It is.
The gamer term "owned" already exists and serves the same purpose while being more specific to video games, so it's the superior choice.
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It is.
The gamer term "owned" already exists and serves the same purpose while being more specific to video games, so it's the superior choice.
Owned doesn't quite work when you beat splinter. Raped is a much more appropriate term.
Still doesn't make it analogous compared to the other words. Not like you can call some a rape, or maybe you can. Plus the term has multiple definitions.
Example: The over use of nitrogen in agriculture rapes the land of nutrients vital for production over time.
Corran Horn
May the Schwartz be with you
Kinda my feeling now for most people. If its ladder/personal stream, do whatever you want/say but dont be surprised if sponsors/teams lean away. Now if it is a tournament or professional setting, thats something else.
Almost forgot to post. I was too busy playing Special Forces Custom. Festor is so fucking op I keep accidentally sniping hatches. I almost got it beaten but I needed to buff the fortress. Once I maxed out I didn't know what to do with the excess amount of minerals I get. Now I know I gatta throw down defenses before the Leviathan comes out.
Corran Horn
May the Schwartz be with you
I just got a new 46" lcd tv....with this samsung 40" sitting on my floor...
:/
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I'll take it off your hands if you need the space.
Corran Horn
May the Schwartz be with you
Well the samsung is slightly going bad. Pixels are going white from time to time. Probably gonna keep it as spare tv lol.
this.
PhoenixDark
Banned
Are we playing a semantics game? Using Rape to describe dominance, as used by gamers and sports fans is unacceptable - as are the other words Destiny once used. I'm listing it alongside racial slurs not to make direct 1:1 comparisons.
Corran Horn
May the Schwartz be with you
AdventureRacing
Member
If you go by the definition of the word rape (besides describing the act of sexually abusing someone) then it fits perfectly into that context without being offensive.
Edit: There is no context that i can think of that makes racist slurs appropriate. Calling someone a nigger can only mean one thing. Saying someone or something got raped can have different meanings.
PhoenixDark
Banned
I don't see what's so hard to see about the point that the word "rape" as used in a gaming, sports, or competitive setting is indeed offensive, and sexist; it glorifies dominance while equating the rape victim to a "loser." This isn't new ground, it's an old discussion; multiple athletes have been suspended, fined, or forced to apologize over using such language because it's not considered acceptable in public discourse.
I'm not saying I'm personally offended; few things offend me, I've been called a nigger and almost laughed, to be perfectly honest. My initial point was that Destiny justified his use of the words in a juvenile way, arguing the words weren't offensive because his intention wasn't sexist, racist, or homophobic. The problem is that each word (including using rape as a description of competitive dominance) is offensive based on societal norms in many (if not most) places. Again, I am not saying the root word "rape" is offensive or a slur like nigger or faggot.
AdventureRacing
Member
Just watching the replay of the Kas vs Idra game and i still can't understand how he lost that 1st game. He really has played shockingly bad this tournament. Seeing him revert back to his roach/hydra/corruptor style has to be a highlight.
Fair enough. I'm just saying that in general i don't really see it as offensive at all.
Fair enough. I'm just saying that in general i don't really see it as offensive at all.
Corran Horn
May the Schwartz be with you
Yall must love the FGC then.
I'm just going to say this reflects poorly on you. It's the sort of opinion probably best kept to yourself.
Nope.
AdventureRacing
Member
Meh whatever. My last GF had been sexually assaulted and i have attended many volunteer events for people who have had similar things happen (for a company called vocal). I consider myself pretty sensitive about these issues but when a friend uses the word rape when watching a sport with me i can't say it bothers me at all.
Edit: I've done more for victims of abuse then most people will in their whole lifetimes so i find it your post to be a little insulting.
AdventureRacing
Member
I want the GSL back, IEM isn't quite cutting it.
Corran Horn
May the Schwartz be with you
Starcraft 2 NeoGAF Night - 3/7/12 VOD
http://www.twitch.tv/corran666/b/310966904
No big numbers tonight
http://www.twitch.tv/corran666/b/310966904
No big numbers tonight
No big numbers tonight
Did you say "rape" while casting?
Corran Horn
May the Schwartz be with you
Did I? Shouldnt matter as my mic is muted on the stream...now splinter...
Clearly not enough. Next week neogaf night is renamed to neo-rape-gaf night.
Yeahh, I watched a bit of IEM but it's really nothing on the gsl
hopefully the finals will be good thoughThat's you. Many people do, so it's better to not use the words, especially since there are alternatives.
For SC2 to grow to Broodwar levels of long term sustainability and mass appeal, it has to be able to attract a wider audience and lose the man-baby stigma. That won't happen if people are raging over losing and saying offensive words on stream for thousands of people to hear. People want to be able to watch this with their families, kids, girlfriends, etc. and that's not really possible if you've got people talking like Destiny.
Broodwar's audience was ~50% female because they managed to keep it professional and carefully manage it's image and market it's players. Being able to get both males and females means more advertising dollars, which means sustainability. The current SC2 scene is losing too much money to last much longer. Investors are only backing these tournaments because of the hope of it growing enough to become self sustaining and even one day profitable, but that can't happen if the audience is limited because of childish and easily corrected things like offensive words being said in public turning off viewers and advertisers. If HotS is out this Fall and by the end of the year professional SC2 isn't any closer to sustainability, I expect 2013 will suffer cut backs in prize pools and possibly salaries.
I would rather professional SC2 succeed than have it fail because Destiny and those like him want to be able to say this on tournament streams.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcQedw7R1zk
It'll look like GSL by the time it hits Ro4.
PhoenixDark
Banned
Played a weird game on Cloud Kingdom, ZvT. My drone scout was killed his SCVs before I could see whether he had taken a gas or not, so I was on edge. Luckily my overlord reached the back of his base shortly thereafter, at which point I scouted both gases taken. This was around the 5m mark so built extra queens and got my evo chamber at 6m, preparing for cloaked banshees. They never came, then 4 super later Hellions appeared. I figured what the hell, maybe he's going mech...so I took my third.
Few minutes later I scout him taking a late third, then my mutas fly past like 7 Ravens lol. He turtled on three base and had the entire area guarded with missle turrets so I couldn't scout. Still expecting mech I took another base, got a lair around 17m, got a bunch of Ultras and a few Blords.
....then I saw him leave his base with a billion 3-3 marines. Luckily I had a couple Infestors, but even if I didn't I'm sure I would have held. I crushed the army, a-moved to his base and found like 4 PFs. Won easily but jeez, what a weird..build. Usually when Terran turtles on 3 base with a bunch of hellions, they hit with a billion Thors. At least, that's what I've seen multiple times. I've never seen someone turtle just to mass marines and Ravens.
Few minutes later I scout him taking a late third, then my mutas fly past like 7 Ravens lol. He turtled on three base and had the entire area guarded with missle turrets so I couldn't scout. Still expecting mech I took another base, got a lair around 17m, got a bunch of Ultras and a few Blords.
....then I saw him leave his base with a billion 3-3 marines. Luckily I had a couple Infestors, but even if I didn't I'm sure I would have held. I crushed the army, a-moved to his base and found like 4 PFs. Won easily but jeez, what a weird..build. Usually when Terran turtles on 3 base with a bunch of hellions, they hit with a billion Thors. At least, that's what I've seen multiple times. I've never seen someone turtle just to mass marines and Ravens.
select the worker + escape
warning: selecting the building + escape will cancel the building.
How do I select the worker when I'm Zerg!?!?!? HALP
Ahhhh thank you!
You're right. I apologize for what I said. I was taking your posts the wrong way, and didn't mean to be that big of a jackass in my reply.
Yeah it does. Used when your SCV building the rax is being harassed and when you are bunkering zergs
and gas stealing ProtossYeah it does. Used when your SCV building the rax is being harassed and when you are bunkering zergs
AdventureRacing
Member
I don't think idras mechanics are the problem. His biggest problem is the fact that he is stuck in the past (roach/hydra/corruptor against toss for example). He also isn't nearly aggressive enough and doesn't know how to finish people when he's on top. That and everyone now and then he just has a brain snap where he throws away his whole army.
It's his decision making in crucial moments he needs to work on.
Fusion Pizza
Member
When does this season end?
/noob question
/noob question
TheThunder
Member
This season just started, so... a while.
season are really short now...
so it should be soon lol;
edit: btw fun gafnight, and GG jason didn't know you had better macro then panda lol
season are really short now...
edit: btw fun gafnight, and GG jason didn't know you had better macro then panda lol
maybe if my micro player wouldnt move out with every dozen units he got just to lose them all to a surround...
or broke rocks for me...
or did any meaningful damage at all...