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Unbreakable - ThorZaIN Hype Thread

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TL.net Bot
Profile Joined June 2004
TL.net130 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-13 03:28:04
May 12 2011 15:00 GMT
#1
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(Wiki)TSL3 on Liquipedia



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Cheerful by arctics86

When ThorZaIN qualified for the TSL, I tried to explain my reservations about the qualifiers to Plexa on MSN.
"I just don't know," I wrote, "I watch the TLOpen and I feel like some of these guys are doing things that I could do. I mean, the guy who qualified today, is he any good? He didn't seem to be anything special."
"Thorzain?" asked Plexa, "Yeah, he's really good."

I wanted to believe him at the time, but I didn't really believe it. I wanted to convince myself that ThorZaIN stood a chance, and that the awesomeness of his name would be reciprocated by awesome play. But ThorZaIN, who was last seen not advancing from his Dreamhack group, was a black box. Between his semi-final appearance in TLOpen #1, and his qualification in TLOpen #5, ThorZaIN had gotten bumped out of the TLOpens before reaching the series stage. And his handle was absent from any other competition. Between his qualification and the opening day of the TSL, he was nowhere to be seen.

Who was this kid, and why is he here? I liquibet Fruitdealer.

I could not watch the first day of the TSL live. But when I watched ThorZaIN's opening sets against Fruitdealer, I had a huge banana grin on my face, that slowly dropped until I looked like Edvard Munch's 'The Scream', with my mouth wide open and my hands cupping my face. ThorZaIN wasn't stale or gimmicky. He was exquisitely prepared. He was flawless.

And then doubt crept in again. Koreans began to drop like flies. The foreign scene was mounting a stiff defense, and suddenly ThorZaIN's workmanlike defeat of Fruitdealer was obscured by Adelscott's flashy destruction of MVP, and QXC's heroic perseverance against Genius. Suddenly, ThorZaIN's exceptional play aquired asterisk after asterisk. Fruitdealer had long been slumping. Fruitdealer was unused to the lag. Fruitdealer was playing a broken match-up.

And so, three weeks later, ThorZaIN had to prove himself once more against the reigning TSL champion and fan favorite Liquid'Tyler. I liquibet Tyler. This time, ThorZaIN's victory had some savagery to it. In the final game on Metalopolis, ThorZaIN ended up with upgraded bio units against upgraded gateway units unsupported by tech. It was a massacre. Yet again, doubts crept in. Tyler had looked completely out of sorts. And ThorZaIN's next opponent was MC. MC!

I liquibet MC.

There's nothing for me to add about that series that hasn't already been typed in all caps with exclamation points. But I shouldn't have been surprised. The TSL has always been different. The TSL does not treat the usual suspects kindly. Every TSL has been largely defined by the new players, the closet gosus who fly under everyone's radar until it's too late. The open qualification invites this. The preparation time invites this. For players like ThorZaIN, this was the opportunity to distinguish themselves. Who knows when that opportunity would've come again?

For the semi-finals, I liquibet ThorZaIN. No matter that his weakest match-up was TvT. No matter that Kas was a TvT beast. I changed my IRC name to "Thorhugger". I spammed variations of "THORZAIN!!!" I briefly considered going to the Thor movie. And in five fantastic games, ThorZaIN had won once again.

Both players in the TSL finals, have made tremendous turnarounds in the
Pokerstrategy.com TSL3. For ThorZaIN, he has gone from a complete unknown to a hero for tens of thousands of fans. He has gone from ranked as an afterthought to considered one of the world's premier terrans. His play has triggered admirers, copycats, countless frustrated opponents, and even a crucial change in a balance patch.

And this weekend, in New York, he will meet his toughest challenge yet. To turn 'TSL finalist' into 'TSL Champion'.

-- tree.hugger


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Cheerful by eXplod3


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fw518RCm4AA


"Wow, I didn't know who thorzain was, but from today on..."

-- Korean Netizen
Wikipedia says
"In Norse polytheism, Thor (from Old Norse Þórr) is a hammer-wielding god associated with thunder, lightning, storms, oak trees, strength, destruction, fertility, healing, and the protection of mankind."
In Starcraft 2, ThorZain is a 250 mm Strike Cannon wielding god associated with macro, micro, cloaked ghosts dropping EMPs to prevent psi storms, destruction, SCV repairing, and the protection of foreigners against an over-arrogant Protoss.

ThorZain FIGHTING!

-- Achille5
i'd scream for ThorZaIN like a little girl infront of Justin Bieber if i met him RL!

-- Mob


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Cheerful by Heimatloser


Poll: What score will ThorZaIN win with?

4-3 (353)
 
47%

4-2 (267)
 
35%

4-0 (78)
 
10%

4-1 (56)
 
7%

754 total votes

Your vote: What score will ThorZaIN win with?

(Vote): 4-0
(Vote): 4-1
(Vote): 4-2
(Vote): 4-3



Links:
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JustinMartin
Profile Joined November 2010
159 Posts
May 12 2011 15:04 GMT
#2
voted! 4-3 thorzain fighting
BaltA
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
Norway849 Posts
May 12 2011 15:16 GMT
#3
Thorzain going for the win!!!!
Jakalo
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Latvia2350 Posts
May 12 2011 15:16 GMT
#4
Be Faithful!
Nostalgia is not as good as it used to be.
Keype
Profile Joined March 2010
Sweden455 Posts
May 12 2011 15:17 GMT
#5
'What score will ThorZain win with?' sickest poll ever:D Hahah:D awesome write-up really made me got a lot more hyped atleast, tho I have seen him around since beta.
Tornado Terran Fighting!
DivinO
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States4796 Posts
May 12 2011 15:18 GMT
#6
glhf ThorZaIN, you got this.
LiquipediaBrain in my filth.
zul
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Germany5427 Posts
May 12 2011 15:28 GMT
#7
Thorzain fightin! 4:0 would be cool ^________^
keep it deep! @zulison
Maliris
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Northern Ireland2557 Posts
May 12 2011 15:28 GMT
#8
Throzain ftw :DD
"Religion is something left over from the infancy of our intelligence, it will fade away as we adopt reason and science as our guidelines."
Dac
Profile Joined September 2010
Canada538 Posts
May 12 2011 15:29 GMT
#9
Thorzain #winning.
Raysalis
Profile Joined July 2010
Malaysia1034 Posts
May 12 2011 15:30 GMT
#10
Thorzain fighting!
:)
Rocko
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada31 Posts
May 12 2011 15:32 GMT
#11
4-2 Thorzain cant wait for the games GL to both
Dimorgh
Profile Joined October 2010
Sweden22 Posts
May 12 2011 15:50 GMT
#12
Cant wait, awesome final!!
.InFiNiTy.
Profile Joined February 2011
Sweden9 Posts
May 12 2011 15:52 GMT
#13
GO THORZAIN
MangoTango
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States3670 Posts
May 12 2011 15:52 GMT
#14
THOH IS HEYAH

I can't wait for this finals, it's going to be baller.
"One fish, two fish, red fish, BLUE TANK!" - Artosis
Zlasher
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States9129 Posts
May 12 2011 15:53 GMT
#15
By Odin's Beard!
Follow me: www.twitter.com/zlasher
iDope
Profile Joined October 2010
Saudi Arabia223 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-12 16:04:07
May 12 2011 16:03 GMT
#16
One thing is certain.. this is the most awesome writer there is on teamliquid. Excellent read, had me laughing in every paragraph.
sVnteen
Profile Joined January 2011
Germany2238 Posts
May 12 2011 16:08 GMT
#17
watch out for the proxy pylons and build enough bunkers around the 6:30 mark
just sayin
MY LIFE STARTS NOW ♥
Sporadic44
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States533 Posts
May 12 2011 16:08 GMT
#18
chill forces the recognition here, "WHO IS THIS KID MAN"
"Opportunities multiply as they are seized."
Marou
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Germany1371 Posts
May 12 2011 16:12 GMT
#19
Thorzain's going to win because it's TSL and he wins every TSL match no matter what O_O
twitter@RickyMarou
Skank
Profile Joined October 2010
United States329 Posts
May 12 2011 16:13 GMT
#20
I AM FAITHFUL.
"To be honest, to play protoss is ridiculously simple" -NesTea
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