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UPDATE: Due to popular demand, we'll offer you guys now an English stream, too! http://www.twitch.tv/TaKeTVBStream
This Wednesday and Thursday, TaKeTV and NVIDIA has a big chunk of candy for the StarCraft II Fans:
The NVIDIA SC2 Cup!
At 16.00 o'clock, TaKe will turn on the stream and present together with NVIDIA and www.ONE.de one of the first StarCraft II Heart of the Swarm Beta tournaments. NVIDIA invited 28 players, to battle each other in the freshly released beta version of HotS!
The invited players are:
+ Show Spoiler +DarK.FoRcE DIMAGA Sheth forGG Babyknight Nerchio MoMaN Destiny Delphi ClouD White-Ra BratOK Kas Monchi Bly IdrA Machine MorroW TT1 BlinG Rine Vipro ReaL Fraer BeastyQT GoOdy RotterdaM kAra
High-Seeds
+ Show Spoiler +Idra – forGG – White-Ra – Nerchio
The Brackets:
NVIDIA HotS Cup Bracket
The tournament will be played in a double-elimination grid-mode and the four high-seeds will advance to the second round by default.
Good games and brilliant tactics should be a standard with such an awesome line-up! Also GoOdy, ClouD and Delphi are at TaKe's place and will be playing live from there.
NVIDIA set up a prize-pool of $3.200 + material prizes to keep the players at a top motivation level! And for the German guys, NVIDIA and www.ONE.de are offering you a variety of prizes, too – which will be raffled away during the tournament. All informations can be found on www.TaKeTV.net
The cast will be in German and starts Wed, 12th at 16.00 CEST // 10.00 EST // 16.00 PST and will be brought to you by Dennis 'TaKe' Gehlen, Bastian 'SaltTheWound' Brouwers, Christopher 'Okko' Mönig and Sivano 'NarutO' Bovo! The Stream will start at 14.00 o'clock at Thursday and lasts as long as the tournament lasts.
So don't forget to tune in and enjoy one of the very first SC2 HotS Beta tournaments!
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Poll: Warhounds?Yes (178) 58% No (131) 42% 309 total votes Your vote: Warhounds? (Vote): Yes (Vote): No
this will be fun to watch!
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Plz make it english
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I love the idea and all the things TaKe is doing but IdrA top seed rather than DIMAGA ? I'll watch it anyway but it's just a question.
ForGG fighting !
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Amazing! Will be really fun seeing some new strategies gl with this TaKe!
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On September 11 2012 20:34 Boucot wrote: I love the idea and all the things TaKe is doing but IdrA top seed rather than DIMAGA ? I'll watch it anyway but it's just a question. My thought top seeds were given from previous performance in NVIDIA Cups. Maybe Dimaga just didn't attend for them.
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and PainUser and HD win the award for the first Hots tournament by 10 hours.... Still the player pool is nice.
And we will finally have a terran wining a tournament.
Hopefully there would be a english stream.
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Well this looks way more fun than the pHD torunament (which is still great), but I feel sorry for the non-germans . What a great tournament, lineup and prize pool for a beta tournament, can't wait to watch it all .
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This tournament will be great. I really like the casting of Take, Naruto, Salt and Okko. They are always funny and interesting to watch. Also, we get to see HOTS played in a competitive enviroment which is awesome as well.
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United Kingdom20157 Posts
The cast will be in German
Come on guys, throw up some english casters on another stream, even a restream, im sure you have dozens of people who would jump at the chance and viewership would increase many times over. Second HOTS tournament and has a lot of players such as IdrA that many people want to see that will not be in HD and Painuser's tournament, its a big deal, open the floodgates
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Will you ban warhounds for this one?
Could be really boring if you don't ^.^
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German casting isn't very hard to unterstand as an american. every name is english and most of the verbs are english words that have been changed a bit for fitting in german grammer
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Update: Included the link to the brackets
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On September 12 2012 02:23 Cyro wrote:Come on guys, throw up some english casters on another stream, even a restream, im sure you have dozens of people who would jump at the chance and viewership would increase many times over. Second HOTS tournament and has a lot of players such as IdrA that many people want to see that will not be in HD and Painuser's tournament, its a big deal, open the floodgates
I see no reason why Take should allow an english stream for his tournament. Obviously, I don´t know his business model and how he gets his ROI but to me, it wouldn´t make any sense to create an english stream.
If there would be an english stream, almost all or all non german-speakers would watch the english stream and his stream on TakeTV would lose viewers which is a bad thing. More viewers means more money through advertising and he can present good viewership numbers to his sponsors.
Also, I do not think that he´s losing viewers because the stream is German because a Tournament like this will have enough viewers and even a lot of non-german speaking people will watch it regardless of the language.
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Why would you cast this in german...... Is there at least a secondary stream?
@ the guy above me: Well, why would the sponsors care if the viewer numbers are divided into two different streams? No problem in having the same advertisements in both of them.
I speak german, but I absolutely do not enjoy watching streams in it.
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I don't think Take should use an english secondary stream, I'd rather wish that for tournaments like this or S2tW he would invite for example Kaelaris or Hasuobs or Socke to his place. With an english caster take is totally capable of co-casting in english. Even Naruto and Take could do it I bet, look at the Ministry of Win people.
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On September 12 2012 03:50 Wayne123 wrote:Show nested quote +On September 12 2012 02:23 Cyro wrote: The cast will be in German Come on guys, throw up some english casters on another stream, even a restream, im sure you have dozens of people who would jump at the chance and viewership would increase many times over. Second HOTS tournament and has a lot of players such as IdrA that many people want to see that will not be in HD and Painuser's tournament, its a big deal, open the floodgates I see no reason why Take should allow an english stream for his tournament. Obviously, I don´t know his business model and how he gets his ROI but to me, it wouldn´t make any sense to create an english stream. If there would be an english stream, almost all or all non german-speakers would watch the english stream and his stream on TakeTV would lose viewers which is a bad thing. More viewers means more money through advertising and he can present good viewership numbers to his sponsors. Also, I do not think that he´s losing viewers because the stream is German because a Tournament like this will have enough viewers and even a lot of non-german speaking people will watch it regardless of the language.
He could let someone stream on his B-Stream with his sponsors and take all (or most) of the advertisement money. I bet a lot of upcoming casters would be excited for the opportunity alone to cast such a high-profile tournament - without earning anything.
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Dude, stacked tournament + HotS, such win
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Take you are casting to much i don't get anything done anymore ;_; . But things like the burger just make everything awesome. Was almost dieing of laughter that day.
Wooo i am a ghost XD
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Damn I want an open tournament for hots t-t. Will watch though for sure :D
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I want an open tournament for heart of the swarm...
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If it wasn't illegal or whatever I'd restream it and cast it myself T_T
Oh well, guess I'll just have to scrape by with my AS level German.
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On September 12 2012 09:19 goswser wrote: I want an open tournament for heart of the swarm...
Hopefully soon ^_^
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With this many foreigners there really should be an English cast as well.
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I kind of hope they invite Day 9 too. I mean just for fun, he's definitely a good player and would make things entertaining. Since hots is new to everyone I feel like he would be on more of an even playing field
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why would you want to hinder your viewership by not casting in english? This player pool can easily pull in 10k+, but not if it isn't casted in english.
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Jesus, why German? Compared to the rest of the world or at least those who understands english, it's the most retarded thing ever to do it in german -.-'
I really don't get it and there are also more people who understands english compared to german as well, when do those germans learn to join up with the rest of the world and do a proper casted tourney in english.. - If it ever happens
And yes I know HSC is in english, but that is also the only one I can think of.
But I'm really looking forward to that day.
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Poll: What race will win?Warhounds (21) 95% Zerg (1) 5% Protoss (0) 0% 22 total votes Your vote: What race will win? (Vote): Protoss (Vote): Zerg (Vote): Warhounds
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Please allow someone to also cast in English..
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take delivering as always, lookin forward!!!
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On September 12 2012 12:44 Havek wrote: Jesus, why German? Compared to the rest of the world or at least those who understands english, it's the most retarded thing ever to do it in german -.-'
I really don't get it and there are also more people who understands english compared to german as well, when do those germans learn to join up with the rest of the world and do a proper casted tourney in english.. - If it ever happens
And yes I know HSC is in english, but that is also the only one I can think of.
But I'm really looking forward to that day.
The thing is, many german people are just too lazy to listen to English casts. The second point is, some/ many of the sponsors of TakeTV are more Germany-focused. NeedforSeat's main business is in german-speaking countries, XMG just recently opened a UK-store and ROCCAT is also more known in Germany than in the rest of the world (I feel like this is true, don't have any proof). I know this says Nvidia Cup, but I still think the second reason might be very important.
Also, the casters (NarutO and Salt, I guess) might/are not the best at speaking (!!) English and their casts are MUCH funnier when they can say what they want to say not what only what they know. Everytime I listen to a TaKeTV cast I crack up as they're are just funny and are totally laid back and don't give a fuck. It's just a couple of friends hanging out and talking about a game and not completely serious casting.
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Please tell me there will be vods
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+1
Additional Take has a very strong german core community which follows him all the time. Usually Take casts several cups per week. And he can cast/entertain much better in German than in English. Non-German people usually don't know that or they neglect it. So Take makes his most money with his german community and german based sponsors. Also Take feels uncomfortable casting in english cause in his opinion his english is limited and he cannot express things as in German.
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hm phd started at 4am CET and still no VoDs so i am happy that i can at least watch this one.
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I don't think anyone says that Take must cast in English, but he should let someone else stream and cast it in English. It will not take anything away from the tournament, but open it up to ALOT of additional viewers.
Even though XMG, Roccat and NFS are focused on Germany/german-speeking countries, a tournament like this could help them get better brand recognition in other markets as well. Also the main sponsor of this tournament seems to be NVidia, which is a global brand.
When something like 20 out of the 28 players that are invited are foreigners (foreigners as compared to Germany, not SK) it really is crazy not to have an English stream.
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On September 12 2012 19:25 Naphal wrote: hm phd started at 4am CET and still no VoDs so i am happy that i can at least watch this one.
You can watch the pHD tournament in it's entirety on twitch.tv/painuser
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On September 12 2012 19:27 zicoz wrote:Show nested quote +On September 12 2012 19:25 Naphal wrote: hm phd started at 4am CET and still no VoDs so i am happy that i can at least watch this one. You can watch the pHD tournament in it's entirety on twitch.tv/painuser
nice thank you ^.^ it said VoDs on the youtubechannels so i have been checking those.
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should be a ton of fun, i will definately tune in, especially because Naruto Salt and Take make for a hilarious casting.
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No English stream TT ?
I dont get it, you would get tripple the viewers casting in English on the main stream, only one i could see that hurt would be the very few germans that dont know any english.
you could even allow it to be cast by someone else in english while you stream to those that prefer german.
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Time to brush up my german i guess t.t
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I was pretty excited until I read this.
The cast will be in German
I'm sorry, it just makes zero sense. Germans will still watch an English cast, but most people probably won't watch a German cast. At least let a third party English caster do it, though I guess that might interfere with sponsoring and stuff.
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Looks like an interesting event. Would love to see an alternate English cast stream if possible.
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Can't wait for this, gonna be a lot of fun!
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*QQ* fix english stream *QQ*!!
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This seems really interesting but please god have some other languages than german to stream it.
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Anyone with hots would burrow us his account for an english stream ? Just PM ME NOW !
//Dennis
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Wow Dennis if you actually pull this of and just provide an english stream on the spot... this is just incredible :D!
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Looks neat, will check it out later. hfhf everyone!
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On September 12 2012 21:57 TaKeTV wrote:Anyone with hots would burrow us his account for an english stream ? Just PM ME NOW ! //Dennis
Ur da maaan!!
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I will english stream; I have hots access.
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i am sorry we got someone in english WhalesFromSpace : )
but thannk you!
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hehe but now u can enjoy it <3
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It wil lbe on our TaKeTV B Stream which will be also listed on the top right on tl.net
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Whales can you check pm ?
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Awesome work organising an English stream Dennis.
Appreciate your efforts
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I hope blizz are watching this, couldnt imagine a better opportunity to see whats wrong and what isnt in HOTS Beta....
Oh yea and....
ForGG Fighting!
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we still try to get one more beta account : (? Anyone?
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On September 12 2012 09:22 blade55555 wrote:Show nested quote +On September 12 2012 09:19 goswser wrote: I want an open tournament for heart of the swarm... Hopefully soon ^_^ at least you have a key
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Who will be casting this? It only says Take is the host, but surely (hopefully!) he won't cast? €: Wow, this sounds mean, I'm not opposed to Take casting, I was asking about the English stream.
Anyways, really looking forward to the first HOTS-tournament for me and I really hope IdrA can be the King of the Beta once more.
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Yay, get WhalesFromSpace on it, he's good.
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I thought only German stream was going to be avaiable... So are there any brackets anywhere?
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english stream now
Take, one of the true esport saints.
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Hehe Take just said some of the players don't even have beta access, Bly for example. He is still installing the game.
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On September 12 2012 23:12 Za7oX wrote: whos casting on B? WhalesFromSpace
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Never doubt Take, thanks for the English stream.
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On September 12 2012 23:14 WerderBremen wrote: Hehe Take just said some of the players don't even have beta access, Bly for example. He is still installing the game.
Haha, this will be the scrappiest tournament in history..and I will love every moment of it. :D
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Good job on getting an English stream Take!
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this looks EXACTLY like WOL
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AWESOME lets see who wins it gogo rotti xD
for all the guys who want an english stream : the taketv b stream is in english !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Could someone PLEASE live report the matches? I can't watch it it would be so awesome to have a LR
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looking forward to the matches... I'm curious if goody is gonna mass warhounds or stick to tanks
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Thanks so much for having an english stream.
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Thanks for adding the English stream Take!
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Rotti! First HotS bonjwa.
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On September 12 2012 23:10 Zhurtel wrote: So are there any brackets anywhere? as mentioned on the OP: http://challonge.com/nvidiacup#
no idea if it's bo1 or bo3 though, even the bracket doesn't seem to know
but it would be better if someone make a liquipedia of it
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On September 12 2012 23:37 DOUDOU wrote:Show nested quote +On September 12 2012 23:10 Zhurtel wrote: So are there any brackets anywhere? as mentioned on the OP: http://challonge.com/nvidiacup#no idea if it's bo1 or bo3 though, even the bracket doesn't seem to know but it would be better if someone make a liquipedia of it its bo3
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On September 12 2012 23:18 parker- wrote:WhalesFromSpace No that is not me!!!
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On September 12 2012 23:35 revel8 wrote: Is this Bo1 series? bo3
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pfft, broodlord style no need for detection if you can storm em, but the toss decided to storm himself.
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On September 12 2012 23:41 WhalesFromSpace wrote:Show nested quote +On September 12 2012 23:18 parker- wrote:On September 12 2012 23:12 Za7oX wrote: whos casting on B? WhalesFromSpace No that is not me!!! Shit everyone stop thinking that is me! sry thats what i heard :D
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Gotta storm those swarmhosts if they just put them all in one area. >_< Guess it's not easy with infestor backup...
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On September 12 2012 23:38 parker- wrote:Show nested quote +On September 12 2012 23:37 DOUDOU wrote:On September 12 2012 23:10 Zhurtel wrote: So are there any brackets anywhere? as mentioned on the OP: http://challonge.com/nvidiacup#no idea if it's bo1 or bo3 though, even the bracket doesn't seem to know but it would be better if someone make a liquipedia of it its bo3 i guess bling doesn't have beta access then
forGG to take it?
he is streaming his POV of the cup btw, match against morrow about to start
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Hmm..I don't think I like what the Swarm Host does to the game if they are played like that. Watching slow waves of locusts gets pretty boring. :/
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Did the games in pHD tournament look similar? It just seems off somehow.
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On September 12 2012 23:18 parker- wrote:WhalesFromSpace WFS is an awesome dude and offered to cast as well.
However at this time I'm providing the English cast. (Feel free to PM me with feedback - and I'll try to read this thread later as well). Enjoy!
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I hope Blizzard change the swarm host, that was just boring to watch. Why did they think zerg needed more free units anyway?
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On September 12 2012 23:59 Champloo wrote: I hope Blizzard change the swarm host, that was just boring to watch. Why did they think zerg needed more free units anyway?
dat dere swarmy feel cuzz
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On September 12 2012 23:59 Champloo wrote: I hope Blizzard change the swarm host, that was just boring to watch. Why did they think zerg needed more free units anyway? Thats a point I didnt get as well. They already had Broodlings and infested terrans (+lings are the cheapest unit). Why spawn even more? I would have just like a unit that could attacked while burrowed.
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On September 13 2012 00:03 ref4 wrote:Show nested quote +On September 12 2012 23:59 Champloo wrote: I hope Blizzard change the swarm host, that was just boring to watch. Why did they think zerg needed more free units anyway? dat dere swarmy feel cuzz
they lack free flying units though, maybe with the final expansion!
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Rotterdam seems to be beating dimaga?
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rotti looks goood, and dimaga played a lot of hots while streaming too!
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Apart from the MSC not a single Hots Unit was built this game.
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wow rofl rotterdam got this O_O
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Haha, time for Rotti to put the casting on hold. :D
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lol@result Dimaga is not out - he's down to losers bracket.
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Wooo awesome by Rotti. Though I can't help but think an earlier infestation pit would've really helped Dimaga.
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Rotterdam to get next Code S seed?
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Damn Rotterdam's pretty good actually I guess.
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please idra vs darkforce!
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forGG 1 - 0 morrow
morrow not playing zerg vT? forgg wins with mech army against morrow bio
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On September 13 2012 00:16 Ippo wrote: Apart from the MSC not a single Hots Unit was built this game.
Dimaga made swarm host near the end
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I've got a good feeling about this match.
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Who are these "default" guys? They lost all their matches in round 1
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On September 13 2012 00:27 DGB.Zerok wrote:Who are these "default" guys? They lost all their matches in round 1 Walk-overs for invited players? Or maybe just some unknown SC2 clan
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On September 13 2012 00:23 DOUDOU wrote: forGG 1 - 0 morrow
morrow not playing zerg vT? forgg wins with mech army against morrow bio ForGG is playing a lot of HotS, and i think that's not a bad thing. There'll be lots of early tournaments like this one.
Expecting him to go far here! Go him =)
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On September 13 2012 00:29 pmp10 wrote:Show nested quote +On September 13 2012 00:27 DGB.Zerok wrote:Who are these "default" guys? They lost all their matches in round 1 Walk-overs for invited players? Or maybe just some unknown SC2 clan
Yep Idra – forGG – White-Ra – Nerchio are high seeded players and skip the first round.
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nice work if you did it.
edit: oh yeah, you did. looked the history (which i did not even know until now ^^)
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today is the nvidia day isn't it? lol two things at once. nice one =) love it!
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Ouch, MorroW's Terran slaughtered by forgg :p would be cool if he changed back to Terran for Hots though
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On September 13 2012 00:29 pmp10 wrote:Show nested quote +On September 13 2012 00:27 DGB.Zerok wrote:Who are these "default" guys? They lost all their matches in round 1 Walk-overs for invited players? Or maybe just some unknown SC2 clan
I m kidding
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aw yeah ragequit!
edit: HerO streams HotS as well, this is almost an overdose <.<
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Hope Darkforce advances. He makes at least use of new units. Great play overall.
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United Kingdom20157 Posts
less than 2k viewers so dissapointing
What happened to the floods of 20-50k+? this is a pretty big deal tournament
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nothing new in hots - idra still beeing idra...
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On September 13 2012 00:50 Cyro wrote:less than 2k viewers so dissapointing What happened to the floods of 20-50k+? this is a pretty big deal tournament
Close to 7k on the german stream.
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On September 13 2012 00:50 Cyro wrote:less than 2k viewers so dissapointing What happened to the floods of 20-50k+? this is a pretty big deal tournament
No it isn't.. it's a online beta tournament that wasn't that well publicited, only heard of it on ITG last night!
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Germany3367 Posts
What happens if you abduct a Warp Prism, thats warping in units at that moment?
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United Kingdom20157 Posts
On September 13 2012 00:56 TheOneAboveU wrote: What happens if you abduct a Warp Prism, thats warping in units at that moment?
Units get cancelled, warp prism moves but is still in phase mode
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On September 13 2012 00:54 shell wrote:Show nested quote +On September 13 2012 00:50 Cyro wrote:less than 2k viewers so dissapointing What happened to the floods of 20-50k+? this is a pretty big deal tournament No it isn't.. it's a online beta tournament that wasn't that well publicited, only heard of it on ITG last night!
One of the first beta tournaments though, the first for many pro players, hdh vods have like 350k views each on average, i didnt expect a lot but less than 1k live when i tuned in seems oddly low
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Germany3367 Posts
On September 13 2012 00:57 Cyro wrote:Show nested quote +On September 13 2012 00:56 TheOneAboveU wrote: What happens if you abduct a Warp Prism, thats warping in units at that moment? Units get cancelled, warp prism moves but is still in phase mode
Thanks for the information!
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Less than 1k? They have over 9k viewers at the moment.
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On September 13 2012 00:58 Cyro wrote:Show nested quote +On September 13 2012 00:54 shell wrote:On September 13 2012 00:50 Cyro wrote:less than 2k viewers so dissapointing What happened to the floods of 20-50k+? this is a pretty big deal tournament No it isn't.. it's a online beta tournament that wasn't that well publicited, only heard of it on ITG last night! One of the first beta tournaments though, the first for many pro players, hdh vods have like 350k views each on average, i didnt expect a lot but less than 1k live when i tuned in seems oddly low
It isn't announced as an HOTS-tour in the stream list, it is more or less spontaneous, english caster not that famous i think (7000 on german stream is pretty ok imho).
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ForGG didn't write gg there, did he? =D
That was a painful medivac loss though =/
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caster for english stream is brilliant, nice, chill, just says important stuff.. doesnt say unnecessary shit. its 4am and this guy is tolerable. Love him <3
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i like IdrAs WoL style :D
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@RotterdaM08 Lost 0-2 vs Sheth in 2nd round, first game I had a terrible start but played ok after that, 2nd game made a even bigger mistake T-t
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seems like zvp is locust corrupter vs colossi gateway army. Wondering if storm wouldnt be better when the enemy has 20 corrupters.
Edit: oh I guess the corrupters also snipe the observers and not only colossus. pretty smart ^^
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Someone please stop this Empire on Empire violence!
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Thank you so much for the English stream :D
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The caster in the BratOK vs Kas wasn't that good to be honest (not sure if he was casting all games or only these).
His voice was monotonous, he missed a couple of battles that were going on because he didn't look at the minimap (he was with the camera at BratOK's rally point looking at what he was producing...). Also, mic volume was quite low.
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So Nerchio falls 1-2 to fraer. Losers bracket is looking more and more interesting.
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TaKe is really doing an amazing job with all his events (HSC, Stim to the win, this one). And I love seeing the german players playing in his home.
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On September 13 2012 01:39 Boucot wrote: TaKe is really doing an amazing job with all his events (HSC, Stim to the win, this one). And I love seeing the german players playing in his home. <3 <3 Actually I prefer to watch in english, but if SaltTheWound & Naruto and Take cast together, I have to watch it in german, they are to good and very entertaining.
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On September 13 2012 01:45 Dingodile wrote:Show nested quote +On September 13 2012 01:39 Boucot wrote: TaKe is really doing an amazing job with all his events (HSC, Stim to the win, this one). And I love seeing the german players playing in his home. <3 <3 Actually I prefer to watch in english, but if SaltTheWound & Naruto and Take cast together, I have to watch it in german, they are to good and very entertaining. I don't understand a fucking german word but I prefer 1000 times watching 3 guys on a sofa than one invisible guy.
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Amazing how much stuff the sponsor is raffling away! Thumbs up!
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On September 13 2012 01:31 Matheus28 wrote: The caster in the BratOK vs Kas wasn't that good to be honest (not sure if he was casting all games or only these).
His voice was monotonous, he missed a couple of battles that were going on because he didn't look at the minimap (he was with the camera at BratOK's rally point looking at what he was producing...). Also, mic volume was quite low. I quite like his casting, some mistakes here and there but definitly quite a pleasant to listen to just a bit inexperience and shaky voice haha
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Now if only we could get Kas vs. Idra casted.
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Rotterdam beat ReaL 2:0
wat
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On September 13 2012 02:12 krutopatkin wrote: Rotterdam beat ReaL 2:0
wat
Guess he plays more often then i thought
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On September 13 2012 02:05 pmp10 wrote: Now if only we could get Kas vs. Idra casted.
It's on!
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hehe you won't see alot from a protoss, mothership core is eco waste in most cases, oracle is well the oracle. But the tempest is seen in lategame sometimes !
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whos the caster casting idra vs kas
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On September 13 2012 02:19 fcgog wrote: whos the caster casting idra vs kas
y0su
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idra
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Idra living up to his standard. Slightly early gg i'd say, but w/e.
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what joke that match was kas always makes idra rage
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Wow, sweet how good Rotti has become
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Why does IdrA still play sc2?
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On September 13 2012 02:28 Jager wrote: Why does IdrA still play sc2?
He makes a loooooot of money. And he's really good aswell.
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typical idra, just starts the game without asking anyone, no respect for other players
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On September 13 2012 02:29 mememolly wrote: typical idra, just starts the game without asking anyone, no respect for other players
Unfortunatly there are a lot of kids who think he is cool because he acts like this
Hope Kas goes mech.
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On September 13 2012 01:32 pmp10 wrote: So Nerchio falls 1-2 to fraer. Losers bracket is looking more and more interesting.
Is Fraer still doing the same stupid shit?
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Can anyone explain the rocks at the expansions to me. I havent seen much of HoTS. The rocks dont block the expansion, so what are they doing there?
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On September 13 2012 02:32 zicoz wrote:Show nested quote +On September 13 2012 01:32 pmp10 wrote: So Nerchio falls 1-2 to fraer. Losers bracket is looking more and more interesting. Is Fraer still doing the same stupid shit?
What would that "Stupid shit" be? Is it some imba beta strat? :p
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Idra v. Kas playing on the TakeTVBStream
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On September 13 2012 02:28 Jager wrote: Why does IdrA still play sc2?
again, he is such a moron.
User was warned for this post
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Eeaaasy.
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On September 13 2012 02:28 Jager wrote: Why does IdrA still play sc2?
Why wouldn't he? LeBron is not the only basketball player out there, just like Messi isn't the only football player. You dont need to be the best in something to do it and if he can make a living out of it, good for him.
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lol Idra, the heart of a champion
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On September 13 2012 02:33 Fjodorov wrote: Can anyone explain the rocks at the expansions to me. I havent seen much of HoTS. The rocks dont block the expansion, so what are they doing there?
Those rocks only have 500hp. If you destroy them they "collapse" onto the position where you would build the expo at which point they become normal 2000hp destructible rocks. If you build a hatch at the expo and then destroy the rocks the rocks collapse onto the expo dealing 500 damage
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idra ragequiting again after donating drones to a very simple helion harass
ihe probably didn't have time to practice against helion harass, it's such a new metagame in TvZ in HOTS
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Honestly I was hoping for a little more.
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too many players playing the game like it is WoL. kinda sad to see a hots tournament turned into a WoL tournament except the not so balanced maps
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Two ragequits in a row... Idra must love the loser's bracket.
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On September 13 2012 02:35 DOUDOU wrote: idra ragequiting again after donating drones to a very simple helion harass
ihe probably didn't have time to practice against helion harass, it's such a new metagame in TvZ in HOTS
Yeah that was pretty bad. Im happy if i can kill a few drones with them against my diamond opponents. Idra straight up loses against it....
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On September 13 2012 02:34 TheSir wrote:Why wouldn't he? LeBron is not the only basketball player out there, just like Messi isn't the only football player. You dont need to be the best in something to do it and if he can make a living out of it, good for him.
I wasn't suggesting he should quit because he is bad. He has the shittiest attitude, makes it looks like he hates the game and all that play it, why put yourself through it?
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On September 13 2012 02:36 ETisME wrote: too many players playing the game like it is WoL. kinda sad to see a hots tournament turned into a WoL tournament except the not so balanced maps Most HotS addition won't completely remap the matchups. Especially since a lot of them are of a strategic nature and will take time to figure-out.
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On September 13 2012 02:36 ETisME wrote: too many players playing the game like it is WoL. kinda sad to see a hots tournament turned into a WoL tournament except the not so balanced maps
Most of the new units are not really easily worked into builds and compositions. And players will go back to their bread and butter when that much money is on the line.
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On September 13 2012 02:36 lowercase wrote: Two ragequits in a row... Idra must love the loser's bracket.
doubt he'll turn up for losers
I thought idra was getting help recently from a sports psychologist?
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On September 13 2012 02:36 ETisME wrote: too many players playing the game like it is WoL. kinda sad to see a hots tournament turned into a WoL tournament except the not so balanced maps
Well its not like HoTS comes with a ton of new units. The best way to see cool and funky games would be to have a tournament with out a prize pool. The problem would ofc be to actually get the players to take part ^^
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On September 13 2012 02:38 mememolly wrote:Show nested quote +On September 13 2012 02:36 lowercase wrote: Two ragequits in a row... Idra must love the loser's bracket. doubt he'll turn up for losers I thought idra was getting help recently from a sports psychologist?
rofl if true. Guy needs to chin the hell up and stop being a little bitch.
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On September 13 2012 02:36 ETisME wrote: too many players playing the game like it is WoL. kinda sad to see a hots tournament turned into a WoL tournament except the not so balanced maps
What did you expect? HotS is an expansion to WoL, not a new game. If anything I would be happy that old tactics still works, and new units add some flavour, not completely replacing old units.
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On September 13 2012 02:34 aTnClouD wrote: ahahahahah
lolololol
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o_O Rotti 2-1 Dima and 2-0 ReaL? Siiiiiiiiiick
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lol now they are playing that idra stan song. Perfect.
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On September 13 2012 02:40 Awesomeness wrote: lol now they are playing that idra stan song. Perfect.
take definitely has the music bonjwa there
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On September 13 2012 02:39 Fjodorov wrote:Show nested quote +On September 13 2012 02:36 ETisME wrote: too many players playing the game like it is WoL. kinda sad to see a hots tournament turned into a WoL tournament except the not so balanced maps Well its not like HoTS comes with a ton of new units. The best way to see cool and funky games would be to have a tournament with out a prize pool. The problem would ofc be to actually get the players to take part ^^
They should make it funday monday style, nobody is allowed to attac befor building the first hots-unit.
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On September 13 2012 02:43 Nesto wrote:Show nested quote +On September 13 2012 02:40 Awesomeness wrote: lol now they are playing that idra stan song. Perfect. take definitely has the music bonjwa there
not really considering they play the same 20 songs for like 3 months now.
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On September 13 2012 02:34 aTnClouD wrote: ahahahahah
enjoy your warhounds while they last
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On September 13 2012 02:45 krutopatkin wrote:Show nested quote +On September 13 2012 02:43 Nesto wrote:On September 13 2012 02:40 Awesomeness wrote: lol now they are playing that idra stan song. Perfect. take definitely has the music bonjwa there not really considering they play the same 20 songs for like 3 months now.
The songs are good though.
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On September 13 2012 02:37 Jager wrote:Show nested quote +On September 13 2012 02:34 TheSir wrote:On September 13 2012 02:28 Jager wrote: Why does IdrA still play sc2?
Why wouldn't he? LeBron is not the only basketball player out there, just like Messi isn't the only football player. You dont need to be the best in something to do it and if he can make a living out of it, good for him. I wasn't suggesting he should quit because he is bad. He has the shittiest attitude, makes it looks like he hates the game and all that play it, why put yourself through it?
Well..he do hate the game, but it's his job to play it and he doesn't hate all of it. Ok hours, ok salary and he gets to travel and stuff. It's not a bad job.
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I like the tournament so far way more then TSL4 and a lot of other events. Maybe because there are new units evolved, but I guess the reason is more simple: Its the players.
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MorroW switched to Terran for HotS or is he not really decided ?
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welks cross server play, it was pretty clear we would see a few no ggs out of idra. I was actually impressed to see idra play cross server lately.
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On September 13 2012 02:40 Embir wrote:Show nested quote +On September 13 2012 02:36 ETisME wrote: too many players playing the game like it is WoL. kinda sad to see a hots tournament turned into a WoL tournament except the not so balanced maps What did you expect? HotS is an expansion to WoL, not a new game. If anything I would be happy that old tactics still works, and new units add some flavour, not completely replacing old units. if you are a root fans, you should have seen today's phd hots tournament where tt1 and catz had some really interesting hots strategies.
the root guys had been practising the new hots strategies against their own teammates to test out timings.
[edit] looks like sheth is using catz strat :D
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Has anyone noticed Rotterdam? He just took out Real 2-0 and earlier beat Dimaga!
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How many matches will be played today?
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On September 13 2012 02:52 FeyFey wrote: welks cross server play, it was pretty clear we would see a few no ggs out of idra. I was actually impressed to see idra play cross server lately.
Cross server? the beta is NA only atm. All the euros playing are playing on american accounts.
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Whoa look at Rotti go. Beat Dimaga and Real.
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Sheth going 1 base swarm hosts :o
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haha the sheth one base swarmhost play. He snipes the obs with the queens and uses them to tank, while the swarmhosts wear down the opponent. It is a really slow death to the toss.
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We will play until the 3rd round of the winner bracket is finished and also the 4th round of the lower bracket
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On September 13 2012 02:54 Dexington wrote: Whoa look at Rotti go. Beat Dimaga and Real.
But he has now reached the end of the road.
Lost 0-2 vs @atndelphi in Losers Round 3, felt first game was really going quite well but fought on a dumb moment~ g2 forgot obs :DD
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On September 13 2012 02:57 TaKeTV wrote: We will play until the 3rd round of the winner bracket is finished and also the 4th round of the lower bracket
Thank you
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Was so much fun to play a tournament again ^^ I woke up at 5:30 to play and first I felt "i'm a moron for even doing this considering the fact I have to cast NASL tonight till 22:00 I'm gonna be dead just to get destroyed" :D but so happy I did, I felt in 3 out of my 4 series I played really good, just my games vs Sheth were very one sided, sheth always rolls me. Nemesis. :D But overall it was great, so happy I played, thanks for the nice words guys ^_^ you'll see me play more often, competing is fun as fuck.
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On September 13 2012 02:52 Boucot wrote: MorroW switched to Terran for HotS or is he not really decided ?
Morrow is never truly sticking to one race, i think.
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On September 13 2012 03:03 RotterdaM wrote: Was so much fun to play a tournament again ^^ I woke up at 5:30 to play and first I felt "i'm a moron for even doing this considering the fact I have to cast NASL tonight till 22:00 I'm gonna be dead just to get destroyed" :D but so happy I did, I felt in 3 out of my 4 series I played really good, just my games vs Sheth were very one sided, sheth always rolls me. Nemesis. :D But overall it was great, so happy I played, thanks for the nice words guys ^_^ you'll see me play more often, competing is fun as fuck.
I enjoyed it almost as much as you did! It was fun to watch. The only thing missing was Mr Bitter casting it! Maybe next time?
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On September 13 2012 03:08 Fragile51 wrote:Show nested quote +On September 13 2012 02:52 Boucot wrote: MorroW switched to Terran for HotS or is he not really decided ? Morrow is never truly sticking to one race, i think.
vsZ always T, and vsT/P always Z. That is what he did the last time I saw him play.
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sheth's unitcontrol constantly makes me wanna choke some kittens
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On September 13 2012 03:14 Garmer wrote: vod of this?
The VoDs will be available for all Streams, after the show on the twitch.tv pages:
twitch.tv/TaKeTV twitch.tv/TaKeTVPRO twitch.tv/TaKeTVBstream
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i just came home, hots seems to be fun (finally again in sc2 for me btw)
ty dennis <3
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Russian Federation210 Posts
forgg vs fraer is very intresting game
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On September 13 2012 03:15 Tsubbi wrote: sheth's unitcontrol constantly makes me wanna choke some kittens
He says hes been working on it xD
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On September 13 2012 03:15 Tsubbi wrote: sheth's unitcontrol constantly makes me wanna choke some kittens
You shouldn't watch ret's games either then.
For the sake of kittens.
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On September 13 2012 03:13 JoeCool wrote:Show nested quote +On September 13 2012 03:08 Fragile51 wrote:On September 13 2012 02:52 Boucot wrote: MorroW switched to Terran for HotS or is he not really decided ? Morrow is never truly sticking to one race, i think. vsZ always T, and vsT/P always Z. That is what he did the last time I saw him play. Yes on WoL I know he's doing that. But in the bracket on Liquipedia, he's Terran for this tournament.
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On September 13 2012 03:25 lannisport wrote:Show nested quote +On September 13 2012 03:15 Tsubbi wrote: sheth's unitcontrol constantly makes me wanna choke some kittens He says hes been working on it xD
i heard the same thing one year ago ^^
he really should start hotkeying eggs, makes evrything so much easier
especially with ling reinforcements, he could've cleaned up whitera's stalkers so easiliy in the particular game had they not run around helplessly from bad rallies
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On September 13 2012 03:28 Awesomeness wrote:Show nested quote +On September 13 2012 03:15 Tsubbi wrote: sheth's unitcontrol constantly makes me wanna choke some kittens You shouldn't watch ret's games either then. For the sake of kittens.
dont even get me started :D
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"OOhhh, die EIER gefallen mir echt gut ey!"
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This is a Wol tourney played on the Hots beta server.
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Haha, Idra vs Destiny.
And possibly Goody vs Cloud in LR5.
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On September 13 2012 03:40 00Visor wrote: Haha, Idra vs Destiny.
And possibly Goody vs Cloud in LR5. fuck you, srsly
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On September 13 2012 03:46 aTnClouD wrote:Show nested quote +On September 13 2012 03:40 00Visor wrote: Haha, Idra vs Destiny.
And possibly Goody vs Cloud in LR5. fuck you, srsly
hey you beat him....like once. :D
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On September 13 2012 03:46 aTnClouD wrote:Show nested quote +On September 13 2012 03:40 00Visor wrote: Haha, Idra vs Destiny.
And possibly Goody vs Cloud in LR5. fuck you, srsly
haha cloud:D
Wow Rotterdam beat Dimaga and Real. Impressive Rotti
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On September 13 2012 03:46 aTnClouD wrote:Show nested quote +On September 13 2012 03:40 00Visor wrote: Haha, Idra vs Destiny.
And possibly Goody vs Cloud in LR5. fuck you, srsly I also voted for you and goody for sitm to the win final! :D Just build some warhounds!
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Damn - missed first Goody game. Did he at least try mech?
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Reaper harass into gg.
Wallpaper 1 : 0 ClouD
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GoOdy won vs TT1 and will now face Nerchio. He has a very bad record vs Nerchio but I think he can win with the new Mech units.
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On September 13 2012 04:13 Wayne123 wrote: GoOdy won vs TT1 and will now face Nerchio. He has a very bad record vs Nerchio but I think he can win with the new Mech units.
Take said that Nerchio does not use any of the HotS units, so maybe thats goodys chance.
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Are many non-german speaking guys watching the german stream? Stream B (english) has not many wievers (~3k).
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So I've not caught many of the games today. Have people been using lots of crazy new stuff or has it mostly been WoL stuff?
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On September 13 2012 04:15 JoeCool wrote:Show nested quote +On September 13 2012 04:13 Wayne123 wrote: GoOdy won vs TT1 and will now face Nerchio. He has a very bad record vs Nerchio but I think he can win with the new Mech units. Take said that Nerchio does not use any of the HotS units, so maybe thats goodys chance. The thing about goody is not only that he plays mech but he doesn't seem to be comfortable against zerg with any non harass build. After the queen buff every build goody liked to put pressure got nerfed to the ground and he has an hard time opening against zerg. His playstyle is not mech it's unpredictable harass into mech which kinda sucks lately especially against a safe player like nerchio.
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On September 13 2012 04:18 Sp00ly wrote: So I've not caught many of the games today. Have people been using lots of crazy new stuff or has it mostly been WoL stuff?
Toss: Core every game Zerg: Swarmhost in 3/4 of the games Terran: Warhound & BHellions 3/4 games
Other units were not seen.
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On September 13 2012 04:19 Kazil wrote:Show nested quote +On September 13 2012 04:18 Sp00ly wrote: So I've not caught many of the games today. Have people been using lots of crazy new stuff or has it mostly been WoL stuff? Toss: Core every game Zerg: Swarmhost in 3/4 of the games Terran: Warhound & BHellions 3/4 games Other units were not seen.
Ah thanks. No viper use then?
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On September 13 2012 04:23 Sp00ly wrote:Show nested quote +On September 13 2012 04:19 Kazil wrote:On September 13 2012 04:18 Sp00ly wrote: So I've not caught many of the games today. Have people been using lots of crazy new stuff or has it mostly been WoL stuff? Toss: Core every game Zerg: Swarmhost in 3/4 of the games Terran: Warhound & BHellions 3/4 games Other units were not seen. Ah thanks. No viper use then?
Not yet.
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So it seems massing swarmhost is not the most effective way to use it.
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On September 13 2012 04:16 Dingodile wrote: Are many non-german speaking guys watching the german stream? Stream B (english) has not many wievers (~3k). Yeah, I watch the German stream, reminds me of the days watching Korean BW without understanding a word. I don't care much about caster predictions and too-early GG calls anyway.
"Storm storm! Mein Gott!" Reminds me of a Herzog/Kinski movie.
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Tempest range is pretty sick.
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Look at them Tempest tickling away. :3
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Ra is playing amazing holy balls.
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hehe, white ra is bringing the tempest back... it never went away but...still
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I wonder if those Tempests genuinely worked or was White-Ra so far ahead that it didn't matter.
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Well the tempest seems to be more useful than carriers were.
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i think its the latter dimaga didnt make broodlords for so long
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Classy Idra. Runs for the hills as soon as he feels like it. Hope tournament organisers will use their head next time they invite him.
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On September 13 2012 05:04 JustPassingBy wrote: Classy Idra. Runs for the hills as soon as he feels like it. Hope tournament organisers will use their head next time they invite him.
Maybe he didn't know about the loser bracket.
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On September 13 2012 05:00 pmp10 wrote: I wonder if those Tempests genuinely worked or was White-Ra so far ahead that it didn't matter.
I think they were genuinely showing some potential there. You could see how difficult it was for Dimaga to get rid of them. The only thing he could really make to try and kill them was Corruptors, but with HT and Archon support the Corruptors just melt when they try to engage and then his Brood Lords are sitting ducks.
Usually to kill Brood Lords the Protoss will have to move their ground army into close range, getting stuck on Broodlings and Fungal Growth in the process, they are hard to reach. When there are enough Brood Lords a Vortex is the only real hope because you just aren't getting close to them. The Tempests kind of reversed the situation. White-Ra could just sit there pounding on the Broods and it was up to Dimaga to push through the Storms and Archon AoE.
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So is this over? Just asking because stream is still on.
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On September 13 2012 05:15 JoeCool wrote: So is this over? Just asking because stream is still on.
yeah it is
continues tomorrow ~16;00
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On September 13 2012 05:08 Musicus wrote:Show nested quote +On September 13 2012 05:04 JustPassingBy wrote: Classy Idra. Runs for the hills as soon as he feels like it. Hope tournament organisers will use their head next time they invite him. Maybe he didn't know about the loser bracket.
are you serious?
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forGG will win this
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The schedule now says 14:00
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Take said something like 14:00 there will be a Showmatch and at 16:00 the Cup starts
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On September 13 2012 05:37 IPS.Mardow. wrote:forGG will win this hope and think so.
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So maybe we will see Cloud vs Goody HotS 1.0 :=
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On September 13 2012 20:21 Tarotis wrote: So maybe we will see Cloud vs Goody HotS 1.0 := What does it mean for HotS design if Cloud wins? o.O
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Goody went out to Nerchio. Got 2-0 in the losers bracket.
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Quick question in general:
I'm looking at the bracket ( http://challonge.com/nvidiacup ), specifically the 1st round, and some people are winning with 1-0s and others are winning with 2-0s or 2-1s. (For example, Sheth and BratOK apparently won just one game and moved on, whereas many others needed to win 2 games to do so.) Can someone please explain how some players are progressing after only one game is being played, while it appears that others have to play a full best of 3? I can't find any particular rules or exceptions that clarify this for me.
Thanks in advance
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On September 13 2012 21:17 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:Quick question in general: I'm looking at the bracket ( http://challonge.com/nvidiacup ), specifically the 1st round, and some people are winning with 1-0s and others are winning with 2-0s or 2-1s. (For example, Sheth and BratOK apparently won just one game and moved on, whereas many others needed to win 2 games to do so.) Can someone please explain how some players are progressing after only one game is being played, while it appears that others have to play a full best of 3? I can't find any particular rules or exceptions that clarify this for me. Thanks in advance
might be walkovers. For example Bling was 1h late, therefore Sheth did receive a WO.
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Y0su will be casting in English again at http://www.twitch.tv/taketvbstream when the tournament resumes in about 1h from now, feel free to leave any feedback for him here.
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On September 13 2012 05:28 Godwrath wrote:Show nested quote +On September 13 2012 05:08 Musicus wrote:On September 13 2012 05:04 JustPassingBy wrote: Classy Idra. Runs for the hills as soon as he feels like it. Hope tournament organisers will use their head next time they invite him. Maybe he didn't know about the loser bracket. are you serious?
Any further information? Is Idra going to play vs Destiny or will Destiny advance via W ?
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On September 13 2012 21:58 Urbz wrote:Y0su will be casting in English again at http://www.twitch.tv/taketvbstream when the tournament resumes in about 1h from now, feel free to leave any feedback for him here.
He did great yesterday. Sometimes less is more.
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On September 13 2012 21:17 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:Quick question in general: I'm looking at the bracket ( http://challonge.com/nvidiacup ), specifically the 1st round, and some people are winning with 1-0s and others are winning with 2-0s or 2-1s. (For example, Sheth and BratOK apparently won just one game and moved on, whereas many others needed to win 2 games to do so.) Can someone please explain how some players are progressing after only one game is being played, while it appears that others have to play a full best of 3? I can't find any particular rules or exceptions that clarify this for me. Thanks in advance Yup, they're walkovers. BlinG misunderstood the time, played IPL5 qualifiers and came on an hour late, Bly had trouble installing the HotS client, couldn't get it to work and got WOed as well.
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Oh, Fraer is mrSurprise... I wondered who the guy is behind that nick ever I saw him getting owned by Dragon. :D
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Sick hold by ForGG against the immortal all in ^^
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I hope Idra shows up, I think he is quite good with the new units and really likes the viper too.
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ClouD vs Nerchio next. Kas not online and unreachable, no sign of Idra yet.
that's the current situation according to the German stream.
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balance whine incoming. swarm host for the win.
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Locusts got some serious damage output O.o
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it looked like a deadly push with those thors and helions..
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Regarding the first game of Cloud vs Nerchio, Cloud somehow made the mistake of committing to a push even though he expanded beforehand. But those swarmhosts were incredibly efficient against battlehellion + thor, considering, the army that collided were comparable in cost (zerg army was the more expensive one though).
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I doesn't look like warhounds changed anything in meching TvZ. Tank-less style still going strong.
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Hu ? what just happened to have Kas at 3 supply and Sheth at 9 ? :D
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On September 14 2012 00:36 Nouar wrote: Hu ? what just happened to have Kas at 3 supply and Sheth at 9 ? :D Sheth 6 pooled and pulled drones.
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On September 14 2012 00:37 Jono7272 wrote:Show nested quote +On September 14 2012 00:36 Nouar wrote: Hu ? what just happened to have Kas at 3 supply and Sheth at 9 ? :D Sheth 6 pooled and pulled drones.
Thank you ! I'm kinda surprised of how this is turning out, Kas looks like he might maybe, just maybe hold on a bit... since Sheth keeps losing lings killing nothing
that rax has seen it all lol.
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who is the guy pulling the fucking nazi voice every now and then?
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On September 14 2012 00:47 Zojukanji wrote: who is the guy pulling the fucking nazi voice every now and then?
NarutO
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On September 14 2012 00:47 Zojukanji wrote: who is the guy pulling the fucking nazi voice every now and then?
No nazi, voice but Naruto, SaltTheWound and Delphi are casting.
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they seem to have forgotten that they can build hots units
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What the hell is Sheth doing...
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On September 14 2012 00:49 IPS.Mardow. wrote:Show nested quote +On September 14 2012 00:47 Zojukanji wrote: who is the guy pulling the fucking nazi voice every now and then? NarutO
Thanks! This guy is driving me crazy, but I like being able to hear the game sounds
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Wow Kas. I really don't get how Sheth could have lost that game, but it really looks like he's botching it... Not finished though.
edit : ok the BL > Ultras did it since Kas had so many vikings left. I was kinda afraid for a moment ><
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I like the guy casting on the English stream. No need to embellish. Probably would be better casting in a pair, but he's a lot better than not having an English cast at all.
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Its nice that Take wants to give Idra a 2nd chance to play his match. But now they still have not played and are delaying the tournament by a lot. (if they appear they have to play at least 3 Bo3 directly after another - if they win)
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On September 14 2012 00:53 Nimic wrote: I like the guy casting on the English stream. No need to embellish. Probably would be better casting in a pair, but he's a lot better than not having an English cast at all.
Yeah, I was about to say the same, he doesn't talk too much for nothing, no fake over-excitement, just what is needed and not much more while still managing to make the things interesting, I really like it, it's relaxing
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On September 14 2012 00:47 Zojukanji wrote: who is the guy pulling the fucking nazi voice every now and then?
Didn't know there was a nazi voice, lololol.
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On September 14 2012 00:55 00Visor wrote: Its nice that Take wants to give Idra a 2nd chance to play his match. But now they still have not played and are delaying the tournament by a lot. (if they appear they have to play at least 3 Bo3 directly after another - if they win) Really... Let him rage quit, don't invite him again.
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ForGG gonna take this tournament.
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On September 14 2012 00:59 Type|NarutO wrote:Show nested quote +On September 14 2012 00:47 Zojukanji wrote: who is the guy pulling the fucking nazi voice every now and then? Didn't know there was a nazi voice, lololol.
I think the definition is "passionate german". I like.
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On September 11 2012 20:00 massivez wrote:Plz make it english
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Oh ahaha, thanks! assumed it was in german from the thread, and you know what happens when you assume...
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Sheth screwing up and losing the game. But seriously, forgg can be so nasty with his hellions. gg for forgg.
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"Triple Queen/Evo wall ? ?? Ok I'll keep up my hellion/banshee plan and win with it." T_T gratz !
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On September 14 2012 01:20 JustPassingBy wrote: Sheth screwing up and losing the game. But seriously, forgg can be so nasty with his hellions. gg for forgg.
Heh, and ling surrounds do not work well on battle hellions.
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Is it just me or does this almost look like sc2 vanilla? When TFT was released (only like 1 year after wc3 vanilla) it gave a completely new feeling to the game.
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On September 14 2012 01:28 Hider wrote: Is it just me or does this almost look like sc2 vanilla? When TFT was released (only like 1 year after wc3 vanilla) it gave a completely new feeling to the game. It is very similar as existing units were largely unchanged. New additions are quite situational.
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is it really HotS? a good 18 mins into Sheth vs forgg and theres absolutely nothing HotS except for that icy map
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On September 14 2012 01:36 Arceus wrote: is it really HotS? a good 18 mins into Sheth vs forgg and theres absolutely nothing HotS except for that icy map
forgg used battle hellions in game 1
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On September 14 2012 01:28 Hider wrote: Is it just me or does this almost look like sc2 vanilla? When TFT was released (only like 1 year after wc3 vanilla) it gave a completely new feeling to the game.
Not surprising since it will take some time for even pro players to work new units in their competitive builds. Also, TFT made huge changes to the attack/armor relationship so all the unit counters got change. Imagine if tanks were good vs immortals but immortals was good vs marines.
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Forgg has yet to drop a map. The gap is getting depressing
And what is the status of the idra game? I get that he brings lots of viewers but this looks like very special treatment. /e: ahh ok destiny is through
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On September 14 2012 01:39 vthree wrote:Show nested quote +On September 14 2012 01:28 Hider wrote: Is it just me or does this almost look like sc2 vanilla? When TFT was released (only like 1 year after wc3 vanilla) it gave a completely new feeling to the game. Not surprising since it will take some time for even pro players to work new units in their competitive builds. Also, TFT made huge changes to the attack/armor relationship so all the unit counters got change. Imagine if tanks were good vs immortals but immortals was good vs marines.
Yeh but why not rework everything that was broken about s2? Collosus, roach, mauruauder, immortal, warpgates.
So many oppurtunities. SO little done.
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On September 14 2012 01:50 pmp10 wrote:Forgg has yet to drop a map. The gap is getting depressing
I think it's awesome to see the huge skill difference between two players :D Dunno why. But wasn't it obvious ForGG would win easily? He actually was a pretty decent BW pro who has 4-1 stats against Jaedong^^
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Does anybody know what happened between IdrA and Destiny? The brackets report Destiny winning 1-0 in a Bo3, so IdrA either stopped playing after the first game or didn't show up.
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On September 14 2012 01:54 schiznak wrote: Does anybody know what happened between IdrA and Destiny? The brackets report Destiny winning 1-0 in a Bo3, so IdrA either stopped playing after the first game or didn't show up.
He rage quit yesterday, my guess is that he didn't show, and wasn't planning to show.
P.S. a lot of the pros have not been showing for loser's matches
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On September 14 2012 01:52 IPS.Mardow. wrote:Show nested quote +On September 14 2012 01:50 pmp10 wrote:Forgg has yet to drop a map. The gap is getting depressing I think it's awesome to see the huge skill difference between two players :D Dunno why. But wasn't it obvious ForGG would win easily? He actually was a pretty decent BW pro who has 4-1 stats against Jaedong^^ Might be that forgg is a favourite but he would also be one in WoL. HotS needs some novelty if not in players then at least in the match-ups.
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I recently took a look at the current TaKeTV-Stream where they are doing the NVIDIA SC2-Cup right now and I wondered, why XMG is not present. What I have seen was a very very bad copy of XMG called one.de Does anybody know, why TaKe is switching the hardware-partner? Doesn't it seem to be bad advertising when he always says, that XMG is his premium Sponsor and then he promotes another PC-/Laptop-manufacturer?
What do you think about that whole issue? Am I alone with my opinion?
btw I have to say it again: one.de are very bad copycats of XMG...
Just my 2 Cents
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On September 14 2012 01:50 Hider wrote:Show nested quote +On September 14 2012 01:39 vthree wrote:On September 14 2012 01:28 Hider wrote: Is it just me or does this almost look like sc2 vanilla? When TFT was released (only like 1 year after wc3 vanilla) it gave a completely new feeling to the game. Not surprising since it will take some time for even pro players to work new units in their competitive builds. Also, TFT made huge changes to the attack/armor relationship so all the unit counters got change. Imagine if tanks were good vs immortals but immortals was good vs marines. Yeh but why not rework everything that was broken about s2? Collosus, roach, mauruauder, immortal, warpgates. So many oppurtunities. SO little done.
So basically make a prettier version of BW as the expansion for sc2?
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destiny's creep spread is...well, let's say, he's concentrating on other things.
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On September 14 2012 02:04 virpi wrote: destiny's creep spread is...well, let's say, he's concentrating on other things. Seems to be going pretty well for him though
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On September 14 2012 01:57 stuffenson wrote: I recently took a look at the current TaKeTV-Stream where they are doing the NVIDIA SC2-Cup right now and I wondered, why XMG is not present. What I have seen was a very very bad copy of XMG called one.de Does anybody know, why TaKe is switching the hardware-partner? Doesn't it seem to be bad advertising when he always says, that XMG is his premium Sponsor and then he promotes another PC-/Laptop-manufacturer?
What do you think about that whole issue? Am I alone with my opinion?
btw I have to say it again: one.de are very bad copycats of XMG...
Just my 2 Cents
Obviously his contract with XMG allows him to also advertise with other companies and one.de just happens to have a very similar portfolio. Doesn't mean XMG won't sponsor TakeTV in the future. Furthermore one.de isn't as bad as you make them seem. Their custom-build notebooks (with Clevo barebone) are very comparable to the XMG ones.
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On September 14 2012 02:06 Darneck wrote:Show nested quote +On September 14 2012 02:04 virpi wrote: destiny's creep spread is...well, let's say, he's concentrating on other things. Seems to be going pretty well for him though yep. but whitera didn't play very well, anyway.
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On September 14 2012 02:03 vthree wrote:Show nested quote +On September 14 2012 01:50 Hider wrote:On September 14 2012 01:39 vthree wrote:On September 14 2012 01:28 Hider wrote: Is it just me or does this almost look like sc2 vanilla? When TFT was released (only like 1 year after wc3 vanilla) it gave a completely new feeling to the game. Not surprising since it will take some time for even pro players to work new units in their competitive builds. Also, TFT made huge changes to the attack/armor relationship so all the unit counters got change. Imagine if tanks were good vs immortals but immortals was good vs marines. Yeh but why not rework everything that was broken about s2? Collosus, roach, mauruauder, immortal, warpgates. So many oppurtunities. SO little done. So basically make a prettier version of BW as the expansion for sc2? I'm sure the game has a lot of problems completely unrelated to BW.
Too bad White-Ra doesn't even try to use mothership-core but supposedly he was slow to make use of warp-gates as well.
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don´t like the cast at all. pretty much biased and ecpecially arrogant ... flaming some of the people who are playing and casters with definately better gameknowledge
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On September 14 2012 02:03 vthree wrote:Show nested quote +On September 14 2012 01:50 Hider wrote:On September 14 2012 01:39 vthree wrote:On September 14 2012 01:28 Hider wrote: Is it just me or does this almost look like sc2 vanilla? When TFT was released (only like 1 year after wc3 vanilla) it gave a completely new feeling to the game. Not surprising since it will take some time for even pro players to work new units in their competitive builds. Also, TFT made huge changes to the attack/armor relationship so all the unit counters got change. Imagine if tanks were good vs immortals but immortals was good vs marines. Yeh but why not rework everything that was broken about s2? Collosus, roach, mauruauder, immortal, warpgates. So many oppurtunities. SO little done. So basically make a prettier version of BW as the expansion for sc2?
If only we were so lucky.
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On September 14 2012 02:13 saroir wrote: don´t like the cast at all. pretty much biased and ecpecially arrogant ... flaming some of the people who are playing and casters with definately better gameknowledge
LOL.
Chill, dude. It's all fun and games. You don't have to white knight other casters and make a fool out of yourself.
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the cast is absolutely fine, ofc it's not as analytical as other casts, but it's entertaining.
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Y0su needs to be a little more enthusiastic and analytical tbh. I was bored for most of the casts.
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On September 14 2012 02:22 NoDice wrote: Y0su needs to be a little more enthusiastic and analytical tbh. I was bored for most of the casts. I'm fine with it being laid back, I can do other things while I leave the stream running on the side and take a look every now and then :p
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well, i don´t have a problem if people like it.
just explainig my personal opinion and giving feedback what they could improve
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Hey, I just jumped in, is there an explanation as to why the main stream has extremely washed out colors? Is he streaming a stream? Taketvb looks better.
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Heh there goes the suggestion about making 3/4 tempests just to tickle the Brood Lords and force the engage xD
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lol @ the tempest being absolutely demolished. Protoss might be better off without HotS units
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Lovely caster. No random shouting or tryhard "iwannabethefunnyguyhere" stuff, just plain casting like it should be.
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Anyone else thought that game3 of destiny - whitera was reeaaaaaaaaally sloppy on both sides? Seemed to me zero fucks were given on from both
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ZvP is not fun in HotS. I thought Blizzard would redesign units and poorly designed units, but the units added to P makes the death balls even more necessary
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On September 14 2012 02:44 Arceus wrote: lol @ the tempest being absolutely demolished. Protoss might be better off without HotS units well i dunno, he didn't have the attack range upgrade ready which was pretty crucial. and he didn't have that many.
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On September 14 2012 02:44 Arceus wrote: lol @ the tempest being absolutely demolished. Protoss might be better off without HotS units
might have helped if whitera actually researched the tempest range upgrade.
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On September 14 2012 02:46 reapsen wrote: Anyone else thought that game3 of destiny - whitera was reeaaaaaaaaally sloppy on both sides? Seemed to me zero fucks were given on from both
Yeah I agree -- forgetting Tempest range and then vortexing something like 12 corruptors and forgetting to put in 2 archors. Oh well -- you have to figure they're still trying to figure everything out.
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On September 14 2012 02:47 HolydaKing wrote:Show nested quote +On September 14 2012 02:44 Arceus wrote: lol @ the tempest being absolutely demolished. Protoss might be better off without HotS units well i dunno, he didn't have the attack range upgrade ready which was pretty crucial. and he didn't have that many. even with 4,5 more with range, the zerg can just overrun WhiteRa with his army. And it's not like WhiteRa could produce tempest fast enough either
Yeah I agree -- forgetting Tempest range and then vortexing something like 12 corruptors and forgetting to put in 2 archors. Oh well -- you have to figure they're still trying to figure everything out. he actually tried to run archons into the vortex but Destiny blocked the way with infested terrans. pretty cool move there
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On September 14 2012 02:51 Arceus wrote:Show nested quote +On September 14 2012 02:47 HolydaKing wrote:On September 14 2012 02:44 Arceus wrote: lol @ the tempest being absolutely demolished. Protoss might be better off without HotS units well i dunno, he didn't have the attack range upgrade ready which was pretty crucial. and he didn't have that many. even with 4,5 more with range, the zerg can just overrun WhiteRa with his army. And it's not like WhiteRa could produce tempest fast enough either Show nested quote +Yeah I agree -- forgetting Tempest range and then vortexing something like 12 corruptors and forgetting to put in 2 archors. Oh well -- you have to figure they're still trying to figure everything out. he actually tried to run archons into the vortex but Destiny blocked the way with infested terrans. pretty cool move there
Oh nice -- I didn't see that
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All I ask is for just one viper. They're good units! I promise
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On September 14 2012 02:51 pak150 wrote:Show nested quote +On September 14 2012 02:46 reapsen wrote: Anyone else thought that game3 of destiny - whitera was reeaaaaaaaaally sloppy on both sides? Seemed to me zero fucks were given on from both Yeah I agree -- forgetting Tempest range and then vortexing something like 12 corruptors and forgetting to put in 2 archors. Oh well -- you have to figure they're still trying to figure everything out.
The Archons were blocked and couldn't go in.
But not single creep tumor was dropped by destiny, he had very few drones the entire game, was very late on his 4th, wasn't maxed until 17 minutes, and didn't do much except denying white-ra's 4th once.
White-ra had waaay to many drones and to few gateways and a weird army comp. Both seemed really sub-par with their macro in general in that game compared to what they usually play.
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That game was very strange. Not sure what Destiny was trying to do, but he sure didn't have units...
Edit: Fraer doing the exact same build in game 2, but Destiny is building lings this time, let's see how it goes.
Edit#2: and.... nope, no difference.
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no gg no skill. though I am very positively surprised that destiny is fighting so well in this tournament.
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On September 14 2012 02:51 Arceus wrote:Show nested quote +On September 14 2012 02:47 HolydaKing wrote:On September 14 2012 02:44 Arceus wrote: lol @ the tempest being absolutely demolished. Protoss might be better off without HotS units well i dunno, he didn't have the attack range upgrade ready which was pretty crucial. and he didn't have that many. even with 4,5 more with range, the zerg can just overrun WhiteRa with his army. And it's not like WhiteRa could produce tempest fast enough either Show nested quote +Yeah I agree -- forgetting Tempest range and then vortexing something like 12 corruptors and forgetting to put in 2 archors. Oh well -- you have to figure they're still trying to figure everything out. he actually tried to run archons into the vortex but Destiny blocked the way with infested terrans. pretty cool move there anyway, *if* he would have fighted with range and some more tempests that 12 corruptor vortex would have been great. he could have finished lots of broodlords then.
that being i feel like protoss won't get more interesting in HotS, while i already think they're the least interesting race. ^^
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Are they sure that was destiny and not idra?
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does anyone know how the price distribution is?
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And not a single viper was made that day.
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On September 14 2012 03:24 LOLItsRyann wrote: And not a single viper was made that day.
And the fans wept.
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fraer is so good, i think he will have 2nd place because terran's warhound is not balanced yet
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On September 14 2012 03:31 Dgotto wrote: fraer is so good, i think he will have 2nd place because terran's warhound is not balanced yet
Who's the guy ? Never seen him before. A betaterran ?
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On September 14 2012 02:51 Arceus wrote:Show nested quote +On September 14 2012 02:47 HolydaKing wrote:On September 14 2012 02:44 Arceus wrote: lol @ the tempest being absolutely demolished. Protoss might be better off without HotS units well i dunno, he didn't have the attack range upgrade ready which was pretty crucial. and he didn't have that many. even with 4,5 more with range, the zerg can just overrun WhiteRa with his army. And it's not like WhiteRa could produce tempest fast enough either Show nested quote +Yeah I agree -- forgetting Tempest range and then vortexing something like 12 corruptors and forgetting to put in 2 archors. Oh well -- you have to figure they're still trying to figure everything out. he actually tried to run archons into the vortex but Destiny blocked the way with infested terrans. pretty cool move there
just for info tempest range without upgrade is 10 upgrade adds 12
22 with upgrade...its not just 4.5 more range
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On September 14 2012 03:43 AlternativeEgo wrote:Show nested quote +On September 14 2012 03:38 Godwrath wrote:On September 14 2012 03:31 Dgotto wrote: fraer is so good, i think he will have 2nd place because terran's warhound is not balanced yet Who's the guy ? Never seen him before. A betaterran ? http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/Fraer
Nice, thank you. I should had checked Liquipedia first yup :d
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On September 14 2012 03:39 pepe08 wrote:Show nested quote +On September 14 2012 02:51 Arceus wrote:On September 14 2012 02:47 HolydaKing wrote:On September 14 2012 02:44 Arceus wrote: lol @ the tempest being absolutely demolished. Protoss might be better off without HotS units well i dunno, he didn't have the attack range upgrade ready which was pretty crucial. and he didn't have that many. even with 4,5 more with range, the zerg can just overrun WhiteRa with his army. And it's not like WhiteRa could produce tempest fast enough either Yeah I agree -- forgetting Tempest range and then vortexing something like 12 corruptors and forgetting to put in 2 archors. Oh well -- you have to figure they're still trying to figure everything out. he actually tried to run archons into the vortex but Destiny blocked the way with infested terrans. pretty cool move there just for info tempest range without upgrade is 10 upgrade adds 12 22 with upgrade...its not just 4.5 more range haha but he says "even with 4 or 5 more tempests with range". or at least that's what i read out of the sentence.
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I would like to say that I think that Y0su did a good job casting the BStream. Props for sure.
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Nerchio is so fucking good.
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Who's casting with Sheth? It's kind of awkward to hear the other guy say a player messed up and then Sheth say, "Actually... it's okay and this is probably what he was thinking..." Is the other caster a player?
EDIT: Mod in chat says someone named "y0su". Never heard of him before. Does he cast anything else? Didn't appear in the TL search engine.
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Welcome to sc2, where paying attention to the wrong place for two seconds can cost you a 20 minute game. Always nice to watch that... <.<
this goes both ways, I saw zerg lose long games because they did not notice the thors which were about to shred their mutas.
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Kas gives up the win to Nerchio because Kas has to go play another tournament.
Meh.
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also pretty sad there is no one using the viper yet. i have seen it a few times on streams in ZvT against mech, but that's it. the other times they were pretty useless. ah well, guess this doesn't mean they're bad.
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What? I thought Kas already won his clan war with an all-kill.. what other tournament is there more important, than this one with 12k viewers?
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i think he is competing in PokerStrategy.com League.
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On September 14 2012 04:02 Musicus wrote: What? I thoguth Kas already won his clan war with an all-kill.. what other tournament is there more important, than this one with 12k viewers? which clan war?
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On September 14 2012 04:03 JayJay_90 wrote:Show nested quote +On September 14 2012 04:02 Musicus wrote: What? I thoguth Kas already won his clan war with an all-kill.. what other tournament is there more important, than this one with 12k viewers? which clan war?
Against VirtusPro.BenQ I believe.
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On September 14 2012 04:03 WerderBremen wrote: i think he is competing in PokerStrategy.com League.
But doesn't take cover pokerstrategy too? Well whatever, Nerchio vs Fraer will be sick .
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On September 14 2012 02:03 vthree wrote:Show nested quote +On September 14 2012 01:50 Hider wrote:On September 14 2012 01:39 vthree wrote:On September 14 2012 01:28 Hider wrote: Is it just me or does this almost look like sc2 vanilla? When TFT was released (only like 1 year after wc3 vanilla) it gave a completely new feeling to the game. Not surprising since it will take some time for even pro players to work new units in their competitive builds. Also, TFT made huge changes to the attack/armor relationship so all the unit counters got change. Imagine if tanks were good vs immortals but immortals was good vs marines. Yeh but why not rework everything that was broken about s2? Collosus, roach, mauruauder, immortal, warpgates. So many oppurtunities. SO little done. So basically make a prettier version of BW as the expansion for sc2?
No rework how the units work. Doesn't have to be BW at all.
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On September 14 2012 04:09 Musicus wrote:Show nested quote +On September 14 2012 04:03 WerderBremen wrote: i think he is competing in PokerStrategy.com League. But doesn't take cover pokerstrategy too?
Only when he doesnt have something else to cast.
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On September 14 2012 04:03 WerderBremen wrote: i think he is competing in PokerStrategy.com League.
Yep, he is playing Titan shortly.
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very nice game between nerchio and fraer
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Nerchio still has a hard time losing with dignity
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I think Fraer is showcasing the best PvZ in Europe.
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On September 14 2012 04:27 AngryMag wrote: Nerchio still has a hard time losing with dignity Because i write lol after,gg :O omg this is so bm! i got no dignity
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On September 14 2012 04:28 Nerchio wrote:Show nested quote +On September 14 2012 04:27 AngryMag wrote: Nerchio still has a hard time losing with dignity Because i write lol after,gg :O omg this is so bm! i got no dignity Almost as bad as smiling after you win. Almost.
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Don't take the negative comments in this thread (and TL in general) too seriously Nerchio You are a cool nerd and going to own up WCS Europe this weekend!!
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sheth is casting on the B stream!
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Oh, Sheth casting! The guy who has casted all day is pretty good, but two is even better.
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On September 14 2012 04:31 StarVe wrote:Show nested quote +On September 14 2012 04:28 Nerchio wrote:On September 14 2012 04:27 AngryMag wrote: Nerchio still has a hard time losing with dignity Because i write lol after,gg :O omg this is so bm! i got no dignity Almost as bad as smiling after you win. Almost.
Haha oh god thanks for reminding me about people raging over Nerchio smiling after he won... those complaints were so fucking ridiculous.
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On September 14 2012 05:15 Chicane wrote:Show nested quote +On September 14 2012 04:31 StarVe wrote:On September 14 2012 04:28 Nerchio wrote:On September 14 2012 04:27 AngryMag wrote: Nerchio still has a hard time losing with dignity Because i write lol after,gg :O omg this is so bm! i got no dignity Almost as bad as smiling after you win. Almost. Haha oh god thanks for reminding me about people raging over Nerchio smiling after he won... those complaints were so fucking ridiculous.
What ? Showing feelings ? Being happy on my esports ? outrageous.
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On September 14 2012 03:55 Musicus wrote: Nerchio is so fucking good.
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I'm afraid we'll get a rather confortable 3-0 for Nerchio.
Edit: And what am I watching on TaKe's stream? :D Edit2: Well that prediction got shot down fast.
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hahahahaha that song about naruto is fking priceless
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Nerchio is so jealous of Stephano...he neither has his swag nor his play...
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Yep that was actually quiet funny lol.
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Why would you allow blue vs violet in a ZvZ?? You can't see a whole lot, just because of that.
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I guess it's too much to ask for someone to make a viper in a HotS tournament?
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On September 14 2012 05:57 butter wrote:I guess it's too much to ask for someone to make a viper in a HotS tournament?
We already saw one :DD it died immediately.
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Nerchio fighting! gl in final!
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forgg has absolutely de_stroyed everyone so far
will someone atleast manage to take a map off him in the final?
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On September 14 2012 05:07 Nimic wrote: Oh, Sheth casting! The guy who has casted all day is pretty good, but two is even better. ♥ Sheth for joining me for a series. Solo casting takes it's toll (even without providing fillers). Really glad I had a co-caster for a game! - Thanks
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y0su doing a great job ^_^;
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On September 14 2012 06:19 nkr wrote: forgg has absolutely de_stroyed everyone so far
will someone atleast manage to take a map off him in the final?
In Nerchio we believe, you should trust him. But seriously, Nerchio stop being so good, it's crazy how he adapts to his opponents and just dictates the flow of the games. Also he is not afraid of taking risks, that's what puts him and Stephano on the korean level imo, confident play.
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On September 14 2012 06:23 y0su wrote:Show nested quote +On September 14 2012 05:07 Nimic wrote: Oh, Sheth casting! The guy who has casted all day is pretty good, but two is even better. ♥ Sheth for joining me for a series. Solo casting takes it's toll (even without providing fillers). Really glad I had a co-caster for a game! - Thanks
Thanks for casting. Appreciate your efforts.
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I like that stream B gives us a behind the scenes look. It takes so much coordination just to get a game started and apparently forgg had to wait 6 hours to play game 1. And after game 1 forgg says in chat "real bad game", and nerchio responds with a "you mad?" xD Good stuff.
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On September 14 2012 06:38 lannisport wrote: I like that stream B gives us a behind the scenes look. It takes so much coordination just to get a game started and apparently forgg had to wait 6 hours to play game 1. And after game 1 forgg says in chat "real bad game", and nerchio responds with a "you mad?" xD Good stuff.
I'm sure he was hoping for a "real good game" by using hellions to roast a lot of drones, Nerchio just happened to execute a similar plan first
lol deja vu
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Phew. Looks like flawless victory is averted.
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is there any reason why so many ppl bm forgg?
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On September 14 2012 06:44 nkr wrote: is there any reason why so many ppl bm forgg?
He 3-0ed Jaedong in the Arena MSL finals. Never forget. GO NERCHIO.
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Guys, if you have facebook, please like https://www.facebook.com/one.de
They need 19 more likes and one.de will sponsor another HotS cup
edit:
Ok they reached it. There will be another HotS cup sponsored by one.de
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lol Nerchio thinks Forgg is faking it
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ForGG with some sick mindgames :D.
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This feels like strategic "bathroom" break tennis players take sometimes :D
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I'm surprised more people don't watch forGG's stream, seems to be the same bunch of fellows that watch n chat. Although he doesn't talk on cam, he does give the odd emote on chat and does sometimes interact. Plus sometimes if you request he does a certain strat on HoTS he will give it a try, e.g. going pure bio against the next terran etc.
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On September 14 2012 06:57 pak150 wrote: This feels like strategic "bathroom" break tennis players take sometimes :D
Haha yes exactly, but it's great, if your opponent is on a roll a "timeout" is super effective.
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On September 14 2012 06:57 pak150 wrote: This feels like strategic "bathroom" break tennis players Grubby takes sometimes :D fyp
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On September 14 2012 06:58 revel8 wrote: What is the score?
2:1 for nerchio
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Did forgg complain about lag during the games he won?
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On September 14 2012 06:59 Full.tilt wrote: Did forgg complain about lag during the games he won? He didn't win any :D
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On September 14 2012 06:58 Musicus wrote:2:1 for nerchio
Thanks.
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Oh shit poor Darkforce again :D
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On September 14 2012 07:00 Nerchio wrote:Show nested quote +On September 14 2012 06:59 Full.tilt wrote: Did forgg complain about lag during the games he won? He didn't win any :D
lol, but for the people who tuned in after the first game, the series started with 1:0 for ForGG since he won the winner bracket, the score is 2-1 for nerchio now.
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y0su is bming forgg; he must feel so welcome in the foreign scene :D
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haha Yosu, "alright we try again. it's gonnna be game 3 between acer.nerchio and ... oh it's against me"
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On September 14 2012 07:05 nkr wrote: y0su is bming forgg; he must feel so welcome in the foreign scene :D
I missed it, what did he write ?
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What is the format of the finals? Straight bo7 with 1-0 lead for forgg?
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On September 14 2012 07:09 rasnj wrote: What is the format of the finals? Straight bo7 with 1-0 lead for forgg? Yep !
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oh boy, how drunk are take and narruto?
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Just found out by accident that there's an english stream after all, HUGE thanks for that Take! =) Now onto some nice HotS action. Gogo Nerchio!
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forGG throwing the game like a baws.
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On September 14 2012 07:13 chocopaw wrote: Just found out by accident that there's an english stream after all, HUGE thanks for that Take! =) Now onto some nice HotS action. Gogo Nerchio!
This is a HoTS tournament??
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Those mutas completely butchered that worker line.
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Nice holds by Nerchio, was weird seeing that second big group of Hellions and 2 banshees only managing 10 drone kills compared to the first few + 1 banshee getting 7.
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On September 14 2012 07:18 lannisport wrote:Show nested quote +On September 14 2012 07:13 chocopaw wrote: Just found out by accident that there's an english stream after all, HUGE thanks for that Take! =) Now onto some nice HotS action. Gogo Nerchio! This is a HoTS tournament?? Yeah, the worker count on the hatches totally changed those games.
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On September 14 2012 07:18 lannisport wrote:Show nested quote +On September 14 2012 07:13 chocopaw wrote: Just found out by accident that there's an english stream after all, HUGE thanks for that Take! =) Now onto some nice HotS action. Gogo Nerchio! This is a HoTS tournament?? Lol you are late to the party. :D
Or do I smell sarcasm there?
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Funny to see how the occurence of HotS units decreased as the tourney progressed. Barely seen any hots units since ro8..
Guess they stick to their usual guns if money is on the line
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So... other than that they are playing in the HotS beta, what is actually making this a HotS tournament? So far I have seen one game with swarm hosts (when the game was already played anyway) and a creep tumor on a ramp. ForGG isn't even putting his hellions into battlemode.
Rather disappointing, if the HotS units are so irrelevant as to see no use in tournaments.
EDIT: let me rephrase that. If warhounds and swarmhosts are so ridiculously OP, why are they not being used now that there's money on the line?
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On September 14 2012 07:18 lannisport wrote:Show nested quote +On September 14 2012 07:13 chocopaw wrote: Just found out by accident that there's an english stream after all, HUGE thanks for that Take! =) Now onto some nice HotS action. Gogo Nerchio! This is a HoTS tournament??
I think ForGG doesn't know either, or he would use battle-helions^^
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On September 14 2012 07:21 Acrofales wrote: So... other than that they are playing in the HotS beta, what is actually making this a HotS tournament? So far I have seen one game with swarm hosts (when the game was already played anyway) and a creep tumor on a ramp. ForGG isn't even putting his hellions into battlemode.
Rather disappointing, if the HotS units are so irrelevant as to see no use in tournaments.
Maps are different?
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Nerchio blind countering again..
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On September 14 2012 07:20 reapsen wrote:Funny to see how the occurence of HotS units decreased as the tourney progressed. Barely seen any hots units since ro8.. Guess they stick to their usual guns if money is on the line Well if ForGG would have transformed his Helions to BattleHelions it would have surely helped during his last push.
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Hope I can get some jalapeños on my Nerchio cheese!
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On September 14 2012 07:21 Acrofales wrote: So... other than that they are playing in the HotS beta, what is actually making this a HotS tournament? So far I have seen one game with swarm hosts (when the game was already played anyway) and a creep tumor on a ramp. ForGG isn't even putting his hellions into battlemode.
Rather disappointing, if the HotS units are so irrelevant as to see no use in tournaments.
you can put creep tumors on ramps? props for nerchio for using the swarm host against fraer btw, tht was the last time we saw a hots unit.
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For-G-G? Always thought it was "forge"
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Remember that time when Grubby refused to play Nerchio without stream delay?
Ah well, we'll never know and don't get me wrong, mindgames, knowledge and Nerchio is damn skilled.
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On September 14 2012 07:23 Redox wrote:Show nested quote +On September 14 2012 07:20 reapsen wrote:Funny to see how the occurence of HotS units decreased as the tourney progressed. Barely seen any hots units since ro8.. Guess they stick to their usual guns if money is on the line Well if ForGG would have transformed his Helions to BattleHelions it would have surely helped during his last push.
Or wait for the thors. Or don't push at all till he gets some turrets up on his mining bases.
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Here we go again...
Maybe they should add a new rule next time, players have to use something new so people realise it's a HotS tourney
Grats Nerchio!
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Forgg just getting outmetagamed, his tears taste so good. Naruto and Nerchio have been telling him IN CHAT to scv scout and he fails to do so for the 4th game in a row and pays for it.
Forgg: "real lucky nerchio. all build win."
Is that right mr.timing attacker? *cough* Arena MSL *cough*
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Lol. 7RR twice in the series killing ForGG. Kinda sad that that works against a "top level Korean".
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I don't think Nerchio does streamcheat, but I can understand that forGG feels like he is cheating. 3 times he played cc first, gas first into reactor hellion. One time he did not. 3 times there was the exact counter, one time Nerchio didn't use it.
Thats just how it goes , but forGG could just start scouting, because he could change his build then.
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CruiseR
Poland3992 Posts
Nerchio wins a tourney again?
meh, it's getting boring
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a warhound would have been good!
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While the games are boring, hopefully if enough players keep doing stuff like this then we won't see super greedy NR15 builds anymore.
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What a waste of electrons that final was lol
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Nerchio knew what to do because ForGG did not scout. Surprise Roaches in your face = GG.
That was quite a convincing series win by Nerchio! Well done to him.
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ForGG shouldnt complain about cheese when he is knows for his all-ins himself and plays the same greedy unsafe build every game...
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On September 14 2012 07:22 Arco wrote: Nerchio blind countering again.. The overlord saw a cc first at some point, before the roach warren went down I believe, so while he was possibly going to all in in some way anyway, he was sure of what the build was from the scout.
That is 100% the GREEDIEST standard build it's possible to go in SC2. There is no greedier terran build that exists and is ever used. Doesn't matter what has happened, if it's potentially the final game in a finals, you don't go for 100% the greediest build which exists...
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On September 14 2012 07:25 r00ty wrote: Remember that time when Grubby refused to play Nerchio without stream delay?
Ah well, we'll never know and don't get me wrong, mindgames, knowledge and Nerchio is damn skilled.
He is and proved himself offline often enough, also forgg was kinda predictable. First game, he blind countered what forgg always does, second game he hoped forgg wouldn't think nerchio does it again, 3rd game he obviously had to change it up but forgg was afraid and didn't go cc first and now the finishing blow in game 4. Sick mind games imo but ofcourse also a lot of luck and lack of scouting from forgg.
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Nerchio played ForGG on his stream ( Nerchio played random ) and ForGG did not even scout in THAT situation which Nerchio pointed out multiple times, its just dumb to not scout when going for an unsafe build.
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I don't think forGG was saying he cheated, he just expressed his dissapointment that he got the short straw with the builds every game
just some bad english
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CruiseR
Poland3992 Posts
So how much did he win? Can't find the info, Liquipedia only says there's 3,2k in the pool
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On September 14 2012 07:29 CruiseR wrote: So how much did he win? Can't find the info, Liquipedia only says there's 3,2k in the pool
1. 1.300 2. 900 3. 600 4. 400
Edit: Take mentioned it on the stream.
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i guess something like 1.5k?
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On September 14 2012 07:28 Musicus wrote:Show nested quote +On September 14 2012 07:25 r00ty wrote: Remember that time when Grubby refused to play Nerchio without stream delay?
Ah well, we'll never know and don't get me wrong, mindgames, knowledge and Nerchio is damn skilled. He is and proved himself offline often enough, also forgg was kinda predictable. First game, he blind countered what forgg always does, second game he hoped forgg wouldn't think nerchio does it again, 3rd game he obviously had to change it up but forgg was afraid and didn't go cc first and now the finishing blow in game 4. Sick mind games imo but ofcourse also a lot of luck and lack of scouting from forgg. Doesn't matter how good of a player you are. People will stay cheat for a 100% chance of winning money when they have a chance to lose, small or not. This is increased when they have almost zero chance of getting caught.
Not saying Nerchio cheated, just saying that this is a bad excuse.
Also, ForGG almost always opens up with 1base Hellion/Banshee TvZ intro triple CC.
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On September 14 2012 07:27 mikedebo wrote: What a waste of electrons that final was lol
actually, no electrons were lost during that final... oO
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I am by no means a pro gamer, but that build:
- CC first with gas - directly into reactor hellion with SKIPPING the marine - no scv scout - no wall-in / (not destroying collapsable rocks)
.. uhm what kind of build is that? In my eyes thats a "rush me pls"-invitation-build.
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On September 14 2012 07:33 reapsen wrote: I am by no means a pro gamer, but that build:
- CC first with gas - directly into reactor hellion with SKIPPING the marine - no scv scout - no wall-in / (not destroying collapsable rocks)
.. uhm what kind of build is that?
Roaches dream build.
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Hasn't Nerchio done enough in offline tournaments where he couldn't have cheated to give him at least some credit that he has actual skill?
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On September 14 2012 07:28 Musicus wrote:Show nested quote +On September 14 2012 07:25 r00ty wrote: Remember that time when Grubby refused to play Nerchio without stream delay?
Ah well, we'll never know and don't get me wrong, mindgames, knowledge and Nerchio is damn skilled. He is and proved himself offline often enough, also forgg was kinda predictable. First game, he blind countered what forgg always does, second game he hoped forgg wouldn't think nerchio does it again, 3rd game he obviously had to change it up but forgg was afraid and didn't go cc first and now the finishing blow in game 4. Sick mind games imo but ofcourse also a lot of luck and lack of scouting from forgg.
Ye that's what i meant with "knowledge" and "mindgames", seriously. It's just when someone is hardcountering that often online for years it is suspicious. Nothing more, nothing less. A 5 minute delay wouldn't hurt, it's a lot of money.
gz Nerchio. Proven again to be one of the best Zergs around.
edit: ForGG should learn to scout.
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its an offer to the zerg to rush you before you get a fast and effective unit composition against everything but roaches... at least thats how i understand it ^^
and we all know the banshee is no counter to roaches according to Mondragon
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Nerchio took out ForGG 2 - 0 in IEM Cologne not too long ago aswell.
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That was an unfortunate ending but not unexpected - forgg always had a thing for early aggression and would usually win with it or die trying. The HotS unit usage was indeed rather low but I still think that it will get better with time - unfortunately in many cases a real revolutionary example will be required. Hopefully we'll get another tournament when next few patches invalidate everything learned today.
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MILLENIUM CURSE.
jk but both players had a great run,forGG was almost perfect 2-0'd everyone until the finals. I'm happy for both since they are good players but disappointed that we didn't see a lot of hots units.
A bit sad for forGG tho,he always do good but never first place,KONG.
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On September 14 2012 07:33 Lonyo wrote: Hasn't Nerchio done enough in offline tournaments where he couldn't have cheated to give him at least some credit that he has actual skill?
He has. People are right about the delay and stuff but I really wonder why this discussion always pops up with nerchio. I guess he is just too good, it was the same with Stephano before he attended every offline tournament there is.
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I am incredibly dissappointed by Take and Naruto that they openly suspect Nerchio to streamcheat in their tourney.
The only possible suspect thing was that Nerchio didnt rush in the game where ForGG didnt go CC first. There is no other possible evidence or proof. It just continues very old rumours about Nerchio cheating which were never proven.
Imho Nerchio deserves an apology here.
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Anyway thanks to Take and his crew, all the players and the casters and sponsors for an entertaining tournament.
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On September 14 2012 07:37 00Visor wrote: I am incredibly dissappointed by Take and Naruto that they openly suspect Nerchio to streamcheat in their tourney.
The only possible suspect thing was that Nerchio didnt rush in the game where ForGG didnt go CC first. There is no other possible evidence or proof. It just continues very old rumours about Nerchio cheating which were never proven.
Imho Nerchio deserves an apology here.
They did? what a farce
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On September 14 2012 07:35 pmp10 wrote: That was an unfortunate ending but not unexpected - forgg always had a thing for early aggression and would usually win with it or die trying. The HotS unit usage was indeed rather low but I still think that it will get better with time - unfortunately in many cases a real revolutionary example will be required. Hopefully we'll get another tournament when next few patches invalidate everything learned today.
I think the players are still not comfortable and don't know the exact merits and flaws of the new units so when it matters they resort to what they know in-and-out.
Still, I thought the warhound was so incredibly good it should have shown more
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On September 14 2012 07:37 00Visor wrote: I am incredibly dissappointed by Take and Naruto that they openly suspect Nerchio to streamcheat in their tourney.
The only possible suspect thing was that Nerchio didnt rush in the game where ForGG didnt go CC first. There is no other possible evidence or proof. It just continues very old rumours about Nerchio cheating which were never proven.
Imho Nerchio deserves an apology here. he has a history with accusations
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On September 14 2012 07:39 mijagi182 wrote:Show nested quote +On September 14 2012 07:37 00Visor wrote: I am incredibly dissappointed by Take and Naruto that they openly suspect Nerchio to streamcheat in their tourney.
The only possible suspect thing was that Nerchio didnt rush in the game where ForGG didnt go CC first. There is no other possible evidence or proof. It just continues very old rumours about Nerchio cheating which were never proven.
Imho Nerchio deserves an apology here. They did? what a farce
No they did not, they were only joking around, Take said they are always teasing him with that, but he was just joking. They did say that many other people still suspect him though.
Anyway, I'm out of here, but congratulations to Nerchio, ForGG, Sheth and Fraer and thanks to take and co for this great tournament!!!
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On September 14 2012 07:37 00Visor wrote: I am incredibly dissappointed by Take and Naruto that they openly suspect Nerchio to streamcheat in their tourney.
The only possible suspect thing was that Nerchio didnt rush in the game where ForGG didnt go CC first. There is no other possible evidence or proof. It just continues very old rumours about Nerchio cheating which were never proven.
Imho Nerchio deserves an apology here. Are you trying to create drama or why this post?
Naruto just explicitely wrote in this thread that he does NOT believe Nerchio streamcheats.
On September 14 2012 07:26 Type|NarutO wrote: I don't think Nerchio does streamcheat, but I can understand that forGG feels like he is cheating. 3 times he played cc first, gas first into reactor hellion. One time he did not. 3 times there was the exact counter, one time Nerchio didn't use it.
Thats just how it goes , but forGG could just start scouting, because he could change his build then.
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On September 14 2012 07:37 Musicus wrote:Show nested quote +On September 14 2012 07:33 Lonyo wrote: Hasn't Nerchio done enough in offline tournaments where he couldn't have cheated to give him at least some credit that he has actual skill? He has. People are right about the delay and stuff but I really wonder why this discussion always pops up with nerchio. I guess he is just too good, it was the same with Stephano before he attended every offline tournament there is. That's because nerchio has been suspected ever since he broke into the scene. Part of that was obviously due to his manner at the time (or lack thereof) which made him an easy suspect. Every once in a while the suspicions are reinforced by various incidents like the one today and so the story goes on.
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Solo casting is rough... Especially for 8 hours
I want to thank TakeTV for letting me do casting in English, mTwDimaga for lending a HotS account for casting, the TakeTV crew for all the work they put in to managing a second stream and finally Sheth for giving me a bit of a break by co-casting a series.
I had a blast. I know my style of casting will never please everyone (nothing will). I also definitely do need to work on other aspects of my observing and finding some way to fill space while players sit in their bases and slowly build up armies (my brain and voice are already fried without having done so!).
Anyway, it is what it is - Thanks for tuning in! :D
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Was Naruto really joking about this? Not a good point to joke about and it didnt seem like that for me.
But I take Narutos statement here.
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On September 14 2012 07:43 y0su wrote:Solo casting is rough... Especially for 8 hours I want to thank TakeTV for letting me do casting in English, mTwDimaga for lending a HotS account for casting, the TakeTV crew for all the work they put in to managing a second stream and finally Sheth for giving me a bit of a break by co-casting a series. I had a blast. I know my style of casting will never please everyone (nothing will). I also definitely do need to work on other aspects of my observing and finding some way to fill space while players sit in their bases and slowly build up armies (my brain and voice are already fried without having done so!). Anyway, it is what it is - Thanks for tuning in! :D
Thanks a lot for casting it !! And please to those of you accusing Nerchio a cheating.. stop being silly this was a fun casual tournament, don't turn it into more drama.
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Nerchio can be found quite often in streamchats of tournaments he plays in and when the people in chat realise that is the "real" Nerchio, he talks in chat as if it's a normal thing to be in there while playing. It's quite funny actually. Maybe it is? I don't know.
But to be honest it's the tournament organizers fault for not putting on enough delay. Yeah i know dishing out commercials is a pain in the ass with delay because they pop up when the game is already running and stuff like that.
Not saying he cheats or whatever, he'll roll the WCS Europe aswell. Strongest mindgame player in my opinion and the fact he plays zerg doesn't hurt either.
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This finals was just one entire mindgame, and quite frankly I loved every second of it. Me and my roommate were watching, and once that 7RR was revealed for the third time, we couldn't stop laughing. I do not believe Nerchio stream cheated though. First RR; ok, a regular cheese. Then Nerchio figured forGG wouldn't expect another 7RR and he didn't. Then obviously he had to switch it up, because even forGG wouldn't refrain from scouting the third game. After some colossal mistakes from forGG (letting those mutas decimate the minerals likes while there were idle thors in his base), he went back to his regular build, inviting Nerchio to punish this way of play again.
IMO best mindgames I've ever seen.
Also thanks for casting y0su!
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On September 14 2012 07:56 Henk wrote: This finals was just one entire mindgame, and quite frankly I loved every second of it. Me and my roommate were watching, and once that 7RR was revealed for the third time, we couldn't stop laughing. I do not believe Nerchio stream cheated though. First RR; ok, a regular cheese. Then Nerchio figured forGG wouldn't expect another 7RR and he didn't. Then obviously he had to switch it up, because even forGG wouldn't refrain from scouting the third game. After some colossal mistakes from forGG (letting those mutas decimate the minerals likes while there were idle thors in his base), he went back to his regular build, inviting Nerchio to punish this way of play again.
IMO best mindgames I've ever seen.
Also thanks for casting y0su!
Glad you enjoyed it
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final was just entertaining : ) gg
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On September 14 2012 07:37 00Visor wrote: I am incredibly dissappointed by Take and Naruto that they openly suspect Nerchio to streamcheat in their tourney.
The only possible suspect thing was that Nerchio didnt rush in the game where ForGG didnt go CC first. There is no other possible evidence or proof. It just continues very old rumours about Nerchio cheating which were never proven.
Imho Nerchio deserves an apology here.
In 3rd game when Forgg didnt go CC first he scouted main of Nerchio with scv so he decide to go hatch 15, but of course ppl will say it was blind counter
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On September 14 2012 07:37 00Visor wrote: I am incredibly dissappointed by Take and Naruto that they openly suspect Nerchio to streamcheat in their tourney.
The only possible suspect thing was that Nerchio didnt rush in the game where ForGG didnt go CC first. There is no other possible evidence or proof. It just continues very old rumours about Nerchio cheating which were never proven.
Imho Nerchio deserves an apology here.
Hey Mister,
you should stop talking bullshit. I myself didnt do that ! Yes we were doing some fun and NarutO said that it was abit "crazy" that the only game forgg didnt play cc first nerchio didnt play a early pool but first of all I didnt say that and at least we can discuss this and have our own opinion about that.
I respect nerchio as a great player and i dont think he is cheating! But still thier are points where think - wtf !??!
//Dennis
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forgg has been doing the same 2 base all in for the last 9 months or so, not hard for nerchio to BO win him, be more amazed if he didn't tbh
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Bisutopia19033 Posts
When are the last games being played?
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On September 14 2012 10:35 BisuDagger wrote: When are the last games being played?
I'd like to know this too. Looking at the brackets, it appears that there are still a few matches left to go.
(If not, can someone post those results please?)
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On September 14 2012 10:39 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:Show nested quote +On September 14 2012 10:35 BisuDagger wrote: When are the last games being played? I'd like to know this too. Looking at the brackets, it appears that there are still a few matches left to go. (If not, can someone post those results please?) Nerchio 3-1 Sheth
Grand Final:
Nerchio 4-1 fOrGG
fOrGG started with a 1-0 advantage coming from the Winner Bracket, Nerchio won all the actual games.
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On September 14 2012 11:05 StarVe wrote:Show nested quote +On September 14 2012 10:39 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:On September 14 2012 10:35 BisuDagger wrote: When are the last games being played? I'd like to know this too. Looking at the brackets, it appears that there are still a few matches left to go. (If not, can someone post those results please?) Nerchio 3-1 Sheth Grand Final: Nerchio 4-1 fOrGG fOrGG started with a 1-0 advantage coming from the Winner Bracket, Nerchio won all the actual games.
Thanks! I'm surprised Nerchio dominated fOrGG so decisively o.o Congratulations to him ^^
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Bisutopia19033 Posts
On September 14 2012 11:14 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:Show nested quote +On September 14 2012 11:05 StarVe wrote:On September 14 2012 10:39 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:On September 14 2012 10:35 BisuDagger wrote: When are the last games being played? I'd like to know this too. Looking at the brackets, it appears that there are still a few matches left to go. (If not, can someone post those results please?) Nerchio 3-1 Sheth Grand Final: Nerchio 4-1 fOrGG fOrGG started with a 1-0 advantage coming from the Winner Bracket, Nerchio won all the actual games. Thanks! I'm surprised Nerchio dominated fOrGG so decisively o.o Congratulations to him ^^ Yeah wow crazy results. forGG didnt lose a single game before Nerchio. Was it just good play or did Hots make zerg that good for Nerchio?
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On September 14 2012 11:31 BisuDagger wrote:Show nested quote +On September 14 2012 11:14 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:On September 14 2012 11:05 StarVe wrote:On September 14 2012 10:39 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:On September 14 2012 10:35 BisuDagger wrote: When are the last games being played? I'd like to know this too. Looking at the brackets, it appears that there are still a few matches left to go. (If not, can someone post those results please?) Nerchio 3-1 Sheth Grand Final: Nerchio 4-1 fOrGG fOrGG started with a 1-0 advantage coming from the Winner Bracket, Nerchio won all the actual games. Thanks! I'm surprised Nerchio dominated fOrGG so decisively o.o Congratulations to him ^^ Yeah wow crazy results. forGG didnt lose a single game before Nerchio. Was it just good play or did Hots make zerg that good for Nerchio? Not a single new unit was built in the finals. Forgg played greedy Cc first, gas before rax into hellion banshee with no scouting at all and Nerchio smashed him with one-base roach rushes. Worse than most GSL finals.
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On September 14 2012 11:49 StarVe wrote:Show nested quote +On September 14 2012 11:31 BisuDagger wrote:On September 14 2012 11:14 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:On September 14 2012 11:05 StarVe wrote:On September 14 2012 10:39 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:On September 14 2012 10:35 BisuDagger wrote: When are the last games being played? I'd like to know this too. Looking at the brackets, it appears that there are still a few matches left to go. (If not, can someone post those results please?) Nerchio 3-1 Sheth Grand Final: Nerchio 4-1 fOrGG fOrGG started with a 1-0 advantage coming from the Winner Bracket, Nerchio won all the actual games. Thanks! I'm surprised Nerchio dominated fOrGG so decisively o.o Congratulations to him ^^ Yeah wow crazy results. forGG didnt lose a single game before Nerchio. Was it just good play or did Hots make zerg that good for Nerchio? Not a single new unit was built in the finals. Forgg played greedy Cc first, gas before rax into hellion banshee with no scouting at all and Nerchio smashed him with one-base roach rushes. Worse than most GSL finals.
I didnt watch that much but I really felt people were sticking with WoL units through out the tournament... not enough time to get used to them or useless new units?
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It's understandable. When playing for money, players will stick to what is familiar to them. I'm pretty sure that even when HotS is fully released, the first few tournaments will be played with WoL units only and then gradually people will start to integrate the new ones.
Good job, Nerchio. People are too quick to call "cheating", they fail to realize that Nerchio is one of the players who gets better vs somebody the more he plays vs him. By now he knows ForGG's style pretty well and is able to hard counter him.
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On September 14 2012 15:20 Douillos wrote:Show nested quote +On September 14 2012 11:49 StarVe wrote:On September 14 2012 11:31 BisuDagger wrote:On September 14 2012 11:14 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:On September 14 2012 11:05 StarVe wrote:On September 14 2012 10:39 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:On September 14 2012 10:35 BisuDagger wrote: When are the last games being played? I'd like to know this too. Looking at the brackets, it appears that there are still a few matches left to go. (If not, can someone post those results please?) Nerchio 3-1 Sheth Grand Final: Nerchio 4-1 fOrGG fOrGG started with a 1-0 advantage coming from the Winner Bracket, Nerchio won all the actual games. Thanks! I'm surprised Nerchio dominated fOrGG so decisively o.o Congratulations to him ^^ Yeah wow crazy results. forGG didnt lose a single game before Nerchio. Was it just good play or did Hots make zerg that good for Nerchio? Not a single new unit was built in the finals. Forgg played greedy Cc first, gas before rax into hellion banshee with no scouting at all and Nerchio smashed him with one-base roach rushes. Worse than most GSL finals. I didnt watch that much but I really felt people were sticking with WoL units through out the tournament... not enough time to get used to them or useless new units?
Just needs more time I guess. I would have played with the new units personally :D.
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On September 14 2012 15:20 Douillos wrote:Show nested quote +On September 14 2012 11:49 StarVe wrote: Not a single new unit was built in the finals. Forgg played greedy Cc first, gas before rax into hellion banshee with no scouting at all and Nerchio smashed him with one-base roach rushes. Worse than most GSL finals. I didnt watch that much but I really felt people were sticking with WoL units through out the tournament... not enough time to get used to them or useless new units?
We did see a 1 base Swarm Host push in ZvP. Otherwise a lot of players stuck to builds they knew in order to win some prizes. I'll list what I can remember being used (including units that were buffed/modified) and my personal analysis on if the unit(s) need tweaking or players need more time. + Show Spoiler +This is ONLY based on my impression of the units as seen in THIS tournament - also I no longer have access to HotS so I can't do any further testing
Reaper: Used a few times in TvT. The healing aspect makes it useful vs Terrans that are unable to produce counter units quickly. Vs Protoss or Zerg Stalkers, queens and enough lings are able to kill the reapers or at least eliminate the threat of harass after healing. + Show Spoiler +suggested changes? none, having the unit be useful in one mu is probably enough Battle Hellion: Seems to be a pretty effective unit (buff). However, players were still hesitant to use them (even in situations that would have probably helped - fOrGG getting roach rushed). + Show Spoiler +suggested changes? none - players most likely just need more time to learn when/how to use the new ability Widow Mine: None used. Not sure if this is because of the Armory requirement or the cost efficiency. Probably a little of both. + Show Spoiler +suggested changes? remove armory requirement and try with a 1 supply cost Warhound: Used mainly in TvT. There were a few games of WH vs WH that felt somewhat gimmicky. The Terrans I saw chose to continue going standard WoL compositions in TvP and TvZ. I would attribute this to the lack of practice/experience with WH after the recent nerf: They should be viable in TvP but were not seen. + Show Spoiler +suggested changes? completely redesign it or just kill it. Raven/BC none seen (not many games get to this stage in WoL, none of the tournament games I witnessed did either). + Show Spoiler +
Swarm Host: Probably the most used HotS unit in the tournament. Saw mixed success but strongest in ZvP and in large groups. Hunting observers became an easy task since most Zergs also get overseers and curruptors vs Protoss. Overall the unit looked decent as both Terrans and Protoss have decent counters that are already part of the MUs and Zerg now has even more choices at Lair tech on how to spend gas. + Show Spoiler +Suggested changes? none - personally I'd like to see the unit a little easier to get (maybe roach warren+Lair instead of infestation pit or something similar - with a dps nerf) Viper: One made - died instantly. Can't really comment much on a unit that never got used. Zerg's WoL army is pretty effective already and with even more options at Lair, Zergs were delaying Hive tech a little longer. + Show Spoiler +Suggested changes? none, high tier casters will take the longest time to see use (ravens). Ultralisk (burrow charge): Unused. Ultras were made in a few games however because of the timings (tech switch after trading armies) they were basically used to clean up. Hydralik: Seen in a ZvZ only. + Show Spoiler +Suggested change? none yet, players probably need more time to try them out (although I expect siege tanks and colossi to remain as effective as ever).
Mothership Core: Saw use mostly in PvZ. Purify was somewhat useful against early roach aggression, energize was used a few times with oracles and recall was an effective spell also. + Show Spoiler + Suggested changes? none without more testing (although recall seems a bit expensive). Oracle: Used a few times in PvZ (with Phoenix follow up). Entomb has some potential but the design might need to be tweaked. I also think with more time for the meta game to develop the Oracle could be used a little to replace observers (vs SH or Cloak Banshees). This would make sky Protoss more viable if the matchups shift (vs PvT mech etc). + Show Spoiler +Suggested changes? perhaps some tweaking to entomb? otherwise could become a viable support unit. Tempest: Used twice in PvZ (both by white-ra). Both were split map scenarios vs a passive Zerg opponent (the type of game in WoL where we would see carriers). With the range upgrade (gravity sling, 150/150) they reminded me of BW guardians (with less damage but more range and AA). They did their job of slowly killing Zerg defenses from a distance. With 3/3/3 upgrades and HT storm support corruptors were not able to deal with them (Protoss won, but may have won anyway). The other game (same map, similar map split going into end game etc) gravity sling was not upgraded. Zerg was able to overwhelm the Protoss forces before a mass tempest/ht army was assembled (Zerg won, but may have won anyway). + Show Spoiler +Suggested changes? keep the carrier. At least eliminate the upgrade (tempest is expensive enough as is and is pretty weak without the range - you could compare it to siege tanks still having an upgrade but t2 vs t4 is a big change). Another other option would be to add a long range spell and give the tempest some sort of short ranged attack (...Yamato BC? yeah, bring back the carrier with some improvements).
Overall impression? It's going to take a little longer for the meta game to adjust. Honestly, to speed that up someone needs to come up with an OP build that doesn't get nerfed right away to force a change in the way the game is currently played (otherwise we'll see tournaments similar to this for a while even after HotS is released). We've had units/builds go in and out of popularity in WoL and it's really going to take a lot more for HotS changes to do the same. There's also a lot that can and should be done on the design side... Fortunately it is still a beta.
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Awesome post, y0su. Thanks!
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did nerchio play random or zerg? Where do I find the VODs?
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I would love to see NVIDIA SC2 HotS Cup II as the warhound has been removed and all the other changes that has completely transformed the way hots is played.
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