Week 1 Recap

Prize Distribution



4-0: 15,000 USD

3-1: 10,000 USD

2-2: 7,000 USD

1-3: 5,000 USD

0-4: no money

Schedule

Week 1 Recap by TheEmulator

Day 1

Game of the Day

Day 1 Results

Day 2

Game of the Day

Day 2 Results



Congrats to Fnatic, picture courtesy of rkffhk

On Scene: Week 1 Team Interviews (With Audio) by rkffhk

Fnatic (Trixi and Fly)



Fly before his interview

How do you guys feel about these booths here in the OGN studio?

(Trixi) It's not the International, but the chairs are awesome actually.

Is this the first time you've been in a sound-proof booth since TI3?

(Fly) They don't really exist in the West, actually. It's just that the infrastructure isn't there and so things like studios are hard to come by... much less an actual sound-proof booth for the players. So yeah, this is the first time since TI3 for us.

You know, these booths are also used for the League of Legends games. They just take down the DotA 2 banners and replace them with League of Legends stuff when those games are playing.

(Trixi) Oh, so that's why there's a League of Legends icon on this Desktop screen! Haha, I actually feel a little bit dirty...



[at this point, the interview had to be interrupted because the Fnatic guys needed to do their second coin toss against Team UnderRateds`, it was cut short]

TeamLiquid (Wayto and Fluff and Qojqva)



New members of TL chillin

So have you guys actually been in those booths yet?

(Fluff) Yeah, we walked in to check it out a little bit ago. No air conditioning, though, sadly. The chairs look really comfortable, though.

Computer chairs in Korea are amazing in this country, as a matter of fact -- in PC Bangs especially. Super fancy. By the way, have you guys been to one yet around here?

(Fluff) Yeah, actually. We visited one the other day. The chairs were alright, but not as fancy as these ones here in the OGN studio.

So you guys are up first against Fnatic, I hear. Do you have anything special planned for that at all?

(Fluff) We're just going to react to whatever we see from them during the draft. TC says he more or less has a plan, but it all of course depends on what we see from their bans.

So 6.79 happened recently and the drafting system changed a few months ago. What do you expect to see, in your opinions, from the drafts here today?

(Wayto) We're just expecting typical things that we've always seen, really. We're going to shoot for heroes like Visage, Elder Titan, et cetera. I don't know, but we'll probably see more Midases.

Have you ever guys been in a booth between TI3 and now?

(Qojqva) No, actually. Booths are rare outside of TI3 and here.

UnderRateds` (Choaya, Me.gun, Suni, Sunbhie)



UnderRateds focused hard

Is this your first time playing in a booth together? I expect you guys probably play in a PC Bang or something normally.

(Everyone) Yeah, pretty much. We've only ever played in a booth for the Nexon Sponsorship League games. Me.gun played in a booth at WCG for DotA 1, though.

Sunbhie speaks English very well, by the way.

(Me.gun)He's Canadian! So we're an international team!

Oh, really? My girlfriend is a Gyopo (Korean not from Korea) and many people give her problems because she doesn't actually speak Korean very much. Does that happen to you a lot in this country, too?

(Sunbhie) No, I'm fluent so I've never had any problems like that.

What do you guys think about playing in a booth in a studio, both here in Yongsan and in the GomTV studio as well?

(Choaya) It's really stimulating and makes me feel nervous...

Have you guys ever been to this OGN studio?

(Choaya) I used to come here all the time to watch Starcraft: Brood War. I loved watching Bisu.

So you've been cheering from the audience for all these years and now you're playing on the main stage here. That's gotta be a real heavy feeling for you.

(Choaya) ... yeah... (but the nervousness is the worst part)

You guys have to play against BOTH TL and Fnatic here. How do you guys feel about this?

(me.gun) I've played in a booth before NSL and this, so I feel the most comfortable compared to the others on the team.

(Suni) I feel a little nervous, but I have confidence in my play.

(sunbhie) Oh, you know.. it'll be fine... just as long as this dude (me.gun) doesn't have to run to the bathroom again like last time. He was just whining about having to go to the bathroom in the middle of a game during the NSL last week.

Also, aren't you guys the first team to play against an international team here in Korea?

(Sunbhie) Outside of the private scrims that FXO sometimes plays, yeah we're the first, actually. I didn't think about that, before, to be honest. Now we're all nervous. Thanks...

CREDITS

Writers: TheEmulator, rkffhk

Gfx/Css: fusefuse, TheEmulator

Editors: TheEmulator

The Nexon Invitational Super Matches began last week, pitting Team Liquid, Fnatic, and UnderRateds against each other in the first round of competition. Fnatic pulled out a 4-0 victory this week earning them a first place spot and $15,000 for not dropping a single game.Next week we have Speed Gaming.int, Team Dignitas, and MVP going up against each other. Team Dignitas and Speed have been looking great lately, and as always we are interested to see how the Korean scene will fair against the West.But before this week's games check out our Week 1 Recap, and some transcribed audio interviews from our very own rkffhk.Hope you enjoy the games, and remember to check out our LR thread.Nexon Invitational starts in -The first week of the Nexon Invitational Super Matches went very well. We saw our very own TeamLiquid go up against Fnatic.EU and the Korean representatives, UnderRateds. With the possibility of winning $15,000 the tension was high, but we saw some great games produced from each team regardless.Game 1 between TL and Fnatic.EU was the most anticipated of the day, and it definitely lived up to it's expectations. It was non-stop action throughout. Fnatic ran a Wisp/Tiny mid combo which ended up wreaking havoc on TL once Wisp hit level 6.After Fnatic took game one against TL, both teams went on to play UnderRateds. As expected the Korean team was not quite up to the Western standard of play yet, as they lost to both teams with rather uninspiring play.Fnatic.EU vs TL was the showcase match once again on day 2. Fnatic opted for a similar strat as in day 1, although they had an Invoker instead of QoP. We recommend this game if you enjoy lots of fighting, and support the return of Invoker to competitive play.This ended up as a mirror to day 1. Although UnderRateds suffered even more of a beating this time around. TL vs Fnatic.EU was extremely close, and could have gone either way. In the end Fnatic.EU finished the week with a record of 4-0, taking home the grand prize of $15,000. TL finished with a record of 2-2 and took home $7500, and UnderRateds didn't manage to take a single game which resulted in no prize money.Last week we had rkffhk, one of our newer writers on TL who is currently in Korea go down to watch the matches live. He was able to get us some great audio interviews, which we have transcribed here for you. We also uploaded the audio for any of you interested in hearing the full versions. Pictures in this section courtesy of Ethan Ahn from ThisIsGame.