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wadadde
Profile Joined February 2009
270 Posts
August 22 2010 15:10 GMT
#181
A few people have mentioned it before, Incontrol is way too dominant. I like his relentless barage of comedic chatter, but he needs to learn his place in an event like this. He should just shut the fuck up at certain points. Part of me thinks that he lacks the required control and should just be replaced with a more facilitating personality. Day9 would also be a horrendous mismatch.
I really loved all the old TLattacks. It's a little bit sad to see the quality deteriorate like this.
Mortician
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Bulgaria2332 Posts
August 22 2010 15:11 GMT
#182
Any torrent of this? wouldn't want to watch 11 15 min parts :/
"If anything, the skill cap in sc2 is higher [than sc1] because there are a lot more things you can do at one given time. " darmousseh
iNcontroL *
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
USA29055 Posts
August 22 2010 15:16 GMT
#183
On August 23 2010 00:10 wadadde wrote:
A few people have mentioned it before, Incontrol is way too dominant. I like his relentless barage of comedic chatter, but he needs to learn his place in an event like this. He should just shut the fuck up at certain points. Part of me thinks that he lacks the required control and should just be replaced with a more facilitating personality. Day9 would also be a horrendous mismatch.
I really loved all the old TLattacks. It's a little bit sad to see the quality deteriorate like this.


It wouldn't be my place to temp ban you or warn you for this post but saying "needs to shut the fuck up" or "learn his place" can come off as a real dickish way of saying what otherwise would be a completely acceptable criticism in a thread where criticism could be helpful.

Please be less the douche and more the help in the future.
wadadde
Profile Joined February 2009
270 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-22 15:23:33
August 22 2010 15:21 GMT
#184
On August 22 2010 21:33 {88}iNcontroL wrote:
some pretty critical criticism guys. You realize this is a really fun event where we are supposed to mock the guests as a distraction right? The accommodation remarks and me being "cancerous" seem a bit overzealous.

Don't get me wrong I will take the fact that I am poisonous to this event under consideration but I feel like a lot of people "get it" whereas those that are like "this was so rude!" and "incontrol was trying to be a star too much" are missing the point

No, I did not understand that you had to mock the guest as a distraction. I think you had to distract the guest. The mocking part, or the emphasis on mocking the guest is an innovation, as far as I can tell. Also, you're not going to get any kind of conversation going with a guest if they don't feel they're getting any room to talk the way they usually do, AKA when they're not constantly on the backfoot.

edit: sorry about any earlier dickishness on my part
Chill
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
Calgary26003 Posts
August 22 2010 15:33 GMT
#185
On August 22 2010 21:33 {88}iNcontroL wrote:
some pretty critical criticism guys. You realize this is a really fun event where we are supposed to mock the guests as a distraction right? The accommodation remarks and me being "cancerous" seem a bit overzealous.

Don't get me wrong I will take the fact that I am poisonous to this event under consideration but I feel like a lot of people "get it" whereas those that are like "this was so rude!" and "incontrol was trying to be a star too much" are missing the point

I don't want people to feel nervous to criticize us, but at the same time I never felt like Inc was baselessly or maliciously insulting qxc.
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iNcontroL *
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
USA29055 Posts
August 22 2010 15:55 GMT
#186
I want criticism too

I just don't think calling me cancerous or needing to "shut the fuck up" really helps lol
SentrySteve
Profile Joined March 2010
United States71 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-22 16:14:43
August 22 2010 16:13 GMT
#187
On August 23 2010 00:55 {88}iNcontroL wrote:
I want criticism too

I just don't think calling me cancerous or needing to "shut the fuck up" really helps lol


Do the players know that you're going to be mocking them before going in? Obviously older SC1 players would but at times qxc sounded confused or out of his element. I say that because he would be mocked when he talked, mocked if he was losing, when he tried and started to micro he would be mocked for not talking, etc. I'm not complaining, because I enjoyed all of it, but TLA seems more like starcraft's version of comedy central's roasts on celebrities. The selected 'hero's' personality really matters but most high end starcraft 2 players don't usually double as comedians.

If the goal is to put on the show of a lifetime I'd like to see more organization and more of a focus on entertainment. Especially reading this thread it seems like TLA doesn't have an identity. Some people want to see pros do stupid things and win, but complain when it doesn't work out (ie; game 1), and others think the insults were too much as shown in this thread.

Neither you or chill strike me as the kind of people who actually want to do pre-show work but having some kind of screening process would be a benefit. For example, if game 1 was against a true bronze league player I bet qxc would have had a good shot at winning while still putting on a great show.

By the way, my favorite parts are when you mock the opponent's thought process. "I'll get carriers! That's the counter to ravens!"

/edit:

Also, I think the vast majority just enjoy it. Forums are usually just reserved for those people who want to complain or voice their opinion while the other 5,000+ people had a laugh and are waiting for the next one.
bakesale
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
United States187 Posts
August 22 2010 17:13 GMT
#188
I enjoyed this episode of TLA, and wouldn't have come here to make any negative comments unless the hosts had specifically asked for feedback. So having said that,

1. Please issue a torrent for each episode, and make the video higher quality (on youtube and the torrent)
2. I think this week's disorganization made it less entertaining. A certain amount of disorganization is funny, too much of it makes the show drag.
3. Take all opportunities to make fun of the participants. There were a lot of chat messages that went unread and un-mocked during some of the matches. These comments were hilarious in S3E1.
4. Involve the player more during the matches.

Looking forward to further episodes.
TheFinalWord
Profile Joined May 2010
Australia790 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-22 17:34:58
August 22 2010 17:26 GMT
#189
Well played by Qxc, he had a plan with some fun builds and I really enjoyed his play.

I think the commentary deteriated a bit from episode 1, it seemed less like mocking and more like being mean especially from incontrol.

It also takes alot of the fun out of it when incontrol was always saying its over, hurry up and leave, etc even when qxc was about to scv rush or when it was a close game like the first one. Qxc fighting from behind after a failed scv rush was an entertaining prospect that was kind of ruined by incontrol prematurely calling it off.

I think the most important point I'm trying to get across is there is a difference between mocking and insulting, I think an understanding of this would greatly improve future TLA's. Also, insulting Qxc is awkard and not funny, insulting the other player is hilarious. They gave up their right to respect when they agreed to play It seemed like most of the insulting in this particular episode was just complaining about how boring it is, complaining about boredom makes it alot more boring.

edit: maybe a poll on favourite game would help gauge the popular parts of the show. Mine were scv rush, mass raven, mass ghost and team game. Oh and I think you should have played twilight fortress or some other unconvential map like qxc suggested.
aNDRoM
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States637 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-22 18:06:19
August 22 2010 17:39 GMT
#190
If the games were casted from replays, then the guest progammer could be more talkative, but that would remove the whole "distracting the pro" during the match. What if you still did the live commentary/distraction, and then instead of posting the VODs right away, cast the replays as well, or more specifically, cast the recorded stream, so you can make fun of your own comments during the live stream? That'd add "value" to the VODs in the sense that people who watch the livestream would have incentive to watch the VODs as well, and it'd give the pro an opportunity to explain their choices or be talkative while not playing.
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cAPS
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States153 Posts
August 22 2010 17:40 GMT
#191
iNcontrol and Chill, don't you go changin'

Weird
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States832 Posts
August 22 2010 17:57 GMT
#192
I think a good basic format for the show could help, say start your pro off against known mid-level players and go up from there. Let him play his game, no crazy strats/unit comps for 3 or so games of increasing competition. This way we're guarenteed to see our pro's excellent play. Perhaps use this as a build-up to him against another pro, which he will know about beforehand, because both smurf matches so far have been pretty lopsided/ handicapped by show induced strategies. This game can then be followed by noob crushing, with a possible smurf mixed in. Just a thought.

I feel that the pro is put in an unwinnable situation, we all want him to win/talk/use crazy strategies all at the same time, and only so many people can do this at a high level. The game is so new, along with Bnet 2.0 that I'm sure it will take some time to flesh things out.

Love the show, zero problems with Chill or InControl as commentators, some people are a little too sensitive around here.
aNDRoM
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States637 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-22 18:12:21
August 22 2010 18:05 GMT
#193
How about a Caster Edition of TLA, where the guest pro plays a bunch of casters, e.g. Day[9], HD, Husky, etc? Then invite everyone to recast the matches. Should be entertaining.

Edit: Showing my n00bness for the moment, does the TL community use "caster" to mean anyone who (broad)casts games, a.k.a. streamers, or to mean those who provide commentary , a.k.a. commentators, or it could mean either based on context? Just curious if my idea should be called "Caster Edition" or "Commentator Edition"...
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SmoKim
Profile Joined March 2010
Denmark10305 Posts
August 22 2010 18:57 GMT
#194
qxc was a HUGE improvement over NonY(or Tyler w/e), he had alot better personality for TL:A, so i suggest that when you pick future players, your sure that there is a flow and they can talk and have fun with it

or just get Artosis and let Incontrol/Chill have their evil ways, that would be amazing

GREAT SHOW
"LOL I have 202 supply right now (3 minutes later)..."LOL NOW I HAVE 220 SUPPLY SUP?!?!?" - Mondragon
dim2thesum
Profile Joined May 2010
United States65 Posts
August 22 2010 19:18 GMT
#195
it was missing something, dont know what.
win some, lose some, dim sum
Percutio
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States1672 Posts
August 22 2010 19:48 GMT
#196
I enjoyed it. At least inControl and Chill are entertaining enough to replace some of the previous excitement factors like the chat channels.

I think the only change should be a change of the crazy strategies so that they aren't necessarily doomed to fail right away like the BC rush. I did enjoy the matches on weird maps though.
What does it matter how I loose it?
OmniEulogy
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Canada6600 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-22 19:57:52
August 22 2010 19:57 GMT
#197
I honestly enjoyed watching the micro in the last game the most. after a series of failed cheese attempts it was awesome just to watch the scv's and mules all die to 2 units.

As for the commentating... good job guys It was enjoyable, I do think InControl took over a bit too much but it fills the silence so I think it's also a needed evil. Still love the random stories though great job guys :D

I think the challengers were actually TOO good for this as well, you need worse players so the cheese does more damage xD
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odder
Profile Joined April 2010
United States405 Posts
August 22 2010 20:41 GMT
#198
Ya, I also agree the challengers need to be worse, this episode seemed like it was all mid-Diamond and upper-Platinum players. It was missing something, maybe it was the fact it was Terran, I dunno. Time to go all BiggerT, no scratch that, BiggestT and Azzcontrol for next episode to make up for this last one
Trap
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States395 Posts
August 22 2010 20:48 GMT
#199
My favorite TL attack was with Xiaozi (with Chill+Hotbid), who was a very mild mannered player who did funny in-game things to his opponents. Don't feel you need lots of trashtalk to make it entertaining. I also agree with the sentiment that it might be a bit "too soon" to reintroduce TL attack, give the game and the players more time to develop.
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Toastmold
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada207 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-22 21:52:12
August 22 2010 21:28 GMT
#200
I think both commentators did a good job. I think qxc was a good guest too. He went out of his way to play in unusual ways for entertainment value. The other side of this was that sometimes the pacing in the games suffered, as I'm sure you realize. I'm not really sure if there is anything that can be done to remedy that though, short of imposing time limits, but that probably would not be good. Actually, it might be amusing if the guest did a 'ladder' ffa. In my times doing it I've found the skill level to be quite low so I've actually won by doing weird stuff like teching straight to Brood Lords.

Oh, and by the way I made this Ultralisk video a while ago that proves that they are balanced.
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