EPTWelcoming Halo to the Liquid Family - Page 12
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ImYourHuckleberry
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Karis Vas Ryaar
United States4396 Posts
On May 16 2015 10:41 ImYourHuckleberry wrote: Excuse my ignorance...is Halo big in the pro-gaming scene? I bought the new Halo for Xbox One, but I thought it was a more console oriented game. When playing online, the teams seem to be very rare or "exclusive". Maybe it's b/c I'm just a noob and play with my 6 year old son... It was really big back during halo 2 and 3. when reach came out it fell off a lot. but with the most recent game 343's trying to bring back and refocus it on the competitive aspect. | ||
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ZigguratOfUr
Iraq16955 Posts
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Liquid`Nazgul
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PineapplePizza
United States749 Posts
On May 16 2015 05:34 Headshot wrote: As a competitive Halo fan since Halo 1's release, I feel like I have to step in to defend Halo 1's honor as the best competitive console game of all time. People discount it's competitive depth for the same reason that those new to the Starcraft franchise discount BW's supremacy. No, they do it because it's basically a 90's shooter with a lot of depth purposefully removed for the sake of consoles. | ||
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Highways
Australia6098 Posts
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Shana
Indonesia1814 Posts
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Kleinmuuhg
Vanuatu4091 Posts
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Loanshark
China3094 Posts
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TheBloodyDwarf
Finland7524 Posts
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Render
United States249 Posts
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sagi
Finland346 Posts
On May 16 2015 04:48 DSK wrote: I'd also argue that Quake - Quake 1, Quake World, Quake 2 and Quake 3/Live were pretty influential. Don't forget the game came out the same year Brood War did for SC1 (for EU at least), it had quite a lot of longevity. + Show Spoiler + Pretty insane as to the thought processes and strategies/tactics involved in this game and video alone. Also, note a young Carmac :D Thanks for the video. I've been watching Q3 every now and then, but never heard a top level player analyzing his choices so precisely. Epic stuff. | ||
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Mistakes
United States1102 Posts
On May 17 2015 01:31 sagi wrote: Thanks for the video. I've been watching Q3 every now and then, but never heard a top level player analyzing his choices so precisely. Epic stuff. Goddamn I wish I followed Quake more. | ||
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Ayaz2810
United States2763 Posts
On May 15 2015 16:44 Velr wrote: So... When is Mario Party getting picked up? Btw: I never understood the Hype around Halo (1/2)... I played thru Halo 2 in coop and i don't remember ever having played something so... "average" yet SOOOO hyped. But i shortly before played thru Half Life 2... Most likely that spoiled me.. Btw2: Console shooters are just SLLOOOOW when compared to PC shooters. Thats the issue, if you look at some Halo footage on YouTube and then Quake... Well... Guess which one looks more impressive despite having terribad graphics. No. The speed of Quake and those other arcadey shooters makes them terrible to watch (and to play IMO). I would rather watch a "slow" game of CoD or Halo any fuckin' day of the week. It's like CS with the no aiming down sights business.... yuck. | ||
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Deleted User 3420
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opisska
Poland8852 Posts
On May 17 2015 04:15 travis wrote: I find it interesting that people would complain about liquid supporting esports too much. You may not be a big fan of whatever game but lots of people are, everyone here should be happy about the supporting of esports. Do you thing that ice hockey fans should be happy for anyone who supports cricket? (Admittedly, I thought really hard to find the most absurd pair of sports  ) We have actually seen LoL beat up SC2 pretty hard, the esports market is even more competitive than that for classic sports, because it is so much smaller. I don't thing that some game where people reportedly pretend to play paintball without getting colourful spots on clothing is any competition for SC2, but I have some understading for where does the non-support come from. Anyway, it's not like the life of SC2 hinges on Liquid's SC2 division and TL.net remains perfectly disconnected from all the happenings, so I don't see a problem. | ||
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Deleted User 3420
24492 Posts
On May 17 2015 04:21 opisska wrote: Do you thing that ice hockey fans should be happy for anyone who supports cricket? (Admittedly, I thought really hard to find the most absurd pair of sports ) Weird question. If you are a sports lover, yes. I thought most of us are e-sports lovers. Most sports, even cricket or ice hockey, are legitimate in the eyes of the public. E-sports is still getting there, so I think it is good to be supportive of e-sports in general because e-sports in general(including whatever games you love) are still on their way up. We have actually seen LoL beat up SC2 pretty hard, the esports market is even more competitive than that for classic sports, because it is so much smaller. I don't thing that some game where people reportedly pretend to play paintball without getting colourful spots on clothing is any competition for SC2, but I have some understading for where does the non-support come from. E-sports has seen TREMENDOUS growth because of LoL, anyone who loves esports including sc2 should be thankful to riot for helping to legitimize it. If the game is loved, if sc2 or sc3 or sc4 is good and it is loved then it will have followers. If it does not have followers it is the fault of the game and the scene, not the fault of some other game that is doing well. I watch both sc2 and LoL. | ||
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Gingerninja
United Kingdom1339 Posts
On May 17 2015 04:27 travis wrote: Weird question. If you are a sports lover, yes. I thought most of us are e-sports lovers. Most sports, even cricket or ice hockey, are legitimate in the eyes of the public. E-sports is still getting there, so I think it is good to be supportive of e-sports in general because e-sports in general(including whatever games you love) are still on their way up. E-sports has seen TREMENDOUS growth because of LoL, anyone who loves esports including sc2 should be thankful to riot for helping to legitimize it. If the game is loved, if sc2 or sc3 or sc4 is good and it is loved then it will have followers. If it does not have followers it is the fault of the game and the scene, not the fault of some other game that is doing well. I watch both sc2 and LoL. A lot of people on this site were on the "For Esports!" bandwagon when SC2 was on top, but as soon as it slipped down, Esports proved to be a cover for "whatever game I play and like" and not actually Esports as a whole. Having both SC2 and Halo at MLG used to be a blast to watch, flicking between streams whenever downtime appeared. | ||
digmouse
China6326 Posts
On May 17 2015 04:42 Gingerninja wrote: A lot of people on this site were on the "For Esports!" bandwagon when SC2 was on top, but as soon as it slipped down, Esports proved to be a cover for "whatever game I play and like" and not actually Esports as a whole. Having both SC2 and Halo at MLG used to be a blast to watch, flicking between streams whenever downtime appeared. Yep, having SC2 and Halo Reach both at MLG was a blast. | ||
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Cascade
Australia5405 Posts
On May 15 2015 02:06 ShoCkeyy wrote: Now I need to buy a car from Nissan. Xterra, here I come. I've always wanted a convertible TT. so hot! Do I get a 30% discount above a certain number of posts on TL? I can tweet some support for the liquid halo team as well if I get 40%.  | ||
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