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Namu
Profile Joined February 2011
United States826 Posts
May 04 2011 05:44 GMT
#18361
On May 04 2011 14:42 Glaven wrote:
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On May 04 2011 14:41 Namu wrote:
On May 04 2011 14:39 PZPolice wrote:
Geoff completely disregarding Tyler's argument and trying to make him look like an ass. It was almost unbearable to watch. He has a history of acting childishly but this made me not want to support anything he's a part of.


exactly what I thought.
lost a ton of respect for incontrol...


What? The fact of the matter is in control way out argued tyler.


uh no, seemed to me like incontrol was picking up about frivolous things and bashing tyler for them, and trying to make the entire argument look stupid instead of those little things.. if that makes any sense
Condor Hero
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States2931 Posts
May 04 2011 05:44 GMT
#18362
On May 04 2011 14:37 Liquid`Tyler wrote:
I 80% failed at expressing what I was trying to say. My message was somewhere in there

yeah it was real painful to watch and geoff just smashed you because i think hes good at thinking on the spot (in fact he probably prepares for it on purpose by talking slow as all hell)
Zeri
Profile Joined March 2010
United States773 Posts
May 04 2011 05:44 GMT
#18363
On May 04 2011 14:40 I_Love_Bacon wrote:
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On May 04 2011 14:36 Namu wrote:
On May 04 2011 14:32 Chro wrote:
I think tyler's idea is basically EG shouldnt have said anything on the fourm about team liquid being in it or not. Let the community ask team liquid if they're in it or not, EG should either say everything, or nothing.

He gave the community half the information, and as neutral as it was, leaving out information can be seen as aggressive. If we went to war and france didnt show up to the UN meeting and the media said "France didnt accept the invite to the meeting" then there would be a HUGE negative backlash no mater the reason. Its a very subtle way to attack someone.


pretty much this...
incontrol is saying colbi's response was neutral or w/e, but leaving out information can be interpreted in a lot of different ways.


He left out information on both sides. He didn't just post EG's "side" and leave it at that. His initial post that started the whole ball rolling was: "Liquid was invited, but chose not to participate."

Is that fairly vague and absent of information? Of course, because it would've been a dick move to only post EG's side, or presumptuously post Liquid's reasoning.


Yes it is fairly vague and absent of information. If I said "i invited a man named john to eat lunch, he declined" what are your immediate inferences? what do you think happened?

Now. what if I said "i invited a man named john to eat lunch and he declined because of unresolvable timing issues" what are your immediate inferences? what do you think happened?

actually a BIG difference. The second one is more neutral and truthful actually. and if you are john and here that story told about you in the FIRST way. would you not be offended that the second version was not told instead?
You can think I'm wrong, but that's no reason to quit thinking.
Goibon
Profile Joined May 2010
New Zealand8185 Posts
May 04 2011 05:44 GMT
#18364
On May 04 2011 14:41 meep wrote:
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On May 04 2011 14:40 znowstorm wrote:
Not sure if this has been linked here already. Pretty hilarious.
[image loading]


hahahaha

Can't stop laughing at this.
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Daralii
Profile Joined March 2010
United States16991 Posts
May 04 2011 05:44 GMT
#18365
On May 04 2011 14:43 rysecake wrote:
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On May 04 2011 14:42 Namu wrote:
On May 04 2011 14:42 sermokala wrote:
Why does idra stick with zerg like he could do a lot better with any other race.


he played terran in scbw.
and he whined.
so... he would probably whine about balance even if he didnt play zerg right now..


lol this. Btw for anyone who doesn't know. Terran bonjwa count- 4, protoss count- 0

Taken from the balance argument:

iNcontroL: What was the weakest race in Brood War?
IdrA: Terran vs Protoss

Tyler then threw his head back in laughter.
Fear is freedom! Subjugation is liberation! Contradiction is truth!
On_Slaught
Profile Joined August 2008
United States12190 Posts
May 04 2011 05:45 GMT
#18366
On May 04 2011 14:40 znowstorm wrote:
Not sure if this has been linked here already. Pretty hilarious.
[image loading]


Incontrol on 4chan?!
Gokey
Profile Joined November 2006
United States2722 Posts
May 04 2011 05:45 GMT
#18367
Geoff uses all the dirty, yet fallacy-ridden, debate tactics. Plus, Idra jumping in was just not a fair fight.

I just felt frustrated that although Tyler had the right point, he wasn't able to express it correctly and stick to his point. Meanwhile, 90% of the show viewers hear more of the presentation of the arguments rather than the contents, and think Incontrol is right... Makes it even more frustrating.

I'm glad that more of the forum goers posting here are understanding the situation.

Bottom line: Intentional omission of facts is manipulative and close to lying.
Grantiere
Profile Joined March 2011
United States129 Posts
May 04 2011 05:45 GMT
#18368
Colbi gave accurate but incomplete information. Tyler completed the information. The end.

Incontrol was far more defensive and demeaning in the thread. Idra was much more logical.
udgnim
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States8024 Posts
May 04 2011 05:45 GMT
#18369
On May 04 2011 14:40 PhyreHazard wrote:
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On May 04 2011 14:35 spybreak wrote:
So Colbi getting flak for doing his job as a PR? LMAO


The point is that TL forum is not a place to advertise, so by responding to the question by doing some PR thing (and making TL look bad in the proccess) is kinda inapropriate.


except stuff gets advertised ALL THE TIME

look at the SC2 Tournament forum
E-Sports is competitive video gaming with a spectator fan base. Do not take the word "Sports" literally.
bentski
Profile Joined July 2010
Canada31 Posts
May 04 2011 05:45 GMT
#18370
On May 04 2011 14:37 Liquid`Tyler wrote:
I 80% failed at expressing what I was trying to say. My message was somewhere in there


I love you man, but I think what's discerning is the fact that you guys pulled in thousands of new viewers and then gave them an incredibly good reason to never tune in again.

This is probably not your fault, I think it should be more up to JP to jump in sooner... it literally turned from the best SOTG to the worst within minutes.

times ten
Whole
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States6046 Posts
May 04 2011 05:45 GMT
#18371
I think you guys are way over-analyzing Colbi's post. From what it looks like, it seems that he just wanted to give a simple answer to a simple question. I'm sure he would have gone in depth if someone would have asked.
jere
Profile Joined September 2010
United States121 Posts
May 04 2011 05:45 GMT
#18372
On May 04 2011 14:26 drox22 wrote:
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On May 04 2011 14:21 Mailing wrote:
On May 04 2011 14:19 drox22 wrote:
On May 04 2011 14:14 Jotoco wrote:
On May 04 2011 14:03 Elefanto wrote:
No that's not.
If the opponent goes for a risky economy build, and you go for a safe build, he should be ahead.
If he goes for a risky economy build, and you go for a risky aggressive build, he died and you are ahead / win.

That's how it should be.



Nope.

If he does a risky/all in build and you SCOUT IT IN TIME, you should be ahead. If EVERY TIME I go for a risky/ all in and my opponent goes eco I am ahead, then it is a coin flip and there is no need to play the game, we always could just flip coins and award the money.

Like Rock/Paper/Scissors. It is perfectly balanced, but there is NO WAY it can be a competitive sport, because there is no skill involved. You choose a "weapon" and the you either win or lose. If it happened in SC2 (you choose a build and either win or lose there) then it is no point to play!

On May 04 2011 14:04 drox22 wrote:
How is a build that automatically let's you hold off any sort of all in and still keeps you on a even level economically fair? That would completely break the game. You can't die early game, you don't fall behind in economy either if your opponent fast expands? How can you lose then?


NO, that is NOT the ideal solution. The ideal solution is 2: A way to scout and respond correctly. But either of the two answers provide a balanced game.

Their approach is different, 1 (having a build that CAN defend anything) assumes the difference in outcomes comes from MICRO, NOT BUILD ORDER WIN.
2 (having scouting possible) assumes good scouting and a good reaction time will get you safe.

BOTH will have a balanced game as an outcome, but you people don't really want to use your brains to think about it.


If there were a way to always scout all ins what would be the point of taking a risk in the first place? It would completely nullify all ins but all ins are part of the game, get used to it.


Terran and protoss can scout all-ins.

If a zerg makes 25 zerglings and gets early gas, a terran can see that with a SCV and infer a bane bust is coming, and make a wall. A protoss can make an extra sentry and FF.

If a zerg sees 15 marines and 20 scv charge out of a terrans base, and just made a round of drones, there is almost nothing they can do, unless they BLINDLY already built 3 spines or a bane nest. If they do this blind safety practice, and the terran does NOT all in, they are BEHIND in econ.


so you are attacking 1 scv with 25 zerglings? Why not try to hide the zerglings to that the terran doesnt get any information? This is an essential problem with most zerg players, you keep your zerglings clumped and kill 1 scv with 25 zerglings and then go "WHY IS IT POSSIBLE THAT 1 SCV can scout 25 zerglings" answer: because you are stupid.
And if you properly control the wathc towers with your zerglings I doubt a terran will ever get an scv to your base and if he uses a scan hes behind economically.

All 3 races have the same problem, it's just that for some reason zerg players LOVE to qq and seriously the win rate in all server is pretty balanced, zerg even has a higher win rate than terran on most servers overall, I'm sick and tired of this zerg imbalance crying, just learn to play the game and use your brain and stop crying... or switch races.



There was a build used by Zerg vs Protoss around February early March that was pool first then make a lot of zerglings. It was hard to play vs this it was a soft contain. I could not move out or expand and the Zerg could. But around this time the sentry expand came along and I no longer saw it. But that is odd sentry=100 gas. The basic idea of trading minerals for gas and manna.

Zerg moves in with expansion down and I was trying to expand using lings to force forecefileds.
It was a delay or direct counter to a small attack.

Brad
Profile Joined April 2010
2754 Posts
May 04 2011 05:46 GMT
#18373
It's simply not worth any more debate. Spears have been thrown, dodged, blocked and thrown back. Nothing else really to delve into it.
Lee Jae Dong proved that a focus on mechanics and execution could solve problems in the StarCraft game strategy.
Falcor
Profile Joined February 2010
Canada894 Posts
May 04 2011 05:46 GMT
#18374
On May 04 2011 14:42 happyness wrote:

Show nested quote +
On May 04 2011 14:30 Oreo7 wrote:
On May 04 2011 14:22 TheHova wrote:
On May 04 2011 14:21 trias_e wrote:
Tyler is in the right, but doing a poor job of explaining it.


I think that, he's on the right line on a moral point of view but i think it's really hard to articulate it.


Yeah.

Colbi is representing EG. EG invited Liquid and Liquid declines for X reason. All Colbi says is that Liquid declined.

That is not the same as Liquid declined for X reason. So in reality, Colbi is lying and giving off false perceptions.

I think the entire discussion about Stride Gum/Hot Bid or whatever is weird and maybe not important at all. It's basically the same thing, except with gum and HB the incentive is monetary, whereas with Colbi the monetary incentive to lie is non-existent, so leaving out the comment about Liquid can only come from two places: A) Colbi does not want Liquid to look good and B) Colbi wants EG to look good.


Yes those are the only two possibilities...... -_-

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Tyler's position (and he did get heated, which he admitted to be wrong in a weird convoluted way) is that Colbi should have just given the whole story, because the only reasons not to were hostile to the TEAM team liquid, which in turn, damage the very income of the SITE team liquid, upon which Colbi is ironically posting this.

TL;DR - Colbi is intentionally leaving out part of a story which makes TL look bad on the TL forums, and Tyler dont take no shit from that fucking kid yo


What makes you so certain that Colbi intentionally left that part out? It was probably just carelessness, not being deceptive.

Tyler's response to Colbi was childish. And his defense in being immature is literally "I'm somebody, Colbi is nobody" Please.


Thats exactlys colbis job. Is to make his brand look better then everyone elses and make everyone elses bad. Pr people just dont make random responses without thought behind it.

And that wasnt tylers response. His response was poorly presented and picked apart by someone who was trained to do just that. EG is known through any game to do anything to push their brand ahead no matter who it affects
PuercoPop
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Peru277 Posts
May 04 2011 05:46 GMT
#18375
Tyler is talking about disclousre. He makes a valid point. Just because you are a spokesman doesn't mean you should just become a shill. Growing up doesn't mean leaving your integrity out the door.

ie. There is a nothing wrong with saying 'Use steelseries and support EG/E-sports' although it certainly doesn't belong on a Keyboard REVIEW thread
The Proof of the Pudding is in the eating!
Al Bundy
Profile Joined April 2010
7257 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-04 05:46:25
May 04 2011 05:46 GMT
#18376
Wow this was a really great display of the NA scene right here. Good job guys, way to promote ESPORTS... Hint: if you do not have the mental capacity to argue, then don't argue. Otherwise you make yourselves look like fools.


Also I would like to comment about Day9 vs. Idra, in my opinion this debate was pathetic. But I'm not surprised, this is what happens when players believe they're video games developers. Anyway there's no point arguing with a guy who thinks that "Zerg is broken". So, Idra wins tournaments using a broken race, does that mean he's 10 times better than his opponents?
Get real.

Hey, Idra followers and depressed Zerg, stop thinking that Idra will revolutionize Zerg play. He's got good macro but that's it. He's far from being a genius, especially when it comes to strategy and TACTICS. But all in all I'm very sad that a guy like Idra is so popular in the starcraft scene. I believe the foreign scene would be healthier without such an immature player.

I left wow and its AWFUL community, then came to starcraft & TL. Unfortunately, I found Idra and his fanboys. People thinking that they can devise strategy and solve the game, just like they can master a Tekken 5 character or a Call of Duty automatic rifle.
o choro é livre
TheTenthDoc
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States9561 Posts
May 04 2011 05:46 GMT
#18377
On May 04 2011 14:43 Daralii wrote:
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On May 04 2011 14:42 sermokala wrote:
Why does idra stick with zerg like he could do a lot better with any other race.

He seems to be of the opinion that switching to P or T would automatically make him a worse player because he's not playing the "hardest" race, or would somehow devalue his accomplishments.


While I don't agree with IdrA about balance discussions, he has made it clear he believes that the problem is that he wouldn't be able to compete with these races for quite some time because of the fundamental differences between them. Things like timings, things like hotkeys, even just eyeballing whether you can hold something take a while to learn during which he wouldn't be able to compete at the highest level.
drox22
Profile Joined April 2011
129 Posts
May 04 2011 05:46 GMT
#18378
On May 04 2011 14:43 Liquid`Tyler wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 04 2011 14:42 Glaven wrote:
On May 04 2011 14:41 Namu wrote:
On May 04 2011 14:39 PZPolice wrote:
Geoff completely disregarding Tyler's argument and trying to make him look like an ass. It was almost unbearable to watch. He has a history of acting childishly but this made me not want to support anything he's a part of.


exactly what I thought.
lost a ton of respect for incontrol...


What? The fact of the matter is in control way out argued tyler.

My side of the argument, and the point I was trying to make, was much more complicated and nuanced


I got exactly what you were trying to say and you are 100% right.
HolyArrow
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States7116 Posts
May 04 2011 05:46 GMT
#18379
Curious - how long does it usually take for VODs to be up?
Goibon
Profile Joined May 2010
New Zealand8185 Posts
May 04 2011 05:46 GMT
#18380
There's actually people in here to see Anna nude. This is fucking hilarious
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