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Mobius_1
United Kingdom2763 Posts
^Beauty and the Beast^, but with less Disney Fairytale and more arranged marriage. But whatever happens, SKT hwaiting! | ||
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SarcasmMonster
3136 Posts
On May 19 2012 10:44 Ribbon wrote: From what replays etc we've seen, BW pros play SC2 at around the level of mid-tier foreign SC2 pros. Impressive for like a month of hard practice with smatterings of play before, but....ugh. And then no one's playing much BW lately... I'm really hoping this won't be 'Mediocre BW followed by flat-out bad SC2", but it's probably the most likely outcome  Edit: I like that the SC2 version of this thread has an explanation sections of BW, even if it's not yet filled out. A corresponding intro to SC2 here....may be a bad idea. I know Pokebunny was ~B in BW, but does Sayle know SC2? I've only seen Firebathero and Flash replays, and Flash was mediocre. Were there other replays I missed? | ||
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Abort Retry Fail
2636 Posts
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pigmanbear
Angola2010 Posts
On May 19 2012 11:10 SarcasmMonster wrote: I've only seen Firebathero and Flash replays, and Flash was mediocre. Were there other replays I missed? Flash rolled KawaiiRice pretty badly when Flash had only been playing for 1-2 weeks. Maybe I'm alone in thinking we're going to get to see some pretty good SC2 tonight, and maybe even an innovation or two. | ||
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SarcasmMonster
3136 Posts
On May 19 2012 11:14 pigmanbear wrote: Flash rolled KawaiiRice pretty badly when Flash had only been playing for 1-2 weeks. Maybe I'm alone in thinking we're going to get to see some pretty good SC2 tonight, and maybe even an innovation or two. Well, KawaiiRice is a mid-level foreigner (with lag? I'm not sure if the Korean server is the best ping for him). The 20+ minutegame was hardly a roll. | ||
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pigmanbear
Angola2010 Posts
On May 19 2012 11:18 SarcasmMonster wrote: Well, KawaiiRice is a mid-level foreigner (with lag? I'm not sure if the Korean server is the best ping for him). The 20+ minutegame was hardly a roll. What was notable about that game was how smooth Flash's 14 CC opening was, and how there was really no time where KR had an advantage. If Flash was that good after just a little time playing, his play must be pretty good by now. | ||
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ShadeR
Australia7535 Posts
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TheShimmy
United States1808 Posts
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Trizz
Netherlands1318 Posts
I just have this gut feeling.. PROVE ME WRONG JD <3 | ||
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Louuster
Canada2869 Posts
Kinda excited to see how this is gonna turn out to be honest, hopefully mixing the two games doesnt make it so they half practice both and as a result show mediocre games in both games. | ||
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Ribbon
United States5278 Posts
On May 19 2012 11:18 SarcasmMonster wrote: Well, KawaiiRice is a mid-level foreigner (with lag? I'm not sure if the Korean server is the best ping for him). The 20+ minutegame was hardly a roll. He later lost to Desrow, another mid-tier foreign pro. For how little time he's put in yet, it's really impressive, but in absolute terms of the games we'll be seeing tonight...I'm concerned. The only reason for an SC2 fan to watch Proleague of GSTL or IPTL is the draw of the Elephant in the Room, and if the BW pros don't deliver on that front, Proleague is in a lot of trouble, having alienated BW fans basically for nothing. I am not impressed by Flash's TvP, based on my extensive experience of seeing a ladder game against Desrow (specifically, he was really passive as Terran, which is a pretty good way to lose as Terran in SC2; they need to do damage in the midgame because bio is the weakest late-game army). I think, if the games aren't good, Terrans going Mech in SC2 might also be a bit of a draw, just because it always seems to kind of work, and SC2 fans might be interested to see if BW pros can work the kinks out. tl;dr: If there isn't at least one SC2 game that's really good or something not seen often in SC2 normally (good mech, carriers, etc), then KeSPA should be sweating. If there is, GOM should be sweating. Edit: Oh wait, this isn't today? | ||
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Disregard
China10252 Posts
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1Eris1
United States5797 Posts
Yeblah!... + Show Spoiler + yeah! + blah.. | ||
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sM.Zik
Canada2547 Posts
btw, yeah im enjoying sc2, although bw is still the better game. Why am I making the switch then? Because I followed the Kespa players since the very start and I want to follow them. I love watching as much as playing and Sc2 is unfortunately the future. Since watching a game I don't play isnt very fun, I gave it a chance and I like the game so far. | ||
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Terrestrialrage
United States122 Posts
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BLinD-RawR
ALLEYCAT BLUES50121 Posts
On May 19 2012 12:29 Ribbon wrote: He later lost to Desrow, another mid-tier foreign pro. For how little time he's put in yet, it's really impressive, but in absolute terms of the games we'll be seeing tonight...I'm concerned. The only reason for an SC2 fan to watch Proleague of GSTL or IPTL is the draw of the Elephant in the Room, and if the BW pros don't deliver on that front, Proleague is in a lot of trouble, having alienated BW fans basically for nothing. I am not impressed by Flash's TvP, based on my extensive experience of seeing a ladder game against Desrow (specifically, he was really passive as Terran, which is a pretty good way to lose as Terran in SC2; they need to do damage in the midgame because bio is the weakest late-game army). I think, if the games aren't good, Terrans going Mech in SC2 might also be a bit of a draw, just because it always seems to kind of work, and SC2 fans might be interested to see if BW pros can work the kinks out. tl;dr: If there isn't at least one SC2 game that's really good or something not seen often in SC2 normally (good mech, carriers, etc), then KeSPA should be sweating. If there is, GOM should be sweating. Edit: Oh wait, this isn't today? uhhh, that game against desrow was on may 6th...before the first FPVODs and the game against kawaiirice. | ||
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eviltomahawk
United States11135 Posts
On May 19 2012 08:45 SarcasmMonster wrote: Where did you get the picture for SC2? Are those... firebats? Before there were Marauders and Hellions, there used to be Firebats and Vipers (those old hover-tanks). Then they re-skinned the Firebat to be a Marauder and gave the flamethrower to what would become the Hellion. Apparently, the old SC2 alpha Firebats were supposed to tank like Marauders, but obviously wielded flamethrowers instead of concussive shells. Just food for thought. | ||
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Ribbon
United States5278 Posts
On May 19 2012 13:30 BLinD-RawR wrote: uhhh, that game against desrow was on may 6th...before the first FPVODs and the game against kawaiirice. Oh, really? OOPS, my bad. I think it came out later, so I got confused. Disregard, I suck cocks, etc etc etc. I'm still fairly pessimistic that the BW players will be particularly impressive in SC2 tomorrow. By the end of the season, maybe, but probably not tomorrow. I'd love to be proven wrong again this thread, though. On May 19 2012 12:53 sM.Zik wrote: I've made the switch on Sc2 only because of this, better be reaaaaaaaaally good! btw, yeah im enjoying sc2, although bw is still the better game. Why am I making the switch then? Because I followed the Kespa players since the very start and I want to follow them. I love watching as much as playing and Sc2 is unfortunately the future. Since watching a game I don't play isnt very fun, I gave it a chance and I like the game so far. It is what it is ("Decent", IMO, with HotS likely to upgrade it to "pretty good"), and I hope the cross-pollination with BW for a lot of younger SC2 fans inspires them to be a bit more demanding of what they want out of the game. Which may or may not be what BW fans want, but still. (PLEASE don't start a vs thread here) On May 19 2012 13:37 eviltomahawk wrote: Before there were Marauders and Hellions, there used to be Firebats and Vipers (those old hover-tanks). Then they re-skinned the Firebat to be a Marauder and gave the flamethrower to what would become the Hellion. Apparently, the old SC2 alpha Firebats were supposed to tank like Marauders, but obviously wielded flamethrowers instead of concussive shells. Just food for thought. Nitpick: The unit you're thinking of is called the Diamondback, and is useless even in the campaign. The Viper is the HotS version of the defiler | ||
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figq
12519 Posts
To vote for the Proleague matches - you have to go to the SC2 liquibet section! Liquibet Alert! | ||
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googolplex
United States280 Posts
On May 19 2012 15:03 figq wrote: Liquibet Alert! To vote for the Proleague matches - you have to go to the SC2 liquibet section! Liquibet Alert! oh really wow. poor us bw fans. anyway we better prepare for it. there's a storm coming for us all. | ||
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