EPT[WCS] Global Finals 2014 Day 1 - Page 502
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Vindicare605
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Circumstance
United States11403 Posts
Cool. Just trying to see what time they've been starting so I know when to set my alarm tonight. | ||
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KingofdaHipHop
United States25602 Posts
y'all can't count it's only been 9 hours. | ||
The_Templar
your Country52797 Posts
On November 02 2014 13:06 The_Templar wrote: Map: Catallena  TaeJa spawns in the top right soO spawns in the bottom left2:00 TaeJa opens with two proxy barracks! soO goes spawning pool. soO expanding. TaeJa getting an orbital command at home. 3:00 soO has no overlord at his natural. TaeJa builds a bunker outside the vision radius. soO pulls drones. 4:00 TaeJa is forced to cancel two bunkers. A bunker is being built further back. soO pulls queens and forces a cancel on the bunker. 5:00 TaeJa manages to kill a bunch of zerglings, both queens, and an overlord. soO was droning. TaeJa getting 2 CCs behind this. soO is forced to produce a lot of zerglings. TaeJa floating back home. Zerglings going for TaeJa's base. | ||
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SetGuitarsToKill
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ETisME
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tree.hugger
Philadelphia, PA10406 Posts
![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/staff/shiroiusagi/tlpro/articles/0130_miknutty.jpg) While Liquid`CS:GO are in Denver at Clutch Con, one member of the squad is not with them. That's Michael 'miKnutty' Vitaterna, who holds the unappreciated role as substitute. What does it mean to be an official sub? What are his responsibilities? How did he get that position? We spoke with the man himself about both his role and also his perspective on the team from his unique vantage point. Hey, how are you doing? Liquid`miKnutty: I'm doing great! So tell us about yourself. miKnutty: My name is Michael Vitaterna and I live in Ontario, Canada. I'm the substitute player for Team Liquid's CS:GO division. When I'm not gaming, I work full time as a Junior Estimator for a general contracting company here in Niagara Falls. I'm an extremely active person. I head to the gym daily and currently I am playing soccer semi-professionally here in Ontario. You could say I'm a very competitive person with my sports background and I bring the same attitude into CS:GO. How did you become a sub for Liquid? miKnutty: I've been playing with daps, FugLy and NAF for over a year and a half now. We all moved up the ranks from ESEA-Open to Main and then finally into ESEA/CEVO's professional divisions at around the same time where I played on a team with daps for two seasons. Unfortunately I had to quit playing fulltime around 9 months ago due to work restrictions, but now that I have a new job I am once again able to play more frequently. When daps offered me the position as a backup for Team Liquid, it seemed like the perfect role for me since I am familiar with his in-game calling style and have good chemistry with the rest of the players. What is your role on the team day-to-day? miKnutty: Basically as a backup I hold my self accountable for being able to step in whenever the team needs me and to perform at the best level I possibly can. This requires me to practice daily making sure my aim and positioning are up to snuff. Personally, I consider myself to be a motivator and somebody who's able to make the guys laugh whenever situations get a little tense. I also support the team in other ways, posting news updates on my Twitter and Facebook accounts and answering any general questions members of the community might have in regards to the status of our team and future events. What is your role in practices? miKnutty: One thing I always do is watch match play with our coach "Warden" trying to analyze any mistakes we see during match play that we can bring up to the guys afterwards, hopefully finding solutions to any problems we see. As both an outsider and an insider, how would you evaluate Liquid as a team? miKnutty: As an outsider, looking at our starting five you could make an argument that on paper they are one of the top 2 teams in North America currently but still have some growing to do being a relatively new roster. As somebody who knows these players individually and knows what they are capable of, I personally think they can be the number one team in North America by mid to late 2015. As long as they put the time in and practice this can definitely be achievable. Attending X-Games in Aspen was a great experience for us playing against teams like Fnatic and LDLC. Even though we lost it shows you what it takes to become a great team. Without giving too much away, give us your assessment of the team's strengths and weaknesses. miKnutty: I could definitely talk with you about the teams strengths.  Individually we have some of the best riflers in north america in nitr0, FugLy and NAF. A hybrid style of calling with daps and adreN which sometimes creates very effective mid-round strategies that allow our team to overcome odd man situations. One of the things Warden has brought is experience as a coach being around Counter-Strike for over 10 years. I used to watch him play at the highest level when I was just getting into Counter-Strike 1.6 so as you can imagine he's seen it all. One big point I've seen him bring up recently is to make sure you keep everything calm and constructive when you are talking to one another because as soon as things become toxic, individual gameplay starts to suffer. The guys have done a great job of this recently and have been rewarded with back to back wins in ESEA.What's the current state of the NA scene? What can be done to improve? miKnutty: Currently the NA scene is totally up in the air after the recent bans handed out by Valve. The number one spot is now up for grabs and you are going to see teams like Cloud 9, Counter Logic Gaming and ourselves (Team Liquid) all fighting for that number one position in the upcoming CEVO / ESEA Lan Championships! Thanks so much for taking the time to speak with us! Be sure to follow Liquid at Clutch Con, where there have been some delays, but which still promises a great weekend of CS:GO action. For updates, you can follow @TeamLiquidPRO. Be sure to follow miKnutty as well for his perspective on Twitter and Facebook! Writer: tree.hugger Graphics & Format: shiroiusagi | ||
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FrostedMiniWheats
United States30730 Posts
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redviper
Pakistan2333 Posts
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PinheadXXXXXX
United States897 Posts
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Cheren
United States2911 Posts
On November 02 2014 13:11 SetGuitarsToKill wrote: Kespa is very quickly becoming officially overrated More like underrated, since everyone thought Polt would beat Classic. | ||
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Samx
Singapore149 Posts
Never fails. | ||
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y0su
Finland7871 Posts
On November 02 2014 13:11 Circumstance wrote: Cool. Just trying to see what time they've been starting so I know when to set my alarm tonight. there are no games tomorrow | ||
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SetGuitarsToKill
Canada28396 Posts
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stuchiu
Fiddler's Green42661 Posts
On November 02 2014 13:10 SFDuality wrote: Don't take this the wrong way, but I think it's your bias that causes you to view Mvp's playstyle in that way, and not the other way around. What's "heart" anyway? Mvp himself said that money was his primary (if not sole) motivator for playing SC2. I respect Mvp a lot now, but I always used to root against him during his era of dominance for precisely the same reasons you gave for hating Taeja. I guess it's all subjective. Heart is when you have a broken back and play the best foriegn protoss, the best Pvt and the best protoss in your worst matchup. Its when you reinvent the meta in your image because your aling wrists cant play bio anymore. Its when youre down 9 scvs against the best in the world and you make the hardest come back ever seen in a TvT. | ||
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Skynx
Turkey7150 Posts
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y0su
Finland7871 Posts
On November 02 2014 13:12 Samx wrote: Proxy 11/11 ftw!!! Never fails. it should have been held a lot better | ||
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Grizvok
United States711 Posts
On November 02 2014 13:12 Cheren wrote: More like underrated, since everyone thought Polt would beat Classic. What are you smoking? Classic was certainly favored. | ||
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KingofdaHipHop
United States25602 Posts
On November 02 2014 13:12 Cheren wrote: More like underrated, since everyone thought Polt would beat Classic. Actually a lot of people thought Classic, you shoulda been here earlier. | ||
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Yorkie
United States12612 Posts
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