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Qwerty85
Profile Joined June 2012
Croatia5536 Posts
January 12 2013 20:58 GMT
#881
On January 13 2013 05:54 Slackzftw wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 13 2013 05:52 pmp10 wrote:
On January 13 2013 05:50 Slackzftw wrote:
On January 13 2013 05:49 Zane wrote:
On January 13 2013 05:47 opterown wrote:
gonna be MKP, MC and six zergs in RO8 lol

It could be worse.


No. This tourney had the best possible lineup. Every major player was invited but who wins... Zerg as always... we need HotS right now! WoL is just not balanced since like 4 month.

What makes you think that HotS will be any better?
Both games are design and balanced by Blizzard so all you are doing is buying time until the next screw-up.


Blizzard does not balance WoL anymore, they focus 100% on HotS - it has to be balanced.


They had 2 years to polish WoL. Hots wont be balanced because Blizzard does not have a system by which they
approach potential balance issues. The importance of the criteria changes, they have double standards etc.

Snijjer
Profile Joined September 2011
United States989 Posts
January 12 2013 20:59 GMT
#882
French minutes xD
wklbishop
Profile Joined July 2011
United States1286 Posts
January 12 2013 20:59 GMT
#883
On January 13 2013 05:54 n0ise wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 13 2013 05:53 wklbishop wrote:
I know terrans feel hopeless... hell, even the ups and downs were depressing with a 6-11 record for terran. At least try, doing that is like decreasing your match-up chances from 40% to nothing.... then again he did take one game so bleh.


I (and probably him, since he decided to do it) think it actually ups his chances. He just mis-microed & didn't know Stephano's reaction to 11/11, he could have made it way closer


Fair enough. I was thinking about the 3 11/11s in a row rather than throwing in a 11/11 here and there. Then again, I do remember Keen beating Squirtle with it so what do I know. xD

Oh wells. I'll say this, I am so glad I'm not terran. LOOOLs.
Gameplay > Personality
ragz_gt
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
9172 Posts
January 12 2013 20:59 GMT
#884
Go PartinG!
I'm not an otaku, I'm a specialist.
Shellshock
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States97276 Posts
January 12 2013 21:00 GMT
#885
no fair! Parting gets a second life!?
Moderatorhttp://i.imgur.com/U4xwqmD.png
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IronSquid
Profile Joined January 2012
France487 Posts
January 12 2013 21:00 GMT
#886
On January 13 2013 05:51 Zealously wrote:
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On January 13 2013 05:47 Scrubwave wrote:
On January 13 2013 05:46 Zealously wrote:
Did MMA or Stephano win 3-1?

Take a wild guess.


The OP said MMA wins 3-1! when I first checked, thus my confusion.

I was still in denial! sorry
Swiipii
Profile Joined January 2012
2195 Posts
January 12 2013 21:00 GMT
#887
On January 13 2013 05:57 PhoenixVoid wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 13 2013 05:54 revel8 wrote:
On January 13 2013 05:50 Vete wrote:
On January 13 2013 05:48 revel8 wrote:
On January 13 2013 05:41 PhoenixVoid wrote:
On January 13 2013 05:41 Mouzone wrote:
Things have changed a lot since MMA made Stephano look like a noob in that one series.


Ahh yes, back when MMA's TvZ was invincible. He played with Stephano like a toy in IPL4.


That was a convincing series win for MMA in IPL4. Stephano has won all three of their other meetings though. MMA looks like he lacks confidence that he can beat Stephano.



I think more, it is like the other terran he has problems in the TvZ Matchup and incentive issue.


MMA gave an interview at HSC last month. He said that when he was winning tournaments (such as Iron Squid), he used to specifically research opponents and prepare builds for them. He used to take notes and stuff. He says he no longer does that anymore. He did not explain why. It just seems he got lazy. MMA's decline is more than TvZ issues.


Losing Coach Ryu hurt MMA's morale and playing habits badly. See the difference as soon as he left, MMA began to play at a lesser level, and combined with the SlayerS drama, there is a reason why MMA declined beyond the patches and BL/Infestor.

Kaoru (the manager of Acer) just said on the french stream that they worked really hard to prepare the games of Scarlett and MMA .
Cook
Profile Joined May 2011
France130 Posts
January 12 2013 21:00 GMT
#888
Parting has this
Zane
Profile Joined January 2011
Romania3916 Posts
January 12 2013 21:01 GMT
#889
On January 13 2013 06:00 Shellshock1122 wrote:
no fair! Parting gets a second life!?

Soul exchange.
Instigata
Profile Joined April 2004
United States546 Posts
January 12 2013 21:01 GMT
#890
On January 13 2013 05:55 patronage wrote:
Does anyone see a pattern for the recent tournaments.....something about >50% zergs in the ro16 and r08

I am not complaining about balance, I am just really tired of ZvZ, just like how back in 2010 and 2011 people were really tired of TvT.


Doesn't matter to TLers. Most TLers have PhDs in statistics and will tell you that tournament results are too small sample size. Zerg results mean nothing now but for some reason they did during the GSL TvT.

The same people say balance only matters at highest level which is GSL so everything is fine if there are no good foreign Terrans but Thorzain. Amazing though they remove the Warhound and are trying to balance HOTS which contradicts that balance only matters at the highest Korean GSL level. I guess a bunch of non-pros playing in limited sample size is enough to get a unit removed from HOTS.

That's TLers for you, glad to see LoL and Dota 2 dominating in popularity.
SC2 was doomed from the start.
krutopatkin
Profile Joined July 2012
Germany2612 Posts
January 12 2013 21:01 GMT
#891
On January 13 2013 06:00 Swiipii wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 13 2013 05:57 PhoenixVoid wrote:
On January 13 2013 05:54 revel8 wrote:
On January 13 2013 05:50 Vete wrote:
On January 13 2013 05:48 revel8 wrote:
On January 13 2013 05:41 PhoenixVoid wrote:
On January 13 2013 05:41 Mouzone wrote:
Things have changed a lot since MMA made Stephano look like a noob in that one series.


Ahh yes, back when MMA's TvZ was invincible. He played with Stephano like a toy in IPL4.


That was a convincing series win for MMA in IPL4. Stephano has won all three of their other meetings though. MMA looks like he lacks confidence that he can beat Stephano.



I think more, it is like the other terran he has problems in the TvZ Matchup and incentive issue.


MMA gave an interview at HSC last month. He said that when he was winning tournaments (such as Iron Squid), he used to specifically research opponents and prepare builds for them. He used to take notes and stuff. He says he no longer does that anymore. He did not explain why. It just seems he got lazy. MMA's decline is more than TvZ issues.


Losing Coach Ryu hurt MMA's morale and playing habits badly. See the difference as soon as he left, MMA began to play at a lesser level, and combined with the SlayerS drama, there is a reason why MMA declined beyond the patches and BL/Infestor.

Kaoru (the manager of Acer) just said on the french stream that they worked really hard to prepare the games of Scarlett and MMA .


And that very hard preperation lead to 3 times 11/11?
ColtraneL
Profile Joined December 2011
France248 Posts
January 12 2013 21:01 GMT
#892
On January 13 2013 05:53 Swords wrote:
I didn't watch, but it sounds vaguely reminiscent of IdrA "6 polling" aLive. MMA's decline has been pretty tragic. Months ago he'd play incredible Zerg players (maybe even Stephano, I don't remember specific matches) and it'd seem like he was toying with them. He'd be dropping in one place, nuking in another, running 2 hellions into a drone line elsewhere, and then fighting the main army and doing damage in every spot at once. And now we're at this, pretty disappointing.


Well it's more that the match up changed a lot, than MMA being weaker with his controls. It is harder to outmaneuver a zerg with the amount of creep there is on the map lately. He could at least try to drop like before but the main difference is that you are less of a threat now getting in the middle of the map (because you actually lose if you are not extremely careful doing so) than you used to be. Well the whole dynamic of the match up really changed a lot. Despite Mvp and his injury, there are a lot of terran who were incredibly good at TvZ who almost cannot even win a single match now. MMA of course, but also Jjakji, Ganzi, Happy (he was like 14-2 at a point) or even MarineKing who was mainly losing TvT back then.

Sometimes I wonder if the biggest change to the TvZ MU rather than infestors starting to be used to their plain potential isn't still the fact that you can't actually control creep properly, turning almost the entire map into a danger zone.
MosART
Profile Joined May 2010
United States1899 Posts
January 12 2013 21:01 GMT
#893
I'll take the lesser of two evils, PvZ over ZvZ, because there are two ZvZ already, for the next round. Creator over DRG 3-2 with longer games than previous serie would be nice.
Brutaxilos
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States2633 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-01-12 21:03:30
January 12 2013 21:02 GMT
#894
Why is DRG facing Parting? Isn't he supposed to face Creator?

Edit: It's a mistake I'm guessing? Sorry for the bad question.
Jangbi favorite player. Forever~ CJ herO the King of IEM. BOMBERRRRRRRR. Sexy Boy Rogue. soO #1! Oliveira China Represent!
Boucot
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
France15997 Posts
January 12 2013 21:02 GMT
#895
Lol ToD

Yoan Merlo
‏@ToDsc2
MMA seems totally lost vs Zerg, now i know what it looks like when ppl see me play !
Former SC2 writer for Millenium - twitter.com/Boucot
Swiipii
Profile Joined January 2012
2195 Posts
January 12 2013 21:03 GMT
#896
On January 13 2013 06:01 krutopatkin wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 13 2013 06:00 Swiipii wrote:
On January 13 2013 05:57 PhoenixVoid wrote:
On January 13 2013 05:54 revel8 wrote:
On January 13 2013 05:50 Vete wrote:
On January 13 2013 05:48 revel8 wrote:
On January 13 2013 05:41 PhoenixVoid wrote:
On January 13 2013 05:41 Mouzone wrote:
Things have changed a lot since MMA made Stephano look like a noob in that one series.


Ahh yes, back when MMA's TvZ was invincible. He played with Stephano like a toy in IPL4.


That was a convincing series win for MMA in IPL4. Stephano has won all three of their other meetings though. MMA looks like he lacks confidence that he can beat Stephano.



I think more, it is like the other terran he has problems in the TvZ Matchup and incentive issue.


MMA gave an interview at HSC last month. He said that when he was winning tournaments (such as Iron Squid), he used to specifically research opponents and prepare builds for them. He used to take notes and stuff. He says he no longer does that anymore. He did not explain why. It just seems he got lazy. MMA's decline is more than TvZ issues.


Losing Coach Ryu hurt MMA's morale and playing habits badly. See the difference as soon as he left, MMA began to play at a lesser level, and combined with the SlayerS drama, there is a reason why MMA declined beyond the patches and BL/Infestor.

Kaoru (the manager of Acer) just said on the french stream that they worked really hard to prepare the games of Scarlett and MMA .


And that very hard preperation lead to 3 times 11/11?

He said the first 2 11/11 were really smart beacause Stephano never scout but yeah .. the last game was awful .
Makro
Profile Joined March 2011
France16890 Posts
January 12 2013 21:03 GMT
#897
On January 13 2013 06:02 Brutaxilos wrote:
Why is DRG facing Parting? Isn't he supposed to face Creator?


he's actually facing creator
Matthew 5:10 "Blessed are those who are persecuted because of shitposting, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven".
TL+ Member
sitromit
Profile Joined June 2011
7051 Posts
January 12 2013 21:03 GMT
#898
On January 13 2013 06:02 Brutaxilos wrote:
Why is DRG facing Parting? Isn't he supposed to face Creator?


Wrong overlay. He's playing Creator.
IronSquid
Profile Joined January 2012
France487 Posts
January 12 2013 21:08 GMT
#899
On January 13 2013 06:03 sitromit wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 13 2013 06:02 Brutaxilos wrote:
Why is DRG facing Parting? Isn't he supposed to face Creator?


Wrong overlay. He's playing Creator.

it's fixed
Brutaxilos
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States2633 Posts
January 12 2013 21:08 GMT
#900
Anyone else getting horrible lag for the stream?
Jangbi favorite player. Forever~ CJ herO the King of IEM. BOMBERRRRRRRR. Sexy Boy Rogue. soO #1! Oliveira China Represent!
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