DHS2011 - Day 3 - Page 519

On June 21 2011 17:39 Telcontar wrote:

That's a shame. I was hoping to steal a few builds.

On June 21 2011 21:32 Pulimuli wrote:


They've always been released, just give it a week or two

On June 21 2011 22:04 Nightengale wrote:
It's fairly obvious a reason why Day[9] goes into EXCITEMENT HYPE MODE for almost every single engagement/twist/etc... is to make the watching experience exciting for even viewers that has no bloody idea what the heck is going on.

I've known my share of friends who don't know what the hell an SCV stands for, and can still get excited by how Day[9] can throw in that emotion of 'everything counts and this is the highway to hell' kind of casting.

Is there some fake-ness behind what Day[9] is doing? Naturally. Not all high-level play are high-level play as mentioned in his cast.

But you know what? That doesn't matter.

If SC2 is this social club of elites viewers where casters and commentators are not allowed to overblow the excitement and only speak objectively, claiming every move suspect to the highest level of play, and anything lesser than MC-class micro is 'average and doable by any other pros' otherwise, the average joe would be bored.

On June 21 2011 21:25 Vardant wrote:
I feel like people are too obsessed with analytical casting.

When HuK is being 6 pooled, I don't care about the ups and downs of this strategy on a map like Tal'Darim Altar, I wanna hear them scream, because that's exactly what people at home do in these situations.

There's a time for being analytical, but there's also time for play by play commentary and the more exciting the games get, the less analytical can casters be.

On June 21 2011 22:07 XiGua wrote:
I don't think a lot of people remember what SCV stood for xP

Was it Space Construction Vehicle? ._.

On June 21 2011 20:55 stafu wrote:

I feel like Day9 is almost patronising me at times when he casts at events. I'd much rather he was just himself. I understand he's trying to be professional, but people (or at least I) love him for the person he is on his dailies and I think he has some more room to be himself without losing the professionalism. Tastosis are always 100% themselves — maybe sometimes it's a bit much for some people, but it's genuine and I like it.

Note: I know it's totally not Day9's intention, it's just the way it comes across sometimes. I know he's just being professional and I have nothing but respect for him.

On June 21 2011 18:59 JimmyJRaynor wrote:
Moon's willingness to employ a "gimmicky" build order in both games 4 and 5 indicate to me he was afraid to play HuK in a straight up standard game.

If you are 100% confident you will always defeat a player with a standard opening and are 1 win away from taking $16,000 then you perform a standard opening.

its unfortunate that Day[9] was basically a caricature of himself at DreamHack.
he should watch Artosis and his brother and do like them.
when Day[9] describes a secret proxy or some hidden tech he hushes his voice as though some golf pro is trying to sink a 50 foot putt to win the US Open. its a bit much.
maybe we was just having a bad weekend.

it would be nice if as these events increase in profitability and paid attendance levels they would pay the casters for longer preparation time.

On June 21 2011 23:19 Daimai wrote:


Actually, it's a viable psychological play. Remember how MC took down WhiteRa in DH Stockholm Invitational with 2proxygate at the final game? WhiteRa could never have thought that MC will go for cheese in a game worth 15k, but he did and won with it.

Moon is a scary opponent just because he isn't afraid to manipulate and exploit the sense of security in people.

On June 21 2011 22:22 herberckl wrote:
Day9 just needs to chill a little. He has a huge fanbase because he can be witty and insightful once he gets into a certain rhythm.
What is hurting his casting as of late is the constant screaming and yelling.

He starts every game with this super annoying "if u want your favourite protoss baller to do well and close this game and blalablalaala give a cheeeeeeer" all the while screaming at the top of his lungs.
There are other ways to convey excitement than to yell in my ears.

Also i feel like his analysis was really lacking to the point where d.appollo said most of the interesting stuff while day9 sounded like a third class holiday rep. "And now throw your hands up in the air and say eeeeeeeeeeeeooooooooooo"

Dont get me wrong, i like day9 i just feel like his casting style has really degenerated. Hope he can get back to his former self. A good first step would be to stop screaming all the time.

On June 21 2011 10:47 Ket wrote:
very entertaining games... heh would the result have been different if huk didn't scout moon first? what if moon spawns bottom left / bottom right and huk scouts top left first, different results then?

On June 21 2011 23:27 Daimai wrote:


Yeah, Moon would probably have won.

its unfortunate that Day[9] was basically a caricature of himself at DreamHack.