Pylo the Pylon - A sad tale inspired by Husky - Page 12
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blastedt
United States29 Posts
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GreyKnight
United States4720 Posts
Song is great though, props to author. I don't like the meme past the randomness when I first saw in husky's video but i'm cool with it. | ||
Subversion
South Africa3627 Posts
On September 14 2010 11:57 StorrZerg wrote: So what if im not doing anything for esports, neither is pylo. Korea is esports right now, husky isn't. He supports tournaments great, doesn't mean his shout casting is helping esports. edit This thread really isn't about husky being a good caster or not its about pylo. Which i just find that uneventful and pointless dude if you think the thread is pointless, why come in here at all? a lot of people find it amusing and get a good lol out of it, whats wrong with people enjoying something you don't? its not hurting you, why come in here shitting up the thread and ruining other people's fun? just let people have their laughs man, its not affecting you. | ||
ryanAnger
United States838 Posts
There will always be people who watch football, just because its fun to watch, and they don't give a flying fuck about the technicalities. For SC2, thats HD and Husky. They appeal to the large majority of people (because honestly, we, the TL-goers who are all about technicalities, are in the minority by a long shot). Artosis and Tasteless I believe provide the perfect balance in knowledge and fun when it comes to casting (<3 Tasteless) but I still think that the people who need to be marketed as the face of casting SC2 are HD and Husky. Their casts are the ones that people are more likely to pick up on, without prior knowledge of the game, and then people will migrate to the likes of Day9. Husky, even though I don't watch your casts very often, I want to say thank you, and keep up the good work. Without you, SC2 has no chance of becoming big. | ||
kxr1der
United States213 Posts
On September 14 2010 04:22 Archerofaiur wrote: He was so young!!! but in all honesty nothing can every top I remember watching this and thinking it was so funny. | ||
SlayerOfYou
58 Posts
[QUOTE]On September 14 2010 04:22 Archerofaiur wrote: He was so young!!! but in all honesty nothing can every top [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdfPsKWyQik]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdfPsKWyQik[/url][/QUOTE] TO MY HOMIES PYLO AND PANDA BEAR, YOU WILL TRULY BE MISSED. THIS ONE'S FOR YOU. *Pours a bottle of cristal on the dirt* | ||
MadMonarch
Canada5 Posts
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Demand2k
Norway875 Posts
On September 14 2010 04:13 cup of joe wrote: teh cake is a lie lulz :D What? | ||
NoobieOne
United States1183 Posts
In professional sports in the US, it is similar to Monday Night Football or some other crew that would show football games for entertainment (HD/Husky style). Now a small kid sits their watching the football game. It turns out he really likes the game so he joins a team and gets better. Eventually he learns a lot of how to play the game from the coach who teaches the game not for entertainment but for the way that you can play to win (Day[9] style). If it wasn't for Husky and HD then many of those people will not be coming up into the scene. I personally watched them during the early beta before i ever even was hooked on SC2 (I played SC1 for about 2 hours a week at most). They really got me hooked on the game. Now I appreciate what people like Day9 can teach me and this was able to make me a high platinum league player but I also like the pure entertainment of Husky. Without Husky I might not even be playing this game and definitely not serious in it. Also Husky's last video which wasn't even a real pro level game but a vs AI game already has over 120,000 views. On a good day, Day9 will get maybe 6000 live views and then by the next day it might have had at most 1000 online other views. This shows that there is definitely a difference in the audience but it doesn't mean one is better or worse R.I.P Pylo | ||
cArn-
Korea (South)824 Posts
On September 15 2010 13:11 ryanAnger wrote: If anyone actually hopes to see SC2 go mainstream, our best chances lie in the likes of HD/Husky and Artosis/Tasteless. There will always be people who watch football, just because its fun to watch, and they don't give a flying fuck about the technicalities. For SC2, thats HD and Husky. They appeal to the large majority of people (because honestly, we, the TL-goers who are all about technicalities, are in the minority by a long shot). Artosis and Tasteless I believe provide the perfect balance in knowledge and fun when it comes to casting (<3 Tasteless) but I still think that the people who need to be marketed as the face of casting SC2 are HD and Husky. Their casts are the ones that people are more likely to pick up on, without prior knowledge of the game, and then people will migrate to the likes of Day9. Husky, even though I don't watch your casts very often, I want to say thank you, and keep up the good work. Without you, SC2 has no chance of becoming big. True thing, and I'll also add that for the people being really expert and having good knowledge of the game, hence saying said caster is clueless etc, well those "experts" wouldn't need a caster to tell them what's going on anyway, so I don't get what all the fuzz is about, someone who could really complain about this is someone who wants to learn things and who will be upset learning wrong things, but hey, how could he know that's wrong ? -- Casters add excitement to the games to make it more enjoyable, they're not supposed to teach you anything. But back to pylo, I saw this vod the night it was uploaded I think and it was god damn hilarious (was a series of casts being pretty epic iirc) | ||
L_Master
United States8017 Posts
What changed? Did he do some terribly underhand dishonest things to deserve this that I just somehow haven't even heard about? Just curious as to what might have happened for such a dramatic shift in opinions. | ||
dcemuser
United States3248 Posts
On September 15 2010 14:47 L_Master wrote: The thing I want to know is when on earth did Husky become such a polarizing charcater? When I joined TL in the middle of last year, back when Husky was still doing BW commentaries there was basically no hate; and certainly not all this venom. Sure, you still had some of the same arguments about him not being particularly knowledgeable, but no one really disliked the guy or what he did. Husky even used to post alot here, and was a generally liked and respected guy, but now it seems like he was really cut back on his posting because of all the crazy polarization and derailing that seems to follow. What changed? Did he do some terribly underhand dishonest things to deserve this that I just somehow haven't even heard about? Just curious as to what might have happened for such a dramatic shift in opinions. Nothing has changed really. Husky and HDStarcraft were basically the only major people uploading Starcraft 2 videos at the beginning of the beta, so people looking for good SC2 Beta commentary were redirected to them. They both became very, very popular because of this attention, and they ran a major tournament that was fairly well received (HDH #1). The only act that is remotely questionable is that once HD and Husky became YouTube partners, they were allowed to upload videos of any time limit. Instead, they still keep the videos to 10-12 minute segments. Some people complain about this and excuse them of 'trying to make money'. Neither HD or Husky has commented about it as far as I can tell and it could be for any number of reasons. Husky said it takes him around 4 hours to upload an HD segment (10-minute segment), so a possible explanation is that he doesn't want to have to reupload a 50-minute game if it fails to upload at the last minute on a 20-hour upload. Whatever the reason, it isn't a big deal either way, it takes like 2 seconds to load the second piece of the video and it makes money for them. | ||
NoobieOne
United States1183 Posts
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kibeth
United States116 Posts
On September 14 2010 06:09 Deadlyfish wrote: I loved the song, very original, not a fan of the "pylo" thing though, but i like how everyone else is, for some reason ![]() But really i dont know why people dislike Husky. He might not know alot about the game, but that isnt what casting is about anyways, it's about entertaining people. I dont need to know when someone is 4 gating, or when somebody is cannon rushing, i can see that. What i want is for someone to keep me entertained and spectate around the map for me, and Husky is brilliant at that. I think the reason that alot of people on TL dont like Husky is that they feel that they are somehow "too good" to watch him, or that his videos are meant for lesser skilled players. "Arg, his silly voice annoys me, and he doesnt know anything about the meta game bla bla bla" - well arent you a sad and boring person? ![]() I think people hate on Husky because Husky is John Madden, made for SC2. If we let Husky have a magic yellow marker, all kinds of weird shit would happen. | ||
Ketara
United States15065 Posts
And I would love it. | ||
NoobieOne
United States1183 Posts
On September 15 2010 15:10 kibeth wrote: I think people hate on Husky because Husky is John Madden, made for SC2. If we let Husky have a magic yellow marker, all kinds of weird shit would happen. -Takes credit for the football analogies- But yah i agree that he is there for entertainment. | ||
EverDawn
Sweden91 Posts
On September 15 2010 05:35 Tha_Docta wrote: Il never forget one lonesome night not long ago. My parents had just gotten a divorce and I was going through a really rough time. I had already had a pretty fucked up childhood, my parents were never around to begin with, but when they were, I was always awake to hear my father mercilessly and drunkenly beating my mother, then raping her in the room over for me and my brother to hear. That is, until my brother went to jail for selling narcotics two years ago, I havent seen him since, then it was just me. I got into drugs really early on. I found it such an easy way to escape. I didnt have to think about the bullshit that is life while I was doping myself. But truthfully, you can only run for so long, eventually, we all sober up. Finally one night, I had enough, I was coming down from an opium binge, and I just fucking jumped out my second story bedroom window, cracked my ankle doing it, but at least i was the hell out of the fucked up shithole that was the house I was living in. That night I scored some cheap heroin from a so called friend of mine and was busy snowballing with the rest of my coke in the alley way behind Fourth and Broadway. Looking back at that time, I was so fucked up out of my mind, I just didnt give a shit what was going on around me. All I wanted to do was secede from existence by numbing myself in to oblivion. I had simply lost hope in humanity. We were all evil. We are all animals at heart and will only do what benefits ourselves. Regardless of the supposed good you see around you, you are all too naive to recognize the selfishness, the gluttony, and the vanity that truly drives it all. We pretend to be such noble beings, building libraries and schools, then exclude those who arent worthy, faction up to ostracize everyone else, then grab whatever you can and do anything to keep it. My shirt was spotted with blood from the last of the coke I was doing. At that point, it had been mixed down to so much base material I was pretty much just snorting inositol, manitol, and corn starch. No wonder my nose was bleeding so much, but it started raining, so I figured it would wash out and I decided to get a move on. I stopped at a liquor store on Lindon to drown the rest of my sorrows, and hopefully black out the fact that I just no longer cared what happened to me, or where the fuck (or even if) I would wake up the next day. I dont remember what happened the rest of that night, but I do remember coming back to some form of consciousness in the middle of a street. I open my squinted eyelids, and averted my eyes from the blinding headlights of the limo shining me down. That was the moment. Its forever ingrained in my mind. At the time I was too fucked up to appreciate it, but as time passed it would infect my mind more and more. That was the moment I first me Pylo He reached his hand down to me. For the first time in god knows how long, I felt the warmth of another. Merely being in his presence seemed to empower me. Il never forget the words he spoke. "Son, I dont know how you came to be where you are, nor does it matter. The only thing you need to know, is that the Universe ultimately unfolds exactly as it should, all that you have been through can be taken as you wish, for you can use it as a crutch, or a ladder. You can allow your past to continue to dictate your life, or you can use its lessons to live how you wish. You can use it to embolden yourself, because our surroundings are only a reflection of ourselves. The power is, and always had been, in your hands. Use it, for you are divine." He helped me up, took me to the hospital to detox, and fix my now infected ankle. He then drove me back to my broken home, no questions asked. His words slowly sunk in as I continued to live my life. Eventually, they would come to rule my actions. I was never the same after meeting Pylo. I cleaned myself up, went to community, then grad school, and am now successfully married with children. I own four premium rehab clinics across the east coast and I did it all by myself. I seized my future, I chose my fate. But I wonder where I would be now, if I had never met Pylo on that fateful night... That was a suprising take on it, with a bit of dark gritiness added in, strangley well written tough ![]() I know Protoss has Warpgate tech and all but how did Portal get added in to all this ![]() | ||
PlaGuE_R
France1151 Posts
but i think HDH are great for casual gamers Tastosis is great for the serious SC gamer and Day[9] in all his awesomeness is for the dedicated player.... <3 Day[9] | ||
pajlada
Netherlands8 Posts
On September 15 2010 05:35 Tha_Docta wrote: + Show Spoiler + Il never forget one lonesome night not long ago. My parents had just gotten a divorce and I was going through a really rough time. I had already had a pretty fucked up childhood, my parents were never around to begin with, but when they were, I was always awake to hear my father mercilessly and drunkenly beating my mother, then raping her in the room over for me and my brother to hear. That is, until my brother went to jail for selling narcotics two years ago, I havent seen him since, then it was just me. I got into drugs really early on. I found it such an easy way to escape. I didnt have to think about the bullshit that is life while I was doping myself. But truthfully, you can only run for so long, eventually, we all sober up. Finally one night, I had enough, I was coming down from an opium binge, and I just fucking jumped out my second story bedroom window, cracked my ankle doing it, but at least i was the hell out of the fucked up shithole that was the house I was living in. That night I scored some cheap heroin from a so called friend of mine and was busy snowballing with the rest of my coke in the alley way behind Fourth and Broadway. Looking back at that time, I was so fucked up out of my mind, I just didnt give a shit what was going on around me. All I wanted to do was secede from existence by numbing myself in to oblivion. I had simply lost hope in humanity. We were all evil. We are all animals at heart and will only do what benefits ourselves. Regardless of the supposed good you see around you, you are all too naive to recognize the selfishness, the gluttony, and the vanity that truly drives it all. We pretend to be such noble beings, building libraries and schools, then exclude those who arent worthy, faction up to ostracize everyone else, then grab whatever you can and do anything to keep it. My shirt was spotted with blood from the last of the coke I was doing. At that point, it had been mixed down to so much base material I was pretty much just snorting inositol, manitol, and corn starch. No wonder my nose was bleeding so much, but it started raining, so I figured it would wash out and I decided to get a move on. I stopped at a liquor store on Lindon to drown the rest of my sorrows, and hopefully black out the fact that I just no longer cared what happened to me, or where the fuck (or even if) I would wake up the next day. I dont remember what happened the rest of that night, but I do remember coming back to some form of consciousness in the middle of a street. I open my squinted eyelids, and averted my eyes from the blinding headlights of the limo shining me down. That was the moment. Its forever ingrained in my mind. At the time I was too fucked up to appreciate it, but as time passed it would infect my mind more and more. That was the moment I first me Pylo He reached his hand down to me. For the first time in god knows how long, I felt the warmth of another. Merely being in his presence seemed to empower me. Il never forget the words he spoke. "Son, I dont know how you came to be where you are, nor does it matter. The only thing you need to know, is that the Universe ultimately unfolds exactly as it should, all that you have been through can be taken as you wish, for you can use it as a crutch, or a ladder. You can allow your past to continue to dictate your life, or you can use its lessons to live how you wish. You can use it to embolden yourself, because our surroundings are only a reflection of ourselves. The power is, and always had been, in your hands. Use it, for you are divine." He helped me up, took me to the hospital to detox, and fix my now infected ankle. He then drove me back to my broken home, no questions asked. His words slowly sunk in as I continued to live my life. Eventually, they would come to rule my actions. I was never the same after meeting Pylo. I cleaned myself up, went to community, then grad school, and am now successfully married with children. I own four premium rehab clinics across the east coast and I did it all by myself. I seized my future, I chose my fate. But I wonder where I would be now, if I had never met Pylo on that fateful night... Brilliant story, would read again. | ||
UberThing
Great Britain410 Posts
(A warning in the OP pls) This thread is meant to be about pylo the pylon and general caster opinions (hate/comparison etc) should be in their respective thread, not this one. RIP Pylo..... the one and only | ||
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