I kinda want this game but I suck at real time strategy. Stupid media hype. :'(
Me, Cajole, and PD are all just varying degrees of bad, so you'd be right at home
Any word on if the Protoss + Zerg campaigns are just gonna treated like x-pacs (and priced accordingly?)
http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/60020
I'm assuming they'll be $40 like the WoW expansions
Idra/TLO rematch. Great game so far
edit: ends just as I say that smh
Kinda felt like Idra could have held out if he had transitioned from hydras to corrupters once he saw what was up. He built the spire in time to do it
I had to go after the qxc/IntoTheRainbow series but I caught TLO/Idra when I got back. Some sweet games. That third one was a nailbiter, especially with the last push.
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I think TLO would have probably won if they weren't cross positions but that doesn't matter. Well played by Idra to come back after losing like 50 drones, and that counter drop was a brilliant move.
Beat Optimo fair and square :rock
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then he destroyed me 3 times in a row :lol
Saw em last night. Idra/QXC was disappointing, but IntoTheRainbow/Tester and the finals both produced some incredible games.
Don't click this until you finish the rest of the tournament. Big spoilers
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Idra is a BEAST. As pleased as I am to see players prod him out of his comfort zone, I'm almost just as pleased to see him show that he IS capable of varying his style without failing terribly. I also don't think people can say Terran mech is OP anymore with Idra taking out both TLO and QXC with relative ease.
Here are some nerdgasm moments that I can remember:
-Tester repeatedly blocking Idra into his own base
-IntoTheRainbow holding off Tester's attack on Blistering Sands
-Tester's blink micro on Metalopolis
-IntoTheRainbow using banshees in TvP as a standard tactic
I know there were some other great moments but I was stoned when I was watching and can't remember half the games. Great tournament, though.
Finished the king of the beta finals holy shit
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Amazing play by Idra. Completely dominated one of the best terran and toss players. His macro is simply amazing, and the last game showed him handling an early Zealot rush pretty damn well. Amazing
Every time I see Idra I want to test shit lol
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You're actually partly right :shh People were calling PvP rogues OP long before I started playing one
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"I want you to take this time and reflect on how bad you are" :lol
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As a Zerg player I do feel like the Terran are overpowered against us, but I couldn't help but think Idra's bitching was misplaced throughout the game. A poorly placed Zerg or Protoss army is going to lose to a Terran army any day of the week. That's not imbalance, it's stupidity on the part of the Zerg or Protoss player. Especially on Kulas Revine.
Idra gets so frustrated with Terran that he doesn't think things through. He spent a lot of time wasting units charging Planetary Fortresses, bunkers, tanks etc. Using a Nydus behind the expansions would have ended the game much faster. Going Brood Lord earlier would have ended the game faster. etc.
When something isn't working against Terran you have to switch it up. Likewise if something is barely working against Terran, you better switch it up. I've lost more than a few games where I've beaten back a mech ball a couple times, only to be swamped the third or fourth time due to twice as many tanks showing up.
Wow the MLG finals were crazy
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HuK is amazing. Great one base macro, amazing micro with Stalkers
Let's talk Terran openers.
fuck you!
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:'( :'(
Catching up with GSL round of 32
Just saw Idra's first game.
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Utter destruction of terran. God damn, the Muta play was godly. Nice Roach play in the second game. I've had some success with Roaches in mid/late game but I can't get it to work early, outside of rushes. Typically if I go Roaches I find myself getting behind
CheckPrime looked great too.
:fbm
gsl spoilerz
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Idra got destroyed wow. Some very interesting play though, especially the Overseer harass. I'm trying that next time I play ZvZ
Personally I haaate ZvZ. Typically is a bullshit match of rushes and cheese, or if it's a standard game I wind up getting swamped.
gsl round of 8
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Kyrix v Fake Boxer might be the best SC2 set I've seen holy shit. Amazing micro from Fake Boxer, holy shit. Kryrix did some great stuff too, but at the same time I couldn't believe how one dimensional his play was at times. If you're getting micro'd to death by Marines, how do you NOT make Infestors? They could have entirely changed the outcome of the series. When he saw Banelings/Lings/Muta wasn't working, he went Roach which was a nice counter to mass Marine. But after that stopped being effective he kept throwing the same units against that micro mayhem. ggaahhhhrrrr
wow, the semi finals were insane
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Foxer completely decimated HopeTorture. I really expected a tough series considering how aggressive both players are, but Foxer was consistently steps ahead. After that series I really didn't think Foxer was beatable.
Then I watched the NesTea v Slayers_Boxer match. Wow, you don't see such a great player get manhandled and frustrated that easily.
Can't wait for the finals. Zerg v Terran, easily the best matchup in the game imo
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Fake Boxer's builds are so crazy. Sad to see HopeTorture go, but I think TvT is probably his worst match-up.
And yeah, NesTea is pretty scary. I'm interested to see how he deals with that marine spam
I'm watching the first game of the Idra v IMmvp match, had to pause and post: during the beta I thought Idra was very good, but very one dimensional. His play style was predictable while players like Dimaga and TLO were trying new things and making them work. That's not the case anymore though, as Idra has livened his style up and adapts better to opponents.
There have been so many TvZ matches this season, and often they come down to the same thing: 14 hatch, two rax push and/or SCV rush. So far (not finished with the game) Idra is handling the timing push perfectly. I've noticed Fruitdealer and other zerg do the exact same thing over and over, and if the terran player is good they punish them. Getting Baneling Speed is a must, if you're going Banelings. Putting your Banelings Nest in the natural is dangerous - it can easily be taken out of the timing attack goes well for the terran. Finally, getting a spine crawler up immediately is a must. Idra did all those things early in this game. /tip hat
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edit: Idra lost the first game. Great tank placement, although it looked like Idra could have taken it out with his Mutas, dunno why he retreated.
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I can't fault Idra for losing a series to mvp. Anyone good enough to take a game off of Flash in Brood War is gonna be a beast at SC2
And yeah on baneling speed. Can't describe how much scarier it is to see that.
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Hate seeing Idra go out again due to bad luck in bracket placement. He probably advances against just about any other (non-zerg) player there. Amazing terran play
Seems kinda wide open so far. Really impressed by Leenrock but I can't help but think he'll be outsmarted by a more experienced player eventually. Jinro looks great, July looks scary good. About to watch the SlayersBoxer match
I just pay the $15 or whatever it is to watch all the games in high quality on the gomtv site. You can find some on YouTube if you don't mind watching just random tournament games in no order
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This guy has uploaded quite a few: http://www.youtube.com/user/eltereding#p/search
Yeah just wait for next season. I tried to find them to show a friend yesterday and Google kept coming up with like WWE stuff for some reason
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4-0 MVP. MVP made MarineKing look like a total noob. Wasn't close, wasn't incredibly entertaining. It's fun to watch to see just how much MVP outclasses pretty much everyone at the moment, but don't expect a dynamic series.
I think MVP will be the first player to repeat. This guy is something like 32-4 in January against top competition.
Yea I saw game 2, pretty one-sided lol
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MVP looks unstoppable, but then again someone always does during the tournament. I thought MC was gonna destroy everyone and possibly repeat lol
:drudge Idra vs MVP :drudge
http://www.justin.tv/eg_idra/b/278892299 (Idra's stream/pov)
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Amazing game. MVP basically let Idra play a macro game, which never is a good idea. By the time that mass of Mutas arrived the game was in Idra's favor until the end. I wonder how a more mech heavy (shit ton of Thors) might have played out.
That Infestor play was brilliant. They haven't been utilized much in Korean tournament play I've seen, but they work so well against the ridiculous marine/maurader micro a lot of terran have.
In a tournament MVP would probably pressure more, and ultimately win imo. Regardless, Idra dominating a game against him is another sign that he's just getting better and better. Will the next GSL follow the same group elimination format as the last one? I really think it benefited Idra and could continue to do so
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Idra is a monster. I do wonder if he gets tournament jitters or something, though. I picked him to take out Jinro, and he ended up having some really ugly, uncharacteristic losses in that series. There was also a time I was watching his stream and he got matched up with oGsZenio, a really good Zerg player that had outplayed him hard and knocked him out of the most recent GSL, and he just annihilated that guy.
It's crazy how much better he's gotten since the beta.
And yeah, they're sticking to the same format as before. I think it's group matches for Ro32 and Ro16 in both Code S and Code A and then normal series from Ro8 on, but I can't remember. It was way confusing at first, but I like how they have it set up now
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I don't think it's jitters. IMO his "no bullshit" serious play style doesn't translate well in a series, at least as zerg; protoss or terran could get away with that. If he can macro on a decent map, most likely he's going to win; he doesn't take many bad chances, and is rather predictable in the early game. But when he's pressured or not allowed to play a certain way, he folds.
My brothers and I argued endlessly over the first Jinro/Idra game in their group. I honestly felt like Idra would have destroyed Jinro, but got fucked over by map selection (Jungle Basin); Idra played very very well despite the map, but just couldn't pull it off. So when they met in the Ro8 and Idra won the first game handily, I felt like I was about to be justified. The next games pissed me off and really showed Idra's weakness. You can beat him outright with a cheese or an early pressure attack. When you mix those two variables with map selection that might produce maps that are biased against zerg the odds are stacked against him.
And that doesn't even take into account ZvZ, which can throw anyone off. I definitely think he's good enough to win a tournament, but I just don't think he will due to those factors.
The Jinro/Idra showmatch was kinda disappointing.
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I was pretty hyped due to Idra's complete dismantling of MVP a couple weeks ago; I really wanted to see that type of dynamic zerg play against Jinro. Yet for most of the games today he reverted back to his same old, stagnant play and got rolled over. I watch Idra's stream whenever I can, and whenever he plays against terran he destroys them with muta/baneling/ling. That's definitely the main strategy zerg have in the match, I'm not denying that. But today Idra basically played like he was facing some random dude from ladder. He didn't get upgrades for his Mutas, he wasn't teching, and he wasn't aggressive enough on the ground.
Jinro destroyed him in straight up macro games. Especially the game where he fast expanded and went mass Thor. Idra scouted that shit early and STILL stuck with Muta/ling. It makes no sense: how do you not go Ultra or Brood Lord against that type of play? Roaches can handle a few Thors, but once someone gets 5+ you have to get Hive tech.
Basically the only time he impressed was on Lost Temple where he got Infestors to shut down Jinro's great Marine micro, and had Brood Lord tech ready just in case things went bad.
Jinro is the best foreigner, it's not even close. I'm not going to make excuses for Idra anymore. Jinro beat Idra at his own game.
Was it a series or just one game? I was gonna try to track it down but I might not even bother. Can't even keep up with GSL matches right now.
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MVP :lol Got caught at like the worst possible time against July not once but twice. I guess he isn't going to repeat lolo
GSL March talk time
Finally decided to buy a ticket and it's been great. The standard quality is fine, and no more having to scour the internet for videos that will be taken down by GOM soon. Just finished the round of 32 of S and A, spoilers ahead
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Wow lots of upsets; the up-and-down matches are going to be epic indeed. Didn't expect MVP to go out to such unlucky mistakes. There's so much parity among the players that it's hard to imagine someone dominating multiple GSLs regardless of how good they look. I thought MC looked unbeatable after he won, then thought the same about MVP. Speaking of which, seeing MarineKing get ousted was also a shocker; he looked scary as hell in that first game against Kyrix.
I wonder if Idra is kicking himself right now. With so many upsets he could have been poised to make a nice run.
on Code A, I've basically just watched the players I'm interested in. Ret, Leenock, Huk, Haypro etc. I thought Ret was a lock for code S after he stomped through the Assembly tournament :'(
Leenock :bow
round of 8 talk
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July v Nada was pretty good, at least from my perspective as a zerg player. Nada didn't play particularly well overall, but then again neither did July. His aggressive style is super exciting but I really question some of the decision making. Against Clide in the Ro16 for instance he was dropping banelings on tanks and Thors. Here he threw many away on tanks. On the latest State of The Game podcast, Idra criticized the play style and argued it would fail hard on mech. Obviously true, and I'd love to see whether July would switch up his style against a better terran like Jinro.
The low drone count was also pretty puzzling. July had full map control in multiple games - popping out extra drones would have been easy.
GSL finals on right now, two games done. Don't see a link, I'm just using Gom TV
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http://www.justin.tv/sypher23?utm_source=broadcast_callout&utm_medium=channel&utm_campaign=tos_promo_clicks#/w/980987824/2
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Well July got completely manhandled there. MC's force fields were so nuts. Kinda hoping we'll get to see some closer GSL finals sometime soon. The last few have all been so one-sided and I keep hoping that they'll transition into some more epic macro style games but it hasn't really been happening so far. Oh well.
Also the TSL 3 starts tomorrow. Don't really know what to expect as far as the quality of these early games goes but hopefully they're good.
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It basically went as most people expected. July's run was fun, but his decision making at times is quite questionable. I really couldn't possibly imagine him getting away with his style against someone like MC. Unless he becomes more solid in his macro I don't see him doing well in the future GSLs. That hyper aggressive style certainly works against Terran but right now a good toss is going to snuff that stuff out easily.
Really excited for the TSL. In some ways it's a preview of what we could see in the NASL, so I'm definitely curious and hyped. Really want to see how the Koreans do. I think Boxer could go out in the first round tomorrow, while FruitDealer will probably win. Overall though, if lag isn't too much of a problem MC has to be the favorite. LiquidTyler is also a very very good toss
GSL
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There's already a lot of butthurt going around about MC WOULDN'T WIN WITHOUT OVERPOWERED FORCE FIELDS. The truth is that performance last night was on par with what you see from the current top BW players when they're on their game -- perfection. People are already calling for a FF nerf, but it's not like he just spams them blindly. I seem to remember a lot of tears not too long ago over how Protoss relies so much on perfect force fields at times against both PvT and PvZ, yet MC doesn't seem to have much difficulty lol. He makes it almost impossible to engage him while also routinely picking off small groups of units effortlessly. He kinda forces you to attack so he can't just sit in your natural and force field your ramp all day, basically provoking you to suicide small portions of your army. I'm not just talking about his force fields, though. His builds were brilliant, and the stuff he pulled in the first game with the fake expand was an awesome mindfuck. There were also a lot of times where I was left scratching my head in wonder at how MC just had so many units. I guess that's what happens when your macro is nearly flawless and you're able to retain almost all of your army
I was pretty blown away if you can't tell. Zergs will undoubtedly adapt to this style should it become prevalent, but I'm convinced MC is going to remain a presence for a while, especially if he gets his PvT anywhere near his PvZ. He clearly has a keen understanding of the game. Then again, I was also convinced MVP was gonna repeat, so what do I know?
As for July, I can't fault him TOO too much. These types of shellackings happen to the best players, particularly when they're playing against such an unfamiliar style. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-Irke89WyA&feature=related) I certainly hope this isn't the end of him, because truly good Zergs are in short supply these days.
I am pretty disappointed that the GSL finals seem to be cursed. It's hard to get excited for them anymore
edit: Just to clarify, although I don't think it would have made much of a difference last night, I wouldn't protest a slight FF nerf if it turns out that there's like no way to defend those crazy pushes
Watching TSL. omg Starcraft weekend
holy shit @ the first game between FruitDealer and ThorZain
on the GSL
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If you let toss spam Sentries as zerg, you typically lose. It's almost as fatal as letting them get a third base up. July simply didn't handle his timing well. If he had burrow ready he could have done much better against the sentries. Even though FFs piss me off I can't call them imbalanced in the matchup given how July played.
MC also got Colosuses very late if at all, yet July rarely used any Hydra pressure. It's very hard to beat toss with just Roaches
ohhhhhhhh
TSL sunday games
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Morrow just destroyed Jinro ha. July style hyper Baneling aggression totally devastates a greedy Terran.
I'm almost all caught up on TSL and the GSL Globalleaguetournamentmastersoftheworldthing. Too much awesome to go all in depth, so here are some random thoughts on both. Spoilers ahoy
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Sad to see that virtually all the Team Liquid players are falling off in a big way. At least some of the other westerners are picking up the slack a bit.
I think Korea came into the TSL with some hubris lolol
Dimaga vs MVP was soooooo sick -- ya know, right up until someone lagged out because Blizzard was too lazy, greedy, or whatever their excuse was for not implementing LAN
White Ra gave me a nerdgasm in his game against MC
I know I mentioned TL sucking already, but Jinro has been especially disappointing as of late. Embarrassingly greedy play against July
MVP is looking pretty sharp, so I expect him to make it back to Code S with relative ease next season. He's probably my favorite player to watch these days. Nada is too greedy, July a tad too predictable at times, NesTea solid but boring. I suppose MC is on par with MVP for me, but that's about it. Anyway, here's hoping he can avoid falling into another random slump. edit: K I forgot about Losira. Looks like I have a representative of each race to be a fanboy for
The GSL world v Korea thing was the most epic e-sports event I've ever seen. Amazing, amazing
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I really thought the foreigners were gonna take it, oh man. Disappointing but they have nothing to be ashamed or disappointed over. Although I honestly think they would have won if they brought Tyler instead of Huk, who's overrated imo. Tyler could destroy July. And if White-Ra had simply run away when he saw the mass Queens he might have pulled it off.
I like July but his style seems built to be exploited by good Toss. He can dick around with any Terran with his eyes closed
^Gonna spoiler this questio even though I've only seen about three games total today
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Did that end up being the finals or something? I stopped watching a couple of hours ago. I saw a recast of Gretorp (my favorite non-pro Terran, btw) vs Huk g2 on Lost Temple where Huk got wrecked, missed the deciding game, came back to Huk vs Kiwikaki, and then gave up for good after Huk kept lagging out.
I've actually wanted to see Idra all day. The last I saw of him was his series in the TSL where he took a really embarrassing 2-1 loss against a Protoss named Crusher or something, and I was curious to see how he'd bounce back. He seemed kinda soft since leaving Korea
Indeed. ZvP is my favorite match up, and most frustrating
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Spoiled it for myself on twitter, but still disappointing to watch. I've learned a lot from Idra, I love watching him play, but it really seems like many players have figured him out.
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ZvP is very tough right now. The Infestor change helps but it doesn't solve our early to mid game dilemma: what to do against heavy Sentry/Stalker pushes. I've begun to move away from Roaches and focus on Ling/Baneling/Muta more, which negates heavy Sentry builds. The metagame seems to be moving away from Roach/Hydra and more toward Ling/Baneling/Infestor. Yet in the GSL, TSL, and now MLG many zergs continue to play that heavy Roach style and get rocked by the same Toss builds over and over again. A lot of the discussion on the July v MC matchup revolved around people saying if July had burrow before MC's timing attacks, he could have held them off. Yet even with burrow you're still barely injuring Stalkers with each volley as they warp more in. Ling/Baneling can completely shut that strategy down.
Meh. I found Idra's US account and have been looking at his build orders in Toss games, and it's heavy heavy Roach nearly every time. Obviously I'm no pro gamer and Idra knows his shit more than I do. But I've just rarely seen that strategy work against the heavy Sentry builds Toss are using lately
Optimo:
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Nah, it's a pool stage game (don't ask me how this Rube Goldberg machine of a tournament's arranged; I've given up trying to understand it) from a bit earlier which they broadcast on replay because of the Huk/Kiwi lag.
It's just that the second game 1) is pretty epic with very good play from both sides, and 2) has a moment which is quickly becoming the talking point of the SC2 fanbase. It'll be a lot more fun to watch if you can avoid spoilers.
PS Not sure if you know the Cruncher story. Apparently Idra was BMing him between games, saying "Wow you're talented" after losing to collosus/void in the first game, and "It must suck when talent is involved" after winning the second. That's why Cruncher gave him the smiley face after trapping his roaches in a FF donut.
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Well, Idra won the first game and was basically ahead of Huk the whole way in the 2nd, including the very end. Day9 says Idra's been doing a lot of speedling/bane on his stream recently, though he's been going for quick burrow for roach play in the few MLG games I've seen. He may whine about balance a lot, but he always seems to have an eye on the next step of the metagame, so I wouldn't worry about his tech choices getting obsolete.
Still worth watching that game even if it's been spoiled, as it's a hell of a fight. If SC2 is still being played competitively several years from now, it's going to be one of those "you remember that time when..." matches.
For anyone to read:
I hope they do a vod of Day9 and DJWheat killing time and talking about old videogames, including Tasteless whupping up on little children in MvC at the arcade.
Yea, Wheat, JP, and Day9 really made the best of a tough situation. It was like a really good State of the Game podcast heh
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Yea he's done it on stream to good results, but hasn't used it for MLG or TSL (granted, I didn't see the Kiwi match).
Even the second game was odd, given the resources he had. His ling army wasn't large enough to take advantage of Huk's army composition, which lacked HTs. Definitely some nice Baneling bombing but overall he threw away so many Brood Lords. It's certainly good to see him embracing Hive tech more though; just a couple months ago he seemed hesitant to. Overall a great series though
I think Idra has to be shocked that his US return hasn't gone as well as he thought it would (thus far). His NASL group looks tough too. Tyler, Sen, and Drewbie are very good. And of course the volitional nature of ZvZ will lead to some competitive matches with Zenio (again).
GSL finals tonight :hyper
Spooilers if you haven't seen Ro4 yet
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I hope MKP has greatly improved his TvT, not just because I don't want another boring 4-0, but also because I like him as a player. Also he's so dreamy in that androgynous ladyboy kind of way :-*
Decided to watch TSL instead of NBA playoffs today heh. Both games were EPIC.
some spoilerz
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Boxer really surprised me. I had assumed Sen would simply roll over him, given Boxer's TvZ troubles. Looks like he's been training very hard, and he looked quite solid today. Marine, tanks, drops.
Morrow's match against HasuObs was also great. I think the matchup is the most broken in the game, yet the most fascinating and fun to play. I guess the only thing that I'd add is Morrow threw away so many Overlords in all the games. Really didn't understand the point of that
NASL tonight, hopefully the lag isn't bad. Bummed MC won't be playing (he was on a plane at the time the match was scheduled, so it gets forfeited to his opponent), but there are some other good matches. Very excited to see Ret v Ace.
That whole series is a must-watch. So much back and forth
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:bow NESTEA :bow2
And poor Nada :( I thought he was going to claw his way back into it halfway through game three. Would have loved to see him walk away with a championship. Oh well. Inca is looking like an absolute monster.
First PvZ finals! And more importantly, not another TvT!
@TylerWasieleski
I'm tired of casual play negatively affecting pro play (4gate being addressed in next patch). Rule changes should happen only when necessary
Will be interesting to hear more pros on this. It seems to me like this could lead to a slippery slope of unstable casual play, leading to more changes. 2 gate Zealot pressure against Zerg is going to be the next problem, just as it was earlier last year which caused them to increase Zealot build times.
I'd rather see something done about Sentries
Now they're just doing a flat 20-second increase to warp gate research with no other changes, which is probably pretty reasonable for everyone
ST Bomber missed his flight to the US due to visa issues, so he won't be attending MLG. Guess who his replacement is
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MC
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=228922
He'll be playing Idra, who's been practicing for ZvT over the last couple weeks. damn
Oh, and apparently July is going to. Wow, I've arguing on GAF that the Koreans weren't going to dominate, how the gap should be narrower on foreign soil/jet lag/lack of experience against US/EU play styles blah blah blah. Yea....I'd imagine there's gonna be a lot of upset white people in Columbus
MLG hosts online qualifiers for the open bracket, which determines seeds and invites.
Oh man, looks like a lot of the open bracket replays are already available. Was going to head to bed, but I'll watch some July matches first
http://s3.majorleaguegaming.com/2011-columbus-starcraft2-open.html
In terms of the winning bracket (spoilers from today):
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Idra's play against MC was crazy. Looks like he perfected the aggressive play of July with a host of impressive drops and counter attacks. I really expected him to leave the second game during that Zealot rush, but he kept his composure and did some type of magic trick, because I've never seen 6-8 lings and a Queen roll over Zealots like that. Damn. He's been on a roll lately, outside of being beat down by DDE in the Complexity small tournament finals last week or so.
So far the Koreans are doing pretty well. MMA and Losira are on top of their brackets, and the other Koreans have 1 loss each. Can't wait for tomorrow.
Diamond league, bitches
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in 2v2 playing with a dude who has been in master league 1v1 before
Man, I appreciate the nuances of higher level* play, but there's really something to be said for being a newbie, and not being constrained by constant exposure to the "right" way to play. Battlecruisers! They're awesome! But you never see them after a certain point.
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*Only relative to the vast population of fellow ladder-jockeys
I'm trying to stay up and watch the GSL finals live but bahh....I think I'm going to fall asleep. 3 more hours jesus, pretty sure this is the latest one they've had in awhile
plus I have a feeling it'll be a blowout
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I bet MC wins 4-1. Lots of 4 gates