Pony Express Issue 122: May 10 - May 17, 2010

Kau

Canada3500 Posts

May 18 2010 04:46 GMT

Letter from the Editor

Dear Readers,

Someone help find good blogs!

- Kau

Staff

Kau – Editor
Bloodyc0bbler – The Stove
Nyovne – IRC Comments
Grobyc – Ban of the Week
LordWeird – Interview
meeple – Troll Booth/Shit Bus
Thunk – Chalk talk
MystLord – VOD of the Week
Scaramanga – VOD of the Week

Table of Contents

Serious Business and Funsies ................ p1
The Stove .............................................. p2
Chalk Talk ............................................. p3
Semi-Funny IRC Comment of the Week ... p4
Random Image of the Week .................... p5
Troll Booth Willie .................................... p6
The Shit Bus .......................................... p6
Best of Blogs ......................................... p7
Ban of the Week .................................... p8
Vod of the Week .................................... p9
Interview ................................................ p10

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I guess read Artosis' thread about over-nerfing Zerg. Check it out here. Apart from that, SCII Strategy is quickly approaching the quality of posting in SC1 Strategy. Why practice when you can whine about balance and hope it gets patched?

[21:20] <kwaa> sawp?
[21:20] <Suna> nuffin really just the usual
[21:20] <Suna> watching sum scat movies ;d chattin n stuff
[21:20] <Suna> u
[21:20] <Suna> ?

[20:32] <baneling`> i don't know how the overlord creep noise can give you nightmares, it's like the soothing sound of a waterfall
[20:32] <baneling`> with chunks of stuff in it

[15:17] <sai|fon> theorycrafting in an RTS is like licking your own balls, it wont get you anywhere at all

[23:08] <Corsorang>

[23:08] <boshhead> unique`orb: we need orb love!
[23:09] <baneling> orb's either hung himself or is masturbating to that phoenix video

[22:42] <@Chill[Hero]> i remember in grade 11
[22:42] <@Chill[Hero]> this guy named johnny ho won class president
[22:42] <@Chill[Hero]> because he was like just a jokeshop
[22:42] <@Chill[Hero]> could hardly speak english
[22:42] <@Chill[Hero]> but was so funny
[22:42] <hobo343> and his name is ho
[22:42] <Froadac> hey primadog
[22:42] <@Chill[Hero]> and everyone was behind him
[22:42] <@Chill[Hero]> and he was going against
[22:42] <@Chill[Hero]> this annoying popular girl
[22:42] <@Chill[Hero]> and his slogan was
[22:42] <@Chill[Hero]> 'either way a ho is gunna win'

from this blog

v3chr0 was just temp banned for 2 weeks by SonuvBob.

That account was created on 2010-04-26 11:08:46 and had 46 posts.

Reason: I need to test something and you're the first douchebag I found.

Mystlord
+ Show Spoiler +

Just yesterday, amazing things happened. I don't even know to what extent I want to spoil this, but two absolutely amazing games occurred, both against Flash. And these were GREAT games. Granted we might be seeing chinks in Flash's seemingly invincible armor due to the increased pressure of the individual leagues, but I swear to god that Effort and Snow played well enough that the causes of Flash's struggle were not solely because of him being tired or anything like that.

Unfortunately the VODs have not been uploaded to youtube, so I've put in the wfbrood links instead.

(Z)

EffOrt < Judgment Day > (T)

Flash
+ Show Spoiler +

http://www.wfbrood.com/movie/SPL2010/movie_48927.html

I don't even want to write a synopsis for this game. Just let it be known that Effort brought a serious fight to Flash's front door this game. I feel that it doesn't do this game justice to write up a battle report. It NEEDS to be watched. Go watch it.

(P)

Snow < Fighting Spirit > (T)

Flash
+ Show Spoiler +

http://www.wfbrood.com/movie/SPL2010/movie_48931.html

This game demonstrates the true power of tech switches, whether they are carried out or not. This is another game that needs to be watched to have the full experience. I consider this a no spoiler section (unless I write a BR), so I'll leave you with a message to watch the game and see just how brilliant Snow played this game. No, that doesn't mean that Snow necessarily won... or does it?

But it's also unfair to let Flash games have the spotlight this week. The other seriously epic game that went down this week was....

(P)

Reach < Fighting Spirit > (T)

Sea
+ Show Spoiler +

http://www.wfbrood.com/movie/SPL2010/movie_48870.html

Yes, that's right. The Mantoss gets sent out in the ace match, and what ensues is an epic match against Sea. I can't stress enough how much late game PvT rests on aggression. Terran Mech is absolutely reliant on positioning and established positions. So guess what Protoss players, stop trying to confront the Mech ball directly and start doing more Recalls! If you can force the Terran player to play on your terms, then the game becomes a lot easier for you. Reach vs Sea. Go watch it

By the way, no BR this week sorry. No time :<

Scara

KT vs CJ from the other night is probably the best set of proleague you'll ever see in a regular season, if you have the time watch them all (if you dont like long TvT's don't watch forgg vs skyhigh), the best games for those short on time is set 1 and 5, utterly amazing
+ Show Spoiler [CJ Entus vs KT rolster VODS] +

Set 1:

Effort < Judgment Day > (T)

FlaSh

+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

Set 2:

Movie < Roadrunner > (Z)

HoeJJa

+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

Set 3:

Berserker < Polaris Rhapsody > (P)

Stats

+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

Set 4:

sKyHigh < Grand Line > (T)

Never

+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

Ace:

SnOw < Fighting Spirit > (T)

FlaSh

+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

p10

Question of the Week
How heartbroken are you?

FuDDx

United States5008 Posts

May 18 2010 04:53 GMT

Edit- removed shameless self-promotion
I am sad about the match fixing but ....people are people.
And I am really enjoying the beta...

Chairman Ray

United States11903 Posts

May 18 2010 05:02 GMT

Nothing in troll booth? Disappointing. Looks like they all hiding under the bridge this week.

Garnet

Vietnam9021 Posts

May 18 2010 05:06 GMT

My heart too cold.

Imbu

United States903 Posts

May 18 2010 05:19 GMT

The StarCraft II strategy forum is so annoying to read with everyone complaining about either something is overpowered or overnerfed. I know that I'm not the best player, but it's just an excuse to be blaming the units for your loss...

On the other hand, I am very disappointed this week. I was hoping that when Rekrul first mentioned the rigged matches that it really was just a delayed April Fools joke, but sadly no. Hopefully this will be the end of all of this.

Waffles

Romania605 Posts

May 18 2010 05:25 GMT

this weeks pony lacks a lot of content o.o

decafchicken

United States20020 Posts

May 18 2010 05:32 GMT

I miss you roach...zerg used to be fun

Thank you kau and others

Iplaythings

Denmark9110 Posts

May 18 2010 05:53 GMT

Im heartbroken that KT lost yet another match

saritenite

Singapore1680 Posts

May 18 2010 06:06 GMT

On May 18 2010 14:32 decafchicken wrote:
I miss you roach...zerg used to be fun

Thank you kau and others

I haven't seen you post in a while! I've gotten better, Bo3 TvZ gogogo?

Grobyc

Canada18410 Posts

May 18 2010 06:45 GMT

#10

Mmmm I'm not too angry, because none of the players I even really like were on the list, in fact, some I even hated.

I was hoping for more funny bans, but I only laughed out loud at that one.

I was really busy with my last week of school; looks like I missed Glider's latest portrait. sooooooooooooooo good :3

FragKrag

United States11552 Posts

May 18 2010 07:49 GMT

#11

I'm glad EffOrt wasn't on the list because he had been doing pretty bad at one point

Smix

United States4549 Posts

May 18 2010 08:09 GMT

#12

LOL at johnny ho hahahaha

thanks as always kau

Kau

Canada3500 Posts

May 18 2010 14:19 GMT

#13

Oops, I accidently failed to copy paste one of Mystlord's games. And scara sent in his :D Enjoy~

ghermination

United States2851 Posts

May 18 2010 14:40 GMT

#14

Holy crap the random image is amazing.
Lots of good debate threads lately though, it makes for a less interesting PX because there's nothing i haven't already heard about.

Foreplay

United States1154 Posts

May 18 2010 14:52 GMT

#15

i wouldn't have been that heart broken if Savior had not been involved. But he was and i am. I don't know if i can ever love again.

meeple

Canada10211 Posts

May 18 2010 14:54 GMT

#16

On May 18 2010 14:02 Chairman Ray wrote:
Nothing in troll booth? Disappointing. Looks like they all hiding under the bridge this week.

I've been off to Cuba for this past week so I haven't been able to keep up with it. Sorry guys...

Husky

United States3362 Posts

May 18 2010 17:44 GMT

#17

The whole betting thing really never was a surprise to me. A lot of it comes down to their practices and how they run SC in Korea. If I was 16 getting offered 3,000 to accidentally lose a game I most certainly would.