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FairForever
Profile Joined February 2011
Canada2392 Posts
April 10 2011 20:56 GMT
#3021
I thought that for this tournament the format was 1-2-2

So if you're the higher seeded player, you play games 1/4/5 on your server, and the lower gets 2/3. So even if you're in Korea don't they play on the SEA server for at least two games?
pHelix Equilibria
Profile Joined August 2010
United States1134 Posts
April 10 2011 20:57 GMT
#3022
I see that there is alot of this whole EU/NA/KR talk. Anyway. Great TSL weekend, they were relatively shorter than I thought =/.
So far have been filled with upsets, but thats what makes it exciting so far.
Good games! Can't wait for the next weekend of matches!
Resolve
Profile Joined August 2010
Singapore679 Posts
April 10 2011 20:57 GMT
#3023
Nada just isn't as good in SC2 as most people claim he is. He's solid, but not anywhere with the best terrans in KR. I liquibetted him in faith but not surprised he played as per his usual standard (which isn't MVP-like) and thus failed to win today.
zeru
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
8156 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-10 20:59:51
April 10 2011 20:57 GMT
#3024
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Arnfasta
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States183 Posts
April 10 2011 20:57 GMT
#3025
On April 11 2011 05:55 cheesemaster wrote:
Okay my question to people that dont think lag was a factor at all in any of the KR vs US/EU games is, why are all these Korean players underperfoming in every single game then, aside from MC so far every single game koreans have made silly mistakes that you would never see them make in a LAN setting or a GSL, like literally never. So what is your reasoning for them underperfoming? Regardless of weather they are used to the opposing players play style or not it shouldnt mean that they get supply blocked mis micro etc etc so often when we see them play at such a high caliber at Lan settings like the gsl.


I think part of it has to do with styles that Koreans are not used to. The Korean server, to my understanding, is much more homogeneous and if one style becomes popular for say, TvT, EVERYONE is using that strategy on the Korean server. Whereas, on the EU and NA servers, there's a lot more variety and so the players there have to be much more versatile.

Swixi
Profile Joined August 2010
United States73 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-10 20:58:23
April 10 2011 20:58 GMT
#3026
On April 11 2011 05:54 zasda wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 11 2011 05:52 Swixi wrote:
On April 11 2011 05:47 FliedLice wrote:
On April 11 2011 05:45 cuppatea wrote:
On April 11 2011 05:33 Hot_Bid wrote:
On April 11 2011 05:32 thisisSSK wrote:
I hate to do this but I have to blame the lag. Has ANYONE seen NaDa play THIS TERRIBLY in Korea? I mean multiple supply blocks, a million queues, low worker counts, etc. Sure, he made some unproductive decisions (i.e. banshee on Crevasse), but overall, its seems like Nada is playing with such sloppiness. Anyways, GG by Kas; he played quite well.

I think people are just so biased when it comes to this stuff.

NOBODY blamed lag when Haypro lost to Kas. So many people blame lag when Nada loses to Kas. It's just in your head, what your expectations are.


What was your refusal to acknowledge the very evident lag in the mvp vs Adelscott games if not pure pro-foreigner bias?

I mean you were literally watching the best Terran in the world control his units like a Bronze league player and mocking anyone who suggested lag may be the reason (as opposed to the alternative, which is that he's absolutely terrible at SC2).


Because the best Terran in the world obviously didn't even bother to play on the NA server beforehand in order to prepare for his match.

This completely ignores the point though. The point is that he lost because of lag. Whether or not Koreans prepared for the lag is irrelevant to the discussion of whether or not lag affected the Koreans' play (and was subsequently the reason they lost).

how is getting supplo blocked and queuing delay's fault haha getting desperate there buddy

I hope you're not serious, but if you are, I would advise you to first think about your post.
How can getting supply blocked be lag's fault? The side effect of latency isn't that you're behind a couple seconds - it's that your entire game gets thrown off. Your decision making, micro, and macro are all hindered.

Again, I don't think it was purely lag. In my opinion, the Koreans didn't prepare all that much for the TSL and underestimated the foreigners.


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SACtheXchng
Profile Joined January 2011
168 Posts
April 10 2011 20:58 GMT
#3027
On April 11 2011 05:42 Arnfasta wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 11 2011 05:35 Funkatron wrote:
On April 11 2011 05:33 Hot_Bid wrote:
On April 11 2011 05:32 thisisSSK wrote:
I hate to do this but I have to blame the lag. Has ANYONE seen NaDa play THIS TERRIBLY in Korea? I mean multiple supply blocks, a million queues, low worker counts, etc. Sure, he made some unproductive decisions (i.e. banshee on Crevasse), but overall, its seems like Nada is playing with such sloppiness. Anyways, GG by Kas; he played quite well.

I think people are just so biased when it comes to this stuff.

NOBODY blamed lag when Haypro lost to Kas. So many people blame lag when Nada loses to Kas. It's just in your head, what your expectations are.

So true. Can someone explain how lag can make you forget supply? That makes no sense.


And if you play 10 hours a day to get ready for this tournament on the Korean server and you hit the lag for the first time in those 3 games, it can severely throw off even the best players.


I'm sorry, but this is like saying that if you're a professional marathon runner and you train in Holland for a marathon which you'll have to run in high altitudes in Peru, you have a good excuse for underperforming. No! You just suck at your Profession.

Fact is, you should train in even higher altitudes for that.

Are these guys professionals or what? Maybe some of you guys are right in assuming that the koreans don't take this tournament seriously, but if they aren't they aren't professionals in my book.
phisku
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Belgium864 Posts
April 10 2011 20:58 GMT
#3028
can't wait for the korean netizen reaction
Resilient
Profile Joined June 2010
United Kingdom1431 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-10 20:58:57
April 10 2011 20:58 GMT
#3029
On April 11 2011 05:56 FairForever wrote:
I thought that for this tournament the format was 1-2-2

So if you're the higher seeded player, you play games 1/4/5 on your server, and the lower gets 2/3. So even if you're in Korea don't they play on the SEA server for at least two games?


EU to Korea/SEA is unplayable for either party. NA is the middle-ground both parties can consider "fair".
FliedLice
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Germany7494 Posts
April 10 2011 20:58 GMT
#3030
On April 11 2011 05:54 CanucksJC wrote:
Someone mentioned lag doesn't make you forget supply depots, but really if you think about it, lag has everything to do with it.... I'm not saying there WAS significant lag, but if there was, you start playing like shit cuz lag doesn't let you play crisply the way you'd want to. Just saying.

I wonder if this was something the organizers foresaw when getting this started... Yah sure Kas beat NaDa 3-0 that's great, but was that really dependent on pure skill alone? We saw what happened in WC when it was played in a LAN setting, even though that wasn't very representative of the foreigners.

Also, if Kas was THAT good, there is no reason why we shouldn't know about it. There is a REASON why some are more famous and some are more underground. If the guy was good, you'd see people praising this guy and we wouldn't call this an 'upset'. But the fact is, people don't really know him, period. You can't get around that IMO and I think people are being a little too defensive of Kas. :s


What the fuck?

If anyone doesn't know Kas he clearly has now clue about anything starcraft related outside korea...
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Chill
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
Calgary26003 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-10 20:59:13
April 10 2011 20:58 GMT
#3031
On April 11 2011 05:55 cheesemaster wrote:
Okay my question to people that dont think lag was a factor at all in any of the KR vs US/EU games is, why are all these Korean players underperfoming in every single game then, aside from MC so far every single game koreans have made silly mistakes that you would never see them make in a LAN setting or a GSL, like literally never. So what is your reasoning for them underperfoming? Regardless of weather they are used to the opposing players play style or not it shouldnt mean that they get supply blocked mis micro etc etc so often when we see them play at such a high caliber at Lan settings like the gsl.

How did MC micro his Zealot perfectly in game 1 vs Ciara?
How did Nada micro his Banshee perfectly against TLO?

Look at their ladder records - you'll notice every player sits in the 50% - 70% win range, even champions. If they don't prepare for their opponent they will have a possibility of losing to a strong competitor who has prepared. It's my theory that is exactly what happened here.
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Eurekastreet
Profile Joined November 2010
1308 Posts
April 10 2011 20:59 GMT
#3032
I wish there was a "ping/packet loss stats" command in the game just like in Unreal Tournament (or some other FPS) so both players could screenshot their result and we'd be done with those endless discussions (dont know how much lag is required to be a nuisance in SC2, I know that for a shooter, anything above roughly 60-70ms makes it impossible to play at a competitive level so I'll assume it's roughly the same for crazy micro in SC2)
.
Or, if that kind of lag is really an issue in this game just keep tournaments region based so we're sure the best man wins.

Also, would be interesting to get an interview of the Koreans and get to know what they think of it. How come it hasn't been provided yet ?

"2 cannons, it's not one cannons" - White-Ra
FairForever
Profile Joined February 2011
Canada2392 Posts
April 10 2011 20:59 GMT
#3033
On April 11 2011 05:58 Resilient wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 11 2011 05:56 FairForever wrote:
I thought that for this tournament the format was 1-2-2

So if you're the higher seeded player, you play games 1/4/5 on your server, and the lower gets 2/3. So even if you're in Korea don't they play on the SEA server for at least two games?


EU to Korea/SEA is unplayable for either party. NA is the middle-ground both parties can consider "fair".


I missed the cast today, to confirm they played all 5 (or would've played all 5) on NA then?
ganil
Profile Joined August 2009
253 Posts
April 10 2011 20:59 GMT
#3034
On April 11 2011 05:57 zeru wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 11 2011 05:54 CanucksJC wrote:
Someone mentioned lag doesn't make you forget supply depots, but really if you think about it, lag has everything to do with it.... I'm not saying there WAS significant lag, but if there was, you start playing like shit cuz lag doesn't let you play crisply the way you'd want to. Just saying.

I wonder if this was something the organizers foresaw when getting this started... Yah sure Kas beat NaDa 3-0 that's great, but was that really dependent on pure skill alone? We saw what happened in WC when it was played in a LAN setting, even though that wasn't very representative of the foreigners.

Also, if Kas was THAT good, there is no reason why we shouldn't know about it. There is a REASON why some are more famous and some are more underground.
If the guy was good, you'd see people praising this guy and we wouldn't call this an 'upset'. But the fact is, people don't really know him, period. You can't get around that IMO and I think people are being a little too defensive of Kas. :s

Pretty much every euro i know predicted that kas would crush nada. Not anyones fault except ur own if you dont follow the international tournament scene tbh, kas is VERY well known.


I agree.

Every top euro player I know predicted kas to crush nada. He's considered as the biggest favorite here (with naniwa and mc).
TalkSick
Profile Joined July 2010
Bulgaria223 Posts
April 10 2011 20:59 GMT
#3035
I think a factor in the Korea vs The World discussion is that Koreans actually feel somewhat intimidated. You can see it in their gameplay. Aside from MC there is a general sloppiness in all of the matches that I have seen. Especially in Europeans vs Koreans.
Bear4188
Profile Joined March 2010
United States1797 Posts
April 10 2011 20:59 GMT
#3036
Here's a thread for people who want to spend all day talking about latency: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=205366

"I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something." - R. Feynman
Rasva_Pallo
Profile Joined September 2010
Finland126 Posts
April 10 2011 20:59 GMT
#3037
Great games. I haven't seen Kas TvT before but it looks beastly.

In mirror match up you can't even talk about imbalance so clearly the better player won. If you think it was because of lag then it's too bad for you because then you are propably angry atm.
After all it was just one series in one tournament that happens, maybe Nada had off day maybe Kas played his absolute best.
Whatever the tournament must go on, the winners advance and the losers don't.
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Logo2010
Profile Joined October 2010
509 Posts
April 10 2011 21:00 GMT
#3038
Why is everyone saying Kas macroed like a beast? He macroed well, but not insanely well vs another Terran. Nada macroed Terri-bad. When you macro against a terri-bad player, you look like a beast. People are attributing all his past heroics and achievements to this bo5. I saw the games and Nada played terri-bad. IMO he didn't try his best or even 2nd best. He supply locked himself so many times. Why aren't the Kas fans acknowledging that?
Deckkie
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Netherlands1595 Posts
April 10 2011 21:00 GMT
#3039
On April 11 2011 05:54 CanucksJC wrote:
Someone mentioned lag doesn't make you forget supply depots, but really if you think about it, lag has everything to do with it.... I'm not saying there WAS significant lag, but if there was, you start playing like shit cuz lag doesn't let you play crisply the way you'd want to. Just saying.

I wonder if this was something the organizers foresaw when getting this started... Yah sure Kas beat NaDa 3-0 that's great, but was that really dependent on pure skill alone? We saw what happened in WC when it was played in a LAN setting, even though that wasn't very representative of the foreigners.

Also, if Kas was THAT good, there is no reason why we shouldn't know about it. There is a REASON why some are more famous and some are more underground. If the guy was good, you'd see people praising this guy and we wouldn't call this an 'upset'. But the fact is, people don't really know him, period. You can't get around that IMO and I think people are being a little too defensive of Kas. :s


I am actually very surpised with how little people know how extremely good Kas is.
He has been preforming very well in sc2. (been a little les the lost month or two but before that he was definatly one of the best of europe, it not the best of europe)
Always look on the bright side of life
Hot_Bid
Profile Blog Joined October 2003
Braavos36402 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-10 21:02:24
April 10 2011 21:00 GMT
#3040
On April 11 2011 05:49 cuppatea wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 11 2011 05:47 FliedLice wrote:
On April 11 2011 05:45 cuppatea wrote:
On April 11 2011 05:33 Hot_Bid wrote:
On April 11 2011 05:32 thisisSSK wrote:
I hate to do this but I have to blame the lag. Has ANYONE seen NaDa play THIS TERRIBLY in Korea? I mean multiple supply blocks, a million queues, low worker counts, etc. Sure, he made some unproductive decisions (i.e. banshee on Crevasse), but overall, its seems like Nada is playing with such sloppiness. Anyways, GG by Kas; he played quite well.

I think people are just so biased when it comes to this stuff.

NOBODY blamed lag when Haypro lost to Kas. So many people blame lag when Nada loses to Kas. It's just in your head, what your expectations are.


What was your refusal to acknowledge the very evident lag in the mvp vs Adelscott games if not pure pro-foreigner bias?

I mean you were literally watching the best Terran in the world control his units like a Bronze league player and mocking anyone who suggested lag may be the reason (as opposed to the alternative, which is that he's absolutely terrible at SC2).


Because the best Terran in the world obviously didn't even bother to play on the NA server beforehand in order to prepare for his match.


In which case the latency (or at least mvp's unfamiliarity with it) clearly affected the outcome, which is something Hot_Bid refused to acknowledge.

what are you talking about, i've never said lag doesn't exist. the lag is worse for koreans to NA than EU to NA (not sure about Ukraine to NA so not sure for Kas). multiple times i've said that the players who have prepared for lag could have done better. that alone assumes there is some lag. my point has always been that lag exists its just not the big deciding factor people have been claiming it as. practice/preparation and who actually plays better that day is more important.

i don't know why the IM guys decided not to prepare at all for the matches or why they played like they did. do i think they would've played much better if they practiced more on NA, or cared more about their opponents, or took us up on the offer to play from the oGs house? probably. is it completely within their own control to do those things? yes.

it's amazing to me that people don't see the inherent bias in how they perceive who wins and loses. Haypro loses a very close match 1-2 vs Kas with the same lag Nada has and there are 0 lag complaints. nobody said anything. then Nada gets absolutely dominated by Kas 0-3, often falling behind by 20 supply without any major engagements and people say "oh it was just lag." that's just ridiculous.

Nada lost to a superior player in this series. that was quite clear. this doesn't mean Kas is somehow a bonjwa at Brood War or upending the entire world order of progaming. it just means he was better today.
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