Just so you know IGA does that in Canada. That shouldn't be what tipped you off :lol
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//: StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty |OT5| Killing #ESPORTS
- Thread starter Corran Horn
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Really, they're a grocery store that delivers to anywhere?
PhoenixDark
Banned
EG probably can't even add more people to their team for a bit, after the Thorzain addition. And I'd imagine they want nothing to do with Naniwa regardless
they just signed Suppy. -_-
People only remember the bad things EG do.
Yeah, but his salary is probably about equal to the amount of money you have gotten from reddit so far.
Because they're evil! It's in their name!
They also just added a title sponsor (RaidCall)
For all the pimping they do of Steelseries, Kingston HyperX, Monster Energy, etc. none of those are title sponsors. I'm sure EG got a ton of money from RaidCall.
PhoenixDark
Banned
Who is basically a tax write off...I'd imagine Naniwa would be expensive
Corran Horn
May the Schwartz be with you
Some free 2011 SC2. Late but cool they are continuing to release their older seasons for free finally.
edit: Have I mentioned lately how much I hate the own3d volume control?
GOD I FUCKING HATE THAT.
Corran Horn
May the Schwartz be with you
Probably bish's tag fishing thread in OT
Pancakes
hot, steaming, as melted butter slips into the cracks, drizzled with sticky sweet syrup OH GOD
Tag fishing thread.
Corran Horn
May the Schwartz be with you
Basically ya. That and no GSL for a few weeks :/
Yoshichan
And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
This is brilliant
Slightly OT, but this made me think you.
I think they're more interested in Stephano anyway, he's better PR all around.
when your just beginning anything your opponent doing is so horrifyingly bad that you either will be completely incapable of making sense of it [ie rushing dt and then going fats mothership with an all dt army] or [and this is true 100% of the time] will just straight up die to any proper build.
so the real goal of the new comer should be to pick something simple and attempt to do it as quickly and as efficiently as possible.
Which race are you?
perfect.
build an overlord at 9 drones.
an extractor at 14 drones.
a pool at 14 drones.
zergling speed and a queen when your pool finishes.
a hatchery at 21 drones.
don't get supply blocked until 36.
that would be the go to zerg training wheels build.
14/14 is a great build hampered only by being over conservative; so the game is in finding ways to cut corners as the game goes on while still having the benefit of being able to build early lings and having zergling speed in time to defend your typical aggressions. ie: stim timings, 4gates, etc.
So the game is in starting with the 14/14, picking a game plan [building lots of mutas, fast infestors, roach/ling timing, etc] and then tweaking the build to survive to that point and finding ways to get their faster.
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zerg being billed as a 'reactionary race' can be somewhat misleading for newer players, because it's less that you are reacting and more that you are predicting/opening up options. I feel it's an important distinction because most zerg units have upgrades that are essentially required for those units to fulfil their function as counters. zerglings without speed are many times weaker than zerglings with speed, the same applies to roaches and their speed upgrade and to a lesser extent burrow, same for hydra, infestors and to ultras. banelings may not always need their speed upgrade, but they typically do need some form of support framework established beforehand. good creep, ovies with drop, burrow, etc.
in most cases you're better off to pick a route to your tech that fleshes out one of your early units on the way because even if you pick poorly, you'll still end up doing better than being caught with your 'counter' units in their most basic form.
so for an example game vs terran, you would say to yourself:
I want to go mutalisks.
I will open 14/14 and survive with my speedlings.
i will find out if he is building lots of hellions.
if he is not, i will defend with zerglings and banelings until i have my mutas.
the difference is very small, you get like 15 minerals slightly faster if you drone between gas and pool.
the way i see it is there's no real way to get punished for taking the drone first, so why not take the drone.
Pancakes
hot, steaming, as melted butter slips into the cracks, drizzled with sticky sweet syrup OH GOD
Scum.
Taken from Blizzard site at 10PM EST. GM representation by Race.
Code:
NA
80[B]Z[/B] 40.8%
60[B]P[/B] 30.6%
53[B]T[/B] 27.1%
3 [B]R[/B] 1.5%
KR
69[B]Z[/B] 34.9%
68[B]P[/B] 34.3%
60[B]T[/B] 30.3%
1 [B]R[/B] 0.5%
EU
79[B]Z[/B] 39.7%
83[B]P[/B] 41.7%
36[B]T[/B] 18.1%
1 [B]R[/B] 0.5%
SEA
69[B]P[/B] 36.1%
68[B]Z[/B] 35.6%
50[B]T[/B] 26.2%
4 [B]R[/B] 2.1%
CN
88[B]P[/B] 44.0%
59[B]Z[/B] 29.5%
45[B]T[/B] 22.5%
8 [B]R[/B] 4.0%working as intended.
TheThunder
Member
fixed
vicissitudes
Banned
Panda why are you teaching people 14/14? Hatch first, bro.
because build orders are mind poison.
especially to a zerg, the hardest race.
and hatch first build orders? seriously tight mind poison.
PhoenixDark
Banned
I like the idea of GSL's having longer breaks between each other. Makes them feel more eventful than constantly crowning a new champion like last year
Yoshichan
And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
They should've never been able to fly and shoot at the same time, so... :3
I agree. If phoenix can fly and shoot at the same time than banshees should be able to do so as well.
Yoshichan
And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
banshees can do that, its an achievable and everything.
Corran Horn
May the Schwartz be with you
It's only because of wcs Korea. Not like they are doing it to space out gsls.
Yoshichan
And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
It should be easier to perform but battle.net lag makes it harder than it should be.
never seen any terrans do it in my bronze malignant maruader division.
PhoenixDark
Banned
Yea but even overall, delays between GSLs seem longer this year to me.
dont worry brah, its either a very rare bug or a hoax.
much like the phoenix.