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Awesomeness
Profile Joined October 2008
Germany1361 Posts
March 09 2013 11:50 GMT
#881
On March 09 2013 20:48 pmp10 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 09 2013 20:40 nomyx wrote:
On March 09 2013 20:38 furo wrote:
too bad there was no really good zerg at this tournament (compared to parting/mvp), so its hard to say too much about the balance.
but zerg looks weak in this tournament


Luckily MLG has Life and Leenock and Goswser.

MLG has a grand total of 2 code S zergs.
Until enough of Korean zergs start traveling the game will always end up balanced around foreign ones.


*3 code s zergs
xlord 5:0
nomyx
Profile Joined June 2012
United States2205 Posts
March 09 2013 11:50 GMT
#882
On March 09 2013 20:49 Flowsick wrote:
LG-IM, is it powered by coal and steam?


powered by blood, sweat, and tears of dead nerds.


Holy shit the crowd has picked up quite a bit.
Hylirion
Profile Joined March 2012
Netherlands968 Posts
March 09 2013 11:51 GMT
#883
On March 09 2013 20:49 Talack wrote:
"is it powered by coal and steam"

love it


The funny thing is when you charge that laptop, in the end there is a pretty good chance that it's powered by a coal powerplant using a steam cycle to generate electricity
mijagi182
Profile Joined March 2011
Poland797 Posts
March 09 2013 11:51 GMT
#884
On March 09 2013 20:47 nomyx wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 09 2013 20:46 mijagi182 wrote:
On March 09 2013 20:45 nomyx wrote:
On March 09 2013 20:44 mijagi182 wrote:
On March 09 2013 20:43 JJH777 wrote:
On March 09 2013 20:42 mijagi182 wrote:
On March 09 2013 20:39 TheDwf wrote:
On March 09 2013 20:38 Big J wrote:
On March 09 2013 20:37 Vindicare605 wrote:
On March 09 2013 20:35 Swiv wrote:
hots really made short work out of all the attending zergs lol


I mean let's be honest. Other than Violet and MAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYBE Stephano.

Were there any Zergs even in attendance that are even close to the level of the 4 LG-IM players currently occupying the top 4 spots?

This result seems rather expected to me when I saw the brackets a couple days ago. The only real contest here was First vs Violet and even then I think First is an overall superior player.

IM just stacked this bracket too hard and they didn't bring any Zergs with them.


Nerchio

Since when is Nerchio Code S level?


well GOMtv wanted to give him code S seed. He rejected


A code s seed doesn't mean you are Code S level. Very few of the players that have gotten seeded have ever even made it past the first round.


Yeap, even Stephano. My point is theres no Code S level foreigner zerg atm


Is there even Code S level foreigners for Terran / Protoss?


Probably not too. But from what we have seen in this tourney, they maybe closer now than "our" zergs


Eh, mana got as far as ret did in the tournament. Both got KO'd by a 3-0. Guess you could say they're at the same level.


Except Scarlett there was no strong foreign Zerg missing here. As for tosses we missed i.e Nani, Sase and Huk
oh in the sun sun having fun
Vindicare605
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
United States16121 Posts
March 09 2013 11:51 GMT
#885
this Mutumbo commercial is the best.
aka: KTVindicare the Geeky Bartender
Giriath
Profile Joined May 2011
Sweden2412 Posts
March 09 2013 11:51 GMT
#886
On March 09 2013 20:49 Flowsick wrote:
LG-IM, is it powered by coal and steam?


No, it's powered by God.
Education should be our seniors guiding us to be "who" we want to be, not "what" we want to be.
Severian
Profile Joined September 2010
Australia2052 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-09 11:53:51
March 09 2013 11:51 GMT
#887
On March 09 2013 20:48 pmp10 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 09 2013 20:40 nomyx wrote:
On March 09 2013 20:38 furo wrote:
too bad there was no really good zerg at this tournament (compared to parting/mvp), so its hard to say too much about the balance.
but zerg looks weak in this tournament


Luckily MLG has Life and Leenock and Goswser.

MLG has a grand total of 2 code S zergs.
Until enough of Korean zergs start traveling the game will always end up balanced around foreign ones.

It has 2 Code S Zergs because every single Code S Zerg in the qualifiers lost. Life and Leenock were seeded. edit: right, Stephano. The other ones didn't have to play against a poker-playing Titan, though.
Integra
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Sweden5626 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-09 11:52:54
March 09 2013 11:51 GMT
#888
On March 09 2013 20:46 Cuce wrote:
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On March 09 2013 20:38 Integra wrote:
On March 09 2013 20:36 Titanidis wrote:
On March 09 2013 20:34 Integra wrote:
On March 09 2013 20:32 Titanidis wrote:
On March 09 2013 20:28 Integra wrote:
On March 09 2013 20:26 Kettchup wrote:
The mutas successfully got him out of the Void Ray/Colossus invincible army at least. This composition is potentially defeatable, would've liked to see just a couple infestors mixed in.

Range phoenix look way too good against corruptors though, that should probably be looked at as I can't imagine they're intended to beat them.

It's not the Void Ray/Colossus but the Void Ray/archon/templar that is the problem. Zerg needs to kill the protoss or cripple him economically before the Protoss reaches that composition.


I think both of them are quite strong and only very specific counters apply to each, (maybe more sh/hydra oriented vs. the second composition while more hydra/viper oriented vs the first)

The templars replaces the collosus with PSI storm witch murders hydras due to their low HP so for all purposes as of anti ground army concerned both compositions are the same regarding power.


At least it is more microable and maybe a good zerg can dodge some of them

doesn't matter, even if you dodge them the hydras are so damaged that voidrays and archons with their splash damage takes out them relativley easy, and don't even get me started on if Protoss decides to have 4-5 zealots in his army.


storm is much less effective against roaches than collosus, also less reliable if you dotn factor in vipers

the unit composition I'm talking about has 2-3 templars, 2 archons, 5-7 zealots where as the remaining force consists of voidrays.
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Lysanias
Profile Joined March 2011
Netherlands8351 Posts
March 09 2013 11:51 GMT
#889
On March 09 2013 20:49 Vindicare605 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 09 2013 20:48 pmp10 wrote:
On March 09 2013 20:40 nomyx wrote:
On March 09 2013 20:38 furo wrote:
too bad there was no really good zerg at this tournament (compared to parting/mvp), so its hard to say too much about the balance.
but zerg looks weak in this tournament


Luckily MLG has Life and Leenock and Goswser.

MLG has a grand total of 2 code S zergs.
Until enough of Korean zergs start traveling the game will always end up balanced around foreign ones.


Good thing GSL and Proleague exist right?

And continuing this theme of being fair. When MLG has Life and Leenock are there any other Zergs they really need? There aren't many that are really better than those two.


Ofc it's fair if we get more zergs no matter if you think they are better or not, they now do not get a chance to prove they actualy could beat Life or Leenock etc.
myRZeth
Profile Joined June 2011
Germany1047 Posts
March 09 2013 11:51 GMT
#890
when will david kim come? after the semi finals or when?
Savant.GL
Profile Joined July 2012
Germany502 Posts
March 09 2013 11:51 GMT
#891
Part of me hopes the games are fast so we can have a FFA
Savant
Lorning *
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Belgica34432 Posts
March 09 2013 11:52 GMT
#892
On March 09 2013 20:49 Flowsick wrote:
LG-IM, is it powered by coal and steam?


Powered by the food made by the Coach's wife
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Derez
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Netherlands6068 Posts
March 09 2013 11:52 GMT
#893
On March 09 2013 20:50 sitromit wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 09 2013 20:48 pmp10 wrote:
On March 09 2013 20:40 nomyx wrote:
On March 09 2013 20:38 furo wrote:
too bad there was no really good zerg at this tournament (compared to parting/mvp), so its hard to say too much about the balance.
but zerg looks weak in this tournament


Luckily MLG has Life and Leenock and Goswser.

MLG has a grand total of 2 code S zergs.
Until enough of Korean zergs start traveling the game will always end up balanced around foreign ones.

And there are a grand total of 2 Code S Zergs is because the other Code S Zergs had to play in the HotS qualifiers and were eliminated in very one sided games.

At a point where noone had any idea what they were doing (especially kespa lol), at least when it came to the korean qualifiers and when hellbat drops were still the coolest thing ever.
nomyx
Profile Joined June 2012
United States2205 Posts
March 09 2013 11:52 GMT
#894
On March 09 2013 20:51 Savant.GL wrote:
Part of me hopes the games are fast so we can have a FFA


hopefully we can have 5 1 hour TvT games
Vindicare605
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
United States16121 Posts
March 09 2013 11:53 GMT
#895
On March 09 2013 20:51 Lysanias wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 09 2013 20:49 Vindicare605 wrote:
On March 09 2013 20:48 pmp10 wrote:
On March 09 2013 20:40 nomyx wrote:
On March 09 2013 20:38 furo wrote:
too bad there was no really good zerg at this tournament (compared to parting/mvp), so its hard to say too much about the balance.
but zerg looks weak in this tournament


Luckily MLG has Life and Leenock and Goswser.

MLG has a grand total of 2 code S zergs.
Until enough of Korean zergs start traveling the game will always end up balanced around foreign ones.


Good thing GSL and Proleague exist right?

And continuing this theme of being fair. When MLG has Life and Leenock are there any other Zergs they really need? There aren't many that are really better than those two.


Ofc it's fair if we get more zergs no matter if you think they are better or not, they now do not get a chance to prove they actualy could beat Life or Leenock etc.


My point was more on the line of getting an accurate idea on current balance.

With such a big skill disparity between the top Zergs and the LG-IM players in attendance here at IEM it's really hard to get an accurate gauge but with top Zergs like Life and Leenock attending MLG it should be a much better measurement assuming of course that those two have actually been practicing HoTS at all.
aka: KTVindicare the Geeky Bartender
gedatsu
Profile Joined December 2011
1286 Posts
March 09 2013 11:53 GMT
#896
On March 09 2013 20:43 JJH777 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 09 2013 20:42 mijagi182 wrote:
On March 09 2013 20:39 TheDwf wrote:
On March 09 2013 20:38 Big J wrote:
On March 09 2013 20:37 Vindicare605 wrote:
On March 09 2013 20:35 Swiv wrote:
hots really made short work out of all the attending zergs lol


I mean let's be honest. Other than Violet and MAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYBE Stephano.

Were there any Zergs even in attendance that are even close to the level of the 4 LG-IM players currently occupying the top 4 spots?

This result seems rather expected to me when I saw the brackets a couple days ago. The only real contest here was First vs Violet and even then I think First is an overall superior player.

IM just stacked this bracket too hard and they didn't bring any Zergs with them.


Nerchio

Since when is Nerchio Code S level?


well GOMtv wanted to give him code S seed. He rejected


A code s seed doesn't mean you are Code S level. Very few of the players that have gotten seeded have ever even made it past the first round.

Do you need to make it past the first round of Code S to be Code S level? Because that kind of means that only half of Code S players are Code S level...
Laryleprakon
Profile Joined May 2011
New Zealand9496 Posts
March 09 2013 11:54 GMT
#897
Gogo Mvp!!

Gefang
Profile Joined February 2013
Poland5 Posts
March 09 2013 11:55 GMT
#898
No zerg even in semifinals... this should be Heart of the Swarm! The vengence... Zergs should be OP not underpowered
Weavel
Profile Joined January 2010
Finland9222 Posts
March 09 2013 11:55 GMT
#899
MVP TIME!!! GOGO WIN.
Life/Seed//Mvp/NaNiwa fighting! ZeNEX forever!
Vindicare605
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
United States16121 Posts
March 09 2013 11:55 GMT
#900
Now here's what I'VE been waiting for.

The King of Terrans (otherwise known as Darth MVP) vs Yoda.
aka: KTVindicare the Geeky Bartender
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