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[IEM] Cologne Day 4 - Ro8, Ro4 and Grand Finals - Page 313

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Okay calm down folks, stop balance whining or the bans are going to get long.
herMan
Profile Joined November 2010
Japan2057 Posts
February 16 2014 22:19 GMT
#6241
Hahahaha digging up that blink. playing the villain role very well
Godwrath
Profile Joined August 2012
Spain10156 Posts
February 16 2014 22:20 GMT
#6242
On February 17 2014 07:18 Elite_ wrote:
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On February 17 2014 07:16 Godwrath wrote:
Am i back to 2012 ? 20 pages about immortal all in.

About a failed Immortal all-in that went into a bigger Immortal all-in that lasted like 10 or so minutes.

That happened in 2012 too. The ways of the soul train are capricious.
Captain Peabody
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States3135 Posts
February 16 2014 22:20 GMT
#6243
On February 17 2014 07:10 bo1b wrote:
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On February 17 2014 07:08 Captain Peabody wrote:
Why? Why should JD be able to make mistakes at the very highest level of competititive Starcraft versus a race and a strategy where little mistakes matter a lot...and still win? Because it's "fair"?

Because different races shouldn't be allowed to have different strengths in an asymmetrical RTS game? Because different strategies with different strengths and weaknesses shouldn't exist? Because micro players should never be able to beat macro players?

Hero won with skill. JD lost using skill, because he made mistakes. THIS IS HOW THE GAME IS SUPPOSED TO WORK!

You think hero didn't make mistakes?

Of course Hero made mistakes. But in this particular game, using this particular strategy against JD's particular strategy, with his units and level of micro against JD's units and level of micro, his mistakes ended up being less impactful than JD's mistakes.

Now, why is that? It's because SC2 is a karking complicated game. Maps, strategies, micro, macro, meta-gaming, units, army movement, racial asymmetry, and decision making all contribute to the outcome of games--AND ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE INHERENTLY ASYMMETRICAL THEREFORE 'UNFAIR.'

Yet to ascribe a victory in a game like this to only one of these factors (e.g. "herp derp Protoss," "immortals unfair," "yeonsu," etc), and then to try to use this to argue that the game as a whole is therefore 'unfair' is utterly nonsensical.

These players are both amazing. They both played amazingly, making use of all of the factors I talked about. One of them won.

It's an insult to both of them, to all competitive players, and to the community as a whole to try to pretend that this win is somehow illegitimate or 'undeserved' because the players played the actual game of SC2 skillfully.

Which, to remind you again, is as an asymmetrical RTS game.
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imrusty269
Profile Joined January 2014
United States1404 Posts
February 16 2014 22:20 GMT
#6244
I'm so glad that Polt vs HerO final and all them annoying CJ entoss fans have raged quit.
Bbyong | MMA | Polt | Dream | Maru | Mvp
Miragee
Profile Joined December 2009
8693 Posts
February 16 2014 22:20 GMT
#6245
On February 17 2014 07:03 NarutO wrote:
Why the hell are so many people negative? Yes people don't like allins, I can understand. People don't like their favorite losing, I get that. But who the hell can say that this series wasn't nailbiting and exciting till the end? Seriously what is wrong with you. Today we got some of the best Starcraft out there and we should all be happy that IEM hits over 80000 viewers.

Please make the scene a bit more enjoyable for yourself.


It was close and nail-biting until the and. It was still ugly to watch and not enjoyable at all (for me). Happy now?
SetGuitarsToKill
Profile Blog Joined December 2013
Canada28396 Posts
February 16 2014 22:20 GMT
#6246
Oh god. The blink will be the death of this thread.
Community News"As long as you have a warp prism you can't be bad at harassment" - Maru | @SetGuitars2Kill
opterown *
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Australia54784 Posts
February 16 2014 22:20 GMT
#6247
On February 17 2014 07:17 Squat wrote:
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On February 17 2014 07:10 Darkhorse wrote:
On February 17 2014 07:09 Squat wrote:
On February 17 2014 07:00 redviper wrote:
On February 17 2014 06:55 robson1 wrote:
On February 17 2014 06:53 Squat wrote:
It is absolutely baffling that JD still has not figured out that zerg is never supposed to be aggressive when ahead, unless you have already won. If he just falls back, makes some drones and masses hydras, hero has zero chance of winning. Again, his over-aggression kills him. And he never learns.

Fuck everything, I'll go drink some battery acid now or something.


Lol. JD is so terrible with his consistent top 4 finishes. He never learns how to play decently. Must be hard to be butthurt all the time.


I'll never understand this devotion that people bring over for JD from BW days.
Lets list all the tournaments JD has won shall we.

Asus ROG
Numericable M-House Cup
HyperX 10 year anniversary.

Its pretty lol worthy to compare him to HerO.

WCS NA S1
NASL S4
DH Winter
DH Winter
IPL Fight club
MLG Summer quals
IPL Season 3 qual 1.
FXOpen Invite

Not to mention that HerO actually plays in PL and Jaedong plays in .. well nothing really. Not even GSTL.




JD was a Brood War legend. Without people like him, this game, this tournament, this website would not exist. Hate all you want but players like JD built this fucking scene with their hard work in a cramped apartment for shit pay over years and years.

People respect him because he's fucking earned it. People like him because of what he's done, and for the awesome memories he's given them. Unless you were there, you will never understand.

That guy is an idiot for shitting on JD, but seriously you are going to far with the whine today.

Who is whining? I never even mentioned balance in this thread once. I was angry and disappointed that my biggest idol lost in a really stupid way. I thought he played poorly. Get off your high horse, being pretentious doesn't suit you.

neither does it suit you lol
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Lorning *
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Belgica34432 Posts
February 16 2014 22:20 GMT
#6248
Gogo Polt

another marine runby to beat this
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Caladan
Profile Joined May 2008
Germany1238 Posts
February 16 2014 22:20 GMT
#6249
lol, look at the viewer numbers.
Half an hour ago - 78.000 watching Jaedong.
Now grand finals and 64.000 watching. :D

No comment.
Vindicare605
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
United States16125 Posts
February 16 2014 22:20 GMT
#6250
Polt is going to die to this.
aka: KTVindicare the Geeky Bartender
robson1
Profile Joined March 2013
3632 Posts
February 16 2014 22:20 GMT
#6251
On February 17 2014 07:18 Lumi wrote:
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On February 17 2014 07:14 KrazyTrumpet wrote:
On February 17 2014 07:12 Sokrates wrote:
What pisses people of is not the fact that hero played really well it is the fact that he shouldnt have won after two failed allins. Not that hero didnt play well but after 2 failed allins you should have not a snowballs chance in hell to get back into it other than your enemy throwing it hard.

Which is pretty much exactly what happened lol


No? Lol. Btw, it's failed 4 gate vs 3 hatch before pool, into failed all in, into repeat of failed all-in vs superior tech. Chobos might assert that JD made mistakes and threw the match but if you pulled up the replay with them and asked them to point to specific moments and say "That exact command was a mistake" and also ask them to say exactly what could have been done better, they won't actually know, or will start spilling all of their bogus perceptions which serve to retain their lower league status in the game. Best not to sweat it, but then that makes this all hypocritical of me I like telling the truth.


lol. You like deluding yourself to confirm your bias.
Genius is that funny scientist who no one takes seriously until he kills you with a flame throwing trumpet. - stuchiu 2013
Yorkie
Profile Blog Joined December 2012
United States12612 Posts
February 16 2014 22:20 GMT
#6252
Meanwhile THE GRAND FINALS ARE HAPPENING PEOPLE
Hwang Kang Hooooooooooo. Follow mah boy Shellshock @Shellshock1122
DaedricTV
Profile Joined February 2014
United Kingdom94 Posts
February 16 2014 22:20 GMT
#6253
On February 17 2014 07:18 FueledUpAndReadyToGo wrote:
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On February 17 2014 07:17 DaedricTV wrote:
Jaedong fans are by far the worst members of the SC community.

Thank god you are giving us such a good contribution


There is nothing good about this thread, not for the past 20 pages. All because of children complaining their favourite got outplayed.
Dodgin
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Canada39254 Posts
February 16 2014 22:20 GMT
#6254
On February 17 2014 07:20 Caladan wrote:
lol, look at the viewer numbers.
Half an hour ago - 78.000 watching Jaedong.
Now grand finals and 64.000 watching. :D

No comment.


I'll be sure to quote you in an hour
Heartland
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
Sweden24604 Posts
February 16 2014 22:21 GMT
#6255
Another day in the sc2 trenches
Gullis
Profile Joined April 2012
Sweden740 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-02-16 22:21:56
February 16 2014 22:21 GMT
#6256


Come on please Polt win!
I would rather eat than see my children starve.
Nebuchad
Profile Blog Joined December 2012
Switzerland12487 Posts
February 16 2014 22:21 GMT
#6257
On February 17 2014 07:15 SpikeStarcraft wrote:
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On February 17 2014 07:14 Bagration wrote:
On February 17 2014 07:13 n0ise wrote:
why are people so bitter?

is there some betting scene I'm not aware of maybe?


jaedong is more popular than Hero. And people tend to hate Protoss these days. That is all


well... allining protosses arent really popular. I think people have a lot of respect for Rain's macro game.


People like their protosses to play well, have close games, and then lose in the end. If you look at the games Rain won vs Polt, you will find complaints about them as well.

I would put that in perspective, it's not really about "popular" or not; usually the LR thread people are the only people who really suffer from this.
No will to live, no wish to die
Wildmoon
Profile Joined December 2011
Thailand4189 Posts
February 16 2014 22:21 GMT
#6258
On February 17 2014 07:18 Lumi wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 17 2014 07:14 KrazyTrumpet wrote:
On February 17 2014 07:12 Sokrates wrote:
What pisses people of is not the fact that hero played really well it is the fact that he shouldnt have won after two failed allins. Not that hero didnt play well but after 2 failed allins you should have not a snowballs chance in hell to get back into it other than your enemy throwing it hard.

Which is pretty much exactly what happened lol


No? Lol. Btw, it's failed 4 gate vs 3 hatch before pool, into failed all in, into repeat of failed all-in vs superior tech. Chobos might assert that JD made mistakes and threw the match but if you pulled up the replay with them and asked them to point to specific moments and say "That exact command was a mistake" and also ask them to say exactly what could have been done better, they won't actually know, or will start spilling all of their bogus perceptions which serve to retain their lower league status in the game. Best not to sweat it, but then that makes this all hypocritical of me I like telling the truth.


The suicide engagement in open area was an obvious mistake and a terrible one. JD didn't have to do that at all. He had all the advantages. I am not sure how could you know anything about SC if you can't even point out JD's mistakes in that game.
kckkryptonite
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
1126 Posts
February 16 2014 22:21 GMT
#6259
other terrans dont get widows mines against blink, tod?
RIP avilo, qxc keyboard 2013, RIP Nathanis keyboard 2014
Zealously
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
East Gorteau22261 Posts
February 16 2014 22:21 GMT
#6260
On February 17 2014 07:20 imrusty269 wrote:
I'm so glad that Polt vs HerO final and all them annoying CJ entoss fans have raged quit.


You underestimate me but I'm not sure what the deal is with CJ since they had no players at this IEM
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