Because people are always so eager to shit on pros while sitting in their own comfortable homes with full access to both information and casting. Of course there were ways for Tod to win that game. With zero pressure, he would have won it. But pressure has an effect on you that most people on TL seem to not understand. It bothers me to no end.

Thats a part of what makes a good player good and other players worse. So calling it bad when he fails to cope with the pressure in a pro game isnt wrong. One player makes huge mistakes because of not being able to handle the pressure: thats bad. Deal with it.

There is a difference between accepting that a played didn't play well and saying something like this

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On November 17 2013 02:23 Bagration wrote:
So fucking bad. You fucking hallocinate fake Void Ray. Jesus christ

On November 17 2013 02:27 Bagration wrote:

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The only disgusting play I saw that game was from ToD. Absolutely brainless, like an AI

I mean, it's not like it's wrong, but it's certainly not fully taking into account the kind of pressure you're under when you're playing for money in a tournament setting.

i hope you dont watch sports.

I do, and it bothers me just as much when people make some kind of stupid comment like "even I would have scored in that situation" when discussing a Champions' League match or some shit. In most cases it's bullshit because it's so much easier to shit on people when you haven't been in a high-pressure competition yourself.

Speak for yourself. I've been in many high-pressure situations with a lot of the money on the line or for a championship. Shit happens. You just roll with it.

Of course, but it doesn't mean Joe Goalie would have performed any better in the situation. I wouldn't have an issue with it if such statements weren't regularly followed by "Even I could have..." or "Even a gold player could have...".

slowbacontron

United States7722 Posts

November 16 2013 17:55 GMT

#1064

Thorzain: ssssssssss

Aeromi

France14463 Posts

November 16 2013 17:55 GMT

#1065

Throw more.

Heartland

Sweden24604 Posts

November 16 2013 17:55 GMT

#1066

What a fail.

DJHelium

Sweden13480 Posts

November 16 2013 17:55 GMT

#1067

Downfall, now that you're here. How does a perfect defense against this 5 gate blink build play out? I always either lose the game or sac my natural, falling behind.

Say you scout it and go for a standard 3 rax opening.

y0su

Finland7871 Posts

November 16 2013 17:55 GMT

#1068

ToD
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Applesmack

Canada680 Posts

November 16 2013 17:56 GMT

#1069

Oh look... Right as his all in fails, ToD instantly loses due to his decision making.

JustPassingBy

10776 Posts

November 16 2013 17:56 GMT

#1070

Wow... now I am really eager to see an analysis of the game afterwards.

Noonius

Estonia17413 Posts

November 16 2013 17:56 GMT

#1071

oh ToD

Makro

France16890 Posts

November 16 2013 17:56 GMT

#1072

tod just doesn't want to play anymore

ssxsilver

United States4409 Posts

November 16 2013 17:56 GMT

#1073

Tod ready to party.

PhoenixVoid

Canada32755 Posts

November 16 2013 17:56 GMT

#1074

We need an interview with ToD after this series.

sparklyresidue

United States5524 Posts

November 16 2013 17:56 GMT

#1075

How bad does it feel to be Tod right now?

magnaflow

Canada1521 Posts

November 16 2013 17:56 GMT

#1076

ToD, so bad

Germany4057 Posts

November 16 2013 17:57 GMT

#1077

tod can still win

Olli

Austria24422 Posts

November 16 2013 17:57 GMT

#1078

On November 17 2013 02:54 stuchiu wrote:

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On November 17 2013 02:50 DarkLordOlli wrote:

On November 17 2013 02:49 Zealously wrote:

On November 17 2013 02:48 TeeTS wrote:

On November 17 2013 02:43 Zealously wrote:

On November 17 2013 02:41 zev318 wrote:

On November 17 2013 02:38 Zealously wrote:

On November 17 2013 02:34 Fjodorov wrote:

On November 17 2013 02:30 Zealously wrote:

On November 17 2013 02:27 Tiaraju9 wrote:
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Why you always have to be so defensive and oversensitive about it?

There is a difference between accepting that a played didn't play well and saying something like this

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On November 17 2013 02:23 Bagration wrote:
So fucking bad. You fucking hallocinate fake Void Ray. Jesus christ

On November 17 2013 02:27 Bagration wrote:

Show nested quote +

The only disgusting play I saw that game was from ToD. Absolutely brainless, like an AI

I mean, it's not like it's wrong, but it's certainly not fully taking into account the kind of pressure you're under when you're playing for money in a tournament setting.

i hope you dont watch sports.

It´s not that this is a debut tournament for ToD so... He is a very experienced pro gamer/semi pro!

So are HerO and Marineking and they've had their fair share of choking as well.

I just wanna add Bomber to this list so you don't walk away with a win

You want to, but losing to sOs is hardly a choke.

Same goes for HerO. WHAT NOW

ImperialFist

790 Posts

November 16 2013 17:57 GMT

#1079

what is everyone talking about? Tod won the game, funny how people do not understand this match-up at all.

TheDwf

France19747 Posts

November 16 2013 17:57 GMT

#1080

On November 17 2013 02:55 DJHelium wrote:
Downfall, now that you're here. How does a perfect defense against this 5 gate blink build play out? I always either lose the game or sac my natural, falling behind.

Say you scout it and go for a standard 3 rax opening.

I think you're automatically behind with a 3 rax transition against this. You have to hit a money timing like Happy did, or Protoss will just steamroll you with his lead.