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Headhunter: Jun 3, 2003; One - You lock the target

Starts today with the final this Sunday. The lineup is fantastic and it's available in 720p for free!

Here's a link to the TeamLiquid thread with all the schedule info

Here's the bracket:

# ? Mar 15, 2013 22:52

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# ? May 23, 2013 07:38

One Million Laffs: Aug 7, 2004

Everything is bo5 until the Semifinals(?) then it is bo7. Lots of good Terran at this tournament :-D

# ? Mar 15, 2013 22:58

lamentable dustman: Apr 13, 2007; "I'm not laying underneath a grown man with my legs spread on worldwide TV. Some guys subscribe to that theory, but I'm a Republican, and we don't do that."

Calling a all terran top 4

polt/Mvp/Flash/Bogus

# ? Mar 15, 2013 23:03

theystolemyname: Jun 12, 2003

Huk is really frustrating to watch. Good early game, but then just falls apart with terrible decision making and an even worse build. No mothership core? Really huk?

# ? Mar 15, 2013 23:11

Stanlo: Aug 14, 2004

theystolemyname posted:

Huk is really frustrating to watch. Good early game, but then just falls apart with terrible decision making and an even worse build. No mothership core? Really huk?

Is the mothership core that important? I don't know much about it but it seemed like it was mostly a lot of other mistakes that were his downfall.

# ? Mar 15, 2013 23:13

Zephro: Nov 23, 2000; I suppose I could part with one and still be feared...

theystolemyname posted:

Huk is really frustrating to watch. Good early game, but then just falls apart with terrible decision making and an even worse build. No mothership core? Really huk?

Yeah, and on Whirlwind of all maps.

quote:

Is the mothership core that important? I don't know much about it but it seemed like it was mostly a lot of other mistakes that were his downfall.

He could have recalled back to deal with Innovation's drop, and/or overcharged his Nexus. Both would have helped a lot.

# ? Mar 15, 2013 23:13

theystolemyname: Jun 12, 2003

Stanlo posted:

Is the mothership core that important? I don't know much about it but it seemed like it was mostly a lot of other mistakes that were his downfall.

Depending on how he used his energy, he could have forced that first push away taking almost no losses if he used the cannon on the nexus. Or he could have slowed all the bio for the chase with time warp instead of losing a ton of stalkers. And, or, he could have warped his main army back to deal with that double drop.

It is such a good unit, that unless you are going for a very specific timing you should always have one.

# ? Mar 15, 2013 23:15

Skyl3lazer: Aug 27, 2007; Lwaxana Troi makes an unscheduled visit to the ship, demands to marry THE WARP CORE.

Holy poo poo widowmines are fast

# ? Mar 15, 2013 23:23

Zephro: Nov 23, 2000; I suppose I could part with one and still be feared...

HuK wins the First Dodge Of A Widow Mine With Blink At a Big Tourney award!

# ? Mar 15, 2013 23:25

theystolemyname: Jun 12, 2003

Zephro posted:

HuK wins the First Dodge Of A Widow Mine With Blink At a Big Tourney award!

probably the only thing he's gonna win.

# ? Mar 15, 2013 23:26

Skyl3lazer: Aug 27, 2007; Lwaxana Troi makes an unscheduled visit to the ship, demands to marry THE WARP CORE.

theystolemyname posted:

probably the only thing he's gonna win.

With the way he's trading stalkers pretty much yeah

# ? Mar 15, 2013 23:27

lamentable dustman: Apr 13, 2007; "I'm not laying underneath a grown man with my legs spread on worldwide TV. Some guys subscribe to that theory, but I'm a Republican, and we don't do that."

I know its an old and tired joke but HuK really showing off that top 3 control move commanding stalkers back into the marines hes running away from

# ? Mar 15, 2013 23:27

Skuzal: Oct 21, 2008

Huk is making a ton of miss clicks and just forgetting to move his army.

# ? Mar 15, 2013 23:28

Zephro: Nov 23, 2000; I suppose I could part with one and still be feared...

Huk could have actually held that off if he hadn't just donated like eight stalkers that game.

# ? Mar 15, 2013 23:28

No Friend of Gravity: Feb 24, 2006

I was hoping to learn a good PvT open from this series.

I think I may need to wait a bit longer.

# ? Mar 15, 2013 23:29

Headhunter: Jun 3, 2003; One - You lock the target

I can't decide whether Innovation is making Huk look terrible or if Huk is doing a perfectly good job of that all by himself.

# ? Mar 15, 2013 23:30

lamentable dustman: Apr 13, 2007; "I'm not laying underneath a grown man with my legs spread on worldwide TV. Some guys subscribe to that theory, but I'm a Republican, and we don't do that."

No Friend of Gravity posted:

I was hoping to learn a good PvT open from this series.

I think I may need to wait a bit longer.

I don't remember the last time huk didn't do some kind of 2 base stalker play that gets shuts down

# ? Mar 15, 2013 23:30

No Friend of Gravity: Feb 24, 2006

lamentable dustman posted:

I don't remember the last time huk didn't do some kind of 2 base stalker play that gets shuts down

Good point. When does Creator play?

# ? Mar 15, 2013 23:32

Webbeh: Dec 13, 2003; IF THIS IS A 'LOST' THREAD I'M PROBABLY WHINING ABOUT
STABBEY THE MEANY

Finally, I can watch this on the Twitch.TV app on XBMC without lag on my nettop. Glorious..

# ? Mar 15, 2013 23:36

Morol: May 21, 2007

Huk, i think it is time to quit sc2 and go join the marines.

# ? Mar 15, 2013 23:38

Zephro: Nov 23, 2000; I suppose I could part with one and still be feared...

Day9's analysis seems better than it has been of late.

# ? Mar 15, 2013 23:43

PRADA SLUT: Mar 14, 2006; Fierce. Fabulous. Fearless.

Everybody wants this. Everybody wants to be us.

I can probably play-by-play HuK's performance and I haven't even watched the game:

Pressure build opener that's the same as he's been using for years.

He sees he shouldn't push out and does anyway.

Moderately impressive blink micro a time or two, fucks up his micro horribly at one point and takes losses.

The casters can't figure out why he's doing the build he's doing after seeing something.

HuK fights a battle at his base that he just slowly loses to attrition.

HuK looks sad and gives up.

How did I do?

# ? Mar 15, 2013 23:45

Jackie D: May 27, 2009; no shit shurlock you damn troll

hahahaha never change huk

# ? Mar 15, 2013 23:45

One Million Laffs: Aug 7, 2004

PRADA SLUT posted:

I can probably play-by-play HuK's performance and I haven't even watched the game:

Pressure build opener that's the same as he's been using for years.

He sees he shouldn't push out and does anyway.

Moderately impressive blink micro a time or two, fucks up his micro horribly at one point and takes losses.

The casters can't figure out why he's doing the build he's doing after seeing something.

HuK fights a battle at his base that he just slowly loses to attrition.

HuK looks sad and gives up.

How did I do?

He is playing really well while also doing the thing you said.

# ? Mar 15, 2013 23:49

Skuzal: Oct 21, 2008

Yah Huk looks like he could actually win this game. Its certainly closer than the previous two games.

# ? Mar 15, 2013 23:51

No Friend of Gravity: Feb 24, 2006

Why in the utter gently caress would you attack a midgame Terran as Protoss without any splash?

# ? Mar 15, 2013 23:51

lamentable dustman: Apr 13, 2007; "I'm not laying underneath a grown man with my legs spread on worldwide TV. Some guys subscribe to that theory, but I'm a Republican, and we don't do that."

Day 9 trying his best to make this sound close. I don't care how many SCVs HuK killed off there is no way he wins

# ? Mar 15, 2013 23:51

Skuzal: Oct 21, 2008

Well looks like I was wrong.

# ? Mar 15, 2013 23:52

Cicero: Dec 17, 2003; Jumpjet, melta, jumpjet. Repeat for ten minutes or until victory is assured.

No Friend of Gravity posted:

Why in the utter gently caress would you attack a midgame Terran as Protoss without any splash?

I HAVE TOP 3 CONTROL I SWEAR

# ? Mar 15, 2013 23:53

Morol: May 21, 2007

Huk have this amazing ability to throw every advantage away.

# ? Mar 15, 2013 23:54

Diplomat: Dec 14, 2009

Innovation loses 60 scvs and still has better macro than Huk

# ? Mar 15, 2013 23:54

J: Jun 10, 2001

Can't wait until terran gets nerfed because a bunch of korean terrans beat up inferior competition

# ? Mar 15, 2013 23:56

PRADA SLUT: Mar 14, 2006; Fierce. Fabulous. Fearless.

Everybody wants this. Everybody wants to be us.

At least it's not as bad as Losira vs Ailuj

# ? Mar 16, 2013 00:00

Winks: Feb 16, 2009; Alright, who let Rube Goldberg in here?

Skyl3lazer posted:

Holy poo poo widowmines are fast

They're the same speed as workers.

# ? Mar 16, 2013 00:03

No Friend of Gravity: Feb 24, 2006

This is already a significantly more entertaining series than the last one.

# ? Mar 16, 2013 00:13

Winks: Feb 16, 2009; Alright, who let Rube Goldberg in here?

Babyknight just fell apart. RIP.

# ? Mar 16, 2013 00:15

Incoherence: May 22, 2004; Should I tell her she's gorgeous, or would she find that creepy? Maybe I could tell her I admire her poise -- but then she might think I don't have any personality!

Air PvP is weird.

# ? Mar 16, 2013 00:26

Pengwin: Apr 3, 2007; MIND MIND MIND

Woah, new TL jersey. Looks pretty nice, at least as good as a t-shirt can look.

I also find it hilarious that MLG finally hired a floor reporter, and it's their first tournament without a open bracket. I guess "Floor Reporter" actually just means "interviews on stage"

# ? Mar 16, 2013 00:30

J: Jun 10, 2001

Ret carrying a 1980s era brick cellphone in each pocket or something

# ? Mar 16, 2013 00:31

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# ? May 23, 2013 07:38

Trilin: Dec 15, 2009

Incontrol's exasperated sigh was heard for miles.

# ? Mar 16, 2013 00:36

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