Iron Squid II starts and it’s about time! Long have been the months since MMA grabbed his mask of victor, Wednesday is the start of a new chapter. Iron Squid will have a strong start as the first group is also the only group with four Koreans. For the opening game, HerO – an Iron Squid first timer – faces aLive who ended up fourth in the last Iron Squid. The other match will be a ZvZ between Symbol, May’s runner up, and Golden the NA qualifier winner.
Since he came to Paris where he arrived with the crown of IPL 4 champion, it all has been gloom and doom for aLive. GSL was really rough with him as he struggled for a while between Code S and Code A, managing to make his way through the Up&Downs before inevitably falling down to Code A. He kept his head above water until the 5th season where he was defeated in the first round by Flying, a KeSPA Protoss. Team leagues were not more merciful with the Terran as Fnatic lost several players during the last month and was quickly ousted from GSTL. aLive comes back for Iron Squid II with a strong will to show the dog days are over and he is anything but done.
HerO, the real king in the North
When he was the first Korean to join Team Liquid, expectations were big but he was yet to prove his worth. HerO confirmed that he was champion material and he enters Iron Squid II as a two times DreamHack winner. Beastly in offline events, HerO is also good when playing online. He has helped Liquid to do well in team leagues, and managed to qualify to several big events. Europe has been kind to HerO and his first step to Paris is a very tough group. In both WCS and DreamHack, HerO showed he does not fail in group stage, even when in troubles. In Shanghai he beat Stephano, finding the mental resources to bounce back after his earlier loss, a strength that he often lacked.
The face up
It looks quite simple to predict as HerO just obliterated TaeJa in Sweden while TaeJa is currently way hotter than aLive. The Fnatic player probably doubts himself after his loss to Flying in GSL. Nevertheless, it is too early to bury him alive as he is more comfortable when playing as the challenger. When he faced MC in the rounds of 8 of Iron Squid I, he was not expected to be the one to reach Paris, but still he made it.
Symbol, Iron Squid’s emblem
Even though he did not win the first chapter of Iron Squid, Symbol gathered all the attention of the fans thanks to his amazing plays. Surprisingly, Symbol is still yet to win a major title as he returns to Iron Squid. Therefore, Symbol will really be willing to make of Iron Squid II is own story. It is one tough group but Symbol overcame the same situation once, he can do it twice. Lately the Zerg has not been running as hot as he used to during the summer, he will have to go back to his basics: the preparation of his games. He can still count on his team mates and on the great coach Lee to do so.
Golden, Iron Squid’s new nugget
Golden might not be the shiniest of all the names in Iron Squid but he remains a dreaded player. Nobody should forget that he was formed within SlayerS house’s walls as many great players were. Golden was one of the first players to leave SlayerS to try the foreign adventure. He made his debuts with LighT, a team in which he did well at Home Story Cup and even in Korea as he made his way to Code A where he lost to Keen. His performances got him to get the interest of the bigger teams and he was soon recruited by Quantic gaming. Rather under the radar during the summer, he has been on the comeback lately as he managed to qualify to both IEM Singapore and Iron Squid II. Although he is the challenger of the group, he will not be an easy prey.
The face up
Symbol has been training heavily in ZvZ as his GSL Ro16 group was a full Zergs one. Yet he did not make it through, ending up being defeated by Leenock and then Life. Even if there is no shame in losing to those two, it shows that his ZvZ is beatable, a flaw that Golden could take advantage of. Golden offered some solid ZvZ on his way to qualification and the games will be tight.
About advancing
Even if his PvZ was proved beatable by Sen during BWC, HerO is a logical favorite for this first group. Liquid’s Protoss will use his momentum to make it through and as the finals are held in January, it gives him quite some times to practice his champagne (j'aurais mis golden champagne shower perso) shower. To accompany him to the round of 16, Symbol looks like a fairly good bet. May’s runner up will have a tough way through since the group is filled with Korean talents, including aLive who will fight for his honor.
Can't wait to see the thing in action, you set the bar high with the first one, but I think you can still do this tournament better than Chapter One, especially on the English side of things.
Good luck, I'll be watching most of it for sure, hopefully many will join me on the journey.
I don't really see any situation where hero/symbol don't advance, unless alive decides he's going to return to his form at the start of his time on fnatic he and golden look like dead meat against either of them, maybe ZvZ can go truly insane in golden's favour and alive 2 raxes symbol to death but otherwise they look doomed.
I'm gonna go with aLive/Symbol on this one. Despite herO's big win at dreamhack i still believe aLive can win due to his amazing spirit,he also has a very dynamic style whereas Taeja's more ''calm'' and i think that can make herO's fall.
For Symbol/Golden i'm gonna say symbol because he's motherfucking symbol,but golden seemed to be one of the player who wanted the most to qualify for Iron Squid (cf : his twitter ),i wish him the best.
aslo congratulation on the new musical themes,they are very nice,especially herO's one.
my favourite tourney returns, along with moar sick player themes ^^
man the next 5 days will be the most stacked days of SC2 in its history since release: IronSquid2, WCG finals, IPL5, GSL World Championship, Code S semis + finals
On November 28 2012 08:29 ninjamyst wrote: are these games played live or are they replays?
Live cast from replays, if you look at the player list it's obvious why you can't get all of those players to plan their schedules around this one tournament.
Awesome! Iron Squid is stuck in my mind as the last great Terran tournament. On top of that, I really like the format of a longer tournament over a weekend long rush. Even if it is online.
HerO - aLive Symbol - Golden winners' match losers' match final match
hmm, sounds better indeed. Will just need to ask the starting maps to Kaoru as he doesn't share maps or result before broadcast to avoid any risk of results leaking!
Very excited for this one. Obviously HerO and Symbol are the favorites but alive and Golden can certainly surprise here. Especially alive can beat most players on a good day.
On November 29 2012 01:56 Bromazepam wrote: The OP here says 21:00 CET, however the calendar and Kaelaris' post on reddit say 20:00 CET. I'm assuming 20:00 CET is correct.
The Showmatch starts at 20:00 and the actual group at 21:00 I believe !
On November 29 2012 01:56 Bromazepam wrote: The OP here says 21:00 CET, however the calendar and Kaelaris' post on reddit say 20:00 CET. I'm assuming 20:00 CET is correct.
The Showmatch starts at 20:00 and the actual group at 21:00 I believe !
Yeah, I'm blind and completely missed the line below the start time. It's that black text on white background, it's so low contrast...
Just saw this on reddit, i was already pumped as fuck for iron squid 2 but those stats just blew my mind about the player pool.
- The winners of 13 of all 17 GSL championships, including every champion this year, and 3 of 4 runners-up. - Every MLG champion of the year and every runner-up. - Every Dreamhack champion of the year. - 5 of the past 6 IEM champions. - Both ESWC champions. - Both Blizzcon champions. - Both RSL champions. - The past two IPL champions. - The reigning NASL champion. - The Battle.net World Champion. - Not forgetting the seven players that earned the most money.
I think there's plenty more potential in PvZ in HotS. I really like the idea of swarm hosts generating more "battlefields", and I also like the pressure they bring, it forces the opponent to move, and not just to wait for a deathball. Infestor play is still seems a bit overwhelming, but we know it is being adressed, so no problem there.
I can't say much from the Ps perspective because White-Ra didn't play too well, but I definetly like this new Zerg. And we didnt even see Vipers - whether they are important units in PvZ or not.
On November 29 2012 04:48 Volband wrote: I think there's plenty more potential in PvZ in HotS. I really like the idea of swarm hosts generating more "battlefields", and I also like the pressure they bring, it forces the opponent to move, and not just to wait for a deathball. Infestor play is still seems a bit overwhelming, but we know it is being adressed, so no problem there.
I can't say much from the Ps perspective because White-Ra didn't play too well, but I definetly like this new Zerg. And we didnt even see Vipers - whether they are important units in PvZ or not.
I watched Idras Stream the other day and Vipers are amazing. At least if they are used by Idra! This was very entertaining and they are pretty strong in my opinion.
On November 29 2012 04:52 Hider wrote: This is why Day9 gets annoying. Praising someone for holding that attack? which required 0 skills.
It was incredible because normally in WoL that nexus would have been canceled due to the fact of the non-existant mothership core. But Whitera was right on top of making sure he had that in position (and remember how slow it is, though not as much as before.)
Further, I found it impressive with the positioning, building the pylon just in time so that he defend the cannon from the ling surround which had just barely been completed.
On November 29 2012 04:59 MCXD wrote: How did Blizzard think letting that come up in a game was a good idea.
Did they even think about it ?
Did you stop to consider that it's a beta? Yes it sucks but things like these happen, that's a risk tournaments take when they give showmatches using an unfinished product...
On November 29 2012 04:59 MCXD wrote: How did Blizzard think letting that come up in a game was a good idea.
Did they even think about it ?
Did you stop to consider that it's a beta? Yes it sucks but things like these happen, that's a risk tournaments take when they give showmatches using an unfinished product...
To be fair, having beta infrastructure for an underfeatured service that shipped with a product released two years ago is... bad. Not "bad" as in "something that could use improvement", rather bad as in "who are the sad schmucks behind this? I can only suppose they are so ashamed of themselves as to fall into depression and quit their jobs, which is why these things aren't quite fixed yet."
On November 29 2012 04:59 MCXD wrote: How did Blizzard think letting that come up in a game was a good idea.
Did they even think about it ?
Did you stop to consider that it's a beta? Yes it sucks but things like these happen, that's a risk tournaments take when they give showmatches using an unfinished product...
On November 29 2012 05:19 MCXD wrote: Is it me or is Day9 behind on his replay sync? He's commentating on things which happened 10-15 seconds ago, consistently.
seems so... I really hate multi cast replays (I don't even mind that the observer is on the French client :D )
On November 29 2012 04:59 MCXD wrote: How did Blizzard think letting that come up in a game was a good idea.
Did they even think about it ?
Did you stop to consider that it's a beta? Yes it sucks but things like these happen, that's a risk tournaments take when they give showmatches using an unfinished product...
Yeah ... well .... mmmm .... that's what I meant.
Oh, well you didn't really make that too obvious from your post if you don't mind me saying..
The tickets should soon be sold if I understood well. The location will be the Palais des Congrès:
There should be three types of tickets: - 35€: basic entry - 60€~: includes entry + t-shirt + In Uchronia album - 90€~: "Golden square" seating (front row probably)
Official info should come soon, this is just a heads up!
Holy hell, Le Palais des Congrès for a starcraft 2 event is pretty big news lol This thing is BIG and one of the main place for entertainement events in France.
On November 29 2012 05:32 Noocta wrote: Holy hell, Le Palais des Congrès for a starcraft 2 event is pretty big news lol This thing is BIG and one of the main place for entertainement events in France.
Ironsquid 3 to be at Le Stade de France ? :p
You french people know how to organize tourneys. Nice venues and comfy seats, none of that lawnchairs nonsense!
On November 29 2012 05:32 Noocta wrote: Holy hell, Le Palais des Congrès for a starcraft 2 event is pretty big news lol This thing is BIG and one of the main place for entertainement events in France.
On November 29 2012 05:32 Noocta wrote: Holy hell, Le Palais des Congrès for a starcraft 2 event is pretty big news lol This thing is BIG and one of the main place for entertainement events in France.
Ironsquid 3 to be at Le Stade de France ? :p
maybe at Bercy for Iron Squid 3 and for Iron Squid 4 Le stade de France
On November 29 2012 05:32 Noocta wrote: Holy hell, Le Palais des Congrès for a starcraft 2 event is pretty big news lol This thing is BIG and one of the main place for entertainement events in France.
Ironsquid 3 to be at Le Stade de France ? :p
You french people know how to organize tourneys. Nice venues and comfy seats, none of that lawnchairs nonsense!
Yup, they certainly are on the ball when it comes to organizing these things.
On November 29 2012 05:32 Noocta wrote: Holy hell, Le Palais des Congrès for a starcraft 2 event is pretty big news lol This thing is BIG and one of the main place for entertainement events in France.
Ironsquid 3 to be at Le Stade de France ? :p
You french people know how to organize tourneys. Nice venues and comfy seats, none of that lawnchairs nonsense!
On November 29 2012 06:44 SpikeStarcraft wrote: day9's casting feels quite annoying today... omg so many techlabs he loves his marauder soo muuuuch.. man... thats so standard in tvp....
It's true, though, aLive is one of the most marauder-loving Terrans out there.
On November 29 2012 06:44 SpikeStarcraft wrote: day9's casting feels quite annoying today... omg so many techlabs he loves his marauder soo muuuuch.. man... thats so standard in tvp....
I think Day9's dailies are great and perfect for those that enjoy them, but I no longer care for his casting style
On November 29 2012 06:44 SpikeStarcraft wrote: day9's casting feels quite annoying today... omg so many techlabs he loves his marauder soo muuuuch.. man... thats so standard in tvp....
I think Day9's dailies are great and perfect for those that enjoy them, but I no longer care for his casting style
Yeah I totally agree on this, tbh day9's casting annoys me.
On November 29 2012 06:51 WoodLeagueAllStar wrote: French casting is good, I can't understand it so I can't criticize it but it is a good background noise. :D
they are wood league to analyse the game but grandmaster to make the show
On November 29 2012 06:51 WoodLeagueAllStar wrote: French casting is good, I can't understand it so I can't criticize it but it is a good background noise. :D
they are wood league to analyse the game but grandmaster to make the show
Very nice. Yes I enjoy their spirit, Pomf and Thud is always a SC2 Party. Sometimes English casters get too analytical.
On November 29 2012 06:51 WoodLeagueAllStar wrote: French casting is good, I can't understand it so I can't criticize it but it is a good background noise. :D
they are wood league to analyse the game but grandmaster to make the show
Very nice. Yes I enjoy their spirit, Pomf and Thud is always a SC2 Party. Sometimes English casters get too analytical.
And at this point, I couldn't care less about these so-called analysises, I understand the game well enough after +2 years. Entertainement is everything.
On November 29 2012 06:45 Shellshock1122 wrote: Hero must have seen the GSL match were aLive died to a 4 zealot runby on this map
Sometimes I wonder if you're just bullshitting when you mention "this" and "that" game where "this" happened.
Then I remember who you are. Give me your memory plz.
aLive vs JYP up and down matches this season on Cloud Kingdom. Both players max out and JYP sends like 3 or 4 zealots around the map to aLive's 3rd. aLive doesnt lift the base and loses his OC to the 3 zealots. then he engages the maxed protoss and loses. has no econ to fall back on. aLive played reallllllly bad that day and came in last in his group
same spawning positions as last game should be free for the group since it was the first match
On November 29 2012 06:55 WoodLeagueAllStar wrote:
On November 29 2012 06:52 Makro wrote:
On November 29 2012 06:51 WoodLeagueAllStar wrote: French casting is good, I can't understand it so I can't criticize it but it is a good background noise. :D
they are wood league to analyse the game but grandmaster to make the show
Very nice. Yes I enjoy their spirit, Pomf and Thud is always a SC2 Party. Sometimes English casters get too analytical.
And at this point, I couldn't care less about these so-called analysises, I understand the game well enough after +2 years. Entertainement is everything.
Wow, that was one horrible attack by Alive. Drop 3 hellions in main, kill a sentry, run from a sentry and a stalker to meet up with your marines on the low ground and damage a nexus while your opponent warps in new units.
I didn't see hero vs stephano series 1 @ bwc, did anyone see it? Is what day9 is saying true that he was missing pylons and probes? I ask that because Stephano just has hero's number most of the times and usually is not about mechanics.
On November 29 2012 07:08 NovemberstOrm wrote: I didn't see hero vs stephano series 1 @ bwc, did anyone else see it? Is what day9 is saying true that he was missing pylons and probes? I ask that because Stephano just as hero's number most of the times.
He was definitely on tilt in that first series. Did stargate damage, lost third base to counterattack, missing forcefields, microing poorly, etc. Don't remember the probe thing though.
On November 29 2012 07:20 hellodeadman wrote: Good job by Day9 catching that mistake by Symbol so early. I can imagine that a number of other casters that probably would have missed it completely.
On November 29 2012 07:20 hellodeadman wrote: Good job by Day9 catching that mistake by Symbol so early. I can imagine that a number of other casters that probably would have missed it completely.
On November 29 2012 07:20 hellodeadman wrote: Good job by Day9 catching that mistake by Symbol so early. I can imagine that a number of other casters that probably would have missed it completely.
Yeah I was so amazed by the fact that he recognized the mistake of Symbol so early rather than the mistake itself... And we are talking about an 1 sec mistake here... GJ indeed...
On November 29 2012 07:20 hellodeadman wrote: Good job by Day9 catching that mistake by Symbol so early. I can imagine that a number of other casters that probably would have missed it completely.
Yeah I was so amazed by the fact that he recognized the mistake of Symbol so early rather than the mistake itself... And we are talking about an 1 sec mistake here... GJ indeed...
Definetly, Day[9] left me speechless on this one :o
On November 29 2012 07:26 Boucot wrote: This ad for ASUS is just brilliant. Don't know if you saw it on english stream. It's this one : + Show Spoiler +
On November 29 2012 07:26 Boucot wrote: This ad for ASUS is just brilliant. Don't know if you saw it on english stream. It's this one : + Show Spoiler +
On November 29 2012 07:20 hellodeadman wrote: Good job by Day9 catching that mistake by Symbol so early. I can imagine that a number of other casters that probably would have missed it completely.
Yeah I was so amazed by the fact that he recognized the mistake of Symbol so early rather than the mistake itself... And we are talking about an 1 sec mistake here... GJ indeed...
Definetly, Day[9] left me speechless on this one :o
On November 29 2012 07:26 Boucot wrote: This ad for ASUS is just brilliant. Don't know if you saw it on english stream. It's this one : + Show Spoiler +
On November 29 2012 07:26 Boucot wrote: This ad for ASUS is just brilliant. Don't know if you saw it on english stream. It's this one : + Show Spoiler +
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDiDdLidgXM
HHAHAH wow, is great :D
a parody of the nike .. take it to the next level but still really cool
He's also hiding the amount of gates he has by only warping in 4 zealots. 4 gate robo is THE standard build to take a third with and he's basically showing Symbol that. Super smart.
On November 29 2012 07:20 hellodeadman wrote: Good job by Day9 catching that mistake by Symbol so early. I can imagine that a number of other casters that probably would have missed it completely.
Yeah I was so amazed by the fact that he recognized the mistake of Symbol so early rather than the mistake itself... And we are talking about an 1 sec mistake here... GJ indeed...
Definetly, Day[9] left me speechless on this one :o
Just tuned in. What happened?
Sorry for late answer! Symbol was going for infestor, banking up 1500 gas. He then started 10 infestors when Pathogen Glands was 29/80, which makes them come out 1-2 sec to early. He proceeds to lose to a timing push by HerO.
On November 29 2012 07:20 hellodeadman wrote: Good job by Day9 catching that mistake by Symbol so early. I can imagine that a number of other casters that probably would have missed it completely.
Yeah I was so amazed by the fact that he recognized the mistake of Symbol so early rather than the mistake itself... And we are talking about an 1 sec mistake here... GJ indeed...
Definetly, Day[9] left me speechless on this one :o
Just tuned in. What happened?
Day[9] recognised that the infestors Symbol begun making will be done 1-2 secs before path. glans was ready...
On November 29 2012 07:20 hellodeadman wrote: Good job by Day9 catching that mistake by Symbol so early. I can imagine that a number of other casters that probably would have missed it completely.
Yeah I was so amazed by the fact that he recognized the mistake of Symbol so early rather than the mistake itself... And we are talking about an 1 sec mistake here... GJ indeed...
Definetly, Day[9] left me speechless on this one :o
Just tuned in. What happened?
Symbol started his infestors 1 second too early, so the 10 he was making all popped out JUST before Pathogen Glands finished leaving them all without enough energy to fungal. Hero then used this to his advantage to push in and kill the 4th, and from there the game (Hero's push would have easily been held off/back if the fungals were available)
On November 29 2012 07:20 hellodeadman wrote: Good job by Day9 catching that mistake by Symbol so early. I can imagine that a number of other casters that probably would have missed it completely.
Yeah I was so amazed by the fact that he recognized the mistake of Symbol so early rather than the mistake itself... And we are talking about an 1 sec mistake here... GJ indeed...
Definetly, Day[9] left me speechless on this one :o
Just tuned in. What happened?
In the first game of HerO vs Symbol, the latter had Pathogen Glands in production, then queued up 10 Infestors at once. Day9 instantly spotted that these would finish 2 seconds before the upgrade and thus without the extra energy. This lead to HerO winning easily.
On November 29 2012 07:20 hellodeadman wrote: Good job by Day9 catching that mistake by Symbol so early. I can imagine that a number of other casters that probably would have missed it completely.
Yeah I was so amazed by the fact that he recognized the mistake of Symbol so early rather than the mistake itself... And we are talking about an 1 sec mistake here... GJ indeed...
Definetly, Day[9] left me speechless on this one :o
Just tuned in. What happened?
Sorry for late answer! Symbol was going for infestor, banking up 1500 gas. He then started 10 infestors when Pathogen Glands was 29/80, which makes them come out 1-2 sec to early. He proceeds to lose to a timing push by HerO.
On November 29 2012 08:08 aksfjh wrote: Not sure if it's the map, the matchup, or Alive.
lost 3 hatches, forgot 3 major upgrades, has only 6 infestors, is down 2 bases, wins the game easily with broodlords :D
hell, i know what it was
Yes, it was aLive clumping up all his vikings. It's comparable to running 20 lings into banelings in early ZvZ, or missing forcefields for protoss.
Had he not clumped those, he would've won that engagement.
he clumped 5 vikings out of 12 or so - this is not avoidable in a not completely perfect game, still he had like 10 corrupters left over, not like he would have taken that engage
i saw golden make 3 times more mistakes in this game
he clumped 5 vikings out of 12 or so - this is not avoidable in a not completely perfect game, still he had like 10 corrupters left over, not like he would have taken that engage
i saw golden make 3 times more mistakes in this game
He would've taken it for sure, there were 50 marines as well and not enough fungals for both unless alive doesn't have medivacs and gets caught out of position. I know zerg is crazy op and everything all of a sudden so terrans can't lose because they fucked up, but if it was someone like Polt controlling that army the end result would be way different
On November 29 2012 08:30 KristofferAG wrote: Wow, what the hell was that from GOlden.
Fail drop while failing his defense against Hellions at the same time, then deciding to just build more Roaches and Lings and trying to headbutt his way through Alive
On November 29 2012 08:51 RyF wrote: Antiga Terran map! no?
Usually when people say it's a good map for terran, it's regarding standard marine/tank/medivac play. As a zerg, it's very hard to take a 4th base against drops. Mech can't drop, so it's not as bad.
On November 29 2012 08:53 stuchiu wrote: And that's why corruption sucks.
This had nothing to do with Corruption. It was Golden not scouting Alive's army composition. He just blindly build a few broodlords and mass corruptor. Which is the correct way to play against the normal composition of mass tank-viking with rather few thors. But Alive went for mass Thor and against that you actually need Mass broodlord. Golden gonna win though, Alive couldn't kill him in time.
On November 29 2012 08:54 IshinShishi wrote: nah, thors still horrible, golden didn't even have a respectable amount of broods, wanna see thors deal with 8+.
Exactly, Thor dont do shit to broodlords... In fact they are a big massive robot of destruction and they usually cant even keep an overlord from freely wandering around all my base when im doing mech.
On November 29 2012 08:54 Tanngrisnir wrote: Why all the french bullshit?
Please use English on international broadcasts. Or put a french flag next to the stream so we dont have to tune in to the french crap.
?
there's an English cast with Day9 and Kaelaris sir...
Yeah thats the one I was on, but there was still alot of French text and shit all over the screen. I think the game client is in wrong language!!
Wow. You are angry because the little text says some French names for the unit instead of the English ones? Do you really not know the English names for the units and structures? Or are you offended by the French language? I don't understand your problem.
On November 29 2012 08:54 Tanngrisnir wrote: Why all the french bullshit?
Please use English on international broadcasts. Or put a french flag next to the stream so we dont have to tune in to the french crap.
?
there's an English cast with Day9 and Kaelaris sir...
Yeah thats the one I was on, but there was still alot of French text and shit all over the screen. I think the game client is in wrong language!!
are you one of the guys that complains when we can hear the korean casters in the background during the introduction of gsl players?
come on man, it's free hd, good players, good format and good casters (even though day9 was confusing every possible name, constantly calling golden quantic and alive light)
Keeping all those Thors stuck in his natural was a bad move there. Need them all to be firing on the brood lords and they work well, like the previous engagement. Getting them stuck behind each other is a disaster though, since Broods don't suffer the same in the air.
On November 29 2012 08:54 Tanngrisnir wrote: Why all the french bullshit?
Please use English on international broadcasts. Or put a french flag next to the stream so we dont have to tune in to the french crap.
?
there's an English cast with Day9 and Kaelaris sir...
Yeah thats the one I was on, but there was still alot of French text and shit all over the screen. I think the game client is in wrong language!!
Wow. You are angry because the little text says some French names for the unit instead of the English ones? Do you really not know the English names for the units and structures? Or are you offended by the French language? I don't understand your problem.
People get pissed over the stupidest things.
I can't remember Twitch chat being this retarded last Iron Squid...
On November 29 2012 08:54 Tanngrisnir wrote: Why all the french bullshit?
Please use English on international broadcasts. Or put a french flag next to the stream so we dont have to tune in to the french crap.
"french bullshit" provides you the most stacked tournament of the year, Being respectful is not too hard you know.
But.... this is not even in the top 20 most stacked tournaments of the year. In fact they cant even stick to English for a International tournament and broadcast, that pretty much says alot about the quality of this
On November 29 2012 08:54 Tanngrisnir wrote: Why all the french bullshit?
Please use English on international broadcasts. Or put a french flag next to the stream so we dont have to tune in to the french crap.
?
there's an English cast with Day9 and Kaelaris sir...
Yeah thats the one I was on, but there was still alot of French text and shit all over the screen. I think the game client is in wrong language!!
Wow. You are angry because the little text says some French names for the unit instead of the English ones? Do you really not know the English names for the units and structures? Or are you offended by the French language? I don't understand your problem.
People get pissed over the stupidest things.
I can't remember Twitch chat being this retarded last Iron Squid...
I can't remember the last time I looked at a Twitch chat. Not even when TL was down.
On November 29 2012 08:54 Tanngrisnir wrote: Why all the french bullshit?
Please use English on international broadcasts. Or put a french flag next to the stream so we dont have to tune in to the french crap.
"french bullshit" provides you the most stacked tournament of the year, Being respectful is not too hard you know.
But.... this is not even in the top 20 most stacked tournaments of the year. In fact they cant even stick to English for a International tournament and broadcast, that pretty much says alot about the quality of this
See this as an opportunity to learn another language, it's what i do when i listen to Khaldor stream in German.
On November 29 2012 08:54 Tanngrisnir wrote: Why all the french bullshit?
Please use English on international broadcasts. Or put a french flag next to the stream so we dont have to tune in to the french crap.
?
there's an English cast with Day9 and Kaelaris sir...
Yeah thats the one I was on, but there was still alot of French text and shit all over the screen. I think the game client is in wrong language!!
Your reaction seems a tad excessive to me, I'll give the information to the production crew though.
Youre right, just in a bad mode and this shouldnt bother me. I guess im just fed up with people trying to forcefully engage their moronic language on other people. Its plain disrecpectfull.
This is 2012, soon to be 2013.. English should be good for INTERNATIONAL events.
On November 29 2012 09:02 Tanngrisnir wrote: But.... this is not even in the top 20 most stacked tournaments of the year.
Or is it...
This tournament has the strongest player pool I've ever seen. It has the winners of 13 of all 17 GSL championships, including every champion this year, and 3 of 4 runners-up. It has every MLG champion of the year and every runner-up. It has every Dreamhack champion of the year. It has 5 of the past 6 IEM champions. It has both ESWC champions. Both Blizzcon champions. Both RSL champions. The past two IPL champions. The reigning NASL champion. The Battle.net World Champion.
There are the seven players who earned the most money, in order : 1 - MC 2 - Mvp 3 - Nestea 4 - Stephano 5 - DRG 6 - MMA 7 - MKP
But.... this is not even in the top 20 most stacked tournaments of the year. In fact they cant even stick to English for a International tournament and broadcast, that pretty much says alot about the quality of this
On November 29 2012 08:54 Tanngrisnir wrote: Why all the french bullshit?
Please use English on international broadcasts. Or put a french flag next to the stream so we dont have to tune in to the french crap.
"french bullshit" provides you the most stacked tournament of the year, Being respectful is not too hard you know.
But.... this is not even in the top 20 most stacked tournaments of the year. In fact they cant even stick to English for a International tournament and broadcast, that pretty much says alot about the quality of this
Are you serious or just a troll ? Best players in the world, free HD, cool artworks... You can look some Go4SC2 if you're not happy bro
On November 29 2012 08:54 Tanngrisnir wrote: Why all the french bullshit?
Please use English on international broadcasts. Or put a french flag next to the stream so we dont have to tune in to the french crap.
"french bullshit" provides you the most stacked tournament of the year, Being respectful is not too hard you know.
But.... this is not even in the top 20 most stacked tournaments of the year. In fact they cant even stick to English for a International tournament and broadcast, that pretty much says alot about the quality of this
See this as an opportunity to learn another language, it's what i do when i listen to Khaldor stream in German.
But learning french would be such a waste of time and effort, id rather learn throwing darts or something...
On November 29 2012 08:54 Tanngrisnir wrote: Why all the french bullshit?
Please use English on international broadcasts. Or put a french flag next to the stream so we dont have to tune in to the french crap.
?
there's an English cast with Day9 and Kaelaris sir...
Yeah thats the one I was on, but there was still alot of French text and shit all over the screen. I think the game client is in wrong language!!
Wow. You are angry because the little text says some French names for the unit instead of the English ones? Do you really not know the English names for the units and structures? Or are you offended by the French language? I don't understand your problem.
People get pissed over the stupidest things.
I can't remember Twitch chat being this retarded last Iron Squid...
I can't remember the last time I looked at a Twitch chat. Not even when TL was down.
I saw King in the IS chat today. First time I've seen him in a Twitch chat.
I only view the chat if I'm modding, which I am most of the time :<
On November 29 2012 08:54 Tanngrisnir wrote: Why all the french bullshit?
Please use English on international broadcasts. Or put a french flag next to the stream so we dont have to tune in to the french crap.
"french bullshit" provides you the most stacked tournament of the year, Being respectful is not too hard you know.
But.... this is not even in the top 20 most stacked tournaments of the year. In fact they cant even stick to English for a International tournament and broadcast, that pretty much says alot about the quality of this
That pretty much says nothing about the quality of this. Except that it is a french tournament.
On November 29 2012 08:54 Tanngrisnir wrote: Why all the french bullshit?
Please use English on international broadcasts. Or put a french flag next to the stream so we dont have to tune in to the french crap.
"french bullshit" provides you the most stacked tournament of the year, Being respectful is not too hard you know.
But.... this is not even in the top 20 most stacked tournaments of the year. In fact they cant even stick to English for a International tournament and broadcast, that pretty much says alot about the quality of this
Are you serious or just a troll ? Best players in the world, free HD, cool artworks... You can look some Go4SC2 if you're not happy bro
No its really good!!
But "most stacked tournament of the year" seems a bit excessive of you when there have been multiple dreamhack, MLG, IPL, IEM, GSL, OSL, WCS etc etc..
In fact it seems stupid to say something like that.
On November 29 2012 08:54 Tanngrisnir wrote: Why all the french bullshit?
Please use English on international broadcasts. Or put a french flag next to the stream so we dont have to tune in to the french crap.
?
there's an English cast with Day9 and Kaelaris sir...
Yeah thats the one I was on, but there was still alot of French text and shit all over the screen. I think the game client is in wrong language!!
Wow. You are angry because the little text says some French names for the unit instead of the English ones? Do you really not know the English names for the units and structures? Or are you offended by the French language? I don't understand your problem.
People get pissed over the stupidest things.
I can't remember Twitch chat being this retarded last Iron Squid...
I can't remember the last time I looked at a Twitch chat. Not even when TL was down.
I saw King in the IS chat today. First time I've seen him in a Twitch chat.
I only view the chat if I'm modding, which I am most of the time :<
You're a chat mod? What the hell, why would you do that to yourself?
On November 29 2012 08:54 Tanngrisnir wrote: Why all the french bullshit?
Please use English on international broadcasts. Or put a french flag next to the stream so we dont have to tune in to the french crap.
"french bullshit" provides you the most stacked tournament of the year, Being respectful is not too hard you know.
But.... this is not even in the top 20 most stacked tournaments of the year. In fact they cant even stick to English for a International tournament and broadcast, that pretty much says alot about the quality of this
See this as an opportunity to learn another language, it's what i do when i listen to Khaldor stream in German.
But learning french would be such a waste of time and effort, id rather learn throwing darts or something...
On November 29 2012 08:54 Tanngrisnir wrote: Why all the french bullshit?
Please use English on international broadcasts. Or put a french flag next to the stream so we dont have to tune in to the french crap.
"french bullshit" provides you the most stacked tournament of the year, Being respectful is not too hard you know.
But.... this is not even in the top 20 most stacked tournaments of the year. In fact they cant even stick to English for a International tournament and broadcast, that pretty much says alot about the quality of this
See this as an opportunity to learn another language, it's what i do when i listen to Khaldor stream in German.
But learning french would be such a waste of time and effort, id rather learn throwing darts or something...
Yeah, it's not like I can come up in northern europe and racks up girls left and right. Or is it ?
Pointless banter aside, there is a french flag just left from the main broadcast and there is another english stream. I don't know why you are complaining.
But learning french would be such a waste of time and effort, id rather learn throwing darts or something...
You sound irrationally butt-frustrated with french for some reason, are you like this with other languages too? Because I hope not
No other people then the french try to engage you in their moronic language so I dont have this problem with other languages.
Tbh I just think nobody paid attention to the client as we didn't expect people to focus on the units' names... I don't think we're trying to impose anything to anybody, maybe we should go for a ppv format so that you actually pay for your French classes
On November 29 2012 08:54 Tanngrisnir wrote: Why all the french bullshit?
Please use English on international broadcasts. Or put a french flag next to the stream so we dont have to tune in to the french crap.
"french bullshit" provides you the most stacked tournament of the year, Being respectful is not too hard you know.
But.... this is not even in the top 20 most stacked tournaments of the year. In fact they cant even stick to English for a International tournament and broadcast, that pretty much says alot about the quality of this
See this as an opportunity to learn another language, it's what i do when i listen to Khaldor stream in German.
But learning french would be such a waste of time and effort, id rather learn throwing darts or something...
Yeah, it's not like I can come up in northern europe and racks up girls left and right. Or is it ?
Pointless banter aside, there is a french flag just left from the main broadcast and there is another english stream. I don't know why you are complaining.
hahahaha noone here understands french and your people is generally dispised in northern europe for trying to engage other people in your slithery stupid language.
You dont put your kids in school, or you have no English education at all in school? Really whats the problem? You even dub movies still in 2012.... do you know how retarded that seems outside your little french box?
On November 29 2012 08:54 Tanngrisnir wrote: Why all the french bullshit?
Please use English on international broadcasts. Or put a french flag next to the stream so we dont have to tune in to the french crap.
"french bullshit" provides you the most stacked tournament of the year, Being respectful is not too hard you know.
But.... this is not even in the top 20 most stacked tournaments of the year. In fact they cant even stick to English for a International tournament and broadcast, that pretty much says alot about the quality of this
See this as an opportunity to learn another language, it's what i do when i listen to Khaldor stream in German.
But learning french would be such a waste of time and effort, id rather learn throwing darts or something...
Yeah, it's not like I can come up in northern europe and racks up girls left and right. Or is it ?
Pointless banter aside, there is a french flag just left from the main broadcast and there is another english stream. I don't know why you are complaining.
hahahaha noone here understands french and your people is generally dispised in northern europe for trying to engage other people in your slithery stupid language.
You dont put your kids in school, or you have no English education at all in school? Really whats the problem? You even dub movies still in 2012.... do you know how retarded that seems outside your little french box?
On November 29 2012 08:54 Tanngrisnir wrote: Why all the french bullshit?
Please use English on international broadcasts. Or put a french flag next to the stream so we dont have to tune in to the french crap.
"french bullshit" provides you the most stacked tournament of the year, Being respectful is not too hard you know.
But.... this is not even in the top 20 most stacked tournaments of the year. In fact they cant even stick to English for a International tournament and broadcast, that pretty much says alot about the quality of this
See this as an opportunity to learn another language, it's what i do when i listen to Khaldor stream in German.
But learning french would be such a waste of time and effort, id rather learn throwing darts or something...
Yeah, it's not like I can come up in northern europe and racks up girls left and right. Or is it ?
Pointless banter aside, there is a french flag just left from the main broadcast and there is another english stream. I don't know why you are complaining.
hahahaha noone here understands french and your people is generally dispised in northern europe for trying to engage other people in your slithery stupid language.
You dont put your kids in school, or you have no English education at all in school? Really whats the problem? You even dub movies still in 2012.... do you know how retarded that seems outside your little french box?
slithery stupid language? really? like....really?
and there I was thinking people in northern europe were quite tolerant(i.e. educated) in general...
well, pointless to get in an argument over which language is better, cooler, whatever
just get over it, the world's a pretty big and diverse place
On November 29 2012 08:54 Tanngrisnir wrote: Why all the french bullshit?
Please use English on international broadcasts. Or put a french flag next to the stream so we dont have to tune in to the french crap.
"french bullshit" provides you the most stacked tournament of the year, Being respectful is not too hard you know.
But.... this is not even in the top 20 most stacked tournaments of the year. In fact they cant even stick to English for a International tournament and broadcast, that pretty much says alot about the quality of this
See this as an opportunity to learn another language, it's what i do when i listen to Khaldor stream in German.
But learning french would be such a waste of time and effort, id rather learn throwing darts or something...
Yeah, it's not like I can come up in northern europe and racks up girls left and right. Or is it ?
Pointless banter aside, there is a french flag just left from the main broadcast and there is another english stream. I don't know why you are complaining.
hahahaha noone here understands french and your people is generally dispised in northern europe for trying to engage other people in your slithery stupid language.
You dont put your kids in school, or you have no English education at all in school? Really whats the problem? You even dub movies still in 2012.... do you know how retarded that seems outside your little french box?
And that's a bad thing? oO
Not for cartoons. My aunt read Lucky Luke for me when I was a kid. She was a trooper.
On November 29 2012 08:54 Tanngrisnir wrote: Why all the french bullshit?
Please use English on international broadcasts. Or put a french flag next to the stream so we dont have to tune in to the french crap.
"french bullshit" provides you the most stacked tournament of the year, Being respectful is not too hard you know.
But.... this is not even in the top 20 most stacked tournaments of the year. In fact they cant even stick to English for a International tournament and broadcast, that pretty much says alot about the quality of this
See this as an opportunity to learn another language, it's what i do when i listen to Khaldor stream in German.
But learning french would be such a waste of time and effort, id rather learn throwing darts or something...
Yeah, it's not like I can come up in northern europe and racks up girls left and right. Or is it ?
Pointless banter aside, there is a french flag just left from the main broadcast and there is another english stream. I don't know why you are complaining.
hahahaha noone here understands french and your people is generally dispised in northern europe for trying to engage other people in your slithery stupid language.
You dont put your kids in school, or you have no English education at all in school? Really whats the problem? You even dub movies still in 2012.... do you know how retarded that seems outside your little french box?
Jesus christ, you are the biggest troll I've seen in a long time.
On November 29 2012 08:54 Tanngrisnir wrote: Why all the french bullshit?
Please use English on international broadcasts. Or put a french flag next to the stream so we dont have to tune in to the french crap.
"french bullshit" provides you the most stacked tournament of the year, Being respectful is not too hard you know.
But.... this is not even in the top 20 most stacked tournaments of the year. In fact they cant even stick to English for a International tournament and broadcast, that pretty much says alot about the quality of this
See this as an opportunity to learn another language, it's what i do when i listen to Khaldor stream in German.
But learning french would be such a waste of time and effort, id rather learn throwing darts or something...
Yeah, it's not like I can come up in northern europe and racks up girls left and right. Or is it ?
Pointless banter aside, there is a french flag just left from the main broadcast and there is another english stream. I don't know why you are complaining.
hahahaha noone here understands french and your people is generally dispised in northern europe for trying to engage other people in your slithery stupid language.
You dont put your kids in school, or you have no English education at all in school? Really whats the problem? You even dub movies still in 2012.... do you know how retarded that seems outside your little french box?
slithery stupid language? really? like....really?
and there I was thinking people in northern europe were quite tolerant(i.e. educated) in general...
well, pointless to get in an argument over which language is better, cooler, whatever
just get over it, the world's a pretty big and diverse place
They are in general. I'd say most swedes (and all other people ofc) don't have a problem with client being in french. Obviously he's being childish.
Regarding the fact that you dub movies though... *shudders* (j/k it's kinda weird but I get it)
On November 29 2012 08:54 Tanngrisnir wrote: Why all the french bullshit?
Please use English on international broadcasts. Or put a french flag next to the stream so we dont have to tune in to the french crap.
?
there's an English cast with Day9 and Kaelaris sir...
Yeah thats the one I was on, but there was still alot of French text and shit all over the screen. I think the game client is in wrong language!!
Wow. You are angry because the little text says some French names for the unit instead of the English ones? Do you really not know the English names for the units and structures? Or are you offended by the French language? I don't understand your problem.
People get pissed over the stupidest things.
I can't remember Twitch chat being this retarded last Iron Squid...
I can't remember the last time I looked at a Twitch chat. Not even when TL was down.
I saw King in the IS chat today. First time I've seen him in a Twitch chat.
I only view the chat if I'm modding, which I am most of the time :<
You're a chat mod? What the hell, why would you do that to yourself?
Someone's gotta do it. I've met so many awesome people through modding. Even got my name in the IPL 4 credit roll. Now I mod OSL, Iron Squid, IPL, IdrA, ToD, DeMuslim, I've modded Dreamhack, and a bunch more. It's the least I can do.
On November 29 2012 09:17 Jeremy Reimer wrote: I thought it was kind of neat seeing what the unit names are in French...
Yeah, me too actually! And I don't know any French at all...
In Iron Squid 1 I also occasionally listened to some French casting and - wow - the French casters are so fun to listen to! Even if you don't understand the language, you still get the most of what they mean, they are very expressive.
HUmm i think the english stream should play the winners theme like the french one, after all its a big asset of iron squid to have personalized themes.
On November 29 2012 09:24 shid0x wrote: HUmm i think the english stream should play the winners theme like the french one, after all its a big asset of iron squid to have personalized themes.
also last game was pretty crazy,i liked it.
I agree, do wish they'd play some of the players' theme songs.
On November 29 2012 08:54 Tanngrisnir wrote: Why all the french bullshit?
Please use English on international broadcasts. Or put a french flag next to the stream so we dont have to tune in to the french crap.
"french bullshit" provides you the most stacked tournament of the year, Being respectful is not too hard you know.
But.... this is not even in the top 20 most stacked tournaments of the year. In fact they cant even stick to English for a International tournament and broadcast, that pretty much says alot about the quality of this
See this as an opportunity to learn another language, it's what i do when i listen to Khaldor stream in German.
But learning french would be such a waste of time and effort, id rather learn throwing darts or something...
Yeah, it's not like I can come up in northern europe and racks up girls left and right. Or is it ?
Pointless banter aside, there is a french flag just left from the main broadcast and there is another english stream. I don't know why you are complaining.
hahahaha noone here understands french and your people is generally dispised in northern europe for trying to engage other people in your slithery stupid language.
You dont put your kids in school, or you have no English education at all in school? Really whats the problem? You even dub movies still in 2012.... do you know how retarded that seems outside your little french box?
slithery stupid language? really? like....really?
and there I was thinking people in northern europe were quite tolerant(i.e. educated) in general...
well, pointless to get in an argument over which language is better, cooler, whatever
just get over it, the world's a pretty big and diverse place
They are in general. I'd say most swedes (and all other people ofc) don't have a problem with client being in french. Obviously he's being childish.
Regarding the fact that you dub movies though... *shudders* (j/k it's kinda weird but I get it)
yeah, I kinda get that dubbing might seem really off when you're not used to it, personally I prefer stuff in the original language (with nicely done subs of course, as I don't understand any japanese but I do love my animes ) but that's just me.
Grr, stupid family is still in town so I wont have time to watch this until next week . Oh well, guess I'll just do what I do for GSL and stick my head in the sand until i finish it.
Statistics, man. Although most of us guessed it without all that fancy mathematics. Love your work though really makes this threads more fun to follow.
It seems to me that perhaps there are too many "FashionSquid" tickets. I understand they hope people pay a little extra to help out the tournament but 60€ is actually pretty expensive. Or maybe I'm poor.
Aaanyway, if you're planning on attending the live event I suggest you get your tickets fast!
On November 29 2012 19:40 Gladiator333 wrote: Anyone know where VODS is? I can't find it on their website. :/
day9's youtube has them i think
I found them eventually on twitch, just searched for Iron Squid. But a big improvement for maybe next cast would be to have them sorted out on the Iron Squid website, all matches sorted out so you don't have to fast forward etc.
But I think except that Iron Squid is going really well so far, good job!
On November 29 2012 19:40 Gladiator333 wrote: Anyone know where VODS is? I can't find it on their website. :/
day9's youtube has them i think
I found them eventually on twitch, just searched for Iron Squid. But a big improvement for maybe next cast would be to have them sorted out on the Iron Squid website, all matches sorted out so you don't have to fast forward etc.
But I think except that Iron Squid is going really well so far, good job!
On November 29 2012 19:40 Gladiator333 wrote: Anyone know where VODS is? I can't find it on their website. :/
day9's youtube has them i think
I found them eventually on twitch, just searched for Iron Squid. But a big improvement for maybe next cast would be to have them sorted out on the Iron Squid website, all matches sorted out so you don't have to fast forward etc.
But I think except that Iron Squid is going really well so far, good job!
The Video will be classed by matches and Group on www.ironsquid.tv, as soon they are all uploaded in HD on Youtube !
Great 1st show, a lot of improvement since last year.
The only thing to improve must be the communication with the english stream, tell them to run the IronSquid themes (which are awesome), the asus advertisement etc...
Gotta be honest, I never experienced such a smooth super high quality free stream. Absolutely awesome. If this was a restaurant, I would personally commend the cook.
On November 29 2012 19:40 Gladiator333 wrote: Anyone know where VODS is? I can't find it on their website. :/
day9's youtube has them i think
I found them eventually on twitch, just searched for Iron Squid. But a big improvement for maybe next cast would be to have them sorted out on the Iron Squid website, all matches sorted out so you don't have to fast forward etc.
But I think except that Iron Squid is going really well so far, good job!
The Video will be classed by matches and Group on www.ironsquid.tv, as soon they are all uploaded in HD on Youtube !
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HerO <Cloud Kingdom> 
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