Obligatory public note for all large tournament threads:

The following is a list of behaviors that will get immediate bans:

1. Whining about stream
2. Bashing other games
3. Flaming other users
4. Bashing players
5. Complaining about imbalance.

It is in no way complete. Keep in mind that there's a difference between pointing out that the SC2 and CoD streams were switched and whining about it (same thing on pointing out/asking about stream lag and whining about it, etc.). Also, just because you post something and aren't immediately banned for it doesn't mean you won't get caught. We'll be going through this thread very carefully.

That being said, enjoy today's games!

Time stamp: page 38, 6:23.

Monocle

United States1509 Posts

August 27 2011 02:47 GMT

#7901

Wow Nada doing ridiculous damage

Telcontar

United Kingdom16710 Posts

August 27 2011 02:47 GMT

#7902

Ret's early game is always his weakness.

dsll

United Kingdom143 Posts

August 27 2011 02:47 GMT

#7903

IRENE! Everyone run for the hills!

dAPhREAk

Nauru12397 Posts

August 27 2011 02:48 GMT

#7904

clutch transfusion~!

Nabes

Canada1800 Posts

August 27 2011 02:48 GMT

#7905

i did not see that transfuse coming dam pro!

Sigh

Canada2433 Posts

August 27 2011 02:48 GMT

#7906

Nada is manhandling Ret right now

xXFireandIceXx

Canada4296 Posts

August 27 2011 02:48 GMT

#7907

ret barely holds, but loses some drones. lol ret just droning up once again

MonsieurGrimm

Canada2441 Posts

August 27 2011 02:48 GMT

#7908

uh oh, Irene might be affecting the stream :S

ShrimpDance

392 Posts

August 27 2011 02:48 GMT

#7909

Stream is good from Australia

Noocta

France12578 Posts

August 27 2011 02:48 GMT

#7910

On August 27 2011 11:47 MasterVelVet wrote:

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pretty much, same in belgium btw

Same reason why french people have such a bad english, everything is dubbed, and people even shit on tv if they use english words.

What a shame.

cENTRYZ

Norway832 Posts

August 27 2011 02:48 GMT

#7911

On August 27 2011 11:46 Xswordy wrote:
Is it just me or the crowd is a bit weak compared to anaheim? Make some more noise guys, the players deserve it!

Anaheim was very weak too. Columbus was absolutely sick. I think (and HOPE) that it's because the mic that they use in the crowd is lower now then it was back in Columbus.

TheRPGAddict

United States1403 Posts

August 27 2011 02:48 GMT

#7912

That was a shit ton of larvae for zerglings.

Sleight

2471 Posts

August 27 2011 02:48 GMT

#7913

On August 27 2011 11:47 dsll wrote:
IRENE! Everyone run for the hills!

She is here for her half of our stuff, as determined by the legal system of the US!

Woah, had a divorce hearing flashback. Sorry about that.

Sad not to get to watch Ret-Nada

oDieN[Siege]

United States2905 Posts

August 27 2011 02:48 GMT

#7914

On August 27 2011 11:45 ReignFayth wrote:
yeah ok odie ure really cool...........

<3 heart you too Fayth.

On a side note, sick micro there by NaDa.

Grettin

42411 Posts

August 27 2011 02:48 GMT

#7915

On August 27 2011 11:48 MonsieurGrimm wrote:
uh oh, Irene might be affecting the stream :S

Working perfectly here. I don't think so. (unless if its on your end)

Probe1

United States17920 Posts

August 27 2011 02:49 GMT

#7916

That transfuse made the rest of this match okay. There is no way Nada could lose this; should be an impossible game for Ret. But I don't mind watching- that transfuse was siiiiiick

Hawke5811

United States183 Posts

August 27 2011 02:49 GMT

#7917

sick transfuse

DrOmni

United States128 Posts

August 27 2011 02:49 GMT

#7918

Stream is good for me >.<

VietLegacy

Canada152 Posts

August 27 2011 02:49 GMT

#7919

wow I just tuned in today, the ultra quality is amazing its crystal clear

Pirat6662001

Russian Federation949 Posts

August 27 2011 02:49 GMT

#7920

On August 27 2011 11:44 Ninety-Three wrote:

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On August 27 2011 11:41 Pirat6662001 wrote:

On August 27 2011 11:38 Ninety-Three wrote:

On August 27 2011 11:32 Pirat6662001 wrote:

On August 27 2011 11:28 CEPEHDREI wrote:

On August 27 2011 11:23 Quotidian wrote:
It's funny how people are tourning this into a race issue.. I don't root for players because of their skin color or their nationality (though I will be more interested in - say - swedish players, considering I'm norwegian) I don't have any problems with the better players winning.. it just seems to me that the western SC2 scene is becoming less and less vital the more Koreans show just how much better they are. As someone else pointed out, a tournament is inherently going to be less exciting when you know beforehand that the top finalists are going to be Korean? Why watch one-sided games with less skilled players when you can just go straight to the highest tier and watch the GSL? Why have western tournaments that will in the end only be lining the pockets of Korean players, when we can already observe the highest level of play elsewhere?

then go to small lans and watch sc2 there. or ask the foreign players to go to the small lans if theyre not good enough to compete at the biggest stage. I wanna see the best of the best battle it out and not some bad games by foreigners against each other.

and thus depressing western scene further? Do you know anything about economics and infant industries? To gain even leg or even an advantage its been long popular to put large trade tariffs or even embargo of foreign products (Koreans to tourney) in order to protect your own industry in infancy so latter it can compete evenly (US did it during their industrial revolution vs British and look how that worked out). Not letting Koreans compete now is a smart long term plan so we can have good games in 2-3 years

One problem. What you're saying isn't an accurate analogy. You get better by playing with people who are better than you.

You get better by knowing that there is money involved in getting better. Foreigner skill will naturaly rise if there is more money, cause people will practice harder and things like ladder will eventually (up to 5 years) get to Korean level.

Maybe if the prize money is drastically increased far down people will have more desire to win and thus practice harder, but what does that have to do with letting koreans play in the tournaments or not? The sum of prize money offered is completely unrelated to who decides to attend the tournaments... They're trying to increase that as much as they can regardless, which is in everyone's best interest, as far as I understand.

Knowing that someone has a 90% chance to win vs your 10% is extremely discouraging. and people try to maximize the benefit from their efforts (unconsciously) will figure that there is no point in trying that hard if it is not going to pay off. human nature and such.