Unfortunately Dimaga had to cancel today Luckily, Acer.Nerchio will be replacing him so we'll still get to see an epic match! =D
This week of Playhem's showmatch series brings Nerchio and White-Ra! Don't forget to tune in to what's sure to be an epic series and let us know who you'd like to see next week :D
Date: Monday January 2nd
Time: 12:00pm PST // 3:00pm EST // 8:00pm BST // 9:00pm CET
Prizes: 1st - $100 2nd - $50
Casters:Lyrlian and Robin providing English coverage on PlayhemTV as well as Growiel casting in French.
Wow! This is a step above the recent MaxFrag Showmatches!
White-Ra vs DIMAGA! I've got my fingers crossed for White-Ra.
Also going to take this time and say that I really love Playhem for including ESV Cloud Kingdom in their map-pools. I'll wear my Playhem T-shirt tomorrow.
Also really love the countdown clock, I wish I could do that for all my LR threads.
On January 02 2012 08:40 Growiel wrote: I will be casting this in French thanks to Neeb.
Can't wait ! Two of my favourite players :D
=D!
On January 02 2012 08:50 VirgilSC2 wrote: I'll wear my Playhem T-shirt tomorrow.
So pro!!
On January 02 2012 09:04 bbm wrote: The countdown clock is one of the best ideas I've seen in a while, shortly after the idea of having a white-ra dimaga showmatch
I actually laughed out loud a little bit at this hahah
On January 02 2012 16:05 RPR_Tempest wrote: BTW if I can give suggestions, try and get tgun in one of these showmatches. That guy is sick good and needs more exposure.
I can work with that. He plays in our NA daily a lot and I always enjoy getting his games covered on PlayhemTV
Both of them are playing the HSC4 in 3 days, I doubt they will use their standard builds for this match. They will probably play some cute builds, and if possible take it to a game 7 because they're two of the best friends in SC2.
On January 03 2012 04:40 sixfour wrote: why did this have to be on at the same time as the world darts final WHAT WERE YOU THINKING??? meh, i'll catch vods
WHAT? THERE is a world darts final? FFS screw the cast, I am watching that
It's so strange, I always doubt Whitera's skill. He always seems... not so good/solid to me. Then he just throws something like this in my face and I go "err maybe he's actually pretty good".
On January 03 2012 05:24 aZealot wrote: I don't think White-Ra is particularly solid either, although he can be, but that doesn't mean he isn't pretty good, no?
Well, I don't think White-Ra plays super solid all the time; he can be very greedy and also take a lot of risks in his play. I don't think this makes him less than "pretty good" though. Although, I wouldn't put him in the very top tier of Protoss players, either.
Clear now?
Edit/ This game is an example of greedy + risky play from White-Ra.
On January 03 2012 05:38 Numy wrote: He seemed to just not macro so he threw down 2 Nexuses in the hope 1 stayed alive. He was banking like 1.2k at the time.
and he was able to beat one of the best zergs in europe with that :D i dont know anyone else that could have pulled that off
Foreigners are good at maxing out on 3 bases and deathball pushing each other. Right now is a showing of what foreigners can't do; taking calculated risks economically AND taking calculated risks in punishing such a risk.
Right now Korean players and the select few top players are able to play out these weird games much cleaner than Whitera vs. Nerchio because of the general playstyle in the Korean server. For example, if the person punishing that double expand by Whitera is someone such as Stephano or Leenock, it would've been almost an walkover (that doubleexpand is TERRIBLE decision).
On January 03 2012 05:38 Numy wrote: He seemed to just not macro so he threw down 2 Nexuses in the hope 1 stayed alive. He was banking like 1.2k at the time.
and he was able to beat one of the best zergs in europe with that :D i dont know anyone else that could have pulled that off
Mm, he has really... odd decision making. I atleast keep going "that can't be a good move.... can it? wtf?". So yeah, not really sure if whitera is winning or nerchio is loosing
On January 03 2012 05:43 Jombozeus wrote: Foreigners are good at maxing out on 3 bases and deathball pushing each other. Right now is a showing of what foreigners can't do; taking calculated risks economically AND taking calculated risks in punishing such a risk.
Right now Korean players and the select few top players are able to play out these weird games much cleaner than Whitera vs. Nerchio because of the general playstyle in the Korean server. For example, if the person punishing that double expand by Whitera is someone such as Stephano or Leenock, it would've been almost an walkover (that doubleexpand is TERRIBLE decision).
Your typing doesnt make any sense man.. Youre making outsiders out of pretty good two players.. Also your analysis of foreigners gameplay is "waaaaaat-stuff" right there Well its your birthday so i guess you are just drunk Happy birthday dood !
On January 03 2012 05:43 Jombozeus wrote: Foreigners are good at maxing out on 3 bases and deathball pushing each other. Right now is a showing of what foreigners can't do; taking calculated risks economically AND taking calculated risks in punishing such a risk.
Right now Korean players and the select few top players are able to play out these weird games much cleaner than Whitera vs. Nerchio because of the general playstyle in the Korean server. For example, if the person punishing that double expand by Whitera is someone such as Stephano or Leenock, it would've been almost an walkover (that doubleexpand is TERRIBLE decision).
Your typing doesnt make any sense man.. Youre making outsiders out of pretty good two players.. Also your analysis of foreigners gameplay is "waaaaaat-stuff" right there Well its your birthday so i guess you are just drunk Happy birthday dood !
I'm perfectly sober and I'm not sure where my English went wrong for you. I've proofread it again, and apart from a few grammatical inconsistencies, it seems fine to me.
This is ridiculous, Nerchio is throwing the games. He's a good player, but why is he going banelings on a map where FF are completely OP and he's not even trying to get drop capability?
This game was played very poorly by Nerchio. Seriously why did he remade the hatch when WhiteRa's army was still there? =( I'm cheering for WhiteRa but watching a game like this by Nerchio was depressing =(
Its funny that people think Nerchio will play his best and reveal his builds 3 bays before HSC4, WhiteRa and Nerchio will compete for 15k$ so I dont think 100$ on bo7 showmatch I would take any serious
On January 03 2012 06:08 Bulkers wrote: Its funny that people think Nerchio will play his best and reveal his builds 3 bays before HSC4, WhiteRa and Nerchio will compete for 15k$ so I dont think 100$ on bo7 showmatch I would take any serious
narchio is very upset with how he played, said he wants to quit starcraft (not serious of course just upset) so no he played bad and whitera schooled him , gg
On January 03 2012 06:08 Bulkers wrote: Its funny that people think Nerchio will play his best and reveal his builds 3 bays before HSC4, WhiteRa and Nerchio will compete for 15k$ so I dont think 100$ on bo7 showmatch I would take any serious
White-ra has been doing these same, trademark White-ra builds for the past few months, and is not likely to make any significant changes to them. Nerchio had no chance in showing "a build" in these 4 games as they were all reactionary zerg play. That was some bad analysis.
On January 03 2012 06:08 Bulkers wrote: Its funny that people think Nerchio will play his best and reveal his builds 3 bays before HSC4, WhiteRa and Nerchio will compete for 15k$ so I dont think 100$ on bo7 showmatch I would take any serious
coincidence u are from poland and probably the most ignorant fanboy i ever saw in my life
Nerchio didnt have to reveal any builds to lost, he was playing terribly, white-ra outclassed him in every game in in game 4 just said to his fans he wants to give them something fun to watch, so he rushed for double stargate carriers, any sort of early push from nerchio with roachs, or better scouting, and he would have been able to stop it, gg to white-ra and i hope in the future there are some better show matches that don't look like GSL finals.
On January 03 2012 06:08 Bulkers wrote: Its funny that people think Nerchio will play his best and reveal his builds 3 bays before HSC4, WhiteRa and Nerchio will compete for 15k$ so I dont think 100$ on bo7 showmatch I would take any serious
narchio is very upset with how he played, said he wants to quit starcraft (not serious of course just upset) so no he played bad and whitera schooled him , gg
Nerchio trash talk about balance and quiting this game for over a year now, I bet that Nerchio will win vs WhiteRa if they meet at HSC, and I think Nerchio on purpose played badly
No i didn't play bad on purpose, i think that i play terrible because lately there has been very little tournaments and they are my main practice so that's why my shape is not that good ^^ hopefully it will be better in the next weeks/months otherwise i will get demotivated and will start playing random for fun again :D
On January 03 2012 06:18 Nerchio wrote: No i didn't play bad on purpose, i think that i play terrible because lately there has been very little tournaments and they are my main practice so that's why my shape is not that good ^^ hopefully it will be better in the next weeks/months otherwise i will get demotivated and will start playing random for fun again :D
It was just christmas holidays; college-age people go home to hang out with their families/ etc. I'm sure it'll pick up in a few weeks.
On January 03 2012 06:18 Nerchio wrote: No i didn't play bad on purpose, i think that i play terrible because lately there has been very little tournaments and they are my main practice so that's why my shape is not that good ^^ hopefully it will be better in the next weeks/months otherwise i will get demotivated and will start playing random for fun again :D
Since you play like 1-2 LAN's a year you didnt practice your ass off for HSC? I don't get it
On January 03 2012 06:18 Nerchio wrote: No i didn't play bad on purpose, i think that i play terrible because lately there has been very little tournaments and they are my main practice so that's why my shape is not that good ^^ hopefully it will be better in the next weeks/months otherwise i will get demotivated and will start playing random for fun again :D
Since you play like 1-2 LAN's a year you didnt practice your ass off for HSC? I don't get it
On January 03 2012 06:18 Nerchio wrote: No i didn't play bad on purpose, i think that i play terrible because lately there has been very little tournaments and they are my main practice so that's why my shape is not that good ^^ hopefully it will be better in the next weeks/months otherwise i will get demotivated and will start playing random for fun again :D
Playhem daily tournaments would be a good start toward practicing more *hint hint*
EPT
Luckily, Acer.Nerchio will be replacing him so we'll still get to see an epic match! =D![[image loading]](http://godulous.com:9001/playhem/countdown/whiteradimaga.png)
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Well its your birthday so i guess you are just drunk 
