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zachMEISTER
Profile Joined December 2010
United States625 Posts
August 12 2012 05:15 GMT
#8681
On August 12 2012 14:07 solidONE wrote:
Thank god Taeja was able to entertain. Between the other poor performances shown and the absolutely SHIT production from IPL it was the only thing that saved it from being the biggest blunder to date, and even then it's a strong contestant. Seriously, there's enough saturation with well produced and ran tournaments that we really don't need this kind of bullshit. People were actually falling asleep in the crowd and I had to stare at the same AMD logo the entire time just so I could see my favorite players duke it out.


I know I might be acting entitled, and I rarely do such, but this was just a joke.


That's why I muted the IPL stream, and just listened to DeMusliM, Incontrol, Idra, and 2GD casually bash everything.
psillypsybic!
GreyKnight
Profile Joined August 2010
United States4720 Posts
August 12 2012 05:16 GMT
#8682
Another thing I found strange was that IM protoss used the same styles and build vs taeja over and over until Seed decided to change it up and whadya know he won that game.
winthrop
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Hong Kong956 Posts
August 12 2012 05:20 GMT
#8683
first bo9 is designed for teaja, the first player of IM is seed which can be only handled by taeja.
Then exhaust plan worked perfectly
Incredible Miracle
X3GoldDot
Profile Joined August 2011
Malaysia3840 Posts
August 12 2012 05:27 GMT
#8684
liquid truly is a 1 man team nowadays, maybe hero can be considered a good player at all, but once he and taeja falls its lights out for liquid
prime/startale/[SexComaZerg, RoyalRoaderZerg, SirLifealot] ingame ID = GoodGame
inFeZa
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Australia556 Posts
August 12 2012 05:28 GMT
#8685
So many complaints about this on reddit. ...... Watch WCS aus instead with tastosis. great production
Starcraft 2 in-game Observer. Follow me twitter.com/infeza
hunts
Profile Joined September 2010
United States2113 Posts
August 12 2012 05:43 GMT
#8686
On August 12 2012 14:15 zachMEISTER wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 12 2012 14:07 solidONE wrote:
Thank god Taeja was able to entertain. Between the other poor performances shown and the absolutely SHIT production from IPL it was the only thing that saved it from being the biggest blunder to date, and even then it's a strong contestant. Seriously, there's enough saturation with well produced and ran tournaments that we really don't need this kind of bullshit. People were actually falling asleep in the crowd and I had to stare at the same AMD logo the entire time just so I could see my favorite players duke it out.


I know I might be acting entitled, and I rarely do such, but this was just a joke.


That's why I muted the IPL stream, and just listened to DeMusliM, Incontrol, Idra, and 2GD casually bash everything.


Are they on someones stream? I'd watch that.
twitch.tv/huntstv 7x legend streamer
pyro19
Profile Joined August 2010
6575 Posts
August 12 2012 05:46 GMT
#8687
Feel Good for Taeja
But Feel Bad for HerO too..The Guy used to be Great at PVZ and PVP and Excellent at PVT
now he has no idea how to play a PVZ and PVP and his only stable matchup is PVT but IM sent out no Terrans in the Second Round...Smart Strategy to completely negate hero of having any chance to win
Thy Shall Die Alone...or emm..something like that.
IamPryda
Profile Joined April 2011
United States1186 Posts
August 12 2012 05:49 GMT
#8688
On August 12 2012 14:27 X3GoldDot wrote:
liquid truly is a 1 man team nowadays, maybe hero can be considered a good player at all, but once he and taeja falls its lights out for liquid

when compared to korean teams yea i would agree but vs other foreign teams players like ret and sheth are better then most. tajea has become a top 5 player in the world which is something no foreign team has had yet. the closes thing you could compare it to is stephano on millenium. but tajea is a better player on a better team so it stands out even more. but u got to give credit to liquid for picking him up at the right time unlike EG who tends to pick up players after they blow up liquid tends to be ahead of the curve in there picks ups of both hero and tajea
Moar banelings less qq
DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States46474 Posts
August 12 2012 05:54 GMT
#8689
On August 12 2012 14:43 hunts wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 12 2012 14:15 zachMEISTER wrote:
On August 12 2012 14:07 solidONE wrote:
Thank god Taeja was able to entertain. Between the other poor performances shown and the absolutely SHIT production from IPL it was the only thing that saved it from being the biggest blunder to date, and even then it's a strong contestant. Seriously, there's enough saturation with well produced and ran tournaments that we really don't need this kind of bullshit. People were actually falling asleep in the crowd and I had to stare at the same AMD logo the entire time just so I could see my favorite players duke it out.


I know I might be acting entitled, and I rarely do such, but this was just a joke.


That's why I muted the IPL stream, and just listened to DeMusliM, Incontrol, Idra, and 2GD casually bash everything.


Are they on someones stream? I'd watch that.


They were all on DeMusliM's stream, casting/ analyzing the games as they were being played.
"There is nothing more satisfying than looking at a crowd of people and helping them get what I love." ~Day[9] Daily #100
FakeDeath
Profile Joined January 2011
Malaysia6060 Posts
August 12 2012 05:56 GMT
#8690
On August 12 2012 14:20 winthrop wrote:
first bo9 is designed for teaja, the first player of IM is seed which can be only handled by taeja.
Then exhaust plan worked perfectly


They win with the same scenario in IPL TAC 1.
If Taeja falls,TL falls.
With 2 Bo9s, IM was having a high chance to win.

+ Show Spoiler +
Well IM Won
Play your best
RandomPlayer
Profile Joined April 2012
Russian Federation400 Posts
August 12 2012 06:43 GMT
#8691
The quality of the production was very bad. The casters are seemingly falling asleep during the day, as if it was a ro64 or something. Also the game picture is very dark, I love the way NASL does - very bright and clear picture!

The games very interesting but the casting made me dislike the games.
elKaDor
Profile Joined April 2009
Sweden376 Posts
August 12 2012 06:45 GMT
#8692
Ret may be the most overrated player ever, why do liquid even bother sending him out in this finals?
TaeJa such a beast, GJ anyways liquid
mambar
Profile Joined February 2012
United States841 Posts
August 12 2012 06:57 GMT
#8693
On August 12 2012 14:56 FakeDeath wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 12 2012 14:20 winthrop wrote:
first bo9 is designed for teaja, the first player of IM is seed which can be only handled by taeja.
Then exhaust plan worked perfectly

If Taeja falls,TL falls.

It bothers me that people don't think this is sad
Sedzz
Profile Blog Joined June 2012
Australia391 Posts
August 12 2012 07:03 GMT
#8694
>The foreign hope
>Best foreigner team
>Taeja and Zenio (Koreans) won the only games for liquid.

Foreign hope indeed.
klops
Profile Joined June 2010
United States674 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-12 07:11:27
August 12 2012 07:10 GMT
#8695
On August 12 2012 16:03 Sedzz wrote:
>The foreign hope
>Best foreigner team
>Taeja and Zenio (Koreans) won the only games for liquid.

Foreign hope indeed.


>>>>> > >>> >> > > > >>> >>>

rest of TL needs to pull their weight outside of practice, it's getting silly and predictable.
Wildmoon
Profile Joined December 2011
Thailand4189 Posts
August 12 2012 07:25 GMT
#8696
Seed is so strong.
Aunvilgod
Profile Joined December 2011
2653 Posts
August 12 2012 07:44 GMT
#8697
On August 12 2012 14:49 IamPryda wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 12 2012 14:27 X3GoldDot wrote:
liquid truly is a 1 man team nowadays, maybe hero can be considered a good player at all, but once he and taeja falls its lights out for liquid

when compared to korean teams yea i would agree but vs other foreign teams players like ret and sheth are better then most. tajea has become a top 5 player in the world which is something no foreign team has had yet. the closes thing you could compare it to is stephano on millenium. but tajea is a better player on a better team so it stands out even more. but u got to give credit to liquid for picking him up at the right time unlike EG who tends to pick up players after they blow up liquid tends to be ahead of the curve in there picks ups of both hero and tajea


Taeja has been dominating but not for longer than 1-2 Months. We often see a short period of dominance from a single player.
ilovegroov | Blizzards mapmaker(s?) suck ass | #1 Protoss hater
WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland27412 Posts
August 12 2012 07:50 GMT
#8698
On August 12 2012 16:44 Aunvilgod wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 12 2012 14:49 IamPryda wrote:
On August 12 2012 14:27 X3GoldDot wrote:
liquid truly is a 1 man team nowadays, maybe hero can be considered a good player at all, but once he and taeja falls its lights out for liquid

when compared to korean teams yea i would agree but vs other foreign teams players like ret and sheth are better then most. tajea has become a top 5 player in the world which is something no foreign team has had yet. the closes thing you could compare it to is stephano on millenium. but tajea is a better player on a better team so it stands out even more. but u got to give credit to liquid for picking him up at the right time unlike EG who tends to pick up players after they blow up liquid tends to be ahead of the curve in there picks ups of both hero and tajea


Taeja has been dominating but not for longer than 1-2 Months. We often see a short period of dominance from a single player.

It seems, to me at least that, for a player to be seen to exert such dominance, they have to play a lot of tournaments, then after a while they just don't get to do the focused practice and slump a bit, or their traveling schedule starts to take a toll. The last two players that showed such strength for me were MKP and DRG a few months ago, but they went to several MLGs and other foreign tournaments and then showed a subsequent dropoff in results. Hopefully Taeja can get back to Korea, get practicing for a good GSL run and keep up this current level.

It's a really difficult balance it seems between keeping up your optimal practice routine and level, and actually getting to use your skillset to earn some cash on your travels. Polt is one player who saw this, stopped streaming, stopped going to foreign tournaments (after quite a bit of success there too) and is now reaping the results.

Hopefully in the future there'll be a few more Korean-based tournaments so the top Korean talent can just focus on showing their best games instead of having to choose between sacrificing potential GSL results for the cash in foreign-based tournaments.
'You'll always be the cuddly marsupial of my heart, despite the inherent flaws of your ancestry' - Squat
TL+ Member
JoeSchmoe
Profile Joined May 2010
Canada2058 Posts
August 12 2012 07:51 GMT
#8699
funny to see all the people criticizing liquid when taeja would've carried on any foreign team he played for.
Duncaaaaaan
Profile Joined May 2012
United Kingdom101 Posts
August 12 2012 07:52 GMT
#8700
Absolutely terrible production quality. Consistent technical fuck ups throughout, constant buzzing noise in the audio which was annoying as hell for headphone users, terrible casters (seriously, do they actually know anything about this game to stop talking incessantly?) absolutely ridiculous commercial breaks that went on for half an hour +, and to top it all off, right at the end of the last match, the stream fucked up again, and then there was a pre-emptive "WINNER" screen before Hero gg'd. Real bad fucking manners there, at least wait for him to gg. This is something you'd expect from kids on b.net.

I implore everyone who subscribed to unsubscribe immediately if you haven't already, and email whoever was in charge (I'm not sure who, but there must be someone) with a formal complaint.

The production team should get fired, I am absolutely disgusted by IPL, and they've managed to push back TSL to tomorrow because the goddamn tournament went on for over 9 hours because of the fuck ups and breaks. No wonder Taeja was exhausted, this was ridiculous.

Why are korean hosted tournaments always so good? They just get on with the games. By the 8 hour mark, I had seen only 9 games this IPL. Unbelievable.
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