On April 08 2012 07:36 abalam wrote:
While I'm glad that Nestea won, I really didn't like his baneling usage, against a better player he would have been on the brink of loosing that game :/

It didn't matter ,nestea was so far ahead. You can tell he didnt even control his banelings, hitting tanks and thors. Ganzi was just doing a fantasy and refusing to give up.

Nouar

France3270 Posts

April 07 2012 22:37 GMT

#4371

It might have already been said, but while JYP and Curious might not be top dogs right now, JYP is still 27-15, 64% vs Korean Zergs, and Curious 15-5, 75% vs Korean Zergs... Stephano was kinda close to beating MKP, too, who is 44-23, 64% vs Korean Zergs.

So, not a bad showing at all, he's really holding his ground. Obviously not winning 100% of games (not even the koreans do), but certainly on par with a large amount of them.

woohoo.

Still, the two performances by Illusion and Scarlett really deserve an honorable mention. Illu especially, has shown glimpses of brilliance in some games a few monthes ago. Keep it up man !

scypio

Poland2127 Posts

April 07 2012 22:37 GMT

#4372

wow, these were some intense games by Nestea. Those Korean terrans look so scary, still somehow he managed to pick them all apart. Well played!

b0rt_

Norway931 Posts

April 07 2012 22:37 GMT

#4373

On April 08 2012 07:36 L3g3nd_ wrote:
5 terran 2 zerg 1 protoss : ( this is depressing

yes it is............ but one of those zergs............ is the Professor

Warlike Prince

371 Posts

April 07 2012 22:38 GMT

#4374

On April 08 2012 07:37 Fanatic-Templar wrote:
Guess I'm rooting for a Stephano vs. Squirtle finals. Last Foreigner vs. Last Protoss

same here .. squirtle over stephano for me though

FuzzyJAM

Scotland9300 Posts

April 07 2012 22:38 GMT

#4375

On April 08 2012 07:36 KimJongChill wrote:
Nestea playing so well atm, if he wins ipl best play in world? :DDDDDDD

There hasn't been a "best player" since MVP's wrists got really bad.

NesTea looks to be playing to a level that puts him back up as one of the best, however.

vndods

United States3743 Posts

April 07 2012 22:38 GMT

#4376

On April 08 2012 07:37 Tzuborg wrote:
IdrA needs to learn how to bane split like nestea

I saw alot of Nestea's banes explode on tanks lol.

L3g3nd_

New Zealand10461 Posts

April 07 2012 22:38 GMT

#4377

On April 08 2012 07:36 Forikorder wrote:

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On April 08 2012 07:05 give.ViviD wrote:
So for us who haven't been following the tournament, what has exactly been so bad about IPL 4? I mean so it's been perfectly fine!

Some of the casters have been really terrible.
There have been consistent stream issues (lag, black screen etc)
Sound has been terrible often (bad volume, mono-stereo not done properly, multiple stream's sounds coming through on one stream)
VERY important games haven't been streamed.

So apart from stream issues, video issues, sound issues and games being shown issues, it's been great!

I have had 0 stream issues, and there has been, more, equally as important games all of which were very high quality with 0 lag. Casting is a personal preference, and the obsing has been very very good. The games are the highest level, and just because stephano isnt shown doesnt mean important games arent being shown. From my point of view this tourney has been great.

There are definitely stream problems on IPL's side: just because you weren't watching at those time it doesn't mean it didn't happen. I mean I could be wrong, but if you had no stream problem, can you be so nice to tell us how exactly MC won against Squirtle in their 2nd game?

And for the games, the fact that they're showing Nestea vs Ganzi, when only seeding is on the line, over MKP vs Curiours which determines who advances; or how they didn't show Stephano when everyone wanted to see that.

The Observing is only good cuz they're borrowing GSL's observer (STLegend)

Let's not forget those awkward stage performance, and sound fails (random girl voices popping up for whole 5min DURING a match; caster's mic on during commercials, 2nd stream mic not working the whole day, etc)

You can try as hard as you want to pretend this tourney is good, but it doesn't change the fact that it's really really poorly executed in terms of production.

But its NOT. The production value is up immensely from other tournaments. The observing is good because they have the BEST person, it doesnt matter where hes from haha. They are showing elimination games, Jjaki vs MMA is on. Its more than likely based off a schedule, not ideal for a dynamic setting but not unfathomable. Just as many stage performances have been not awkward as awkward its a player thing not a tournament thing. What about the other 100 games theyve shown? Were those FREE games ( for those who dont have the pass), not high quality? Not important? And ive had my computer on from the beginning to the end of the IPL, and my internet has gone down from time to time but i havent experienced any lag or blackscreens from the IPL side. People are just tunneling in on the sound issues and the other issues that have snowballed today. But to say the whole tourney was bad is ignoring EVERYTHING else.

The production is up immensely from...what exactly? Dremhack and MLG were much better. IPL is better than NASL but then again who isn't?

Jjajki MMA is the only elimination game in the last hour when they skipped over 2 more. And also there have been a ton of stream lag issues and other things, you must just have not been paying attention.

Again this is certainly isn't a BAD tournament. It's just mediocre so far in terms of production value.

its mediocre compared to the previous IPL tournaments, which makes me sad. had such high hopes for IPL. wanted them to be a true competitor to MLG, which previously they were.

I completely disagree with MLG and dreamhack being better produced, and YES i have been paying attention, and NO i havent had lag. With the viewership, and the quality of games to say this wasnt a competitor to MLG is just completely ignorant.

i was trying to watch the first game of IdrA VS Jajkji unfortunately instead of hearing the casters i heard an interview going on completely drowining out the casters so i had a hard time following the action

lag i can gat past, talking over there own commentators i have a hard time forgiving

no complaints here. they have an amazing set of casters, and the best player line up of any foreign tourny. and the dual stream is awesome, no lag issues. Sure its nice to see foreigners play at mlg/dreamhack, but i love watching the best koreans play too : )

iSunrise

3302 Posts

April 07 2012 22:38 GMT

#4378

On April 08 2012 07:35 Pandain wrote:
Am I the only one who thinks that this is a kick ass event? The technical difficulties and the questionable matches aren't enough to overshadow the huge positives of this event- the superb production, kickass crowd, gstl finals tonight, sick matches.

Nope, I also enjoy it a lot and I absolutely love everything IPL has given us for only $5 already. The IPLLiveU stream is also extremely addicting, Lani is Awesome! There have been so many funny player interviews and behind-the-scenes stuff I lost count of it.

mememolly

4765 Posts

April 07 2012 22:38 GMT

#4379

stephano to play bomber or nestea then?

Die4Ever

United States17732 Posts

April 07 2012 22:38 GMT

#4380

On April 08 2012 07:37 Warlike Prince wrote:

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but expected