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On August 28 2011 11:06 Eishi_Ki wrote:Show nested quote +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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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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On August 28 2011 11:06 butchji wrote:Show nested quote +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
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On August 28 2011 11:03 Condor Hero wrote:Show nested quote +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.
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On August 28 2011 11:06 Otori wrote:Show nested quote +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
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On August 28 2011 11:07 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:Show nested quote +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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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/...
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On August 28 2011 11:05 Jakkerr wrote:Show nested quote +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"
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On August 28 2011 11:06 ZAiNs wrote:Show nested quote +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.
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On August 28 2011 11:07 Femari wrote:Show nested quote +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.
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On August 28 2011 11:08 DystopiaX wrote:Show nested quote +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. ;-)
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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
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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?
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On August 28 2011 11:07 KryptoStorm wrote:Show nested quote +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.
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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.
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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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On August 28 2011 11:05 TT1 wrote:Show nested quote +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:Show nested quote +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.
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On August 28 2011 11:07 blooblooblahblah wrote:Show nested quote +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.
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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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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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