Iron Squid Grand Final - Page 231

On May 08 2012 07:50 Ragnarork wrote:


Haha, my bad, i didn't know that. Lucky to get a sign, waited 30 min after but they didn't come... Had my TL mousepad ready for it

On May 07 2012 06:46 TotalBiscuit wrote:


One thing I'm gonna say, from all the live events I've seen or commentated, there is not a single casting team in the entire world that seems to get the crowd as riled as P&T. I've seen 3 P&T commentated events now, ESWC, OGaming and Iron Squid. Each one of them was NUTS. I attended OGaming live, didn't exactly understand much of what was being said but the atmosphere just blew everything else away. Dreamhack isn't as hyped as that was, MLG isn't as hyped. They have a way with the crowd that nobody else has, when you go to a P&T event it's an EVENT, it's a full on entertainment spectacle. The boundless enthusiasm those two put out is impossible to resist and no other casters in the world are showmen like those guys are.

They're definitely doing something very very right. Even if it only appeals to a certain demographic, well that's every caster in a nutshell, we all have our fans and detractors, we all appeal to some people and not others, even Day9 and Tastosis have this issue, no-one is loved by all from a casting perspective.

On May 07 2012 06:46 TotalBiscuit wrote:


One thing I'm gonna say, from all the live events I've seen or commentated, there is not a single casting team in the entire world that seems to get the crowd as riled as P&T. I've seen 3 P&T commentated events now, ESWC, OGaming and Iron Squid. Each one of them was NUTS. I attended OGaming live, didn't exactly understand much of what was being said but the atmosphere just blew everything else away. Dreamhack isn't as hyped as that was, MLG isn't as hyped. They have a way with the crowd that nobody else has, when you go to a P&T event it's an EVENT, it's a full on entertainment spectacle. The boundless enthusiasm those two put out is impossible to resist and no other casters in the world are showmen like those guys are.

They're definitely doing something very very right. Even if it only appeals to a certain demographic, well that's every caster in a nutshell, we all have our fans and detractors, we all appeal to some people and not others, even Day9 and Tastosis have this issue, no-one is loved by all from a casting perspective.

On May 08 2012 09:16 catplanetcatplanet wrote:
Three questions regarding Iron Squid 2:
1. Will In Unchronia do player themes again?
2. Who's being invited back? (damn I wish life were)
3. Is there word yet on how many players there will be?

I know those questions are probably unanswerable now though

I want to make an In Uchronia fanclub nao

On May 07 2012 06:46 TotalBiscuit wrote:


One thing I'm gonna say, from all the live events I've seen or commentated, there is not a single casting team in the entire world that seems to get the crowd as riled as P&T. I've seen 3 P&T commentated events now, ESWC, OGaming and Iron Squid. Each one of them was NUTS. I attended OGaming live, didn't exactly understand much of what was being said but the atmosphere just blew everything else away. Dreamhack isn't as hyped as that was, MLG isn't as hyped. They have a way with the crowd that nobody else has, when you go to a P&T event it's an EVENT, it's a full on entertainment spectacle. The boundless enthusiasm those two put out is impossible to resist and no other casters in the world are showmen like those guys are.

They're definitely doing something very very right. Even if it only appeals to a certain demographic, well that's every caster in a nutshell, we all have our fans and detractors, we all appeal to some people and not others, even Day9 and Tastosis have this issue, no-one is loved by all from a casting perspective.

On May 06 2012 22:06 dragonborn wrote:

uhh Symbol's ZvT record in 2012:
2-1 Polt
3-0 MKP(!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
2-1 sC
2-0 PuMa
1-2 MVP
1-2 Rain
2-0 ThorZaIN

if you really think nestea's record impressive than this, LOL.

On May 08 2012 10:50 Gorlin wrote:


You talk like a child in your posts so I am not particularly interested in continuing this conversation, but your argument is very flawed. I listed every recorded TvZ Nestea played this year, the "record" you wrote only listed Symbol's games that made him look good, looking past matches such as his 1-2 loss to Strelok, 0-2 loss to Artist, 0-2 loss to Nobless, and 0-2 loss to Keen, among others. Obviously I think Symbol is still a great player, and he's becoming one of my favorite zergs to watch, but for you to shit on Nestea, proclaiming he would be 4-0'd easily is absolutely absurd.

On May 08 2012 20:53 Zbass wrote:

Some more vidéos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9lYiMr-5ZY

On May 08 2012 07:32 snakeeyez wrote:


Why even watch the games if you just care about the reactions from the players? A soap opera sounds more like your style if you want emotion.

On May 08 2012 21:32 figq wrote:
Even having watched the event live, this video is amazing. I'm still referring in my head to MMA as "MM-ah", hehe. By the way, he's so lucky - he won titles at Blizzcon and at Iron Squid in front of two of the biggest and most exciting crowds ever, to chant his name.

On May 08 2012 04:51 LeGendzErg wrote:
I would of watched iron squid but i don't see whats exciting about watching koreans play, every single korean besides mc and violet have no personality whatsoever, their all just little korean machine robots that show no emotion when they win or lose I would rather just watch a sheth or tlo stream instead :/

On May 09 2012 05:44 HolyArrow wrote:


Honestly, I am fucking tired of seeing people say this. At this point, these sorts of "waah Koreans are robots with no personality" arguments are so blatantly and utterly wrong that I'm starting to think that these posts are just convenient, innocent-looking ways for people to express their racism. And if it's not racism, then it's just willful ignorance, which is also idiotic.

If you even tried to follow the Korean scene at all, you'd see plenty of interesting personalities, not to mention that I can see plenty of emotions - happiness, disappointment, frustration, relief - when I watch Koreans play, win, and lose. But I guess you're just too blinded by your ignorance to see that. People like you are honestly one of the biggest blights of this community. Balance whiners? Fine. Witch hunters? Whatever. Trolls? Meh. But the sort of absolute closed-mindedness and/or ignorance you display toward some of the most highly skilled SC2 players is truly reprehensible.

I realize that this sounds incredibly harsh, but I am simply sick and tired of people having such an indefensible and inexcusable mindset, seeing people (thankfully, not many at this point, but still...) play the "don't want to watch, robotic Koreans are so boring" card at any international tournament. It's ridiculous.

On May 09 2012 05:59 Sleed wrote:


I could not agree more. For some westerners having a personality means being rude or really bad manner. Maybe the real problem is the perception of "personality". Personality is not just having a big mouth and talking louder than everyone.
In my opinion, Koreans have great personality, some are arrogant, overconfident, teaser... Here are some examples: Bomber (manner mules man!), MairineKing, Parting.... Of course they seem shy, but you can have a great personality and be shy. I prefer those guys a 100 times compare to Idra or Naniwa...

Once again cultural misperceptions is to blame in this debate. Some people are too narrow minded to fully understand and see the beauty of globalized e-sports.