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[D] Did Leenock win the finals or did Naniwa...

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BBC.807
Profile Joined November 2010
Norway68 Posts
November 22 2011 07:05 GMT
#1
lose the finals? Watching the VOD yesterday i couldnt help but feel sorry for Naniwa - he made a couple poor judgements. Going Nexus first every single game really made him predictable - and Leenock obviously played it against him.

What do you think?

pycho
Profile Joined January 2011
Paraguay372 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-11-22 07:08:11
November 22 2011 07:07 GMT
#2
Leenock Won 4-1 eot
Lavi
Profile Joined November 2011
Bangladesh793 Posts
November 22 2011 07:08 GMT
#3
Leenok got 1st, so yeah he won.
Peleus
Profile Joined March 2010
Australia420 Posts
November 22 2011 07:08 GMT
#4
I think this doesn't need a new thread and could easily be discussed in the MLG day 3 thread along with the thousands of other posts on the finals.
Igno4
Profile Joined September 2011
United States3 Posts
November 22 2011 07:08 GMT
#5
I feel a little like Naniwa lost it :\ I mean, he held off the first hatch cancel and then won with stargate play, but lost his edge by failing to scout it again.

Leenock didn't even play that well in most of the games. He just all inned, and it worked. I'm not degrading his play at all, I mean he beat Naniwa didn't he? But most of those losses could have been prevented just by better scouting,
Remb
Profile Joined August 2011
United States190 Posts
November 22 2011 07:09 GMT
#6
Get this garbage thread out of here.
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Cyx.
Profile Joined November 2010
Canada806 Posts
November 22 2011 07:09 GMT
#7
Naniwa lost the finals. He refused to adjust the playstyle he'd shown throughout the tournament, and Leenock punished him for it hard. It was great strategy from Leenock, but if Naniwa had shown us any of the kind of mastery of different build orders that we saw out of him in the TSL3 he could have taken the series convincingly. If that's what Korea's done for him... it's still a good trade, but he's too predictable and it's hurting his play.
StarStruck
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
25339 Posts
November 22 2011 07:09 GMT
#8
This has been discussed to death in the LR day 3 thread. I recommend browsing the last 15 or so pages for more in depth analysis.
Vantastic
Profile Joined October 2009
United States112 Posts
November 22 2011 07:09 GMT
#9
leenock counter Naniwa build so leenock won
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Canada1134 Posts
November 22 2011 07:09 GMT
#10
are you kidding me rofl
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Antedelerium
Profile Joined June 2010
United States224 Posts
November 22 2011 07:10 GMT
#11
Not end of thread at all. Read the content before writing that. I'd say that Naniwa definitely made a few poor judgments. He never varied his build and his scouting was always shut down if he tried it. The fact that he let Leenock push him around early game without changing things up was a huge issue. Then again I may be wrong and maybe sticking to his guns is a better idea, but I have my doubts since Leenock was able to scout that early Nexus every game.
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Boblhead
Profile Joined August 2010
United States2577 Posts
November 22 2011 07:10 GMT
#12
On November 22 2011 16:09 Remb wrote:
Get this garbage thread out of here.

noones said it better, why do these threads come up? Like whats the point, if you want to rant on how bad players did or if your suspicous then make a blog.
naux
Profile Joined May 2011
Canada738 Posts
November 22 2011 07:10 GMT
#13
just because leenock is 15 people trying to make an excuse why naniwa lost leenock beat all the best players at MLG end of story leenock is the ZERG PRINCE
Cyro
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom20343 Posts
November 22 2011 07:11 GMT
#14
I think nani lost it
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ElvisWayCool
Profile Joined March 2010
United States437 Posts
November 22 2011 07:12 GMT
#15
Spoiler!
Kazeyonoma
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States2912 Posts
November 22 2011 07:13 GMT
#16
leenock out played nani with smart counter play. Leenock won this. To think otherwise is folly, he beat all 5 previous MLG champions in his way to the top, He beat the top 4 seeds to get to the top. He played through the Open bracket, AND loser bracket, and came back from having to win 2 best of 3s to take the series.

I hate threads like this, they demean the victory to Leenock, a 16 year old wonder kid, who dazzled us with his smart play and clutch decisions. Leenock won it, and that's all anyone should be saying. Naniwa put up a good fight as well, but claiming nani lost it and not leenock winning it, is bullshit to both players.
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Canucklehead
Profile Joined March 2011
Canada5074 Posts
November 22 2011 07:14 GMT
#17
Leenock completely outplayed naniwa and looked like in another league from him.
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Bagi
Profile Joined August 2010
Germany6799 Posts
November 22 2011 07:14 GMT
#18
I think this thread is absolutely worthless.
HK_TPZ
Profile Joined November 2011
48 Posts
November 22 2011 07:14 GMT
#19
Neither Leenock nor Naniwa won.

Zerg did!
motbob
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States12546 Posts
November 22 2011 07:17 GMT
#20
Did Idra win against Leenock or did Leenock win? Watching the VOD yesterday i couldnt help but feel sorry for Idra - he made a couple poor judgements like not being born in Korea. Not having Korean genes made him bad - and Leenock obviously played it against him.

What do you think?
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