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[IA] I Am Soooooo Angry with NASL, Kelly, TB

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Hoju
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States449 Posts
February 24 2011 18:59 GMT
#1
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Hello my dear readers. How are you? That's good to hear. And your significant other, kids, pets? Oh, Fluffy died? I'm very sad to hear that. Oh, and how am I? Well, I'm glad you asked. You see, my friends, I am not well. In fact, I am downright furious. Almost furious enough to start writing on chalkboards. But, I digress. What I'd like to do is take a second from being the best and most accurate reporter and writer in the Starcraft 2 community and speak truthfully from the heart. This calm discussion needs to be read by EVERYONE. I'm making a new thread for this because as Starcraft's most trusted journalist, my opinion is more important than everyone else's so it deserves its own thread.

To start off, who the fuck do these NASL guys think they are? Creating such a huge tournament is certainly going to destroy E-Sports and possibly the whole world. Don't they realize the survival of the human race is on the line??? Don't even get me started on the pre-announcement showmatch. Absolutely horrid quality, especially since they explicitly said that's how the NASL broadcast will look and that they're not going to improve the quality.

Oh, and this casting live, but not broadcasted live shit. WTF is that? This is clearly going to ruin EVERYTHING. This will almost definitely be an issue when everyone is watching these “awesome” games. There's absolutely no way we'll forget about it and ignore the fact that it's not live after the season starts. We'll all be watching and saying “Why can't they be playing RIGHT NOW?!?! Knowing that they already played this game totally fucks up my experience” instead of discussing the games.

And where are the sponsors? They MUST have sponsors. I'm so confused! They can't possibly have money without sponsors. Who the fuck would invest in a tournament and not want people to know who they are. I know I would want everyone to know who I am and every single detail about me. This is totally different than how every other tournament is done, so this tournament will be stupid.

How can they possibly make a huge announcement and not tell ME every little detail about the tournament. I must know every single facet of the tournament RIGHT NOW. The tournament starts in less than 3 fortnights! 3!!! They should should have an answer for all of my questions immediately. I mean, what if player X doesn't say gg in 63% of his games and then switches teams, but isn't on a team for a period of 57 hours, while playing from Kenya for 3 of his games, and also has to undergo emergency toenail surgery, but has to call his Mom in Mississippi at the same time! WHAT THEN? HUH? WHY DONT YOU HAVE AN ANSWER FOR ME?!?!?!

And another thing. NASL claims to be all about professionalism, but then they hire iNcontroL, a guy who clearly doesn't give a shit about Starcraft or it's future and never ever takes things seriously. Why would they want such a popular and beloved player to promote their league? Also, iNcontroL is so damn unprofessional, and is destroying the league by continuing his popular antics. He should be completely serious all the time, because that will help promote the league more than being his usual entertaining self.

Next, I'd like to talk about this chick Kelly casting in MY GSL. Why would she even apply, she clearly knows absolutely nothing about the game and doesn't give a shit about Starcraft 2. And how dare she try to be funny and calling the Hellion a “race car”? This is a completely serious cast. Tasteless and Artosis never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever joke around. Also, there's no way she's going to get better, either. I mean, look at the observer. People thought he would get better, but even during yesterday's games, I was thinking to myself, “This guy is awful, there's like 2 units offscreen in this battle” and “why isn't he focusing on all 3 drops at once, that's so easy to do” and “why doesn't he have the exact tab open that I want?” The whole thing just makes me want to repeatedly make jokes about her accent and switch L's and R's in my text, because that never gets old.

Speaking of casters, this TotalBiscuit guy is such a fucking idiot. I used to think he was awesome, then he decides he's going to spend his time on different games proportionally to what his viewers want? WoW players aren't real people. They spend hours playing a game, and then discuss and analyze every aspect of it on the forums. That's nothing like Starcraft 2 players.

So fuck him, I want to hear him cast Starcraft 2, so he should listen to ME and just cast Starcraft 2. And you know what? I'm going to say he's quitting casting Starcraft 2 altogether, because that's clearly what he said. It's important that we go around bashing these casters. It doesn't matter if we take comments "out of context" or "totally misquote" them.

Ok. Glad I was able to get those arguments down in a clear and respectable way. Now I have to go make fifteen different posts on Reddit for all these complaints.

EDIT: fixed some grammar and spelling, I don't want to look like a complete idiot or anything.



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Please don't turn this into a discussion about NASL, Kelly, or TB. I'm just making jokes about some complaints that I think are totally ridiculous. I think there are legitimate complaints about all three, but this isn't the place to discuss them. Just enjoy the article Also, I love /r/starcraft, but just the 75% of it that isn't idiotic.


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.Aar
Profile Joined September 2010
2177 Posts
February 24 2011 19:04 GMT
#2
5stars, thanks again for the good read.

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BroOd
Profile Blog Joined April 2003
Austin10833 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-24 19:04:59
February 24 2011 19:04 GMT
#3
Not your best work, as some of your underlying points are a bit specious, but you can't hit home runs every time. Did you rush this one out a bit?
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Vatti
Profile Joined May 2010
United Kingdom38 Posts
February 24 2011 19:09 GMT
#4
You've summed up 95% of the weeks post into one, serious, well thought out and totally not sarcastic, serious post.

I like you. Genius.
Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.
FeeL_ThE_RusH
Profile Joined February 2010
Ireland227 Posts
February 24 2011 19:10 GMT
#5
Good read and fair points all round. But the internet will be the internet, nothing you can do about it really.
#starcraft.ie on Quakenet, Irish SC2ers assemble
iKing
Profile Joined February 2011
4 Posts
February 24 2011 19:15 GMT
#6
I liked it. 5/5.
samaNo4
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Spain245 Posts
February 24 2011 19:17 GMT
#7
That's not funny. Yes, you tried, but no. Some of those concerns are real ones for some people. I'm not talking about that stuff with Kelly (people tend to be disgusting sometimes) but more important ones like the showmatch issues or the no-live in NASL, and it's normal, because we all want the best for the things we love. At least, if it was funny or intelligent, it would pass, but it's quite awful. You try to discredit legit arguments by extending them to the absurd, trying to laugh at our worries. Bad job.
And then do you know what happens all of a sudden? Trumpets!!
MiraKul
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Malaysia498 Posts
February 24 2011 19:17 GMT
#8
GOOD JOB EINSTEIN! :D
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Hoju
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States449 Posts
February 24 2011 19:18 GMT
#9
On February 25 2011 04:04 BroOd wrote:
Not your best work, as some of your underlying points are a bit specious, but you can't hit home runs every time. Did you rush this one out a bit?

I believe most of my points are pretty good, but obviously people have different opinions I left out a lot of things that certainly are reasonable arguments. Mostly I was just trying to show how stupid some of these reactions by the community have been lately. People need to not be so upset about everything and realize that 90% of the time, these "issues" won't actually be as big of a deal or people will get used to it and forget about it. Sort of like what HuK was saying in his ceremony.
www.TheInfestedArchon.com - SC2 Satire
how
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States538 Posts
February 24 2011 19:18 GMT
#10
I was going to try and write something clever, then remembered how hard it is to type sarcasm, awesome job.
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Littlebootz
Profile Joined March 2010
United States108 Posts
February 24 2011 19:25 GMT
#11
you are my new favorite archon, even though you are infested.
What if a pro..owns a noob..but there's no ladder?
nicotn
Profile Joined September 2010
Netherlands186 Posts
February 24 2011 19:26 GMT
#12
you just made my day xD
Hoju
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States449 Posts
February 24 2011 19:32 GMT
#13
On February 25 2011 04:04 BroOd wrote:Did you rush this one out a bit?

Oh, and this was meant to look rushed like a rant that someone wrote in 2 minutes. So, I didn't spend quite as much time on it as I usually do.
www.TheInfestedArchon.com - SC2 Satire
forgotten0ne
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States951 Posts
February 24 2011 19:43 GMT
#14
On February 25 2011 04:17 samaNo4 wrote:
You try to discredit legit arguments by extending them to the absurd, trying to laugh at our worries. Bad job.


You do realize that's the standard tactic of EVERY expert debater. Him doing so in a jokingly serious light adds an EXTRA layer of humor. Clearly you're the guy that sees stand up comedy and crosses his arms taking everything the comedian says as if they were serious. Lighten up. We live in too fucked up of a world to take things so seriously.

"Well it’s obvious that these Terran gamers are just extremely gifted when it comes to RTS games" -Ret, in regards to the first months of SC2
relyt
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States1073 Posts
February 24 2011 19:46 GMT
#15
I love it! Pretty much sums up what I have been reading these past weeks.
VikingKong
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
China509 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-24 19:49:44
February 24 2011 19:48 GMT
#16
On February 25 2011 04:43 forgotten0ne wrote:
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On February 25 2011 04:17 samaNo4 wrote:
You try to discredit legit arguments by extending them to the absurd, trying to laugh at our worries. Bad job.


You do realize that's the standard tactic of EVERY expert debater. Him doing so in a jokingly serious light adds an EXTRA layer of humor. Clearly you're the guy that sees stand up comedy and crosses his arms taking everything the comedian says as if they were serious. Lighten up. We live in too fucked up of a world to take things so seriously.


Wikipedia link

Not just debater though, pretty much anyone that deals with logic, from mathematics to philosophy.

The arguments aren't legit if they have absurd implications.
[Atomic]Peace
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States451 Posts
February 24 2011 19:48 GMT
#17
Not the best edition of the IA, but major points for the underlying commentary. It needed to be said.
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JabbaDaButt
Profile Joined December 2010
United States77 Posts
February 24 2011 19:56 GMT
#18
A good summary of the ridiculous complaints that most had within the past week. Next, they'll be complaining that you're mocking THEIR opinions and yours don't matter at all. The nerves on these selfish idiots....

What I find most surprising was that Kelly actually got death threats. Really...? C'mon guys....
"Marines, the counter to Banelings." -IdrA
Orphen
Profile Joined December 2010
United States101 Posts
February 24 2011 20:02 GMT
#19
Oh man..you definitely made my day! Good job
hypercube
Profile Joined April 2010
Hungary2735 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-24 20:07:35
February 24 2011 20:06 GMT
#20
On February 25 2011 04:04 BroOd wrote:
Not your best work, as some of your underlying points are a bit specious, but you can't hit home runs every time. Did you rush this one out a bit?


Agreed, this completely destroys the IA legacy. I won't be able to read the Idra article without thinking about the horrible forced jokes from this one.

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