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Boggyb
Profile Joined January 2017
2855 Posts
June 19 2017 16:51 GMT
#741
How did Elazer manage to lose game 2? I turned off the stream because ZvZ but he was super ahead.
D-light
Profile Joined April 2012
Finland7364 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-06-19 16:52:29
June 19 2017 16:52 GMT
#742
On June 20 2017 01:46 Waxangel wrote:
noooo the serral-potential meme is close to being officially dead :[

Close is not done luckily.

Nice try with the jinx attempt tho.
why even
Diabolique
Profile Joined June 2015
Czech Republic5118 Posts
June 19 2017 16:52 GMT
#743
On June 20 2017 01:48 Waxangel wrote:
important poll guys

An absolute victory for Serral.
sOs | Rogue | Maru | Trap | Scarlett | Snute | MC
Charoisaur
Profile Joined August 2014
Germany16024 Posts
June 19 2017 16:52 GMT
#744
On June 20 2017 01:51 The_Red_Viper wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 20 2017 01:44 Charoisaur wrote:
On June 20 2017 01:42 The_Red_Viper wrote:
Understandable that serral is shy and stuff, but that's the things i am talking about. It is hard to make people care for someone like that. This sounds harsh, but people said the same about koreans and it's almost the same in this case. (at least we can understand him directly, that's worth something)

And?
the player-viewer ratio is good for sc2 the problem isn't that the scene is not interesting enough we just don't have enough players.


I mean there are multiple things the scene would need. I am not saying X,Y or Z are the only thing important. Saying that players who are more entertaining on their own aren't a factor (at all?) is kinda naive though.
Ofc a bigger playerbase would help, but so would a lot of other things including players who are actually a bit more interesting when they open their mouth. faceless korean, faceless foreigner is real to some extent

Do other games have more interesting players?
Many of the coolest moments in sc2 happen due to worker harassment
The_Red_Viper
Profile Blog Joined August 2013
19533 Posts
June 19 2017 16:52 GMT
#745
On June 20 2017 01:48 Aeromi wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 20 2017 01:47 The_Red_Viper wrote:
On June 20 2017 01:42 Luolis wrote:
On June 20 2017 01:42 The_Red_Viper wrote:
Understandable that serral is shy and stuff, but that's the things i am talking about. It is hard to make people care for someone like that. This sounds harsh, but people said the same about koreans and it's almost the same in this case. (at least we can understand him directly, that's worth something)

its fine, us finlanders can appreciate his godlikeness))

I only mentioned this because people brought it up before, but yeah i think it's a good example. Serral, Neeb, etc are no Idra/Huk/Stephano/etc.
Just a thought.


But yeah Serral is obviously really good, so i respect his skill.

Stephano was so shy in 2010-2011 during interviews.

Well i don't even know if you are serious (just assume this is true). I am not saying that bigger personalities cannot develop still, but it's worth pointing out that player personalities are a big factor, not just gameplay, playerbase, etc.
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 |
temporary1
Profile Joined February 2015
69 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-06-19 16:55:40
June 19 2017 16:53 GMT
#746
On June 20 2017 01:29 Charoisaur wrote:
even at the pro level balance is overrated. Every time someone wins with adepts people say imba imba but the statistics say that the matchup is fine. In the end the better player wins most of the time. The only times when balance was a serious problem was early wol terran, BL/Infestor and Blink era.


"Blink-era" was some 3-6 months and pretty much the only time when protoss has been up in winrates for a significant time period. And even then, almost every protoss win was done by the champion-level protosses who for a big part are still the protosses that manage to go far in tournaments (and even win em). In western scene, blink-period didn't even have that much significance (did any western protoss win anything with blink during that period?) That's not to say that blink-dominated period was fine, though.

What is going on with zerg now and was with bl/infestor is that everyone and their mother who play zerg seems to go far at some tournaments. If these 10 zergs hadn't gone into ro16, there was still TLO, TRUE, Lambo, iAsonu, Sen, Toodming, JonSnow and Zansters who went out at ro32, and nobody would have batted an eye if they had been ones in ro16. Meanwhile, every protoss except Dns who reached even ro32 are or have been championship-caliber players who have been around for a long time.

So, I think it is not insignificant that this horde of zergs populate player lists while players like Harstem and Showtime can't make it into ro32.
Musicus
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany23576 Posts
June 19 2017 16:53 GMT
#747
On June 20 2017 01:48 Waxangel wrote:
important poll guys https://twitter.com/SaintSnorlax/status/876844042969116672

Gotta wait until after Serral wins to see how happy he is. Bur rigth now he is a strong contender for first plance.

Maru and Serral are probably top 5.
Charoisaur
Profile Joined August 2014
Germany16024 Posts
June 19 2017 16:55 GMT
#748
On June 20 2017 01:53 temporary1 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 20 2017 01:29 Charoisaur wrote:
even at the pro level balance is overrated. Every time someone wins with adepts people say imba imba but the statistics say that the matchup is fine. In the end the better player wins most of the time. The only times when balance was a serious problem was early wol terran, BL/Infestor and Blink era.


"Blink-era" was some 3-6 months and pretty much the only time when protoss has been up in winrates for a significant time period. And even then, almost every protoss win was done by the champion-level protosses who for a big part are still the protosses that manage to go far in tournaments (and even win em). In western scene, blink-period didn't even have that much significance (did any western protoss win anything with blink during that period?) That's not to say that blink-dominated period was fine, though.

What is going on with zerg now and was with bl/infestor is that everyone and their mother who play zerg seems to go far at some tournaments. If these 10 zergs hadn't gone that into ro16, there was still TLO, TRUE, Lambo, iAsonu, Sen, Toodming, JonSnow and Zansters who went out at ro32, and nobody would have batted an eye if they had been ones in ro16. Meanwhile, every protoss except Dns who reached even ro32 are of have been championship-caliber players who have been around for a long time.

So, I think it is not insignificant that this horde of zergs populate player lists while players like Harstem and Showtime can't make it into ro32.

come on. foreigner tournament results have 0 to do with balance just like master league population has nothing to do with balance.
Balance is only relevant at the highest level aka in korea.
Many of the coolest moments in sc2 happen due to worker harassment
The_Red_Viper
Profile Blog Joined August 2013
19533 Posts
June 19 2017 16:55 GMT
#749
On June 20 2017 01:52 Charoisaur wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 20 2017 01:51 The_Red_Viper wrote:
On June 20 2017 01:44 Charoisaur wrote:
On June 20 2017 01:42 The_Red_Viper wrote:
Understandable that serral is shy and stuff, but that's the things i am talking about. It is hard to make people care for someone like that. This sounds harsh, but people said the same about koreans and it's almost the same in this case. (at least we can understand him directly, that's worth something)

And?
the player-viewer ratio is good for sc2 the problem isn't that the scene is not interesting enough we just don't have enough players.


I mean there are multiple things the scene would need. I am not saying X,Y or Z are the only thing important. Saying that players who are more entertaining on their own aren't a factor (at all?) is kinda naive though.
Ofc a bigger playerbase would help, but so would a lot of other things including players who are actually a bit more interesting when they open their mouth. faceless korean, faceless foreigner is real to some extent

Do other games have more interesting players?

I would say yes, also just more effort put into additional content like video vlogs and stuff like that. Thing EG did back in the day. (also in other games when people stream it is easier to talk to chat, etc. That matters as well i think)
Again, simply saying this is part of the whole and it matters. Ofc there are lots of issues.
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 |
Diabolique
Profile Joined June 2015
Czech Republic5118 Posts
June 19 2017 16:57 GMT
#750
Go not-faceless-Diego!
sOs | Rogue | Maru | Trap | Scarlett | Snute | MC
D-light
Profile Joined April 2012
Finland7364 Posts
June 19 2017 16:58 GMT
#751
Lets go neeb I guess.
why even
The_Red_Viper
Profile Blog Joined August 2013
19533 Posts
June 19 2017 16:58 GMT
#752
Go terran, go kelazhur. Sorry Neeb but you still have GSL
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 |
Ludwigvan
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Germany2371 Posts
June 19 2017 16:59 GMT
#753
Neeb should have looked into the mirror and gotten rid of a small problem, which I cannot unsee.
Diabolique
Profile Joined June 2015
Czech Republic5118 Posts
June 19 2017 16:59 GMT
#754
The only Human among the last three players.
Go Diego!
sOs | Rogue | Maru | Trap | Scarlett | Snute | MC
Penev
Profile Joined October 2012
28512 Posts
June 19 2017 17:00 GMT
#755
go LATAM
I Protoss winner, could it be?
raff100
Profile Joined April 2011
498 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-06-19 17:00:17
June 19 2017 17:00 GMT
#756
On June 20 2017 01:53 temporary1 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 20 2017 01:29 Charoisaur wrote:
even at the pro level balance is overrated. Every time someone wins with adepts people say imba imba but the statistics say that the matchup is fine. In the end the better player wins most of the time. The only times when balance was a serious problem was early wol terran, BL/Infestor and Blink era.


"Blink-era" was some 3-6 months and pretty much the only time when protoss has been up in winrates for a significant time period. And even then, almost every protoss win was done by the champion-level protosses who for a big part are still the protosses that manage to go far in tournaments (and even win em). In western scene, blink-period didn't even have that much significance (did any western protoss win anything with blink during that period?) That's not to say that blink-dominated period was fine, though.

What is going on with zerg now and was with bl/infestor is that everyone and their mother who play zerg seems to go far at some tournaments. If these 10 zergs hadn't gone into ro16, there was still TLO, TRUE, Lambo, iAsonu, Sen, Toodming, JonSnow and Zansters who went out at ro32, and nobody would have batted an eye if they had been ones in ro16. Meanwhile, every protoss except Dns who reached even ro32 are or have been championship-caliber players who have been around for a long time.

So, I think it is not insignificant that this horde of zergs populate player lists while players like Harstem and Showtime can't make it into ro32.


Put Stas,Classic and herO in this tournament and Protoss becomes OP
xtorn
Profile Blog Joined December 2013
4060 Posts
June 19 2017 17:00 GMT
#757
kelazhur is good, but not Neeb-level good imo. neeb has this.
Life - forever the Legend in my heart
Charoisaur
Profile Joined August 2014
Germany16024 Posts
June 19 2017 17:00 GMT
#758
Serral and Neeb are unmatched in the foreign scene atm. this will be a 3-0
Many of the coolest moments in sc2 happen due to worker harassment
lolfail9001
Profile Joined August 2013
Russian Federation40190 Posts
June 19 2017 17:01 GMT
#759
On June 20 2017 01:59 Diabolique wrote:
The only Human among the last three players.
Go Diego!

Looks like he is doomed, then.

That's funny, actually.
DeMoN pulls off a Miracle and Flies to the Moon
Diabolique
Profile Joined June 2015
Czech Republic5118 Posts
June 19 2017 17:01 GMT
#760
On June 20 2017 01:59 Ludwigvan wrote:
Neeb should have looked into the mirror and gotten rid of a small problem, which I cannot unsee.

It is OK to have resonating glaives when you are protoss.
sOs | Rogue | Maru | Trap | Scarlett | Snute | MC
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