On August 07 2011 20:43 Zowon wrote: There you have it protosses Thats how you counter a 111 all-in
Hope that the terran messes it up greatly? haha
Respect for tarson, but he did not execute thta well. No cloak, raven instead, siege mode. . . . 3 tanks and go
Raven is really not the best lol. He should have not researched cloack for faster siege and added 2rax if he wanted to commit (I really don't think there were added since he had so few marines). he probably don't use this build often
The Raven is needed for that push. For the observers and also for the PDD.
Can you really afford (gas-wise) tanks, banshees, siege upgrade, cloak upgrade, and a raven? I really don't think that's feasible. Something needs to be cut out of that and he cut the raven (and forgot siege mode).
You can afford tanks, siege, 2 banshees, a raven and marines. Once you have those you can't quite afford constant raven/banshee and tank production.
Raven, siege, no cloak, banshee is imo the best variation (vikings if they go pheonix), but I'd like to see no siege, tank, banshee, viking, cloak and raven as a variation. I don't know of its affordable, but the cloaked banshees would destroy if the observer gets sniped.
It really just comes down to preference I think, I've tried the different variations and I prefer to snipe sentries with a cloak banshee and end off of that. I never feel threatened by stalkers when I do the push, it kind of feels like a joke how one-sided the push ends up when they don't have any sentries.
On August 07 2011 20:51 graNite wrote: I think NaNiwa is so arrogant. "terrans are all the same to me" ffs.
lol u trolling?
No. Naniwa has 0 social skills. He's like someone who's been home schooled all their life, and never related with people before.
His answer actually showed that he does have social skills.
Indeed, wtf was he supposed to say? I rate TZ higher butTarson is standing next to me so yeah.
It's funny that when Idra says shit exactly like this people drool all over him, Naniwa gives a very sensible and empathic answer and people say he doesn't have social skills.
If you could measure social skills on a scale from 0 to 10, Idra would get minus 3.
I'm assuming you know IdrA IRL and talk to him on a regular basis?
If not, you're basing your "rating" on interviews. And that's nonsense.
Which is exactly what everyone is doing to Naniwa.
On August 07 2011 20:51 graNite wrote: I think NaNiwa is so arrogant. "terrans are all the same to me" ffs.
well, carmac put him in a tough spot there. It's better than him saying oh thorzain is much better than tarson when tarson next to him. If he says tarson is better than thorzain, everyone will say he is cocky and underestimates thorzain.
You just say something like, "They have two complete different styles, both very challenging players" is that so tough?
Thank-you for the hindsight. I'm sure you're the only person to have thought of that..
Really, he's a foreigner whose native tongue isn't english. Put on a stage in front of many people and asked an awkward question with limited time to answer. Give him a break. Is that so tough?
That response is obvious in my opinion. What are you trying to say, that Nani is not cocky?
It is not the end of the world though, I really like Nani and there is an important distinction to be made between arrogant and bm.
On August 07 2011 20:51 graNite wrote: I think NaNiwa is so arrogant. "terrans are all the same to me" ffs.
lol u trolling?
No. Naniwa has 0 social skills. He's like someone who's been home schooled all their life, and never related with people before.
I bet you can make that judgement based on a few interviews!
What if hes just camera shy? Is not "socially awkward" when hes talking on vent etc (See tl attack!)
I hate how honesty is considered a lack of social skills
Yeah i never got that... Also remember that english is NOT his first language.
I'm always amazed at how well other Europeans can speak English. Especially Scandinavians.
Our education system when it comes to teaching different languages must just be trash compared to theirs.
Come on guys. WhiteRa's English is much worse than naniwa's, yet he handles interviews fine. Naniwa spouts the first thi ng that enters his mind, he's missing the filter. There's nothing qwrong with being honest, but there are times when some finess is necessary. naniwa is missing the finesse. Thats all.
White-Ra just has more charisma. Naniwa's English and interviews are fine. Tbh if i was him, it would be the last thing i'm currently giving a damn about. He's more focused on winning than giving a good interview.
On August 07 2011 20:51 graNite wrote: I think NaNiwa is so arrogant. "terrans are all the same to me" ffs.
lol u trolling?
No. Naniwa has 0 social skills. He's like someone who's been home schooled all their life, and never related with people before.
I bet you can make that judgement based on a few interviews!
What if hes just camera shy? Is not "socially awkward" when hes talking on vent etc (See tl attack!)
I hate how honesty is considered a lack of social skills
Yeah i never got that... Also remember that english is NOT his first language.
I'm always amazed at how well other Europeans can speak English. Especially Scandinavians.
Our education system when it comes to teaching different languages must just be trash compared to theirs.
Come on guys. WhiteRa's English is much worse than naniwa's, yet he handles interviews fine. Naniwa spouts the first thi ng that enters his mind, he's missing the filter. There's nothing qwrong with being honest, but there are times when some finess is necessary. naniwa is missing the finesse. Thats all.
He expresses himself perfectly fine in swedish. You are deluding yourself if you don't think the language barrier plays a major part.
On August 07 2011 20:51 graNite wrote: I think NaNiwa is so arrogant. "terrans are all the same to me" ffs.
lol u trolling?
No. Naniwa has 0 social skills. He's like someone who's been home schooled all their life, and never related with people before.
So, as a person with excellent social skills, how would you have answered that question?
"They both suck and I don't know why they're even at this tournament"
jk jk jk
Naniwa vs Thorzain is gonna be so goooood :O really hard to call that match. Shame they can't both go to Blizzcon
I don't know, maybe use MY BRAIN, and say something like "They pose different challenges, they have different styles, you can't really compare the two, their both great players."
There, done. Don't need to be a genius, just some :"Social Skills"
That's media training for ya, and usually this ends up in creating generic answers (fe. in interviews with football players after a match). which makes it boring. i like it just the way eSports are now, not too strict yet, players' personalities shine through in their interviews. I do favour the likeability of Tarson, White-Ra, Dimaga and Strelok, but i can also appreciate the bold and straight answers of the likes of IdrA and Naniwa.
I wouldn't put Idra and Nani in the same bracket at all. Nani did use to be more like Idra in the past, but now he's alright, just a bit blunt and awkward and it's not like he doesn't care about what he says (as we could see with him giving a diplomatic answer to Thorzain vs Tarson question).
Idra on the other hand I don't believe is honest at all. If anything he's just acting up a lot when he gives interviews because a bunch of his fans pretty much only follows him for that reason.
On August 07 2011 21:00 plaguuuu~ wrote: I think thorzain has a mental adventage after beating him in the TSL finals, and TvP being his best matchup and all. I would give a slight edge to Thorzain. Although it's only BO3 so anything can happen. I do think Naniwa has a bigger chance of winning a finals against Ret though.
Well, assuming Thorzain hasn't beat him in any tourneys outside of TSL3, then their game count is currently 5-4 in favor of nAni. Of course it's the TSL3 finals that count.
Yeah that is true, my point though is that Thorzain seemed to get into Naniwa's head in the last 3 games of the TSL finals. But I think that its probelby very even, and Naniwa seems to get even more motivated when facing someone who has beaten him before (thinking of MC primarely)
On August 07 2011 20:51 graNite wrote: I think NaNiwa is so arrogant. "terrans are all the same to me" ffs.
lol u trolling?
No. Naniwa has 0 social skills. He's like someone who's been home schooled all their life, and never related with people before.
His answer actually showed that he does have social skills.
Indeed, wtf was he supposed to say? I rate TZ higher butTarson is standing next to me so yeah.
It's funny that when Idra says shit exactly like this people drool all over him, Naniwa gives a very sensible and empathic answer and people say he doesn't have social skills.
If you could measure social skills on a scale from 0 to 10, Idra would get minus 3.
I hope Thorzain will play better than he did against Ret, because Ret and Naniwa both were playing too well, and Thorzain and Tarson too poorly, making them both 2 disappointing matchups thus far, imho.
I "love" both swedes, maybe slighty biased towards Naniwa, due to him being lefthanded, and Protoss,
On August 07 2011 20:51 graNite wrote: I think NaNiwa is so arrogant. "terrans are all the same to me" ffs.
lol u trolling?
No. Naniwa has 0 social skills. He's like someone who's been home schooled all their life, and never related with people before.
I bet you can make that judgement based on a few interviews!
What if hes just camera shy? Is not "socially awkward" when hes talking on vent etc (See tl attack!)
I hate how honesty is considered a lack of social skills
Yeah i never got that... Also remember that english is NOT his first language.
I'm always amazed at how well other Europeans can speak English. Especially Scandinavians.
Our education system when it comes to teaching different languages must just be trash compared to theirs.
Come on guys. WhiteRa's English is much worse than naniwa's, yet he handles interviews fine. Naniwa spouts the first thi ng that enters his mind, he's missing the filter. There's nothing qwrong with being honest, but there are times when some finess is necessary. naniwa is missing the finesse. Thats all.
Idra is better than Naniwa at English yet he still spouts the first thing that comes to his mind, serioulsy they are under pressure when they stand on a stage and its not easy to come up with a speech on the fly....
On August 07 2011 21:06 Talin wrote: Are you kidding, Soe is the only good thing about WoW cast.
No, just no.
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Hrm seems we get MLS vs Shadowcleave for WoW.
Indeed, there's no good thing about the casting. That dude has knowledge and could make it exciting, but he doesn't talk. She tries to make it exciting, but she has no knowledge ;(.
On August 07 2011 20:51 graNite wrote: I think NaNiwa is so arrogant. "terrans are all the same to me" ffs.
lol u trolling?
No. Naniwa has 0 social skills. He's like someone who's been home schooled all their life, and never related with people before.
I bet you can make that judgement based on a few interviews!
What if hes just camera shy? Is not "socially awkward" when hes talking on vent etc (See tl attack!)
I hate how honesty is considered a lack of social skills
Yeah i never got that... Also remember that english is NOT his first language.
I'm always amazed at how well other Europeans can speak English. Especially Scandinavians.
Our education system when it comes to teaching different languages must just be trash compared to theirs.
Come on guys. WhiteRa's English is much worse than naniwa's, yet he handles interviews fine. Naniwa spouts the first thi ng that enters his mind, he's missing the filter. There's nothing qwrong with being honest, but there are times when some finess is necessary. naniwa is missing the finesse. Thats all.
And you are apparently missing a large portion of your brain. Whitera's accent does not mean he is worse at english, it means he has a more noticable accent. Also, the question asked was VERY awkward to answer right there in front of Tarson (not to mention his hundreds of fans). And once again, you can't judge a persons "social skills" based on interviews. They take place in front of cameras and audiences (some people might find that frightening, but might have zero problems in normal social settings). Now shut the fuck up, i would regard pushing a non-issue this far to be "Socially awkward" on your part you dimwit.