Tonight marks last night of the ad-free nights of the IPL! Our boss was so happy with the turnout for the first two days, he wanted to give everyone a big thank you in the form of one last ad-free day! Thank you everyone for supporting us!
IGN Pro League Week 1, Day 3 - Loser's Round 1
Set 1: EGiNcontroL vs LGAgh Set 2: EGMachine vs ROOTMinigun Set 3: coLstalife vs FXOSheth Set 4: FnaticFenix vs FnaticMSITTI
All sets are best of three, starting on Xel'Naga Caverns!
Set 1: EGiNcontroL vs LGAgh Game 1: EGiNcontroL = LGAgh on Xel'Naga Caverns Game 2: EGiNcontroL > LGAgh on Metalopolis Game 3: EGiNcontroL > LGAgh on Testbug
Set 2: EGMachine vs ROOTMinigun Game 1: EGMachine < ROOTMinigun on Xel'Naga Caverns Game 2: EGMachine < ROOTMinigun on Shattered Temple
Set 3: coLstalife vs FXOSheth Game 1: coLstalife > FXOSheth on Xel'Naga Caverns Game 2: coLstalife > FXOSheth on Metalopolis
Set 4: FnaticFenix vs FnaticMSITTI Game 1: FnaticFenix > FnaticMSITTI on Terminus RE Game 2: FnaticFenix > FnaticMSITTI on Crossfire
►EGiNcontroL advances to Losers Round 2 ►ROOTMinigun advances to Loser's Round 2 ►coLstalife advances to Loser's Round 2 ►FnaticFenix advances to Loser's Round 2
►LGAgh ELIMINATED from IGN Pro League Season One! ►EGMachine ELIMINATED from IGN Pro League Season One! ►FXOSheth ELIMINATED from IGN Pro League Season One! ►FnaticMSITTI ELIMINATED from IGN Pro League Season One!
I hope everyone is as excited as we are to see the very first elimination games of the IPL! Who gets knocked out and who stays alive? Find out tonight at 8 PM EDT!
Poll: What match are you most looking forward to tonight?
EGMachine vs ROOTMinigun (15)
41%
coLstalife vs FXOSheth (12)
32%
FnaticFenix vs FnaticMSITTI (6)
16%
EGiNcontroL vs LGAgh (4)
11%
37 total votes
Your vote: What match are you most looking forward to tonight?
(Vote): EGiNcontroL vs LGAgh (Vote): EGMachine vs ROOTMinigun (Vote): coLstalife vs FXOSheth (Vote): FnaticFenix vs FnaticMSITTI
Thinking back on it, I wonder if using those 4 phoenix at his ramp would have helped a lot more since picked up stalkers can't blink. It would have allowed him to actually kill stalkers rather than just hurt them and have them TP back.
So since I had no idea who Agh was because he's not exactly well known in Europe in any way, I had to google his team and Liquipedia had barely anything on him. For some reason I got Last Generation. No idea who Lazarus Gaming is (Or Last Generation in fact). My apologies for the factual error.
On April 24 2011 09:17 TotalBiscuit wrote: So since I had no idea who Agh was because he's not exactly well known in Europe in any way, I had to google his team and Liquipedia had barely anything on him. For some reason I got Last Generation. No idea who Lazarus Gaming is (Or Last Generation in fact). My apologies for the factual error.
Lazarus gaming is a small team of people, one of the co-casters of this tournament is part of it, Painuser. Its funded privately by an individual who got alot of money from selling an iphone app or something.
TB casting incontrol makes me giddy like a nerdy school girl. I approve of the 'bear protoss'...though I'm not sure how often bears are known to pounce
LG = Lazarus Gaming, not Last Generation TB I actually really like the excitement he brings to his casts, his solo casts have a really funny rhythm to them.
i actually loved totalbiscuit's noob-friendly explanation of 4gate in PvP and stuff. he usually does not get into this things in his casts, and it wasn't most spot-on strategical analysis, but it was good enough for your average casual viewer i think.
Tonight marks last night of the ad-free nights of the IPL! Our boss was so happy with the turnout for the first two days, he wanted to give everyone a big thank you in the form of one last ad-free day! Thank you everyone for supporting us!
On April 24 2011 09:34 Alex.IGN wrote: Tonight marks last night of the ad-free nights of the IPL! Our boss was so happy with the turnout for the first two days, he wanted to give everyone a big thank you in the form of one last ad-free day! Thank you everyone for supporting us!
And thank you for bringing us this awesome tournament!
On April 24 2011 09:34 Alex.IGN wrote: Tonight marks last night of the ad-free nights of the IPL! Our boss was so happy with the turnout for the first two days, he wanted to give everyone a big thank you in the form of one last ad-free day! Thank you everyone for supporting us!
thats pretty cool thanks I do notice it and I enjoy it
On April 24 2011 09:28 Vorenius wrote: Why is he calling him The Bear Protoss? :s
(He's not a bear, he's a cubby)
Bear calling comes from a korean that wrote "incontrol is a bear" about a tournament that I can't remember.
It was the Korean netizen's reactions to the NASL. One of them said Incontrol is a bear
Lol no it isnt, Incontrol has been called a bear for longer than I can remember, if I can make a guess from where it comes I´d say it comes from when a gay community made a thread about him and his bearlike appearance (Bear is sort of slang for a big and hairy gay guy) but it´s probably a lot older than that.
On April 24 2011 09:34 Alex.IGN wrote: Tonight marks last night of the ad-free nights of the IPL! Our boss was so happy with the turnout for the first two days, he wanted to give everyone a big thank you in the form of one last ad-free day! Thank you everyone for supporting us!
Thank YOU for the great production value and interesting games!
On April 24 2011 09:32 sermokala wrote: how come no liquid bets for IPL? :p
loved the little quip about balance on forums
Since the schedule didn't really come too far in advance probably not enough time to set it up, or maybe there is, it'd be fun to put it in there, it is deserving in my opinion, but its up to the LB people
On April 24 2011 09:32 sermokala wrote: how come no liquid bets for IPL? :p
loved the little quip about balance on forums
Since the schedule didn't really come too far in advance probably not enough time to set it up, or maybe there is, it'd be fun to put it in there, it is deserving in my opinion, but its up to the LB people
the results for this entire tournament were leaked. so yeah, that's why there's no liquibet D:
On April 24 2011 09:34 Alex.IGN wrote: Tonight marks last night of the ad-free nights of the IPL! Our boss was so happy with the turnout for the first two days, he wanted to give everyone a big thank you in the form of one last ad-free day! Thank you everyone for supporting us!
IGN/IPL came out with quality of picture/sound, awesome casters, high level of players and games, beautiful production... and everything for free + 1080p VODs. Not to mention no downtime, no lag, no issues - everything is perfect. With all that I am sure no one would mind occasional commercial breaks or simple adds to help the cause.
This is one of most amazing SC2 events up to this date.
On April 24 2011 09:40 Heaton31 wrote: why the hell wouldn't agh put a pylon at his expansion?
No idea. Makes about as much sense as being completely against expanding to his nat. The entire purpose behind these far away expos, I imagine, is because he knows he can abuse the mobility of warp-in. Pretty big failure then to not be able to warp in units.
On April 24 2011 09:28 Vorenius wrote: Why is he calling him The Bear Protoss? :s
(He's not a bear, he's a cubby)
Bear calling comes from a korean that wrote "incontrol is a bear" about a tournament that I can't remember.
It was the Korean netizen's reactions to the NASL. One of them said Incontrol is a bear
Lol no it isnt, Incontrol has been called a bear for longer than I can remember, if I can make a guess from where it comes I´d say it comes from when a gay community made a thread about him and his bearlike appearance (Bear is sort of slang for a big and hairy gay guy) but it´s probably a lot older than that.
Actually it was from a thread that had korean netizen reactions to NASL being announced. One of the comments was "incontrol is a bear"
Agh down to 13 probes after the DTs roll in and wreck everything..iNc just toying with him until Agh just GGs...that was the epitome of a lopsided game. gg iNc
Agh is probably one of the worst players I've seen streamed in a tournament...
-Terrible control (command-moving into a group of stalkers?) -Cheap gimmicks (cross-make expansion even after it was already destroyed once?) -Horrible responses (only has stalkers 15 minutes into game, even after seeing so many immortals and collossi?)
Seriously, this guy's like a platinum level Protoss.
On April 24 2011 09:28 Vorenius wrote: Why is he calling him The Bear Protoss? :s
(He's not a bear, he's a cubby)
Bear calling comes from a korean that wrote "incontrol is a bear" about a tournament that I can't remember.
It was the Korean netizen's reactions to the NASL. One of them said Incontrol is a bear
Lol no it isnt, Incontrol has been called a bear for longer than I can remember, if I can make a guess from where it comes I´d say it comes from when a gay community made a thread about him and his bearlike appearance (Bear is sort of slang for a big and hairy gay guy) but it´s probably a lot older than that.
Actually it was from a thread that had korean netizen reactions to NASL being announced. One of the comments was "incontrol is a bear"
NASL was announced within the last few months. People have been calling inc a bear for years.
On April 24 2011 09:45 Gokey wrote: Agh is probably one of the worst players I've seen streamed in a tournament...
-Terrible control (command-moving into a group of stalkers?) -Cheap gimmicks (cross-make expansion even after it was already destroyed once?) -Horrible responses (only has stalkers 15 minutes into game, even after seeing so many immortals and collossi?)
Seriously, this guy's like a platinum level Protoss.
Meh, I played few Platinum Protosses in last couple of days and I can assure you they are no way near the level of Agh. :-)
On April 24 2011 09:28 Vorenius wrote: Why is he calling him The Bear Protoss? :s
(He's not a bear, he's a cubby)
Bear calling comes from a korean that wrote "incontrol is a bear" about a tournament that I can't remember.
It was the Korean netizen's reactions to the NASL. One of them said Incontrol is a bear
Lol no it isnt, Incontrol has been called a bear for longer than I can remember, if I can make a guess from where it comes I´d say it comes from when a gay community made a thread about him and his bearlike appearance (Bear is sort of slang for a big and hairy gay guy) but it´s probably a lot older than that.
Actually it was from a thread that had korean netizen reactions to NASL being announced. One of the comments was "incontrol is a bear"
So a group of 'Bear lovers' proclaimed their love for iNcontrol two years ago while he was participating in WCG UG because they knew two years later some korean netizen would refer to him as 'a bear'?
On April 24 2011 09:45 Gokey wrote: Agh is probably one of the worst players I've seen streamed in a tournament...
-Terrible control (command-moving into a group of stalkers?) -Cheap gimmicks (cross-make expansion even after it was already destroyed once?) -Horrible responses (only has stalkers 15 minutes into game, even after seeing so many immortals and collossi?)
Seriously, this guy's like a platinum level Protoss.
Meh, I played few Platinum Protosses in last couple of days and I can assure you they are no way near the level of Agh. :-)
On April 24 2011 09:28 Vorenius wrote: Why is he calling him The Bear Protoss? :s
(He's not a bear, he's a cubby)
Bear calling comes from a korean that wrote "incontrol is a bear" about a tournament that I can't remember.
It was the Korean netizen's reactions to the NASL. One of them said Incontrol is a bear
Lol no it isnt, Incontrol has been called a bear for longer than I can remember, if I can make a guess from where it comes I´d say it comes from when a gay community made a thread about him and his bearlike appearance (Bear is sort of slang for a big and hairy gay guy) but it´s probably a lot older than that.
Actually it was from a thread that had korean netizen reactions to NASL being announced. One of the comments was "incontrol is a bear"
So a group of 'Bear lovers' proclaimed their love for iNcontrol two years ago while he was participating in WCG UG because they knew two years later some korean netizen would refer to him as 'a bear'?
On April 24 2011 09:45 Gokey wrote: Agh is probably one of the worst players I've seen streamed in a tournament...
-Terrible control (command-moving into a group of stalkers?) -Cheap gimmicks (cross-make expansion even after it was already destroyed once?) -Horrible responses (only has stalkers 15 minutes into game, even after seeing so many immortals and collossi?)
Seriously, this guy's like a platinum level Protoss.
Meh, I played few Platinum Protosses in last couple of days and I can assure you they are no way near the level of Agh. :-)
P.S. djWHEAT, awesomeness!
Still these were overall quite bad games.
Even tb could not make that interesting to me.
Could agree on that, but it was far better then usual Platinum level of play.
On April 24 2011 09:45 Gokey wrote: Agh is probably one of the worst players I've seen streamed in a tournament...
-Terrible control (command-moving into a group of stalkers?) -Cheap gimmicks (cross-make expansion even after it was already destroyed once?) -Horrible responses (only has stalkers 15 minutes into game, even after seeing so many immortals and collossi?)
Seriously, this guy's like a platinum level Protoss.
Meh, I played few Platinum Protosses in last couple of days and I can assure you they are no way near the level of Agh. :-)
P.S. djWHEAT, awesomeness!
Still these were overall quite bad games.
Even tb could not make that interesting to me.
Could agree on that, but it was far better then usual Platinum level of play.
what you mean after I lose all my sentries I should go 4 gate if I want to win money playing sc2?
Miniguns push still manages to work, despite the early losses, because Machine simply wasn't ready (prob b/c of the fake expo). He didn't have spines up or roaches out when the protoss units showed up and with a few FFs at the ramp he easily won.
I hate that push so much... You absolutely have to save your larvae or build units/crawlers until the nexus finishes, or you die. But if you do that, you're behind in econ if he does a standard 3gate expand. Someone find a solution already
Very unsafe play by machine ): XNC is probably the easiest map to spot a fake 3 gate expo into 4 gate build. You just gotta hide a ling in the secret hallway/edge of xel naga tower and run it in at 7:20.
On April 24 2011 09:57 Xeris wrote: why do casters feel the need to read in-game chat to the audience, pretty sure all of us know how to read :p
I for one, wasn't watching, only listening. I'm not really into watching people build workers for the first few minutes, which is the most common time for chat to occur. ^^
This nexus cancel is going to become standard 4gate vs zerg soon... Its so stupid to watch... when MC used it he was a genius. With everyone else... its just boring to watch.
On April 24 2011 09:57 Xeris wrote: why do casters feel the need to read in-game chat to the audience, pretty sure all of us know how to read :p
If you're one of the significant numbers of people watching on mobile devices as well as at lower resolutions, the text can be difficult/impossible to read.
Having watched Minigun a lot on Destiny's stream, I must say, he makes more of a case for nerfing FF than any other protoss I've ever seen. He has such amazing FF placement, hardly ever wastes them, and always has seemingly endless FF. If you don't have hydras or drop vs Minigun, your melee units will just never touch him.
It's just so abusive and different. Risky moves paying off. Maybe stalife researched Sheth because Sheth LOVES that roach push vs terran and it really hurt him both games with hellions wrecking mineral lines when the roaches left. Either lucky or very well thought out. I think Sheth is probably the better player, but not today
On April 24 2011 10:30 Sm3agol wrote: LOL, the supplies are messed up. In the overlay, it says Sheth is up, while the game UI says Stalife is up.
The jewel is just covering up the 1
No, they were most definitely switched. it showed Stalife as having 89 supply to Sheths 116 at the time I noticed.
Also, Sheth looking so bad there. Bash Idra all you want, but he handles random harass like that SOOO well, he makes it look too easy, so much so that watching anyone else handle it is painful to watch.
On April 24 2011 10:11 Sm3agol wrote: Having watched Minigun a lot on Destiny's stream, I must say, he makes more of a case for nerfing FF than any other protoss I've ever seen. He has such amazing FF placement, hardly ever wastes them, and always has seemingly endless FF. If you don't have hydras or drop vs Minigun, your melee units will just never touch him.
Minigun's FFs are indeed usually damned impressive.
About the current match; I can barely remember when Fenix was not in his slump, plus TT1 is protoss, so I wouldn't bet much on Fenix myself.
Hahaha TT1 telling him the big ramp is good for early marine marauder pressure and Fenix saying nah it isn't close positions so TT1 tells him to proxy rax!
On April 24 2011 10:30 Sm3agol wrote: LOL, the supplies are messed up. In the overlay, it says Sheth is up, while the game UI says Stalife is up.
The jewel is just covering up the 1
No, they were most definitely switched. it showed Stalife as having 89 supply to Sheths 116 at the time I noticed.
Also, Sheth looking so bad there. Bash Idra all you want, but he handles random harass like that SOOO well, he makes it look too easy, so much so that watching anyone else handle it is painful to watch.
Yeah, it was flipped. Sheth's supply was on the left under Stalife's name.
Let's go Fenix!
Kinda wish TB wasn't casting, I'm not a huge fan. I wish they'd do something like the TSL where they have one set of casters for the whole day, kinda odd how they switch off each match.
ipl really needs to tell the players to stop talking during the game, they are cool for showmatches, but for a legitimate league, they are really unprofessional
If anyone does not know, Fenix and TT1 are living in the same house with some of the ROOT-Gaming players. That is what they are chatting about like "don't see".
On April 24 2011 10:38 emecee wrote: ipl really needs to tell the players to stop talking during the game, they are cool for showmatches, but for a legitimate league, they are really unprofessional
They did, but team-mates in particular are used to chatting amongst themselves, so it's an easy mistake to make.
On April 24 2011 11:00 wwer wrote: why no painuser today?
Am I the only one who likes him? because i feel like he's one of the better casters ign has.
Games for this tournament were divided between the 4 casters. Some days you won't hear a particular caster. HD/Painuser have a lot of games to come including the finals
On April 24 2011 10:38 emecee wrote: ipl really needs to tell the players to stop talking during the game, they are cool for showmatches, but for a legitimate league, they are really unprofessional
They did, but team-mates in particular are used to chatting amongst themselves, so it's an easy mistake to make.
The in-game chatting combined with being cast from replays really does take some of the excitement out of it. I mean the only difference between this "tournament" and the youtube videos on each of the casters' channels besides the fancy graphics at the end is the presumably competitiveness of each of the matches. They are supposedly playing for big bucks, right? But when they players are just chatting away as if it were a practice game, it kind of just takes the wind out of the sails so to speak.
They're teammates, geez, cut them some slack. Them chatting during one game isn't going to ruin the IPL experience, and if it does, then you've got a problem. Yeah it's a little bit annoying but I don't see why people are making a big deal about it.
EGiNcontroL vs EGAxslav ROOTMinigun vs ROOTdrewbie coLstalife vs VTSpades FnaticFenix vs sixjaxViBE
Some crazy good matchups and clan-kills tomorrow night, hope you all tune in at 8 PM EDT for our second night of elimination rounds in Loser's Round 2!
I loved TB's casting of incontrol vs agh hes pretty hilarious. But he realllllly needs a co-caster with knowledge because he skims over alot of the most important events that are going down in a game (probably because he doesnt play much).
On April 24 2011 23:05 CrispyTender wrote: I loved TB's casting of incontrol vs agh hes pretty hilarious. But he realllllly needs a co-caster with knowledge because he skims over alot of the most important events that are going down in a game (probably because he doesnt play much).
I've bashed TB's lack of game knowledge before, but he's been winning me over lately and I thought he did okay.
Honestly, I though all the casting was pretty solid yesterday. I just moved so yesterday was my first time being able to watch it and I was thoroughly impressed all-around.
Can you change the thread rating system from "what was the best game?" to the classic recommendation options. The current rating system doesn't allow for an accurate comparison of the matches.