think that definitely had an impact There was a decent-sized section about this that got cut out. There's some interviews/videos that attest to progamers being very demoralized at the time, but nothing that directly connects it to reduced effort or practice. In fact, given the WCS points situation at this event, players like Classic and herO were incentivized to play extremely hard to qualify for BlizzCon (they did not make the cut), while already qualified players like Zest and Stats should have been practicing hard since BlizzCon was just a month away. Now, I do feel like I've heard off-hand or at least speculatively that KeSPA teams closing DID affect players' play levels, but we couldn't find sourcing that was acceptable. Ultimately, the element with Proleague ending/KeSPA teams disbanding felt too speculative to add. | ||
Balnazza
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YoMeR
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Charoisaur
Germany15878 Posts
On April 06 2023 08:01 Balnazza wrote: It also feels weird to think that just one month of no teamhouses leveled the field that much when people always assume koreans before that were galaxies in front of the foreign scene I mean, koreans WERE galaxies in front of the foreign scene, we know that for a fact based on tournament results. But no, I don't think the disbandment of teamhouses alone leveled the playing field, Neeb (and later Serral, Reynor etc) are obviously huge talents who deserved every amount of success they were getting. But still the circumstances were in Neebs favor when he won that tournament. | ||
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