Creative or "stylish" play is just funner to watch than strong safe play. That is why he is getting more attention than white-ra. How hard is that to understand?

btlyger

United States470 Posts

March 28 2010 01:03 GMT

#223

On March 28 2010 09:43 Elec wrote:
who says sc2 cant be a kickass spectator sport?

QFT

ZidaneTribal

United States2800 Posts

March 28 2010 01:13 GMT

#224

YES

MrChance

Germany51 Posts

March 28 2010 02:15 GMT

#225

I think what has really been missing in the discussion about his builds, or the question on why he deserves attention, is the speed and accuracy with which he adapted to new situations.
In my humble opinion these are not the weasely ways of a cheesy random player who uses confusing builds to lure the poor, unsuspecting one race players off the right path.
If he bypasses a contain with lings, harasses the probeline only to draw back and morph some banelings in an opportune moment, then uses the nydus to full effect to escape doom after having made just the right amount of defense to delay the inevitable attack and just the right units to ensure victory after taking out WhiteRa's main, I personally don't need Day9 to tell me how great that is.
(Although he makes it so much more enjoyable

)
Not to mention the numerous creative, quick and effective decisions he made in the game with Nazgul, a game which he also played very well technically, showing off his multitasking and decision making ability. (Pure rine counter attack when he knew the colossi that would've fried them in no time were on the other side of the map)
All this talk about who deserves more credit for their play is completely futile and redundant, getting to the final of an event like this proves they are both pretty awesome, even if lf9 didn't participate.
What stands is that I and probably many other people saw some of the most entertaining games in our starcraft career.

edit: a) not that WhiteRa needs any proof anymore

b) grammar typo

TacoSupreme

United States26 Posts

March 28 2010 04:49 GMT

#226

I'm a fan

Nal_rAwr

United States2611 Posts

March 28 2010 04:52 GMT

#227

the OP with 12 posts needs to update his thread with a list of members~
also capitalize the "fanclub"

love1another

United States1844 Posts

March 28 2010 04:53 GMT

#228

So umm. I guess I'm a fan?

Odds

Canada1188 Posts

March 28 2010 05:03 GMT

#229

TLO was a badass and a baller in Supreme Commander, and he seems to be showing the same stuff here.

Can't wait for more, TLO. :3

<3 -_PINK

StayFrosty

Canada743 Posts

March 28 2010 05:04 GMT

#230

i hope he gets a stream going!

j4vz

Canada976 Posts

March 28 2010 05:13 GMT

#231

On March 28 2010 13:53 love1another wrote:
So umm. I guess I'm a fan?

u cannot be a REAL fan if you havent seen this live :D
you cannot understand all the excitement THAT 6K OF VIEWERS felt.
let me quote our lovely commentator:

IS THIS HAPPENING ? IS THIS REAL ? AM I DREAMING ? IS MY STREAM STILL UP ? THATS A GOOD QUESTION RIGHT NOW !

WE HAVE 6K VIEWERS SEEING ONE OF THE MOST AWESOMEST GAME I HAVE EVER SEEN !

*a lot of OMG... like maybe 104304*
WHO NEED AN HATCHERY WHEN YOU CAN BE AWESOME !

FieryBalrog

United States1381 Posts

March 28 2010 06:14 GMT

#232

On March 28 2010 06:49 LF9 wrote:

On a serious note, you really have to play in tournaments and not just ladder to understand the true psychological AND real advantages of going random.

Which is why people don't go random all the time in SC1 and SC2. In fact they very rarely play random. Makes sense!

Hahaha I mean who the fuck are you to be even pulling this kind of attitude.

Edit:

On March 28 2010 06:58 LF9 wrote:
I think we are seeing his peak. Players like this tend to shine early on, and then fall off the radar when the game is more perfected and linear, and the more mechanically sound, solid players are aware of almost everything that is viable that could come at them and prepare accordingly. I hope he proves me wrong.

lololol
you sound, amazingly, really jealous. I'm rather incredulous at just how petty people can be, but then again, the internet makes you stupid (specifically, you)

fspikec

United States30 Posts

March 28 2010 06:49 GMT

#233

So according LF9, An unknown player using random race who defeats several known players and also ruins WhiteRa's win streak deserves no attention at all. Not to mention he does it with non-typical builds/strats.

Did he make mistakes? Yes. So did WhiteRa. So did others. It happens. Get over it.

Chill out dude and quit trying to troll.

RatherGood

Canada147 Posts

March 28 2010 07:02 GMT

#234

People are giving him so much attention because he literally came out of no where and played very dynamic, flexible games. I don't know why some people are so surprised by this. Look at the winners of American Idol -- they're not guaranteed fame and success. Sometimes it's the runner-up that really impresses us and steals the show.

I'm no expert at Starcraft, but I see everyone making incredible mechanical errors at this point, so it's really pointless to dwell on that. My biggest gripe with Starcraft 1 was that, to be competitive, you had to put in sweatshop hours worth of practice for years on end. I'm hoping with this game, with many of the non-strategic, tedious clicks and actions removed, intelligent players can at least compete compete with purely mechanical players.

BladeRunner

United States407 Posts

March 28 2010 07:18 GMT

#235

Wow.. just watching some of the replays of when TLO was terran and wow.. the nuke usage and just everything is amazing... Putting it in first person he's all over the place! Tried to follow his mechanics as zerg but he's just way too fast for me to comprehend LOL.

Coolest thing since KHB's livestream! Hope Day9 does some more analysis of his games.

My favorite move so far was starting a nuke to herd workers away and into a pack of hellions... zero workers survived...

RatherGood

Canada147 Posts

March 28 2010 07:54 GMT

#236

On March 28 2010 16:18 BladeRunner wrote:
Coolest thing since KHB's livestream! Hope Day9 does some more analysis of his games.

Yeah, I was actually asking myself if he was a Blizzard employee because he's playing in ways people have yet to really discover to take full advantage of.

MaestroSC

United States2073 Posts

March 28 2010 07:58 GMT

#237

this guy was amazing. Such a huge fan now. It literally felt like he was everywhere at once, his late-game is just pure orgasm. Spectating and trying to watch everything and keep up with the commenting must have been a mental workout haha. i just dl'ed the replay pack and it seems like i rewatched every 2 minute segment 2-3 times to catch everything going on.

Loved all of the games except for White-ra's but he won so props to him. Idk he relied on cheesing for most of his games. he made it seem like he has mastered the first 10 mins of the game, but didnt let us see what his game was like past that point.

The Nazgul/TLO games were amazing to say the least.

Dacendoran

United States825 Posts

March 28 2010 08:43 GMT

#238

Just watched the replays and man were they amazing, Did the stream really get 6k+ viewers at one point?

FragKrag

United States11552 Posts

March 28 2010 08:48 GMT

#239

Yeah I am a fan :D