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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

Basically just be respectful. Aside from that, enjoy the games, make sure you bring an umbrella and have some delicious waffles! (#)
Shikyo
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Finland33997 Posts
August 28 2011 02:08 GMT
#9281
On August 28 2011 11:06 Eishi_Ki wrote:
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On August 28 2011 11:03 SoLaR[i.C] wrote:
Bad engagement by Kiwi. Should've waited it out rather than walking directly into a siege line.


Waited for...? To be bottled up his own ramp? Puma was already staggering his tanks

the unsiege, or alternatively to get enough Phoenix to both lift the tanks and to kill the Banshees.

Puma wasn't even close to the chokepoints yet
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Inflicted
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Australia18228 Posts
August 28 2011 02:08 GMT
#9282
On August 28 2011 11:07 Scisyhp wrote:
If Puma thought the 1-1-1 would win him the game, then don't blame him for using it. Only an idiot would avoid doing something because it was (allegedly) OP. I definitely will not blame someone for trying to win, I'd much rather a player try to win than try to lose.


IMMVP doesn't condone the usage of 1-1-1 all-in because he sees it as OP too. Is he an idiot?
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Fatalize
Profile Joined January 2011
France5210 Posts
August 28 2011 02:08 GMT
#9283
On August 28 2011 11:06 butchji wrote:
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On August 28 2011 11:05 Fatalize wrote:
On August 28 2011 11:02 butchji wrote:
By the way: unrelated to the 1/1/1 build. Does anyone really think Kiwikaki is the better RTS player than PuMa? O_o



Lol, PuMa was Flash's practice partner and some other pros as well in BW.

It's not because he uses 1-1-1 that he's suddenly a piece of crap. PuMa is much more skilled RTS-wise than everybody else in this tournament.


You do realize that was my point?




Huh i just reread it and i got it.

it's 4AM right there, not in the best shape tbh :p
jyLee
Profile Joined August 2009
United States350 Posts
August 28 2011 02:08 GMT
#9284
On August 28 2011 11:03 Condor Hero wrote:
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On August 28 2011 11:01 benjammin wrote:
serious question: with the expo having so much surface area, why wouldn't kiwi keep delaying until puma has to push through the cavern? why engage earlier if your advantage increases over time?

im so tired of seeing this shit.
tell me, HOW does his advantage increase over time?
bottom line:
1) mass marines only dealt with aoe
2) marine ball constantly growing
3) kiwi had no chance of getting aoe since both templar and colossus require time and resources he didnt have

would you rather he waited until puma slow pushed to the chokes of his natural?

Let me lay it out for you since you clearly dont know how the game works. The longer he stalls the bigger the economic advantage he has because puma pulled half his scvs. Hopefully you can understand the math behind it now or you have no hope.
Jakkerr
Profile Joined December 2010
Netherlands2549 Posts
August 28 2011 02:08 GMT
#9285
On August 28 2011 11:06 Otori wrote:
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On August 28 2011 11:04 Netsky wrote:
Imagine a world where...

...Protoss players stopped crying...

...and learned to play Starcraft 2.


quoted for truth

protoss diamond players in the thread needs to stop crying because it's getting really old. it is not unbalanced one bit. Kiwi did not counter that build and he wasnt even expecting it since he put up a nexus that he later cancelled.


nice joke
Shellshock
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States97276 Posts
August 28 2011 02:08 GMT
#9286
On August 28 2011 11:07 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
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On August 28 2011 11:04 Jcuervo wrote:
Is it me or the crowd seem dead and theres not a lot of people at the MLG venue?


Agreed. Columbus was paaaacked and we were crazy ^^

Maybe it's because of the hurricane? Is the weather affecting anything over there in Raleigh?

Probably. I saw some pictures from friends who live in North Carolina of wind damage. It's kinda serious. I probably wouldn't have gone if there was a hurricane risk.
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snafoo
Profile Joined August 2010
New Zealand1615 Posts
August 28 2011 02:09 GMT
#9287
On August 28 2011 11:07 netherDrake wrote:
Bomber must be happy that he's facing Select instead of DRG. He's at least guaranteed top 3 now.


what? drg is 1st in group/...
Dumboprime
Profile Joined March 2011
985 Posts
August 28 2011 02:09 GMT
#9288
On August 28 2011 11:05 Jakkerr wrote:
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On August 28 2011 11:04 klops wrote:
On August 28 2011 11:02 Jakkerr wrote:
The only thing left for me in this tourney is pray to god Puma doesn't win this event.

I don't want to see EG.1-1-1 in code S at all, he doesn't deserve it


how in the world does puma not deserve it.

are you even watching this tournament?

he all in's once = BURN THE WITCH?


he allins a fuckton of games sadly enough

yeah definitely not just "once"
Kamikazess
Profile Joined February 2011
Brazil400 Posts
August 28 2011 02:09 GMT
#9289
On August 28 2011 11:06 ZAiNs wrote:
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On August 28 2011 11:06 Kamikazess wrote:
It was pretty clear that Kiwi tried to trick Puma into doing the 1-1-1, hoping to hold it.

Why is it so clear?


Because XNC is the best map for the 1-1-1, and the map was picked by Kiwi. Of course he saw it coming.
What we do in life, echoes in eternity.
Serpico
Profile Joined May 2010
4285 Posts
August 28 2011 02:09 GMT
#9290
On August 28 2011 11:07 Femari wrote:
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On August 28 2011 11:04 Otori wrote:
On August 28 2011 11:02 mordk wrote:
On August 28 2011 11:02 Yaki wrote:
On August 28 2011 11:01 Femari wrote:
Puma just lost any respect I had for him.

Stop you can't blame him for using a strong build


You can, MVP has self respect so he refuses to use 1-1-1, there's a real player


self respect refusing to use a specific build? that's just retarded, thats like saying its self respect to not 6pool someone

dont think MVP can pull off 1-1-1 builds as perfectly as puma does.

MVP would more than likely pull it off better than Puma.

I dislike the 1/1/1. It's broken. I don't abuse it when I play. I play straight up. I could use it and do extremely well but what's the point? It's like cheating to get infinite items in a game. It's boring. It's stupid. And it's broken.

Lol you complain too much, Kiwi needed to stall for time and he didnt do that.
dAPhREAk
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Nauru12397 Posts
August 28 2011 02:09 GMT
#9291
On August 28 2011 11:08 DystopiaX wrote:
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On August 28 2011 11:06 awu25 wrote:
On August 28 2011 11:03 ZAiNs wrote:
On August 28 2011 11:03 mTw|NarutO wrote:
CoCa vs PuMa and it should be Bomber vs DRG right? Not Bomber vs SeleCt

Yes, I think MLG does head-to-head before map score.

From MLG site:
5. Pool Play Ranking (1st-6th) will be determined using each Player’s Record of Matches won and lost.
So Select is first

wrong.

Ties will be broken using the following Tiebreakers in this order: Head to Head (Match Winning Percentage using only Matches between the tied Players), Games Won Percentage (All Pool Play Matches), and Seed.

you got all dwight schrute on him. ;-)
n0ise
Profile Joined April 2010
3452 Posts
August 28 2011 02:09 GMT
#9292
On August 28 2011 11:07 cArn- wrote:
big mistake to cancel the nexus tbh, if you don't have a nexus there is no reason for terran to force the issue and try to attack you, with nexus pressure is on terran and has to make something happen quick before the nexus kicks in, and having ure army in the middle to fake engagements + phoenixes threatning to snipe banshees delays the push a lot ..


Either don't cancel the nexus, or drop a robo bay after a few pheonix, or get blink, whatever.

But yeah, in that situation, it was silly to just mass units and try to attack into siege tanks

pity
tomatriedes
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
New Zealand5356 Posts
August 28 2011 02:09 GMT
#9293
On August 28 2011 11:07 NExt wrote:
Warp Prism was what kiwikaki was missing. if he manage to get those immortals to snipe the siege tanks, would've been sick. oh wells, ppl will tell me im wrong cause marines will snipe the warp prism but... Warp Prism was what was missing.

gl gl. to the top 5 koreans, top baller korean/american.. SELECT FIGHTING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


You really think a terran is going to let you float a warp prism anywhere near his siege tanks? Seriously?
NaldoR
Profile Joined November 2010
Singapore2198 Posts
August 28 2011 02:09 GMT
#9294
On August 28 2011 11:07 KryptoStorm wrote:
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On August 28 2011 11:01 Qikz wrote:
I really don't understand why protoss make zealots against marines. Marines are really, really good against zealots in medium numbers. Zealots without charge are just fodder for mass marines in that push :S


Because protoss can't afford Stalkers + Immortals + Phoenix + Sentries which is needed to combat the 1/1/1 build. For terran it's affordable, minerals for the cheap and easy marines, gas for the tanks/banshees.

and zealots have better DPS? more HP so they can tank more dmg from tanks. Also, stalkers take bonus dmg from tanks.
CEPEHDREI
Profile Joined April 2010
Germany1521 Posts
August 28 2011 02:09 GMT
#9295
On August 28 2011 11:08 Inflicted_ wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 28 2011 11:07 Scisyhp wrote:
If Puma thought the 1-1-1 would win him the game, then don't blame him for using it. Only an idiot would avoid doing something because it was (allegedly) OP. I definitely will not blame someone for trying to win, I'd much rather a player try to win than try to lose.


IMMVP doesn't condone the usage of 1-1-1 all-in because he sees it as OP too. Is he an idiot?


he did it against MC in Code S.
Flonomenalz
Profile Joined May 2011
Nigeria3519 Posts
August 28 2011 02:09 GMT
#9296
Man you guys are dumb.

Kiwi chose a build that's.... strange, but could have worked.

He was going for zealot/immortal/phoenix, but then got nervous at the increasing marine count and chose to engage awfully. He needed to adopt a sort of Zerg player mentality when he engaged...

- Immortals target tanks
- Zealots a-move
- Phoenixes flank around back and PICK UP TANKS

Seriously, people are qqing about marines but tanks do SO much damage, once the tanks die you can warp in stalkers to kite everything else. Kiwi knows he should've won that.
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AzurewinD
Profile Joined November 2010
United States569 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-28 02:10:21
August 28 2011 02:09 GMT
#9297
On August 28 2011 11:05 TT1 wrote:
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On August 28 2011 11:00 EnderCraft wrote:
Do you think he should have bided more time TT1? He knew that he already pulled a bunch of SCV's. Why not sit back a bit more and get out a ton of more units and overwhelm Puma.


yea he should have stalled for as long as possible, the more he delays the attack the stronger his compo becomes because of immortal/phoenix get really strong vs pumas composition the higher they get in number, that and he had a better eco so stalling would have allowed him to pump more units.. basic math t.t

i think he just got anxious and just engaged without thinking, should have just forced puma to slowpush his way towards his base so could have bought himself as much time as possible



On August 28 2011 11:05 mordk wrote:
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On August 28 2011 11:03 phyren wrote:
On August 28 2011 11:00 Twinfun wrote:
I don't see the need for him to initiate into the tanks. So many SCV's were pulled. I think he could have just delayed the push as long as he could possibly delay it and wind up having a larger force.

My 2 cents.


I was thinking the same thing watching it, but I think he was worried that waiting would allow Puma too many tanks/marines. They scale so well that you really can't keep up with slow zealots.


The thing with not engaging is that 1-1-1 eventually evolves into a hard contain which forces a 1-base colossus build that just loses to anything. You need to defeat the push, you can't stall too much because terran will gain an insurmountable economic lead.

Also, immortals and phoenixes lose effectiveness as the marine numbers rise and combat shield/stimpack complete, another reason you can't just wait.


Alright guys, so which one is it? These two differing views I think reach the crux of the 1/1/1 debate.

EDIT: Also, can we PLEASE stop calling each other stupid over this shit? It's a hard problem, discussion yields knowledge. Ad-hominems don't.
"...I want more people to be in that state more often, to see things not through the limited and rigid mind or the fearful ego, but through a heart that loves to express and create" - Xiaonan "Glider" Sun
WindCalibur
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
Canada938 Posts
August 28 2011 02:09 GMT
#9298
On August 28 2011 11:07 blooblooblahblah wrote:
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On August 28 2011 11:05 WindCalibur wrote:
On August 28 2011 11:01 illsick wrote:
On August 28 2011 11:00 WindCalibur wrote:
I really do not understand why protoss do not go 1 gate expand. It is so easy for 1 gate expand to hold a 1/1/1 yet i never see a protoss do it. I really do not understand.


cuz so many protoss players like tyler say that safe builds (even with stargate) does well against that build

but we all know that's not true


What does 1 gate expand lose to? It can hold 2 rax reactor pressure relative easily if you pull probes and dont skim on units. Even if you lose some probes, you will be ahead. You are on even footing if the terran goes for 1 rax expand, which he won't do on that map unless its on the main because of the wide expansion. Though 1 gate expand is weak to scv all ins, aren't 3 gate or 1 gate robo weak to that as well?

1 gate expand is so solid yet I see no one use it. Am I missing something that it cannot POSSIBLY hold off? I just don't see why people dont do the 1 gate expand especially since doing so always gives u a free win against 1/1/1 if played properly.


1Gate FE is the most common protoss build right now...it's used almost every game vs terran. But it's absolutely not a free win against 1/1/1, it's decent against it but it's still incredibly hard to beat it.


I know it isnt a free win. I also tested the 1/1/1 with all variations (including ones with/without siege and ones with ravens) and I can tell you right now that 1 gate expand definitely has the upper hand.
netherDrake
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Singapore1831 Posts
August 28 2011 02:09 GMT
#9299
On August 28 2011 11:09 snafoo wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 28 2011 11:07 netherDrake wrote:
Bomber must be happy that he's facing Select instead of DRG. He's at least guaranteed top 3 now.


what? drg is 1st in group/...


Liquipedia made a mistake then, they just corrected it too
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magnaflow
Profile Joined August 2011
Canada1521 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-28 02:10:12
August 28 2011 02:09 GMT
#9300
On August 28 2011 11:07 cArn- wrote:
big mistake to cancel the nexus tbh, if you don't have a nexus there is no reason for terran to force the issue and try to attack you, with nexus pressure is on terran and has to make something happen quick before the nexus kicks in, and having ure army in the middle to fake engagements + phoenixes threatning to snipe banshees delays the push a lot ..

He also didn't have to engage there when all tanks were already sieged .. at least engage when some tanks are not sieged when he tries to move forward



It really felt like he had the time to get that expo up. Maybe not crushing that push but delaying it in the middle could be the answer?
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