[WCS] Spring 2016 Regional Challengers: NA

On April 05 2016 10:28 Rehio wrote:


That's the point of Challenger.

It's a good thing.

On April 05 2016 10:52 Nakajin wrote:


I know it is for lesser know player to get a chanche but where are semper, qxc, jonsnow, noregret, scarlett, puck?

Is there somethings I mist and they are already qualify and it that cass why are Huck and Neeb there?

On April 05 2016 12:54 frazzle wrote:
Wait, so ladder qualies are over already? Or, what?

On April 09 2016 08:58 mikumegurine wrote:
theres Hydra and Polt playing this, but not Violet?

wheres Violet go?

On April 09 2016 10:19 Rollora wrote:
WTF from all the quarterfinals games why did Basetrade decide to cast the PvP?

On April 09 2016 10:20 Shellshock wrote:

cause they want to follow the best player!

On April 09 2016 10:59 SNSeigifried wrote:
Polt 3-2 PandaBearMe

On April 09 2016 11:08 cha0 wrote:
Looks like no surprises yet.

On April 09 2016 13:09 Jeremy Reimer wrote:
HuK often loses to Masa but he played really well in this series.

On April 10 2016 02:28 mikumegurine wrote:
Polt Hydra Finish #1 and #2

hwaiting!

On April 10 2016 02:28 mikumegurine wrote:
Polt Hydra Finish #1 and #2

hwaiting!

On April 10 2016 08:28 Diabolique wrote:
Is this the qualifier, from which Polt and Hydra will be disqualified as was some Kong from Korea last time after he won it before Shanghai? And Masa was not allowed to play? Or is this legit and when Polt wins it, he actually really wins it and will get the travel costs to France paid?

On April 10 2016 08:33 ZigguratOfUr wrote:


It's not a passport qualifier.

On April 10 2016 08:41 RHoudini wrote:

Nah. Protoss got EMP'ed - only had half an army and no storm.

On April 10 2016 08:43 CheddarToss wrote:

Half an army?

On April 10 2016 08:46 Diabolique wrote:

(Health + Shield - Shield) / (Health + Shield) = (1+1-1)/(1+1) = 50%? :-)

On April 10 2016 08:49 ZigguratOfUr wrote:


By that logic Polt only had 80% of his army because he stimmed.

On April 10 2016 09:23 Extenz wrote:
can't believe polt didn't have a depot at the rocks, such a silly mistake. gratz neeb!

On April 10 2016 09:52 nerpderp wrote:
Polt and Hydra are already qualified to spring championships, so puCK is by default the qualifier from today, right?

On April 10 2016 09:54 ZigguratOfUr wrote:


Really? How did they qualify?

On April 10 2016 09:52 nerpderp wrote:
Polt and Hydra are already qualified to spring championships, so puCK is by default the qualifier from today, right?

On April 10 2016 10:13 Diabolique wrote:

No, he is not qualified. He would need to beat Polt. Otherwise, he is not qualified.

On April 10 2016 10:17 nerpderp wrote:


Then who are the 8 players who get invited? The rules say that the top 8 players in WCS rankings as of April 11 get invited (http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/2016_WCS_Spring_Circuit_Championship). Hydra and Polt are both on that list.

On April 10 2016 10:20 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:

The DH announcement only says that 8 players from the standings get invited, not necessarily the top 8. I could be the Top 8 not-yet qualified WCS players or the Top 8 period.

On April 10 2016 10:22 nerpderp wrote:


Whether it's top 8 not yet qualified, or top 8 period, Polt and Hydra are still both on that list, no?

On April 10 2016 10:14 puCK wrote:
Don't the top 8 get invited though? I am really confused on this whole matter.

On April 10 2016 10:48 ZigguratOfUr wrote:
puCK's blink stalker/disruptor centric play matches up very poorly against Polt's playstyle. I'm not too convinced about disruptors in PvT in general, but especially against Polt...

On April 10 2016 10:31 nerpderp wrote:
Oh I see. Polt and Hydra are fine, but puCK has to win or else he won't qualify. Ugh, poor puck.

Thanks for the explanation, fam.

On April 10 2016 11:49 Fecalfeast wrote:
Liberators are pretty good, eh? This game is so tense

On April 10 2016 11:58 Fecalfeast wrote:
I don't even think puck can tie

On April 10 2016 11:59 Shellshock wrote:

if polt loses a full medivac somehow

On April 10 2016 12:07 BeStFAN wrote:
oh my god polt... he had such a HUGE lead in that base race.

he didn't chase down the weakened stalker force. he didn't take advantage of the fog of war/lift when he killed the observer that tagged his cc. he COMMITTED to that base location and didn't repair the double barracks wall.

if he loses this game i'm gonna cry POLT POLT POLT

On April 10 2016 12:08 Fran_ wrote:


I don't think he had any scv to repair, he could have used the mules, maybe.

On April 10 2016 12:08 BeStFAN wrote:
is everyone ready to see puck beat polt with a proxy oracle into 4 adept drop???

please puck play like the most shameless protoss this game.

On April 10 2016 12:11 BeStFAN wrote:
you either win macroing as a terran, or live long enough to see yourself protossing the protoss

On April 10 2016 12:14 Lexender wrote:
Except hellions are thrash vs protoss lol

On April 10 2016 12:16 BeStFAN wrote:
oh my god polt HAD that base trade and then he loses to a DT drop in game 6

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Polt may be Polt but PROTOSS WILL ALWAYS BE PROTOSS

On April 10 2016 12:18 CheddarToss wrote:

Yeah, because flying buildings off the map is not BS, while DTs are clearly BS?

On April 10 2016 12:18 CheddarToss wrote:

Yeah, because flying buildings off the map is not BS, while DTs are clearly BS?

On April 10 2016 12:15 Shellshock wrote:
bigger upset? neeb + puck qualifying from NA or Cham winning Copa America?

On April 10 2016 12:20 BeStFAN wrote:


lol NOT COMPLAINING.

Polt should have Terran'd Puck when he had the chance to do so in a base race.
Puck was the better player and Protoss'd and Jangbi'd Polt when he saw Polt was trying to be Fantasy.

Puck deserved to win!!

On April 10 2016 12:21 EatingBomber wrote:

Terran'd Puck - what kind of tech can Terran hide that can win a game instantly if not scouted?

On April 10 2016 12:21 FrkFrJss wrote:


Honestly, I wasn't too surprised when neeb made I through as he did last time, but I was very surprised when puck won against hydra twice and then in the rematch against polt. Puck's been a good player, but never "beat hydra twice and then polt" good. Maybe a combination of off days plus some good Starcraft by puck.

At the same time, early DT cheeses are purely binary - does he have a scan? If he does, my cheese fails badly

On April 10 2016 12:37 vult wrote:


Yeah people dont understand that saving scans is a decision made by the player. its not like you HAVE to use mules 100% of the time, especially in the early-mid game

On April 10 2016 12:39 Cyro wrote:


Not just saving scans, but using some aggressively vs other forms of scouting too. Polt made the decision not to scout anything more than he had seen from pressure at the front that game and it wasn't the first time, he does it regularly to have more money and earlier timings. If that wasn't an option, the game would be less deep.

You can also count out the orbital energy spent recently by the amount of mules mining. He could make a ton of choices and while having a dark shrine pretty early isn't binary, spending 150 energy to leave both of your orbitals at around 5-20 energy when you don't have the ability to build a turret is quite risky.

The stream chat was like 50% balance whine, I have not seen anything that bad for quite a long time

On April 10 2016 12:20 EatingBomber wrote:

Lol. May I remind you that buildings fly since 1998, and that there are numerous counters to them? At the same time, early DT cheeses are purely binary - does he have a scan? If he does, my cheese fails badly - if not, I kill all his workers and win the game.

DT cheeses

On April 10 2016 12:22 ZigguratOfUr wrote:


puCK's PvZ is good. Beating hydra isn't completely surprising. Beating Polt was much more so.

You can shit on anything in the game by calling it a "cheese". Puck would not have even been behind in the game if polt got 3 free turrets in his base before the warp prism came in.

The risk was on polt for playing like he did in the very early game (he went down by 1.5x on worker count to do a big attack with an scv pulled for proxy bunker)

which means that Protoss has to do significant damage to level his position with Terran's

and was down 12 workers

The problem is that the punishment is unquestionably and irrevokably fatal

On April 10 2016 19:14 Poopi wrote:
Sad marine as usual, at least Polt is gonna actually perform in the offline event but still.

On April 10 2016 21:02 VHbb wrote:
Are there any VODs ?

On April 10 2016 21:16 Parcelleus wrote:


https://www.twitch.tv/dreamhacksc2/v/59533912

Says EU but it does have the NA stream.

Congrats to Neeb and puCK, very nice 'foreigner' performance indeed.

On April 10 2016 21:16 Parcelleus wrote:


https://www.twitch.tv/dreamhacksc2/v/59533912

Says EU but it does have the NA stream.

Congrats to Neeb and puCK, very nice 'foreigner' performance indeed.