EPTI haven't listened to the show yet, but I would assume it's top 50 in your region (which is essentially top 50 Grandmasters, right? I haven't kept track of how the GM works =p). That sounds like the most reasonable aim to me personally at least.
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Talin
Montenegro10532 Posts
I haven't listened to the show yet, but I would assume it's top 50 in your region (which is essentially top 50 Grandmasters, right? I haven't kept track of how the GM works =p). That sounds like the most reasonable aim to me personally at least. | ||
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Piski
Finland3461 Posts
On April 27 2011 17:51 scatmango2 wrote: That was really hard to watch with Geoff on the brink of crying =/. Haven't got the chance to listen to it yet but why Geoff would be on the brink of crying? :O | ||
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Tokay
Sweden115 Posts
On April 27 2011 17:59 Piski wrote: Haven't got the chance to listen to it yet but why Geoff would be on the brink of crying? :O I got that feeling aswell. When he "snapped" a bit to JP when they started to talk about NASL. The stress is getting to him. | ||
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Demonaz
United Kingdom1219 Posts
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Piski
Finland3461 Posts
On April 27 2011 18:17 Demonaz wrote: Is the MP3 up yet? http://blip.tv/file/get/ItmeJP-Starcraft2StateOfTheGameEP36216.mp3 I hope it gets better for Geoff in the future then. At least I'm hoping it's not because all the haters on forums. | ||
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Velr
Switzerland10854 Posts
On April 27 2011 17:52 sickoota wrote: I don't see why this is true for Terran and Zerg but not for Protoss... if a Protoss goes into a battle with the wrong units they will die. This is not a uniquely terran or zerg problem. Then your blind. Even if it's not or would not be a problem, it's clear. (Hint: Colossi <---> Corruptor/Viking) | ||
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FliedLice
Germany7494 Posts
Just downloaded sotg and put it on my mp3 player before running for the bus... Only to realize i downloaded last weeks cast... Meh | ||
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WniO
United States2706 Posts
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Piski
Finland3461 Posts
On April 27 2011 19:06 WniO wrote: im worried that the gateway buff / warpgate nerf will bring even faster rushes against zerg. imagine seeing 6-8 stalkers leaving the protoss base at the 5 minute mark or something of the sort... is anyone else conscerned about this? or do people think it will give zerg more aggressive options? because id imagine people could do a 4 gate of sorts without the warpgate... Fastest 4gate was hitting around 5.30 mark so not really. 6 stalkers is easy to kill and now he won't have the reinforcments to back them up. Strenght in 4gate was the ability to warpin units instantly to the battlefield. Doing 4 gateway rushes is not the same. It still takes longer to produce units than the warpgates and now he will have to walk them to the battlefield. | ||
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vojnik
Macedonia923 Posts
On April 27 2011 19:06 WniO wrote: im worried that the gateway buff / warpgate nerf will bring even faster rushes against zerg. imagine seeing 6-8 stalkers leaving the protoss base at the 5 minute mark or something of the sort... is anyone else conscerned about this? or do people think it will give zerg more aggressive options? because id imagine people could do a 4 gate of sorts without the warpgate... close position it will be nightmare especially  | ||
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Chr15t
Denmark1103 Posts
- Or am i just WAY too impatient to watch the show? | ||
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Chillax
England585 Posts
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Nesquik
United Kingdom600 Posts
On April 27 2011 19:21 Chillax wrote: The vod is up? im watching it right now Can you throw up a link, I went on home page and isn't there. Thanks edit;- found it, went on his twitter and he has the link up! | ||
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Alphonsse
United States518 Posts
On April 27 2011 16:45 GhostFall wrote: First time I ever saw a pro player mentioning how talent is a big part of becoming a pro player or not. Liquid'Tyler's metrics: Play 6 hours a day, while doing your own thing (full-time job, etc). after 6 months if you're not like top 50, you should really really consider not making the jump to pro. I wonder if he meant top 50 in a master division or top 50 grandmasters? Seems pretty hard if its top 50 grandmasters, even artosis isn't even in grandmasters. Seems to fly against a lot of what Korean pros say, where they say that sheer hard work is all is needed to become a pro gamer. I think you misinterpreted what Tyler was saying. I think he was giving 6 months as a minimum, not "you have to be top 50 by 6 months". What I got from it was that if you're looking to go pro, expect it to take at least 6 months of you dedicating all of your free time into sc2, and whenever you happen to be within top 50 of your region, then going from full time job/study to full time sc2 becomes not a bad decision anymore. Oh and he certainly meant rank 50 GM or up, at that point you're playing well known/pro players, top 50 masters division means absolutely nothing. | ||
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Sigmur
Poland497 Posts
![[image loading]](http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/5078/sotg.jpg) Hilarious, especially with Gretorp as Icontrol hahaha | ||
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RationalGaze
United Kingdom121 Posts
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flodeskum
Iceland1267 Posts
On April 27 2011 17:45 dementrio wrote: About what Day9 was saying on banging head against the wall: what can we, as laymen strategists, do when we hit that point? I'll take zvp as an example simply because that's what I am personally having trouble with. I have got to a point where my mechanics are not the problem, and improving them won't stop me from losing more than I am winning. I have tried copying various builds, styles, and I have tried coming up with my own; none have worked, which is to be expected because if I could beat zvp I'd probably be rich by now. The ladder is also an environment that makes all this more frustrating, because if there is one huge hole in my game that I want to fix, I want to concentrate on that, but I have to deal with other matchups in between and even when I get queued up against a protoss I often lose to something that I would normally not have any trouble with, because I am focussing on one aspect of the matchup and losing track of other things. I get the overall impression that I am getting worse instead of making progress. In short, starcraft is not fun for me anymore am I the only one feeling this way? What can I do to fix it?Not too long ago I couldn't win a PvZ. I just felt under constant pressure due to the lack of map control and I felt terrible in every game against a zerg. And this was just after nestea won gsl 2 so the ladder was like 95% zerg with an occasional random player thrown in. So I just stopped playing 1v1. But I started playing alot of team games with my friends and I only played as zerg (the most op race ever in my mind at that point). I played enough zerg until eventually it became my strongest race in 1v1 as well as team games and ofc my best matchup by far was (and still is) zvp. I still play protoss around 65-70% of my 1v1 (the rest being zerg mostly). But my pvz improved so much from playing zerg that I currently feel in complete control of every pvz just as I do zvp and really the only difference is perspective and knowledge of the other race. Just playing as the race you think you can't beat will improve your understanding of both sides of the matchup so much that any percieved imbalance or weakness just goes away when you can see things from both sides. | ||
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OutlaW-
Czech Republic5053 Posts
the vod^^ | ||
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UberSquirrel
Netherlands22 Posts
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Kojaimea
United Kingdom277 Posts
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