unknownstranger
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Not sure what Taeja was planning having most of his army out in the middle of no where.
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//: StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm |OT| Like Riding a Bike
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Probably was trying to snipe the quick third that he predicted herO would've gone for again.
butlol2baseallin
git fucked
unknownstranger
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Oh yeah this was why I didn't like SC2gaf.
Curious forgot Hydra's melt without Roaches to tank.
Lol those Probes melting instantly was amusing. Terminator should have taken a 3rd while he was harassing Curious' gold base.
That game was basically why Legacy of the Void needs to release soon. Swarm Hosts not spawning Locusts forever, Corruptor's not being useless after Skytoss is dead, etc.
unknownstranger
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LOL Taeja not knowing how to open a champagne bottle got featured in Bill Simmons column today.
Brackets released for the first big tournament of the year - IEM Taipei. Some pretty good names going.
http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/IEM_Season_IX_-_Taipei
http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/IEM_Season_IX_-_Taipei
I need to see this lol
Those Taipei brackets are the most stacked I've seen in a long time for an IEM event.
Like, wtf. jjakji, Impact, Sacsri, Leenock, TRUE, Soulkey and HerO all competing for two spots and then you have HyuN, Check, Revival, DRG, and Snute competing for the other two spots.
Literally anybody in those brackets has a chance at making the group stages.
Damn shame that INno dropped out. Classic as the replacement is complete MEEEEH
Like, wtf. jjakji, Impact, Sacsri, Leenock, TRUE, Soulkey and HerO all competing for two spots and then you have HyuN, Check, Revival, DRG, and Snute competing for the other two spots.
Literally anybody in those brackets has a chance at making the group stages.
Damn shame that INno dropped out. Classic as the replacement is complete MEEEEH
HellBlazer
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unknownstranger
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What's with all the Zergs in stage 1?
Almost none of them made Code S. Feels like it's been awhile since I've seen a ZvZ. Maybe it won't feel as stale. Favorite by far is Ling/Baneling vs Ling/Baneling.
Been searching and it looks like the full VODs are up on Azubu. Wonder why they're so short on Twitch.
http://www.azubu.tv/EN_SC2_Proleague
unknownstranger
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I still don't get the hate for PvP. Late game PvP is better than any other late game match up.
When late game PvP actually happens and it's done right, it can be fun to watch. Like HasuObs vs Grubby from the first WCS Season: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=js993S2Lzgw
But that almost never happens. Usually it's just mid-game deathball vs. deathball into gg or one player blind counters the other and instawins.
Late game TvZ when it's bio vs Muta/Ling/Bane is hands down, no question still the best late game match up by far.
Did you already forget this ridiculous game of TaeJa vs soO from BlizzCon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCdoGyoQsCY
unknownstranger
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I only started watching Starcraft 2 once Heart of the Swarm came out but watching Bio vs Ling/Baneling/Muta in 90% of the TvZ's has gotten old. Mech never became popular and half the time Terran went Mech Zerg went Swarm Hosts extending the games forever. Roach/Hydra is also still extremely rare.
Even mid game PvP is more interesting to me than TvZ at this point. Yeah there's a lot of blind counters but good players like Rain scout everything (except when playing Panic, in which Panic will scout himself for you). Deathballs are one of the most exciting parts of Starcraft 2. Who doesn't like seeing 50 Stalkers/100 Zerglings/10 Thors/etc charging down someone's base? All are stoppable if you're prepared for it. Hearing someone bitch about every Protoss deathball (calling every one an all-in even if they're on 3+ bases) gets old.
Crazy ZvZ just now in Proleague.
Even mid game PvP is more interesting to me than TvZ at this point. Yeah there's a lot of blind counters but good players like Rain scout everything (except when playing Panic, in which Panic will scout himself for you). Deathballs are one of the most exciting parts of Starcraft 2. Who doesn't like seeing 50 Stalkers/100 Zerglings/10 Thors/etc charging down someone's base? All are stoppable if you're prepared for it. Hearing someone bitch about every Protoss deathball (calling every one an all-in even if they're on 3+ bases) gets old.
Crazy ZvZ just now in Proleague.
HellBlazer
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Man, Choya and his apparently unshakable trust in MarineKing, Jesus... I was ready to just call him a sadist when he sent MK out again for the ace match. I'm glad it finally paid off though, I'm not even much of an MK fan but he really needed that win. Poor kid looked one crushing defeat away from a nervous breakdown, hopefully he regains a bit of confidence now.
Nah you can get promoted anytime, it's mid-season demotion that's no longer around. And congrats!
There's probably some around but your best bet is to download their replays. Blizzard is good about releasing all of them for WCS. Here's the link for WCS season 3 and the global finals: http://wcs.battle.net/sc2/en/articles/wcs-2014-global-finals-and-season-3-replay-release
Just put those into your replay folder and you'll be able to watch everything in game. Can use the replay camera setting to follow their view too.
Just put those into your replay folder and you'll be able to watch everything in game. Can use the replay camera setting to follow their view too.
awesome thanks!
Dice
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RumblingRosco
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Any updated rumor about LotV release date? I don't even recall a confirmation that it would be released this year.
That was an awesome match, so good to see the emotion.
Nah, only indication is still that they said they want to start the beta in the first half of 2015. I think release shortly after Blizzcon is likely because that's the end of the WCS season, but we'll see how it goes.
Creator is the one Korean that truly wears his emotions on his sleeve. Never holds anything back. Gotta love it.
It's actually funny because Prime vs KT should never have gone to ACE. YoDa threw his match against Stats in one of the most embarrassing ways I've ever seen for an SPL match. He played so well for the early game and then just went completely indecisive.
Also, it appears an eSports betting website is calling out a set between Dark and San in the second match of last night as being fixed.
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/sta...s-san-bets-due-to-match-manipulation-concerns
Watching the game, it looks like San let's his MSC get killed by a single Queen around the 8:30 mark while his attention was supposedly on chasing down an Overseer in his main. It does look really suspicious that a pro player could ignore his minimap saying "your forces are under attack" for like 15 in game seconds when not much else is going on in the game at the moment. This of course slightly delayed the pressure timing San was trying to go for but he did restart the MSC right away and it wasn't anything game ending at that point, imo.
San also got his scouting Probe picked off a little too easily.
Aside from that and a couple of other questionable decisions in combat, it looks to me like Dark just outclassed San.
San's response to the accusations: http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1sk5aog
There's seriously so many other games that look like better examples of match manipulation. Just look at YoDa vs Stats from the very match before Yoe vs SKT. Probably one of the Pinnacle website admins just put a lot of money on San and got fucked. lol
New balance test map coming. Swarm Host changes from Legacy of the Void are coming to Heart of the Swarm!
http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/forum/topic/15699096472
Regarding the Swarm Host, we’d like to start testing two changes in a new Balance Test Map:
All Swarm Host changes from Void carried over to HotS.
Redesigned from a siege-tool to a mobile harass tool.
Spawn Locust can now be used while unburrowed, but must be manually activated.
Locusts have been buffed and can be upgraded at Tier 3 to fly over terrain. They must then swoop down to the ground to engage.
Raven Point Defense Drones duration decreasing to 20 seconds
Edit: And keep in mind the spawn time for locusts was significantly longer in the Blizzcon LotV demonstration. I imagine that change will be part of the test too.
http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/forum/topic/15699096472
Regarding the Swarm Host, we’d like to start testing two changes in a new Balance Test Map:
All Swarm Host changes from Void carried over to HotS.
Redesigned from a siege-tool to a mobile harass tool.
Spawn Locust can now be used while unburrowed, but must be manually activated.
Locusts have been buffed and can be upgraded at Tier 3 to fly over terrain. They must then swoop down to the ground to engage.
Raven Point Defense Drones duration decreasing to 20 seconds
Edit: And keep in mind the spawn time for locusts was significantly longer in the Blizzcon LotV demonstration. I imagine that change will be part of the test too.
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The Everyman
Incorporate Marauders into your bio mix and when the Banes stampede, pull all your Marines back and try to let the Marauders tank the damage.
Also, there's a custom map available that let's you practice splitting.
Fun group tonight:
http://www.twitch.tv/gsl
unknownstranger
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Stopped following Code S for a bit so I'm now just checking up seeing how Code A went. SoO got 2-0'd by Parting and Rogue to get knocked out. MMA and YongHwa by far had the easiest bracket to get through. Curious 2-1'd sOs twice to knock him out. Classic lost to Ryung 2-1 before double knockout who then got 2-0'd his next 2 matches. Flash lost to San and ByuL 2-1 to get knocked out. Zest lost to DeParture (wut) and Dream 2-1 to get knocked out. True lost to Hack 2-1 before double knockout, and Bbyong got 2-1'd by Rain and Fantasy to get knocked out.
Yes I'm talking to myself.
Listening to Madals and PengWin cast is literally painful. Can't really stand either of them. SNM and Whiplash levels of cringe.
I'd rather listen to Rifkin and ZG.
Also, wtf is this, 20 minutes of downtime between EACH MAP? Fuck that.
I just realized Nerchio and NaNiwa are competing on Saturday in a Bo5 for a spot in Premier. LOLLLLLL
The two biggest cancerous douches in the game going at it. Even if it goes to 5 games, there will probably be only one "gg" actually typed. The levels of salt and ragequit will be unprecedented.
Whoever wins, we all lose.
The only consolation is that there can only be one of them in Premier.
The two biggest cancerous douches in the game going at it. Even if it goes to 5 games, there will probably be only one "gg" actually typed. The levels of salt and ragequit will be unprecedented.
Whoever wins, we all lose.
The only consolation is that there can only be one of them in Premier.
Incorporate Marauders into your bio mix and when the Banes stampede, pull all your Marines back and try to let the Marauders tank the damage.
Also, there's a custom map available that let's you practice splitting.
Fun group tonight:
http://www.twitch.tv/gsl
incorporated MMM with hellbats/tanks/widow mines. seems to work pretty well. Also, I've started playing against zerg pretty aggressively. I start dropping their mineral line as soon as I can. So far it's worked to slow them down enough that they don't get enough banelings to just run me over.
thans an expensive composition lol. A jack of all trades if i might say.
cut ou the tanks and go standard mmm plus hellbat and thor
widow mine is unreliable
unknownstranger
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How the hell did Heart make Code S?
StopMakingSense
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Man, this sure has been a night for spectacular harvester kills.
same showtime from wc3?
I don't see anything about Warcraft in his Liquipedia bio so probably not.
Here's the VOD though: http://www.twitch.tv/wcs_europe/b/614966704?t=59m
Watch it and git mind fuq'd
GOTY potential for all the wrong reasons.
HellBlazer
Member
Hahah, what a ridiculous game.
unknownstranger
Member
Bahahahaha that was amazing.
So Mal's hosting a tournament.
HerO and DRG going at it in a Bo5 right now for a chance to face Soulkey or PartinG in the playoffs.
http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/MAL_presents:_The_Beginning
http://www.twitch.tv/iammal
HerO and DRG going at it in a Bo5 right now for a chance to face Soulkey or PartinG in the playoffs.
http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/MAL_presents:_The_Beginning
http://www.twitch.tv/iammal
unknownstranger
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Bleh no resolution options which means it's unwatchable for me.