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[ultron87]

I wouldn't have thought that Pool A could get even more amazing.

 

[Haunted]

MVP and DongRaeGu?

That's very good.


Additionally, Alicia, Ganzi and choya will enter the Open Bracket.

 

[TheThunder]

Oh shit !!

DRG is about to steal a large chunk of Catz money !!

Seriously, this is going to be amazing

*Reminds himself that EVO is gonna be on the same weekend*


FUCK !!!

btw, who are the casters for the next mlg ? i don't think they confirmed tastosis.
need tastosis.

Tastosis will be casting the code S finals which will also be on the same weekend.

 

[Haunted]

And Sen is also in the Open Bracket? Good god.

 

[ultron87]

Oh shit !!

DRG is about to steal a large chunk of Catz money !!

Seriously, this is going to be amazing

*Reminds himself that EVO is gonna be on the same weekend*


FUCK !!!



Tastosis will be casting the code S finals which will also be on the same weekend.

Christ, that's going to be the most packed E-Sports weekend in a long time. Maybe the stars will align and we'll even get a good Code S final.

 

[Deadman]

1.3.5 is on the PTR too. Huge changes to blue flame hellions: the icon is now blue.

 

[Yoshichan]

And I will have ZERO time to watch it! YAY!

1.3.5 is on the PTR too. Huge changes to blue flame hellions: the icon is now blue.

Wait, link to patch notes? And what do you mean with "icon"?

edit: ooooooh

SMEXY!!!!!

 

[Holden]

http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/blog/3085760#blog

=o blizzard actually doing something good?

and i guess u can play on korean server without having an SSN, just buy a taiwan one

 

[Yoshichan]

OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[TheThunder]

It's just linking NA/LA ladder together and RU/EU.

Until they allow limitless international play in custom games, I'm not gonna care.

 

[ultron87]

This is at least a step closer to full worldwide play.

They should just keep the ladder separate (so that you can always ladder without lag issues) but allow the adding of international friends to play custom games.

 

[Tntnnbltn]

It's just linking NA/LA ladder together and RU/EU.

Until they allow limitless international play in custom games, I'm not gonna care.

And TW/KR, of course...

 

[zlatko]

3 questions:

1) What are the changes people have noticed on the PTR right now other than that icon?

2) How good is Latin America in comparison to North America in skill? Does this mean if they are shittier players that a lot of us in NA will be getting bumped up a league?

3) How much money/how easy would it be to get a Taiwan account to play on the Korean ladder ?

 

[ultron87]

Blue Flame change is going to make people slightly more likely to use blue flame against Toss. Boooooo.

 

[Holden]

3 questions:

1) What are the changes people have noticed on the PTR right now other than that icon?

2) How good is Latin America in comparison to North America in skill? Does this mean if they are shittier players that a lot of us in NA will be getting bumped up a league?

3) How much money/how easy would it be to get a Taiwan account to play on the Korean ladder ?

1- http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/blog/2983578

General

-A special sneak peek at new ladder maps is now available!
-Several performance and memory improvements have been made.
-"Player Left" messages will once again appear in replays.
-The Hellion's Infernal Pre-Igniter upgrade icon has been updated (now with more blue flames!).

StarCraft II Editor Improvements

-UI errors will now go into a newly-created Error Display Message window.
-Cooldowns shorter than 1/4 of a second no longer display on the command card.

2-Nothing tbh, LA doesn't have lots of ppl. sc2ranks wont load so i cant tell =o
edit : 56,750 players, NA has 1,101,735

 

[BigAT]

I wish they would include an option to show if you're playing NA or LA, purely out of curiosity, but I know they won't.

 

[Keikaku]

I just registered for a small tourney on TeamLiquid. It's only for people in Gold/Platinum and it's taking place at 3:30PM PST/6:30PM EST.

Hold me/help me practice GAF!

 

[zlatko]

New maps yay! I hope they pick that beach map.

 

[Holden]

New maps yay! I hope they pick that beach map.

LOL i hope not.

 

[clav]

LOL i hope not.

Why not?

Crevasse should be added as well.

 

[Yoshichan]

Why not?

Cuz it's 9-1 Zerg.

 

[clav]

Cuz it's 9-1 Zerg.

Granted, I'm not good, but doesn't that mean a loser's skill sucks?

I've just been outplayed every time I vs. my Zerg friend on that map.

 

[zlatko]

Cuz it's 9-1 Zerg.

Well if you think it's that bad just down vote it? Let the rest of us enjoy the awesomeness of creep in water. :O

 

[Yoshichan]

Well if you think it's that bad just down vote it? Let the rest of us enjoy the awesomeness of creep in water. :O

TvT is amazing on that map tbh

 

[Raelson]

I thought bel'shir was balanced? The stats on TL seems to speak for it.

Race Stats (non-mirrors):
TvZ: 8-9 (47.1%) [ Games ]
ZvP: 8-7 (53.3%) [ Games ]
PvT: 8-8 (50%) [ Games ]

 

[Holden]

http://i51.tinypic.com/34zxab6.jpg

my opinion about that map, i mean JUST LOOK HOW BIG THE EXPO IS

its like defending a gold base on any other map

 

[BigAT]

I thought bel'shir was balanced? The stats on TL seems to speak for it.

Race Stats (non-mirrors):
TvZ: 8-9 (47.1%) [ Games ]
ZvP: 8-7 (53.3%) [ Games ]
PvT: 8-8 (50%) [ Games ]

Get those out of here! Don't let actual statistics get in the way of people bitching.

 

[Deadly]

TW is basically SEA server right?

 

[Raelson]

Get those out of here! Don't let actual statistics get in the way of people bitching.

lol yeah, I just checked and it's one of the most balanced GSL maps.

TW is basically SEA server right?

It's its own server.

 

[ultron87]

Has anyone messed with this Peepmode thing?

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=226035

Sounds like a better version of the venerable Obs maps.

 

[TheThunder]

http://i51.tinypic.com/34zxab6.jpg

my opinion about that map, i mean JUST LOOK HOW BIG THE EXPO IS

its like defending a gold base on any other map

That's the old version, new ver has towers, less entrances to the nat and an easier to take 4th.

 

[Corran Horn]

http://i51.tinypic.com/34zxab6.jpg

my opinion about that map, i mean JUST LOOK HOW BIG THE EXPO IS

its like defending a gold base on any other map

Thats the outdated version. Now expo only has 2 entrances and there are xelnagas.

 

[Keikaku]

TW is basically SEA server right?

No, it's a separate region-Taiwan.

 

[raphier]

1.3.5 is on the PTR too. Huge changes to blue flame hellions: the icon is now blue.

how is that a huge change in gameplay-wise...I want orange <*

 

[Holden]

expo 2 and 3 are huge T.T

 

[V_Arnold]

You know what, it is okay if a map has huge areas. Tunnel-SC2 is boring, and favors certain strategies anyway.

 

[Mairu]

why is multiple paths a bad thing

 

[V_Arnold]

why is multiple paths a bad thing

It does not let you force your own strategies on your oppoents that easily. I guess having so straightforward maps in the beginning really hurt SCII's map "expectations", compared to say, SC:BW's best maps.

 

[Corran Horn]

expo 2 and 3 are huge T.T

 

[Holden]

why is multiple paths a bad thing

protoss main army goes one path, 20 zergling an other.

 

[ultron87]

why is multiple paths a bad thing

Zerglings will get you! Oh noes!

 

[Raelson]

protoss main army goes one path, 20 zergling an other.

Your version SC2 sounds really boring.

 

[Won]

Your version SC2 sounds really boring.

Dota can be fun.

 

[Holden]

gaf has to many zergs. =(

 

[Tntnnbltn]

How is it that much different to Xel'Naga Caverns?

 

[V_Arnold]

gaf has to many zergs. =(

Yeah, dude, after all, zerg was not designed to be able to runby. Speed is not the only thing that their units have when compared directly to other race counterparts. Let us design maps which puts them in a tunnel where the only option is to be sacrificed in a force-field+colossi mess, or run back, to be slaughtered at a later time

 

[Awesome Animals]

Why are you all so in favor of Bel'shir Beach!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? Change is a bad thing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Edit

Spoiler

/sarcasm

 

[BigAT]

Why are you all so in favor of Bel'shir Beach!?!? Change is a bad thing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Better that than some awful map that Blizzard came up with. It seems like they're adding maps regardless, so I would prefer good ones.

 

[Zen]

I have started using Polt's opening against Toss and it works insanely well, but this is the first time I have been called out specifically for it

What is polts opening?

 

[ultron87]

What is polts opening?

Isn't it just the old 1 tech lab barracks 1 reactor barracks push?