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On September 21 2018 09:47 BigRedDog wrote:soO beating bunny is a huge possibility ...i hope he does well and makes it to blizzcon!
Wait, that is still in the cards? Thought it was (if gets 2nd at least xD) not in the cards anymore! soO hfwaitiiing!
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On September 21 2018 23:16 dicey wrote:Show nested quote +On September 21 2018 09:47 BigRedDog wrote:soO beating bunny is a huge possibility ...i hope he does well and makes it to blizzcon! Wait, that is still in the cards? Thought it was (if gets 2nd at least xD) not in the cards anymore! soO hfwaitiiing! Yeah, he can still make it, but he has to go deep and hope the other people looking for that 8th spot don't play well
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I’m telling you all, don’t sleep on Solar.
He just made finals in the Onpoong Masters (lost to Dark 5-3) while beating TY, Classic, Zest, and Innovation to get there.
Impact is pretty manageable, Stats and Trap are okay opponents for him in the past - Solar vs. Stats is 35-37 in games.
Best $O$/Maru/Rogue/Keen?
That’s a tall order, but Maru and Rogue aren’t playing for anything. Keen won’t make it this far. sOs is intensely dangerous, and that’d be a fun series to watch.
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On September 21 2018 04:13 swissman777 wrote:Show nested quote +On September 21 2018 03:59 Yonnua wrote:On September 21 2018 02:26 Cricketer12 wrote:On September 21 2018 00:48 TrashPanda wrote: Am I the only one thinking that Maru/Rogue will, lets say, "not go all out" against sOs in the quarterfinals? I mean with them all being teammates, sOs` Blizzcon on the line and Marus/Rogues usual attitude towards tournaments like that... That would give sOs a pretty doable path to the finals with Keen -> Maru/Rogue -> probably Stats. implying sOs can beat stats at super tournament is pretty lol Interestingly, other than the Super Tournament he won, Stats has never advanced beyond the first round of Super Tournament before. Also I am pretty sure sOs has ok odds against Stats. No one player favored over the other.
He played pretty well against Stats in GSL Ro16 despite losing to him.
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On September 21 2018 23:26 Duceman wrote: I’m telling you all, don’t sleep on Solar.
He just made finals in the Onpoong Masters (lost to Dark 5-3) while beating TY, Classic, Zest, and Innovation to get there.
Impact is pretty manageable, Stats and Trap are okay opponents for him in the past - Solar vs. Stats is 35-37 in games.
Best $O$/Maru/Rogue/Keen?
That’s a tall order, but Maru and Rogue aren’t playing for anything. Keen won’t make it this far. sOs is intensely dangerous, and that’d be a fun series to watch. Solar is always God in smaller tournaments.
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Solar winning super tournament and then Blizzcon is gonna be simultaneously the best and worst storyline.
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On September 21 2018 23:26 Duceman wrote: I’m telling you all, don’t sleep on Solar.
He just made finals in the Onpoong Masters (lost to Dark 5-3) while beating TY, Classic, Zest, and Innovation to get there.
Impact is pretty manageable, Stats and Trap are okay opponents for him in the past - Solar vs. Stats is 35-37 in games.
Best $O$/Maru/Rogue/Keen?
That’s a tall order, but Maru and Rogue aren’t playing for anything. Keen won’t make it this far. sOs is intensely dangerous, and that’d be a fun series to watch. The thing about Solar is that he tends to choke a lot offline.
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On September 22 2018 04:17 argonautdice wrote: Solar winning super tournament and then Blizzcon is gonna be simultaneously the best and worst storyline. Solar 4-1 against Stats who beat Maru in semi and Serral bombing out in group for the ultimate troll timeline
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On September 22 2018 21:06 Nakajin wrote:Show nested quote +On September 22 2018 04:17 argonautdice wrote: Solar winning super tournament and then Blizzcon is gonna be simultaneously the best and worst storyline. Solar 4-1 against Stats who beat Maru in semi and Serral bombing out in group for the ultimate troll timeline Without winning a map
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I want T fucking Y win this time some GSL, even if it's not original, but ST trophy, still I want my boy to take that and hold it!
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Maru and rogue has no reason to go hard in this tournament. Most likely we will see a showmatch between them because they want to hide builds for blizzcon. SoS will most likely take whoever makes it to the round of eight(if he gets there) since he is stilling trying to claim a spot
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I think this might be one of the few times where soo won't mind a 2nd place
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On September 23 2018 06:42 Konage47 wrote: Maru and rogue has no reason to go hard in this tournament. Most likely we will see a showmatch between them because they want to hide builds for blizzcon. SoS will most likely take whoever makes it to the round of eight(if he gets there) since he is stilling trying to claim a spot usually "not going hard" in a tourney implies doing timing or cheese based builds, and maru & rogue are both good enough to beat any opponent with nothing but allins
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On September 23 2018 06:42 Konage47 wrote:http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/smilies.php Maru and rogue has no reason to go hard in this tournament. Most likely we will see a showmatch between them because they want to hide builds for blizzcon. SoS will most likely take whoever makes it to the round of eight(if he gets there) since he is stilling trying to claim a spot Yes professional players who make a living out of winnings and promoting their personal brand and their sponsor have no reason to try in a tournament that offers some of the highest level of competition there is.
I see you use a throwaway account for posting things like this, very "clever".
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On September 24 2018 16:06 Geo.Rion wrote:Show nested quote +On September 23 2018 06:42 Konage47 wrote:http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/smilies.php Maru and rogue has no reason to go hard in this tournament. Most likely we will see a showmatch between them because they want to hide builds for blizzcon. SoS will most likely take whoever makes it to the round of eight(if he gets there) since he is stilling trying to claim a spot Yes professional players who make a living out of winnings and promoting their personal brand and their sponsor have no reason to try in a tournament that offers some of the highest level of competition there is. I see you use a throwaway account for posting things like this, very "clever". Well, writing about promoting sponsors is kinda weird when this is a teamkill, so whoever wins is promoting the sponsor. Both are rich and both are on the last KeSPA team we have in SC2, so probably having good income anyway and both know, that they will get much more money from Blizzcon so it's more important to succeed there. As you wrote, they are professionals
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On September 24 2018 17:40 deacon.frost wrote:Show nested quote +On September 24 2018 16:06 Geo.Rion wrote:On September 23 2018 06:42 Konage47 wrote:http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/smilies.php Maru and rogue has no reason to go hard in this tournament. Most likely we will see a showmatch between them because they want to hide builds for blizzcon. SoS will most likely take whoever makes it to the round of eight(if he gets there) since he is stilling trying to claim a spot Yes professional players who make a living out of winnings and promoting their personal brand and their sponsor have no reason to try in a tournament that offers some of the highest level of competition there is. I see you use a throwaway account for posting things like this, very "clever". Well, writing about promoting sponsors is kinda weird when this is a teamkill, so whoever wins is promoting the sponsor. Both are rich and both are on the last KeSPA team we have in SC2, so probably having good income anyway and both know, that they will get much more money from Blizzcon so it's more important to succeed there. As you wrote, they are professionals i dunno if i agree that either one of them winning makes it all even to the sponsors - surely both players showing impressive games is better than only one player looking impressive, which is in turn better than neither player looking impressive? sponsorship isn't just having a logo on your shirt; it's also a brand association that is directly affected by public opinion of the sponsored player
as for Geo.Rion's post though - i agree with his point, but i don't think criticizing someone's post count is necessary. just because someone has 2 posts and you disagree with them that doesn't automatically make them a bad faith user comments like that make people not want to join places like TL
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I`m a bit afraid that Maru/Rogue will throw vs SoS. Which is a bit undestandable, but it is bad for the competition. I hope it will not happen. Simillar stuff is happening also in F1, when a driver let other driver from same team ahead when they are in need of points. Something simillar may happen also here.
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On September 24 2018 17:46 brickrd wrote:Show nested quote +On September 24 2018 17:40 deacon.frost wrote:On September 24 2018 16:06 Geo.Rion wrote:On September 23 2018 06:42 Konage47 wrote:http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/smilies.php Maru and rogue has no reason to go hard in this tournament. Most likely we will see a showmatch between them because they want to hide builds for blizzcon. SoS will most likely take whoever makes it to the round of eight(if he gets there) since he is stilling trying to claim a spot Yes professional players who make a living out of winnings and promoting their personal brand and their sponsor have no reason to try in a tournament that offers some of the highest level of competition there is. I see you use a throwaway account for posting things like this, very "clever". Well, writing about promoting sponsors is kinda weird when this is a teamkill, so whoever wins is promoting the sponsor. Both are rich and both are on the last KeSPA team we have in SC2, so probably having good income anyway and both know, that they will get much more money from Blizzcon so it's more important to succeed there. As you wrote, they are professionals as for Geo.Rion's post though - i agree with his point, but i don't think criticizing someone's post count is necessary. just because someone has 2 posts and you disagree with them that doesn't automatically make them a bad faith user comments like that make people not want to join places like TL I think new users should have at least 100 posts before being allowed to post on TL
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On September 24 2018 17:46 brickrd wrote:Show nested quote +On September 24 2018 17:40 deacon.frost wrote:On September 24 2018 16:06 Geo.Rion wrote:On September 23 2018 06:42 Konage47 wrote:http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/smilies.php Maru and rogue has no reason to go hard in this tournament. Most likely we will see a showmatch between them because they want to hide builds for blizzcon. SoS will most likely take whoever makes it to the round of eight(if he gets there) since he is stilling trying to claim a spot Yes professional players who make a living out of winnings and promoting their personal brand and their sponsor have no reason to try in a tournament that offers some of the highest level of competition there is. I see you use a throwaway account for posting things like this, very "clever". Well, writing about promoting sponsors is kinda weird when this is a teamkill, so whoever wins is promoting the sponsor. Both are rich and both are on the last KeSPA team we have in SC2, so probably having good income anyway and both know, that they will get much more money from Blizzcon so it's more important to succeed there. As you wrote, they are professionals i dunno if i agree that either one of them winning makes it all even to the sponsors - surely both players showing impressive games is better than only one player looking impressive, which is in turn better than neither player looking impressive? sponsorship isn't just having a logo on your shirt; it's also a brand association that is directly affected by public opinion of the sponsored player as for Geo.Rion's post though - i agree with his point, but i don't think criticizing someone's post count is necessary. just because someone has 2 posts and you disagree with them that doesn't automatically make them a bad faith user comments like that make people not want to join places like TL Yeah, the attitude of the comment is really familiar, yet the poster has 2 comments so far... sure, im jumping to conclusions, based on little evidence, but still.
I have nothing against new (real) users, im not a post-count elitist.
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On September 24 2018 18:14 jarodtou wrote: I`m a bit afraid that Maru/Rogue will throw vs SoS. Which is a bit undestandable, but it is bad for the competition. I hope it will not happen. Simillar stuff is happening also in F1, when a driver let other driver from same team ahead when they are in need of points. Something simillar may happen also here.
Yes I'm afraid of this too hope Blizzard is watching very careful for potential match fixing and in regards to your Formula 1 comparison, the thing is in F1 it is 100% legal and part of strategy for winning the drivers championship while also still attaining the same number of points in the constructors championship and if you know anything about F1 the major teams Ferrari, Mercedes and Red Bull all have number 1 drivers that hold precedence over the other this is the case for all teams in fact just the scenario you described above tends to only happen with teams in contention so they are different but the same in general practice just one is legal and one is not.
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