i guess thats what srs thought too ;>
i guess we can expect some nice games :)

i dont think WhO will lose.

I didn't expect Bensen to beat Violet 2-0 just after Violet won his 10th zotac 3-0 vs ReminD. But he did.

well ... maybe WhO isnt as good as ESWC 08 or old NGLone but if u expected Bensen could win 2:0 against him because viOlet maybe played bad or Bensen played nice ... never underestimate WhO ;)

dont talk shit.
bensen played like a lvl20 solo player. he failed in every aspect...he had 25 xp gained at the end of the game.
this time it defenetly wasnt any orc-imbalance.

I won games with Level 1 heroes too.
But it is an indicator of how good you game is running, when you got lvl1 and your enemy's hero is 3.
I often play DH/Hunts vs Orc and harass until i got bears. i stay level 1 very long in these games, but my enemy does too, cause no one can really creep.

@MyRevenge:
Your argument is clearly negatively influenced by your emotions which is sad because you do have a point. Even if it's slightly misguided.

I felt that BeNseN had a chance that game, despite having a low level KotG as he disrupted WhO's wood intake as well as delaying his lodge for considerable time. This, in itself, is a viable strategy for NE (and to a lesser extent UD). I agree with you on this part.

But BeNseN also made critical mistakes, which you cannot do at this level of the game. He lost way too many wisps to a solo BM harass (negating a lot of the work he did to subdue WhO's wood intake) and he chased around an illusion of a SH at one point, giving WhO plenty of time to creep. Also, no TP at the last fight was a poor choice :P

What you said about Orc being imbalanced does have some truth to it, but your argument about Orc only needing T2 being unfair simply doesn't hold water. The races aren't the same. Yes NE need t3 but (as you said yourself) can win with low level heroes. Name another race that can do this as a long term strategy?

All races have strengths and weaknesses. This game wasn't won by imbalance and I believe, a lot closer than it appears in the results. BeNseN just got outplayed.

jarvs, you are talking of game2. this was better by bensen, but EI was simply a rape.

shut up guys

just dont leave out stuff like:
raider needs t2
raider cant carry items
raider has no aura
raider cant summon trees
raider cant use tranqulity
entangle does damage, ensnare does not

do you see? pretty lame comparison

hey orc is imba, what are you talking about?

man check stuff before u post things.. many of the things u said are wrong
http://classic.battle.net/war3/nightelf/units/keepergrove.shtml
http://classic.battle.net/war3/orc/units/raider.shtml
ensnare duration: 12(2 on heroes), cooldown: 12 seconds.
entangle duration: lvl 1 - 9(3 on heroes) cooldown: 8 seconds, but that's just on lvl 1.
entangle also has range of 80 while ensnare has range of 50.
anyway, you're right that ensnare is very strong for a unit ability, but every race got imba things in it, hu towers+fe, ne staff, ud nuke, orc ensnare and bm..

well...i also think orc is too strong atm. we dont need to argue about that.
the problem is, that all these strong things go together so damn well. incredible synergie.

the BM would never be so strong, if there was no ensnare or hex, cause you could just run from him.
ensnare and hex would never be so strong, if there was no BM being able to put out an insane amount of damage on the focused target.

healing wave would never be so strong, if there was no spirit link. otherwise you could just focus down single targets, but it takes less damage and healing wave is able to heal up far more HP, cause every unit takes some damage. spirit link also makes healing scrolls so strong for orc.

without these synergies, orc would be strong, but not imba. but the combination of all these things makes it really hard to win vs an orc who plays as good as you do.