e-spider



Pro

y, like always; the one who wins the last tournament is the best player in the whole world ;)

anyways, nicely played by him, though i wanted shy to win!

SK|Zechs



Super Old School

Most boring final ever. Grats to infi, he absolutely destroyed Shy but it was so boring to watch.

hostilepulse



Normal

well Infi won 3:1 Moon and 3:1 Lyn and lost 3:2 to Sky in NSL and these are clearly the best players now so...

gyr0



Very Old School

sky and infi are probably the best players atm
will be tough to beat we in wc3l finals if ted is on fire again too

DooMMike



Elite

Well actually he played T&T at least once in this tournament - watch the 2nd game vs Hasu- but despite that he deserved to win this tour. Infi is on fire lately GG Grats.

Claddy



Elite

@Zechs
that was still Sky vs Shortround @ WCG

ag3nt



Pro

@DooMMike
1) TM was first game vs Hasu, not 2nd
2) It was Hasu's decision to play versus mass towers. Undead choose mass destro => human choose mass towers.

DragoniZer



Newbie

It was no surprise that he won.

qimilan



Normal

agree with you,infi has win when tod lost.

_Kyndig_



Elite

Wish Soccer faced off against Infi instead of Shy... I would still give the edge to Infi because of his form in the tourney, but Soccer & ToD, were the biggest stumbling blocks to Infi imo.

In any case, Infi definitely played stronger than anyone else in KODE5 and won a well-deserved victory.

DooMMike



Elite

@DooMMike
Oh yeah, my mistake. It was TM, which ofc was the first map.

GamlaSonn



Normal

ToD was the only player who could beat him

Arceus



Normal

gotta admit his play in KODE5 is flawless.The BO,creepin,unit mix,countering etc all are perfect
just a bit pity that Soccer could not get a shot in the final.

wormmum



Pro

I am wondering which race Infi would use if he played vs Tod.

realynk



Normal

@wormmum
Undead, I'm pretty sure. He probably has the best human matchup as undead (mb except TeD) so... :p

wormmum



Pro

@wormmum
Yeah but he lost to Sky in NSL2 final 0:2 while using Ud not long ago. Then he won like 2 maps while using Hum before losing the last map. After that final games, a lot of people say he should have played Hum from the start.

Yag-Nosyt



Newbie

@wormmum
True but I think Sky is an excellent Hum mirror player if not the best. And with Undead he can at least hope for a " lucky punch".

FunPlayer



Pro

@wormmum
Infi got the "lucky punch" twice in his last game vs Sky when he played mirror.

DreamFallen



Newbie

Infi has just killed everyone on this tournament=) He losed only one map to Frozen :D
And almost every russian player knew that Infi would win Kode5

Sirz



Normal

for ur information infi said in a recent interview grubby is as good as tod whos as good as shy and soccer so from a progammer tod=grubby=shy=soccer now u can keep your mouth shut :)

Yag-Nosyt



Newbie

interview with infi
Infi - I know my games are dull and boring

Infi - New defending champion for KODE5

Last weekend we witnessed World Elite’s brightest prodigy China Human Infi clinching the KODE5 title in Moscow rather convincingly with smooth victories over players like XyLigan and Shy, and only 1 loss throughout the entire tournament.

The 19-year-old revealed that he was targeting to hit the top 3 positions despite having no specific practice games.

He said: “Just like every other competition, I told myself to make it at least to the top 3. I can’t go home empty-handed.

“I haven’t really practice any match-ups in particular. We (World Elite) usually practice together by playing an internal-tournament, so my only practice partners are my teammates.”

This year’s KODE5 also saw the absence of several stellar players, more notably WE.Sky, who decided to sit out on the national qualifiers which had no substantial prize-money. Infi however, was quick to defend himself with a laugh that he should be bothered if Sky chose to compete in KODE5.



WE.Infi: "My only practice partners are my teammates"

“Before I played KODE5, I wanted to play against players like Shy, SocceR and ToD because they are really strong players.

“The scene is just too unpredictable. If Sky participated in KODE5, he could have been eliminated very early during the qualifiers like ESWC, or he may have won the whole tournament. But I’m not really afraid of facing him.

“I’d say we are 50-50 against each other. I believe he fears facing me just as much as I fear him.”

While he accepts that the tournament groupings and brackets may have been in his favor, Infi has also rated the Korean elves, SocceR and Shy equally strong as compared to the likes of Grubby and ToD.

He continued: “I think Shy and SocceR have reached parity with players like Grubby and ToD.

Infi: "KODE5 was easy for me"

“I think the tournament was quite easy for me on the whole, since I had an easy group, and I was really lucky with the brackets. Four of the strongest players (ToD, SocceR, Grubby and Shy) were placed against each other in the quarter-finals and I only had to face Shy in my last match.

“The Grand Finals was also the most difficult for me since I can’t afford to lose that game.

“But Shy wasn’t playing his best. He lost both matches in the early stages of the game. From a scale rating of 1-10, I would give him a 5.”

Asked if he was aware of his excessive-towering playstyle, Infi admits that his games do not draw much attention, but is extremely pleased with his current shape.

“Yeah I know my games are dull and boring, and there aren’t many special highlights of my playstyle, but sometimes I try to change it. I think my recent replays can prove it,” he added.

“If Human players don’t make use of their towers, no one would actually know about Sky and ToD since they won’t be able to win any tournaments.”

On an ending note, Infi would like to thank all fans and supporters of him as well as World Elite’s sponsors - Pepsi, Intel, Razer, Kingston, nVidia, Gigabyte, Kappa and DXRacer.
by mym.com

tower 4tw?