No. It was for some foreign players unable to play the IPL Qualifiy, because some ppl like him, Stephano, Sase (?) had to play a MLG Tournament. Stephano would not there if Foreign vs Korea would not exist at IPL (Stephano said that during his korea trip).

IPL qualifier and MLG were at the same weekend.

/edit: Grubby is casting IPL

InVerno

258 Posts

November 26 2012 10:49 GMT

#1765

Sad to see Grubby lost @ IEM , his G4 against Slivko was awesome ...
Hope the best for him in the future! He deserve so much.

Seph02

Netherlands221 Posts

November 26 2012 21:33 GMT

#1766

Was so sad to see Grubby loosing that last game versus Sting, but it was an amazing tournament.. Game 4 against Slivko was one of the best games I have ever seen Grubby play...the multi-prong harass was unreal <3

From a proud fan !!!

starchosengirl

Australia39 Posts

November 26 2012 21:43 GMT

#1767

Grubby is REALLY starting to improve now .. you can tell he will become one of the best, very shortly

anyway, I don't think I'm the only one who thinks it would be freaking brilliant if grubby could reach a peak like he did in warcraft 3.

sign me up by the way :D

Seph02

Netherlands221 Posts

November 29 2012 15:15 GMT

#1768

Watched the WCG this morning, but there is someone missing there: Grubby !!!

Anyone knows why there is no Dutch representative at the WCG for SC2 ???

Doublemint

Austria8760 Posts

November 30 2012 05:11 GMT

#1769

http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/11/14/ipl5-starcraft-ii-casters-list

Also WCG is not what it used to be...

Provok

France159 Posts

November 30 2012 13:00 GMT

#1770

Nice video about Grubby & Cassandra :

This guy is the coolest and smartest gamer I ever seen

Lazzi

Switzerland1923 Posts

November 30 2012 15:43 GMT

#1771

On November 30 2012 22:00 Provok wrote:
Nice video about Grubby & Cassandra : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyaGvBKzG-c

This guy is the coolest and smartest gamer I ever seen

Awesome one! Almost as awesome as Grubby himself!

Lambertus

South Africa988 Posts

November 30 2012 16:01 GMT

#1772

That is a nice piece of video

And wow Grubster, first time I saw your wife and congratz, she looks smart and beautiful!

No offense but that is only beaten by MY wife, but ok ;-)

And once again nice casting for IPL!

MrRequiem420

France1 Post

December 05 2012 23:53 GMT

#1773

So I'm not sure if Grubby ever reads through this, but since I couldn't manage to reach him personally I thought I would share some insight I have that appears to be a solution to PvZ and how to handle Brood lords. As of late, most zergs are heavily relying on late game strategies to win them the game (ie broodlord & infestor compositions), and although it's an incredibly difficult push to defend against, it is NOT fail-proof. I have had great success with a previously used protoss build that disappeared from the metagame entirely: the chargelot archon build. Although i'm no progamer (only high diamond) I've used this build time & time again only to be convinced that this IS the counter to broodlords. Two base, three base and late game variations of this build all work well, but I've had the highest success rate anytime after +3 weapons attacks complete. So you're probably asking yourself how this build works, that I'm completely off track, progamers are not using this method so therefor you should discard it as a viable approach to this seemingly invincible zerg push. But remember that horrible period of time last year when Stephano made a name for himself with his max army roach rush and trampled protosses left & right - acknowledged as a toss killer by many. Well that era is over and that's because there are solutions to everything in starcraft 2. That's the beauty of this game. Playing opposite of the metagame can favor you, thinking outside the box can be a powerful ally. Anyway, moving on to the 'technique'.....Simply stutter step micro with focus fire. Highlighting your army and moving directly under the IMBA lords. Sounds like suicide right? As your archons get within range you can begin to stutter step & focus fire. How this works is zealots are unable to attack BL so they will automatically hit broodlings (and the many infested terran that are bound to be there) But they are simply buffer units for your damage dealers (the archons). Some simple focus fire micro and the broodlords (no matter how many) will inevitably explode and fall out of the sky. . .Keep dumping your gas into archons and the rest of your mins into zealots & warpgates and walk into his base.

Pros/How this Works
-This build will present you with many opportunities to deal heavy damage to the zerg: Simply by foregoing a robotics facility & bay you will be able to hit a strong timing when zerg has corruptors (those corruptors are taking a big supply of his army and are essentially useless vs this composition *although I have to say corrupt is one of the most underutilized moves at the moment*).
-This build focuses on getting quick upgrades, often with two forges. So when the engagement happens your archons (which note do additional damage vs biological ie all zerg units) will often be much more heavily upgraded than a zerg player who can realistically only get 3/3 Air until much later in the game.
-As noted above, archons do extra damage versus biological units so this composition is quite well rounded and will defend most early pushes.
-This build offers HUGE warp-ins of zealots late-game, as most of your gas is solely going to archons at this point. It's been agreed upon that high templar is the way to go for the morphing in of archons rather than using DT. Those Zealots can be used to harass on the map or to buffer your archons & widdle down the BL
-The constant warping in of zealots late game will prove to be an annoyance for the zerg as his late game army is highly immobile.

Cons/Troubles
-Infestors are still going to be an issue in this scenario, however will backlash less than with an army revolved around blink stalkers (which most seem to be using). The chargelots (which should be kept in front, always) will quickly spread themselves when you attack, forcing more fungals than the zerg might want to use.
-I have the zerg response to this but i'd like to keep it under wraps for now to see how things unfold.

I hope you can benefit from this in some shape or form.
I will try to post some replays & perhaps some build orders, however this is mostly destined to those who have their build orders down and want to experiment a little.

SinO[Ob]

France898 Posts

December 06 2012 00:05 GMT

#1774

On November 30 2012 22:00 Provok wrote:
Nice video about Grubby & Cassandra : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyaGvBKzG-c

This guy is the coolest and smartest gamer I ever seen

True story sir! This is the guy I rooting for after stephano(for obvious reasons). But this is close :p, this is guy is just too awesome. Professionnal, friendly, and hard-worker. Real inspiration

!

You gonna take a major tournament soon! GL for the future!

Awesomeness

Germany1361 Posts

December 06 2012 00:25 GMT

#1775

omg grubby playing wc3 on his stream. <3

Snorkels

United States1015 Posts

December 06 2012 17:25 GMT

#1776

As always it's a pleasure when you stream, I hope the inevitable conquest of Starcraft 2 by Grubby is coming true in a big way xD

Psyclon

Bulgaria2443 Posts

December 06 2012 20:40 GMT

#1777

Earlier today on his stream he said that the heating of his home costs EUR 40.00 per day. I am 99% sure he was exaggerating, but is there any way to ask him to confirm? It's not something of great significance, i'm just curious.