another disappointing announcement. dude, day9 i love you man, but i wish you made some high level content.

when you started doing the daily you commentated super high level broodwar games and it was interesting because the audience would inevitably learn something, with the side bonus that you have a likable persona. (it was not interesting because you forced low level games to be funny)

on a related note, people who don't know how to "steal a build" don't need to be told how, because they are unable even to steal a build. i know you're strapped for time, but really? you could think of no more pertinent theme.

it's understandable that you're strapped for time lately, but i thought "doing starcraft fulltime" would mean that you would actually play the game and make good dailies.

cronican

Canada424 Posts

July 05 2011 06:12 GMT

#19064

Day[9] has taken the daily and his overall focus into another direction. If you recall, he wants to be an ambassador for esports. To do that, he has to cater to people who do not play the game at a high level or don't even play the game at all.

I'm not saying it doesn't suck for us hardcore people, as we've had this incredible resource in Sean for so long. You just have to understand that Day[9] might not be the guy to get high level 'super ultra mega gosu' learning from anymore because he is intentionally making it that way to appeal to a broader audience. It doesn't make the dailies suck, it makes them 'not for me'. If that means you stop watching then that's the way it's going to be.

MileyCyrus

United States285 Posts

July 05 2011 07:28 GMT

#19065

I would love to see "technical Thursdays" where Day gets into the nitty gritty! I came into Starcraft with no RTS background and was appropriately placed in copper (beta days). With his help i made it into diamond in November and Today I just hit masters (awesome birthday present!). I contribute so much of my progress to the dailies of old, which is why the lack of high-level dailies bums me out =(

Ill always be a fan and thankful for what ive learn, for free mind you; and I hope one day the content will swing back to the tedious stuff where I can learn and become a better gamer!

Evangelist

1246 Posts

July 05 2011 10:05 GMT

#19066

On July 05 2011 14:47 jimmyjingle wrote:
another disappointing announcement. dude, day9 i love you man, but i wish you made some high level content..

it's understandable that you're strapped for time lately, but i thought "doing starcraft fulltime" would mean that you would actually play the game and make good dailies.

Have you not considered that the reason your analysis isn't that high level is because SC2 is around a year old and even the pros are discovering new methods and timings every single week and especially after every single patch? The game simply has not had the time to stabilise mechanically and with less laborious mechanics than BW, allows the better gamers to spend a lot more time looking for actual timings, instead of trying to spam their keys fast enough to keep up with robotic macro whores.

There are literally hundreds of streams and hundreds of threads and thousand of replays which, if you're as high level a gamer as you state you are, you should be able to trawl through and analyse without Day9's help. By comparison, crappy nubs like me get two shows a week to show off our terrible play. It's not really a big ask, is it. It is very reassuring to me as a silver leaguer to get to watch Funday Monday where I can laugh with my fellow nubs and assure myself that I'm not alone in losing to 4 gate pushes that are more like a staggered sequential 1 gate.

Still, I reckon he should definitely do some high level dailies if he's up to it. Though I'm not actually good enough to make use of them, it's still amazing to learn how intricate timings can be.

jimmyjingle

United States472 Posts

July 05 2011 15:29 GMT

#19067

redundant

jimmyjingle

United States472 Posts

July 05 2011 15:30 GMT

#19068

Hyyde

United States43 Posts

July 05 2011 21:12 GMT

#19069

If you are doing a Terran week will you be doing a Zerg/Protoss week as well?

nvs.

Canada3609 Posts

July 05 2011 22:40 GMT

#19070

Wow, Day9 can even make terrible players playing SC2:BW extremely entertaining to watch. ^^

bigbadgreen

United States142 Posts

July 06 2011 00:51 GMT

#19071

I'm a bit confused by some of the recent "the daily is going in the wrong direction" mentality. I will own up that I'm silver. It probably skews my view of the daily. However it is coming off as some people thinking they are above learning. Even at the basic of levels you can still learn quite a bit.

on a related note, people who don't know how to "steal a build" don't need to be told how, because they are unable even to steal a build.

You mean like how an earlier daily (not the current series) focused on a bronze player who using day 9's method had that build down to a level that was way above bronze, perhaps a masters opener? It is attitudes like this that can hurt a community. It's the same attitude that league and rank are everything. Because somebody is gold they can't comment on a platinum match, even if they know the theory and have been watching high level leagues and tournaments for years.
Get off the high horse people. Day 9 puts a lot of time and effort into the daily and it shows. If you've moved past what you think you can learn then move on. Hire a coach, Become pro, or host your own show where you can tailor your show to what you want. If you can't take anything away from the current daily's, you're just not trying.

NeoStarr

Canada27 Posts

July 06 2011 02:01 GMT

#19072

I had an idea for a Funday Monday theme that I've always wanted to submit; I assume this is the best place to do that? It's pretty straight forward; play a game where you use every Raven ability (PDD, auto-turret, and seeker missile) 3 times each. You can use as many or as few Ravens as you need to accomplish this. I really love the unit and I'm always looking for new ways to use them effectively; it still feels like there's a lot of untapped potential there. I hear this is Terran week and it might be a bit T heavy to jump right into a daily on Ravens, but it might be something to try in the future.

Of course, like all Funday Mondays it needs the icing on the cake; so as an additional rule, every time your Raven uses an ability you must type to your opponent; "Nevermore."

Djagulingu

Germany3605 Posts

July 06 2011 02:08 GMT

#19073

MACRO HARD!!! micro soft

Cassel_Castle

United States820 Posts

July 06 2011 02:10 GMT

#19074

I love all the random non-Starcraft stuff there is to learn from the dailies. Run by "falling forward and landing on your feet."

Papulatus

United States669 Posts

July 06 2011 02:33 GMT

#19075

Is day9 ever going to do another zerg daily? I mean, I know zerg is the worst race in the game, so its hard to analyse and show that its not broken (day9 LOVES turning a blind eye to imbalance), but c'mon its been a while since he's done one.

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-KarakStarcraft-

United States258 Posts

July 06 2011 02:50 GMT

#19076

I just turned this on, but day9 knows Kirche = polt right?

staples2

United States216 Posts

July 06 2011 02:54 GMT

#19077

On July 06 2011 11:33 Papulatus wrote:
Is day9 ever going to do another zerg daily? I mean, I know zerg is the worst race in the game, so its hard to analyse and show that its not broken (day9 LOVES turning a blind eye to imbalance), but c'mon its been a while since he's done one.

personally i am waiting for protoss stuff :-)

Spaceninja

United States211 Posts

July 06 2011 04:31 GMT

#19078

Next funday Monday should be playing with the screen fully zoomed in. That will show some interesting results

KDot2

United States1213 Posts

July 06 2011 04:58 GMT

#19079

On July 05 2011 13:18 PhantomNVD wrote:
For anyone who didn't already know... just stumbled on this stand up comedy by Sean on the topic "eharmony" rofled and thought others might :D

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8198559878970672169&hl=en#

from this thread: http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=231400

enjoy!

day 9 is amazing ... 2 seconds in he mentions starcraft

Slakter

Sweden1947 Posts

July 06 2011 05:15 GMT

#19080

Holy imba-whine Batman!

Please tell me why you felt the need to jam in a bucketload of tears into that post instead of just saying "I hope he does some Zerg-dailys, havent seen that many in a while!".