Official State of the Game Podcast Thread - Page 1122

On May 25 2011 19:57 Berk wrote:
I must admit I was a little sad with this episode. A discussion on balance with 4 players of one race (3 of which are not achieving to a standard they want, the other just lost a major final) is not a balanced discussion. I don't care about going over a balance debate AGAIN but if you do, make it an equal argument (or better discussion). Otherwise it comes across shoddy journalism verging on propaganda.

On May 25 2011 15:22 EnderCraft wrote:

Indeed, it is to be expected. It is certainly better for him in almost all aspects... Geoff is bogged down with casting all day, ITG then SOTG, and all the traveling hes been doing for Intel. Geoff is making the right decision leaving SOTG. However, it still bums me out Sad panda is sad.

I wonder who JP can invite to be the new "Geoff".

On May 25 2011 20:17 The KY wrote:
Just got to the bit where they talk about how hard PvZ is and I am laughing my arse off. 4 protoss just whining and I imagine IdrA's face. And I imagine the faces of all the zerg forum whiners who have spent the last 3 months saying everyone knows zerg is broken and here are four protoss pros saying completely without irony that they are having real trouble in what was previously a match up heavily weighted towards them.

I am also imagining Day[9]'s face when everyone realises why he didn't properly argue balance against IdrA...because time is his greatest ally.

On May 25 2011 20:17 The KY wrote:
Just got to the bit where they talk about how hard PvZ is and I am laughing my arse off. 4 protoss just whining and I imagine IdrA's face. And I imagine the faces of all the zerg forum whiners who have spent the last 3 months saying everyone knows zerg is broken and here are four protoss pros saying completely without irony that they are having real trouble in what was previously a match up heavily weighted towards them.

I am also imagining Day[9]'s face when everyone realises why he didn't properly argue balance against IdrA...because time is his greatest ally.

On May 25 2011 18:28 Eurekastreet wrote:


Maybe you're right, but maybe not. I think he's got a thick enough skin not to care about whiners.
My guess (and it's only a guess) is that he leaves because
a) he has to stop working like a maniac before he gets burned out so he just steps back from whatever he can so he can sleep 5 hours once a week instead of the usual 3.
b) JP became full time MLG lately. Geoff is NASL. Both organizations are competitors (or competitors to be) on the Western starcraft scene, and with sponsors pbbly getting bigger all the time, all of them might have their word to say about who does what and when with the money they provide. Probably the same reason why people from different TV channels do not meet regularly.
It might not be the reason (yet) but as e-sports will grow and more money gets involved, I guess these things are bound to happen someday.


If a replacement ever is to be found, my vote would go to Destiny. He's a good player, articulate, thought provoking - with a crass humor - at times, probably still has some free time to dedicate to that (and could benefit from it) and he's zerg. As long as he refrains from too much imba talk and being too rude, he might possibly make a great pillar for the show. Lots of other great names out there but all those I can think of are too politically correct/dull to make for an entertaining couple of hours.

On May 25 2011 20:46 flodeskum wrote:

I know, I would have loved Idra on there explaining how this wasn't actually the game evolving but rather that every single protoss suddenly became shit at the game and that's why zergs are winning.

I really hope this will open people's eyes to the possibility of balance changing without patches.

On May 25 2011 19:17 Thugtronik wrote:


what the hell? shut the fuck up. who the fuck are you to say why incontrol made this decision? don't jump to stupid conclusions like "he did it because of money" when you don't have any fucking basis making blind statements like that. the comments in this thread about him leaving are moronic.