On April 26 2011 20:52 Aran wrote:
Really hoping that it doesn't end with a PvP finals. Those are nearly always disappointing with 8 minute matches and 4gate battles

Your in luck since the semifinals are a TvT and a PvP so a PvP finals is quite impossible good sir!

vdale

Germany1173 Posts

April 26 2011 12:27 GMT

#65

Great to see all of my favorite players win their matches.

MentalGNT

Denmark1264 Posts

April 26 2011 12:30 GMT

#66

I have a hard time imagining Thorzain taking out Kas, but then again i said the same thing before the MC games. I like the fact that he studies his opponents so intensely, but i really like Kas as well.
I really don't know who to root for, all four are so good players, and seem so well mannered.
All four really deserve their top-4 spots, so I'm guaranteed that the finals are going to be epic no matter what.

TemplarCo.

Mexico2870 Posts

April 26 2011 12:31 GMT

#67

Naniwa is stopping to be the once fan-hated player, and is becoming a respected player in the community, very nice, I think we'll see a Kas vs Naniwa finals, I hope so!!!
Thanks for interviews!!

Rabbitmaster

1357 Posts

April 26 2011 12:37 GMT

#68

Such insane games! Unfortunetly i watched the Thorzain/MC VODs first, and chill spoiled the Kas/adellscott game for me... :<

Chillz

Canada100 Posts

April 26 2011 12:49 GMT

#69

I just started following TSL3 now and I started looking at the TSL3 brackets along with the open qualifiers from the beginning. It's amazing that the people doing all the winning are those that won in the open tournaments.

To have only 1 drop out in the round of 32, 2 in the round of 16 and 1 more in the round of 8 is simply amazing. Having a final 4 consisting solely of open qualifier winners is even more amazing, and all former Warcraft 3 players at that!

Finrod1

Germany3997 Posts

April 26 2011 12:55 GMT

#70

I feel every player deserves his spot in the semis so much because they put insane amount of practice in their games. ThorZaIN for example didn't latter at all, he just played non stop custom games. This is something that get's me really really excitet! It creates top level games just like in the gsl. Over all tournament systems i feel this is the most rewarding for the best player.
I would love to see a ThorZaIN vs HasuObs final but i wouldn't mind kas vs naniwa either.

Eufouria

United Kingdom4425 Posts

April 26 2011 13:08 GMT

#71

Thorzain is definitely the underdog, its kind of funny that he's been the underdog every round, and even after knocking out MC, Tyler and Fruitdealer he is still the underdog.

I think its his builds that separate him from other Terrans and I feel like TvT is currently the least build dependent match up, because it will nearly always end up as tanks, marines and vikings and comes down to army positioning rather than composition. That said he clearly puts a huge amount of effort into preparing specifically for each match, and if anyone can come up with some really good TvT builds its Thorzain.

Cyberpansy

United States24 Posts

April 26 2011 13:08 GMT

#72

I find it interesting that MC seems to be inspiring so many players to work so hard to beat him.

SasukeStreams

Netherlands174 Posts

April 26 2011 13:28 GMT

#73

4 Warcraft III players in the semi-finals. Makes my heart fill with joy =) Take that stupid broodwar wannabe elitists!

I am just hoping for Hasuobs to make it to the finals and I don't really care too much who wins the Thorzain/Kas match as they are both great players. What's funny is that Naniwa and Hasuobs (both Undead players in Warcraft III) are duking it out in a protoss mirror, and the two former Human players Thorzain and Kas will play a Terran mirror =)

Anyway, gogo Hasuobs, give us awesome games like the game against Grubby at IeSF.

silent_owl

Philippines3098 Posts

April 26 2011 13:31 GMT

#74

I still think MC's the best player in the world but respect to ThorZaIN. I was also rooting for Boxer but respect as well to Hasuobs. MC going to the Up/Down of GSL depresses me though.

Respect to the winners including Naniwa and Kas. I'm glad that SC2 success is not a Korean only affair although I'm still a little more fond of the Korean players, I agree with Artosis when he said that the spread of success could make SC2 a lot more dynamic to follow.

DeKk

Poland15 Posts

April 26 2011 13:31 GMT

#75

Amazing games. I screamed like a girl when HasuObs played with BoxeR. I think I even prefer TSL more than GSL. Seems like here is a lot more macro oriented games (and maybe this is Koreans weak spot

)

BatCat

Austria630 Posts

April 26 2011 13:32 GMT

#76

Jesus, TvT vs Kas is a death sentence

I like both of them very much, but I feel like ThorZaIN would have the edge in the finals, because of his TvP practice.

silent_owl

Philippines3098 Posts

April 26 2011 13:49 GMT

#77

@ DeKk - I kind of disagree with macro being Korean's weak spot.

Come on, I mean NaDa for one? He won BW on macro credentials.

TheBanana

Norway2183 Posts

April 26 2011 13:54 GMT

#78

On April 26 2011 16:41 DisaFear wrote:
Wait what, semis already? Nooo
Have no idea who to go for, none of these guys incite anything in me

Probably HasuObs. Hey you, Hasu, go go go

I have it exactly the other way around.
I have rooted for all 4 of them from the start, even during the qualifiers.
So I'm very happy.

Between those 4 I have to root for Thorzain though.

nihlon

Sweden5581 Posts

April 26 2011 14:15 GMT

#79

On April 26 2011 22:08 Eufouria wrote:
Thorzain is definitely the underdog, its kind of funny that he's been the underdog every round, and even after knocking out MC, Tyler and Fruitdealer he is still the underdog.

I think its his builds that separate him from other Terrans and I feel like TvT is currently the least build dependent match up, because it will nearly always end up as tanks, marines and vikings and comes down to army positioning rather than composition. That said he clearly puts a huge amount of effort into preparing specifically for each match, and if anyone can come up with some really good TvT builds its Thorzain.

Yeah that actually is funny. Beating three world class players and still being the underdog.

That said, Kas isn't unbeatable and if Thorzain can get is TvT together somehow I think we could get an tight serie.