| ZenithM France. July 13 2012 10:13. Posts 8228 | Profile # |
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| Mauldo United States. July 13 2012 10:48. Posts 612 | Profile Blog # |
On July 13 2012 09:45 Zackeva wrote:
To everyone who disses the tournament beforehand because it lacks established korean powerhouses; these are the players who BEAT those players who you used to think were the best in these past few qualifiers. Obviously we will have great games and extremely top notch starcraft in the TSL4. : D
And to the americans who feel sad about the meek US representation; get by your computer and practice your own heart out so that you can qualify for the next tsl. If it's so important to have people from your particular nation playing in a tournament you can as well see it as your own responsibility to make that happen. Otherwise; pick a player whom you like, NOT because of his nationality but because of his personality and style and root for that person! Even though I'm Swedish, I would never restrict myself to cheering primarily for the Swedish players when there are so many other players who stylistically appeal to me much more.
Oh, well, excuse me for being patriotic. Should I also apologize for rooting for the Arkansas Razorbacks (my college football team), or the Americans in the Olympics? I mean, Canada might be better than us at Hockey, but fuck it, why wouldn't I cheer for the same people who came from where I came from?
Leave it to a Swede to be stuck up about SC2 skill/players. I'm so sorry you're spoiled for choice, but that doesn't mean that I can't be disappointed that Sheth just barely missed qualifying or that Idra/HuK/Nony/QxC didn't make it. |
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| Childplay Canada. July 13 2012 11:12. Posts 263 | Profile # | |
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| MetalPanda Canada. July 13 2012 11:29. Posts 1136 | Profile # |
| The race distribution isn't nearly as bad for terran and good for protoss as it seemed, pretty happy about the results (although I would've liked Stephano to qualify.) |
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| Vekalisk Australia. July 13 2012 11:58. Posts 135 | Profile Blog # | |
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| Shinta) United States. July 13 2012 14:58. Posts 834 | Profile # |
| GoGo MajOr!! The American hope!! XD (only American player to compete in TSL4) |
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| TheLovingone Mexico. July 13 2012 15:01. Posts 108 | Profile # |
| major is the only NA player who make it..O,O only europeans on the NA/EU part.. O,O |
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| AmericanUmlaut Germany. July 13 2012 15:51. Posts 2254 | Profile # |
I'm really sad that NonY didn't qualify (or even participate in the qualification process). I know he's still not playing at the highest level, and TL can't just invite him for the sake of tradition, but not having him in a TSL just seems completely wrong.  |
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| yokohama Japan. July 13 2012 15:53. Posts 855 | Profile # |
| Aww poor Sheth, almost made it! I can't wait for the actual tournament to start, this is going to be amazing! Love the artwork too~ |
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| MetaXelor United States. July 13 2012 15:59. Posts 26 | Profile # |
Too bad no North Americans except Major made the cut. Well, hopefully Europe can stand up against the Koreans.
Edit: Nevermind, this has been said like 5 times before in this thread :-(Last edit: 2012-07-13 16:00:49 |
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| SupLilSon Malaysia. July 13 2012 16:36. Posts 3165 | Profile # |
| Shethhh Y_Y He was USA's best hope for a small but strong representation in this tournament. However, I have no doubt that TSL4 will meet and rise above the already substantial bar that previous TSLs have set. TSL3 gave us the epic finals between the two Swedish powerhouses who have not surprisingly risen to be arguably the two most accomplished foreigners of the present time. ThorZain, winning respect from the Korean scene for having unflinching macro and no fear to go toe to toe with the best, relying on his mechanics. And NaNiwa, a controversial man, but one thing is clear, he is the foreigner who has taken the Korean model and turned it into success. I'm sure TSL4 will produce an epic finals and great games overall. |
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| virpi Germany. July 13 2012 16:47. Posts 1496 | Profile Blog # |
why hasn't stephano played in any of the qualifiers?
at least it's finally really nice to watch a tournament, which is almost solely based on qualifiers. Sad for NA and TL, though. |
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| Huragius Lithuania. July 13 2012 17:11. Posts 1349 | Profile # |
On July 13 2012 16:47 virpi wrote:
why hasn't stephano played in any of the qualifiers?
at least it's finally really nice to watch a tournament, which is almost solely based on qualifiers. Sad for NA and TL, though.
He did play in two qualifiers. |
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| Zackeva Sweden. July 13 2012 17:29. Posts 105 | Profile # |
On July 13 2012 10:48 Mauldo wrote:
Show nested quote +On July 13 2012 09:45 Zackeva wrote:
To everyone who disses the tournament beforehand because it lacks established korean powerhouses; these are the players who BEAT those players who you used to think were the best in these past few qualifiers. Obviously we will have great games and extremely top notch starcraft in the TSL4. : D
And to the americans who feel sad about the meek US representation; get by your computer and practice your own heart out so that you can qualify for the next tsl. If it's so important to have people from your particular nation playing in a tournament you can as well see it as your own responsibility to make that happen. Otherwise; pick a player whom you like, NOT because of his nationality but because of his personality and style and root for that person! Even though I'm Swedish, I would never restrict myself to cheering primarily for the Swedish players when there are so many other players who stylistically appeal to me much more.
Oh, well, excuse me for being patriotic. Should I also apologize for rooting for the Arkansas Razorbacks (my college football team), or the Americans in the Olympics? I mean, Canada might be better than us at Hockey, but fuck it, why wouldn't I cheer for the same people who came from where I came from? Leave it to a Swede to be stuck up about SC2 skill/players. I'm so sorry you're spoiled for choice, but that doesn't mean that I can't be disappointed that Sheth just barely missed qualifying or that Idra/HuK/Nony/QxC didn't make it.
I didn't ask for an apology, lol... I just think patriotism is irrational since I don't know any of the swedish players in person or have anything in common with them for certain. They may be the biggest douches in the scene, and yet the logic of patriotism tells me to cheer for them either way. I don't feel like doing that so blindly. I don't blame you for rooting for Sheth, Idra and QxC though! I would have really liked to see them in the tournament because they are great players that I enjoy watching. Because shouldn't that really be what matters?Last edit: 2012-07-13 17:29:59 |
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| NB Canada. July 13 2012 17:39. Posts 6984 | Profile Blog # |
| select is a freaking beast. i will be cheering for him despite hating terran |
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| Grend July 13 2012 17:42. Posts 1537 | Profile Blog # |
On July 13 2012 17:29 Zackeva wrote:
Show nested quote +On July 13 2012 10:48 Mauldo wrote:
On July 13 2012 09:45 Zackeva wrote:
To everyone who disses the tournament beforehand because it lacks established korean powerhouses; these are the players who BEAT those players who you used to think were the best in these past few qualifiers. Obviously we will have great games and extremely top notch starcraft in the TSL4. : D
And to the americans who feel sad about the meek US representation; get by your computer and practice your own heart out so that you can qualify for the next tsl. If it's so important to have people from your particular nation playing in a tournament you can as well see it as your own responsibility to make that happen. Otherwise; pick a player whom you like, NOT because of his nationality but because of his personality and style and root for that person! Even though I'm Swedish, I would never restrict myself to cheering primarily for the Swedish players when there are so many other players who stylistically appeal to me much more.
Oh, well, excuse me for being patriotic. Should I also apologize for rooting for the Arkansas Razorbacks (my college football team), or the Americans in the Olympics? I mean, Canada might be better than us at Hockey, but fuck it, why wouldn't I cheer for the same people who came from where I came from? Leave it to a Swede to be stuck up about SC2 skill/players. I'm so sorry you're spoiled for choice, but that doesn't mean that I can't be disappointed that Sheth just barely missed qualifying or that Idra/HuK/Nony/QxC didn't make it.
I didn't ask for an apology, lol... I just think patriotism is irrational since I don't know any of the swedish players in person or have anything in common with them for certain. They may be the biggest douches in the scene, and yet the logic of patriotism tells me to cheer for them either way. I don't feel like doing that so blindly. I don't blame you for rooting for Sheth, Idra and QxC though! I would have really liked to see them in the tournament because they are great players that I enjoy watching. Because shouldn't that really be what matters?
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| Harris1st Germany. July 13 2012 18:20. Posts 326 | Profile # |
soo there is not one person from NA in this? lol
Who do you guys cheer for then? I mean not even Stephano is qualified ^^
EDIT:
Select does count as NA probably
And Major of course
NA Terran Power
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| whiteLotus July 13 2012 18:25. Posts 1687 | Profile Blog # |
On July 13 2012 18:20 Harris1st wrote:soo there is not one person from NA in this? lol Who do you guys cheer for then? I mean not even Stephano is qualified ^^ EDIT: Select does count as NA probably And Major of course NA Terran Power
He has korean flag, dont think he accounts as NA |
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| Musicus Germany. July 13 2012 18:53. Posts 2873 | Profile # |
| Glad that Hasu made it, was really disappointed that he didn't get an invite. I'd like to see Ret go really far or win it . |
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