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[ASL7] Grand Finals - Mini vs Last - Page 9

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Alpha-NP-
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States1242 Posts
March 17 2019 14:27 GMT
#161
Yeah Youtube video is copy right blocked like always.
oxKnu
Profile Joined December 2017
1240 Posts
March 17 2019 14:31 GMT
#162
On March 17 2019 23:26 TaardadAiel wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 17 2019 20:17 oxKnu wrote:
On March 17 2019 20:11 Dante08 wrote:
I don't think the games are a good indication of balance at all. Last beat Snow with a proxy rax vs nexus first and 2 x proxy fac vs Rain and Mini, and 1 game was Rain doing a proxy gate which did nothing. Those were hardly standard games.


Right.. So let me get this right...the record doesn't count because it wasn't standard games, although these are played between top pros at the highest level, but it does count when Terran has anything close to a losing record or god forbid, equal win/loss record to the other races.

Yeah I think I get it now. Thanks.


Results so far suggest BC is actually Terran favoured. I've stated as much in several previews already, citing sponbbang statistics. Protoss wins on that map in ASL were against lesser foes - jyj and Tinkle come to mind. You are free to elaborate why the map is Terran favoured or you can be edgy. Any discussion is preferable to throwing thinly veiled balance whine. I apologize in advance if that's not what you meant.


Most arguments have been made already. My general sentiment is towards the common brigade of people assaulting every new map as imbalanced because "Terran can't win on it" when all is said and done, actual results and games indicated otherwise. Blockchain being the perfect example for it.

In short: Terrans love to whine about maps no matter what, and I fricking hate it.
TaardadAiel
Profile Joined May 2017
Bulgaria750 Posts
March 17 2019 14:38 GMT
#163
Is this about the ASL5 map pool or this season's?
WriterReV hwaiting!
Rainalcar
Profile Joined April 2010
Croatia422 Posts
March 17 2019 15:06 GMT
#164
On March 17 2019 23:31 oxKnu wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 17 2019 23:26 TaardadAiel wrote:
On March 17 2019 20:17 oxKnu wrote:
On March 17 2019 20:11 Dante08 wrote:
I don't think the games are a good indication of balance at all. Last beat Snow with a proxy rax vs nexus first and 2 x proxy fac vs Rain and Mini, and 1 game was Rain doing a proxy gate which did nothing. Those were hardly standard games.


Right.. So let me get this right...the record doesn't count because it wasn't standard games, although these are played between top pros at the highest level, but it does count when Terran has anything close to a losing record or god forbid, equal win/loss record to the other races.

Yeah I think I get it now. Thanks.


Results so far suggest BC is actually Terran favoured. I've stated as much in several previews already, citing sponbbang statistics. Protoss wins on that map in ASL were against lesser foes - jyj and Tinkle come to mind. You are free to elaborate why the map is Terran favoured or you can be edgy. Any discussion is preferable to throwing thinly veiled balance whine. I apologize in advance if that's not what you meant.


Most arguments have been made already. My general sentiment is towards the common brigade of people assaulting every new map as imbalanced because "Terran can't win on it" when all is said and done, actual results and games indicated otherwise. Blockchain being the perfect example for it.

In short: Terrans love to whine about maps no matter what, and I fricking hate it.


When all is said and done, it is, as per usual, individual Terrans emerging as multiple winners.
j.r.r.
J. Corsair
Profile Joined June 2014
United States470 Posts
March 17 2019 15:24 GMT
#165
Blocked on YouTube. The grand final. Thanks, afreeca.
“...it is human nature, I suppose, to be futile and ridiculous.” - Scaramouche
Artas1984
Profile Joined August 2018
135 Posts
March 17 2019 15:27 GMT
#166
On March 17 2019 23:24 whaski wrote:
Finally Last takes ASL. Really great season and well deserved victory for Last!


Stupid! Spoiled everything!!!
Incomplete..ReV
Profile Joined August 2017
Norway637 Posts
March 17 2019 15:38 GMT
#167
On March 18 2019 00:27 Artas1984 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 17 2019 23:24 whaski wrote:
Finally Last takes ASL. Really great season and well deserved victory for Last!


Stupid! Spoiled everything!!!


Uh, are you serious? This thread is to discuss and comment on the games as they happens and after the matter. If you read here, it's entirely your own fault for getting spoiled.
It's ok. I still love you <3
oxKnu
Profile Joined December 2017
1240 Posts
March 17 2019 15:42 GMT
#168
On March 17 2019 23:38 TaardadAiel wrote:
Is this about the ASL5 map pool or this season's?


In general, ASL5 was disgusting in particular for me. All of the talk was about how everything was designed to take down Flash and Terrans when the actual imbalanced map, Transistor, was not even in the discussion. So many hot takes with no actual technical points to base it on.
Incomplete..ReV
Profile Joined August 2017
Norway637 Posts
March 17 2019 16:12 GMT
#169
On March 18 2019 00:42 oxKnu wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 17 2019 23:38 TaardadAiel wrote:
Is this about the ASL5 map pool or this season's?


In general, ASL5 was disgusting in particular for me. All of the talk was about how everything was designed to take down Flash and Terrans when the actual imbalanced map, Transistor, was not even in the discussion. So many hot takes with no actual technical points to base it on.


Transistor was discussed. People even made a deal about how good Flash was for being able to win the way he did, despite the map. And I also feel it's almost always mentioned how Snow did beat him on Gladiator (generally considered balanced), to point out that they're not putting all the credit to the maps, but that Snow really did play good enough to earn his win.
It's ok. I still love you <3
oxKnu
Profile Joined December 2017
1240 Posts
March 17 2019 17:00 GMT
#170
On March 18 2019 01:12 Incomplete..ReV wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 18 2019 00:42 oxKnu wrote:
On March 17 2019 23:38 TaardadAiel wrote:
Is this about the ASL5 map pool or this season's?


In general, ASL5 was disgusting in particular for me. All of the talk was about how everything was designed to take down Flash and Terrans when the actual imbalanced map, Transistor, was not even in the discussion. So many hot takes with no actual technical points to base it on.


Transistor was discussed. People even made a deal about how good Flash was for being able to win the way he did, despite the map. And I also feel it's almost always mentioned how Snow did beat him on Gladiator (generally considered balanced), to point out that they're not putting all the credit to the maps, but that Snow really did play good enough to earn his win.


Fair point. Keep in mind that I'm also talking here about general SC people, not just this forum. Here people are generally quite astute in their analysis for the most part.
Jealous
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
10256 Posts
March 17 2019 18:25 GMT
#171
How can the afreeca player crash so fucking much omfg. Basically unusable. Is this not a problem in Korea or something????
"The right to vote is only the oar of the slaveship, I wanna be free." -- бум бум сучка!
Nematocyst
Profile Joined October 2017
United States164 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-03-17 20:07:23
March 17 2019 20:03 GMT
#172
On March 18 2019 00:24 J. Corsair wrote:
Blocked on YouTube. The grand final. Thanks, afreeca.


I doubt it's afreeca that's the problem. I think it's safe to assume what they are doing is legal in Korea. If not, fine, blame them.

I think it's better to blame either US copyright laws, or to blame Youtube's erring on a side that clobbers fair use. It wouldn't surprise me if what afreeca is doing falls under fair use provisions even in US copyright law, but who the heck wants to try to get youtube to reverse that block? (for every single one) If I were afreeca, I wouldn't bother-- being content to do what's reasonable (posting to YT for the fans outside Korea) and let the fans direct complaints to the right place.
Turbovolver
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Australia2394 Posts
March 17 2019 20:14 GMT
#173
On March 18 2019 03:25 Jealous wrote:
How can the afreeca player crash so fucking much omfg. Basically unusable. Is this not a problem in Korea or something????

I was watching Soulkey's stream of the finals with commentary simply because it was the first place I found the finals on YouTube. And just in game one, he was getting lag, and had to go change settings somehow when it just died completely. I'm not so sure it even works that well in Korea? -_-
The original Bogus fan.
FlaShFTW
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States10258 Posts
March 17 2019 20:38 GMT
#174
On March 18 2019 03:25 Jealous wrote:
How can the afreeca player crash so fucking much omfg. Basically unusable. Is this not a problem in Korea or something????

I didnt have one problem with afreeca last night. probably just you
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Iplaythings
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Denmark9110 Posts
March 17 2019 21:17 GMT
#175
Afreeca is consistently inconsistent for me

Eithe rworks perfectly or not at all
In the woods, there lurks..
Turbovolver
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Australia2394 Posts
March 17 2019 23:36 GMT
#176
On March 17 2019 20:17 oxKnu wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 17 2019 20:11 Dante08 wrote:
I don't think the games are a good indication of balance at all. Last beat Snow with a proxy rax vs nexus first and 2 x proxy fac vs Rain and Mini, and 1 game was Rain doing a proxy gate which did nothing. Those were hardly standard games.


Right.. So let me get this right...the record doesn't count because it wasn't standard games, although these are played between top pros at the highest level, but it does count when Terran has anything close to a losing record or god forbid, equal win/loss record to the other races.

Yeah I think I get it now. Thanks.

Uhhh no, it is absolutely correct and logical to not take a sample size of 4 cheese games as indicative of fucking anything regarding a map's balance.
The original Bogus fan.
LocoBolon
Profile Joined June 2012
Argentina243 Posts
March 17 2019 23:38 GMT
#177
Bloq Chain may be Protoss favoured map, but it's also Last favoured map
Standard Queens
YPang
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
United States4024 Posts
March 17 2019 23:53 GMT
#178
On March 18 2019 08:36 Turbovolver wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 17 2019 20:17 oxKnu wrote:
On March 17 2019 20:11 Dante08 wrote:
I don't think the games are a good indication of balance at all. Last beat Snow with a proxy rax vs nexus first and 2 x proxy fac vs Rain and Mini, and 1 game was Rain doing a proxy gate which did nothing. Those were hardly standard games.


Right.. So let me get this right...the record doesn't count because it wasn't standard games, although these are played between top pros at the highest level, but it does count when Terran has anything close to a losing record or god forbid, equal win/loss record to the other races.

Yeah I think I get it now. Thanks.

Uhhh no, it is absolutely correct and logical to not take a sample size of 4 cheese games as indicative of fucking anything regarding a map's balance.

^This...

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Aminus
Profile Joined October 2018
Bulgaria35 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-03-17 23:58:04
March 17 2019 23:56 GMT
#179
End of game 2 and i can definitely say, mini is the best protoss player right now, Rain so overrated. Mini showing much much better and complicated games against same opponents Rain got defeated already and in general... And the fact Mini does that by wining a game from a big dissadvantage conquering his own mind just calls for so good story of ones deep improvement not only in game but in character and spirit. Thats the protoss spirit!
M2
Profile Joined December 2002
Bulgaria4132 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-03-18 00:10:31
March 18 2019 00:08 GMT
#180
On March 18 2019 08:56 Aminus wrote:
End of game 2 and i can definitely say, mini is the best protoss player right now, Rain so overrated. Mini showing much much better and complicated games against same opponents Rain got defeated already and in general... And the fact Mini does that by wining a game from a big dissadvantage conquering his own mind just calls for so good story of ones deep improvement not only in game but in character and spirit. Thats the protoss spirit!

This side of his is truly spectacular, however, he is not fast enough to be the best imo, either protoss or player, every game when the pressure came, he was banking a lot, in one of the games I think number 3, I was absolutely sure that there was a spectator's bug and it stopped showing mini's spent resources so they are piling there infinitely. This is not Warcraft 3, piling resources is always wrong and harmful.
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