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On February 28 2019 03:00 opisska wrote:Show nested quote +On February 27 2019 18:00 Musicus wrote: Thanks for the thread as usual!
So I know this is a long shot, but do any Poles or iem katowice regulars know where you can watch the games on Thursday in Katowice? Is there a barcraft or a sports bar that will show the sc2 games? If you find nothing and feel desperate, hit the train, in just 3 hours you are at my place in Warsaw where we have plenty of screens (not much room around them though ) Haha, thanks for the offer! I think it's a bit too far .
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On February 28 2019 03:06 Musicus wrote:Show nested quote +On February 28 2019 03:00 opisska wrote:On February 27 2019 18:00 Musicus wrote: Thanks for the thread as usual!
So I know this is a long shot, but do any Poles or iem katowice regulars know where you can watch the games on Thursday in Katowice? Is there a barcraft or a sports bar that will show the sc2 games? If you find nothing and feel desperate, hit the train, in just 3 hours you are at my place in Warsaw where we have plenty of screens (not much room around them though ) Haha, thanks for the offer! I think it's a bit too far .
Well it's actually so close that I started thinking of stopping by (I originally did not think I would be in Poland during IEM, but I ended up changing my plans and your post made me look at the train offer). But still not sure, maybe it's easier for an old man like myself to watch from home.
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I just hope we see a lot more of that tank-heavy play from Special like he pulled against Classic. Not sure what his current TvP is and if that was just a one-off thing for him but it was refreshing to watch.
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On February 28 2019 03:11 opisska wrote:Show nested quote +On February 28 2019 03:06 Musicus wrote:On February 28 2019 03:00 opisska wrote:On February 27 2019 18:00 Musicus wrote: Thanks for the thread as usual!
So I know this is a long shot, but do any Poles or iem katowice regulars know where you can watch the games on Thursday in Katowice? Is there a barcraft or a sports bar that will show the sc2 games? If you find nothing and feel desperate, hit the train, in just 3 hours you are at my place in Warsaw where we have plenty of screens (not much room around them though ) Haha, thanks for the offer! I think it's a bit too far . Well it's actually so close that I started thinking of stopping by (I originally did not think I would be in Poland during IEM, but I ended up changing my plans and your post made me look at the train offer). But still not sure, maybe it's easier for an old man like myself to watch from home. Almost a crime not to go if you have the time! Not sure how long you have to wait in line without a ticket though, are there still some left?
We bought the premium tickets back then just to be sure, didn't want to have to wait or stand for hours after flying over . If you do come, definitely drop me a PM so we can meet!
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On February 28 2019 02:39 Tempest wrote: Special demonstrated some pretty fantastic TvP against Classic at Blizzcon. He 2-0'd the arguably second best PvT player in the world, and people are thinking hes gonna struggle against Creator and Patience? idk about that one gents, I think the Dorito is being underestimated here.
To be fair, it will be difficult to play nothing but protoss at a high level because at SOME point youre gonna be repeating builds, but on the flip side all his protoss opponents are currently practicing PvP probably exclusively.
I think Stats, Zest, and Special make it out. If Mcanning can take a map off Special than Classic, Creator and Patience can take 2 maps from him
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Group A. How it looks :D
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I really hope that the main stream of group A is just Special vs. everyone.
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On February 28 2019 16:13 opisska wrote: I really hope that the main stream of group A is just Special vs. everyone.
i feel the same, look at picture above :D. After all, i keep my fingers crossed for Special and Terran brood.
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It's definitely quite a bit of an advantage for Special that he only has to play against Protoss players, unless if it's his worst matchup then that doesn't really help.
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First match on main stream will be Special vs Stats ye
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On February 28 2019 17:04 HolydaKing wrote: It's definitely quite a bit of an advantage for Special that he only has to play against Protoss players, unless if it's his worst matchup then that doesn't really help. The problem is that you cant expect much build depth from foreigners. So after the 2nd match it will get pretty hard when you are out of fresh builds
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On February 28 2019 17:04 HolydaKing wrote: It's definitely quite a bit of an advantage for Special that he only has to play against Protoss players, unless if it's his worst matchup then that doesn't really help.
maybe it would be a in dual tournament format, but not in this round robin format... especially when he had basically 1 day to prepare, there's only so many rabbits one can pull from the hat
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But the other players will play simultaneously, thus not being able to really watch his games. Repeating builds shouldn't be that much of a problem in this format.
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So far games AND commentary have been amazing, looking forward to this
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Boarding my flight to katowice in 15 minutes! The hype is growing.
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On February 28 2019 18:41 opisska wrote: But the other players will play simultaneously, thus not being able to really watch his games. Repeating builds shouldn't be that much of a problem in this format. I'd imagine if you're up against SpeCial in a bo3 and he's just played 1-4 bo3s against your race, you'd probably check the vods before the match. Or at least ask one of the other tosses what he's been doing.
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On February 28 2019 18:54 Fango wrote:Show nested quote +On February 28 2019 18:41 opisska wrote: But the other players will play simultaneously, thus not being able to really watch his games. Repeating builds shouldn't be that much of a problem in this format. I'd imagine if you're up against SpeCial in a bo3 and he's just played 1-4 bo3s against your race, you'd probably check the vods before the match. Or at least ask one of the other tosses what he's been doing.
Unless you think he's by far you least important obstacle and dedicate your valuable time to studying the other world-class protosses in your group.
It's a weird situation, but I think Special can actually make a good run out of it.
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"Ties broken in the following order : Overall matches won Overall map score difference Matches won among tied players Map score difference among tied players Tie-breaker match Coin toss"
This brings on some memories.
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On February 28 2019 18:54 Musicus wrote:Boarding my flight to katowice in 15 minutes! The hype is growing.
That's the passion man! I mean, I live in Poland have a day off and still cba :D
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dark will win the bo3 against maru
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