EPTStarcraft Terms to Make You Sound Smart - Page 4
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Zaphid
Czech Republic1860 Posts
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danl9rm
United States3111 Posts
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TheAntZ
Israel6248 Posts
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TTSA_SBR
Australia64 Posts
- im under the influence you can use these terms for real life situations right?... guys??? | ||
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Guam3521 Posts
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XGDragon
Netherlands61 Posts
On May 23 2010 20:05 TTSA_SBR wrote: i was having a good ol fashioned FE, then, out of nowhere, i browdered all over my pillow and was like "ahh shit, looks like im gonna have to flip that shit" so i flipped over my pillow and pulled my other hands fingers out of my natural, and in the morning i reflipped it to check the terrible terrible damage, but all the browder juice was gone and it smelt funny. - im under the influence you can use these terms for real life situations right?... guys??? I browdered a little. | ||
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Dragonsven
United States145 Posts
We just created a little bit of Starcraft history! | ||
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BlasiuS
United States2405 Posts
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Motiva
United States1774 Posts
good thread though hi5 | ||
Xxio
Canada5565 Posts
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EliteAzn
United States661 Posts
Hero______ (you can do probe because i believe that's the original one, but i've heard others being used) | ||
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jalstar
United States8198 Posts
On May 23 2010 10:02 NET wrote: haha Awesome, my favorite part of the Bisu Build is when Bisu went reavers. Exactly! "Same build three games in a row" my ass. | ||
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NeonGenesis
Norway260 Posts
Especially annoying to hear new commentators repeatedly say this to make them sound educated. As far as I know it's a tribute/honorary to Maynard yes? It's not at all descriptive of the action taken, like 9rax, 6pool etc, which all follow a standard and you just need to tell a first time watcher 1 time how to interpret, and he'll manage to deduce the meaning of any bo description later. | ||
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BlasiuS
United States2405 Posts
On May 24 2010 23:47 NeonGenesis wrote: Want to add Maynard transfer to this list. Especially annoying to hear new commentators repeatedly say this to make them sound educated. As far as I know it's a tribute/honorary to Maynard yes? It's not at all descriptive of the action taken, like 9rax, 6pool etc, which all follow a standard and you just need to tell a first time watcher 1 time how to interpret, and he'll manage to deduce the meaning of any bo description later. from the definitions thread: Maynard – Moving workers from an existing base to a newly formed expansion. if those commentators you're talking about are using the term this way, they are doing it right. | ||
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Rabiator
Germany3948 Posts
On May 23 2010 09:33 Dragonsven wrote: You forgot gosu, hasu, TT, natural, and maynard to name just a few. Gotta teach these nubs to be fags like the rest of us. Why reinvent the wheel? http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft/Gosu http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft/Natural http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft/Maynard Especially the word Gosu is used in the wrong context by some experienced commentators / players ... at least according to this definition. It is restricted to "superior playing style" but supposedly there is more to being gosu than winning every match. Words and their correct / precise meanings are important or we are bound to misunderstand each other, so I applaud this thread. | ||
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NeonGenesis
Norway260 Posts
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Logo
United States7542 Posts
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RAUS
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BlasiuS
United States2405 Posts
On May 25 2010 00:00 NeonGenesis wrote: It's a "StarCraft term to make you look smart". It's a term formed by the community in tribute... I suppose Maynard was the first person to actively do this? It's not descriptive of the action taken and as such should be avoided by commentators, imho. disagree, plenty of people have been using the term maynard since the beginning of BW (10 years ago). It's simply named after him because he was the 1st player to make use of it. Most starcraft terms are not descriptive of the action taken :O of course that doesn't mean they should be avoided. If you have been involved in the community for any amount of time you should know what the term maynard means. Unless those commentators are using the term incorrectly, then I could see your point. | ||
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NeonGenesis
Norway260 Posts
We're (hopefully) on the dawn of a new age in e-sports and using jargon in this manner is turning your focus in the wrong direction. Commentators using this (especially new commentators who have had no involvement with SC1 in the past) are only connecting with an established and isolated community and are not supporting growth. Right now I'm seeing a lot of these new commentators taking any opportunity to comment on a "Maynard Transfer". It sometimes get so overused and emphazised it's embarassing. Actually impressive manouvers taking place get interrupted so casters can comment on the awesome "MAYNARD TRANSFER!" taking place. I think it sounds dumb.  I think it's worth noting that the established oldschool players/commentators/streamers do not overuse/overemphazise this term. Day9 for example hardly ever says it, he says Drone/Probe/SCV transfer. If Day9 does use "advanced" terms like that he always describe their meaning. | ||
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