I gotta say, those EMPs at the end there made something move in my pants.
Same. I am a TvZ fan, I like variety.
And despite outplaying the shit out of HerO, Polt will now lose because David Kim laughs at Terran Tier 3.
Fuck this game.
No I disagree. Most of the thread is actually celebrating when people's favorite player passes with a few salty posts thrown in for when their favorite player loses or celebrating a very good game.
Dude I dunno where you were but there was complaining about Terran. Just because it wasn't as much doesn't mean there wasn't any. BTW Zerg dominated WOL even if Terran started out strong and did very well while Protoss barely got anything.
Samurai's position was that TvP is where the Terran is always behind and has to outplay the Protoss which you don't agree with.
Polt made the finals on the back of winning against protoss.
Yes I can agree with you on the toxic element. Just look at Avilo. That guy is cancer incarnate on the community of Terrans that follow him just to complain.
While trying to reinvent the entire fucking metagame in the process. In the end, the fundamentally broken aspects of Protoss carry them to a victory.
In three premier tournaments so far this year, we've had grand finals consist of two PvPs and one PvT, with Protoss taking them all.
And there probably wasn't as much backlash back when Terran and Zerg were dominating because at least their options were limited. Protoss can make all the mistakes they want and win with whatever composition they please right now.
Yes I can agree with you on the toxic element. Just look at Avilo. That guy is cancer incarnate on the community of Terrans that follow him just to complain. Anyways gonna post my feeling about TvP on the main SC2 thread so give it a look in about 5 minutes.
How can you hate on the best NA Terran player that invented the modern day mech style in TvZ? lol
On a less "toxic" note, ESL has released replays of IEM Singapore, Sao Paulo and Cologne events.
The sad thing is HerO is good enough to win any tournament on his own merits, always has been, but it's just too easy for Protoss to recover from mistakes and to destroy mineral lines.
It was a big mistake to buff the warp prism, give photon overcharge, add the oracle etc.
Avilo at least makes his whining entertaining.
There was still backlash against protoss even when they were shit. Either way i'm not getting bogged down in this. This was an awesome tournament.
Outside of JD not making the finals, this tourney provided a lot of great games and was pretty awesome. Looking forward to the last qualifier.
How can you hate on the best NA Terran player that invented the modern day mech style in TvZ? lol
This tournament really renewed my interest in the pro scene. What an awesome weekend. So many great matches. Props to IEM for releasing all these replays too.
Mechin it happin baby.
Yeah, I agree with that. It's interesting hearing an actual pro player analyze the game (though I wasn't really a fan of the Ret/Apollo duo).I really like when they pair pro players with ordinary commentators as a commentator duo, feel it really ads a lot more compared to the regular concept.