HDH Invitational #1 [Videos, Brackets and moar!!!]

[TheEconomist]

Get your priorities straight. Beta Key < Live Match.

[The_Blade]

First game between Orb and IdrA is up

[Raif]

Get your priorities straight. Beta Key < Live Match.

funny

[GRUNT]

I couldn't catch it live, but Artosis vs TheLittleOne is now up on youtube!

Spoilers below:

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What a superb set!

TheLittleOne (TLO) was absolutely fierce in game 3! It's just amazing how he managed to afford the harass that he did, including Marauders AND an expansion o_0.

In the first game, TLO could probably have won if he pushed out earlier. Of course, he doesn't enjoy the omniscience which we viewers have, but I think that there was a decent period of time where Artosis was droning up, and TLO had a good-sized standing army.

I found the end of the second game very funny . Artosis was pounding away at those rocks, probably unaware that there was an Immortal just about to spawn and that by taking down those rocks, he was only furthering TLO's plans .

I also gotta say that Husky really made me laugh when he said that "those Probes are gonna have a Zergling breakfast and then get back to work." Poor Zerglings - they're not even regarded as threats by the Probes - just food .

Anyway, TLO > Artosis was the outcome I was hoping for, so I'm pretty stoked . At this point, I definitely wouldn't mind seeing TLO take the whole tourney ^_^.

[The_Blade]

Artosis VS TheLittleOne is now up!

[GRUNT]

Day9 vs Tasteless is now up on YouTube .

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Game one really had some sweet ZvT by Day9! That was a BEAUTIFUL flank in the end! I mean, it may look easy, but it really does take a good deal of skill to pull something like that off. Very impressed. Also, I have no idea how the heck he had the resources to make so many Muta AND Banelings. I'm not sure I could amass such an army in the time Day9 did even if I was unharassed!

Game 2 - very sneaky play by Tasteless! I feel kinda sorry for Day9 because he scouted his heart out, and reacted how a lot of Zergs would have. This isn't the first time I've seen Roachless Zerg play vs Protoss. Going straight for Hydra can really work quite well, since getting Roaches early on means that your army will be that much more vulnerable when the Immortal push comes.

Game 3 - I was expecting an EPIC FINALE, but instead, it just came down to a silly mistake . Still, that's pretty epic in its own right. At the very least, it was very funny listening to Day9 talk about his mistake that game .

[minerals]

PERFECT FINALS MATCH: Idra vs White ra. I wanna see white ra cheese idra like crazy and watch idra rage quit.

[TheEconomist]

I find it funny when Idra rage quite. Why not just swallow his pride to save some face? That's usually what the arrogant do when they've been embarassed.

Rage quitting makes him look worse than simply losing.

[The_Blade]

All of the matches in round #1 are up

Its funny how the last match was one of the longest (betweem Day[9] and tasteless)

[Rashed801]

Everyone on that list is an elite player except Tasteless. Lmao. Why is he even there.