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Stephano vs White-Ra $5,000 Showmatch at SXSW! - Page 29

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Mohdoo
Profile Joined August 2007
United States15725 Posts
March 11 2012 00:03 GMT
#561
On March 11 2012 09:01 theBALLS wrote:
Anna letting out dat monkey screech


LMAO seriously what in god's name was that holy shit
Black17
Profile Joined October 2011
France435 Posts
March 11 2012 00:03 GMT
#562
Do they really need to make a 15 min pause between each game ? :/
Noocta
Profile Joined June 2010
France12578 Posts
March 11 2012 00:03 GMT
#563
Holy shit, that's what i cal a cheering crowd !
" I'm not gonna fight you. I'm gonna kick your ass ! "
DeekZ
Profile Joined November 2011
Australia235 Posts
March 11 2012 00:03 GMT
#564
On March 11 2012 09:02 R3m3mb3rM3 wrote:
Poll: Why did Stephano lose game 1?

He fucked up (58)
 
57%

He threw for showmatch purpose (43)
 
43%

101 total votes

Your vote: Why did Stephano lose game 1?

(Vote): He fucked up
(Vote): He threw for showmatch purpose



Why would he throw a showmatch? Stupid fucking poll.
Zerevorr
Profile Joined February 2011
Austria23 Posts
March 11 2012 00:03 GMT
#565
On March 11 2012 09:00 Equity213 wrote:
I dunno pretty obvious that Stephano let White-Ra have that one. I wish people wouldnt do that for the sake of having a 'entertaining showmatch'. You know whats entertaining? When players are playing their best and trying their hardest.

^exactly.

This whole "its just a showmatch"-thing is just dumb.
dsousa
Profile Joined October 2011
United States1363 Posts
March 11 2012 00:03 GMT
#566
On March 11 2012 08:59 Jetaap wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 11 2012 08:56 dsousa wrote:
On March 11 2012 08:54 amiGo_O wrote:
On March 11 2012 08:53 SASBC wrote:
On March 11 2012 08:50 Ryps wrote:
This game looks so fake, stephano had big lead didnt even try to kill white ra and then he saw the morthership but somehow he stacked all his broodloords just when white ra was attacking.
I know its a showmatch but still..

exactly..

stephano always splits his bls

he did not do this time

which means he wants to give a win to wr

y Stephano, the moneymaker, will risk 4000$ just like that, you are clueless


If you have Stephano's mentality, you don't consider being down 0-1 to a protoss in a Bo9 a threat.


This is ridiculous, of course he is not going to throw away the first game .. if he up 4-0 it could be possible, but right now it's just ridiculous to say that stephano threw away this game.


I don't know that he "threw" the game.... but he's definitely not worried about being down 0-1 in a Bo9
ODKStevez
Profile Joined February 2011
Ireland1225 Posts
March 11 2012 00:04 GMT
#567
That's a cute Puppy ^_^
Luppa <3
Seraphone
Profile Joined January 2012
United Kingdom1219 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-11 00:04:25
March 11 2012 00:04 GMT
#568
USA always has such great crowds.
Mvp, Nestea, Leenock, MC, Oz, Jjakji!
DOUDOU
Profile Joined October 2011
Wales2940 Posts
March 11 2012 00:04 GMT
#569
On March 11 2012 08:58 Demonaz wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 11 2012 08:54 amiGo_O wrote:
On March 11 2012 08:53 SASBC wrote:
On March 11 2012 08:50 Ryps wrote:
This game looks so fake, stephano had big lead didnt even try to kill white ra and then he saw the morthership but somehow he stacked all his broodloords just when white ra was attacking.
I know its a showmatch but still..

exactly..

stephano always splits his bls

he did not do this time

which means he wants to give a win to wr

y Stephano, the moneymaker, will risk 4000$ just like that, you are clueless


Exactly. Give some credit to White-Ra. They are going to make it entertaining as in tending towards longer macro games but they are both playing to win no doubt.

i love whitera, but he honestly didn't really show much in this first game

anyone thinking the game result is more of stephano's 'mistake'
Feast | Grubby | Mvp | Polt | Fantasy | Last | MMA | forGG | Leenock | Soberphano | Scarlett cutiepie
haXmb
Profile Joined April 2011
Netherlands12 Posts
March 11 2012 00:04 GMT
#570
Whitera WHAITING!!!!
Teamwork is essential. It gives the enemy someone else to shoot at.
The_Templar
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
your Country52797 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-11 00:05:47
March 11 2012 00:04 GMT
#571
Game 2 starting: Antiga Shipyard.
Stephano starting at 11
WhiteRa starting at 5
This seems a littttle overhyped :p
NOT an FFE from whitera, gateway instead (at nat)
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Bagration
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States18282 Posts
March 11 2012 00:05 GMT
#572
People, stop the talk about throwing matches. There's a difference between trying to show interesting games and throwing matches.
Team Slayers, Axiom-Acer and Vile forever
Angelbelow
Profile Joined September 2010
United States3728 Posts
March 11 2012 00:05 GMT
#573
On March 11 2012 08:59 rasnj wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 11 2012 08:56 Angelbelow wrote:
Yeah stephano didn't throw this game, he just messed up by not spreading out his BLs.

The strange thing is that he always splits his brood lords. It would probably take a conscious effort not to do it. It would be like suddenly not splitting probes at start or spamming hotkeys.

There could be legitimate reasons like jetlag or focusing on doing something fancy, but it was indeed very odd for people who regularly watch his stream and tournament games.


Ive seen a lot of amazing play from players while streaming ladder games. HerO is probably the best player on the planet if his ladder games translated 100% to his tournament games.

The tournament setting is way different.

Another possible explanation was that he didnt know the mothership was so close as all he saw were blink stalkers. I watch stephanos stream from time to time and Ive seen him talk with Mana about how effective spreading broodlords are but it doesnt mean hes a machine free from making mistakes. I think he just screwed his control for a few seconds and got caught by white ra. Anyone who thinks stephano "threw the game" really doesnt know him at all.
You may delay, but time will not. Current Music obsession: Opeth
BadBinky
Profile Blog Joined May 2004
Finland649 Posts
March 11 2012 00:05 GMT
#574
Bronzies can't tell why he lost = he threw the game. Grow up.
It's more important to be tough than to have any fun.
nokz88
Profile Joined October 2010
Brazil1253 Posts
March 11 2012 00:05 GMT
#575
This NR20 game was not entertaining at all for me...

I wish they tried their hardest to win and not to please people who jerk off to fake macro games...
in a state of trance
Seraphone
Profile Joined January 2012
United Kingdom1219 Posts
March 11 2012 00:05 GMT
#576
On March 11 2012 09:04 DOUDOU wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 11 2012 08:58 Demonaz wrote:
On March 11 2012 08:54 amiGo_O wrote:
On March 11 2012 08:53 SASBC wrote:
On March 11 2012 08:50 Ryps wrote:
This game looks so fake, stephano had big lead didnt even try to kill white ra and then he saw the morthership but somehow he stacked all his broodloords just when white ra was attacking.
I know its a showmatch but still..

exactly..

stephano always splits his bls

he did not do this time

which means he wants to give a win to wr

y Stephano, the moneymaker, will risk 4000$ just like that, you are clueless


Exactly. Give some credit to White-Ra. They are going to make it entertaining as in tending towards longer macro games but they are both playing to win no doubt.

i love whitera, but he honestly didn't really show much in this first game

anyone thinking the game result is more of stephano's 'mistake'


From the moment he lost his third he played the perfect PvZ imo.
Mvp, Nestea, Leenock, MC, Oz, Jjakji!
the`postman
Profile Joined June 2011
United States1643 Posts
March 11 2012 00:05 GMT
#577
On March 11 2012 09:03 DeekZ wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 11 2012 09:02 R3m3mb3rM3 wrote:
Poll: Why did Stephano lose game 1?

He fucked up (58)
 
57%

He threw for showmatch purpose (43)
 
43%

101 total votes

Your vote: Why did Stephano lose game 1?

(Vote): He fucked up
(Vote): He threw for showmatch purpose



Why would he throw a showmatch? Stupid fucking poll.

Do you understand the point of a showmatch? Stephano didn't want to crush him with roaches at the 11 minute mark, he knew he shouldn't embarrass a crowd favorite in a showmatch so he drew it out to lategame.
Havik_
Profile Joined November 2011
United States5585 Posts
March 11 2012 00:05 GMT
#578
On March 11 2012 09:00 Equity213 wrote:
I dunno pretty obvious that Stephano let White-Ra have that one. I wish people wouldnt do that for the sake of having a 'entertaining showmatch'. You know whats entertaining? When players are playing their best and trying their hardest.


I hope you're not serious. The winner gets $4,000, why would he mess around?? I was a bit puzzled as to why he clumped his Brood Lords, but I think its legit.
"An opinion is only as good as the evidence that backs it up."- William O'Malley, S.J.
R3m3mb3rM3
Profile Joined September 2010
Germany954 Posts
March 11 2012 00:05 GMT
#579
On March 11 2012 09:03 DeekZ wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 11 2012 09:02 R3m3mb3rM3 wrote:
Poll: Why did Stephano lose game 1?

He fucked up (58)
 
57%

He threw for showmatch purpose (43)
 
43%

101 total votes

Your vote: Why did Stephano lose game 1?

(Vote): He fucked up
(Vote): He threw for showmatch purpose



Why would he throw a showmatch? Stupid fucking poll.


Just made it to see peoples opinion. If you watch Stephanos stream or his recent replay pack he played really weird that game.
shuggy
Profile Joined May 2011
Singapore5 Posts
March 11 2012 00:06 GMT
#580
Bronzies can't tell why he lost = he threw the game. Grow up.


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