He had the bank and mining to crank out SOMETHING and 3 stray starports. If even one of them had a tech lab... But yeah, that's unlikely. However - the zealots were at 3 of his rax only because he had built them in the middle of nowhere ;P. There were some production facilities in the main and, in worst case scenario, he could use some SCVs as buffer... though they wouldn't fare well against the zealots.

Maybe. That's the thing I argue against the least - the momentum had shifted in favor of Parting but with so many bases, some bank left, a little production left... AND a penchant for weird base-trades, MKP could've steered the game into a winnable spot. Hell knows.
Even if so - there were still fine players on the Prime bench. Would they be able to win from a 1:3 position ? I don't know. We can only speculate.

Overall, in my previous, insomnia-fueled post, I was mainly trying to dispel any accusations of foul play, which became too ludicrous for me to remain silent. Yeah, MKP might've had gged back then (though, knowing him, he'd likely fight on at least a while more), Startale ultimately could've won... but we'll never know. I chose to move on and watch later VODs of Code S... The best thing we've learned from this, however, is that Parting is a force to be reckoned with and has a beastly PvT.

Blah... He's a damn TERRAN :|. I only love him because of his undeniable charm, emotional nature and Kong-line backstory.

With that problem he got the momentum to win the whole TL. And yes MarineKing plays very entertaining for a Terran... Maru is another great example for entertaining Terran.

Who will win Code S this season... ?

So far in top 8 we have:
Quantic_NaNiWa
oGs_SuperNova
Liquid_Hero
IM_MVP

Could NaNiWa make it....?

But
1) WHO ?
2) WHY ?
3) HOW ?
As I've pointed out - there are no people who would've been be desperate enough. Who would manipulate the situation ? Gerard, the Prime coach ? In Las Vegas ? In front of a huge audience ? By forcing a connection drop (through other people) in a single match ?
This doesn't even work in any way if his team (in this case - MKP) isn't good enough to win not only the rematch but gain all the 5 points. Through solid, honest play.
Never mind the fact that those people don't even have a good enough grasp of the English language - the team league, on top of all of that, isn't even as prestigious as the individual one.

OK - you've picked the only thing I didn't feel strongly about and then argued against it via third-person narration. Sure - MarineKing was in a word of hurt. For one - I've seen people come back from worse situations... but that's irrelevant. Let's assume his situation was VERY tough. This doesn't affect anything else I've said.

Thing is - I don't have to prove anything. The "onus" is on you to prove the existence of some elaborate conspiracy that was at play there. In my eyes - that was a freak accident.

And in this field I recognize and yield unquestionably to your authority. This does not apply, however, to your statements regarding human nature and the like.

I what you are suggesting was true, it would be the most elaborate scheme in e-sports history for the most pathetically uncertain expected gains.
To make this work, the number of people involved would have to be substantial, the results - unpredictable and the execution extremely public.
Oh - I haven't mentioned the risks involved - if such a thing ever got out, the team would be doomed. Why the f*** risk such a thing (not to mention, you know, the reputation and self-respect losses involved) if MPK was recently crushing face anyway ? An honest second-place beats a cheated win any day of the week.

From all points of view, even the most cold-heartedly pragmatic ones, this makes very little sense. If it does to you - tell me WHO planned WHAT, WHEN and WHY.

Define "like this". Schemes and dishonesty I can deal with - a very cynical man once taught me "to acknowledge the existence of conspiracies is merely to claim that not everything is done overtly". THIS particular case, however, is a grotesque mess of baseless accusation aimed at Logos knows who.
Keep in mind - this is coming from a guy whose favorite game is "Max Payne", favorite tabletop RPG is "World of Darkness", who finds "Secret World" irresistable, Kafka an amazing read and "Gabriel Knight" a wonderful adventure game series. I'm more willing to believe you if you said that the weird shit at Point Pleasant was cause by IRL vampires a'la the Masquarade or Requiem than to buy into to that lovely kid, MPK or Gerard, an ex-pro and a respected coach... or GOMTV staff... or IPL tech guys...
No. Just - no.


I'd say that I have faith in your government but this is, obviously, outside my area of expertise...

Look - I don't really want to get into this but there are reasons LAN isn't in this game, not the least of which would be a quarrel between Blizzard and the Korean E-Sports Association. As they finally came to an agreement, things like this become more likely to happen... But you know what ? It's not THAT necessary. What is, though, is a way to reconnect after being dropped from the game - as pointed out by the article, me, you... So - screw LAN and all its goodness.

The funny thing is - you have no idea how close you are to actual arguments tossed around during the dark days of alpha.
I'm not kidding - there were people who thought that being able to select more than 12 units or more than one building at the same time were "dumbing the game down for casuals" and nobody would play such an easy game... certainly - not as an esport.
But don't worry - they came around ;).