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On April 11 2014 07:06 FuRRie wrote:
I never understood the rage for cheese/all-in/...
You play to win, you play out your own strenghts, and if possible into the opponents weaknesses.
Every commercialized competition is, at its core, entertainment first. If people don't enjoy what they see, no matter how much work and dedication and skill is being displayed, the sport is unlikely to flourish. Alicia's job is to win, which he did. Sc2's job is to entertain, which is a little more of a mixed bag.
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On April 11 2014 07:11 Shellshock wrote:Show nested quote +On April 11 2014 07:10 boxerfred wrote:On April 11 2014 07:10 Shellshock wrote:
These games are all irrelevant anyways. Polt is going to win WCS AM regardless of who makes the finals serious question: except tb, who's been cheering for alicia? and I'm talking about "for alicia", not "against bomber" probably some protoss people and axiom people. Axiom has a decent number of fans
Alicia is one of those somewhat overlooked players. He's been a tiptop contender for a long time, but just barely out of the spotlight level...
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On April 11 2014 07:11 boxerfred wrote:Show nested quote +On April 11 2014 07:10 IntoTheheart wrote:On April 11 2014 07:09 boxerfred wrote:
Thing with Polt is that he has a different approach to StarCraft in general. He's so into tactic, thinking through games, not especially relying on builds but on forcing the opponent to play his game. That's kind of great vs. a cheesy player, because you cannot surprise Polt easily since his scouting patterns and understanding of the smallest factors are just tight. Bomber appears to be a reactive player, and if you show the wrong reaction or are simply too late, you die. So basically Polt is Mvp with better wrists. let's say he's a tl;dr version of mvp?
He lacks Mvp's killer mech though. then again wrists probably better than mech
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On April 11 2014 07:10 Crot4le wrote:
A disgusting amount of disrespect in this thread. Too many butthurt balance whiners and prats in general.
It's fun to play saint when your player wins, isn't it?
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On April 11 2014 07:10 boxerfred wrote:Show nested quote +On April 11 2014 07:10 Shellshock wrote:
These games are all irrelevant anyways. Polt is going to win WCS AM regardless of who makes the finals serious question: except tb, who's been cheering for alicia? and I'm talking about "for alicia", not "against bomber"
I was. Do you have a point?
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On April 11 2014 07:10 Shellshock wrote:
These games are all irrelevant anyways. Polt is going to win WCS AM regardless of who makes the finals
2nd place matters too yo
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On April 11 2014 07:10 Lorning wrote:Show nested quote +On April 11 2014 07:10 Shellshock wrote:
These games are all irrelevant anyways. Polt is going to win WCS AM regardless of who makes the finals First person to talk sense in this LR thread
Word
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On April 11 2014 07:12 Darkhorse wrote:Show nested quote +On April 11 2014 07:10 Crot4le wrote:
A disgusting amount of disrespect in this thread. Too many butthurt balance whiners and prats in general. "I see disrespect! I'm going to call people butthurt and prats! That'll up respect level!"
Totalbiscuit style
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On April 11 2014 07:10 sAsImre wrote:Show nested quote +On April 11 2014 07:00 TotalBiscuit wrote:On April 11 2014 06:59 Yorkie wrote:
The only thing Alicia scouted was Bomber's location, so don't get on "Bomber should've scouted." If he only scouted Alicia's location he wouldn't have known it was an 8 gate. he chose the most likely all-in, and it didn't work because forcefield and timewarp provide for an impossible predicament for terrans with narrow ramps "I should be able to defend every Protoss all-in with just one bunker and no scouting, otherwise Protoss op" actually P defends every all in without scouting by playing safe in pvt.
Where "playing safe" = "building an MSC."
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On April 11 2014 07:10 boxerfred wrote:Show nested quote +On April 11 2014 07:10 Shellshock wrote:
These games are all irrelevant anyways. Polt is going to win WCS AM regardless of who makes the finals serious question: except tb, who's been cheering for alicia? and I'm talking about "for alicia", not "against bomber"
I like Alicia, I thought he had a very reasonable chance of advancing considering his recent form, and it's always nice to see people from eons ago still compete at the highest level. But I would've been fine either way tbh.
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oh come on people
think about it for two minutes before drawing your strategy conclusions
keept it funny and light, plzzzz
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On April 11 2014 07:12 Squat wrote:Show nested quote +On April 11 2014 07:06 FuRRie wrote:
I never understood the rage for cheese/all-in/...
You play to win, you play out your own strenghts, and if possible into the opponents weaknesses.
Every commercialized competition is, at it's core, entertainment first. If people don't enjoy what they see, no matter how much work and dedication and skill is being displayed, the sport is unlikely to flourish. Alicia's job is to win, which he did. Sc2's job is to entertain, which is a little more of a mixed bag.
Players aren't responsible for the entertainment - they're supposed to win.
Entertainment is the burden of the rulemakers.
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On April 11 2014 07:10 stuchiu wrote:Show nested quote +On April 11 2014 07:09 Darkhorse wrote:
The main issue here is that I am now sub 50% on predictions so far. Are you neo-zealousy?
God I hope not.
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On April 11 2014 07:12 Nebuchad wrote:Show nested quote +On April 11 2014 07:10 boxerfred wrote:On April 11 2014 07:10 Shellshock wrote:
These games are all irrelevant anyways. Polt is going to win WCS AM regardless of who makes the finals serious question: except tb, who's been cheering for alicia? and I'm talking about "for alicia", not "against bomber" I was. Do you have a point?
just being curious
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Rotterdam looks good in that suit, the color looks good on him. More on topic: go Hyun, crush crush
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On April 11 2014 07:09 Darkhorse wrote:
The main issue here is that I am now sub 50% on predictions so far.
My day has been 0/5. Solid.
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On April 11 2014 07:12 Darkhorse wrote:Show nested quote +On April 11 2014 07:10 stuchiu wrote:On April 11 2014 07:09 Darkhorse wrote:
The main issue here is that I am now sub 50% on predictions so far. Are you neo-zealousy? God I hope not.
Are you bashing Zealously?
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On April 11 2014 07:12 Darkhorse wrote:Show nested quote +On April 11 2014 07:10 stuchiu wrote:On April 11 2014 07:09 Darkhorse wrote:
The main issue here is that I am now sub 50% on predictions so far. Are you neo-zealousy? God I hope not.
Jin Air going to last place asap
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On April 11 2014 07:12 boxerfred wrote:Show nested quote +On April 11 2014 07:12 Darkhorse wrote:On April 11 2014 07:10 Crot4le wrote:
A disgusting amount of disrespect in this thread. Too many butthurt balance whiners and prats in general. "I see disrespect! I'm going to call people butthurt and prats! That'll up respect level!" Totalbiscuit style
"I'll make an edgy, snarky remark against an important community personality! Maybe this way people will like me!"
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