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[Tekniqs]

well Maru........=(

 

[Tekniqs]

lol Bbyong and Hero exchanging cheeses

 

[SamuraiX-]

Wow no way I ever anticipated Dark 3-0'ing Maru. It looks like that Zerg hope is alive and well. That'd be awesome if he won the whole thing. Also can't believe herO only took one map off of Bbyong. wtf

The first three names in the semifinals are the least likely people anyone expected to be there: Trap, Dark and Bbyong.

I expect INnoVation will be the fourth player to join them.

 

[Tekniqs]

Let's go Inno!

edit: "who is TangTang?" lol poor guy

 

[calder]

Let's go Inno!

edit: "who is TangTang?" lol poor guy

Lol poor tang tang indeed.

Crush him Inno! I wanna see that smirk of victory.

 

[SamuraiX-]

Hey, guys, remember when DK wanted to buff DTs?

-_____________________-

 

[Tekniqs]

who's DK?

Toss can mask their tech too easily lol

DTs are super annoying

 

[SamuraiX-]

who's DK?

David Kim. The visionary that is Blizzard' lead SC2 game balance designer.

 

[calder]

Not going to lie, that wasn't a great game 1 for Inno

 

[Tekniqs]

David Kim. The visionary that is Blizzard' lead SC2 game balance designer.

lol dt need a buff?

 

[SamuraiX-]

How did Game 2 end so fast? I left for maybe 5 minutes when it started. Wtf happened?

lol dt need a buff?

Nope. The guy is just clueless most of the time.

 

[calder]

How did Game 2 end so fast? I left for maybe 5 minutes when it started. Wtf happened?
.

Zest went for a one base blink all in that almost worked, but Inno ran his reaper back to the probe line then Zest apparently took his eyes off the battle at Inno's base to react and lost a few stalkers before the real attack began. Then Inno was able to rather easily hold off the blink attack.

 

[Tekniqs]

zest fucked up in game 2 lol

edit: colossus drop?
thor drop is the only counter I can see

 

[Tekniqs]

lol @ that drop into toss army

 

[calder]

That was ugly lol

 

[Tekniqs]

big surprise...another proxy play lol

edit: Zest not as good a pilot as Trap CONFIRMED


edit2: ROFL WTF?!

 

[calder]

When Zest messes up a bit, he really falls apart.

 

[Won]

That was different.

 

[Tekniqs]

When Zest messes up a bit, he really falls apart.

I think Inno will proxy play here to turn the table
...i say this in jest

edit: why is immortal all in strong on this map compared to other maps?

 

[SamuraiX-]

Zest went for a one base blink all in that almost worked, but Inno ran his reaper back to the probe line then Zest apparently took his eyes off the battle at Inno's base to react and lost a few stalkers before the real attack began. Then Inno was able to rather easily hold off the blink attack.

lawl

I think Inno will proxy play here to turn the table
...i say this in jest

edit: why is immortal all in strong on this map compared to other maps?

The back rocks can be taken down very quickly with 2-3 Immortals, giving you instant access to the Terran's main.

 

[Tekniqs]

GG Inno

 

[calder]

Crap attack to lose on, smh Inno.

 

[SamuraiX-]

Welp, that's one way to throw a series. INno pls

Zest pumped out 7 Colossi insanely fast.

This is a semifinals of contemporary underdogs. I don't think I had any of these guys making it this far besides maybe Dark.

 

[survivor]

Nice, very glad that Zest managed to win. Yesterday I thought all hope was over for him.

 

[SamuraiX-]

LOL Zest

"Well, I just figured I was gonna lose so I sort of just played for fun without pressure."

yolo no fucks

The only way to fly. Now all the proxy plays make sense.

 

[demosthenes]

God dammit. If this ends pvp again I will be so angry. Pulling for bb or zest now.

 

[unknownstranger]

Wow none of the matches went how I predicted today.

 

[SamuraiX-]

Geoff so smug and proud of himself. hahaha

I'm rooting for Dark to win it all. The world needs to wake up and recognize this guy.

 

[survivor]

Zest vs Dark finals would be pretty great.

 

[SamuraiX-]

Dark's unit control.

Holy shit that engagement in the middle of the map with Ultras, Vipers, Infestors and Queens was incredible.

Game 1 was insanely back and forth. PvZ is actually incredibly fun to watch when Zerg can get up to tier 3 units.

 

[calder]

That game 2 was really good. Those blink stalkers were MVP for sure.

 

[calder]

Trap trying his best to get oracles nerfed again

 

[SamuraiX-]

Trap looking to take the title of Legend Killer at this event.

Trap trying his best to get oracles nerfed again

Were Oracles ever nerfed? I'm pretty sure they've gotten nothing but buffs since they've been introduced. Maybe one of those buffs was taken away at some point. Can't remember.


I hope Dark doesn't get knocked out by some bull shit 2-base timing in Game 4 or 5. If he goes out like he did in Game 2, I'm alright with that.

But please go easy on the Protoss bull shit, Trap.

 

[SamuraiX-]

Oh, look.

A 2-base 8 gate timing.

 

[calder]

Poor Dark, so close to evening that out.

Were Oracles ever nerfed?

Nah, I meant Trap was again trying to single handedly get 'em nerfed.

 

[unknownstranger]

Thought semifinals were tomorrow so I stopped watching. Sad to hear how Dark went out. Warp in changes in LotV should make Zergling run-bys better to hold off 2 base all-ins.

 

[SamuraiX-]

(puke)

Nah, I meant Trap was again trying to single handedly get 'em nerfed.

Ah ha.

 

[demosthenes]

Hoping for BB. We cannot have a PvP finals again in IEM finals. But we probably will b/c of Snute's comment.

 

[unknownstranger]

Zzzzzzzzzzzz

 

[SamuraiX-]

Why would anybody ever go 1-1-1 in TvP? For all the bull shit Protoss can pull, it's like giving your opponent a free win.

Then again, Bbyong responded horribly to those DTs. Lost a shit ton of SCVs to protect the researching cloak and then let it get denied anyway.

Zest vs Trap grand final.

Yeah, fuck this shit.

 

[unknownstranger]

Zest gonna cheese his way to the finals.

 

[SamuraiX-]

To be fair, Bbyong's attempts at scouting are atrocious.

Does he ever scan?

You're not Bomber, bro.

 

[SamuraiX-]

Holy shit :O

That was actually one sick hold.

#hope? ;_;


I have to lol at "What amazing micro from Zest!"

*loses all 3 Colossi with eseentially no Vikings in the sky and abusing Bbyong's main base sim city with forcefields*

That was a pretty bad throw.

 

[unknownstranger]

Horrible Colossi micro by Zest.

Bbyong attacked way too early when he scouted the double Forge. He should have went up to 5 Rax before a 3rd CC and then hit before 1/1 finished for Zest.

 

[survivor]

Fuck yeah, Zest in the finals. Hopefully his PvP is still top notch.

 

[SamuraiX-]

I'm trying to figure out how this IEM grand final is raking in 120,000 140,000 viewers when we were barely able to crack 40,000 yesterday...........

 

[Won]

I'm trying to figure out how this IEM grand final is raking in 120,000 viewers when we were barely able to crack 40,000 yesterday...........

Dat CS:GO hype carrying over.

 

[clav]

I have an acquaintance who complains to me that Protoss is underpowered and Zerg/Terran are overpowered.

Seeing another PvP finals contradicts that, and he doesn't want to talk to me any more.

 

[Syf]

Glad Zest won between the two, but I just can't bring myself to care about a pvp final. At least it was a little better than last year's I guess.

 

[SamuraiX-]

Another IEM Katowice championship, another lame ass PvP grand final. Zest just made the easiest $70,000 of his life.

Really disappointing considering how amazing all the individual IEM events were this past season.