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DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States46243 Posts
May 08 2014 14:10 GMT
#2961
On May 08 2014 23:04 ticklishmusic wrote:
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On May 08 2014 20:30 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
On May 07 2014 14:57 ticklishmusic wrote:
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It kind of grinds my gears when people complain about having a difficult semester to me. I have 7 classes (the average class load here is 4), including stuff like Cancer Biology and Corporate Finance. They then have the gall to point out "oh I do extra-curriculars" as if that's not part of my life. Unless you're studying for the MCAT or something, your semester was not nearly as stressful as mine so please stop complaining. You're like a fat guy complaining his hamburger is out of reach and I'm a guy who can't afford a hamburger.


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Surely there's a difference between them stressing out over their semester that is very busy and overwhelming *for them*, and them trying to belittle your life by saying you wouldn't understand their workload, right? Are they saying their life is hard *and yours isn't*, or just that they're doing far more than usual *for them*, so they're stressed?


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The thing is by any measure his semester has been easy. He's taking 4 classes, and I'm in one of them with him and it's an absolute joke, with the exception of the final group paper which he kind of bailed on citing "relationship problems". Like, I'm cool with (or rather used to) picking up a little slack, but trying to justify it with a busy semester is bullshit. I know perfectly well you've had one final compared to my six, and of your two group projects I know you didn't do shit. His other classes are some class on poetry and one of the more wishy-washy business school electives. I'm definitely capable of handing a lot more than he is, but he has a light load compared to even an average student.


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Okay then I definitely think people would get a lot more done if they spent less time complaining and more time performing.
"There is nothing more satisfying than looking at a crowd of people and helping them get what I love." ~Day[9] Daily #100
ninazerg
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States7291 Posts
May 08 2014 14:26 GMT
#2962
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I hate when people compare their problems to other people's problems and go "You have no right to talk cuz I had it harder than you." and then list off all their hardships. I just want to tell those people to shut the fuck up before I slap them with my hand so hard that it leaves a permanent imprint.
"If two pregnant women get into a fist fight, it's like a mecha-battle between two unborn babies." - Fyodor Dostoevsky
DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States46243 Posts
May 08 2014 14:52 GMT
#2963
On May 08 2014 23:26 ninazerg wrote:
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I hate when people compare their problems to other people's problems and go "You have no right to talk cuz I had it harder than you." and then list off all their hardships. I just want to tell those people to shut the fuck up before I slap them with my hand so hard that it leaves a permanent imprint.


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I see what you did there.
"There is nothing more satisfying than looking at a crowd of people and helping them get what I love." ~Day[9] Daily #100
[UoN]Sentinel
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
United States11320 Posts
May 09 2014 01:59 GMT
#2964
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people don't fucking know how to read
Нас зовет дух отцов, память старых бойцов, дух Москвы и твердыня Полтавы
Shiragaku
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Hong Kong4308 Posts
May 09 2014 03:11 GMT
#2965
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Tomorrow, I am leaving home to college because I cannot afford laundry ($4.50 per load) but I ran out of underwear. Fuck my life.
{CC}StealthBlue
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
United States41117 Posts
May 09 2014 04:06 GMT
#2966
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Fuck you AT&T I mean god damn, if the DSL comes in the mail allow us to register over the phone using an automated system. Instead of your shitty registration page which doesn't even fucking work.
"Smokey, this is not 'Nam, this is bowling. There are rules."
ticklishmusic
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
United States15977 Posts
May 09 2014 20:49 GMT
#2967
On May 08 2014 23:10 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 08 2014 23:04 ticklishmusic wrote:
On May 08 2014 20:30 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
On May 07 2014 14:57 ticklishmusic wrote:
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It kind of grinds my gears when people complain about having a difficult semester to me. I have 7 classes (the average class load here is 4), including stuff like Cancer Biology and Corporate Finance. They then have the gall to point out "oh I do extra-curriculars" as if that's not part of my life. Unless you're studying for the MCAT or something, your semester was not nearly as stressful as mine so please stop complaining. You're like a fat guy complaining his hamburger is out of reach and I'm a guy who can't afford a hamburger.


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Surely there's a difference between them stressing out over their semester that is very busy and overwhelming *for them*, and them trying to belittle your life by saying you wouldn't understand their workload, right? Are they saying their life is hard *and yours isn't*, or just that they're doing far more than usual *for them*, so they're stressed?


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The thing is by any measure his semester has been easy. He's taking 4 classes, and I'm in one of them with him and it's an absolute joke, with the exception of the final group paper which he kind of bailed on citing "relationship problems". Like, I'm cool with (or rather used to) picking up a little slack, but trying to justify it with a busy semester is bullshit. I know perfectly well you've had one final compared to my six, and of your two group projects I know you didn't do shit. His other classes are some class on poetry and one of the more wishy-washy business school electives. I'm definitely capable of handing a lot more than he is, but he has a light load compared to even an average student.


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Okay then I definitely think people would get a lot more done if they spent less time complaining and more time performing.


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If that's directed at me, well, I actually only complain very rarely. Like,I get a little whiny and pissy at myself, then I tell myself to stop doing that and figure out a solution.

Though I had the worst experience moving out ever the last 72 hours. I got my apartment lease a couple days ago, they told us the next day to get the key when they changed the lock (previous owner had some problems). Then they tell us we have to call Georgia Power to turn on the power before we can get the key. Okay, cool-- I call Georgia Power, give them a bunch of info like SSN, mother's maiden name, some other stuff, then they tell us that's not enough and we have to come in. However, talking to them has taken two hours, it's almost 5 and they close. Like, why do we have to go in person?

So that night I have all my stuff in a uhaul. I end up stashing it in one of my university's parking deck and crashing in my old freshman dorm in an empty room (I have a lot of RA friends). That's chill, but I miss the Chainsmokers concert that I really wanted to go to as a result

So next morning, we go bright and early to Georgia Power. Turns out the office location we were told to go to had moved a week ago. Finally, we go to the next location. We wait for an hour in line, then get to the lady there and she tells us I need my social security card in addition to driver's license and a phone bill, so we can't turn on power.

At that point, I just dump all my stuff at my friend's brother's apartment. He's really nice about it. I finally return the uhaul, but I've spent over $100 because of the mileage on it.

Aaaaand finally I get to the megabus station with my friend. We wait for an hour for it to show up, then I find out they fucked up my reservation so I'm actually on a bus that leaves 6 hours later. I ask if I can get on if there's extra space, and the lady says there isn't. 10 minutes after the bus leaves, I get a snapchat of a half empty bus. Really?
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ninazerg
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States7291 Posts
May 10 2014 19:17 GMT
#2968
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I have a really bad pet peeve.

I was watching the Starbow cast on basetradetv and the chat nearly made me rage. Nearly. The game is very brood war-ish, so I actually had a really good idea of who was doing well, and who wasn't. It doesn't matter if all the SC2 nerds had no idea what the hell was happening, as long as they were having fun. And I think they were - there was like 2k viewers when I checked it last. I actually didn't mind the people going "What is this?" and asking "What is that unit?" and "How does that work?"... no, the thing that really fucking pissed me off wasn't the excessive use of Kappas, or people yelling about how "op" everything is (and by the way, how can EVERYTHING be overpowered? Or maybe it's an unfunny 'ironic' nerd joke) but when it came to chatters talking about strategy. I saw a zerg player "TheRedBandit" open with two base, three hatch, which I didn't find to be odd in the slightest. It was against a protoss, so I figured it was either some kind of hydra or muta bust, but then he used his fourth hatch to take an expansion. I mentioned it in the chat, and someone said that the timings for protoss don't allow for double-expanding. But it worked out. Kind of. RedBandit just got speed first and double-expo'd in game 2, and was able to easily fend off any zealot harass, and the timings looked exactly identical to Brood War, and in fact, RedBandit had lurkers in time for a +1 4gate speedlot timing, which you can't do in Brood War.

Long story short: I was right and you can double expo in starbow against protoss. The more I watched, the more broodwaresque I realized the mod is. Even the army sizes and engagements were easy for me to predict based on what I saw in Brood War.

So then, this one guy joins the chat, and he's like spouting all kinds of facts about Brood War like he knows shit, but he doesn't know shit, so he started just saying ridiculous shit like "Lurker openings don't work versus Terran" and that Savior never did mutalisk openings and that people only started doing mutalisks when Jaedong was playing. Uh, dude, ever heard of fuckin' JulyZerg? You know, the one who popularized muta openings, and gave me my StarCraft name? And so he was like "This lurker build isn't working, he should go mutas" and I tried to point out that it was a ridiculous mismatch, because Bogus played TvZ as a pro in Brood War, so of course some random Starbow noob is going to get his shit kicked in w/ ease. Not that Franscar is a "noob", but Bogus made the games look easy.

And of course, people didn't understand the faraway third base and kept thinking it was a hidden base.

So, in summary: SC2 fans are disgusting morons in the twitch chats, but Brood War snobs in Starbow chats are probably just as bad. Especially when they get all snobby about Brood War like "It's so much better than SC2", and talk about Brood War strategy and shit, and THEN DON'T EVEN PLAY THE FUCKING GAME OR EVEN HAVE IT INSTALLED ON THEIR COMPUTERS, WHY NOT JUST COMMENTATE ON BRAIN SURGERY AND GIVE THE DOCTORS SOME ADVICE ON HOW TO DO SOME NEURAL GRAFTING OR WHATEVER.

But, that being said, I love everyone, but I had to get that off my chest.

"If two pregnant women get into a fist fight, it's like a mecha-battle between two unborn babies." - Fyodor Dostoevsky
Extenz
Profile Joined October 2011
Italy822 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-05-13 21:48:02
May 13 2014 21:47 GMT
#2969
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FUCK THIS GAME
been master for 3 fucking years now, studying replays everything playing a lot, no i can't fucking make gm, still masters forever, what the fuck can i even do, fuck zergs with their fucking muta corruptor and fuck pvp fuck this shit
puppykiller
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States3137 Posts
May 13 2014 22:06 GMT
#2970
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Hello casters for sc2 or BW or whatever game you talk about and pretend to understand. Will you stop using renditions of the following phrase:
"And with this move Player X is saying to Player Y ''ok you can do this [insert tactical move] to me but I will go and kick your ass by doing this [insert tactical move] to you.'"

Your attempts to add a persona to a player based on his/her decision making in the game only works to highlight your ignorance about what is standard/nonstandard in the matchup. If I was a high level player I would abhor having individuals with minor understanding of the game apply narratives to my strategy in an attempt to romanticize the game in such a naive and tryhard way. There is nothing wrong with being a noob. There is nothing wrong with being a noob who talks about things that they know nothing about so long as they are self aware of this fact. What is most annoying though is noobs who not only deny that they know nothing about the games they are talking about (so that they can continue to justify talking) but who also must put words (and sentiments) into the mouths of others who actually are rolling about in the mud, figuring out the underlying strategies within a game. I don't know who started this particular trend of speaking for esports athletes but it spread rapidly in commentaries recently and has gotten completely overused very fast. I cannot watch 3 commentated videos in a row without this technique being done in at least one of them.

Fuck you on so many different levels, off yourself please.
Why would I play sctoo when I can play BW?
HighdraL1sk
Profile Joined April 2012
United States140 Posts
May 13 2014 22:17 GMT
#2971
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i just want Team Liquid to remain one site! I Loved it and am now fearing change!!!!!!!!
puppykiller
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States3137 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-05-14 00:22:05
May 13 2014 22:19 GMT
#2972
On May 11 2014 04:17 ninazerg wrote:
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I have a really bad pet peeve.

I was watching the Starbow cast on basetradetv and the chat nearly made me rage. Nearly. The game is very brood war-ish, so I actually had a really good idea of who was doing well, and who wasn't. It doesn't matter if all the SC2 nerds had no idea what the hell was happening, as long as they were having fun. And I think they were - there was like 2k viewers when I checked it last. I actually didn't mind the people going "What is this?" and asking "What is that unit?" and "How does that work?"... no, the thing that really fucking pissed me off wasn't the excessive use of Kappas, or people yelling about how "op" everything is (and by the way, how can EVERYTHING be overpowered? Or maybe it's an unfunny 'ironic' nerd joke) but when it came to chatters talking about strategy. I saw a zerg player "TheRedBandit" open with two base, three hatch, which I didn't find to be odd in the slightest. It was against a protoss, so I figured it was either some kind of hydra or muta bust, but then he used his fourth hatch to take an expansion. I mentioned it in the chat, and someone said that the timings for protoss don't allow for double-expanding. But it worked out. Kind of. RedBandit just got speed first and double-expo'd in game 2, and was able to easily fend off any zealot harass, and the timings looked exactly identical to Brood War, and in fact, RedBandit had lurkers in time for a +1 4gate speedlot timing, which you can't do in Brood War.

Long story short: I was right and you can double expo in starbow against protoss. The more I watched, the more broodwaresque I realized the mod is. Even the army sizes and engagements were easy for me to predict based on what I saw in Brood War.

So then, this one guy joins the chat, and he's like spouting all kinds of facts about Brood War like he knows shit, but he doesn't know shit, so he started just saying ridiculous shit like "Lurker openings don't work versus Terran" and that Savior never did mutalisk openings and that people only started doing mutalisks when Jaedong was playing. Uh, dude, ever heard of fuckin' JulyZerg? You know, the one who popularized muta openings, and gave me my StarCraft name? And so he was like "This lurker build isn't working, he should go mutas" and I tried to point out that it was a ridiculous mismatch, because Bogus played TvZ as a pro in Brood War, so of course some random Starbow noob is going to get his shit kicked in w/ ease. Not that Franscar is a "noob", but Bogus made the games look easy.

And of course, people didn't understand the faraway third base and kept thinking it was a hidden base.

So, in summary: SC2 fans are disgusting morons in the twitch chats, but Brood War snobs in Starbow chats are probably just as bad. Especially when they get all snobby about Brood War like "It's so much better than SC2", and talk about Brood War strategy and shit, and THEN DON'T EVEN PLAY THE FUCKING GAME OR EVEN HAVE IT INSTALLED ON THEIR COMPUTERS, WHY NOT JUST COMMENTATE ON BRAIN SURGERY AND GIVE THE DOCTORS SOME ADVICE ON HOW TO DO SOME NEURAL GRAFTING OR WHATEVER.

But, that being said, I love everyone, but I had to get that off my chest.



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You know what I have noticed talking to low masters or lower sc2 players/low level BW players versus High Masters or higher sc2 players/ D+ or higher BW players?

The former of the two groups thinks random thoughts about the games are true because they remotely make sense in their head. The same head that thinks unit compositions are a build order. The latter of the two player types is very open to what they don't know about the games, and doesn't tend to claim anything too intensely. On some level it pisses me off because I have to deal with them spreading their nonsense around the forums where they see themselves as "totally strategically superior to pro players but with slow fingers". On the other hand I don't care what they say because I get to spawn terran shits on top of their heads when their retched ilk exasperatedly tries to ladder up their ranking like it's a sacred daily ritual bestown onto them by a cult leader whom they fanatically follow.

Eat my poop noobs.

Eat it.

mmmm...


Pooop.
Why would I play sctoo when I can play BW?
The_Templar
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
your Country52798 Posts
May 13 2014 22:52 GMT
#2973
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why the hell can't I focus on this speech that I have to give tomorrow
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[UoN]Sentinel
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
United States11320 Posts
May 14 2014 02:09 GMT
#2974
On May 14 2014 07:06 puppykiller wrote:
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Hello casters for sc2 or BW or whatever game you talk about and pretend to understand. Will you stop using renditions of the following phrase:
"And with this move Player X is saying to Player Y ''ok you can do this [insert tactical move] to me but I will go and kick your ass by doing this [insert tactical move] to you.'"

Your attempts to add a persona to a player based on his/her decision making in the game only works to highlight your ignorance about what is standard/nonstandard in the matchup. If I was a high level player I would abhor having individuals with minor understanding of the game apply narratives to my strategy in an attempt to romanticize the game in such a naive and tryhard way. There is nothing wrong with being a noob. There is nothing wrong with being a noob who talks about things that they know nothing about so long as they are self aware of this fact. What is most annoying though is noobs who not only deny that they know nothing about the games they are talking about (so that they can continue to justify talking) but who also must put words (and sentiments) into the mouths of others who actually are rolling about in the mud, figuring out the underlying strategies within a game. I don't know who started this particular trend of speaking for esports athletes but it spread rapidly in commentaries recently and has gotten completely overused very fast. I cannot watch 3 commentated videos in a row without this technique being done in at least one of them.

Fuck you on so many different levels, off yourself please.


+ Show Spoiler +
The main purpose of commentary is to explain viewers who need help understanding what's going on, what's going on in the game. If you feel like you can discern the game simply from the production tab and need no more than that, feel free to hit the mute button. Otherwise, sit through it and try to appreciate that someone who knows nothing about this game is being either slightly more informed or slightly more entertained with the uttering of that sentence.
Нас зовет дух отцов, память старых бойцов, дух Москвы и твердыня Полтавы
o29
Profile Joined November 2010
United States220 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-05-14 17:20:53
May 14 2014 14:31 GMT
#2975
On May 14 2014 11:09 [UoN]Sentinel wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 14 2014 07:06 puppykiller wrote:
+ Show Spoiler +

Hello casters for sc2 or BW or whatever game you talk about and pretend to understand. Will you stop using renditions of the following phrase:
"And with this move Player X is saying to Player Y ''ok you can do this [insert tactical move] to me but I will go and kick your ass by doing this [insert tactical move] to you.'"

Your attempts to add a persona to a player based on his/her decision making in the game only works to highlight your ignorance about what is standard/nonstandard in the matchup. If I was a high level player I would abhor having individuals with minor understanding of the game apply narratives to my strategy in an attempt to romanticize the game in such a naive and tryhard way. There is nothing wrong with being a noob. There is nothing wrong with being a noob who talks about things that they know nothing about so long as they are self aware of this fact. What is most annoying though is noobs who not only deny that they know nothing about the games they are talking about (so that they can continue to justify talking) but who also must put words (and sentiments) into the mouths of others who actually are rolling about in the mud, figuring out the underlying strategies within a game. I don't know who started this particular trend of speaking for esports athletes but it spread rapidly in commentaries recently and has gotten completely overused very fast. I cannot watch 3 commentated videos in a row without this technique being done in at least one of them.

Fuck you on so many different levels, off yourself please.


+ Show Spoiler +
The main purpose of commentary is to explain viewers who need help understanding what's going on, what's going on in the game. If you feel like you can discern the game simply from the production tab and need no more than that, feel free to hit the mute button. Otherwise, sit through it and try to appreciate that someone who knows nothing about this game is being either slightly more informed or slightly more entertained with the uttering of that sentence.


+ Show Spoiler +
Another thing that has always bothered me in commentaries is the overuse of the passive voice. The zerg player DOES SEE the drop coming. The terran DOES KNOW that he is behind now. And they always put so much emphasis on the passive verb too. Sigh.

Edited to add: Apparently I'm an idiot and these are just auxillary constructs used for emphasis. They would only be in the passive voice if the main verb were in the past participle tense whereas in my examples they are in the present tense. Sorry for the confusion if anyone read this before the edit, and I'm officially revoking my own license as a grammar nazi.
ninazerg
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States7291 Posts
May 14 2014 14:55 GMT
#2976
On May 14 2014 23:31 o29 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 14 2014 11:09 [UoN]Sentinel wrote:
On May 14 2014 07:06 puppykiller wrote:
+ Show Spoiler +

Hello casters for sc2 or BW or whatever game you talk about and pretend to understand. Will you stop using renditions of the following phrase:
"And with this move Player X is saying to Player Y ''ok you can do this [insert tactical move] to me but I will go and kick your ass by doing this [insert tactical move] to you.'"

Your attempts to add a persona to a player based on his/her decision making in the game only works to highlight your ignorance about what is standard/nonstandard in the matchup. If I was a high level player I would abhor having individuals with minor understanding of the game apply narratives to my strategy in an attempt to romanticize the game in such a naive and tryhard way. There is nothing wrong with being a noob. There is nothing wrong with being a noob who talks about things that they know nothing about so long as they are self aware of this fact. What is most annoying though is noobs who not only deny that they know nothing about the games they are talking about (so that they can continue to justify talking) but who also must put words (and sentiments) into the mouths of others who actually are rolling about in the mud, figuring out the underlying strategies within a game. I don't know who started this particular trend of speaking for esports athletes but it spread rapidly in commentaries recently and has gotten completely overused very fast. I cannot watch 3 commentated videos in a row without this technique being done in at least one of them.

Fuck you on so many different levels, off yourself please.


+ Show Spoiler +
The main purpose of commentary is to explain viewers who need help understanding what's going on, what's going on in the game. If you feel like you can discern the game simply from the production tab and need no more than that, feel free to hit the mute button. Otherwise, sit through it and try to appreciate that someone who knows nothing about this game is being either slightly more informed or slightly more entertained with the uttering of that sentence.


+ Show Spoiler +

Another thing that has always bothered me in commentaries is the overuse of the passive voice. The zerg player DOES SEE the drop coming. The terran DOES KNOW that he is behind now. And they always put so much emphasis on the passive verb too. Sigh.


+ Show Spoiler +
Okay, that's just ridiculous. If people placing the emphasis on passive verbs is too much for you, I don't know what to tell you.
"If two pregnant women get into a fist fight, it's like a mecha-battle between two unborn babies." - Fyodor Dostoevsky
o29
Profile Joined November 2010
United States220 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-05-14 15:57:33
May 14 2014 15:54 GMT
#2977
On May 14 2014 23:55 ninazerg wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 14 2014 23:31 o29 wrote:
On May 14 2014 11:09 [UoN]Sentinel wrote:
On May 14 2014 07:06 puppykiller wrote:
+ Show Spoiler +

Hello casters for sc2 or BW or whatever game you talk about and pretend to understand. Will you stop using renditions of the following phrase:
"And with this move Player X is saying to Player Y ''ok you can do this [insert tactical move] to me but I will go and kick your ass by doing this [insert tactical move] to you.'"

Your attempts to add a persona to a player based on his/her decision making in the game only works to highlight your ignorance about what is standard/nonstandard in the matchup. If I was a high level player I would abhor having individuals with minor understanding of the game apply narratives to my strategy in an attempt to romanticize the game in such a naive and tryhard way. There is nothing wrong with being a noob. There is nothing wrong with being a noob who talks about things that they know nothing about so long as they are self aware of this fact. What is most annoying though is noobs who not only deny that they know nothing about the games they are talking about (so that they can continue to justify talking) but who also must put words (and sentiments) into the mouths of others who actually are rolling about in the mud, figuring out the underlying strategies within a game. I don't know who started this particular trend of speaking for esports athletes but it spread rapidly in commentaries recently and has gotten completely overused very fast. I cannot watch 3 commentated videos in a row without this technique being done in at least one of them.

Fuck you on so many different levels, off yourself please.


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The main purpose of commentary is to explain viewers who need help understanding what's going on, what's going on in the game. If you feel like you can discern the game simply from the production tab and need no more than that, feel free to hit the mute button. Otherwise, sit through it and try to appreciate that someone who knows nothing about this game is being either slightly more informed or slightly more entertained with the uttering of that sentence.


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Another thing that has always bothered me in commentaries is the overuse of the passive voice. The zerg player DOES SEE the drop coming. The terran DOES KNOW that he is behind now. And they always put so much emphasis on the passive verb too. Sigh.


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Okay, that's just ridiculous. If people placing the emphasis on passive verbs is too much for you, I don't know what to tell you.


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It's not the emphasizing itself -- I get that. The reason why they're using passive over active is presumably to be emphatic. But why does everything need to be emphasized? It seems like it's to hype the match up, but I don't think every single move needs to be SUPER IMPORTANT, and for grammar nazis such as myself, it just distracts from the actual commentary. I'm sure many people don't even notice this though.
ninazerg
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States7291 Posts
May 14 2014 16:10 GMT
#2978
On May 15 2014 00:54 o29 wrote:
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On May 14 2014 23:55 ninazerg wrote:
On May 14 2014 23:31 o29 wrote:
On May 14 2014 11:09 [UoN]Sentinel wrote:
On May 14 2014 07:06 puppykiller wrote:
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Hello casters for sc2 or BW or whatever game you talk about and pretend to understand. Will you stop using renditions of the following phrase:
"And with this move Player X is saying to Player Y ''ok you can do this [insert tactical move] to me but I will go and kick your ass by doing this [insert tactical move] to you.'"

Your attempts to add a persona to a player based on his/her decision making in the game only works to highlight your ignorance about what is standard/nonstandard in the matchup. If I was a high level player I would abhor having individuals with minor understanding of the game apply narratives to my strategy in an attempt to romanticize the game in such a naive and tryhard way. There is nothing wrong with being a noob. There is nothing wrong with being a noob who talks about things that they know nothing about so long as they are self aware of this fact. What is most annoying though is noobs who not only deny that they know nothing about the games they are talking about (so that they can continue to justify talking) but who also must put words (and sentiments) into the mouths of others who actually are rolling about in the mud, figuring out the underlying strategies within a game. I don't know who started this particular trend of speaking for esports athletes but it spread rapidly in commentaries recently and has gotten completely overused very fast. I cannot watch 3 commentated videos in a row without this technique being done in at least one of them.

Fuck you on so many different levels, off yourself please.


+ Show Spoiler +
The main purpose of commentary is to explain viewers who need help understanding what's going on, what's going on in the game. If you feel like you can discern the game simply from the production tab and need no more than that, feel free to hit the mute button. Otherwise, sit through it and try to appreciate that someone who knows nothing about this game is being either slightly more informed or slightly more entertained with the uttering of that sentence.


+ Show Spoiler +

Another thing that has always bothered me in commentaries is the overuse of the passive voice. The zerg player DOES SEE the drop coming. The terran DOES KNOW that he is behind now. And they always put so much emphasis on the passive verb too. Sigh.


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Okay, that's just ridiculous. If people placing the emphasis on passive verbs is too much for you, I don't know what to tell you.


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It's not the emphasizing itself -- I get that. The reason why they're using passive over active is presumably to be emphatic. But why does everything need to be emphasized? It seems like it's to hype the match up, but I don't think every single move needs to be SUPER IMPORTANT, and for grammar nazis such as myself, it just distracts from the actual commentary. I'm sure many people don't even notice this though.


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lol, reminds me of this:


"If two pregnant women get into a fist fight, it's like a mecha-battle between two unborn babies." - Fyodor Dostoevsky
Mindcrime
Profile Joined July 2004
United States6899 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-05-14 16:16:27
May 14 2014 16:15 GMT
#2979
On May 11 2014 04:17 ninazerg wrote:
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So then, this one guy joins the chat, and he's like spouting all kinds of facts about Brood War like he knows shit, but he doesn't know shit, so he started just saying ridiculous shit like "Lurker openings don't work versus Terran" and that Savior never did mutalisk openings and that people only started doing mutalisks when Jaedong was playing. Uh, dude, ever heard of fuckin' JulyZerg? You know, the one who popularized muta openings, and gave me my StarCraft name?


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Muta openings were popular long before July. Shit, they were nearly a necessity back in the LT days to prevent dirty terran scum from cliffing you.

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I don't give a shit what Junwi did or what ZergBoy did in that one replay, drop openings were silly.

That wasn't any act of God. That was an act of pure human fuckery.
WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland27230 Posts
May 14 2014 17:16 GMT
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Fucking idiots who post nonsense on subjects like religion or science as if they know anything and lambast others for the very short-sightedness they decry. In fact any moron who doesn't know the limits of their knowledge and spouts shit that adds nothing to any discussion they partake in. Fuck you all.
'You'll always be the cuddly marsupial of my heart, despite the inherent flaws of your ancestry' - Squat
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