I must honestly say that the observer is getting much better. I was a hater at first but I must take it back, he improved a lot over such a short period of time. Theres still things he could improve but im very happy with todays matches observing.

Regarding the matches, i was hoping for leenock to advance instead of rainbow. But i gotta hand it to rainbow for pretty much outplaying leenock in that one game. Would have been more interesting to see a bo3 between the two to really see whos better.
Genious is a real genious though and i can see him go really far this season.

Deadlyhazard

United States1177 Posts

January 06 2011 14:44 GMT

#1322

On January 06 2011 23:32 Nevius wrote:
I must honestly say that the observer is getting much better. I was a hater at first but I must take it back, he improved a lot over such a short period of time. Theres still things he could improve but im very happy with todays matches observing.

Regarding the matches, i was hoping for leenock to advance instead of rainbow. But i gotta hand it to rainbow for pretty much outplaying leenock in that one game. Would have been more interesting to see a bo3 between the two to really see whos better.
Genious is a real genious though and i can see him go really far this season.

Yeah, hes improving...which is all that matters. I was getting annoyed too at first, but really anyone can observe if they're remotely intelligent. So it's good to see he/she picks things up fast.

Shikyo

Finland33997 Posts

January 06 2011 14:44 GMT

#1323

Count Grackula o_O

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tiffibunny/459195189/ This one?

Warrior Madness

Canada3791 Posts

January 06 2011 15:15 GMT

#1324

Real shame that both Leenock and Ret got knocked out so early on. so 3 of the 5 best zergs in the world have been knocked out already. Though I'm not including July in that group because I don't know where he is atm or when he's due to play.

syllogism

Finland5948 Posts

January 06 2011 15:28 GMT

#1325

It seems a bit generous to include Ret and Leenock in top 5 considering there's Nestea, FD, Check, Idra, Kyrix, Zenio, July, Sen and even IMJunwiPirme. Well I suppose since it's impossible to rank most of them currently, it's not that unreasonable. Leenock seems overrated though as all we've seen him play well only a few times, he has 52% winrate after 2500+ games and hasn't performed very well in other events.

e: err, I now realize I misread your post and you didn't mean they were necessarily top 5

Slardar

Canada7596 Posts

January 06 2011 15:34 GMT

#1326

The GENIUS...... The.. NsPGenius hwaiting!

Scoop

Finland482 Posts

January 06 2011 15:45 GMT

#1327

On January 07 2011 00:15 Warrior Madness wrote:
Real shame that both Leenock and Ret got knocked out so early on. so 3 of the 5 best zergs in the world have been knocked out already. Though I'm not including July in that group because I don't know where he is atm or when he's due to play.

I'd say FruitDealer, Nestea, Zenio, IdrA and July are better than Leenock and Ret...

DarkRise

1644 Posts

January 06 2011 15:51 GMT

#1328

whats happening to all the zergs -.-
GSL1 all over again? i just hope nestea isn't the only one advancing
Kyrix and Leenock are top zergs
I'm not surprise that anypro is last
Was hoping for genius and leenock tho but rainbow played really well

zerious

Canada3803 Posts

January 06 2011 16:03 GMT

#1329

On January 07 2011 00:51 DarkRise wrote:
whats happening to all the zergs -.-
GSL1 all over again? i just hope nestea isn't the only one advancing
Kyrix and Leenock are top zergs
I'm not surprise that anypro is last
Was hoping for genius and leenock tho but rainbow played really well

The group that had the most zergs were in group B. Unfortunately for them, MVP was in the same group

tdt

United States3179 Posts

January 06 2011 16:04 GMT

#1330

almost impossible to defend base early is happening to zergs. spines need twice hit-points and 1.5x dam imo

Tirr

Russian Federation122 Posts

January 06 2011 16:10 GMT

#1331

From when Ret became one of the best zergs in the world?

usethis2

2164 Posts

January 06 2011 16:30 GMT

#1332

On January 07 2011 01:04 tdt wrote:
almost impossible to defend base early is happening to zergs. spines need twice hit-points and 1.5x dam imo

I think build time reduction will be more helpful. I've been always curious why a defensive structure that has the least possibility of being abused offensively takes longest to build. And despite being a P (trying to learn Z lately, but probably shouldn't, lol), I hope these early cannons will be nerfed by either increased Forge build time or cannon build time. Sick and tired of cannons in PvP when I want to play some real games.

usethis2

2164 Posts

January 06 2011 16:31 GMT

#1333

On January 07 2011 01:10 Tirr wrote:
From when Ret became one of the best zergs in the world?

Since Artosis has said so.. I assume. (Well, but seriously he is pretty darn good)

Angry.Zerg

Mexico305 Posts

January 06 2011 17:11 GMT

#1334

Honestly I think its only NesTea... [a gap]... then the rest of the Zergs. My hopes for the future are on July... hopefully we'll see him in code S soon.

ZeromuS

Canada13407 Posts

January 06 2011 17:11 GMT

#1335

love the recommended games section since i dont have time to watch all of the games especially if I want to play SC2 and not just watch it lol

darmousseh

United States3437 Posts

January 06 2011 17:16 GMT

#1336

Not surprisingly ret is out quickly. I know idra and artosis love to talk about this guy, but it still seems he has a ton of issues playing in the spotlight or under immense pressure. I think he will be lucky to qualify for code A again next season.

Overall no big upsets today.

koppik

United States676 Posts

January 06 2011 17:18 GMT

#1337

I wonder if Ret has some nerve issues. Oh well, it's sad to see him lose his Code A so quickly. He had a fairly bad bracket too, with Cezanne and Loner both being quite good. Hopefully he can get his code A back in the prelims (or by invite) and then get code S for GSL 6.

darmousseh

United States3437 Posts

January 06 2011 17:21 GMT

#1338

On January 07 2011 02:11 azka wrote:
Honestly I think its only NesTea... [a gap]... then the rest of the Zergs. My hopes for the future are on July... hopefully we'll see him in code S soon.

Yeah, nestea.....fruitdealer, idra...............ogsthewind, zenio, golden, check......everyone else (including ret and tlo)