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On June 20 2012 00:15 Gryffes wrote:Show nested quote +On June 19 2012 23:18 usethis2 wrote: And it's annoying to hear Artosis hyping Symbol. (Symbol is the best Zerg in the world and DRG is downgraded to "smartest" Zerg in the world, lol)
Turns out there is an ulterior motive - selling Symbol T-shirts at his shop. Geez. Right because beating Parting ( best toss ) and MKP ( best terran ) in back to back series isn't a huge accomplishment or anything.
Mana is best toss. He just won Dreamhack by beating a bunch of top players including Stephano. What has Parting won? Nothing.
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On June 20 2012 00:19 RUS RO DAH!!! wrote:Show nested quote +On June 20 2012 00:15 Gryffes wrote:On June 19 2012 23:18 usethis2 wrote: And it's annoying to hear Artosis hyping Symbol. (Symbol is the best Zerg in the world and DRG is downgraded to "smartest" Zerg in the world, lol)
Turns out there is an ulterior motive - selling Symbol T-shirts at his shop. Geez. Right because beating Parting ( best toss ) and MKP ( best terran ) in back to back series isn't a huge accomplishment or anything. Mana is best toss. He just won Dreamhack by beating a bunch of top players including Stephano. What has Parting won? Nothing.
You are joking, correct?
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On June 20 2012 00:04 avc wrote:Show nested quote +On June 19 2012 23:52 AxionSteel wrote:On June 19 2012 23:22 vthree wrote: The patch affects every game. Did Symbol win just because of patch? No, of course not. But to say the patch had no affect since it went late game is naive. Different strategies are used because of patch and the meta game shifts. It would be like saying the ghosts nerfing didn't matter because the game didn't have ghosts. The nerf IS the reason for lack of ghost. Exactly, since ghost nerf terran has no real answer to late game zerg, and the patch helps zerg get through to this stage of the game  Symbol is obviously a great player though, and showed his skills in that series for all to see. Did they make emp and snipe completely unusable? Because I don't think they did. They made them less good, but that's not the same thing. Bad game designers pigeonholed the ghost to be purely anti-caster. There was no reason for that rash decision to be made so early on in the metagame development.
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lol
Do people really believe Mana is best toss because he won dreamhack?
I don't even know where to begin that's so wrong. like if you believe that you seriously must have started watching Sc2 yesterday.
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GODXXXXXXX GIMME VODS NOW
<3 MKP
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I'm not surprised by these results, I thought MKP would go before Symbol but oh well - ZvT is kinda Zerg favoured atm so I should have predicted that.
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...So I don't want to get spoiled, but I'm not sure were else to ask about why the VODs aren't posted yet up on GOM.
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On June 20 2012 00:24 0neder wrote:Show nested quote +On June 20 2012 00:04 avc wrote:On June 19 2012 23:52 AxionSteel wrote:On June 19 2012 23:22 vthree wrote: The patch affects every game. Did Symbol win just because of patch? No, of course not. But to say the patch had no affect since it went late game is naive. Different strategies are used because of patch and the meta game shifts. It would be like saying the ghosts nerfing didn't matter because the game didn't have ghosts. The nerf IS the reason for lack of ghost. Exactly, since ghost nerf terran has no real answer to late game zerg, and the patch helps zerg get through to this stage of the game  Symbol is obviously a great player though, and showed his skills in that series for all to see. Did they make emp and snipe completely unusable? Because I don't think they did. They made them less good, but that's not the same thing. Bad game designers pigeonholed the ghost to be purely anti-caster. There was no reason for that rash decision to be made so early on in the metagame development.
Whether you agree with their decision or not, does their so called new role as an 'anti caster' unit have a value?
When you consider how much frustration and complaining is directed at the Infestor as a unit, Zerg players constant use and reliance on it and the overall importance of the Infestor in virtually anything Zerg does.
Is this so called anti caster unit not sitting up in his chair in class with his hand in the air begging for the teacher to pick him because he wants to have a go at solving the great problem on the blackboard?
Put simply, Infestors are an imposing and essential part of the Zerg army, Ghosts are very useful at nullifying caster units, is it not smart to try and use them against the Infestor?
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On June 20 2012 00:19 RUS RO DAH!!! wrote:Show nested quote +On June 20 2012 00:15 Gryffes wrote:On June 19 2012 23:18 usethis2 wrote: And it's annoying to hear Artosis hyping Symbol. (Symbol is the best Zerg in the world and DRG is downgraded to "smartest" Zerg in the world, lol)
Turns out there is an ulterior motive - selling Symbol T-shirts at his shop. Geez. Right because beating Parting ( best toss ) and MKP ( best terran ) in back to back series isn't a huge accomplishment or anything. Mana is best toss. He just won Dreamhack by beating a bunch of top players including Stephano. What has Parting won? Nothing.
I... you must be joking.
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On June 20 2012 00:35 avc wrote:Show nested quote +On June 20 2012 00:24 0neder wrote:On June 20 2012 00:04 avc wrote:On June 19 2012 23:52 AxionSteel wrote:On June 19 2012 23:22 vthree wrote: The patch affects every game. Did Symbol win just because of patch? No, of course not. But to say the patch had no affect since it went late game is naive. Different strategies are used because of patch and the meta game shifts. It would be like saying the ghosts nerfing didn't matter because the game didn't have ghosts. The nerf IS the reason for lack of ghost. Exactly, since ghost nerf terran has no real answer to late game zerg, and the patch helps zerg get through to this stage of the game  Symbol is obviously a great player though, and showed his skills in that series for all to see. Did they make emp and snipe completely unusable? Because I don't think they did. They made them less good, but that's not the same thing. Bad game designers pigeonholed the ghost to be purely anti-caster. There was no reason for that rash decision to be made so early on in the metagame development. Whether you agree with their decision or not, does their so called new role as an 'anti caster' unit have a value? ? According to every single professional terran i've seen play tvz, no, they don't have a role. It's quite hard to use them cost effectively imo. the emp range is small, sniping the infestors is harder than you think, they can die really easily to broodlings whilst they try to get in range of the infestors and if they get fungaled it's a nightmare. I've rarely seen a terran player who uses ghosts to try and counter infestors actually keep them alive, it's very hard to do.
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except for Group A in which Curious and Hero decided to let me down, I'm on a perfect streak on this season of Code S : ) Nestea, Naniwa, Mvp, Genius, Squirtle, Keen, MC, Supernova, Symbol and MKP. You can call me boss if you want xD
So, sorry for spoilers but here are the winners of remaining groups: Violet, DRG, Taeja and Leenock. You're welcome!
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On June 19 2012 23:51 SilverStar wrote:Show nested quote +On June 19 2012 23:18 usethis2 wrote: And it's annoying to hear Artosis hyping Symbol. (Symbol is the best Zerg in the world and DRG is downgraded to "smartest" Zerg in the world, lol)
Turns out there is an ulterior motive - selling Symbol T-shirts at his shop. Geez. Really? Hahaha
Not really. @UseThis2 - Artosis/theHandsomeNerd has been our team sponsor way before Symbol's winning streak. He's not hyping Symbol because of some ulterior motive or else he'd have done that long before Symbol starting performing well. Just saying.
Woke up today to see Symbol advance. woohoo today's gonna be a good day Wish I had internet at home so I could watch T_T
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On June 20 2012 00:35 avc wrote:Show nested quote +On June 20 2012 00:24 0neder wrote:On June 20 2012 00:04 avc wrote:On June 19 2012 23:52 AxionSteel wrote:On June 19 2012 23:22 vthree wrote: The patch affects every game. Did Symbol win just because of patch? No, of course not. But to say the patch had no affect since it went late game is naive. Different strategies are used because of patch and the meta game shifts. It would be like saying the ghosts nerfing didn't matter because the game didn't have ghosts. The nerf IS the reason for lack of ghost. Exactly, since ghost nerf terran has no real answer to late game zerg, and the patch helps zerg get through to this stage of the game  Symbol is obviously a great player though, and showed his skills in that series for all to see. Did they make emp and snipe completely unusable? Because I don't think they did. They made them less good, but that's not the same thing. Bad game designers pigeonholed the ghost to be purely anti-caster. There was no reason for that rash decision to be made so early on in the metagame development. Whether you agree with their decision or not, does their so called new role as an 'anti caster' unit have a value? When you consider how much frustration and complaining is directed at the Infestor as a unit, Zerg players constant use and reliance on it and the overall importance of the Infestor in virtually anything Zerg does. Is this so called anti caster unit not sitting up in his chair in class with his hand in the air begging for the teacher to pick him because he wants to have a go at solving the great problem on the blackboard? Put simply, Infestors are an imposing and essential part of the Zerg army, Ghosts are very useful at nullifying caster units, is it not smart to try and use them against the Infestor?
Because infestors are good against everything like you said, it is very cost effective. Ghosts are only good against infestors, make them not cost effective in engagement. This creates an imbalance where Zerg can make however many infestors they want, while Terran have to make "proper" amount of ghosts to counter infestors. Also due to high difficulty of micro of ghost compared to Infestor fungle, ghosts can not simply nullify infestors in large engagement and end up as dead weight. At the end, it's like "if I build X amount of ghosts I have 50% chance of stopping Y amount of infestors, and 100% screwed if Zerg have more / less". The risk / reward of using ghosts just does not work out in T's favor, which is why no one uses them.
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I was worried when my internet went out and yugioh was up 1-0 on mkp. luckily my liquibets turned out to be 4/4 again :D Besides MC and Sniper day flopping hard for me this has been a great lb gsl season!
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On June 20 2012 00:29 SeaSwift wrote: I'm not surprised by these results, I thought MKP would go before Symbol but oh well - ZvT is kinda Zerg favoured atm so I should have predicted that. Or maybe just because Symbol played like a god today?
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On June 20 2012 01:33 HaXXspetten wrote:Show nested quote +On June 20 2012 00:29 SeaSwift wrote: I'm not surprised by these results, I thought MKP would go before Symbol but oh well - ZvT is kinda Zerg favoured atm so I should have predicted that. Or maybe just because Symbol played like a god today?
I wouldn't know, I haven't seen the VODs yet 
I didn't realise that was a controversial view.
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On June 20 2012 01:35 SeaSwift wrote:Show nested quote +On June 20 2012 01:33 HaXXspetten wrote:On June 20 2012 00:29 SeaSwift wrote: I'm not surprised by these results, I thought MKP would go before Symbol but oh well - ZvT is kinda Zerg favoured atm so I should have predicted that. Or maybe just because Symbol played like a god today? I wouldn't know, I haven't seen the VODs yet  I didn't realise that was a controversial view. The VODs are up now. But the sound isn't working.
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Yay MarineKing <3 I hope he or MVP think of something and make sure we don't have any Zergs past ro16
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On June 20 2012 01:43 woody60707 wrote:Show nested quote +On June 20 2012 01:35 SeaSwift wrote:On June 20 2012 01:33 HaXXspetten wrote:On June 20 2012 00:29 SeaSwift wrote: I'm not surprised by these results, I thought MKP would go before Symbol but oh well - ZvT is kinda Zerg favoured atm so I should have predicted that. Or maybe just because Symbol played like a god today? I wouldn't know, I haven't seen the VODs yet  I didn't realise that was a controversial view. The VODs are up now. But the sound isn't working. Working fine for me.
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