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Okay calm down folks, stop balance whining or the bans are going to get long.
Godwrath
Profile Joined August 2012
Spain10137 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-02-16 17:39:06
February 16 2014 17:38 GMT
#2781
On February 17 2014 02:36 KrazyTrumpet wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 17 2014 02:35 Tanzklaue wrote:
On February 17 2014 02:33 TotalBiscuit wrote:
On February 17 2014 02:30 DaedricTV wrote:
Why are people even arguing about this?

Innovation played worst in every game and lost 3-0, that's the way it's meant to be.


At present terrans are feeling like they're playing coinflips against Protoss, except the coin has 8 sides and they need to call the right one or they die. Also sometimes they die anyway

Frankly it's hard to blame them for feeling that way and this series didn't do much to dispel that since 2 games were flatout cheese.

and then you have people like polt dispatching protoss despite them cheesing.

really, innovation didn't play that good here. protoss is strong, yes, but for a suposed top 5 terran, it shouldn't be this crushing.

Hey, let's be fair, Polt is just on another level. It's so hard to be as good as Polt when you're playing full time instead of going to school.

Let's see what Polt brings against Rain, because if he chooses to continue his aggro build, i seriously doubt he has a chance.
Edit - And no, i am not speaking about balance.
Butterz
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
688 Posts
February 16 2014 17:38 GMT
#2782
Good luck Polt from the very deepest part of my heart
VeNoM HaZ Skill
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States1528 Posts
February 16 2014 17:38 GMT
#2783
I don't even blame Hero. When the maps are inexplicably absolutely irrefutably fucking garbage, why not abuse them? Terrans did it for years in BW. Sure the MSC is finally being recognized as being more OP than the defiler, but the maps are still a large part of controlling balance, especially in between the oh so frequent patches.
#1 MMA fan! I like you too Taeja. Still patiently waiting for the Crown Prince to become the King.
royalroadweed
Profile Joined April 2013
United States8301 Posts
February 16 2014 17:38 GMT
#2784
On February 17 2014 02:37 DarkLordOlli wrote:
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On February 17 2014 02:36 royalroadweed wrote:
On February 17 2014 02:28 Eliezar wrote:
On February 17 2014 02:24 travis wrote:
I am pretty amused by people who are balance whining after game 3?
Clearly innovation had poor decisionmaking that game..
whatever lol


I thought Innovation had a lead at that point...and decided to base trade...

In fact, his decisions in all three games were pretty darn dubious.

Game 1 was WAY too greedy and just blind counter to oracles...because?
Game 2 was weird...he just let the mothership core scout his base, he doesn't have an answer to DTs...happens, but his scans and attempts to kill dts were comically bad
Game 3 was just so dumb...looking solid, getting an earlier third and then pull a :+:Lokus:+:...protoss moves out, drop your entire army and start a basetrade. What?

And if he was going to do that why didn't he start walling off the top of his ramp and building bunkers so he wouldn't just die instantly to storm?

Just bad play.


Don't know about the other games. But I do think that Innovation probably chose to open anti oracle because the map is habitation station.


That was on Frost though, really don't know what he was doing there

Oh yeah. mixed up the games^^
"Nerfing Toss can just make them stronger"
XiaoJoyce-
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
China2908 Posts
February 16 2014 17:39 GMT
#2785
I keep getting advertisement, is it on break or something?
Pew! Pew! Chitty Chitty Bang Bang!
KrazyTrumpet
Profile Joined April 2010
United States2520 Posts
February 16 2014 17:39 GMT
#2786
On February 17 2014 02:36 bo1b wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 17 2014 02:35 KrazyTrumpet wrote:
On February 17 2014 02:34 Squat wrote:
On February 17 2014 02:28 Xinzoe wrote:
On February 17 2014 02:27 Godwrath wrote:
On February 17 2014 02:26 pmp10 wrote:
On February 17 2014 02:25 eurTsItniH wrote:
A PvP final is pretty likely isn't it?

Was JD looking bad against Patience?
Didn't see the games.

I am confident on JD destroying hero.


Only if JD takes his jacket off.

JD actually has a pretty good track record against Hero, which is weird since Hero, at least on paper seems like a player who would give JD fits.

I don't know, JD has looked thoroughly unimpressive so far in HotS, but if he can beat Patience, he should be able to beat Hero.

Have you been watching a different JD the last 6 months or so than the rest of us...?

He's looked unimpressive for majority of games in 2014 at least, and early 2013 he looked fucking horrid vs protoss, and every zerg was losing vT for a while. So he's kind of right

Again...have you people been watching a completely different JD than the rest of us? His vP has improved *drastically* so I'm not sure why you're even bringing that up.

I will agree that his previous tournament he looked completely off, but the entire second half of 2013 was pretty much complete ownage from him, and he's back on form this tournament. I don't really understand how you can argue.
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KingofdaHipHop
Profile Blog Joined October 2013
United States25602 Posts
February 16 2014 17:39 GMT
#2787
On February 17 2014 02:37 Squat wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 17 2014 02:36 KingofdaHipHop wrote:
On February 17 2014 02:34 Squat wrote:
On February 17 2014 02:28 Xinzoe wrote:
On February 17 2014 02:27 Godwrath wrote:
On February 17 2014 02:26 pmp10 wrote:
On February 17 2014 02:25 eurTsItniH wrote:
A PvP final is pretty likely isn't it?

Was JD looking bad against Patience?
Didn't see the games.

I am confident on JD destroying hero.


Only if JD takes his jacket off.

JD actually has a pretty good track record against Hero, which is weird since Hero, at least on paper seems like a player who would give JD fits.

I don't know, JD has looked thoroughly unimpressive so far in HotS, but if he can beat Patience, he should be able to beat Hero.

Are you sure you're watching the same HotS as the rest of us?

ugh my bad, I meant 2014. Disregard earlier statement.

You are right in that he hasn't shown us anything too awe inspiring, it's a little bit too early to tell though. He's been having a pretty good run this tournament, but he's been on the ropes a lot. Hopefully he doesn't make it to the finals and choke.
Rain | herO | sOs | Dear | Neeb | ByuN | INnoVation | Dream | ForGG | Maru | ByuL | Golden | Solar | Soulkey | Scarlett!!!
goody153
Profile Blog Joined April 2013
44238 Posts
February 16 2014 17:39 GMT
#2788
On February 17 2014 02:37 KelsierSC wrote:
I am really surprised how much people like discussing balance rather than enjoying epic games.

For me the fun in this game comes from talking about cool shit and awesome games
rather than random balance discussion which I don't understand because I am not a pro.

Actually there wasn't balance discussion much and this thread was pretty neat. Until hero decided to cheese innovation 2 times hell broke lose.
this is a quote
Ramiz1989
Profile Joined July 2012
12124 Posts
February 16 2014 17:39 GMT
#2789
On February 17 2014 02:37 KelsierSC wrote:
I am really surprised how much people like discussing balance rather than enjoying epic games.

For me the fun in this game comes from talking about cool shit and awesome games
rather than random balance discussion which I don't understand because I am not a pro.

Some people are discussing about balance because they don't like when their favorite player/race gets destroyed, so they don't really have anything to enjoy.
"I've been to hell and back, and back to hell…and back. This time, I've brought Hell back with me."
WerderBremen
Profile Joined September 2011
Germany1070 Posts
February 16 2014 17:39 GMT
#2790
Polt vs Rain omg ^.^
"Thats the moment you send the kids outta the room - when you get contained by MarineKing." Tasteless
felisconcolori
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States6168 Posts
February 16 2014 17:39 GMT
#2791
On February 17 2014 02:36 KrazyTrumpet wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 17 2014 02:35 Tanzklaue wrote:
On February 17 2014 02:33 TotalBiscuit wrote:
On February 17 2014 02:30 DaedricTV wrote:
Why are people even arguing about this?

Innovation played worst in every game and lost 3-0, that's the way it's meant to be.


At present terrans are feeling like they're playing coinflips against Protoss, except the coin has 8 sides and they need to call the right one or they die. Also sometimes they die anyway

Frankly it's hard to blame them for feeling that way and this series didn't do much to dispel that since 2 games were flatout cheese.

and then you have people like polt dispatching protoss despite them cheesing.

really, innovation didn't play that good here. protoss is strong, yes, but for a suposed top 5 terran, it shouldn't be this crushing.

Hey, let's be fair, Polt is just on another level. It's so hard to be as good as Polt when you're playing full time instead of going to school.


Yes. If only all terrans played TvP as well as Polt...
Yes, I email sponsors... to thank them. Don't post drunk, kids. My king, what has become of you?
DamnCats
Profile Joined August 2010
United States1472 Posts
February 16 2014 17:39 GMT
#2792
I'm scared for Polt :[
Disciples of a god, that neither lives nor breathes.
Kerence
Profile Joined May 2011
Sweden1817 Posts
February 16 2014 17:39 GMT
#2793
On February 17 2014 02:39 XiaoJoyce- wrote:
I keep getting advertisement, is it on break or something?

Yes, on break for another minute or so.
I am here in the shadows.
Tanzklaue
Profile Joined January 2012
Germany1415 Posts
February 16 2014 17:40 GMT
#2794
On February 17 2014 02:37 Abominous wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 17 2014 02:37 Squat wrote:
On February 17 2014 02:36 KingofdaHipHop wrote:
On February 17 2014 02:34 Squat wrote:
On February 17 2014 02:28 Xinzoe wrote:
On February 17 2014 02:27 Godwrath wrote:
On February 17 2014 02:26 pmp10 wrote:
On February 17 2014 02:25 eurTsItniH wrote:
A PvP final is pretty likely isn't it?

Was JD looking bad against Patience?
Didn't see the games.

I am confident on JD destroying hero.


Only if JD takes his jacket off.

JD actually has a pretty good track record against Hero, which is weird since Hero, at least on paper seems like a player who would give JD fits.

I don't know, JD has looked thoroughly unimpressive so far in HotS, but if he can beat Patience, he should be able to beat Hero.

Are you sure you're watching the same HotS as the rest of us?

ugh my bad, I meant 2014. Disregard earlier statement.

That I agree with.

yea same here. 2014 didn't look too sharp for the great dong.
KrazyTrumpet
Profile Joined April 2010
United States2520 Posts
February 16 2014 17:40 GMT
#2795
On February 17 2014 02:38 VeNoM HaZ Skill wrote:
I don't even blame Hero. When the maps are inexplicably absolutely irrefutably fucking garbage, why not abuse them? Terrans did it for years in BW. Sure the MSC is finally being recognized as being more OP than the defiler, but the maps are still a large part of controlling balance, especially in between the oh so frequent patches.

Let's not be too hasty here...wait, what am I saying?! This is TL! Carry on.
www.twitch.tv/krazy Best Stream Quality NA @KClarkSC2
SpikeStarcraft
Profile Joined October 2011
Germany2095 Posts
February 16 2014 17:41 GMT
#2796
So can somebody explain rationally why innovation lost so hard? Im too biased and fed up right now for a proper analysis.
Lorning *
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Belgica34432 Posts
February 16 2014 17:41 GMT
#2797
ugh Apollo, that blazer is awful
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DaedricTV
Profile Joined February 2014
United Kingdom94 Posts
February 16 2014 17:41 GMT
#2798
On February 17 2014 02:33 TotalBiscuit wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 17 2014 02:30 DaedricTV wrote:
Why are people even arguing about this?

Innovation played worst in every game and lost 3-0, that's the way it's meant to be.


At present terrans are feeling like they're playing coinflips against Protoss, except the coin has 8 sides and they need to call the right one or they die. Also sometimes they die anyway

Frankly it's hard to blame them for feeling that way and this series didn't do much to dispel that since 2 games were flatout cheese.


Most of the problems with PvT are map-related and not race related, of course it's easy for most people to ignore this, people want the maps changed and for Protoss to be nerfed.

You see the main issue is that people generally don't care about balance, they want 'balance' as long as their race has it better. If the maps are changed and Protoss ends up being nerfed (when it's not really race related problems), then Protoss will go back to be awful like during the end of WoL.
Qwerty85
Profile Joined June 2012
Croatia5536 Posts
February 16 2014 17:41 GMT
#2799
On February 17 2014 02:33 TotalBiscuit wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 17 2014 02:30 DaedricTV wrote:
Why are people even arguing about this?

Innovation played worst in every game and lost 3-0, that's the way it's meant to be.


At present terrans are feeling like they're playing coinflips against Protoss, except the coin has 8 sides and they need to call the right one or they die. Also sometimes they die anyway

Frankly it's hard to blame them for feeling that way and this series didn't do much to dispel that since 2 games were flatout cheese.


Pretty much this. Even if you get to scout a build there is always a transition protoss can do, they can up the ante.
At the same time, there is no way to have all necessary information to react properly to everything that can happen and preparing for everything automatically puts you behind.
KelsierSC
Profile Blog Joined March 2013
United Kingdom10443 Posts
February 16 2014 17:41 GMT
#2800
On February 17 2014 02:39 goody153 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 17 2014 02:37 KelsierSC wrote:
I am really surprised how much people like discussing balance rather than enjoying epic games.

For me the fun in this game comes from talking about cool shit and awesome games
rather than random balance discussion which I don't understand because I am not a pro.

Actually there wasn't balance discussion much and this thread was pretty neat. Until hero decided to cheese innovation 2 times hell broke lose.


Yeh I wasn't specifically targetting this thread it just seems to happen a lot.

I mean I am trying to avoid reddit and I never go on twitch chat because of the balance whine and TL is usually a bit more reasonable.

It just surprises me that people still enjoy discussing balance rather than epic shit
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