The entire tournament was full of epic moments but nothing beats the last minutes of Game 7 in the grand finals. Naniwa and Thorzain gathered up their armies and just had that huge stare down before what you knew would be the deciding battle. That was intense.

Heyoka

Katowice25012 Posts

May 16 2011 08:27 GMT

#62

Thorzain vs MC on Tal'Darim is one of my favorites, MC fighting off a 3/3 bio army with 0 or 1 armor somehow. Unreal. Thorzain's hold in game 6 is nuts as hell too, totally baffled as to how that happened.

nothing can top NaNi's proxy gates vs GoOdy though. I think thats the most entertaining game I've seen in SC2 overall.

IdrA calling CrunCher a walkover and then losing haha

Ragoo

Germany2773 Posts

May 16 2011 08:49 GMT

#63

Goody's 3rd game vs Nestea, the moment Chill realized that Goody won : )

Naphal

Germany2099 Posts

May 16 2011 08:50 GMT

#64

my favorite moment of this tournament was right at the beginning and it lasted until the end of the finals =D

best game was thorzain vs mc nr4 imo, funniest moment was "

" closely followed by "CHILL GET OUT!"

also the day9 nonstopcastuntilheartattack together with the epic final set really got me excited, even more than i already was, had to stand up and could not sit down until gg!

pxL.

Austria6 Posts

May 16 2011 09:01 GMT

#65

The best in the whole tournament was Game 4 between MC and Thorzain. I think there was no better, intense, microheavy, awesome, epic match ever

hugman

Sweden4644 Posts

May 16 2011 09:03 GMT

#66

On May 16 2011 14:30 ComTrav wrote:
Thorzain's massive Thor push vs. hallucinated Immortals vs. MC. Even the commentators weren't sure who would win.

Played while both players were in Denmark, so no lag to cloud the Thundergod's victory over the Kratoss Protoss.

Yes, we knew Thorazain was good, and yes, I was a fan already, but that is where I think he crossed from "good player having a good run" to "totally amazing."

ThorZaIN was in Norway ;P not that it matters

BGrael

Germany229 Posts

May 16 2011 09:23 GMT

#67

On May 16 2011 06:32 Plexa wrote:
I will remember Game 6 of the finals where Thorzain somehow held off Naniwa's all in. I don't know how he did it. Also, everything was on the line as Nani was just one game away from victory. My most memorable moment for sure.
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I will remember this moment as well. Truly epic and one of the most thrilling moments in e-sports ever for me!

Dfgj

Singapore5922 Posts

May 16 2011 09:45 GMT

#68

On May 16 2011 06:46 NB wrote:
naniwa fake 4 gate into blink on taldarim vs cruncher

both those change the meta game of the match up on ladder

Isn't this terribly common, going 4gate to force an equal reaction then teching fast?

The finals was full of memorable stuff, I can't pick anything - the tension being broken by lag and Naniwa exploding at Chill was pretty amusing though.

ROOTdrewbie

Canada1392 Posts

May 16 2011 09:48 GMT

#69

game 7 was the most memorable moment by far, the game was sooooooooooooooooooo tense naniwa got way ahead at the start and then messed up and fail attacked, the next 10 minutes they were just sitting there afraid to attack each other, both massing units and nothing else, it was a really really sick game and day9's solo casting non-stop screaming was insane omg ~_~

KNICK

Germany248 Posts

May 16 2011 10:50 GMT

#70

I'm gonna have to agree with Thorzain vs. MC on Tal'Darim, just a sick, sick match. When those EMPs went off, I felt like bowing in front of my screen.

But there's more: Sen vs. Boxer on Terminus, when Boxer walled-in 2 Marines with a supply depot at the Xel Naga Tower. That was one of those typical Boxer moments and you just know that this guy is an absolute RTS genius. Such a simple move that denies the Zerg vision, yet I've never seen it done before.

Mondragon countering Protoss air with mass Roaches also deserves mentioning. I thought that he was dead for sure in that first game against Zeerax, but he somehow pulled it off. Hats off to one of my favorite players for coming out of nowhere with a new Zerg style.

And of course the finals. There's no single moment that sticks out, it was the series as a whole. You could feel the tension while watching. It seemed as if both of them were scared to engage sometimes, resulting in their control groups dancing around each other, always on the verge of attacking. Just a great conclusion to a fantastic tournament.

Stamper

Germany148 Posts

May 16 2011 10:59 GMT

#71

Probably this one:
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xphantomx

United States37 Posts

May 16 2011 11:02 GMT

#72

CHILL GET OUT

Kyhol

Canada2574 Posts

May 16 2011 11:07 GMT

#73

Thorzains comeback vs Naniwa rates really high in my notes

Senx

Sweden5901 Posts

May 16 2011 11:13 GMT

#74

Idra calling Cruncher a walkover then losing to him and cruncher writing "

" at the end of the last game.

thirnaz

Sweden876 Posts

May 16 2011 12:27 GMT

#75

the last game of the finals, day9s commentating made it so much better... it was just insane o.o
Also game 6 when he held off the all-in somehow

Silvanel

Poland4726 Posts

May 16 2011 12:38 GMT

#76

Poor Chill i can see this already turning into meme.
For me it would be Thorzains great run, and generaly all instances of foreigners eliminating Koreans.

Synystyr

United States1446 Posts

May 16 2011 12:40 GMT

#77

The emotional response that Day9 had when Thorzain completed the comeback. It just shows how damn passionate this guy is for the game. Soooooooooo inspiring and my oh my did he pick up the task of solo casting with style. Day9, you are the MAN.

Malinor

Germany4721 Posts

May 16 2011 12:44 GMT

#78

It's not exactly a TSL3-moment, but I just wanted to share something that in itself probably is not blog-worthy, so I will put it in here.
When Thorzain won his TL-Open, I remember my exact thoughts very clearly: "Wow, what a wasted spot in the tournament that could have gone to an actually good player."

With a stunning 8 points in the bracket contest, I am probably also in the lowest 5% of all participants, my foresight is that good.

For the actual torunament, we just couldn't have hoped for a better finals, so that's definitely what stands out for me.

1oo

Portugal876 Posts

May 16 2011 12:54 GMT

#79

the finals really, amazing players with the amazing come back, with chill's drama lag problems and day9 emotional solo cast, we really couldnt get a better finals.

last moments of adelscot second game vs mvp pretty epic too with chill comentary.

theres too many memorable moments tbh..

Just a great tournament!