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On August 21 2011 23:11 RogerShah wrote: I find this edition of IEM pretty boring. It kinda lacked a good Zerg. Socke and even Mana (a lot of people, including myself, consider him in very good shape, got 3-0`ed). Most of the people want to watch the best players and don't care if that are koreans. But I myself, lose interest pretty fast when the foreigners get dominated that hard. I don't even mind missing the finals.The double elimination system i find is also a lot more appealing.
Lack of good Zerg? Nerchio and Stephano are best in EU (also Ret)? Idra chickened out... its not IEM fault
Well Nerchio and Stephano are definately very promising players, but haven't yet proofed to be consequently good players at lans. And I didn't even mentioned dKilleR his 1-6 performance. Players like Dimaga, Morrow or Ret definitily would have given IEM a bit more flair. Too bad Idra didn't show up.
you mean like huk? i guess you can find some better toss to replace him also then...
On August 21 2011 23:57 gold_ wrote: ESL you need dedicated starcraft 2 streams. Being forced to see these other retarded games you have chosen just makes me not want to watch your tournaments. Terrible.
This is stupid. They had technical problems with LoL so SC2 was delayed. That's no reason to talk shit about other games.
On August 21 2011 23:57 gold_ wrote: ESL you need dedicated starcraft 2 streams. Being forced to see these other retarded games you have chosen just makes me not want to watch your tournaments. Terrible.
I share your pain, I woke up hungover as hell, turned on the stream and saw LoL at first and it oddly enough added to my urge to puke.
On August 21 2011 23:50 RotterdaM wrote: Guys seriously -_-, I like ben and he likes me :D, we get along really well, matter of fact im really fucking happy hes my colleague, I didnt know him at all before ESL decided to hire him, I was a bit disappointed at first cause I hoped they would have hired my long time friend Dapollo, who I get along with really well but im superhappy it turned out like this, apollo had other plans anyway and Ben is a fucking amazing guy who I enjoy _EVERY_ show with, just because we dont nodd at every word the other guys say dont mean we dont go along, why cant you just see that we are ourselfs on stream, and if we feel the other guy is incorrect we say so, we like to mock each other, if you know me you know thats part of my personality, :D it would be really nice if you guys stop that once and for all :p and be happy we are both not afraid to give our opinions regarding games, this is why I like ben so much as well as partner to commentate with, if I say nonsense he corrects me which is only good & helps me in the long run, hes an awesome guy, we practise together, we work together, we laugh together, we drink together , we're about as close as I would go with any guy, if you guys want some private sextape where we are sexually pleasing eachother to make you believe we ain't enemies I'm afraid I'm gonna have to disappoint you since thats pretty much the only stuff we don't do :D , enjoy the finals guys, hope its going to be amazing and thanks to everyone for feedback troughout the entire tournament, we take everything into considiration to give you guys even more fun watching us. Cheers!
On August 21 2011 23:56 arQ wrote: Ok so Im watching the Dota2 finals. Im very confused about whats going on but thats just normal since Ive never played it. But am I right when I say that the winner of this final gets $1,000,000? Thats just insaaane.
yeah... but they have to share it with like 4 guys! ;-)
That's still 200k a piece. More than any SC2 tournament has offered for first, and the game is still pre-release! I'm not convinced on the game yet though... it just has the dota name to attract sponsors.
Valve put all that money. It's just a marketing thing just to hype the game
On August 21 2011 23:59 koolaid1990 wrote: i really tried to watch dota 2, but its just so FUCKING CONFUSING. So much shit all over the screen, don't know which side is which, random spells and numbers and bars covering 70% of the screen.. thus why i dislike these types of games. I even played around 10 hon games so you would think i have a better understanding...
I played LoL for a year and have no fucking clue what is going on in that dota2 game. It is just confusing. I tried HoN but ran into the same problem. WAY too many particle effects from skills.
On August 21 2011 23:59 arQ wrote: So how do you win this thing? Its PvP (as in Player vs Player, not brotosses) and you win by destroying the others base? Do you respawn straight away when u die? Do u gain strength during the game? And what kind of basic tactics are there?
Sry if this is OT but since we are waiting im trying to understand this weird game... :O
Tbh, you have to play it in order to understand it. Not the best spectator-friendly game but it looks fun to play
On August 21 2011 23:59 koolaid1990 wrote: i really tried to watch dota 2, but its just so FUCKING CONFUSING. So much shit all over the screen, don't know which side is which, random spells and numbers and bars covering 70% of the screen.. thus why i dislike these types of games. I even played around 10 hon games so you would think i have a better understanding...
I played LoL for a year and have no fucking clue what is going on in that dota2 game. It is just confusing. I tried HoN but ran into the same problem. WAY too many particle effects from skills.
maybe i don't know 'cause i'm not an expert on dota at all (i've never even played) but it seems understandable to me. I don't instantly recognize every spell but it all makes sense and i feel the excitement. i can tell who's winning and whatnot.
On August 21 2011 23:59 koolaid1990 wrote: i really tried to watch dota 2, but its just so FUCKING CONFUSING. So much shit all over the screen, don't know which side is which, random spells and numbers and bars covering 70% of the screen.. thus why i dislike these types of games. I even played around 10 hon games so you would think i have a better understanding...
I played LoL for a year and have no fucking clue what is going on in that dota2 game. It is just confusing. I tried HoN but ran into the same problem. WAY too many particle effects from skills.
i played dota allstars for abt 3 yrs, but dota 2 is confusing
On August 21 2011 23:56 arQ wrote: Ok so Im watching the Dota2 finals. Im very confused about whats going on but thats just normal since Ive never played it. But am I right when I say that the winner of this final gets $1,000,000? Thats just insaaane.
no idea what is happening, but the fact that the winner gets a million is worth watching. hey, i'd quit esports after getting the miliion and pull all my money into stocks.
On August 21 2011 23:50 RotterdaM wrote: we dont nodd at every word the other guys say dont mean we dont go along, why cant you just see that we are ourselfs on stream, and if we feel the other guy is incorrect we say so
I think the viewers are used to those situations where one streamer says complete nonsense and the other reluctantly agrees or says nothing or completely changes the subject. This always annoys me.
I feel like I would enjoy this if I really understood all the parts of the game (the strats, the skills, the micro needed etc etc). The casters are god damn frantic any way
On August 21 2011 23:59 Deshkar wrote: So let me get this straight, LoL's finals are at 1-1 now and are going to play their final game. SC II Grand Finals will occur right afteR?
Correct good Sir
and Lol didnt push SC2 back SC2 was scheduled for 5.30 pm from the Start on the official TL IEM Page note the LR Thread .-were-. wrong so everything is as planned it they can finish in 30min.
EPT
