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No player/caster bashing, or balance whining. Bans will be handed out like candy. (page 217)

No sexist jokes or anything of that nature either. Be mature people.
Utinni
Profile Joined November 2010
Canada1196 Posts
November 19 2011 03:13 GMT
#7621
On November 19 2011 12:11 Medrea wrote:
Those forcefields on top of the ramp?

That actually got me giddy. Thats a great idea!

jaw dropped. Speechless, giddy giggles all about. haha for those 10 seconds, he was the best protoss player I was watching lol
“... you don’t have to be Sun freakin Tzu to know that real fighting isn’t about killing or even hurting the other guy, it’s about scaring him enough to call it a day.” - Max Brooks: World War Z
Angry.Zerg
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Mexico305 Posts
November 19 2011 03:14 GMT
#7622
I used to think previous MLG tournament system was unfair, and benefited the wrong players in favor of viewers. But this system is worst, it keeps benefiting some wrong players and throw Pro's vs Diamonds on the streams.
You play to win
crono1224
Profile Joined February 2011
24 Posts
November 19 2011 03:14 GMT
#7623
The guy lost but he put forth a good use of micro, it was a fun game.
TastyDog
Profile Joined August 2011
26 Posts
November 19 2011 03:14 GMT
#7624
Good Guy Puzzle:

Creates distraction such that LR threads on TL concentrate on the actual game instead of qq.
Dfgj
Profile Joined May 2008
Singapore5922 Posts
November 19 2011 03:14 GMT
#7625
On November 19 2011 12:12 ZeromuS wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 19 2011 12:11 Dfgj wrote:
On November 19 2011 12:11 LetoAtreides82 wrote:
On November 19 2011 12:10 snakeeyez wrote:
How close this is between a pro that plays 8 hours a day everyday and some no name guy in diamond or whatever does not say a lot about the skill ceiling in this game.


Close? 2-0

Did you watch the second game?


To be fair it wasnt as close as we thought because nobody let us know that there was as much damage done in Nikoras's main as there was

If Nikoras had gone straight for the gateway pylons instead of killing the one at the ramp + moved his probes, he would have done equal damage to Puzzle as he took. So it was close!
debasers
Profile Joined August 2010
737 Posts
November 19 2011 03:14 GMT
#7626
On November 19 2011 12:12 ZeromuS wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 19 2011 12:11 Dfgj wrote:
On November 19 2011 12:11 LetoAtreides82 wrote:
On November 19 2011 12:10 snakeeyez wrote:
How close this is between a pro that plays 8 hours a day everyday and some no name guy in diamond or whatever does not say a lot about the skill ceiling in this game.


Close? 2-0

Did you watch the second game?


To be fair it wasnt as close as we thought because nobody let us know that there was as much damage done in Nikoras's main as there was


The thing is, if nikoras had warped in some units in his base, he might could defended it, he actually was very close of winning it
blooblooblahblah
Profile Joined February 2011
Australia4163 Posts
November 19 2011 03:14 GMT
#7627
On November 19 2011 12:13 Alokiya wrote:
Holy crap Nikoras had some sick ass forcefields, I missed what league they said he was is. He looked masters though.


I believe he is diamond. His play is obviously not very clean or refined but he has potential.
Ganzi beat me without stim. Ostojiy beat me with a nydus. Siphonn beat me with probes. Revival beat my sentry-immortal all-in.
Fionn
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States23455 Posts
November 19 2011 03:14 GMT
#7628
LEENOCTOPUS VS. DUCKY
Writerhttps://twitter.com/FionnOnFire
Evangelist
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
1246 Posts
November 19 2011 03:14 GMT
#7629
To be fair those were some magical forcefields from Nikoras. Just a shame he transitioned into losing his whole fucking base.
ZenithM
Profile Joined February 2011
France15952 Posts
November 19 2011 03:14 GMT
#7630
Well honestly the game was 10 times more epic without noticing Puzzle's counter until the last minute.

It's like "Wow, is that random dude really doing it? hype, Hype, hyPE, HYPE!!!! Oh I guess he's not..."
trinxified
Profile Joined December 2010
Canada7774 Posts
November 19 2011 03:14 GMT
#7631
On November 19 2011 12:12 ZeromuS wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 19 2011 12:11 Dfgj wrote:
On November 19 2011 12:11 LetoAtreides82 wrote:
On November 19 2011 12:10 snakeeyez wrote:
How close this is between a pro that plays 8 hours a day everyday and some no name guy in diamond or whatever does not say a lot about the skill ceiling in this game.


Close? 2-0

Did you watch the second game?


To be fair it wasnt as close as we thought because nobody let us know that there was as much damage done in Nikoras's main as there was


LOL how can he think it was a close game? Clear-cut winner when those 4 stalkers were at Nikoras main.
SnuggleZhenya
Profile Joined July 2010
596 Posts
November 19 2011 03:14 GMT
#7632
That was fun, come on guys, this is the open bracket early rounds, diamond players against code S, everyone talking down the diamond player or the casters ... come ON, this is exciting as it could possibly get for such a match up, just let it go, let it be.
You'll never get better being an angry nerd sitting alone in your room.
Kisra
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United Kingdom466 Posts
November 19 2011 03:14 GMT
#7633
This was something mentioned on a State of the Game ages ago. Lack of information can sometimes make things more tense or dramatic. Would knowing about the stalkers earlier make that game more exciting? Less?

The reference used was not being able to see what people were building. Having units come out of nowhere and suddenly change a fight can cause some nice drama. Calling that bad observing is a bit unfair - the relevant facts were shown, and hell, it made it an incredibly dramatic moment.

Nikoras should be happy with his performance. He managed to out-think one of the best players but failed on the multitasking. Pretty cool.
:D
FLuE
Profile Joined September 2010
United States1012 Posts
November 19 2011 03:14 GMT
#7634
On November 19 2011 12:12 ChuCky.Ca wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 19 2011 12:10 snakeeyez wrote:
How close this is between a pro that plays 8 hours a day everyday and some no name guy in diamond or whatever does not say a lot about the skill ceiling in this game.

come down troll its pvp lol


Actually it says something about the skill floor, not the skill ceiling.
Sacro
Profile Joined April 2010
Norway237 Posts
November 19 2011 03:14 GMT
#7635
too bad huk isn't in these easy open bracket matches that being broadcast, he is one of the funniest in these kind of games. still a fun seccond game though :D
Nymbul
Profile Joined July 2011
United Kingdom127 Posts
November 19 2011 03:14 GMT
#7636
Nikoras is the new Uniden it seems
Medrea
Profile Joined May 2011
10003 Posts
November 19 2011 03:14 GMT
#7637
On November 19 2011 12:13 Alokiya wrote:
Holy crap Nikoras had some sick ass forcefields, I missed what league they said he was is. He looked masters though.


Diamond but I wish we would see those FF's more in the pro scene. Look what they did for him!
twitch.tv/medrea
Suc
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Australia1569 Posts
November 19 2011 03:14 GMT
#7638
I would absolutely love to see a korean netizen reaction thread to nikoras vs puzzle.
Fionn
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States23455 Posts
November 19 2011 03:14 GMT
#7639
On November 19 2011 12:14 azka wrote:
I used to think previous MLG tournament system was unfair, and benefited the wrong players in favor of viewers. But this system is worst, it keeps benefiting some wrong players and throw Pro's vs Diamonds on the streams.


...What?
Writerhttps://twitter.com/FionnOnFire
TheDougler
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada8306 Posts
November 19 2011 03:14 GMT
#7640
On November 19 2011 12:13 LetoAtreides82 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 19 2011 12:11 Dfgj wrote:
On November 19 2011 12:11 LetoAtreides82 wrote:
On November 19 2011 12:10 snakeeyez wrote:
How close this is between a pro that plays 8 hours a day everyday and some no name guy in diamond or whatever does not say a lot about the skill ceiling in this game.


Close? 2-0

Did you watch the second game?


Yea I did, 2-0. Puzzle could've thrown the second game if he wanted to so you shouldn't read too much into what happened.


Umm.... but he didn't. If he had thrown it, that means he woulda lost. Hence throwing the game. You can't "throw the game" and win.
I root for Euro Zergs, NA Protoss* and Korean Terrans. (Any North American who has beat a Korean Pro as Protoss counts as NA Toss)
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