• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EDT 07:01
CEST 13:01
KST 20:01
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
Code S RO4 & Finals Preview: herO, GuMiho, Classic, Cure4Code S RO8 Preview: Classic, Reynor, Maru, GuMiho2Code S RO8 Preview: ByuN, Rogue, herO, Cure4[ASL19] Ro4 Preview: Storied Rivals7Code S RO12 Preview: Maru, Trigger, Rogue, NightMare12
Community News
[Spoiler Hidden]0[BSL 2v2] ProLeague Season 3 - Friday 21:00 CET3herO & Cure GSL RO8 Interviews: "I also think that all the practice I put in when Protoss wasn’t doing as well is paying off"0Code S Season 1 - herO & Cure advance to RO4 (2025)0Dark to begin military service on May 13th (2025)21
StarCraft 2
General
[Spoiler Hidden] 2024/25 Off-Season Roster Moves Code S RO4 & Finals Preview: herO, GuMiho, Classic, Cure Code S RO8 Preview: Classic, Reynor, Maru, GuMiho Code S RO8 Preview: ByuN, Rogue, herO, Cure
Tourneys
[GSL 2025] Code S Season 1 - RO4 and Grand Finals [GSL 2025] Code S:Season 1 - RO8 - Group B SOOP Starcraft Global #20 RSL: Revival, a new crowdfunded tournament series SEL Code A [MMR-capped] (SC: Evo)
Strategy
Simple Questions Simple Answers [G] PvT Cheese: 13 Gate Proxy Robo
Custom Maps
[UMS] Zillion Zerglings
External Content
Mutation # 473 Cold is the Void Mutation # 472 Dead Heat Mutation # 471 Delivery Guaranteed Mutation # 470 Certain Demise
Brood War
General
BGH auto balance -> http://bghmmr.eu/ BW General Discussion ASL 19 Tickets for foreigners Recent recommended BW games Battlenet Game Lobby Simulator
Tourneys
[ASL19] Semifinal B [BSL 2v2] ProLeague Season 3 - Friday 21:00 CET [ASL19] Semifinal A Small VOD Thread 2.0
Strategy
[G] How to get started on ladder as a new Z player Creating a full chart of Zerg builds [G] Mineral Boosting
Other Games
General Games
Beyond All Reason Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread Grand Theft Auto VI Nintendo Switch Thread What do you want from future RTS games?
Dota 2
Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion
League of Legends
LiquidLegends to reintegrate into TL.net
Heroes of the Storm
Simple Questions, Simple Answers
Hearthstone
Heroes of StarCraft mini-set
TL Mafia
Vanilla Mini Mafia TL Mafia Community Thread TL Mafia Plays: Diplomacy TL Mafia: Generative Agents Showdown Survivor II: The Amazon
Community
General
US Politics Mega-thread Russo-Ukrainian War Thread Elon Musk's lies, propaganda, etc. Ask and answer stupid questions here! Iraq & Syrian Civil Wars
Fan Clubs
Serral Fan Club
Media & Entertainment
[Manga] One Piece Movie Discussion! Anime Discussion Thread [Books] Wool by Hugh Howey
Sports
2024 - 2025 Football Thread NHL Playoffs 2024 NBA General Discussion Formula 1 Discussion
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
Computer Build, Upgrade & Buying Resource Thread Cleaning My Mechanical Keyboard How to clean a TTe Thermaltake keyboard?
TL Community
The Automated Ban List TL.net Ten Commandments
Blogs
Why 5v5 Games Keep Us Hooked…
TrAiDoS
Info SLEgma_12
SLEgma_12
SECOND COMMING
XenOsky
WombaT’s Old BW Terran Theme …
WombaT
Heero Yuy & the Tax…
KrillinFromwales
BW PvZ Balance hypothetic…
Vasoline73
ASL S19 English Commentary…
namkraft
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 5137 users

[WCS Global Playoffs] Group C & D - Day 2 - Page 118

Forum Index > StarCraft 2 Tournaments
Post a Reply
Prev 1 116 117 118 119 120 121 Next
The_Red_Viper
Profile Blog Joined August 2013
19533 Posts
October 28 2016 23:06 GMT
#2341
On October 29 2016 08:04 Elentos wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 29 2016 08:02 The_Red_Viper wrote:
On October 29 2016 08:01 Elentos wrote:
On October 29 2016 08:01 The_Red_Viper wrote:
On October 29 2016 07:57 Elentos wrote:
On October 29 2016 07:54 The_Red_Viper wrote:
On October 29 2016 07:52 Elentos wrote:
On October 29 2016 07:50 Poopi wrote:
On October 29 2016 07:43 sharkie wrote:
You know what's funny? Each time I call out Smix for her mistakes people tell me "its only one mistake" hehe.
Kinda funny how often people can do "only one mistake".

I dunno I found her doing a good job, she is translating so it's cool. Plus it's not like the interesting thing is what the host says, it's the players you're supposed to listen to.

Although I think it was ToD who said it yesterday (I forgot who exactly it was), usually right before and after the match you can't get as much out of the players. The WCS Signature series got us more personality out of some of these guys than 100 winner interviews.

Yeah the signature series was awesome and should have been a thing at every wcs event ever

Although - and this is not a knock on anyone specific and isn't even exclusive to SC2 or eSports - I think part of why sometimes it's hard to get personality across is because some interview questions just seem standardized. I'm pretty sure I've heard "X just happened, what are your feelings about that?" in every sport and eSport.

True but let's be honest, most players also aren't really that entertaining outside the game / aren't really extroverted personalities.
Which is why these videos are a great way to build star players (build fanbases) because you can make it more interesting with the right techniques.

Yeah I mean obviously you shouldn't talk about Zest's dead father right before or after a match.


Well you don't have to press the emotional button every time either You could just show them having fun outside the game, etc. Show things people can relate to

We just need this rich kid who is a total douche but who wins a ton. He could be our ultimate Starcraft villain.

Too bad Idra/Naniwa don't play anymore huh. But that's something players could also work on, being more entertaining. You don't have to be MC lvl, but a bit more than NOTHING would be good.
IU | Sohyang || There is no God and we are his prophets | For if ‘Thou mayest’—it is also true that ‘Thou mayest not.” | Ignorance is the parent of fear |
Elentos
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
55460 Posts
October 28 2016 23:07 GMT
#2342
On October 29 2016 08:06 The_Red_Viper wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 29 2016 08:04 Elentos wrote:
On October 29 2016 08:02 The_Red_Viper wrote:
On October 29 2016 08:01 Elentos wrote:
On October 29 2016 08:01 The_Red_Viper wrote:
On October 29 2016 07:57 Elentos wrote:
On October 29 2016 07:54 The_Red_Viper wrote:
On October 29 2016 07:52 Elentos wrote:
On October 29 2016 07:50 Poopi wrote:
On October 29 2016 07:43 sharkie wrote:
You know what's funny? Each time I call out Smix for her mistakes people tell me "its only one mistake" hehe.
Kinda funny how often people can do "only one mistake".

I dunno I found her doing a good job, she is translating so it's cool. Plus it's not like the interesting thing is what the host says, it's the players you're supposed to listen to.

Although I think it was ToD who said it yesterday (I forgot who exactly it was), usually right before and after the match you can't get as much out of the players. The WCS Signature series got us more personality out of some of these guys than 100 winner interviews.

Yeah the signature series was awesome and should have been a thing at every wcs event ever

Although - and this is not a knock on anyone specific and isn't even exclusive to SC2 or eSports - I think part of why sometimes it's hard to get personality across is because some interview questions just seem standardized. I'm pretty sure I've heard "X just happened, what are your feelings about that?" in every sport and eSport.

True but let's be honest, most players also aren't really that entertaining outside the game / aren't really extroverted personalities.
Which is why these videos are a great way to build star players (build fanbases) because you can make it more interesting with the right techniques.

Yeah I mean obviously you shouldn't talk about Zest's dead father right before or after a match.


Well you don't have to press the emotional button every time either You could just show them having fun outside the game, etc. Show things people can relate to

We just need this rich kid who is a total douche but who wins a ton. He could be our ultimate Starcraft villain.

Too bad Idra/Naniwa don't play anymore huh. But that's something players could also work on, being more entertaining. You don't have to be MC lvl, but a bit more than NOTHING would be good.

But our Korean overlords (and Neeb) taught us that the key to success is being an emotionless robot. Will we ever recover from that?
Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes.
The_Red_Viper
Profile Blog Joined August 2013
19533 Posts
October 28 2016 23:08 GMT
#2343
On October 29 2016 08:05 Shellshock wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 29 2016 08:01 The_Red_Viper wrote:
On October 29 2016 07:59 Shellshock wrote:
On October 29 2016 07:57 The_Red_Viper wrote:
In other news, SetGuitarsToKill will lose his signature tomorrow

What was his bet?

Neeb vs Zest

Surprised he bet on Zest

Zest will obviously stop that ridiculous pvp streak
IU | Sohyang || There is no God and we are his prophets | For if ‘Thou mayest’—it is also true that ‘Thou mayest not.” | Ignorance is the parent of fear |
Elentos
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
55460 Posts
October 28 2016 23:09 GMT
#2344
TY vs Nerchio game 3 lasted 32 minutes and 17 seconds. That is twice as long as the entire ByuN vs viOlet series.
Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes.
Poopi
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France12761 Posts
October 28 2016 23:10 GMT
#2345
On October 29 2016 08:06 Elentos wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 29 2016 08:05 Poopi wrote:
On October 29 2016 08:04 Elentos wrote:
On October 29 2016 08:02 The_Red_Viper wrote:
On October 29 2016 08:01 Elentos wrote:
On October 29 2016 08:01 The_Red_Viper wrote:
On October 29 2016 07:57 Elentos wrote:
On October 29 2016 07:54 The_Red_Viper wrote:
On October 29 2016 07:52 Elentos wrote:
On October 29 2016 07:50 Poopi wrote:
[quote]
I dunno I found her doing a good job, she is translating so it's cool. Plus it's not like the interesting thing is what the host says, it's the players you're supposed to listen to.

Although I think it was ToD who said it yesterday (I forgot who exactly it was), usually right before and after the match you can't get as much out of the players. The WCS Signature series got us more personality out of some of these guys than 100 winner interviews.

Yeah the signature series was awesome and should have been a thing at every wcs event ever

Although - and this is not a knock on anyone specific and isn't even exclusive to SC2 or eSports - I think part of why sometimes it's hard to get personality across is because some interview questions just seem standardized. I'm pretty sure I've heard "X just happened, what are your feelings about that?" in every sport and eSport.

True but let's be honest, most players also aren't really that entertaining outside the game / aren't really extroverted personalities.
Which is why these videos are a great way to build star players (build fanbases) because you can make it more interesting with the right techniques.

Yeah I mean obviously you shouldn't talk about Zest's dead father right before or after a match.


Well you don't have to press the emotional button every time either You could just show them having fun outside the game, etc. Show things people can relate to

We just need this rich kid who is a total douche but who wins a ton. He could be our ultimate Starcraft villain.

Like Life?
Although bl/infestor helped him rise to fame he wasn't that bad skillwise but he turned out to be quite villain indeed.

No preferably not the kind of villain actually damages the scene to that degree.

Not really a villain then ^^'.
WriterMaru
The_Red_Viper
Profile Blog Joined August 2013
19533 Posts
October 28 2016 23:10 GMT
#2346
On October 29 2016 08:07 Elentos wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 29 2016 08:06 The_Red_Viper wrote:
On October 29 2016 08:04 Elentos wrote:
On October 29 2016 08:02 The_Red_Viper wrote:
On October 29 2016 08:01 Elentos wrote:
On October 29 2016 08:01 The_Red_Viper wrote:
On October 29 2016 07:57 Elentos wrote:
On October 29 2016 07:54 The_Red_Viper wrote:
On October 29 2016 07:52 Elentos wrote:
On October 29 2016 07:50 Poopi wrote:
[quote]
I dunno I found her doing a good job, she is translating so it's cool. Plus it's not like the interesting thing is what the host says, it's the players you're supposed to listen to.

Although I think it was ToD who said it yesterday (I forgot who exactly it was), usually right before and after the match you can't get as much out of the players. The WCS Signature series got us more personality out of some of these guys than 100 winner interviews.

Yeah the signature series was awesome and should have been a thing at every wcs event ever

Although - and this is not a knock on anyone specific and isn't even exclusive to SC2 or eSports - I think part of why sometimes it's hard to get personality across is because some interview questions just seem standardized. I'm pretty sure I've heard "X just happened, what are your feelings about that?" in every sport and eSport.

True but let's be honest, most players also aren't really that entertaining outside the game / aren't really extroverted personalities.
Which is why these videos are a great way to build star players (build fanbases) because you can make it more interesting with the right techniques.

Yeah I mean obviously you shouldn't talk about Zest's dead father right before or after a match.


Well you don't have to press the emotional button every time either You could just show them having fun outside the game, etc. Show things people can relate to

We just need this rich kid who is a total douche but who wins a ton. He could be our ultimate Starcraft villain.

Too bad Idra/Naniwa don't play anymore huh. But that's something players could also work on, being more entertaining. You don't have to be MC lvl, but a bit more than NOTHING would be good.

But our Korean overlords (and Neeb) taught us that the key to success is being an emotionless robot. Will we ever recover from that?

It is hard to blame koreans because that "faceless korean" thing is/was mainly the language barrier. Other than that foreigners aren't that much better in the department either, and yes i think that's a problem tbh.
IU | Sohyang || There is no God and we are his prophets | For if ‘Thou mayest’—it is also true that ‘Thou mayest not.” | Ignorance is the parent of fear |
The_Red_Viper
Profile Blog Joined August 2013
19533 Posts
October 28 2016 23:11 GMT
#2347
On October 29 2016 08:09 Elentos wrote:
TY vs Nerchio game 3 lasted 32 minutes and 17 seconds. That is twice as long as the entire ByuN vs viOlet series.

Pretty good game as well, like 8.5/10
IU | Sohyang || There is no God and we are his prophets | For if ‘Thou mayest’—it is also true that ‘Thou mayest not.” | Ignorance is the parent of fear |
Elentos
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
55460 Posts
October 28 2016 23:11 GMT
#2348
On October 29 2016 08:10 Poopi wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 29 2016 08:06 Elentos wrote:
On October 29 2016 08:05 Poopi wrote:
On October 29 2016 08:04 Elentos wrote:
On October 29 2016 08:02 The_Red_Viper wrote:
On October 29 2016 08:01 Elentos wrote:
On October 29 2016 08:01 The_Red_Viper wrote:
On October 29 2016 07:57 Elentos wrote:
On October 29 2016 07:54 The_Red_Viper wrote:
On October 29 2016 07:52 Elentos wrote:
[quote]
Although I think it was ToD who said it yesterday (I forgot who exactly it was), usually right before and after the match you can't get as much out of the players. The WCS Signature series got us more personality out of some of these guys than 100 winner interviews.

Yeah the signature series was awesome and should have been a thing at every wcs event ever

Although - and this is not a knock on anyone specific and isn't even exclusive to SC2 or eSports - I think part of why sometimes it's hard to get personality across is because some interview questions just seem standardized. I'm pretty sure I've heard "X just happened, what are your feelings about that?" in every sport and eSport.

True but let's be honest, most players also aren't really that entertaining outside the game / aren't really extroverted personalities.
Which is why these videos are a great way to build star players (build fanbases) because you can make it more interesting with the right techniques.

Yeah I mean obviously you shouldn't talk about Zest's dead father right before or after a match.


Well you don't have to press the emotional button every time either You could just show them having fun outside the game, etc. Show things people can relate to

We just need this rich kid who is a total douche but who wins a ton. He could be our ultimate Starcraft villain.

Like Life?
Although bl/infestor helped him rise to fame he wasn't that bad skillwise but he turned out to be quite villain indeed.

No preferably not the kind of villain actually damages the scene to that degree.

Not really a villain then ^^'.

Someone you can hate because of their personality but you can't take anything away from their love for the game or their skill.

It's like if Naniwa still cared.
Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes.
Poopi
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France12761 Posts
October 28 2016 23:12 GMT
#2349
Neeb vs Zest is hard to predict because Koreans are struggling so much in PvP atm that I think being in KR doesn't get you good PvP practice. However, Zest has hit the highest peak of skill among Korean protosses so if there is one hope for a Korean protoss to be able to come up to a solution for Neeb / foreign P insane PvP, it's Zest.
So I expect Zest to be pissed off enough to recover his skills and finish #1.
WriterMaru
[PkF] Wire
Profile Joined March 2013
France24192 Posts
October 28 2016 23:13 GMT
#2350
On October 29 2016 08:11 The_Red_Viper wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 29 2016 08:09 Elentos wrote:
TY vs Nerchio game 3 lasted 32 minutes and 17 seconds. That is twice as long as the entire ByuN vs viOlet series.

Pretty good game as well, like 8.5/10

more like a perfect ten
MyLovelyLurker
Profile Joined April 2007
France756 Posts
October 28 2016 23:15 GMT
#2351
On October 29 2016 08:04 Elentos wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 29 2016 08:02 The_Red_Viper wrote:
On October 29 2016 08:01 Elentos wrote:
On October 29 2016 08:01 The_Red_Viper wrote:
On October 29 2016 07:57 Elentos wrote:
On October 29 2016 07:54 The_Red_Viper wrote:
On October 29 2016 07:52 Elentos wrote:
On October 29 2016 07:50 Poopi wrote:
On October 29 2016 07:43 sharkie wrote:
You know what's funny? Each time I call out Smix for her mistakes people tell me "its only one mistake" hehe.
Kinda funny how often people can do "only one mistake".

I dunno I found her doing a good job, she is translating so it's cool. Plus it's not like the interesting thing is what the host says, it's the players you're supposed to listen to.

Although I think it was ToD who said it yesterday (I forgot who exactly it was), usually right before and after the match you can't get as much out of the players. The WCS Signature series got us more personality out of some of these guys than 100 winner interviews.

Yeah the signature series was awesome and should have been a thing at every wcs event ever

Although - and this is not a knock on anyone specific and isn't even exclusive to SC2 or eSports - I think part of why sometimes it's hard to get personality across is because some interview questions just seem standardized. I'm pretty sure I've heard "X just happened, what are your feelings about that?" in every sport and eSport.

True but let's be honest, most players also aren't really that entertaining outside the game / aren't really extroverted personalities.
Which is why these videos are a great way to build star players (build fanbases) because you can make it more interesting with the right techniques.

Yeah I mean obviously you shouldn't talk about Zest's dead father right before or after a match.


Well you don't have to press the emotional button every time either You could just show them having fun outside the game, etc. Show things people can relate to

We just need this rich kid who is a total douche but who wins a ton. He could be our ultimate Starcraft villain.


You mean $o$ ? /sarc
"I just say, it doesn't matter win or lose, I just love Starcraft 2, I love this game, I love this stage, just play like in practice" - TIME/Oliveira
MyLovelyLurker
Profile Joined April 2007
France756 Posts
October 28 2016 23:16 GMT
#2352
On October 29 2016 08:12 Poopi wrote:
Neeb vs Zest is hard to predict because Koreans are struggling so much in PvP atm that I think being in KR doesn't get you good PvP practice. However, Zest has hit the highest peak of skill among Korean protosses so if there is one hope for a Korean protoss to be able to come up to a solution for Neeb / foreign P insane PvP, it's Zest.
So I expect Zest to be pissed off enough to recover his skills and finish #1.


I usually take the foreigner hype side but yeah Zest did play poorly vs Neeb in Kespa, substandard micro and floating loads of resources. Really looking fwd to both players at their peak
"I just say, it doesn't matter win or lose, I just love Starcraft 2, I love this game, I love this stage, just play like in practice" - TIME/Oliveira
Poopi
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France12761 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-10-28 23:17:11
October 28 2016 23:16 GMT
#2353
On October 29 2016 08:11 Elentos wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 29 2016 08:10 Poopi wrote:
On October 29 2016 08:06 Elentos wrote:
On October 29 2016 08:05 Poopi wrote:
On October 29 2016 08:04 Elentos wrote:
On October 29 2016 08:02 The_Red_Viper wrote:
On October 29 2016 08:01 Elentos wrote:
On October 29 2016 08:01 The_Red_Viper wrote:
On October 29 2016 07:57 Elentos wrote:
On October 29 2016 07:54 The_Red_Viper wrote:
[quote]
Yeah the signature series was awesome and should have been a thing at every wcs event ever

Although - and this is not a knock on anyone specific and isn't even exclusive to SC2 or eSports - I think part of why sometimes it's hard to get personality across is because some interview questions just seem standardized. I'm pretty sure I've heard "X just happened, what are your feelings about that?" in every sport and eSport.

True but let's be honest, most players also aren't really that entertaining outside the game / aren't really extroverted personalities.
Which is why these videos are a great way to build star players (build fanbases) because you can make it more interesting with the right techniques.

Yeah I mean obviously you shouldn't talk about Zest's dead father right before or after a match.


Well you don't have to press the emotional button every time either You could just show them having fun outside the game, etc. Show things people can relate to

We just need this rich kid who is a total douche but who wins a ton. He could be our ultimate Starcraft villain.

Like Life?
Although bl/infestor helped him rise to fame he wasn't that bad skillwise but he turned out to be quite villain indeed.

No preferably not the kind of villain actually damages the scene to that degree.

Not really a villain then ^^'.

Someone you can hate because of their personality but you can't take anything away from their love for the game or their skill.

It's like if Naniwa still cared.

The true villains are all these P/Z who dared to play the horrible 1 hour games with swarm host... it's Blizzard fault as often but still, it was so mean for the viewers.
WriterMaru
Elentos
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
55460 Posts
October 28 2016 23:17 GMT
#2354
On October 29 2016 08:16 MyLovelyLurker wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 29 2016 08:12 Poopi wrote:
Neeb vs Zest is hard to predict because Koreans are struggling so much in PvP atm that I think being in KR doesn't get you good PvP practice. However, Zest has hit the highest peak of skill among Korean protosses so if there is one hope for a Korean protoss to be able to come up to a solution for Neeb / foreign P insane PvP, it's Zest.
So I expect Zest to be pissed off enough to recover his skills and finish #1.


I usually take the foreigner hype side but yeah Zest did play poorly vs Neeb in Kespa, substandard micro and floating loads of resources. Really looking fwd to both players at their peak

I mean he still has those when he's playing at his peak, he just still wins.
Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes.
Paljas
Profile Joined October 2011
Germany6926 Posts
October 28 2016 23:19 GMT
#2355
On October 29 2016 08:06 Elentos wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 29 2016 08:05 Poopi wrote:
On October 29 2016 08:04 Elentos wrote:
On October 29 2016 08:02 The_Red_Viper wrote:
On October 29 2016 08:01 Elentos wrote:
On October 29 2016 08:01 The_Red_Viper wrote:
On October 29 2016 07:57 Elentos wrote:
On October 29 2016 07:54 The_Red_Viper wrote:
On October 29 2016 07:52 Elentos wrote:
On October 29 2016 07:50 Poopi wrote:
[quote]
I dunno I found her doing a good job, she is translating so it's cool. Plus it's not like the interesting thing is what the host says, it's the players you're supposed to listen to.

Although I think it was ToD who said it yesterday (I forgot who exactly it was), usually right before and after the match you can't get as much out of the players. The WCS Signature series got us more personality out of some of these guys than 100 winner interviews.

Yeah the signature series was awesome and should have been a thing at every wcs event ever

Although - and this is not a knock on anyone specific and isn't even exclusive to SC2 or eSports - I think part of why sometimes it's hard to get personality across is because some interview questions just seem standardized. I'm pretty sure I've heard "X just happened, what are your feelings about that?" in every sport and eSport.

True but let's be honest, most players also aren't really that entertaining outside the game / aren't really extroverted personalities.
Which is why these videos are a great way to build star players (build fanbases) because you can make it more interesting with the right techniques.

Yeah I mean obviously you shouldn't talk about Zest's dead father right before or after a match.


Well you don't have to press the emotional button every time either You could just show them having fun outside the game, etc. Show things people can relate to

We just need this rich kid who is a total douche but who wins a ton. He could be our ultimate Starcraft villain.

Like Life?
Although bl/infestor helped him rise to fame he wasn't that bad skillwise but he turned out to be quite villain indeed.

No preferably not the kind of villain actually damages the scene to that degree.

Theory: Life matchfixed to kill the scene, so that we wouldnt have to see it die a slow and painful death, and so that he would take the blame and not the game and scene he loves so much.
TL+ Member
Elentos
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
55460 Posts
October 28 2016 23:20 GMT
#2356
On October 29 2016 08:19 Paljas wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 29 2016 08:06 Elentos wrote:
On October 29 2016 08:05 Poopi wrote:
On October 29 2016 08:04 Elentos wrote:
On October 29 2016 08:02 The_Red_Viper wrote:
On October 29 2016 08:01 Elentos wrote:
On October 29 2016 08:01 The_Red_Viper wrote:
On October 29 2016 07:57 Elentos wrote:
On October 29 2016 07:54 The_Red_Viper wrote:
On October 29 2016 07:52 Elentos wrote:
[quote]
Although I think it was ToD who said it yesterday (I forgot who exactly it was), usually right before and after the match you can't get as much out of the players. The WCS Signature series got us more personality out of some of these guys than 100 winner interviews.

Yeah the signature series was awesome and should have been a thing at every wcs event ever

Although - and this is not a knock on anyone specific and isn't even exclusive to SC2 or eSports - I think part of why sometimes it's hard to get personality across is because some interview questions just seem standardized. I'm pretty sure I've heard "X just happened, what are your feelings about that?" in every sport and eSport.

True but let's be honest, most players also aren't really that entertaining outside the game / aren't really extroverted personalities.
Which is why these videos are a great way to build star players (build fanbases) because you can make it more interesting with the right techniques.

Yeah I mean obviously you shouldn't talk about Zest's dead father right before or after a match.


Well you don't have to press the emotional button every time either You could just show them having fun outside the game, etc. Show things people can relate to

We just need this rich kid who is a total douche but who wins a ton. He could be our ultimate Starcraft villain.

Like Life?
Although bl/infestor helped him rise to fame he wasn't that bad skillwise but he turned out to be quite villain indeed.

No preferably not the kind of villain actually damages the scene to that degree.

Theory: Life matchfixed to kill the scene, so that we wouldnt have to see it die a slow and painful death, and so that he would take the blame and not the game and scene he loves so much.

And the player character is actually the villain in the Gen 1 Pokémon games.
Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes.
TheDougler
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada8302 Posts
October 28 2016 23:24 GMT
#2357
On October 29 2016 08:10 The_Red_Viper wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 29 2016 08:07 Elentos wrote:
On October 29 2016 08:06 The_Red_Viper wrote:
On October 29 2016 08:04 Elentos wrote:
On October 29 2016 08:02 The_Red_Viper wrote:
On October 29 2016 08:01 Elentos wrote:
On October 29 2016 08:01 The_Red_Viper wrote:
On October 29 2016 07:57 Elentos wrote:
On October 29 2016 07:54 The_Red_Viper wrote:
On October 29 2016 07:52 Elentos wrote:
[quote]
Although I think it was ToD who said it yesterday (I forgot who exactly it was), usually right before and after the match you can't get as much out of the players. The WCS Signature series got us more personality out of some of these guys than 100 winner interviews.

Yeah the signature series was awesome and should have been a thing at every wcs event ever

Although - and this is not a knock on anyone specific and isn't even exclusive to SC2 or eSports - I think part of why sometimes it's hard to get personality across is because some interview questions just seem standardized. I'm pretty sure I've heard "X just happened, what are your feelings about that?" in every sport and eSport.

True but let's be honest, most players also aren't really that entertaining outside the game / aren't really extroverted personalities.
Which is why these videos are a great way to build star players (build fanbases) because you can make it more interesting with the right techniques.

Yeah I mean obviously you shouldn't talk about Zest's dead father right before or after a match.


Well you don't have to press the emotional button every time either You could just show them having fun outside the game, etc. Show things people can relate to

We just need this rich kid who is a total douche but who wins a ton. He could be our ultimate Starcraft villain.

Too bad Idra/Naniwa don't play anymore huh. But that's something players could also work on, being more entertaining. You don't have to be MC lvl, but a bit more than NOTHING would be good.

But our Korean overlords (and Neeb) taught us that the key to success is being an emotionless robot. Will we ever recover from that?

It is hard to blame koreans because that "faceless korean" thing is/was mainly the language barrier. Other than that foreigners aren't that much better in the department either, and yes i think that's a problem tbh.


...Not sure Idra and Naniwa are exactly the sort of players that should be role models TBH though.
I root for Euro Zergs, NA Protoss* and Korean Terrans. (Any North American who has beat a Korean Pro as Protoss counts as NA Toss)
blooblooblahblah
Profile Joined February 2011
Australia4163 Posts
October 28 2016 23:26 GMT
#2358
On October 29 2016 08:16 MyLovelyLurker wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 29 2016 08:12 Poopi wrote:
Neeb vs Zest is hard to predict because Koreans are struggling so much in PvP atm that I think being in KR doesn't get you good PvP practice. However, Zest has hit the highest peak of skill among Korean protosses so if there is one hope for a Korean protoss to be able to come up to a solution for Neeb / foreign P insane PvP, it's Zest.
So I expect Zest to be pissed off enough to recover his skills and finish #1.


I usually take the foreigner hype side but yeah Zest did play poorly vs Neeb in Kespa, substandard micro and floating loads of resources. Really looking fwd to both players at their peak


Zest will ALWAYS float minerals, regardless of how good his form is. If he ain't banking 1k, he ain't Zest.
Ganzi beat me without stim. Ostojiy beat me with a nydus. Siphonn beat me with probes. Revival beat my sentry-immortal all-in.
Elentos
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
55460 Posts
October 28 2016 23:26 GMT
#2359
On October 29 2016 08:24 TheDougler wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 29 2016 08:10 The_Red_Viper wrote:
On October 29 2016 08:07 Elentos wrote:
On October 29 2016 08:06 The_Red_Viper wrote:
On October 29 2016 08:04 Elentos wrote:
On October 29 2016 08:02 The_Red_Viper wrote:
On October 29 2016 08:01 Elentos wrote:
On October 29 2016 08:01 The_Red_Viper wrote:
On October 29 2016 07:57 Elentos wrote:
On October 29 2016 07:54 The_Red_Viper wrote:
[quote]
Yeah the signature series was awesome and should have been a thing at every wcs event ever

Although - and this is not a knock on anyone specific and isn't even exclusive to SC2 or eSports - I think part of why sometimes it's hard to get personality across is because some interview questions just seem standardized. I'm pretty sure I've heard "X just happened, what are your feelings about that?" in every sport and eSport.

True but let's be honest, most players also aren't really that entertaining outside the game / aren't really extroverted personalities.
Which is why these videos are a great way to build star players (build fanbases) because you can make it more interesting with the right techniques.

Yeah I mean obviously you shouldn't talk about Zest's dead father right before or after a match.


Well you don't have to press the emotional button every time either You could just show them having fun outside the game, etc. Show things people can relate to

We just need this rich kid who is a total douche but who wins a ton. He could be our ultimate Starcraft villain.

Too bad Idra/Naniwa don't play anymore huh. But that's something players could also work on, being more entertaining. You don't have to be MC lvl, but a bit more than NOTHING would be good.

But our Korean overlords (and Neeb) taught us that the key to success is being an emotionless robot. Will we ever recover from that?

It is hard to blame koreans because that "faceless korean" thing is/was mainly the language barrier. Other than that foreigners aren't that much better in the department either, and yes i think that's a problem tbh.


...Not sure Idra and Naniwa are exactly the sort of players that should be role models TBH though.

You need them, at least in low numbers. You can't have a wrestling show without heels. Someone needs to be the bad guy that gets his ass kicked at the end of the story.
Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes.
The_Red_Viper
Profile Blog Joined August 2013
19533 Posts
October 28 2016 23:36 GMT
#2360
"villains" are villains in esports because people get triggered by anything not because these people are actually bad human beings.
Anyone who shows some edges might become the villain just because he isn't afraid to be himself.
Stephano could have been a villain as well, somehow someway his "bad actions" were considered awesome though, "rockstar" or something.
It's funny how this works tbh
IU | Sohyang || There is no God and we are his prophets | For if ‘Thou mayest’—it is also true that ‘Thou mayest not.” | Ignorance is the parent of fear |
Prev 1 116 117 118 119 120 121 Next
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
GSL Code S
09:30
Semi-Finals & Finals
Classic vs Cure
herO vs TBD
LiquipediaDiscussion
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
EnDerr 17
StarCraft: Brood War
Shuttle 2099
Bisu 1427
Hyuk 750
actioN 667
BeSt 451
Stork 327
Mini 278
PianO 255
ZerO 215
Dewaltoss 126
[ Show more ]
TY 117
Snow 88
sSak 71
sorry 64
Liquid`Ret 54
NaDa 53
soO 47
Sacsri 32
Barracks 31
Free 25
zelot 22
HiyA 8
Icarus 5
SilentControl 4
Dota 2
XaKoH 549
XcaliburYe460
Counter-Strike
fl0m2365
olofmeister1364
shoxiejesuss513
kRYSTAL_23
Other Games
summit1g3153
singsing1771
B2W.Neo514
DeMusliM243
crisheroes212
SortOf74
ArmadaUGS42
ZerO(Twitch)17
Organizations
Counter-Strike
PGL62923
Other Games
gamesdonequick631
StarCraft 2
ESL.tv133
Blizzard YouTube
StarCraft: Brood War
BSLTrovo
sctven
[ Show 14 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• Berry_CruncH290
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• intothetv
• Kozan
• IndyKCrew
• LaughNgamezSOOP
• Migwel
• sooper7s
StarCraft: Brood War
• iopq 2
• BSLYoutube
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
Dota 2
• WagamamaTV535
League of Legends
• Stunt433
Upcoming Events
BSL 2v2 ProLeague S3
7h 59m
OSC
12h 59m
Korean StarCraft League
15h 59m
RSL Revival
22h 59m
SOOP Global
1d 3h
Spirit vs SKillous
YoungYakov vs ShowTime
SOOP
1d 6h
HeRoMaRinE vs Astrea
BSL Season 20
1d 6h
UltrA vs Radley
spx vs RaNgeD
Online Event
1d 16h
Clem vs ShoWTimE
herO vs MaxPax
Sparkling Tuna Cup
1d 22h
WardiTV Invitational
1d 23h
Percival vs TriGGeR
ByuN vs Solar
Clem vs Spirit
MaxPax vs Jumy
[ Show More ]
BSL Season 20
2 days
TerrOr vs HBO
Tarson vs Spine
RSL Revival
2 days
BSL Season 20
2 days
MadiNho vs dxtr13
Gypsy vs Dark
Wardi Open
2 days
Monday Night Weeklies
3 days
Replay Cast
4 days
The PondCast
4 days
Replay Cast
5 days
Replay Cast
5 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

BSL Nation Wars Season 2
PiG Sty Festival 6.0
Calamity Stars S2

Ongoing

JPL Season 2
ASL Season 19
YSL S1
BSL 2v2 Season 3
BSL Season 20
China & Korea Top Challenge
KCM Race Survival 2025 Season 2
2025 GSL S1
Heroes 10 EU
PGL Astana 2025
Asian Champions League '25
ECL Season 49: Europe
BLAST Rivals Spring 2025
MESA Nomadic Masters
CCT Season 2 Global Finals
IEM Melbourne 2025
YaLLa Compass Qatar 2025
PGL Bucharest 2025
BLAST Open Spring 2025
ESL Pro League S21

Upcoming

NPSL S3
CSLPRO Last Chance 2025
CSLAN 2025
K-Championship
Esports World Cup 2025
HSC XXVII
Championship of Russia 2025
Bellum Gens Elite Stara Zagora 2025
2025 GSL S2
DreamHack Dallas 2025
IEM Cologne 2025
FISSURE Playground #1
BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025
ESL Impact League Season 7
IEM Dallas 2025
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2025 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.