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Dark Void
Profile Joined June 2010
United States39 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-07-05 23:03:11
July 05 2010 23:02 GMT
#1
Ok, I really am not well informed on the Team Liquid scene. I want to get some questions cleared up. First, what is the ICCUP? When is it held (I know it just went on) and how do you get in?

Now I've heard a lot about some kind of grades. I couldn't recall his name but I remember hearing someone from TL going for a D to a B in a year. I would assume it's how well you play SC2, but how do you get said grade, and let alone move up?

Also, this http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=134022 anyone mind explaining this to me all together?

If there is anything else you guys think I should know please tell me

Please and thank you.
"Cold is the void"
Thegilaboy
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States2018 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-07-05 23:05:38
July 05 2010 23:04 GMT
#2
ICCUP is an alternative server that people use to play SC1

http://www.iccup.com/

The grades are a way of determining your skill level, based on performance on ICCUP.

Oh and that link is a weekly overview of what went on in the Korean Proleague for SC1
Chesner
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Iceland817 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-07-05 23:05:47
July 05 2010 23:05 GMT
#3
Regarding iCCup just check out their website http://www.iccup.com/

And the article is just about the korean scene in bw :p

Edit. Damn, got beat to it!!
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Hier
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
2391 Posts
July 05 2010 23:06 GMT
#4
The article is a weekly update on the Proleague in Korea.
"But on a more serious note..." -everyone on this forum at some point.
green.at
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
Austria1459 Posts
July 05 2010 23:06 GMT
#5
if you've had read the 10 commandmends, you could've found all that out yourself
and there are searchengines that help too :D
ten commandmends
ICCUP

the rest is reading + understanding, good luck
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seRapH
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States9808 Posts
July 05 2010 23:08 GMT
#6
the grades are ranks used to determine your skill level in sc1.

the thread is a news post about the current korean sc1 team league, known as proleague
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Diuqil
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States307 Posts
July 05 2010 23:12 GMT
#7
The grades are used to determine skill.
So it seems like you mainly play sc2 so you probably don't have nothing to worry about ^^
Dark Void
Profile Joined June 2010
United States39 Posts
July 05 2010 23:16 GMT
#8
I would quote you all but well that would be a long post. Thanks guys for putting up with my newbiness And thanks for the welcome ^^
"Cold is the void"
synapse
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
China13814 Posts
July 05 2010 23:25 GMT
#9
New poster is so cute :3

Hopefully we can get something similar to ICCup for SCII...
:)
Dark Void
Profile Joined June 2010
United States39 Posts
July 05 2010 23:43 GMT
#10
On July 06 2010 08:25 synapse wrote:
New poster is so cute :3

Hopefully we can get something similar to ICCup for SCII...


Aw, shucks

I was reading that ICCUP link, I guess if they did do ICCup in SC2 Blizzard would sue. Hmmm....
"Cold is the void"
shinosai
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States1577 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-07-06 00:11:33
July 06 2010 00:10 GMT
#11
It's really unlikely to have ICCup in sc2, at least until Blizzard drops support for the game. I think the main reason we needed something like ICCup to begin with is that in sc1, the "official" ladder was completely unmoderated. Every season, the top spots were always full of hackers with ratings of 9999.

With the introduction of the AMM and a ladder system that cannot easily be cheated, ICCup is not necessary. Hopefully, it never will be. But I could see it happening someday, if the game stopped being supported and cheaters ran around freely.
Be versatile, know when to retreat, and carry a big gun.
Chaoz
Profile Joined March 2010
United States507 Posts
July 06 2010 01:35 GMT
#12
Are all the players on there amateurs? Could the A rank players turn pro if they want to?
Rkie
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States1278 Posts
July 06 2010 01:38 GMT
#13
A rank might be able, A+ and Olympic definitely have a chance. But, i am mid/high D, so i dont think that i can
Issor
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States870 Posts
July 06 2010 01:53 GMT
#14
the high a/a+ players are sometimes pro players who use iccup for practice, and otherwise are high-level amateurs.
SweeTLemonS[TPR]
Profile Blog Joined June 2003
11739 Posts
July 06 2010 03:03 GMT
#15
Am I the only one that thought this was going to ask why there were horses?
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Subversion
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
South Africa3627 Posts
July 06 2010 03:05 GMT
#16
On July 06 2010 12:03 SweeTLemonS[TPR] wrote:
Am I the only one that thought this was going to ask why there were horses?


if im honest, i dont know the answer to that

so, WHY are there horses?
Pokebunny
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States10654 Posts
July 06 2010 03:07 GMT
#17
On July 06 2010 12:05 Subversion wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 06 2010 12:03 SweeTLemonS[TPR] wrote:
Am I the only one that thought this was going to ask why there were horses?


if im honest, i dont know the answer to that

so, WHY are there horses?


Just a nice aesthetic banner done by some artist, I believe.
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Chesner
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Iceland817 Posts
July 13 2010 16:07 GMT
#18
On July 06 2010 12:07 Pokebunny wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 06 2010 12:05 Subversion wrote:
On July 06 2010 12:03 SweeTLemonS[TPR] wrote:
Am I the only one that thought this was going to ask why there were horses?


if im honest, i dont know the answer to that

so, WHY are there horses?


Just a nice aesthetic banner done by some artist, I believe.


Wasn't it something to do with the nine in lord of the rings?
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SoMuchBetter
Profile Blog Joined April 2003
Australia10606 Posts
July 13 2010 16:16 GMT
#19
On July 14 2010 01:07 Chesner wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 06 2010 12:07 Pokebunny wrote:
On July 06 2010 12:05 Subversion wrote:
On July 06 2010 12:03 SweeTLemonS[TPR] wrote:
Am I the only one that thought this was going to ask why there were horses?


if im honest, i dont know the answer to that

so, WHY are there horses?


Just a nice aesthetic banner done by some artist, I believe.


Wasn't it something to do with the nine in lord of the rings?

no its just an image of horses running down a mountain. the artist is jim warren, whose website can be found amongst the copyright information at the bottom of your page
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AdamBanks
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Canada996 Posts
July 13 2010 16:20 GMT
#20
On July 06 2010 10:35 Chaoz wrote:
Are all the players on there amateurs? Could the A rank players turn pro if they want to?



http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=129055

Some are Pro...see thread.
I wrote a song once.
Epsilon8
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Canada173 Posts
July 13 2010 17:01 GMT
#21
On July 06 2010 12:03 SweeTLemonS[TPR] wrote:
Am I the only one that thought this was going to ask why there were horses?


Now that you bring it up... Why are there horses? I never ever had a question about that until now lol. Didn't even come into my mind and I've been lurking on TL for years until I finally made an account.
If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness, and fears.
Nokarot
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States1410 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-07-13 17:07:05
July 13 2010 17:06 GMT
#22
While we're asking nooby noob questions..

What's with the horses in the banner? What's the symbolism or whatever.

EDIT: .. I guess I should read the entire thread, as it was just asked right above me. But yes, I don't quite understand it either.
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mOnion
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States5657 Posts
July 13 2010 17:09 GMT
#23
cuz horses are fucking awesome
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AdamBanks
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Canada996 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-07-13 17:11:38
July 13 2010 17:10 GMT
#24
I thought the horses were the work of liquid`nazgul.... cause he was all like lotr is cool and so are liquid horses..

edit: omfg they are snow horses wtf?
I wrote a song once.
Spazer
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Canada8036 Posts
July 14 2010 18:58 GMT
#25
+ Show Spoiler [Obligatory TL LOTR reference] +
On February 17 2009 15:08 Hot_Bid wrote:
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On February 17 2009 12:20 SonuvBob wrote:
HB and Chill I think.

Plexa and GTR are Merry and Pippin.

The To-Do List found it's way to the unlikeliest of creatures...a writer, named Mensrea Baggins.

I think in this analogy Plexa would be Frodo, as he adds the most to the To-Do List hence hiding it from your power. His best friend is Daigomi, loyal and headstrong, who i salso from some weird country. Other than Plexodo and Samgomi are joined by GTR and pachi, both of whom are underrated in their impact on Middle-Earth (getting the Ents to fight = updating calendar and TLPD, because the work was slow, tedious, but ultimately critical in the war). I think this goes without saying but GTR is Pippin and pachi is Merry, lol.

R1CH is Gandalf, who we thought was dead (DotA) but will return when we need him the most. He was all like YOU SHALL NOT PASS to that shitty Bnet lag for 1.16. intrigue is Legolas, obsessed with being girly, cute, and having ridiculous ban / obs micro when its needed. Gimli (sp?) is Chill, who is ill-tempered and of course, literally a dwarf.

Manifesto7 is Aragorn, who is older than he looks, has a beard, and is married to a woman of a different race. Manigorn went into exile for a while and finally returned to lead his people to freedom. He has wisdom and his speeches inspire a lot of people so everyone kind of listens, even though his voice is way too nasally during that RotK speech, so he tries to speak as low as possible from now on like Christian Bale in Batman, what a faker. Pop is that elf guy who makes the sword (TLPD) with which Aragorn will call on the dead (progamers).

Saro would be Agent Smith Elf, who knew all in the beginning but retired to the immortal place after seeing the war coming. Emlary is that older elf chick who has a ring too (old school VOD updater) and that other elf dude with a ring is TopTalent or ilovecats (not the Agent Smith Elf, the other one). They gave Plexa, Samgomi, and the other hobbits writers the tools they need.

FrozenArbiter is that big burly guy whos the Rohan King's son, he rapes all the trolls in the SC2 forum and is from Sweden. Last Romantic is that dead skeletal dwarf they found writing that book "they are coming... they are coming..." about the dwarfs last stand. The dwarfs = YellOw, Reach, and the rest of the old guard, and LR is just sitting with them, clutching to his heart forever the hope that they will return. Instead they are raped by all those orcs and that huge flaming dude who of course is Incontrol.

Baezzi is Boromir, who started down the right path but the To-Do List's power corrupted him and he turned bad. He tried to take the List from Plexa and ended up dying. Corinthos is his brother Faramir (sp?), who told to hold the river outpost keep the streams going when Baezzoromir died, which he did valiantly and almost sacrificed himself to do it. We appreciate your effort Corinthos, you will eventually get to marry that cute Rohan chick who knows how to ride. Sure, she digs Mani more (who wouldn't), but hey, not bad right?

SonuvBob as already stated is Sauron, that big beastly neck snapping orc who rapes Boromir in Fellowship is Kennigit, that troll who rides that wofl thing who takes Aragorn over the cliff is Hot_Bid, and the Nazgul are led by Nazgul (lol). I guess any other Liquid` guys make up the rest of the Ringwraiths, who used to ride horses (see the banner above), an analogy for StarCraft, but now have much cooler rides (those flying thingys) which they bought with poker money. Rekrul isn't a Nazgul but is rather Shelob, bent on entrapping poor progamers in his web when they walk the path of night path of that tower thing (cirith-something?). He gives us gossip from Korea, he knows all this stuff nobody else does (hence Shelob, the spider, Varys, asoiaf reference for those in the know, George R.R. Martin Game of Thrones read it suckas). Lol Daigomi fucks you up Rek, owned.

That guy who whispered all the shit into Rohan's ear is of course Puertorican, who when discovered is kicked out of Men in Rohan. Puertorican digs that Rohan warrior girl really badly but she finds him disgusting and creepy, this is probably a pretty good microcosm of his entire life.

Lastly, Smeagol is Stimey, Gollum is mitsy, I don't think I have to explain this one.


On July 06 2010 12:03 SweeTLemonS[TPR] wrote:
Am I the only one that thought this was going to ask why there were horses?

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