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699 Posts
Saturday, Oct 01 1:00am GMT (GMT+00:00) EU: Saturday, Oct 01 5:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)
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Didn't Jinro and SjoW play already?
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IdrA Terran?! WHAA! Might wanna fix that from the BW days =]
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United States4991 Posts
My picks for today:
Socke 2-1 Hwangsin [Hwangsin is pretty all-inish, and I can see him picking up a win off that; however, Socke is damn solid when he's not executing crappy allins like he has in the past in NASL. I'm hoping he's going to "wake up" this week and play his usual standard self]
Morrow 2-0 Softball [As we saw against Idra, Softball doesn't seem able to keep up with top level Zergs. I can't imagine him faring much better against Morrow than he did against Idra...] Sjow 2-0 Jinro [Although Jinro does seem to be doing a bit better recently, Sjow is known for having a fearsome TvT even against code S level Terrans. I don't give Jinro a lot of chances against his countryman. e: + Show Spoiler [MLG Invitational] +well actually Jinro recently 2-1ed Sjow in the MLG Invitational I guess, but I'm still going to give the edge to Sjow here. ]
Idra 2-1 Kiwikaki [I can easily see Idra dropping a game to Kiwikaki due to ZvP rage. That said, Idra does have a positive overall record against Kiwikaki in tournament games, and I feel that as long as he doesn't tilt, he has better chances.]
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Lol JINRO isn't german haha
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On October 01 2011 04:03 usethis2 wrote: Didn't Jinro and SjoW play already?
MLG Invitational or something.
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On October 01 2011 04:03 usethis2 wrote: Didn't Jinro and SjoW play already? That was MLG Europe
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On October 01 2011 04:08 Insane wrote: Socke is damn solid when he's not executing crappy allins like he has in the past in NASL. I'm hoping he's going to "wake up" this week and play his usual standard self]
I actually heard his explanation on the "german SOTG" (szenecast). He was playing an IEM qualifier which was rescheduled on short notice. When he had to play his NASL match, Strelok (IEM opponent) agreed that he could wait, but he feared that some admin would give a defwin. He then had to wait ~45min for his NASL match to start. So he just did allin-builds to get it done. Then he was tilted and lost to Strelok as well.
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On October 01 2011 08:21 00Visor wrote:Show nested quote +On October 01 2011 04:08 Insane wrote: Socke is damn solid when he's not executing crappy allins like he has in the past in NASL. I'm hoping he's going to "wake up" this week and play his usual standard self] I actually heard his explanation on the "german SOTG" (szenecast). He was playing an IEM qualifier which was rescheduled on short notice. When he had to play his NASL match, Strelok (IEM opponent) agreed that he could wait, but he feared that some admin would give a defwin. He then had to wait ~45min for his NASL match to start. So he just did allin-builds to get it done. Then he was tilted and lost to Strelok as well.
Ouch, that's really messed up. 
Hopefully he can grab a win tonight.
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sock, softball, jinro, idra please!
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Socke 1-2 Hwangsin PvP favors mindgames and cheese. Socke is a better player in almost every aspect except arguably those two things.
Morrow 2-1 Softball Self-explanatory. Softball is the Artosis of this year's NASL.
Sjow 1-2 Jinro Jinro's TvT i feel is less developed than Sjow. However sjow's mechanics aren't up to par and brilliance alone, i feel wont be of much help this time. I would normally favor Sjow but the combination of 'any given sunday' plus my intuition about TODAY tells me Jinro is looking for blood and to prove that hes coming out of his slump (which he is) and hes gonna take this one down.
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Can't wait for Idra vs Kiwi. Their rivalry goes far back.
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Socke 2-0
Sjow 2-1
Morrow 2-0
Kiwikaki 2-1
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wsowowow hwangsin is a cheesy allining newbi11!! afterall im sure you guys evaluate a players skill level based off of his practice games and tournament results and not by wat idra says
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I don't know but Thegunrun feels too chill ...not really creating excitement ..Orb was better.
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I almost feel bad about not voting for Socke after that game lol ;_;
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Poll: Socke vs HwangSin G1I like it! (2) 33% If you have time (2) 33% Not worth it.... (2) 33% 6 total votes Your vote: Socke vs HwangSin G1 (Vote): I like it! (Vote): If you have time (Vote): Not worth it....
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is HD high?
actually i think they're both high
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Socke is half italian ? "Giacomo" I think is an Italian name.
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Hwangsin looks extremely young o__o
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IdrA vs Kiwi should be good.
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Poll: Socke vs HwangSin G2I like it! (7) 50% Not worth it.... (4) 29% If you have time (3) 21% 14 total votes Your vote: Socke vs HwangSin G2 (Vote): I like it! (Vote): If you have time (Vote): Not worth it....
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On October 01 2011 10:10 Inky87 wrote: I almost feel bad about not voting for Socke after that game lol ;_;
You didn't bet on Socke? You crazy gambler. :p
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Commentators seemed kinda clueless there. :/
Good job by Socke though. Looking forward to interview.
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Socke is the coolest guy ever. And no one could possibly argue with that
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hwangsin so bad. thought he would win due to pvp being pvp though. but he was worse than i thought he was (bad). good micro by socke.
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[NASL] S2 W3D3 Running! (started: 34 minutes ago )
And match 1 is already over 2-0 and I missed it. Mirror match-up, too. Damnit.  Gotta wait for the VOD then, but VODs are incredibly choppy this season.
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Morrow is not even really behind. But this is just the standard Morrow response, if he thinks, he might be behind ...
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Horrible by softball... he doesnt even scout again after seeing morrows units almost attack. Instead he makes a bunch of reactors and a CC....
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I guess Sen really is the only elite player from Taiwan.
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On October 01 2011 10:47 red4ce wrote: I guess Sen really is the only elite player from Taiwan.
Give him a break. He's holding his own against Morrow. Not against some no name scrub Zerg. It's Morrow.
And if you take into account how much he can improve, once he does, he'll be a really scary contender. And i don't think he lacks the discipline to train hard. He impressed me with that game more than anything.
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Poll: Softball vs MorroW G1I like it! (5) 38% Not worth it.... (5) 38% If you have time (3) 23% 13 total votes Your vote: Softball vs MorroW G1 (Vote): I like it! (Vote): If you have time (Vote): Not worth it....
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Hahaha
Broodlords first volley = instant GG
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wow softball getting supply blocked twice in the first 6 minutes of the game...
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Northern Ireland25419 Posts
Probably just nerves from the guy. I doubt he would have got accepted to the NASL if he didn't have some level of ability to merit it
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LOL gretorp climaxing at the sight of the drone split
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United States4991 Posts
Yeah, this is pretty over after 2x big-terran-ball fail. Also, Gretorp keeps oddly saying "I'm not sure who's going to win this fight" after the fight is already decided and Softball has like 5 hellions and no thors.
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Poll: Softball vs MorroW G2If you have time (5) 42% Not worth it.... (4) 33% I like it! (3) 25% 12 total votes Your vote: Softball vs MorroW G2 (Vote): I like it! (Vote): If you have time (Vote): Not worth it....
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Must admit I thought thor/hellion would beat muta/ling. You live you learn.  Great play by Morrow and very sloppy by Softball. So many mistakes.
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MorroW: lose 40 drones to hellions, still have a 25 drone lead on your opponent.
That guy is the most dedicated drone pumper I have ever seen, and it seems to work -- rather than "I'm going to build a bunch of defenses against your harass", it's "I'm just going to make drones faster than you can kill the things".
He's one of my favorite zergs to watch.
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On October 01 2011 11:11 AlternativeEgo wrote:Must admit I thought thor/hellion would beat muta/ling. You live you learn.  Great play by Morrow and very sloppy by Softball. So many mistakes. I think the caster made a really good point, imo mech really needs to wait for 3 bases before you start pushing. If you push and lose your whole army its too expensive and slow to remake which makes it impossible to secure a 3rd.
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Did Jinro just kill his own viking with his landed vikings?
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Poll: sjow vs jinro G1I like it! (16) 89% If you have time (1) 6% Not worth it.... (1) 6% 18 total votes Your vote: sjow vs jinro G1 (Vote): I like it! (Vote): If you have time (Vote): Not worth it....
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LMFAO JINRO LIKE A FUCKIN BOSS i play zerg and some toss so naturally hate tvt and terran in general but that was hilarious/awesome/intelligent/amazing
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Jinro manhandled Sjow. Didn't expect that honestly.
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United States7483 Posts
Vikings do pretty good on the ground lol, 12 damage a shot.
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Seen jinro playin like this on his stream. Glad to see him get such a crushing win.
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wow Jinro just owned that game, nice to see air terran dominate.
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take that sjow. Chinro fighting
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is NASL on 1.4 yet?
Sorry if this has been asked/answered.
EDIT: Gretorp just answered my question, lest he misspoke!
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United States7483 Posts
Wow, landed vikings are pretty good, that Thor went down FAST.
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Jinro is impressing me so much. Basically manhandling SjoW both games with superior multitasking. GO CHINRO BABY
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On October 01 2011 11:33 Juvant wrote: is NASL on 1.4 yet?
Sorry if this has been asked/answered.
EDIT: Gretorp just answered my question, lest he misspoke!
In the first game he said that Naniwa was in Dignitas, so the cast seems to be recorded some time ago (or maybe I misunderstood what he said).
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Sjow's multi tasking has never been his strong suit and seems it hasn't improved to much xD. Jinro's playing like a boss though :D
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Sjow is clawing his way back 
Very Sjow like.
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That was so sick :D that viking lift micro.
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wtf is Jinro gonna lose this game?
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Jinro vs Sjow is a bit comical : / Jinro taking unnecessary risks after taking a lead in workers... leading to some very strange encounters
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Can't wait for idra vs kiwi! Go idra!
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Probably the scrappiest game ive seen in awhile
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Bronze league here!
25 vs 20 harvesters 30 minutes in.
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What's gretorp's new race?
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On October 01 2011 11:47 Confuse wrote: Jinro vs Sjow is a bit comical : / Jinro taking unnecessary risks after taking a lead in workers... leading to some very strange encounters
yeah I am very surprised he was playing excellent but yeah... Oh well hopefully he can still pull it out!
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United States7483 Posts
Lol, Gretorp's 21 minute timing attack reference.
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On October 01 2011 11:50 supdubdup wrote: What's gretorp's new race?
Protoss, methinks.
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Wow Jinro playing really well now. Abusing Sjow's lack of multitask
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On October 01 2011 11:51 AlternativeEgo wrote:Protoss, methinks. Good race.
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3 base 20~ workers for both players...
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United States7483 Posts
over 100 workers lost for Sjow, this is ridiculous.
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How hard is it to put a tank or two at each base..sheesh..
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This is so absurd.
Basically gushing watching the ridiculousness of this game.
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I noticed the game going towards mech fight and I decided to take a shower before Kiwi/Idra game and the game is still going on. Rofl. This is why I don't watch mech TvT any more.
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Jinro doesn't like making scvs. He has 60 more scv kills but has similar worker count wtf?
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Poll: sjow vs jinro G2I like it! (10) 53% If you have time (5) 26% Not worth it.... (4) 21% 19 total votes Your vote: sjow vs jinro G2 (Vote): I like it! (Vote): If you have time (Vote): Not worth it....
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that was an entertaining game...great series from Jinro/Sjow
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No wonder Jinro loves TvT
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come back?? wtf....Jinro was on top the entire game
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Good job on Sjow for at least staying in there.
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On October 01 2011 11:58 usethis2 wrote: I noticed the game going towards mech fight and I decided to take a shower before Kiwi/Idra game and the game is still going on. Rofl. This is why I don't watch mech TvT any more.
Well done. You just missed one of the most epic games ever.
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Wow Jinro really has Sjow's number recently. Beat him in the MLG thing and now again in the NASL.
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United States7483 Posts
That game was.... weird.
Jinro killed nearly 120 workers that game, and Sjow was ahead in army for most of the game.
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great play by Jinro but Sjow played a crappy game. Jinro needs to macro better and get upgrades faster
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Who cares about the games? Can some one explain to me why Lzgamer hasn't joined Westlife yet? Surely his singing can't be that bad that he wouldn't be allowed to join
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43 minutes of nothingness. I am not entertained. Such an odd serie.
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100+ scv kills, 1.3 or 1.4?
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In mech vs mech, upgrades don't matter that much. I would take a banshee over an upgrade anyday. 3 shotting tanks happens regardless of upgrades.
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lol he smirked when he cursed, jinro doesn't learn about his language does he xD
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So kiwikaki vs idra next?
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On October 01 2011 12:02 xdthreat wrote: 100+ scv kills, 1.3 or 1.4?
It was 1.3
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Northern Ireland25419 Posts
I really enjoy Jinro's casual swearing in pretty much every NASL interview as well
Also every time I think about trying to play Terran a game like this comes along. I genuinely would die of stress if I had to play games of that style semi-regularly
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gretop really needs to let Jinro talk and answer his questions....
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Let Jinro talk more Gretorp D:
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United Kingdom38255 Posts
It's pretty *BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP*
very happy for Jinro =)
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LOL the bleep for mother fucking I think is what he said? rofl that was hilarious.
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Whats with the random censoring? LOL
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the bleep made it funnier than if they didn't...
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On October 01 2011 12:05 blade55555 wrote: LOL the bleep for mother fucking I think is what he said? rofl that was hilarious. shame we cant lip read
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Very impressed with Jinro's level of play. He's much improved lately.
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Why is Kiwi's record 0-0 in the standings?
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He said "I'm fucking tired" so they bleeped it.
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Kiwi not building core...again. I'm really questioning that build of his, but i guess he knows better.
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Northern Ireland25419 Posts
Does Kiwikaki ever do the same build twice? Must be a nightmare to try and predict what the guy is going to do lol
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it seems like making this much static defense should put you behind kiwikaki has like 10 cannons now wtf
also really poor observing, watching a drop autoattacking while a major fight happens in the middle ;_;
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Is the low resolution playing tricks on me or are the units filled with ink? o.O
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shit this is on the recent patch nearly no way for idra to win
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Roach/hydra/corruptor wow old style
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Well, cant blame it on infestors :p
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On October 01 2011 12:18 Whiteman103 wrote: shit this is on the recent patch nearly no way for idra to win
Derp
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On October 01 2011 12:18 Whiteman103 wrote: shit this is on the recent patch nearly no way for idra to win And he won the first game using the good old roach/corrupters/hydra :p
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Sooooo much cannons from Kiwi, definitely overcommiting on them.
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Poll: IdrA vs Kiwikaki G1I like it! (12) 63% Not worth it.... (5) 26% If you have time (2) 11% 19 total votes Your vote: IdrA vs Kiwikaki G1 (Vote): I like it! (Vote): If you have time (Vote): Not worth it....
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LOL Orb's skin-tone shirt makes him look like he's naked and eyeing Gretorp up and down.
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On October 01 2011 12:24 MisterFred wrote: LOL Orb's skin-tone shirt makes him look like he's naked and eyeing Gretorp up and down.
LOL oh my god I just noticed he does look naked rofl.
On note idra played really sick and that was old style can't believe that worked :o.
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On October 01 2011 12:23 FryktSkyene wrote:Show nested quote +On October 01 2011 12:18 Whiteman103 wrote: shit this is on the recent patch nearly no way for idra to win Derp
derp
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Massing stalkers and colossus vs roach hydra corruptor. Bit of old school.
roach hydra corruptor with drops is actually pretty good.
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I wonder if Idra saw something that prompted the old dead zvp style or if he's just reverted to it for good, and we can expect a few more months of mediocrity out of him.
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On October 01 2011 12:24 MisterFred wrote: LOL Orb's skin-tone shirt makes him look like he's naked and eyeing Gretorp up and down.
cannot unsee....
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On October 01 2011 12:27 Meself wrote: Wtf Gretorp, wtf...
Agreed...
Keep going.....
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lol orb is rivaling incontrol when it comes to banter against gretorp.
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On October 01 2011 12:28 forgottendreams wrote: lol orb is rivaling incontrol when it comes to banter against gretorp.
i think orb is doing a much better job than incontrol
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On October 01 2011 12:26 Juvant wrote: I wonder if Idra saw something that prompted the old dead zvp style or if he's just reverted to it for good, and we can expect a few more months of mediocrity out of him. Neural parasite range decreased to 7. Had he gone infestors vs Kiwi in that game, he would have lost terribly.
And kiwi doing the usual french canadian fast expand into cute zealot pressure into something else gay.
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On October 01 2011 12:30 INTquovadis wrote:Show nested quote +On October 01 2011 12:28 forgottendreams wrote: lol orb is rivaling incontrol when it comes to banter against gretorp. i think orb is doing a much better job than incontrol
I was just referring to the humor aspect of his casting, but in general yes orb's knowledge and explanations are just superior to incontrols. Incontrol is more of an entertainer and comedian.
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WTF, Kiwi....core building @ 8:00, you should have warp tech long ago...why are you using this build... 
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This is actually just a terrible build for kiwi I really hope he doesnt use this in MLG.
Super easy to scout the double zealots coming so you make a few roaches
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=\ This build barely worked against Stephano, I'd like to know why he's using it still. Maybe if Idra completely embarrasses him he'll start playing more standard..
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really don't like this build from kiwi
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Poll: IdrA vs Kiwikaki G2Not worth it.... (10) 53% I like it! (6) 32% If you have time (3) 16% 19 total votes Your vote: IdrA vs Kiwikaki G2 (Vote): I like it! (Vote): If you have time (Vote): Not worth it....
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Damn did not expect idra to beat kiwi like he did and with old school style to :o.
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Just solid play from Idra in this series
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Kiwikaki was totally outclassed by Idra, both games. Game 1, Kiwi was awesome, but Idra was rock solid on his macro.
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Gahh Kiwi. It wasn't even that Idra played really well, it's just that Kiwi played poorly.
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That's a 'i hope he skips hydras for infestors' build. Idra played really solidly.
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Feel like Kiwi forced Hydras there, and then kept making the units that they counter. Wasn't the kind of tactical play I'm used to from Kiwi. Very well played from Idra, though.
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Indeed, weirdest protoss build i've seen. I don't know if Idra was extremely lucky or somehow figured Kiwi out, but his response was spot on. F*** my liquibet, Idra hwaitiiing!
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WP by Idra that series. Maybe hes more confident now, since he seems to respect Kiwi as a good player.
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weird builds by kiwikaki. looked strong in game one, but then made some questionable attacks.
game 2, what was that build? any roaches and its like a freewin, youre just so far behind as P.....
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On the border of raging about his own win.... only idra
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On October 01 2011 12:39 Psyclon wrote:Indeed, weirdest protoss build i've seen. I don't know if Idra was extremely lucky or somehow figured Kiwi out, but his response was spot on. F*** my liquibet, Idra hwaitiiing! 
He scouted double gateway before core so threw down a roach warren. The he scouted the double Stargate and threw down a Hydra Den. I wouldn't call it luck but just good solid play and scouting.
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lol Idra can't remember all his sponsors. LOLLLL
But yeah Idra had great scouting that game, the double stargate fail essentially put Kiwi so far behind that he probably needed to all-in to have any shot at that game (and Idra knew it) since it did virtually no damage (just killed a few roaches).
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On October 01 2011 12:41 Mycl wrote:Show nested quote +On October 01 2011 12:39 Psyclon wrote:Indeed, weirdest protoss build i've seen. I don't know if Idra was extremely lucky or somehow figured Kiwi out, but his response was spot on. F*** my liquibet, Idra hwaitiiing!  He scouted double gateway before core so threw down a roach warren. The he scouted the double Stargate and threw down a Hydra Den. I wouldn't call it luck but just good solid play and scouting.
Kiwi also did this build last MLG, and has been doing it in most of his pvz's. Its his standard or has been for awhile.
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I saw Kiwikaki beat Slush with that exact same build on that same map. Although in the game versus slush when he was doing the VR harassment he built up more of just a pure zealot/sentry army instead of stalkers. The idea being the VR forces hydras which are then eaten alive by good FF + Zealots.
The main difference between the game with Idra than the game with Slush is Idra sent his troops out into a wide space to engage, and Kiwi waited a bit longer to engage allowing Idra to get that last wave of 13 roaches into the mix. In the game with Slush Kiwi didnt wait for the roaches to pop out, and he forced the issue engaging slush in his natural where he could easily be FF'd in.
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wow, not only did KiWi lose to IdrA 2-0, but Jinro beat SjoW 2-0. JINRO WON! :O
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On October 01 2011 13:34 darthfoley wrote: wow, not only did KiWi lose to IdrA 2-0, but Jinro beat SjoW 2-0. JINRO WON! :O He seems to have Sjow's number as he beat him in the MLG EU invite.
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100% liquibet, that one was easy to predict ^^.
Ok Jinro's and IdrA's win were not obvious but they were the ones who had to prove something.
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Good to see IdrA produce some results
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On October 01 2011 10:23 AlternativeEgo wrote:Show nested quote +On October 01 2011 10:10 Inky87 wrote: I almost feel bad about not voting for Socke after that game lol ;_; You didn't bet on Socke? You crazy gambler. :p Pretty much nobody knows how amazing Socke is at PvP.
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Isn´t the EU stream supposed to begin now?
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Not working for me atm either.
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it works on 240p but not on 360
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3rd day EU stream wont show 360p. But the NA stream works fine.
Go figure.
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For me it works fine in 360p and I am from ger.
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Awesome style of play from Jinro. I loved it
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Damn! Awsome TvT style by Jinro!
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360p doesnt work and 240p is unwatchable t_t
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EU here, 360p is not working at all  Any know solution to this problem?
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...wait wtf, it says that NASL S2 Week 3 Day 3 starts today at 9:00 KT but apparently the games have already been played? Bets didn't go through on liquibets and says it starts today, but "Upcoming events" doesn't show it starting today.
:confused:
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gretorp you're hilarious hahaha "kill the extractors!!"
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Orb needs to grab a jacket or something, that flesh-colored t-shirt (white, in his case) makes him look naked next to Gretorp..
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On October 02 2011 04:25 Malstriks wrote: gretorp you're hilarious hahaha "kill the exshtractors!!" fixed that for you
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Completely side with Jinro that Blizzard butchered tvt. Mech is how the game should be played.
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I like Orb, as long as the broadcast isn't in saturated colors I'll watch anything he casts, especially with Gretorp.
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On October 02 2011 04:27 AimForTheBushes wrote: Orb needs to grab a jacket or something, that flesh-colored t-shirt (white, in his case) makes him look naked next to Gretorp.. rofl, this is what I thought too...
part of me liked it...
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