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[Pancakes]

cool bunker micro from illusion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Gk81D2_FwSA

That's some pretty neat micro.

 

[Corran Horn]

PvZ, feel good playing game and win. All like "F ya!" then you see opponent is platinum....high gone...lol.

 

[Yoshichan]

Foxer vs HerO, Artosis commentary

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54OuhKKBlYE

 

[fanboi]

BoxeR is by far the best looking SC2 pro there is.

Hmm... we should call him... FoxeR! God damn I'm so good.

 

[Draft]

I just scouted a six pool, reacted fast enough to get down a forge and chrono a zealot, defended pressure for like 3 minutes, stabilized and won the game. That is basically the greatest thing that I have ever done in SC2. This is all at low silver/high bronze so clumsy, sloppy and ugly, but man am I ever proud of myself.

The z didn't even give me a GG. Feels good, man.

 

[EscapingJail]

Congrats =D

 

[Hazaro]

I just scouted a six pool, reacted fast enough to get down a forge and chrono a zealot, defended pressure for like 3 minutes, stabilized and won the game. That is basically the greatest thing that I have ever done in SC2. This is all at low silver/high bronze so clumsy, sloppy and ugly, but man am I ever proud of myself.

The z didn't even give me a GG. Feels good, man.

Ladder again right after so you face them again.

 

[FoxSpirit]

*pops out of nowhere*

Details about the HotS beta?

 

[Yoshichan]

My left ear is working again : IM SO HAPPY!

 

[Holden]

yaaaa foreighners!

 

[Deadman]

Anyone watching flash in the osl?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5ok2V8Je_w&feature=plcp

Its bo5 and its currently flash 2-1 shine

 

[Holden]

me ^^

 

[Yoshichan]

But bw... why...

 

[Holden]

dat nydus/proxy hatch

But bw... why...

Cause the game is just superior in anyway.

 

[Yoshichan]

Cause the game is just superior in anyway.

Yes, because I was asking which game's better.

Wait, what?

 

[Deadman]

I hope they get the same size crowd when they switch to sc2

 

[Holden]

I hope they get the same size crowd when they switch to sc2

i hope they don't so they go back to bw t.t


flash, maphack in his brain

 

[Deadman]

seems marines super imba in bw too.



the scan was so awesome, how did he know

 

[Holden]

what a stomp.

 

[Deadman]

#2 Player in the world streaming

 

[Yoshichan]

#2 Player in the world streaming

Expected IdrA.

Now I'm disappointed.

 

[Deadman]

But now singsing is streaming, should just watch that instead

 

[nilbog21]

#2 Player in the world streaming

yay D

Whos #1? MVP is the only I can think better than Stephano

 

[Yoshichan]

yay D

Whos #1? MVP is the only I can think better than Stephano

MVP XD

Probably DRG.

 

[Deadman]

I was just kidding by going off that elo ranking that holden posted

In reality stephano is of course number 1.

 

[nilbog21]

I was just kidding by going off that elo ranking that holden posted

In reality stephano is of course number 1.

kk that makes sense then, u had me thinking for a little bit

 

[MrKnives]

i hope they don't so they go back to bw t.t


flash, maphack in his brain

If Flash would fully go back yes, otherwise no. I don't want to watch shitty bw games. It's superior to SC2 only because the skill level is so high.

 

[Pancakes]

Expected IdrA.

Now I'm disappointed.

Idra is not even top 2 NA dude.

 

[nilbog21]

is he even top 200 NA ?

Spoiler

getsum

 

[FoxSpirit]

In terms of playstyle, Steph is #1. You watch his stream and everything seems so calm, almost relaxed. Evereyone else, you get this crazy sense of speed and hectic but Steph, oh no. And then he wins anyway.

 

[nilbog21]

is he playing in a wine cellar? wtf

 

[Deadman]

That game against lucifron was pretty cool

 

[PhoenixDark]

Idra proves mechanics don't matter if you approach the game poorly. He got away for awhile due to BW mechanics, but was far behind of every Zerg meta game shift. Stephano and others are doing quite fine against most Protoss while Idra continues to flounder.

He came back from Korea earlier this year with refreshed mechanics but once again failed to improve on anything else

 

[Holden]

Pretty sure its just he doesn't practices as much. + girlfriend

 

[Pancakes]

Idra proves mechanics don't matter if you approach the game poorly. He got away for awhile due to BW mechanics, but was far behind of every Zerg meta game shift. Stephano and others are doing quite fine against most Protoss while Idra continues to flounder.

He came back from Korea earlier this year with refreshed mechanics but once again failed to improve on anything else

That's what I kinda enjoy about SC2 over BW, since macro is easier players can focus more on developing strategies and metagames instead of relying purely on better mechanics.

 

[Deadman]

I dont think idras mechanics are even that good anymore, the other day i saw him playing some random ladder terran and he was being pulled all over the place by this guys drops, losing base after base. Every time 1a'ing his entire army to one place.

 

[EscapingJail]

Fuck yea

 

[Deadman]

http://www.teamliquid.net/video/streams/thegdstudio

GDshow is on.

 

[nilbog21]

guy on the left is super high

 

[nilbog21]

Pretty sure its just he doesn't practices as much. + girlfriend + shitty

fixed

 

[zlatko]

Fuck yea

Protoss Masters on NA ladder?

What's your secret? Rolling your face from left to right on the keyboard, or right to left?

Jk(mostly)

 

[Holden]

Protoss Masters on NA ladder?

What's your secret? Rolling your face from left to right on the keyboard, or right to left?

Jk(mostly)

he's be grandmaster zerg if he did that, fool.

 

[EscapingJail]

Protoss Masters on NA ladder?

What's your secret? Rolling your face from left to right on the keyboard, or right to left?

Jk(mostly)

Yeah you're right, that's exactly what I do.=D

But I was actually talking about getting top 8

 

[Snowman]

Yeah you're right, that's exactly what I do.=D

But I was actually talking about getting top 8

Ohhh, so you do left to right and right to left? Nice.

Spoiler

Just kidding, I play toss too <3

 

[Ecto311]

I just scouted a six pool, reacted fast enough to get down a forge and chrono a zealot, defended pressure for like 3 minutes, stabilized and won the game. That is basically the greatest thing that I have ever done in SC2. This is all at low silver/high bronze so clumsy, sloppy and ugly, but man am I ever proud of myself.

The z didn't even give me a GG. Feels good, man.

I remember the first time I scouted a dark shrine and had a raven ready for the rush. Was awesome. Sucks when you fall to that stupid shit later though.

 

[Tashi]

ooof I'm rusty. Played my first 2 games back and I lost both. Both to silver players. One a low level and one a top 8. Gotta keep grinding

 

[Samyy]

Just bought this game, first RTS in a while but I did play a lot of AoE2, is the campaign a good teacher?

 

[Keikaku]

Just bought this game, first RTS in a while but I did play a lot of AoE2, is the campaign a good teacher?

Not in my opinion. It's decent enough for getting you familiar with some of the units and the very basics of the game (i.e. what are supply depots for, what buildings make what units) though only for Terran, but it does jack all to prepare you for multiplayer.

 

[Yoshichan]

Idra is not even top 2 NA dude.

Hahahhaa

 

[celestial body]

Just bought this game, first RTS in a while but I did play a lot of AoE2, is the campaign a good teacher?

Hi I'm more or less in the same boat as you just a bit further along. IMO campaign doesn't help at all, play versus AI for a bit to get used to things and try some basic build orders. Play practice ladder because real people, even terribly bad ones, will throw you situations which the AI just won't but bear in mind that it's a lot slower than ladder and whilst the rocks help you from early cheese they really don't prepare you what you'll face later.

Check some basic build orders for your race at liquipedia and maybe watch some tutorials on yt.