The AOL is an online tournament with a line-up of star players which will be commentated in English and broadcasted live via GOMTV.net. Available only with a premium ticket. The AOL will last from September 17th to October 2nd, every Saturday and Sunday at 08:00 GMT (+00:00). This tournament is only available with a premium ticket. $4.99 w/ ads $9.99 w/o Donot ask for restreams.
After seeing MMA's performance in the GSPA last night against MVP, the guy is really on fire lately. I don't think he's going to lose against MKP, who has been in a COLOSSAL slump since his mass marine style was figured out and annihilated.
DRG < > July July has this aggressive ZvZ style that sometimes works, and sometimes doesn't work. I think DRG's defense will do well against July. I'm giving this series to DRG.
06:00 in the morning for me and I am on holiday break as of today. I am not waking up early for this. No..Freaking...Way. Will have to chatch VoDs or something.
On October 01 2011 05:09 Zalitara wrote: 06:00 in the morning for me and I am on holiday break as of today. I am not waking up early for this. No..Freaking...Way. Will have to chatch VoDs or something.
If you're in Norway it's at 10am =) 6am is the WCG Korea.
On October 01 2011 04:56 JudicatorHammurabi wrote: Judicator's Picks MMA < > MKP
After seeing MMA's performance in the GSPA last night against MVP, the guy is really on fire lately. I don't think he's going to lose against MKP, who has been in a COLOSSAL slump since his mass marine style was figured out and annihilated.
DRG < > July July has this aggressive ZvZ style that sometimes works, and sometimes doesn't work. I think DRG's defense will do well against July. I'm giving this series to DRG.
You mean, the same mass marine style that both MVP and MMA showed last night?
I so want to get a ticket for this to watch the vods, but I'm like weeks behind on gsl vods, don't find any time.to watch anything anymore nowadays.
Mma.vs Mkp are easily.my two favorite players at the moment, would like to see both in final. I prefer Mkp so is can finally win something. How unlikely it will be vs drg.....
So in theend its.good I don't ha e a.ticket, so I can't see Mkp break my heart.
On October 01 2011 05:58 Mithriel wrote: I so want to get a ticket for this to watch the vods, but I'm like weeks behind on gsl vods, don't find any time.to watch anything anymore nowadays.
Mma.vs Mkp are easily.my two favorite players at the moment, would like to see both in final. I prefer Mkp so is can finally win something. How unlikely it will be vs drg.....
So in theend its.good I don't ha e a.ticket, so I can't see Mkp break my heart.
That was same for me, but after seeing i'd get billed 3.xx€ I didn't care anymore xD There aren't a lot of vods worth watching too. MMA vs Nestea was good The whole Naniwa/Boxer/July group too. Not sure about group A, don't remember. Tomorrow is 2 mirrors, so it's skip-able. (even if DRG vs Losira in GSTL showed that ZvZ can be great, but recent July ZvZ was terrible). The finals should be good tho, whatever combination of those 4 players it'll be.
I know some people don't like hyper aggressive games. However, MKP vs July might produce some of the craziest game in sc2 so far. Or i guess they might be 1 sided 10 minute games.
Oh wow this could very well be a DRG MMA rematch! Damn I love all these players that I don't care who takes it, though I suppose I would prefer MMA or MKP.
I really hope July can take the tournament. He's one of my favorite BW players (after iloveoov and sAviOr), so here's hoping the God of War smites the competition!
MKP is always iffy these days it seems (though he's still got the fun where it counts), but I think MMA is just too good. And I honestly don't see July's ZvZ being able to beat DRG's in a Bo5.
i'm pretty sure mma has this in the bag, judging by both players' recent results i'd easily give this to mma, wouldn't be surprised if he didn't even drop a game. but shit happens, you never know.
drg july i'm not so sure about, july can throw games away stupidly sometimes. i'd have to give the edge to drg.
On October 01 2011 15:29 VirgilSC2 wrote: All the people talking about MKP > MMA clearly didn't see MMA beat MVP last night.
What tournament?
GSPA first MMA won 3-2 in the winners bracket and then again in the tournament finals he won 3-1. Both players barely lost a game the entire tournament except vs each other but MMA came out on top both times.
haha that was awesome, MKP still had 3 banshees at 3 corners of his base. So MMA has no mules for aaaages and can only deal with 1 at a time.... pwned.
On October 01 2011 17:25 Clefairy wrote: Everyone playing so terribly in AOL. These Code S'ers have no regard for the paying customers!
Thing is, these players are still in code S gsl, so most of them don't wanna show their real strats and what not. Thats why you see Nestea doing things that isn't his style, and a few other players too, and now you're seeing MMA playing like an idiot as well lol
God I fucking hate GOM. Don't log in to the HQ feed before the stream starts? Oh, too bad, you're screwed out of watching the whole day's worth of games! Why make us pay for this crap when you can't even support everyone who wants to watch your stream concurrently??
This used to only happen on major play days with big name players, but now it is seriously an issue every time I want to watch the live stream. This is just not worth paying for anymore (not to mention they already try to nickle and dime us for every league, every season). The only reason I buy it in the first place was so I can watch the HQ feed, I rarely if ever go back to watch the VODs. It's all just very, very frustrating. GOM has lost a customer in me.
On October 01 2011 17:31 ShivaN wrote: God I fucking hate GOM. Don't log in to the HQ feed before the stream starts? Oh, too bad, you're screwed out of watching the whole day's worth of games! Why make us pay for this crap when you can't even support everyone who wants to watch your stream concurrently??
This used to only happen on major play days with big name players, but now it is seriously an issue every time I want to watch the live stream. This is just not worth paying for anymore (not to mention they already try to nickle and dime us for every league, every season). The only reason I buy it in the first place was so I can watch the HQ feed, I rarely if ever go back to watch the VODs. It's all just very, very frustrating. GOM has lost a customer in me.
I have no idea what your talking about, I don't think it is GOM, it always works fine whenever I close/open start late etc etc...
On October 01 2011 17:31 ShivaN wrote: God I fucking hate GOM. Don't log in to the HQ feed before the stream starts? Oh, too bad, you're screwed out of watching the whole day's worth of games! Why make us pay for this crap when you can't even support everyone who wants to watch your stream concurrently??
This used to only happen on major play days with big name players, but now it is seriously an issue every time I want to watch the live stream. This is just not worth paying for anymore (not to mention they already try to nickle and dime us for every league, every season). The only reason I buy it in the first place was so I can watch the HQ feed, I rarely if ever go back to watch the VODs. It's all just very, very frustrating. GOM has lost a customer in me.
I have no idea what your talking about, I don't think it is GOM, it always works fine whenever I close/open start late etc etc...
Well not for me. Every time I try to get in after the games have already begun I'm greeted with the error code: 0x00000071. Granted I can still watch the free SQ stream (but there is none for AOL!!), but that's some crap and totally not what I'm paying for.
On October 01 2011 17:31 ShivaN wrote: God I fucking hate GOM. Don't log in to the HQ feed before the stream starts? Oh, too bad, you're screwed out of watching the whole day's worth of games! Why make us pay for this crap when you can't even support everyone who wants to watch your stream concurrently??
This used to only happen on major play days with big name players, but now it is seriously an issue every time I want to watch the live stream. This is just not worth paying for anymore (not to mention they already try to nickle and dime us for every league, every season). The only reason I buy it in the first place was so I can watch the HQ feed, I rarely if ever go back to watch the VODs. It's all just very, very frustrating. GOM has lost a customer in me.
I don't know what you're talking about. This might be a problem with your computer/connection, rather than GOMTV.
MMA played some of the dumbest games I have ever seen him play. I can't picture him not taking this tournament seriously....wtf was he doing. MKP also played totally retarded but not nearly as retarded as MMA.
LOL MMA playing like shit. Seriously... he kills a bunch of MKP's scv with his banshee and has his own expansion up. MKP on 1 base,0 MMA he has a small army, what does MMA do? Make a 3rd cc in base...
On October 01 2011 17:31 ShivaN wrote: God I fucking hate GOM. Don't log in to the HQ feed before the stream starts? Oh, too bad, you're screwed out of watching the whole day's worth of games! Why make us pay for this crap when you can't even support everyone who wants to watch your stream concurrently??
This used to only happen on major play days with big name players, but now it is seriously an issue every time I want to watch the live stream. This is just not worth paying for anymore (not to mention they already try to nickle and dime us for every league, every season). The only reason I buy it in the first place was so I can watch the HQ feed, I rarely if ever go back to watch the VODs. It's all just very, very frustrating. GOM has lost a customer in me.
I have no idea what your talking about, I don't think it is GOM, it always works fine whenever I close/open start late etc etc...
Yeah, I've opened the stream late with no problems before, so not sure. See if Gom has a tech support / help service, might be more productive than raging about it here. I know it's frustrating, but it may be something on your end or at least something that can be fixed.
On October 01 2011 17:31 ShivaN wrote: God I fucking hate GOM. Don't log in to the HQ feed before the stream starts? Oh, too bad, you're screwed out of watching the whole day's worth of games! Why make us pay for this crap when you can't even support everyone who wants to watch your stream concurrently??
This used to only happen on major play days with big name players, but now it is seriously an issue every time I want to watch the live stream. This is just not worth paying for anymore (not to mention they already try to nickle and dime us for every league, every season). The only reason I buy it in the first place was so I can watch the HQ feed, I rarely if ever go back to watch the VODs. It's all just very, very frustrating. GOM has lost a customer in me.
I have no idea what your talking about, I don't think it is GOM, it always works fine whenever I close/open start late etc etc...
Well not for me. Every time I try to get in after the games have already begun I'm greeted with the error code: 0x00000071. Granted I can still watch the free SQ stream (but there is none for AOL!!), but that's some crap and totally not what I'm paying for.
Uninstall gom player and the other gom thing and install it all again
On October 01 2011 17:36 RaiKageRyu wrote: I feel like MMA doesn't know how to play against Prime style Terrans. Their timings aren't standard enough for MMA to abuse.
That was Poltprime all over again. Every decision MMA made was wrong for what MKP was doing.
On October 01 2011 17:40 ch33psh33p wrote: Hahaha.
MMA gets owned by anyone from Prime. @_@
MKP definetly gonna take this down, its in his blood.
I fear that MKP is not long for this world in the finals if DRG is his opponent. Considering that his ZvZ is good enough to beat Losira's and July's won like, 1 ZvZ match ever, I think that will most likely be the case.
On October 01 2011 17:39 TYJ.Aoy wrote: No money = playing like a scrub?I think these guys forgot why they started playing in the first place, I'd be feeling ashamed of myself.
first place = 1500$ USD, which is more than enough reason to take it seriously.
I'm not sure why they wouldn't play well on purpose. Hiding new strategy yeah. But in that case you just play a standard macro game and take this as a practice game. But here MMA control was just terrible.
On October 01 2011 17:39 TYJ.Aoy wrote: No money = playing like a scrub?I think these guys forgot why they started playing in the first place, I'd be feeling ashamed of myself.
first place = 1500$ USD, which is more than enough reason to take it seriously.
from what i saw MVP Nestea and this MMA game i would say no
On October 01 2011 17:31 ShivaN wrote: God I fucking hate GOM. Don't log in to the HQ feed before the stream starts? Oh, too bad, you're screwed out of watching the whole day's worth of games! Why make us pay for this crap when you can't even support everyone who wants to watch your stream concurrently??
This used to only happen on major play days with big name players, but now it is seriously an issue every time I want to watch the live stream. This is just not worth paying for anymore (not to mention they already try to nickle and dime us for every league, every season). The only reason I buy it in the first place was so I can watch the HQ feed, I rarely if ever go back to watch the VODs. It's all just very, very frustrating. GOM has lost a customer in me.
I have no idea what your talking about, I don't think it is GOM, it always works fine whenever I close/open start late etc etc...
Well not for me. Every time I try to get in after the games have already begun I'm greeted with the error code: 0x00000071. Granted I can still watch the free SQ stream (but there is none for AOL!!), but that's some crap and totally not what I'm paying for.
I've never had that happen to me. Reinstall gomplayer maybe?
On October 01 2011 17:39 TYJ.Aoy wrote: No money = playing like a scrub?I think these guys forgot why they started playing in the first place, I'd be feeling ashamed of myself.
first place = 1500$ USD, which is more than enough reason to take it seriously.
from what i saw MVP Nestea and this MMA game i would say no
that's nice.
i love how when someones favorite player doesn't win = not taking it seriously
On October 01 2011 17:40 ch33psh33p wrote: Hahaha.
MMA gets owned by anyone from Prime. @_@
MKP definetly gonna take this down, its in his blood.
I fear that MKP is not long for this world in the finals if DRG is his opponent. Considering that his ZvZ is good enough to beat Losira's and July's won like, 1 ZvZ match ever, I think that will most likely be the case.
That is, unless DRG pulls an MMA tomorrow night.
Considering even TZ can nearly beat DRG MarineKing def can
On October 01 2011 17:36 RaiKageRyu wrote: I feel like MMA doesn't know how to play against Prime style Terrans. Their timings aren't standard enough for MMA to abuse.
That was Poltprime all over again. Every decision MMA made was wrong for what MKP was doing.
Seriously, those were some of the most retarded games I've ever seen. He kills a lot of scv so MKP has no other option than to kill him 1 basing. He had a fully operating expansion, but only has a naked barrack, techlab fact and starport. He over made vikings out of the startport for whatever reason, floated 500 minerals all the time.
July actually played really well there. Suprisingly well. He does have the advantage of not having GSL to prepare for while DRG is preparing for terran.
On October 01 2011 17:51 Canucklehead wrote: Wow, I know zvz is drg's weakest matchup but to lose a zvz to july is a new low. DRG's zvz is in worse shape than I imagined.
On October 01 2011 17:39 TYJ.Aoy wrote: No money = playing like a scrub?I think these guys forgot why they started playing in the first place, I'd be feeling ashamed of myself.
first place = 1500$ USD, which is more than enough reason to take it seriously.
from what i saw MVP Nestea and this MMA game i would say no
Don't they get like that much just for staying in Code S? So I doubt this is worth showing their real strats and risking their Code S progression
On October 01 2011 17:51 Canucklehead wrote: Wow, I know zvz is drg's weakest matchup but to lose a zvz to july is a new low. DRG's zvz is in worse shape than I imagined.
ZvP is his worst matchup.
Sorry, zvz is his worst matchup. I'm a huge drg fanboy and he said zvz is his worst matchup at last mlg.
On October 01 2011 17:51 Canucklehead wrote: Wow, I know zvz is drg's weakest matchup but to lose a zvz to july is a new low. DRG's zvz is in worse shape than I imagined.
DRG played a sick good zvz vs Losira, it is weaker than his zvt, but it is far from weak. July just played well there. This was a style he is very used too due to bw.
On October 01 2011 17:58 Ashok wrote: Man just paid $5 to watch MKP, but thought it was going to be on an hour later. And the series is already over, I feel ripped off
Frankly, after group A it feels like a lot of people stopped caring about putting on show-matches. Groups B onward have been full of cheese/build order wins. Its actually a little disappointing.
I tried to watch IEM and then come watch this and it's already over. AoL is a real disappointment. Best thing I got from buying the ticket is being able to watch the WCG qualifiers :/
MMA always seems to choke for no reason. MKPs T v T definitely didn't improve that much if he looked so hapless against Clide in the GSTL. MMA from beating MVP in geforce to doing this, that is sooo weird.
On October 01 2011 18:29 poorcloud wrote: MMA always seems to choke for no reason. MKPs T v T definitely didn't improve that much if he looked so hapless against Clide in the GSTL. MMA from beating MVP in geforce to doing this, that is sooo weird.
if you have a chance to watch all AOL game you'll know why
On October 01 2011 18:29 poorcloud wrote: MMA always seems to choke for no reason. MKPs T v T definitely didn't improve that much if he looked so hapless against Clide in the GSTL. MMA from beating MVP in geforce to doing this, that is sooo weird.
mkp tvt is pretty good, remember the only person who has his head for TvT is mvp, when hes not playing against him then never count MKP out against any terran. Recently he also beat bomber in team league also so ..
Poor July, he played well in the games he won. He looks like he's still trying to find his style in ZvZ... In that last game, if he had gotten his Baneling Nest first instead of the second Queen, I think he would have been able to defend.
DRG vs MKP looks like a fun finals though. DRG is the most cheese-proof Zerg when it comes to ZvT, and MKP is the cheesiest Terran.
MMA gets early harass lead forcing MKP to "all in" in response. MMA builds his third expansion while having virtually no combat units (like 3 hellions and 4 vikings) MMA dies.
MMA gets early harass lead forcing MKP to "all in" in response. MMA builds his third expansion while having virtually no combat units (like 3 hellions and 4 vikings) MMA dies.
MMA gets early harass lead forcing MKP to "all in" in response. MMA builds his third expansion while having virtually no combat units (like 3 hellions and 4 vikings) MMA dies.
Some of the worst TvT ever.
Wow that sounds horrible. Thanks for the recap!
in game 2, MMA went allin with scvs cos he had no AA in his main, but he chose not to use them for repairs/shields and just let his thor get surrounded..lol. ive seen plat players play better.
MMA gets early harass lead forcing MKP to "all in" in response. MMA builds his third expansion while having virtually no combat units (like 3 hellions and 4 vikings) MMA dies.
Some of the worst TvT ever.
Wow that sounds horrible. Thanks for the recap!
Yeah it was. MKP played well (awesome banshee control), MMA played terrible (thebest banshee control, literally, the same banshees MMA used against Polt on Metal which Polt catch each time unmicroed)
On October 01 2011 17:31 ShivaN wrote: God I fucking hate GOM. Don't log in to the HQ feed before the stream starts? Oh, too bad, you're screwed out of watching the whole day's worth of games! Why make us pay for this crap when you can't even support everyone who wants to watch your stream concurrently??
This used to only happen on major play days with big name players, but now it is seriously an issue every time I want to watch the live stream. This is just not worth paying for anymore (not to mention they already try to nickle and dime us for every league, every season). The only reason I buy it in the first place was so I can watch the HQ feed, I rarely if ever go back to watch the VODs. It's all just very, very frustrating. GOM has lost a customer in me.
I have no idea what your talking about, I don't think it is GOM, it always works fine whenever I close/open start late etc etc...
Well not for me. Every time I try to get in after the games have already begun I'm greeted with the error code: 0x00000071. Granted I can still watch the free SQ stream (but there is none for AOL!!), but that's some crap and totally not what I'm paying for.
Uninstall gom player and the other gom thing and install it all again
are you sharing account with someone? only one computer can stream live from the premium streams at a time.
On October 01 2011 21:06 ffadicted wrote: Can anyone give me a breakdown of July vs. DRG? That would be awesome, thanks
I just watched it went to five games.
Game 1 - both players get to mutas on DayBreak, however, july manages to baneling a ton of drones and is ahead in economy and has more mutas. He then attacks with more mutas and a ton of zerglings and wins out by having more mutas. July wins
Game 2 - Crossfire and DRG does 1 base roach. July manages to not scout it until its at his front door and oses because he went hatch first and had no roaches of his own. DRG wins
Game 3 - Dual Sight and both players do 14 gas 14 pool, DRG goes for the hatch, but July tries the baneling 1 base all-in and DRG manages to block the ramp with 2 queens. Critically, July just amoves into the queen blocking the ramp and loses all his banelings without killing any drones, he was also supply blocked after DRG kills off his overlord. So, DRG wins from there as July cannot expand and the extra production of 2 bases is too much
Game 4 - Antiga and July hatch first, and DRG 14g14p. DRG manages to suicide 2 overlords in cross positions, and puts him WAY behind in drones. He expands and July does a baneling ling rush with the huge supply advantage and kills off some drones and goes up 54 to 30 drones, and techs to mutas and throws up 600 spines. DRG goes roach rush, but cannot break through the spines and mutas win the game for July.
Game 5 - Bel'Shir - DRG 14g14p, July hatch first - this game DRG does the baneling all-in, July is well prepared with 2 queens and a spine, but botches the defense and nearly every baneling breaks through and get into the main. Then, he loses all his lings to one baneling and DRG cleans up the drones. DRG wins
On October 01 2011 17:31 ShivaN wrote: God I fucking hate GOM. Don't log in to the HQ feed before the stream starts? Oh, too bad, you're screwed out of watching the whole day's worth of games! Why make us pay for this crap when you can't even support everyone who wants to watch your stream concurrently??
This used to only happen on major play days with big name players, but now it is seriously an issue every time I want to watch the live stream. This is just not worth paying for anymore (not to mention they already try to nickle and dime us for every league, every season). The only reason I buy it in the first place was so I can watch the HQ feed, I rarely if ever go back to watch the VODs. It's all just very, very frustrating. GOM has lost a customer in me.
I have no idea what your talking about, I don't think it is GOM, it always works fine whenever I close/open start late etc etc...
Well not for me. Every time I try to get in after the games have already begun I'm greeted with the error code: 0x00000071. Granted I can still watch the free SQ stream (but there is none for AOL!!), but that's some crap and totally not what I'm paying for.
Uninstall gom player and the other gom thing and install it all again
are you sharing account with someone? only one computer can stream live from the premium streams at a time.
Haha, when I read the post, I thought this was the issue as well.
Other than that, I reckon the aol is a pretty underwhelming tournament and not really worth following
On October 01 2011 17:39 TYJ.Aoy wrote: No money = playing like a scrub?I think these guys forgot why they started playing in the first place, I'd be feeling ashamed of myself.
first place = 1500$ USD, which is more than enough reason to take it seriously.
from what i saw MVP Nestea and this MMA game i would say no
MMA:"1500$ only? WTF?! I'll just play bad on a broadcasted match, that'll teach'em!!"
july played really good, if he can become less sloppy with his units his ZvZ will be top notch aswell, and ZvZ is really what has been holding him back.
So much negativity about these games, they were quick and interesting. I wouldn't rank them as high as some of the other epic games we've seen from any of these players however.
I think MMA was trying to do some new strategies which didn't particularly work against MKP. For July vs DRG, they were just the fast and aggressive Zerg plays you see, and I do think that July has improved in his ZvZ a bit.
But MKP vs DRG finals will be interesting. I am betting on DRG to win, despite MKP being good in "events"
MKP actually had a chance the last time he TvZ in a finals. However, DRG is just too scary in the matchup. I dont see marineking getting 4-0d like MVP did, but probably closer to a 4-2/4-3.
MKP!! He beat MMA after losing to him in the Super Tournament! Lets see if he can finally win a major tournament or if he will get second again to DRGs beastly TvZ.
Edit: Now that I think about it, this isn't really a major tournament so maybe he will win it!
MMA gets early harass lead forcing MKP to "all in" in response. MMA builds his third expansion while having virtually no combat units (like 3 hellions and 4 vikings) MMA dies.
On October 02 2011 05:39 IMPrime wrote: MMA randomly plays TvT like a bronze leaguer.
*scouts polt's base with reaper, sees reactor on factory* *Proceeds to mass marines*
herp derp
get good harass and econ lead with 2 fully operating bases but only have 3 production buildings with techlabs make useless units, vikings, while having a small army make a 3rd cc with no army to defend drop your small remaining army at your enemy's base when you have no army at home and being attacked
On October 02 2011 05:39 IMPrime wrote: MMA randomly plays TvT like a bronze leaguer.
*scouts polt's base with reaper, sees reactor on factory* *Proceeds to mass marines*
herp derp
get good harass and econ lead with 2 fully operating bases but only have 3 production buildings with techlabs make useless units, vikings, while having a small army make a 3rd cc with no army to defend drop your small remaining army at your enemy's base when you have no army at home and being attacked
I wonder if you guys have ever had off-games. Let alone on-games anywhere near these players.
There's nothing off about MMA's play. This is just how he always plays. Against players who are standard, his style looks great as he's greedy and outplays them in mid-late game with better economy and multitasking. Against Prime players who exploit every early/midgame weakness, he's completely screwed. His control looked off because he was busying dying/defending.
On October 02 2011 06:59 vnlegend wrote: There's nothing off about MMA's play. This is just how he always plays. Against players who are standard, his style looks great as he's greedy and outplays them in mid-late game with better economy and multitasking. Against Prime players who exploit every early/midgame weakness, he's completely screwed. His control looked off because he was busying dying/defending.
The theories on why MMA lost: 1. Does not want to reveal strats 2. Is not taking this seriously 3. The abovequoted 4. He sucks at random
Only the last theory adequately explains the banshee control or lack thereof, and doing a thor rush without scvs.