Issue 98: Oct. 26, - Nov. 2, 2009.
Letter from the Editor
Dear Readers,
Hope you had a wonderful halloween!
- ShoCkeyy
Staff
Kau – Editor
ShoCkeyy – Editor
Bloodyc0bbler – The Stove
Nyovne – IRC Comments
CharlieMurphy – Troll Booth Willie, The Shit Bus
NeverGG – Progamer Pics
Pholon – VOD of the Week
Manifesto7 – Chalk talk, Memory Lane
Grobyc – Ban of the Week
Vayesh – Academy of ESPORTS
besiger – Replays Time Forgot
LordWeird – Interview
Table of Contents
Serious Business and Funsies ................ p1
The Stove .............................................. p2
Chalk Talk ............................................. p3
Semi-Funny IRC Comment of the Week ... p4
Progamer Photos ................................... p5
Random Image of the Week .................... p6
A Walk Down Memory Lane .................... p7
Troll Booth Willie .................................... p8
The Shit Bus .......................................... p8
Best of Blogs ......................................... p9
Ban of the Week .................................... p10
Vod of the Week .................................... p11
Academy of ESPORTS .......................... p12
Replays Time Forgot .............................. p13
Interview ................. .............................. p14
- It's an old post, BUT UPDATED!
- Drink and Drive; Not.
- Ending world hunger
- Become Vegeterian, help the earth!
- Help rape with Cow
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[16:13] <FragKrag> fucking SAT
[16:13] <FragKrag> FUCK
[16:13] <Julmust[D]> lol
[16:13] <@MONKEYMASHER> lol
[16:14] <FragKrag> why couldn't it just b out of 1600
[16:14] <@MONKEYMASHER> LOL fragkrag
[16:14] <FragKrag> AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
[16:14] <FragKrag> why does writing exist
[16:14] <Pholon> SAYS THE MAN IN A CHATBOX
[16:14] <Pholon> OMFG
[16:14] <Pholon> IRONY
[16:14] <Pholon> KILLING ME
[16:14] <FragKrag> FUCK
[16:14] <FragKrag> LOL
[16:14] <@MONKEYMASHER> lol
[16:14] <Pholon> Ardghdh
[16:14] <Pholon> Sdfafgfghfdfafgftgs
[16:14] <Pholon> SAFKMSFGA
Out of 1600 lolz.
Punching someone in the nuts, never heard of it. I mean he couldn't have ment the... oh snap.
[04:34] <Gvt> what kinds of defenses are there against early game rushes?
[04:34] <@Nyovne> non
[04:35] <@Nyovne> early game rushes are banned
[04:35] <NeverGG_> punching someone in the nuts
[04:35] <@Nyovne> 5min no rush
[04:35] <Gvt> really? never heard of that
[04:35] <Gvt> that only pl?
[04:35] <@Nyovne> yeah
[04:35] <NeverGG_> .....
[04:35] <NeverGG_> lol
[04:35] <@Nyovne> XD
Beyond the Ga....
vGl-RaGe: !google "micronesia teamliquid"
TL-IRC: [Google] Results: The WCG Experience - Beyond the Gay - Page 3 @ http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=102713¤tpage=3 levitating PingPong ball @ http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=102756 gaming - Project Wonderful - search our publishers @ http://www.projectwonderful.com/adsearch.php?submit=1&tags=gaming
vGl-RaGe: LOL
vGl-RaGe: LOLLL
micronesia: I'm not gay
micronesia: I'm beyond gay
That's right, he went there, boldly where noone had gone before.
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SHINee and SNSD @ IEF 2009:
Jonghyun in a ridiculous poncho. It was my first time photographing them and I went all the way to Suwon mainly for this opportunity.
The lovely girls of SNSD (For GTR's benefit.) This is my third time taking their photos after the PL finals (Khan vs Sparkyz.) and ASF 2009.
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Really?... from Here
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World Of Starcraft Obv
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Flames
The Shit Bus
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- I love blogging about myself to
- Drunken BW, who hasn't tried this
- One of the best 1000th post ever
- PM's: Serious Business
- I love towelfights, with girls though
- Anarchy is in the air
- College Cooking
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YianKutKu was just banned by Kennigit.
That account was created on 2009-01-07 16:35:20 and had 142 posts.
Reason:
On October 29 2009 13:37 YianKutKu wrote:
Why doesn't the US or some country just bomb the entire African continent to end hunger on the continent. The productivity of that continent is extremely low with rampant diseases and poverty. Then, more educated people from the US can utilize the resources in Africa and make the entire continent more productive.
Why doesn't the US or some country just bomb the entire African continent to end hunger on the continent. The productivity of that continent is extremely low with rampant diseases and poverty. Then, more educated people from the US can utilize the resources in Africa and make the entire continent more productive.
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Match 1: Vulturebathero vs JaestHoldingOon
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Academy of ESPORTS
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Replays Time Forgot
Hello denizens of tl net, welcome to the sixth edition of my little column, maybe better known to most as " I wish someone would take away his keyboard "
Now, for a start lets get some technicalities out of the way, first thing, the trial version of the only program I could find that converts pcx files without huge watermarks has run out, so if anyone could recommend a good program, I would be thankful.
Also it would appear, that in my idiocy, while manually converting this weeks pictures I managed to make them all weight 900kb, I hope this wont affect loading time too much
Next thing is, I have to thank Ares[effort] for providing me with this weeks replay which I couldn't find myself in the cold black void that is the internet.
Now, for this weeks game, its gonna be shorter than usual because im a bit strapped for time, and also the game it self is shorter than what I usually post, it might not look like a awsum wtf game, but im doing it because for me it marks a end of a era in BW, and the start of a new one, one that would last for a long time. But don't worry, with the next edition I will return to boring you with 1 hour reps, preferably tvt because im mean like that.
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This weeks game is gonna be iloveoov vs savior on Into the Darkness
I remember watching this game and thinking, whoa, who the hell is this savior guy and how can he dismantle the monster that is oov this easily, it shocked me, and it was the first time I really heard of savior and boy did it stick, I never would have guessed he would go on to roll everyone for such a long period of time, I call it the dark age of tvz !
oov spawns at the top right part of the map, and savior takes the bottom left for himself, all seems well in the kingdoms of zerg and terran as they send their peons to mine the precious ore.
Just look at em, already macroing like a champ !
Is this savior chap any good ?
But alas, all is not as it seems, as Savior sends out his first overlord in the correct scouting direction, oov sends out his scv with trickery on his mind, he starts a proxy barracks hoping the catch the slimy one off guard, but who would have guessed it, a drone chances upon the hapless barracks and forces a cancel, the game has just started and oov is already in the hole. After his great victory, Savior is content to just expand.
What kind of tomfoolery is this, the macro terran rushing ?!!
It appears to be some form of expansion or something along those lines, fascinating indeed.
After his rush attempt is thwarted, oov starts a refinery and a barracks at the same time, no doubt cursing something about map hacking under his breath, soon after his barracks are constructed and enough gas is gathered, a factory can be spied going up near his ramp, savior puts down a 3rd hatchery at his expansion choke and a pool.
no doubt about it, its mech ! awww no wait
Turtle whore
Savior decides to start his lair tech with mutas on his mind to punish the insolent terran for his rush attempt, oov meanwhile decides to start his natural expansion, hoping he can get in on some of that sweet sweet oov macro that everyone is talking about.
Lairs aren't all that bad, I have nothing against lairs, I wish zergs stayed at lair longer.
If you thought he was macroing before, just look out now !
oov's marine count is low due to his failed proxy rax and his fac opening, and savior takes perfect advantage of that as he runs in a bunch of speedlings and takes out his newly formed expansion while expanding once more himself, things look grim for our simian friend.
no macro make oov sad
Now im no progamer, but when I get bashed by D people over at icc, 3 zerg bases to 1 terran is never a good thing.
At this point those mutas mentioned earlier finally take to the sky and start cruising for a bruising (oh my, why do dumb things stick in my mind). They soon arrive at the terran base and are met with a wall of turrets, seeing that there are no scv kills to be had they start killing marines, they are cold cold bastards and they don't care who they kill, as long as killing is being done !
Oov meanwhile, while not busy losing his marines to mutas is trying to tech up to vessels and set up his natural expansion again, oov no expo, oov no macro, banana ? ( i just love that joke )
Only with the implementation of my " guns to CC's " program can scenarios like this be stopped.
Mutas, what can a man say about mutas that hasn't been said before, hm, they kinda look like dragons or something, weird dragons, actually they arent much like dragons at all..
Savior is all over the map, looks at those red dots go, he has some spare APM so he decides to use that for teching purposes, a queens nest is going up, and you know what that means !? (except that I just vomited a little) thats right, hive time, I sure hate hive time. Oov has meanwhile managed to macro up a sizable enough force to try and retake his natural from 3 barracks, but not without constant muta harass.
prelude to terror.
Man those mutas look annoying, il have to keep that in mind next time I play savior
Just as oov moves out with a bunch of marines to finally secure his expo a whole bunch of imba comes rolling towards his troops, zerglings, mutas, and a quick surround make short work of the poor ex cons and oovs expansion attempt is thwarted once more, it is a sad day for the macro terran, and to add insult to injury, his fancy new cc gets shot down while menacingly floating near some minerals.
a piece of my soul floated out of my eyes
silly mutas, you cant put out CC fires with glave wurms.
Once again the game consists of oov trying to macro up enough forces to expand and tech, while savior is saturating his 3rd base and is up to no good with that which must not be named ( hive tech for all you non terran players ) Soon a defiler mound is seen going up paired with a greater spire, in fear of what is about to happen I alt tab and watch some care bear clips to calm myself.
Think happy thoughts, think happy thoughts...
Oovs tech that I forgot to post earlier !
Rawr, yells oov and decapitates a nearby banana with his powerful jaw, he has finally managed to take his natural, what could possibly stop him know, the man who could macro from 10 rax even though he has only 5. He fortifies his entrance with a bunker, all is well, except for those guardians killing the dudes at his expansion . Savior decides to seal the deal with one more expansion and a ultra cavern)
does not bode well.
Good thing there were no ultras this game, not even the care bears would help if they were.
Oov decides to give one last twitch of resistance as he moves all of his mnm and some vessels out hoping to punish saviors insolence, but he is soon greated with some lurkers that savior obviously got while I was watching those care bear clips, and with some guardians backstabbing the poor mnm, they soon become a stain on the floor.
oovs first attack in the game, how will it end, tune in next week to find out !
Last week on " oov moves out " oov moved out, now join us for the conclu.. oh my god, spikes, spikes everywhere arrrghh.
All that is left now is to attack move into oovs expansion and end it. This game made me sad, but savior did a nice job of not letting oov expand and get his macro mojo working, but one cant help but wonder, how would it have played out had that hacker drone not spotted the proxy.
OVER !
See you all in the next edition.
Now for the technicalities
If you want, check out the first five editions here:
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=102414
The replay is here :
http://www.repdepot.net/replay.php?id=4123
If you are unsure how to watch, go here :
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=83254 * hope it still works *
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Interview
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Question of the Week
Did anybody get hungover or had at least a good halloween?