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StarCraft 2 Beta |OT| (Beta Now Reopen, GL HF)
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Corran Horn
May the Schwartz be with you
lol whitera showing us who da boss!
25k viewers...holy shit lol
25k viewers...holy shit lol
watervengeance
Member
He should've busted down that Gateway.
watervengeance
Member
DaFish said:
It looked dangerously close to being taken down, and the cannons weren't in range of the roaches.
Corran Horn
May the Schwartz be with you
I think all he cared for was to pull the zealots back far enough for the lings to sweep through but then whitera got them back in place just in the nick of time.Pandaman said:
watervengeance
Member
jasonng said:
Zealots are incredibly weak against Roaches. Plus, I would personally sacrifice a Roach (or two) if it meant sniping a GATEWAY. I don't think WhiteRa had a second Gateway, so that meant no more Zealots for quite a while. Zergling runby is a no-brainer at that point.
I think Idra just succumbed to the pressure.
OptimoPeach
Banned
Ahahahah FUCK YOU, IDRA
watervengeance said:
You're probably right about that. By the way, I'm late to the tournament so I don't know the players. I've been following nony and whitera because I'm hoping to pick up a thing or two from them. But where is this hate for Idra coming from? I despise zergs and Idra is the last person I want to face in a match. He's an amazing Zerg player.
OptimoPeach
Banned
He's a great player, he's just incredibly boring to watch. Very safe and macro-oriented style, lots of massing -> 1a2a3a victories, etc. He's basically the exact opposite of a player like TheLittleOne. It also doesn't help that he whines like a bitch about imbalance every time he loses, regardless of whether or not he was outplayedjasonng said:
PhoenixDark
Banned
Game has basically been unplayable since the patch came out for me. I've gotten in a few games, then the next few last 5min before everyone lags out.
ElJuice said:
So he acts like the majority of the bnet community? I guess we should expect these players to behave properly since they're considered "professional."
I can understand that but I'm not going to act star-struck and treat them as celebrities. They're playing for money and rep. I'm sure they aren't too concerned about having a fan base. I did catch Idra not GG'ing the last two games, can't exactly blame him. I did find it hilarious when he rage quit. That's why I never do such a thing. I don't want my opponent to know he got to me. I have no doubt that WhiteRa knew Idra was fuming in the last game and that alone already placed him in an advantage before the game even started.
OptimoPeach said:
I guess I'm just fresh to the scene. I certainly didn't find his play style boring. His macro is incredibly brag-worthy and as per my opinion, his way should be the way an ideal zerg player should play. It gives him so much freedom to adapt to the battlefield.
Corran Horn
May the Schwartz be with you
.-COOLIO- said:
If your playing a tournament, act professional at least :/
rooflapimp
Banned
Most of the players acting like that on Battlenet are probably 12 year old kids and not professional Starcraft players living in South Korea. Idra is just embarassing to watch at times, and I'm glad that he lost.jasonng said:
ChronicleX
Banned
msv said:
Even the Very Easy AI says GG. When you think about it, having worse manners than a line of code is pretty embarrassing :lol
rooflapimp said:
I still wish it had been NoNy vs Whitera in the final, Idra is very boring. I am still surprised Idra beat NoNy 3-0.
watervengeance
Member
I personally like Idra's play style. No bullshit, just straight up macro. The downside is that it can get boring if you watch him play all the time. However, his opponents usually try to use unorthodox strategies that make the games very interesting. Plus, it's always funny to see him ragequit.
-COOLIO-
The Everyman
really, no matter what, you should be a nice guy.jasonng said:
if you're doing something professionally, then it's even more expected.
also, you know these players are socially retarded how?
hd and husky seem like pretty cool guys who cast and play a lot of starcraft but id hang out with them no problem.
I don't remember who the players where but a anecdote from the world of Chess:
Man vs woman, speedchess. 2 top-worldclass players, seasoned tournament veterans. She wins.
Man: "Yeah, enjoy that because that's the only win you'll ever get against me." I was like wtf
And you are almost 50 or 60 years old to boot!!
Then again, look at sports. Quite a couple of top contenders with shit manners.
Man vs woman, speedchess. 2 top-worldclass players, seasoned tournament veterans. She wins.
Man: "Yeah, enjoy that because that's the only win you'll ever get against me." I was like wtf
And you are almost 50 or 60 years old to boot!!
Then again, look at sports. Quite a couple of top contenders with shit manners.
-COOLIO- said:
I didn't say you shouldn't be well mannered, I'm saying it's smarter to be well mannered. I have nothing against sour players, they chose to be ill-tempered whether they're pros or not. Let them be, it cost Idra his shot for first place the way I see it. I could easily imagine WhiteRa pulling off a fake proxy on Idra in steppes because he was that pissed off. In the end, it's just makes it that much more entertaining for us.
And yeah, I may be assuming too much to think other players are like Idra. Don't think my line of thought is too far off though. I wouldn't mind hanging out with hd or husky either.
I think the Gateway was around 30 percent health when Idra switched over to the Zealots. He could have taken it down and maybe got 6 Zerglings in Whiteras base. Whitera seem to make several huge mistakes in the beginning of the series, but quickly recovered after then. I believe Idra integrating Roaches into his build hurt him. I know Whitera probably studied the Nony/Idra games a lot, but with that build it would have been difficult for Whitera to stop it even when he knew it was coming. The key to beating Idra still seems to cut off his Macro with some early cheese. Idras build seem to rely on getting Zerglings into Whiteras main, and if he wasnt able to get some in, he was going to lose.
Won said:
i really, really, reallllllly hope this is a joke post.
http://www.heise.de/ix/raven/Literature/Lore/TheRaven.html
At that time it was clear Whitera was going for a longer game with the expansion grab. Idra should have just set up his roaches near the choke and grabbed his expansion. Idras all in had little chance for success at that time. In the final game you could tell Idra was flustered and off his game, early pushes are definitely not Idras strong point.jasonng said:
PhoenixDark
Banned
Just got dropped from a 3v3, me (zerg) toss and terran against three zerg. They 10p rushed us early, almost taking out the terran. I decided to go muta/ling and it was working a bit, but right before I could send 10 mutas into battle... "you've been dropped"
Probably would have lost because it was essentially 3v2, but could have been interesting.
Probably would have lost because it was essentially 3v2, but could have been interesting.