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//: StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty |OT2| GL HF GG
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BigAT said:
I like ChronicleX...he adds alot to discussion....as for balance discussion it's part and parcel...and the reality is those who complain/bitch/moan are the ones get games balanced and patched...
If no one bitched everyone would be addressing each other on Bnet with their real life names...
TheThunder
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twofold said:
No hate, I'll just see who they've skipped to get him in, and more importantly, is Incontrol gonna self invite himself even though he has nothing to show for it.
ChronicleX
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TheThunder
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He is friends with the head of NASL. He plays, streams and casts from the boss's office.Ikuu said:
If Incontrol *Really* wants to get in, he will get in no matter how many more deserving and more accomplished players are above him.
Corran Horn
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I dont want to support IGN :/
Why must they get a proleague starting!
And I guess I need to learn what to do with this new Obs mode.
Why must they get a proleague starting!
And I guess I need to learn what to do with this new Obs mode.
PhoenixDark
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I wonder if the IGN league is working alongside the other leagues in terms of scheduling; I'd imagine it is given how stacked everything is becoming.
The NASL first player "announcement" is getting some criticism on Team Liquid; looking forward to InControl's response on SoTG tonight. Having some type of write-up or official announcement would have been better than just throwing the names on the site. But people questioning the league's professionalism are dumb. Idra and a shit ton of other players clearly think highly of it, for more reasons than the prize pool
I will say this though: the TSL's pre-event production values have blown every aspect of NASL out the water thus far. The write ups, interviews, player drawings, etc were fantastic.
It's hard to imagine NASL will drop the ball on that in the long term, so I can't complain too much. Also, anything IGN does will have high production values so it'll be interesting to compare the two once we get more details.
The NASL first player "announcement" is getting some criticism on Team Liquid; looking forward to InControl's response on SoTG tonight. Having some type of write-up or official announcement would have been better than just throwing the names on the site. But people questioning the league's professionalism are dumb. Idra and a shit ton of other players clearly think highly of it, for more reasons than the prize pool
I will say this though: the TSL's pre-event production values have blown every aspect of NASL out the water thus far. The write ups, interviews, player drawings, etc were fantastic.
It's hard to imagine NASL will drop the ball on that in the long term, so I can't complain too much. Also, anything IGN does will have high production values so it'll be interesting to compare the two once we get more details.
AdventureRacing
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PhoenixDark said:
Except so far they are 100% right, so how are they dumb? You even said it yourself, so far everything about the TSL has blown what the NASL has done out of the water. The NASL is supposed to be a much larger tournament and yet so far it looks like a job being done by 2 guys in their basement.
Perhaps when they actually show some level of professionalism then people will stop making the criticisms.
I don't really agree with this. I don't really like the way all the pre-NASL stuff has been handled by staff. Almost every release of information has had issues associated with it, and their excuse along the way has been "we're getting something different/better when it launches". The showmatch that served to be the announcement for NASL had massive production issues and the website even launched before they "announced" it, which consisted of just displaying the trailer.PhoenixDark said:
The trailer itself has served to be a disaster as the people dissatisfied with the players announced so far have always referenced that dumb "the best players" marketing line.
They've had issues with the rules regarding team and foreigner/Korean limits that they've had to change (which in itself is good but shows they didn't really put enough thought into the rules they came up with). When they released that image showing how the seeds make it from the beginning to the final 16, there were design issues & bracket issues and they once again excused it as "not final".
Then of course most recently they've mismanaged releasing the players list, releasing ten more than they had intended due to a website error. And their method of releasing the player list? Just updating their "preliminary" website that they've stated time and time again is not final and being worked on. Maybe it's just because incontrol spent so much effort hyping up the initial announcement, but the way they've handled every other release of information since then has been extremely lackluster.
I have no issues with the player list and people who expect a mostly Korean NASL are fooling themselves but I don't think the pre-production on hyping up NASL and getting people excited about the league has been done well.
Corran Horn
May the Schwartz be with you
Seems like every other terran is doing quick marauder pressure against me :/
This is amazing.
The internet has found so much info about the IGN league. Well done, internet.
http://www.sk-gaming.com/content/32611-IGNs_StarCraft_2_Proleague
The internet has found so much info about the IGN league. Well done, internet.
Incontrol was invited over Tyler. lol.
http://www.sk-gaming.com/content/32611-IGNs_StarCraft_2_Proleague
Corran Horn
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ewwtwofold said:
Thats a horrible tournament.
TheThunder
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What format is it gonna be ?
Is there gonna be further qualifications or these 16 players are gonna be the only ones there.
and yeah way to go missing out on one of the biggest names in the US.
Is there gonna be further qualifications or these 16 players are gonna be the only ones there.
and yeah way to go missing out on one of the biggest names in the US.
TheThunder
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mcrae said:
Such excellent work MrMister.
It's actually really awesome to just have this community here where we all can do our roles and make something like this happen today.
TECHNOLOGY. Just need to get Corran better UL speed now. Been thinking about getting a new mic as well.
Honestly, I'd like a much better list of players for that amount of prize money.
Money draws the players.
Players draw the numbers.
Don't need so much money for that set of players imo.
If it is actually $150k+ that is absolute insanity this early on.
Still, I'm obviously happy more things are happening, just scared that it might burn itself out.
It's actually really awesome to just have this community here where we all can do our roles and make something like this happen today.
TECHNOLOGY. Just need to get Corran better UL speed now. Been thinking about getting a new mic as well.
Yeah.Mairu said:
Honestly, I'd like a much better list of players for that amount of prize money.
Money draws the players.
Players draw the numbers.
Don't need so much money for that set of players imo.
If it is actually $150k+ that is absolute insanity this early on.
Still, I'm obviously happy more things are happening, just scared that it might burn itself out.
ChronicleX
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iNcontrol + Drewbie over Tyler + QXC? ROFL. That's like inviting me over Jaedong to a SC1 Starleague, especially in the case of iNcontrol v Tyler.
As mentioned QXC is still in Spain and hasn't exactly been performing well recently, surprised people aren't questioning Spades being invited as he's not exactly top tier.
Says alot about the US pro scene that they have trouble getting 16 great players together
Says alot about the US pro scene that they have trouble getting 16 great players together
It's got a decent prize pool and it's legit that's all they care about, IdrA entered some local LAN that paid like $100. Everything the NASL has released so far has been pretty shoddy, and has deserved the criticism.PhoenixDark said:
zlatko said:
I get the feeling. I spent 9 hours practicing terran in Sunday.
Then a Zerg dude tells me "hey man, go back to zerg!".
I regain my spirits, go to zerg.... and the fucker kills me with 6 hellions.
FUCK.
Seriously, it is so sad sometimes, to see in comparison how binary zerg is. You either HAVE what you need to defend, or you dont. And then you are fucked up.
Applies to all races.V_Arnold said:I get the feeling. I spent 9 hours practicing terran in Sunday.
Then a Zerg dude tells me "hey man, go back to zerg!".
I regain my spirits, go to zerg.... and the fucker kills me with 6 hellions.
FUCK.
Seriously, it is so sad sometimes, to see in comparison how binary zerg is. You either HAVE what you need to defend, or you dont. And then you are fucked up.
Meeru said:
That is the thing, it does not. With Terran, I am having an 50/50 split of marines marauder early game, with other tech being made, and I WILL have a scan if a banshee arrives, I will have anti-air, I will have anti-ground and anti-armored. I do not need to realize "oh shit, I need a roach warren" because placing a tech lab to one of the barracks is NOT like having 30 lings die instantly to 6 hellions, and all drones too. Not the same.
V_Arnold said:
Yup. I'm still of course a major noob, so what I'm trying to say might be hard to place into words correctly, but:
Terran just has this luxury of building marines/marauders, and thanks to mules are able to afford to blindly put out turrets if it wants. Zerg early game has to be much more mindful of resource. Teching to lair too quick can cost you a game it seems if they never come with banshees and their first push has just more ground units and you have less because of going to lair. It's always like these small things add up to being such a big deal to when you clash against your opponent. I feel I'm in the dark very often playing as Zerg on trying to get info on my opponents, but a Terran can scan me, and a Protoss can just chuck an observer my way as it goes towards the Collasi it wants anyway.
Again, I'm a noob so many other things cost me a loss I'm sure, but I feel for Zerg players at higher levels who get a loss just from such small decisions.
I'm really liking the map pool with this patch. I have backwater gulch and DQ downvoted but the rest of the maps are pretty damn good.
Good work, Blizzard.
Edit - This is hilarious.
http://i.imgur.com/yLiNd.jpg
Don't worry guys; you didn't lose that 1v1 - you came in 2nd place.
Good work, Blizzard.
Edit - This is hilarious.
http://i.imgur.com/yLiNd.jpg
Don't worry guys; you didn't lose that 1v1 - you came in 2nd place.
It's a photoshop job - but it's still amusing!
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