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Okay calm down folks, stop balance whining or the bans are going to get long.
bo1b
Profile Blog Joined August 2012
Australia12814 Posts
February 16 2014 17:43 GMT
#2821
On February 17 2014 02:42 goody153 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 17 2014 02:39 KrazyTrumpet wrote:
On February 17 2014 02:36 bo1b wrote:
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.

I remember JD wiping out every single protoss and dropping only a single map during his run at wcs global finals s2 2013. He was facing all kinds of protoss. From the overhyped "solid" protoss like rain. Even to the hyped First. It was shocking to watch every single toss being outplayed. Then proceeded to lose against bomber.

My point still stands that JvP existed in early 2013.
felisconcolori
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States6168 Posts
February 16 2014 17:43 GMT
#2822
On February 17 2014 02:41 SpikeStarcraft wrote:
So can somebody explain rationally why innovation lost so hard? Im too biased and fed up right now for a proper analysis.


Hero made better choices for the series, and Innovation chose poorly.

+ Show Spoiler +
You could argue what choices exactly, while some seem to think it was just choosing the ability to plant pylons. I do not entirely agree with that proposition.
Yes, I email sponsors... to thank them. Don't post drunk, kids. My king, what has become of you?
The_Templar
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
your Country52797 Posts
February 16 2014 17:43 GMT
#2823
On February 17 2014 02:42 Muffloe wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 17 2014 02:41 Lorning wrote:
ugh Apollo, that blazer is awful

I've never understood TL's obsession with clothes

Clothes make the man.
For example I'm wearing pajamas right now
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Abominous
Profile Joined March 2013
Croatia1625 Posts
February 16 2014 17:43 GMT
#2824
On February 17 2014 02:42 Ufnal wrote:
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On February 17 2014 02:38 Abominous wrote:
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.

Not much of balance discussion was raised before the Inno vs HerO series (mind you that was the first awful series of the day).


That's funny, by the way. When the games play out well and are interesting, it's purely the player's merit and nobody mentions how the game is well suited for bringing us epic fun. While when games are bad, it's mainly (though not only, to be fair) balance whine.

Yeah, I agree. But it's easy to overlook the imbalances when the game keeps you on the edge
NarutO
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
Germany18839 Posts
February 16 2014 17:43 GMT
#2825
So hard to be a fan of INnoVation sometimes;;
CommentatorPolt | MMA | Jjakji | BoxeR | NaDa | MVP | MKP ... truly inspiring.
ETisME
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
12680 Posts
February 16 2014 17:44 GMT
#2826
On February 17 2014 02:41 KelsierSC wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 17 2014 02:39 goody153 wrote:
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

reddit has less balance whining than TL in my experience, unless you actually go into the balance thread
其疾如风,其徐如林,侵掠如火,不动如山,难知如阴,动如雷震。
bo1b
Profile Blog Joined August 2012
Australia12814 Posts
February 16 2014 17:44 GMT
#2827
On February 17 2014 02:43 NarutO wrote:
So hard to be a fan of INnoVation sometimes;;

From whats being posted on this thread your stream sounds pretty entertaining
Abominous
Profile Joined March 2013
Croatia1625 Posts
February 16 2014 17:44 GMT
#2828
On February 17 2014 02:43 NarutO wrote:
So hard to be a fan of INnoVation sometimes;;

Try being a JD fan, I gave up on him like 20 times this weekend only and the guy keeps proving me wrong :D
nkr
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Sweden5451 Posts
February 16 2014 17:45 GMT
#2829
On February 17 2014 02:43 Fhiz wrote:
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On February 17 2014 02:42 nkr wrote:
On February 17 2014 02:42 Fhiz wrote:
On February 17 2014 02:41 Lorning wrote:
ugh Apollo, that blazer is awful


it was better then tod's short sleeved dress shirt with the top 3 buttons undone at sao paulo


really, who cares

when esports becomes a dressing contest im outa here



It's a pretty important aspect to broadcasting no matter where you are/ who your audience is. You're most likely more affected by it then you think.


he has a blazer and is looking fine, wether the colours blend together well or fits his hairstyle no one should really care about. Remove the nerd culture and start appealing to people in suits and you get a bland soup of nothingness
ESPORTS ILLUMINATI
KelsierSC
Profile Blog Joined March 2013
United Kingdom10443 Posts
February 16 2014 17:45 GMT
#2830
On February 17 2014 02:43 KrazyTrumpet wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 17 2014 02:41 KelsierSC wrote:
On February 17 2014 02:39 goody153 wrote:
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

Well, that last series was anything but epic lol

For the rest of the day I've been too busy jizzing over all the amazing games haha


game 3 was fucking cool man, action in both bases and a cool base trade.

Hero came out ahead but then it looked like innovation could bring it back and he was microing his heart out.
Hero battled and managed to push it back but it was still an epic game
Zerg for Life
Muffloe
Profile Joined December 2012
Sweden6061 Posts
February 16 2014 17:45 GMT
#2831
On February 17 2014 02:43 The_Templar wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 17 2014 02:42 Muffloe wrote:
On February 17 2014 02:41 Lorning wrote:
ugh Apollo, that blazer is awful

I've never understood TL's obsession with clothes

Clothes make the man.
For example I'm wearing pajamas right now

Slackers ftw !
Godwrath
Profile Joined August 2012
Spain10137 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-02-16 17:45:42
February 16 2014 17:45 GMT
#2832
On February 17 2014 02:41 bo1b wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 17 2014 02:39 KrazyTrumpet wrote:
On February 17 2014 02:36 bo1b wrote:
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.

What part of early 2013 = second half of 2013

edit: I have no fucking clue what I'm doing with this apparently

Yeah, but it wasn't really the first half. He had a very succesful year overall. Actually it was even more impressive because of how he started it.
Eliezar
Profile Joined May 2004
United States481 Posts
February 16 2014 17:45 GMT
#2833
On February 17 2014 02:33 TotalBiscuit wrote:
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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.


Polt had no problem being in defensive positions in case of Oracles without skipping 2 barracks and building a turret blindly. Just bad bad bad StarCraft...gold level players blindly build defensive structures for no reason like that.

The *only* strat that Innovation prepared for in game 1 was Oracle...his opening was bad against most any other reasonable strat..

6 marines in your mineral line...that's all it takes to be safe against an oracle.
Tamagoshi
Profile Joined September 2012
Brazil981 Posts
February 16 2014 17:45 GMT
#2834
Stop the balance whine guys! Let's talk about things that are important!

3 players from WCS AM, 1 from GSL so
America > Korea
intotheheart
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Canada33091 Posts
February 16 2014 17:45 GMT
#2835
On February 17 2014 02:44 Abominous wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 17 2014 02:43 NarutO wrote:
So hard to be a fan of INnoVation sometimes;;

Try being a JD fan, I gave up on him like 20 times this weekend only and the guy keeps proving me wrong :D

Yeah I can see that being awful. He just keeps breaking your heart for you to come crawling back.
kiss kiss fall in love
[UoN]Sentinel
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
United States11320 Posts
February 16 2014 17:45 GMT
#2836
On February 17 2014 02:43 The_Templar wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 17 2014 02:42 Muffloe wrote:
On February 17 2014 02:41 Lorning wrote:
ugh Apollo, that blazer is awful

I've never understood TL's obsession with clothes

Clothes make the man.
For example I'm wearing pajamas right now

I'm not wearing any clothes right now. What kind of man am I?
Нас зовет дух отцов, память старых бойцов, дух Москвы и твердыня Полтавы
Lorning *
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Belgica34432 Posts
February 16 2014 17:46 GMT
#2837
But RedeYe, Flash is the King of wings
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Heartland
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
Sweden24593 Posts
February 16 2014 17:46 GMT
#2838
On February 17 2014 02:45 [UoN]Sentinel wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 17 2014 02:43 The_Templar wrote:
On February 17 2014 02:42 Muffloe wrote:
On February 17 2014 02:41 Lorning wrote:
ugh Apollo, that blazer is awful

I've never understood TL's obsession with clothes

Clothes make the man.
For example I'm wearing pajamas right now

I'm not wearing any clothes right now. What kind of man am I?


You're not a man. You're a bear.
THELEHGOTERRAN
Profile Joined August 2011
United States1837 Posts
February 16 2014 17:46 GMT
#2839
On February 17 2014 02:45 Tamagoshi wrote:
Stop the balance whine guys! Let's talk about things that are important!

3 players from WCS AM, 1 from GSL so
America > Korea


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intotheheart
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Canada33091 Posts
February 16 2014 17:46 GMT
#2840
On February 17 2014 02:46 Lorning wrote:
But RedeYe, Flash is the King of wings

How on earth did you score over 200 comments in TL in just under 24 hours?
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