I wonder if the students would mind me watching the stream while I am examining them? During the phase when I just sit there and they write the tests it should be ok, but I should probably mute the commentary for the oral part, right?
Am I the only one thinking that Myungsik kind of looks like a KR dbag or something? But instead of stealing kids food, he steals games from fan favorites.
On January 26 2017 18:11 Poopi wrote: Am I the only one thinking that Myungsik kind of looks like a KR dbag or something? But instead of stealing kids food, he steals games from fan favorites.
On January 26 2017 18:11 Poopi wrote: Am I the only one thinking that Myungsik kind of looks like a KR dbag or something? But instead of stealing kids food, he steals games from fan favorites.
We have already established that he has a punchable face. And then earring doesn't help.
On January 26 2017 18:11 Poopi wrote: Am I the only one thinking that Myungsik kind of looks like a KR dbag or something? But instead of stealing kids food, he steals games from fan favorites.
apparently he was BM on ladder so you're not entirely wrong
On January 26 2017 18:11 Poopi wrote: Am I the only one thinking that Myungsik kind of looks like a KR dbag or something? But instead of stealing kids food, he steals games from fan favorites.
apparently he was BM on ladder so you're not entirely wrong
On January 26 2017 19:00 FueledUpAndReadyToGo wrote: So Myungsik beat Super to get here. Seeing as Super got 3-0'd by Stephano in the IEM qualifier i guess Super is not very super anymore
Also since he is playing OW the more time passes and less good he become at Sc2... he qualified some weeks ago when he had some rest of his skills but now he probably is more sloppy at sc2.
On January 26 2017 19:00 FueledUpAndReadyToGo wrote: So Myungsik beat Super to get here. Seeing as Super got 3-0'd by Stephano in the IEM qualifier i guess Super is not very super anymore
Pretty sure Super would have won those games without lag. Then again Stephano was stupid as fuck with his trolling so it's hard to say based only on the games.
Myungsik qualified by winning one PvP against a not very good Protoss. He was carried to Code S by weak qualifiers and his practice before swapping. I highly doubt he'll ever qualify for another unless he plays like he did before.
On January 26 2017 19:00 FueledUpAndReadyToGo wrote: So Myungsik beat Super to get here. Seeing as Super got 3-0'd by Stephano in the IEM qualifier i guess Super is not very super anymore
Pretty sure Super would have won those games without lag. Then again Stephano was stupid as fuck with his trolling so it's hard to say based only on the games.
Don't know if Super is that good, 3-0 is quite hard, in the same time INnoVation didn't lose a single game, despite some inusual moves (probably lag)
On January 26 2017 19:00 FueledUpAndReadyToGo wrote: So Myungsik beat Super to get here. Seeing as Super got 3-0'd by Stephano in the IEM qualifier i guess Super is not very super anymore
Pretty sure Super would have won those games without lag. Then again Stephano was stupid as fuck with his trolling so it's hard to say based only on the games.
Don't know if Super is that good, 3-0 is quite hard, in the same time INnoVation didn't lose a single game, despite some inusual moves (probably lag)
Almost all koreans lost because of the hard lag on EU. It's quite hard to infer Super level from those games.
i dont mean to bring up a whole balance discussion/this race op/this race isn't etc, I haven't even played SC2 in about half a year, but isn't PvT meant to be quite T favoured? Seems quite fair here, just Classic better
What's considered imba about it right now? Just T units slightly stronger in general?
On January 26 2017 19:42 coolprogrammingstuff wrote: i dont mean to bring up a whole balance discussion/this race op/this race isn't etc, I haven't even played SC2 in about half a year, but isn't PvT meant to be quite T favoured? Seems quite fair here, just Classic better
What's considered imba about it right now? Just T units slightly stronger in general?
On January 26 2017 19:42 coolprogrammingstuff wrote: i dont mean to bring up a whole balance discussion/this race op/this race isn't etc, I haven't even played SC2 in about half a year, but isn't PvT meant to be quite T favoured? Seems quite fair here, just Classic better
What's considered imba about it right now? Just T units slightly stronger in general?
I don't know why people thought it was T favored seeing the recent TvPs lol. Maybe because they aren't accustomed to terran winning so since Keen dared to beat the great Zest who gets 2-1ed by foreigners it's T imba in TvP?
On January 26 2017 19:42 coolprogrammingstuff wrote: i dont mean to bring up a whole balance discussion/this race op/this race isn't etc, I haven't even played SC2 in about half a year, but isn't PvT meant to be quite T favoured? Seems quite fair here, just Classic better
What's considered imba about it right now? Just T units slightly stronger in general?
On January 26 2017 19:42 coolprogrammingstuff wrote: i dont mean to bring up a whole balance discussion/this race op/this race isn't etc, I haven't even played SC2 in about half a year, but isn't PvT meant to be quite T favoured? Seems quite fair here, just Classic better
What's considered imba about it right now? Just T units slightly stronger in general?
I don't know why people thought it was T favored seeing the recent TvPs lol. Maybe because they aren't accustomed to terran winning so since Keen dared to beat the great Zest who gets 2-1ed by foreigners it's T imba in TvP?
On January 26 2017 19:42 coolprogrammingstuff wrote: i dont mean to bring up a whole balance discussion/this race op/this race isn't etc, I haven't even played SC2 in about half a year, but isn't PvT meant to be quite T favoured? Seems quite fair here, just Classic better
What's considered imba about it right now? Just T units slightly stronger in general?
I don't know why people thought it was T favored seeing the recent TvPs lol. Maybe because they aren't accustomed to terran winning so since Keen dared to beat the great Zest who gets 2-1ed by foreigners it's T imba in TvP?
Either that or they've seen the 60-40 ratio, one of those two really.
That being said I've now officially seen a protoss win with three bases on Echo so that's nice o/
On January 26 2017 19:42 coolprogrammingstuff wrote: i dont mean to bring up a whole balance discussion/this race op/this race isn't etc, I haven't even played SC2 in about half a year, but isn't PvT meant to be quite T favoured? Seems quite fair here, just Classic better
What's considered imba about it right now? Just T units slightly stronger in general?
I don't know why people thought it was T favored seeing the recent TvPs lol. Maybe because they aren't accustomed to terran winning so since Keen dared to beat the great Zest who gets 2-1ed by foreigners it's T imba in TvP?
maybe because Terran has 58% winrate in TvP
yeah, I think that's it
There are still people making balance conclusions from MU winrates? I thought only Blizzard did this :o.
On January 26 2017 19:42 coolprogrammingstuff wrote: i dont mean to bring up a whole balance discussion/this race op/this race isn't etc, I haven't even played SC2 in about half a year, but isn't PvT meant to be quite T favoured? Seems quite fair here, just Classic better
What's considered imba about it right now? Just T units slightly stronger in general?
I don't know why people thought it was T favored seeing the recent TvPs lol. Maybe because they aren't accustomed to terran winning so since Keen dared to beat the great Zest who gets 2-1ed by foreigners it's T imba in TvP?
Either that or they've seen the 60-40 ratio, one of those two really.
That being said I've now officially seen a protoss win with three bases on Echo so that's nice o/
On January 26 2017 19:42 coolprogrammingstuff wrote: i dont mean to bring up a whole balance discussion/this race op/this race isn't etc, I haven't even played SC2 in about half a year, but isn't PvT meant to be quite T favoured? Seems quite fair here, just Classic better
What's considered imba about it right now? Just T units slightly stronger in general?
I don't know why people thought it was T favored seeing the recent TvPs lol. Maybe because they aren't accustomed to terran winning so since Keen dared to beat the great Zest who gets 2-1ed by foreigners it's T imba in TvP?
maybe because Terran has 58% winrate in TvP
yeah, I think that's it
There are still people making balance conclusions from MU winrates? I thought only Blizzard did this :o.
Bet that there's a TvT final unless the best terrans eliminate each other earlier, you're in?
On January 26 2017 19:42 coolprogrammingstuff wrote: i dont mean to bring up a whole balance discussion/this race op/this race isn't etc, I haven't even played SC2 in about half a year, but isn't PvT meant to be quite T favoured? Seems quite fair here, just Classic better
What's considered imba about it right now? Just T units slightly stronger in general?
I don't know why people thought it was T favored seeing the recent TvPs lol. Maybe because they aren't accustomed to terran winning so since Keen dared to beat the great Zest who gets 2-1ed by foreigners it's T imba in TvP?
maybe because Terran has 58% winrate in TvP
yeah, I think that's it
There are still people making balance conclusions from MU winrates? I thought only Blizzard did this :o.
also watching almost every tournament(foreign or korean) helps a lot
On January 26 2017 19:42 coolprogrammingstuff wrote: i dont mean to bring up a whole balance discussion/this race op/this race isn't etc, I haven't even played SC2 in about half a year, but isn't PvT meant to be quite T favoured? Seems quite fair here, just Classic better
What's considered imba about it right now? Just T units slightly stronger in general?
I don't know why people thought it was T favored seeing the recent TvPs lol. Maybe because they aren't accustomed to terran winning so since Keen dared to beat the great Zest who gets 2-1ed by foreigners it's T imba in TvP?
Either that or they've seen the 60-40 ratio, one of those two really.
That being said I've now officially seen a protoss win with three bases on Echo so that's nice o/
On January 26 2017 19:42 coolprogrammingstuff wrote: i dont mean to bring up a whole balance discussion/this race op/this race isn't etc, I haven't even played SC2 in about half a year, but isn't PvT meant to be quite T favoured? Seems quite fair here, just Classic better
What's considered imba about it right now? Just T units slightly stronger in general?
I don't know why people thought it was T favored seeing the recent TvPs lol. Maybe because they aren't accustomed to terran winning so since Keen dared to beat the great Zest who gets 2-1ed by foreigners it's T imba in TvP?
maybe because Terran has 58% winrate in TvP
yeah, I think that's it
There are still people making balance conclusions from MU winrates? I thought only Blizzard did this :o.
There are very few points in the history of the game where a winrate was this bad.
Also Blizzard doesn't do that. Remember when they nerfed adepts because they were problematic? The winrates were even back then.
On January 26 2017 19:42 coolprogrammingstuff wrote: i dont mean to bring up a whole balance discussion/this race op/this race isn't etc, I haven't even played SC2 in about half a year, but isn't PvT meant to be quite T favoured? Seems quite fair here, just Classic better
What's considered imba about it right now? Just T units slightly stronger in general?
I don't know why people thought it was T favored seeing the recent TvPs lol. Maybe because they aren't accustomed to terran winning so since Keen dared to beat the great Zest who gets 2-1ed by foreigners it's T imba in TvP?
maybe because Terran has 58% winrate in TvP
yeah, I think that's it
There are still people making balance conclusions from MU winrates? I thought only Blizzard did this :o.
There are very few points in the history of the game where a winrate was this bad.
Also Blizzard doesn't do that. Remember when they nerfed adepts because they were problematic? The winrates were even back then.
On January 26 2017 19:42 coolprogrammingstuff wrote: i dont mean to bring up a whole balance discussion/this race op/this race isn't etc, I haven't even played SC2 in about half a year, but isn't PvT meant to be quite T favoured? Seems quite fair here, just Classic better
What's considered imba about it right now? Just T units slightly stronger in general?
I don't know why people thought it was T favored seeing the recent TvPs lol. Maybe because they aren't accustomed to terran winning so since Keen dared to beat the great Zest who gets 2-1ed by foreigners it's T imba in TvP?
maybe because Terran has 58% winrate in TvP
yeah, I think that's it
There are still people making balance conclusions from MU winrates? I thought only Blizzard did this :o.
Bet that there's a TvT final unless the best terrans eliminate each other earlier, you're in?
Wouldn't prove anything xD. Plus your condition invalidates the bet : "bet that there's a TvT final unless there isn't lololol"
On January 26 2017 19:42 coolprogrammingstuff wrote: i dont mean to bring up a whole balance discussion/this race op/this race isn't etc, I haven't even played SC2 in about half a year, but isn't PvT meant to be quite T favoured? Seems quite fair here, just Classic better
What's considered imba about it right now? Just T units slightly stronger in general?
I don't know why people thought it was T favored seeing the recent TvPs lol. Maybe because they aren't accustomed to terran winning so since Keen dared to beat the great Zest who gets 2-1ed by foreigners it's T imba in TvP?
maybe because Terran has 58% winrate in TvP
yeah, I think that's it
There are still people making balance conclusions from MU winrates? I thought only Blizzard did this :o.
There are very few points in the history of the game where a winrate was this bad.
Also Blizzard doesn't do that. Remember when they nerfed adepts because they were problematic? The winrates were even back then.
Now now, don't get all reasonable with your facts and stuff. Alternative facts is where it's at these days.
On January 26 2017 19:42 coolprogrammingstuff wrote: i dont mean to bring up a whole balance discussion/this race op/this race isn't etc, I haven't even played SC2 in about half a year, but isn't PvT meant to be quite T favoured? Seems quite fair here, just Classic better
What's considered imba about it right now? Just T units slightly stronger in general?
I don't know why people thought it was T favored seeing the recent TvPs lol. Maybe because they aren't accustomed to terran winning so since Keen dared to beat the great Zest who gets 2-1ed by foreigners it's T imba in TvP?
maybe because Terran has 58% winrate in TvP
yeah, I think that's it
There are still people making balance conclusions from MU winrates? I thought only Blizzard did this :o.
Bet that there's a TvT final unless the best terrans eliminate each other earlier, you're in?
Wouldn't prove anything xD. Plus your condition invalidates the bet : "bet that there's a TvT final unless there isn't lololol"
Not really, his condition is "If Maru, TY and Innovation don't eliminate each other, the GSL finals are a TvT." so you can still bet on Dark and stuff.
On January 26 2017 19:42 coolprogrammingstuff wrote: i dont mean to bring up a whole balance discussion/this race op/this race isn't etc, I haven't even played SC2 in about half a year, but isn't PvT meant to be quite T favoured? Seems quite fair here, just Classic better
What's considered imba about it right now? Just T units slightly stronger in general?
I don't know why people thought it was T favored seeing the recent TvPs lol. Maybe because they aren't accustomed to terran winning so since Keen dared to beat the great Zest who gets 2-1ed by foreigners it's T imba in TvP?
maybe because Terran has 58% winrate in TvP
yeah, I think that's it
There are still people making balance conclusions from MU winrates? I thought only Blizzard did this :o.
Bet that there's a TvT final unless the best terrans eliminate each other earlier, you're in?
Wouldn't prove anything xD. Plus your condition invalidates the bet : "bet that there's a TvT final unless there isn't lololol"
Your reluctance to accept the bet was what I wanted to display. So thanks.
On January 26 2017 19:58 FueledUpAndReadyToGo wrote: was the drone transfer too late? didnt see the spawning pool timing but the spines needed to be up earlier
Seemed to me like they arrived right about when the hatch finished
On January 26 2017 19:42 coolprogrammingstuff wrote: i dont mean to bring up a whole balance discussion/this race op/this race isn't etc, I haven't even played SC2 in about half a year, but isn't PvT meant to be quite T favoured? Seems quite fair here, just Classic better
What's considered imba about it right now? Just T units slightly stronger in general?
I don't know why people thought it was T favored seeing the recent TvPs lol. Maybe because they aren't accustomed to terran winning so since Keen dared to beat the great Zest who gets 2-1ed by foreigners it's T imba in TvP?
maybe because Terran has 58% winrate in TvP
yeah, I think that's it
There are still people making balance conclusions from MU winrates? I thought only Blizzard did this :o.
Bet that there's a TvT final unless the best terrans eliminate each other earlier, you're in?
Wouldn't prove anything xD. Plus your condition invalidates the bet : "bet that there's a TvT final unless there isn't lololol"
Your reluctance to accept the bet was what I wanted to display. So thanks.
On January 26 2017 19:58 FueledUpAndReadyToGo wrote: was the drone transfer too late? didnt see the spawning pool timing but the spines needed to be up earlier
Seemed to me like they arrived right about when the hatch finished
hmm so it was pretty much doomed when he scouted it then i guess
On January 26 2017 19:58 FueledUpAndReadyToGo wrote: was the drone transfer too late? didnt see the spawning pool timing but the spines needed to be up earlier
Seemed to me like they arrived right about when the hatch finished
i believe they were slightly late but the cannons were already going up anyways
On January 26 2017 19:42 coolprogrammingstuff wrote: i dont mean to bring up a whole balance discussion/this race op/this race isn't etc, I haven't even played SC2 in about half a year, but isn't PvT meant to be quite T favoured? Seems quite fair here, just Classic better
What's considered imba about it right now? Just T units slightly stronger in general?
I don't know why people thought it was T favored seeing the recent TvPs lol. Maybe because they aren't accustomed to terran winning so since Keen dared to beat the great Zest who gets 2-1ed by foreigners it's T imba in TvP?
maybe because Terran has 58% winrate in TvP
yeah, I think that's it
There are still people making balance conclusions from MU winrates? I thought only Blizzard did this :o.
Bet that there's a TvT final unless the best terrans eliminate each other earlier, you're in?
Wouldn't prove anything xD. Plus your condition invalidates the bet : "bet that there's a TvT final unless there isn't lololol"
Your reluctance to accept the bet was what I wanted to display. So thanks.
So I am looking in a while and they are still awfully off in the game? I mean - c'mon, Classic kill the hatch, but it cost him SO MANY ZEALOTS!!! How could they miss it? (Or forget)
Ya I wasn't paying attention at the beginning of the game and when I tuned in there was already 2 adepts and she had no lings at all. That's just a poor choice of build is all, she played well from there on out but its basically impossible to win from that position vs a player like Classic
aLive looking to keep up what he started last year. Look like a god online leading up to his GSL group, then drop dead immediately. Then when GSL comes back around look good again only to repeat.
On January 26 2017 20:41 StabiloBoss20 wrote: 23.600 viewers... dont know when GSL last time reached those numbers.
First day of this Code S I'm pretty sure.
Yeah day 1 did very well for the first group. Scarlett bringing the hype for this group too. Regardless seems like it could be a good trend for GSL viewers as it will just be more hyped.
On January 26 2017 20:55 killerm12 wrote: aLive what the hell happened to you today?
so disappointing so far
I'll be honest, I haven't watched pro SC2 apart from few Zerg games in the past 2 months, but aLive always was mediocre. Whenever he made a spike in his play, that would last for less than a month, so I am not sure why are people so surprised.
On January 26 2017 20:59 Keeemy wrote: I actually LB'd Alive over Scarlett. Kill me, roast me, do whatever, my life is already over.
LOL and I was surprised when people were talking how they want to see aLive against Scarlett, because I thought that aLive probably won't beat Overwatch player.
Soon after describing Stegosaurus, Othniel Charles Marsh noted a large canal in the hip region of the spinal cord, which could have accommodated a structure up to 20 times larger than the famously small brain. This has led to the famous idea that dinosaurs like Stegosaurus had a "second brain" in the tail, which may have been responsible for controlling reflexes in the rear portion of the body. It has also been suggested that this "brain" might have given a Stegosaurus a temporary boost when it was under threat from predators. More recently, studies have shown that the cavity did not contain nervous tissue.
Soon after describing Stegosaurus, Othniel Charles Marsh noted a large canal in the hip region of the spinal cord, which could have accommodated a structure up to 20 times larger than the famously small brain. This has led to the famous idea that dinosaurs like Stegosaurus had a "second brain" in the tail, which may have been responsible for controlling reflexes in the rear portion of the body. It has also been suggested that this "brain" might have given a Stegosaurus a temporary boost when it was under threat from predators. More recently, studies have shown that the cavity did not contain nervous tissue.
But hey, they were talking about a Brontosaurus, and since those have only existed in stamps, who knows what their anatomy is like?
Soon after describing Stegosaurus, Othniel Charles Marsh noted a large canal in the hip region of the spinal cord, which could have accommodated a structure up to 20 times larger than the famously small brain. This has led to the famous idea that dinosaurs like Stegosaurus had a "second brain" in the tail, which may have been responsible for controlling reflexes in the rear portion of the body. It has also been suggested that this "brain" might have given a Stegosaurus a temporary boost when it was under threat from predators. More recently, studies have shown that the cavity did not contain nervous tissue.
But hey, they were talking about a Brontosaurus, and since those have only existed in stamps, who knows what their anatomy is like?
Hehe, noticed that too. But to be fair I believe Artosis said Stegosaurus the second time he mentioned the second brain
that was so weird of a fight to take from alive, he saw burrowed infestors and didnt slowly pre-split his army at all when he pushed the middle base :O
This reminded me of HOTS ZvT so fucking much. Scarlett just massing Mutalisks and using Lings and Banes to defend, while aLive was massing Marines and Mines and after a huge lead attacked... for no reason? He even saw Infestors, didn't scan, and ate a ton of Fungals.
Hilariously sloppy game, at least it was back and forth.
God I'm nervous. They're both playing really sloppy so either could win. I still can't believe she tried to push before the brood lords got there. No corruptors with it either... Idk
Horrible decisions from Scarlett, really bad engagements.
It reminds me of WoL TvT, where one Terran engages opponent Siege Tank line and get wiped, and then opponent is like "MY TURN!" and run to that Terran's Siege Tank line and get wiped as well, and then they take turns on who can have the worse engagement and finally lose the game.
On January 26 2017 22:11 Ramiz1989 wrote: Horrible decisions from Scarlett, really bad engagements.
It reminds me of WoL TvT, where one Terran engages opponent Siege Tank line and get wiped, and then opponent is like "MY TURN!" and run to that Terran's Siege Tank line and get wiped as well, and then they take turns on who can have the worse engagement and finally lose the game.
Alright, I want ling/infestor into BLs now. Wings of Liberty is really back in style nowadays with double forge/blink colossus in PvT and BL/infestor ZvT. Back to the roots!
On January 26 2017 22:12 JackONeill wrote: wow 35k viewers???
This game was awesome. It reallly proves that alive is still an extremely competent terran. His drop play completely donald trumped this game
Uh? I mean, what every Diamond level Terran should've done against Roaches and Ravagers.
I think you underestimate the drone and queen focuses that made his drops really efficient, and the multitasking that required
Yes, I underestimate it because it wasn't what costed Scarlett the game, but her horrible engagement after engagement with enormous army superiority. I thought "there is no possible way that she can throw this, right?" and yet she proved me wrong.
I really don't get why pro terrans aren't doing more hellbat pushes. Most zergs go 3 hatches => double upgrade => T2, with nothing but lings and queens
On January 26 2017 22:18 JackONeill wrote: I really don't get why pro terrans aren't doing more hellbat pushes. Most zergs go 3 hatches => double upgrade => T2, with nothing but lings and queens
On January 26 2017 22:18 JackONeill wrote: I really don't get why pro terrans aren't doing more hellbat pushes. Most zergs go 3 hatches => double upgrade => T2, with nothing but lings and queens
On January 26 2017 22:18 JackONeill wrote: I really don't get why pro terrans aren't doing more hellbat pushes. Most zergs go 3 hatches => double upgrade => T2, with nothing but lings and queens
On January 26 2017 22:25 Hider wrote: Alive actually played well in the last game.
Well to be honest he played good in the second game as well, but he was behind the whole game and manage to take advantage of Scarlett's bad engagements.
Delayed banelings so much.... you can't sit on 5-10 banelings when there's a maxed out terran sitting at your door. A few less mutas and more banes would've made the difference.
On January 26 2017 22:26 Morbidius wrote: Scarlett had plenty of chances to take this series, Alive deserved this win and no balance whining will change that.
It's so sad because I know she has it in her to do it. She was so close I just don't know what needs to click in order to be clutch enough. One game away from out in first to out of GSL
dont know seems this zerg player only practices muta ling bling and maybe infestor, then he proceeds to take the worst engagements possible. should sac base and wait for infestors, seems like with burrowed festors he can easily make good fungals.
i mean if someone told me in WoL that infestors could be invisible and cast fungal...lol.
On January 26 2017 22:29 SetGuitarsToKill wrote: It's so sad because I know she has it in her to do it. She was so close I just don't know what needs to click in order to be clutch enough. One game away from out in first to out of GSL
She's always had a tendency to throw, and today was no different.
On January 26 2017 22:30 shadymmj wrote: dont know seems this zerg player only practices muta ling bling and maybe infestor, then he proceeds to take the worst engagements possible. should sac base and wait for infestors, seems like with burrowed festors he can easily make good fungals.
i mean if someone told me in WoL that infestors could be invisible and cast fungal...lol.
except infestors had a chain of massive nerfs form WoL to LotV, burrow infestors very rarely see play or win games
On January 26 2017 22:31 Musicus wrote: aLive is pretty good at interviews, very calm and collected, but confident, he doesn't look at the ground at least :D
On January 26 2017 22:24 Nerchio wrote: I don't want to imagine what would happen if it was byun or innovation
This!
Scarlett was too cocky (or just confident) saying that she was 70% against Byun and INno... even a non-shining aLive took here out..
i mean, when she wins about 70% of her training games against inno or byun, why should she not be confident to win? it's a fact after all, unlike huk's infamous top 3 control being confident =/= saying she'll win for sure, i dunno why people dont get this and keep mocking her for that
On January 26 2017 22:31 Musicus wrote: aLive is pretty good at interviews, very calm and collected, but confident, he doesn't look at the ground at least :D
He's been interviewed enough times in his career I guess. He's been doing this for a long ass time.
On January 26 2017 22:29 SetGuitarsToKill wrote: It's so sad because I know she has it in her to do it. She was so close I just don't know what needs to click in order to be clutch enough. One game away from out in first to out of GSL
Better decision making is everything she needs. That's usually the thing that make a difference between top tier Zergs and mediocre ones.
I don't know why people are saying being overconfident was her downfall. It's a good thing to be confident in yourself, and she didn't play overconfident (she didn't sound overconfident at all either)
On January 26 2017 22:29 SetGuitarsToKill wrote: It's so sad because I know she has it in her to do it. She was so close I just don't know what needs to click in order to be clutch enough. One game away from out in first to out of GSL
Better decision making is everything she needs. That's usually the thing that make a difference between top tier Zergs and mediocre ones.
But she has good decision making a lot of the time! I guess it's just pressure but I keep hoping she gets past that but sometimes even when the game starts good everything falls apart
On January 26 2017 22:31 Musicus wrote: aLive is pretty good at interviews, very calm and collected, but confident, he doesn't look at the ground at least :D
he looks at GyuRi even
Peoples' champion confirmed.
On January 26 2017 22:34 Yiome wrote: Training game/ladder is not necessary accurate indicator for real tournament A lesson a lot of Chinese players practicing on KR ladder still learning
Better CN players get, better opportunities for SC to keep growing!
Also suuuuper sad Scarlett' didn't make it, but that's the way the cookie crumbles.
She proved that she is at the same level of an average code S player,it is a good accomplishment. I would still love to see Nerchio/Snute/Neeb and ShowTime in code S,but they are probably not planning to fly to Korea anytime soon
On January 26 2017 22:38 IntoTheheart wrote: There's also no real way to predict how they'll play tomorrow though. She knows Innovation a lot better than she knows aLive.
aLive plays a lot of ladder too though, so I'd think she has met him quite often.
On January 26 2017 22:40 raff100 wrote: She proved that she is at the same level of an average code S player,it is a good accomplishment. I would still love to see Nerchio/Snute/Neeb and ShowTime in code S,but they are probably not planning to fly to Korea anytime soon
That.....that was not "average" Code S my friend. That group was Classic and 3 Code B scrubs.
Sad to see Scarlett not advance. Were her games any good?
Her vs aLive was excellent in the first two games. Lots of back-and-forth. Third game she played well but was just slightly behind on macro and positioning and aLIve overwhelmed her.
vs Myungsik was a train wreck. Even if you're a Scarlett fan I wouldn't recommend,
On January 26 2017 22:38 geokilla wrote: Sad to see Scarlett not advance. Were her games any good?
Yes until her last two vs aLive
Only you would have this poor man watch her games vs Myungsik in good conscience.
Well she played well in those games, just Myungsik played like shit. I thought he was asking about how she looked not how the actual games were but I guess I misread
There's also no real way to predict how they'll play tomorrow though. She knows Innovation a lot better than she knows aLive.
But aLive did absolutely nothing crazy, or even slightly out of the ordinary. He played by reading straight out of the Terran Textbook, and beat Scarlett with slightly superior macro/micro/positioning.
On January 26 2017 22:40 raff100 wrote: She proved that she is at the same level of an average code S player,it is a good accomplishment. I would still love to see Nerchio/Snute/Neeb and ShowTime in code S,but they are probably not planning to fly to Korea anytime soon
That.....that was not "average" Code S my friend. That group was Classic and 3 Code B scrubs.
wow, you'd put a foreigner on par with two koreans?!? man, you're generous. isn't there like an unclosable skill gap?
On January 26 2017 22:40 raff100 wrote: She proved that she is at the same level of an average code S player,it is a good accomplishment. I would still love to see Nerchio/Snute/Neeb and ShowTime in code S,but they are probably not planning to fly to Korea anytime soon
That.....that was not "average" Code S my friend. That group was Classic and 3 Code B scrubs.
You are exaggerating but yeah, their level definitely wasn't average Code S.
On January 26 2017 22:40 raff100 wrote: She proved that she is at the same level of an average code S player,it is a good accomplishment. I would still love to see Nerchio/Snute/Neeb and ShowTime in code S,but they are probably not planning to fly to Korea anytime soon
That.....that was not "average" Code S my friend. That group was Classic and 3 Code B scrubs.
Code S is not the same tournament it was 2 years ago,the current level is way lower than it used to be.So I think that Scarlett is average compared to the average Korean player attending this tournament
That.....that was not "average" Code S my friend. That group was Classic and 3 Code B scrubs.
Needlessly harsh. Classic was the best, ofc, and Myungsik was....not, but aLive and Scarlett both played quite well. Obviously, their games weren't INnoVation vs Dark level, but they were definitely worthy of Code S. It's only the Ro32.
On January 26 2017 22:55 IntoTheheart wrote: I definitely think that Scarlett demonstrate why I win TvZ against Roaches but lose like hell against mutas.
Roaches just feel awful in ZvT. I do my best to never use them personally. You need mobility because medivac boost is so goddamn ridiculously good and roaches don't give you that as we saw
On January 26 2017 23:00 IntoTheheart wrote: To be honest I never liked the roach/hydra style in ZvT when I played Z for the reasons you mentioned..
It's one of the reasons I've been advocating for a nerf to medivac boost lately. I would like options, but if you don't have unbelievable map awareness (and sometimes even of you do) the roaches are pretty lousy and you lose so much
I find in my games that it doesn't scale that well into late-game either, and my opponents don't transition out. Eventually 3/3 Mauraders just rolls that comp over.
Against muta/ling there's a window where I could have an advantage if I wasn't trash and try to win before Ultralisks come out, but against Roach/Hydra I can just chill...
That.....that was not "average" Code S my friend. That group was Classic and 3 Code B scrubs.
Needlessly harsh. Classic was the best, ofc, and Myungsik was....not, but aLive and Scarlett both played quite well. Obviously, their games weren't INnoVation vs Dark level, but they were definitely worthy of Code S. It's only the Ro32.
Only Myungsik wasn't code S level worthy... Classic is like top 16/8, aLive 24/16, Scarlett 32/24.
That.....that was not "average" Code S my friend. That group was Classic and 3 Code B scrubs.
Needlessly harsh. Classic was the best, ofc, and Myungsik was....not, but aLive and Scarlett both played quite well. Obviously, their games weren't INnoVation vs Dark level, but they were definitely worthy of Code S. It's only the Ro32.
Scarlett played very well. Too bad she couldn't advance but she did herself proud.
I predicted Classic and aLive from the start. Classic is classic. He may not be the top form like in the past but he is still solid nonetheless. aLive is Terran so he has the edge already. It is great to see him doing well. Last year was tough for him. His father passed away and everything.
Myungsik was a great player. I love his cheesy style but clearly he didn't focus on SC2 enough. Lackluster performance. His spot should be someone else who is more passionate about SC2 like Patience.
Damn too bad :/ But hey maybe next season! It is always a shame when a player we all love doesn't make it but that's starcraft for you. Only the best of the best can make it in code s and you simply aren't on that lvl when playing mainly OW.
If you call aLive and Scarlett Code B scrubs, what do you call Bunny, KeeN, Leenock, Ryung, and Trap? They qualified despite being not quite top-tier, but if they all belong in Code B, Afreeca might as well start Code S with the quarterfinals.
The best players are rare for a reason; if they were more common then they wouldn't be the best anymore. That's literally the definition of the word.
Couldn't this general feeling of "lower level" be simply because of LotV is just harder than any version before, so it requires higher level players for the games to look good?
On January 27 2017 00:17 opisska wrote: Couldn't this general feeling of "lower level" be simply because of LotV is just harder than any version before, so it requires higher level players for the games to look good?
Nobody has ever proven that this is true. Imo it's just "PR" talk just like saying player X is the best we have ever seen every time someone looks really good.
On January 27 2017 00:17 opisska wrote: Couldn't this general feeling of "lower level" be simply because of LotV is just harder than any version before, so it requires higher level players for the games to look good?
Nobody has ever proven that this is true. Imo it's just "PR" talk just like saying player X is the best we have ever seen every time someone looks really good.
It's hard to empirically measure difficulty, but it surely feels that way to me personally, both in game and watching.
Well yeah it's hard, we first would need to define what we mean exactly with "difficulty" tbh. (only the mechanical part?) Personally i don't think there is a difference tbh, you could argue that the need to expand faster makes it a bit "harder" because you are spread out more, but at the end of the day usually that means that other expansions aren't really "important" anymore. As i said, i think it's mostly PR talk. Would be interesting to explore that topic more though
On January 27 2017 00:17 opisska wrote: Couldn't this general feeling of "lower level" be simply because of LotV is just harder than any version before, so it requires higher level players for the games to look good?
same goes for balance.
race x gets screwed (e.g. overnerfed) for a long period and after a while ppl get used to race x getting wrecked and are convinced that top players of race y and z are, well, just better players and start seeing them as "legends" (especially fans of race y and z).
in case race x gets re-balanced, suddenly top race x players win stuff again and ppl go crazy like omg how can this be, top race x players win against top race y/z players who used to wreck race x players, omg nerf race x again. u get the point.
On January 27 2017 00:17 opisska wrote: Couldn't this general feeling of "lower level" be simply because of LotV is just harder than any version before, so it requires higher level players for the games to look good?
I don't think the game is much harder, yeah the bases mine out a little faster but that usually doesn't change anything in games that end before the 10 minute mark. TvZ is still bio/mine vs ling bane muta like in HotS, in some other matchups things have changed more but I don't see a reason to believe that it's much harder than before.
If you call aLive and Scarlett Code B scrubs, what do you call Bunny, KeeN, Leenock, Ryung, and Trap? They qualified despite being not quite top-tier, but if they all belong in Code B, Afreeca might as well start Code S with the quarterfinals.
The best players are rare for a reason; if they were more common then they wouldn't be the best anymore. That's literally the definition of the word.
You realize Bunny/Ryung are above aLive/Scarlett right now right?
You realize Bunny/Ryung are above aLive/Scarlett right now right?
I named five other players that are close to the level of aLive/Scarlett. They aren't the best of their races, but they still qualified. (Ofc they aren't all equal, but I would argue that they are all fairly close)
My point is, Code S has 32 players that are all more or less worthy of being there. Myungsik was probably the only person in this Ro32 that didn't belong.
I would tend to agree Bunny is better than aLive and Scarlett, but Ryung is definitely worse. He's literally only good (albeit very good) at TvT. But like I said, they are all fairly close.
I mean, by the Ro16, there's basically two tiers of players left. Champion contenders, like Inno/Dark/Maru/Stats/other big names, and then everyone else in another tier. Scarlett's not tier 1, but she can go head-to-head with the tier 2 qualified players.
FFS... I really wanted Scarlett to advance through. Imagine how hype it would get if a foreigner went into Ro16 since we haven't seen that in a long ass while... She was so close So glad mah boy Classic made it though. I want him to win GSL and BlizzCon this year~
The drone was killed when she canceled the spore so not only did she lose the drone but also the minerals from the cancel that she wouldn't have had the mine just gone off on the lone drone. It was fancy, but didn't really accomplish much of anything.
On January 27 2017 08:13 SetGuitarsToKill wrote: Really, all gamer names are just nicknames. Is there any really good reason to even use gamer names? Why not just use real ones?
Because you dont want, when you are a pure random, that everybody in the ladder know you.
On January 27 2017 08:13 SetGuitarsToKill wrote: Really, all gamer names are just nicknames. Is there any really good reason to even use gamer names? Why not just use real ones?
Because you dont want, when you are a pure random, that everybody in the ladder know you.
Same for the forum, why are you using nickname ?
Because I'm just a shitposter on an internet forum. Different than being a professional at something.
Haha i am just memeing, but yeah i would actually prefer to use the real names for progamers. Seems reasonable to me. I know that in the gamer community nicknames are common but as i said before: let's be real, most nicknames are horrible
Forgot about the GSL for a few days, load TeamLiquid to watch some streams, Scarlett and Byun out What a bummer, any recommended games, particularly scarlett's?
On January 27 2017 09:56 VengefulTree wrote: Forgot about the GSL for a few days, load TeamLiquid to watch some streams, Scarlett and Byun out What a bummer, any recommended games, particularly scarlett's?
Second game vs Classic and her games against aLive were pretty good
I believe that you can also remove numbers if you want - I believe shellshock used to be shellshock1122.
The general idea in that thread (and indeed behind changing your name) is that you wanna become recognizable to everyone since your name has a branding of sorts. So I couldn't change from ITH -> Stellaluna because that'd be kinda nuts, but intotheheart from IntoTheheart isn't a huge deal since y'all know who I am.
I think language itself is kinda limited...like I honestly was uncomfortable with Tastosis referring to scarlett as a "she". Well, if I think about it, even the most racist people hear "he" or "she" and don't hear race, only gender. Well, whatever. Sucks b/c I'm a zerg fanboy and genuinely hoped scarlett would advance.