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ssxsilver
Profile Joined June 2007
United States4409 Posts
March 15 2014 22:13 GMT
#6741
On March 16 2014 07:11 Darkhorse wrote:
Maybe Liquid could pick up another Korean terran in his place. Maybe one who used to be on both TSL and Fnatic.

Rain is retired =(.
MrMotionPicture
Profile Joined May 2010
United States4327 Posts
March 15 2014 22:13 GMT
#6742
On March 16 2014 07:13 NovaMB wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 16 2014 07:11 Darkhorse wrote:
Maybe Liquid could pick up another Korean terran in his place. Maybe one who used to be on both TSL and Fnatic.

Rain?!?

back from the grave.
"Elvis Presley" | Ret was looking at my post in the GSL video by Artosis. | MMA told me I look like Juanfran while we shared an elevator with Scarlett
Darkhorse
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
United States23455 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-03-15 22:14:37
March 15 2014 22:14 GMT
#6743
On March 16 2014 07:13 NovaMB wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 16 2014 07:11 Darkhorse wrote:
Maybe Liquid could pick up another Korean terran in his place. Maybe one who used to be on both TSL and Fnatic.

Rain?!?

Should've added "non-retired"

I intentionally chose TSL and Fnatic becasue TSL and EG everyone would've said Puma lol I forgot about Rain :/
WriterRecently Necro'd (?)
imrusty269
Profile Joined January 2014
United States1404 Posts
March 15 2014 22:14 GMT
#6744
On March 16 2014 07:11 FrostedMiniWheats wrote:
Hopefully he's just depressed about the loss and is just venting, but idk.

He seems less enthusiastic about the game these days, and then there's the thing with his wrists


You can only micro vs banelings + storms for so long. Mvp has given up on that completely by going mech vs Zerg + scv pull vs protoss.
Bbyong | MMA | Polt | Dream | Maru | Mvp
KingofdaHipHop
Profile Blog Joined October 2013
United States25602 Posts
March 15 2014 22:14 GMT
#6745
On March 16 2014 07:09 Penev wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 16 2014 07:09 NovaMB wrote:


Wonder if he would've tweeted that if it wasn't 100k Winner takes all, cause losing the semis of one of the biggest tournaments ever wouldn't have been so bad, especially with a good buffer that ro4 would give in terms of prize money.
Rain | herO | sOs | Dear | Neeb | ByuN | INnoVation | Dream | ForGG | Maru | ByuL | Golden | Solar | Soulkey | Scarlett!!!
Shellshock
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States97276 Posts
March 15 2014 22:14 GMT
#6746
On March 16 2014 07:14 Darkhorse wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 16 2014 07:13 NovaMB wrote:
On March 16 2014 07:11 Darkhorse wrote:
Maybe Liquid could pick up another Korean terran in his place. Maybe one who used to be on both TSL and Fnatic.

Rain?!?

Should've added "non-retired"

Rain that plays protoss isn't the same guy
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maartendq
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Belgium3115 Posts
March 15 2014 22:14 GMT
#6747
On March 16 2014 07:09 Penev wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 16 2014 07:09 NovaMB wrote:
https://twitter.com/LiquidTaeJa/statuses/444958068800225281


His wrist did seem to be acting up again though.. Good decision from him. He's still young, enough time to get a degree and a real job.
AWalker9
Profile Blog Joined August 2013
United Kingdom7229 Posts
March 15 2014 22:14 GMT
#6748
On March 16 2014 07:11 Darkhorse wrote:
Maybe Liquid could pick up another Korean terran in his place. Maybe one who used to be on both TSL and Fnatic.


Rain? He was streaming Hots a while a go
soOjwa has returned to smite all that stand in his way
ForTehDarkseid
Profile Joined April 2013
8139 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-03-15 22:17:11
March 15 2014 22:14 GMT
#6749
I didn't follow SC2, but I guess blink all-ins are similar to BW hydra busts in nature, but can't be fixed by map tweakings.
I think their strategy is to dumpster bad Western teams (c) uriel
Darkhorse
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
United States23455 Posts
March 15 2014 22:15 GMT
#6750
Not Rain

I hate you all.
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Qwerty85
Profile Joined June 2012
Croatia5536 Posts
March 15 2014 22:15 GMT
#6751
On March 16 2014 07:14 Darkhorse wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 16 2014 07:13 NovaMB wrote:
On March 16 2014 07:11 Darkhorse wrote:
Maybe Liquid could pick up another Korean terran in his place. Maybe one who used to be on both TSL and Fnatic.

Rain?!?

Should've added "non-retired"

I intentionally chose TSL and Fnatic becasue TSL and EG everyone would've said Puma lol I forgot about Rain :/


aLive?
Waise
Profile Joined June 2013
3165 Posts
March 15 2014 22:15 GMT
#6752
On March 16 2014 07:09 TheDwf wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 16 2014 07:08 DarkLordOlli wrote:
On March 16 2014 06:50 TheDwf wrote:
On March 16 2014 06:48 Vindicare605 wrote:


No matter how bad my dislike of the state of Protoss gets, I just CANNOT dislike Liquid_Hero

Lol, with the way he won Bogus at IEM Cologne, he should really not talk about this.


Why not? He goes on to say that protoss does it to win. He wants to win too. Why the hell would he not use blink?

He can use Blink 24/7 if he fancies. I just don't want to read a hypocritical tweet about that afterwards.

how is it hypocritical? he didn't tell other people not to use it. being hypocritical is failing to practice what you preach. he's only preaching that he thinks blink is too strong and not fun to watch, which is an opinion he can have whether he uses it or not (using it is part of his job)
Penguinator
Profile Joined December 2010
United States837 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-03-15 22:15:51
March 15 2014 22:15 GMT
#6753
https://twitter.com/LiquidTaeJa/status/444958068800225281
Towelie.635
Darkhorse
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
United States23455 Posts
March 15 2014 22:16 GMT
#6754
On March 16 2014 07:15 Qwerty85 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 16 2014 07:14 Darkhorse wrote:
On March 16 2014 07:13 NovaMB wrote:
On March 16 2014 07:11 Darkhorse wrote:
Maybe Liquid could pick up another Korean terran in his place. Maybe one who used to be on both TSL and Fnatic.

Rain?!?

Should've added "non-retired"

I intentionally chose TSL and Fnatic becasue TSL and EG everyone would've said Puma lol I forgot about Rain :/


aLive?

GOT 'EM
WriterRecently Necro'd (?)
Yorkie
Profile Blog Joined December 2012
United States12612 Posts
March 15 2014 22:16 GMT
#6755
On March 16 2014 07:15 Qwerty85 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 16 2014 07:14 Darkhorse wrote:
On March 16 2014 07:13 NovaMB wrote:
On March 16 2014 07:11 Darkhorse wrote:
Maybe Liquid could pick up another Korean terran in his place. Maybe one who used to be on both TSL and Fnatic.

Rain?!?

Should've added "non-retired"

I intentionally chose TSL and Fnatic becasue TSL and EG everyone would've said Puma lol I forgot about Rain :/


aLive?

Finally someone inadvertently said what he wanted them to! haha
Hwang Kang Hooooooooooo. Follow mah boy Shellshock @Shellshock1122
Olli
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
Austria24422 Posts
March 15 2014 22:16 GMT
#6756
On March 16 2014 07:09 TheDwf wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 16 2014 07:08 DarkLordOlli wrote:
On March 16 2014 06:50 TheDwf wrote:
On March 16 2014 06:48 Vindicare605 wrote:
https://twitter.com/Liquid_HerO/status/444951502017560576

No matter how bad my dislike of the state of Protoss gets, I just CANNOT dislike Liquid_Hero

Lol, with the way he won Bogus at IEM Cologne, he should really not talk about this.


Why not? He goes on to say that protoss does it to win. He wants to win too. Why the hell would he not use blink?

He can use Blink 24/7 if he fancies. I just don't want to read a hypocritical tweet about that afterwards.


Hypocrisy = stating your opinion. I see.

So when he played in WCS America and said "from a viewer's perspective, having so many Koreans in WCS America may be boring." was that hypocritical too in your opinion then? He's being honest. But he's also a professional player and he'll do everything it takes to win - as would you. Stating that what you use yourself is too strong... is hypocritical?

We've got different opinions on that one for sure.
Administrator"Declaring anything a disaster because aLive popped up out of nowhere is just downright silly."
pajoondies
Profile Joined February 2014
United States316 Posts
March 15 2014 22:17 GMT
#6757
i hope taeja retires, would be good for his physical and mental health even though i'd miss watching him play. ain't gonna watch tomorrow, PvP is alright and i'm sure they'll put on a good show but there's just been too much toss this year
washikie
Profile Joined February 2011
United States752 Posts
March 15 2014 22:17 GMT
#6758
+ Show Spoiler +
On March 16 2014 06:42 WTCO wrote:
Not trying to cause any issues here, legitimately wondering why Terran players don't get Stim earlier? Tech Lab and then a 100/100 upgrade doesn't seem very expensive?

The reason is the same as why you don't see protoss players build a forge before a gateway in TvP. having an upgrade faster is useless if you don't have enough unit to defend you during the time your getting it and your production takes a big enough hit that you wont have enough units to use it effectively when you get it.

Cutting a reactor for tech lab means Terran is halving their early game marine production, and their are builds that if they don't have enough marines to hold they will straight up die to, such as oracles which takes at least 6 reins. since t already build a reaper which takes almost as long as two marines to make and then get an expansion t just does not have the rein count or money to buy production to adjust their marine count so they have to reactor.
"when life gives Hero lemons he makes carriers" -Artosis
ZenithM
Profile Joined February 2011
France15952 Posts
March 15 2014 22:17 GMT
#6759
On March 16 2014 07:11 Darkhorse wrote:
Maybe Liquid could pick up another Korean terran in his place. Maybe one who used to be on both TSL and Fnatic.

You mean on both TSL and Prime.
Wingblade
Profile Joined April 2012
United States1806 Posts
March 15 2014 22:18 GMT
#6760
On March 16 2014 07:13 maartendq wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 16 2014 06:58 FrostedMiniWheats wrote:
On March 16 2014 06:52 Stratos_speAr wrote:
On March 16 2014 06:47 KrazyTrumpet wrote:
On March 16 2014 06:45 KingofdaHipHop wrote:
Honest question, was the Starcraft 2 fanbase so hostile at the peaks of Terran and Zerg dominations? I wasn't watching back then, but people seem so angry and disgusted nowadays, just wondering if it was like this in the past.

It was never this bad. There was anger during the days of GOMTvT and BL/infestor, but there is a level of disgust now that is unparalleled in the history of the SC2 community.


Yes, it was definitely this bad with Zerg. Not so much Terran, because Terran's dominance was due to the really high skill ceiling (so we saw some awesome plays, and TvT is undoubtedly the best mirror), but people were fucking PISSED in the days of Z dominance.


There was no high skill ceiling when people were complaining about 1/1/1, scv all-ins, 2-rax, pre-nerf emp, and BF hellions.

No but abusive terran strategies got nerfed to oblivion usually within a very acceptable timeframe. Nowadays it takes months for the balance team to admit that there is a problem and even if they do, they are afraid of actually taking drastic action.

I don't know for how long you've been following SC2, but below are a few of the things Terran had to contend with within the first few months of WoL:
-Siege tank damage going from 60 to 50, to 35+15 to armored.
-Reapers gone from overpowered unit to least useful unit in the game
-Bunker build time increased a couple of times
-Reactor build time practically doubled, cost increased
-Stim research time increased by a lot
-Concussive missiles had to be researched
-Increased barrack build time


And yet Terran still dominated for at least a full year. You act like these things were not necessary.
PartinG fanboy to the max, Rain/Squirtle/Dear/Scarlett/Bbyong are cool too. I don't always watch Dota2 but when I do I have no clue what's going on. GOGO POWER RANGERS
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