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TheResidentEvil
Profile Joined September 2010
United States991 Posts
April 12 2011 20:06 GMT
#11421
I think the amount of games I have seen whitera do the 3 stalker rush..its just not a viable strat. It shouldnt be used on bigger maps where you just wont find the pylon and even maps where there is a chance you can, you can lose.

give it up ra
NEcropath
Profile Joined August 2010
United States223 Posts
April 12 2011 20:06 GMT
#11422
I still want to see MC do a DT Rush.
dreamhackTV
Profile Joined April 2011
Sweden10 Posts
April 12 2011 20:06 GMT
#11423
Hey guys,

Just a quick info message to let you know that raw VODs of the whole tournament can already be found on our Justin TV channel: www.justin.tv/dreamhacktv

I hope you all enjoyed our coverage and event!

Liquid`Nazgul
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
22427 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-12 20:07:25
April 12 2011 20:06 GMT
#11424
On April 13 2011 05:04 Impeccable wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 13 2011 05:00 Hot_Bid wrote:If we're ever at a point where players are just playing to entertain fans and not to win, then SC2 as an ESPORT will definitely fail.

A failure like WWE?

If the WWE was a sport then I would say it has failed. It is not a sport however it is entertainment and acting. And thus it does a good job. Saying WWE is an example of why you would rather see long macro games all the time is pretty much exactly the point people are trying to make. We want a sport not an act. As a sport we must succeed and not as an act.

MMA is a sport and there's plenty of fighters there who fight to win. As such a match that is exciting is actually exciting because you don't get to see it every single time.
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VoirDire
Profile Joined February 2009
Sweden1923 Posts
April 12 2011 20:06 GMT
#11425
LOL @ everyone bringing up wrestling as if wrestling was entertaining for anyone above age 12. Don't let sc2 degrade to that.
MayorITC
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
Korea (South)798 Posts
April 12 2011 20:06 GMT
#11426
To whoever said MC proxied San in the GSL: it was a cannon rush, not proxy gates.

Anyway, here is why MC does not do long macro PvP fests:

1) His control is top 3 in the world (right after Huk of course). Why play a coinflip game of build orders when he can 4 gate and win with better control?

2) If he plays an economic game, there is always the chance that his opponent will cut probes and punish him. He cuts probes at 20 and uses his control to win the games. If he doesn't win, he simply retreats and continues playing mid-game.


How can ANYONE complain about MC's PvP?!

He is the only Protoss player EVER to go expand + citadel tech + robo against a 1 base opponent. On top of that, he won with that ludicrous build.
Eufouria
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United Kingdom4425 Posts
April 12 2011 20:06 GMT
#11427
On April 13 2011 04:59 ballasdontcry wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 13 2011 04:52 TheBB wrote:
On April 13 2011 04:51 lazyfeet wrote:
On April 13 2011 04:49 TheDougler wrote:
On April 13 2011 04:44 halvorg wrote:
On April 13 2011 04:42 Liquid`Nazgul wrote:
I don't get it.. have you all forgotten this is a strategy game?


Did you enjoy it when this happened?


Really, people have a right to be upset if we are robbed of a great finish yeah? But MC won grats to him.


Well said Halvorg. No offence Naz, I just think that both sides of this argument are represented well by this. MC did what he chose to to win and it worked and thats great, but I understand how one could be disappointed by that

The video show something that is illegal tactics. What did mc do that was illegal against the rule of the game?

It's not illegal, per se. Or, to be more precise, the advantages outweighed the penalty.

wat? the penalty was losing out on 15k... so how do the advantages outweigh that?

TL's mentality: every game must be a 5-base, 40:00 macro game. /facepalm

You seem to have misread the post. When he says the advantages outweighed the penalty he's referring to the fact that in extra time Suarez prevented a guaranteed goal at the price of being sent off (irrelevant because the game is basically over) and Ghana getting a a good chance at scoring a goal. The penalties outweighing the advanateg gained is irrelevent to the 2gate cheese.

Its relevant because Suarez did what was required to win, no matter how shameless it was. The rules were followed and Uruguay went on to the world cup semi finals. MC also did what was required to win, even though many people would consider it shameless.
awu25
Profile Joined April 2010
United States2003 Posts
April 12 2011 20:06 GMT
#11428
How many non-Jaedong fans got pissed when Fantasy bunker rushed him in the Proleague finals ace match, citing anti-climatic final?
How many people complained about Julyzerg's 6 pool on scrap station?
I think most of the complaints are stemming from the fact that white-ra is a foreigner and a really nice guy. But a game is a game.
OTIX
Profile Joined July 2010
Sweden491 Posts
April 12 2011 20:06 GMT
#11429


These guys are incredible.
BasedSwag
Profile Joined April 2010
Algeria418 Posts
April 12 2011 20:06 GMT
#11430
On April 13 2011 05:04 Impeccable wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 13 2011 05:00 Hot_Bid wrote:If we're ever at a point where players are just playing to entertain fans and not to win, then SC2 as an ESPORT will definitely fail.

A failure like WWE?


Are you serious? Do you really want to watch SC2 with scripted games for the sake of entertainment? Why are you even here?
aoe2fan
Profile Joined October 2010
Sweden700 Posts
April 12 2011 20:06 GMT
#11431
On April 13 2011 05:03 hugman wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 13 2011 05:00 Hot_Bid wrote:
The only reason epic long macro games are epic is because we know players are trying to win 100%. If we're ever at a point where players are just playing to entertain fans and not to win, then SC2 as an ESPORT will definitely fail. Everyone needs to stop killing MC and recognize that he did something that was very smart given the way the map was and how he saw WR play in the earlier games. Not to mention this is something that is definitely not a sure win.

Who's denying it was smart?
Do you think it's strange to get upset when the well mannered guy who wouldn't think of all-inning, is up 2-0 against a player with an aura of invincibility and then loses to 3 all-ins in a row?


The 4gate he did in game 1 was all-in.
enemy2010
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Germany1972 Posts
April 12 2011 20:06 GMT
#11432
Wow, i am just imagining MC looking through his match history in battlenet and clicking this one special match thinking "Wow, this match brought me 15.000 dollars."

And White-Ra clicking the same match in his match history thinking "Wow, i almost won 15.000 dollar right there."

Must be a beastly feeling
1on1 auf azze no he no flash no awp only holztor. | Ja, da meint der ich hätt' abgeschmatzt, aber dat is Quatsch, verstehste?
MichaelJLowell
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States610 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-12 20:07:27
April 12 2011 20:06 GMT
#11433
I haven't watched any of these games, I only caught mention of the outcome on the TeamLiquid Twitter feed: MC played a gimmick strategy to win the game. That's not his fault. You play to win. If you want to yell at anyone, go yell at Blizzard for designing a set of game rules where that outcome is consistently possible in the grand final of a high-level tournament. Fair?

On April 13 2011 05:06 BasedSwag wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 13 2011 05:04 Impeccable wrote:
On April 13 2011 05:00 Hot_Bid wrote:If we're ever at a point where players are just playing to entertain fans and not to win, then SC2 as an ESPORT will definitely fail.

A failure like WWE?


Are you serious? Do you really want to watch SC2 with scripted games for the sake of entertainment? Why are you even here?

I was going to respond to that comment but it was so ridiculous that I wasn't quite sure where to start.
http://www.learntocounter.com - I'm a "known troll" so please disconnect your kid's computer when I am on the forums.
AzurewinD
Profile Joined November 2010
United States569 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-12 20:07:53
April 12 2011 20:06 GMT
#11434
On April 13 2011 05:04 Impeccable wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 13 2011 05:00 Hot_Bid wrote:If we're ever at a point where players are just playing to entertain fans and not to win, then SC2 as an ESPORT will definitely fail.

A failure like WWE?



E-Sports is not choreographed professional wrestling. If it ever becomes as such, it will no longer be E-Sports. It will no longer be competitive. One person will win because it is written that he will win. Thus it will fail.
"...I want more people to be in that state more often, to see things not through the limited and rigid mind or the fearful ego, but through a heart that loves to express and create" - Xiaonan "Glider" Sun
zyglrox
Profile Joined August 2010
United States1168 Posts
April 12 2011 20:06 GMT
#11435
restream or something gonna happen? just got home from work and i could be stupid but i don't see any kind of links or anything. it's probably staring me in the face but yea.
champagne for my real friends, and real pain for my sham friends.
mizU
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States12125 Posts
April 12 2011 20:07 GMT
#11436
On April 13 2011 05:03 hugman wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 13 2011 05:00 Hot_Bid wrote:
The only reason epic long macro games are epic is because we know players are trying to win 100%. If we're ever at a point where players are just playing to entertain fans and not to win, then SC2 as an ESPORT will definitely fail. Everyone needs to stop killing MC and recognize that he did something that was very smart given the way the map was and how he saw WR play in the earlier games. Not to mention this is something that is definitely not a sure win.

Who's denying it was smart?
Do you think it's strange to get upset when the well mannered guy who wouldn't think of all-inning, is up 2-0 against a player with an aura of invincibility and then loses to 3 all-ins in a row?


It's fine to get upset that the player you were rooting for lost. But don't bring in how he lost because he has morals. And definitely don't say that oh MC is trash, he shouldn't have won.
if happy ever afters did exist <3 @watamizu_
GGruss
Profile Joined October 2009
Sweden121 Posts
April 12 2011 20:07 GMT
#11437
On April 13 2011 04:54 Heavenly wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 13 2011 04:48 riboflavin wrote:
On April 13 2011 04:42 Liquid`Nazgul wrote:
I don't get it.. have you all forgotten this is a strategy game?


I didn't forget this. But I also listen when players like MC promise entertaining games. There is pride involved in the way you win as much as the win itself. My frustration comes from the lack of showmanship. I want to see their mid and late game PvP (does that even exist?!) and MC knows that while he won, he did not win how a God would win. He won like a mere mortal, reverting to cheesy 'strategic' play.

He gets the check, get gets the W. WhiteRa gets my respect though.


Are you a protoss? Do you understand how annoying PvP is? A high level masters player can lose a PvP to a diamond level player just because of a build order coinflip. MC is as close as there is to a PvP god, but certain things beat him. For instance, second game, because there's an observer versus observer war and MC doesn't want to lose his, he won't be scouting, so he wouldn't see WhiteRa's ballsy expansion that dies to any pressure or scouting. WhiteRa cut a ton of corners and took huge risks to win his games, because he knew he had to do that to win. If that probe hadnt gotten in he was completely dead. If that expand got scouted earlier, he was completely dead.

Then people try to insult MC for playing one base protoss? Because if he expanded and it's scouted, the opponent comes in without that 400 mineral drain, and without the drain of making more probes, and rolls him over with a superior army. HERP DERP. They insult MC for proxy 2gating, when WhiteRa plays greedy, scouts late, doesn't check his own base, and always skips the first zealot for a fast stalker?

People who are whining must know nothing about protoss. People who say that WhiteRa is the obviously better player are just deluding themselves through fanboyism. He took huge risks that he knew he had to take after getting 3-0'd in the TSL. MC decided to allow him no opportunity to cut corners, and when WhiteRa had pressure on him he as unable to cut corners without outright dying.


Quoted for post of the hour.

In another tangent, I like pvp more and more. Just like zvz in sc1 was hated by some, that fact that it's such small things that decide the outcome is exciting imho.
2par
Profile Joined September 2010
Norway129 Posts
April 12 2011 20:07 GMT
#11438
On April 13 2011 05:06 dreamhackTV wrote:
Hey guys,

Just a quick info message to let you know that raw VODs of the whole tournament can already be found on our Justin TV channel: www.justin.tv/dreamhacktv

I hope you all enjoyed our coverage and event!


Yes, I enjoyed it very much! Thanks
VeNoM HaZ Skill
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States1528 Posts
April 12 2011 20:07 GMT
#11439
When people say a short game is boring it saddens me.

You have two people going all out, trying to pull out a victory from the brutal chaos that is StarCraft2. And when the victor steps out covered in blood and nerd tears:

...

"Yawn. You needed to do it with a little more flair. Make it a 8 base vs. 8 base next time."

Seriously, these people put their heart and mind into the game. Winning is the most amazing feeling to them... And you e-flame the shit out of them. Awesome...
#1 MMA fan! I like you too Taeja. Still patiently waiting for the Crown Prince to become the King.
dtz
Profile Joined September 2010
5834 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-12 20:08:00
April 12 2011 20:07 GMT
#11440
On April 13 2011 05:03 hugman wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 13 2011 05:00 Hot_Bid wrote:
The only reason epic long macro games are epic is because we know players are trying to win 100%. If we're ever at a point where players are just playing to entertain fans and not to win, then SC2 as an ESPORT will definitely fail. Everyone needs to stop killing MC and recognize that he did something that was very smart given the way the map was and how he saw WR play in the earlier games. Not to mention this is something that is definitely not a sure win.

Who's denying it was smart?
Do you think it's strange to get upset when the well mannered guy who wouldn't think of all-inning, is up 2-0 against a player with an aura of invincibility and then loses to 3 all-ins in a row?


White-ra was the one who did the 4 gate all-in game 1 btw...
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