TL Attack this week will be with special guest FnaticMSI.Sen. Sen just came off a third place win in NASL, beating Startale's July. When he won, his one wish was "I'd like to play on TL Attack." So here he is! If you want a chance to play against him, just log on to Bnet NA server and we'll be giving instructions on which channel to go to.
TL Attack will be hosted this weekend by TotalBiscuit and Hot_Bid. They will do everything in their power to distract Sen from playing well. We hear Sen believes sentries are imbalanced so be sure to use a lot against him. Kulas extreme and SC2BW may make an appearance as well. If you don't get in, don't worry, we'll be streaming every minute!
TeamLiquid Attack is a fun, casual event where a popular professional StarCraft 2 player plays custom 1v1s against community members. Typically, the player attempts creative or non-serious strategies while sharing friendly banter with the hosts. The show is a great way to get to know the personality of the popular player that might not normally be seen in serious ladder games or in tournaments.
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On July 15 2011 14:05 Hot_Bid wrote: TL Attack this week will be with special guest FnaticMSI.Sen. TL Attack will be hosted this weekend by TotalBiscuit and TBA.
Hot_Bid, make this happen:
TL Attack this week will be with special guest EG.iNcontrol. TL Attack will be hosted this weekend by TotalBiscuit and TBA
It seemed like for the last few TLAs the hosts were only picking Masters players. What chance does this Taiwanese (albeit in the USA) Silver player have of playing against his fellow countryman?
On July 15 2011 15:02 hazelynut wrote: Hot_Bid - you need to say this:
Wo yao gan ni de xing gan ma ma
Andre's been saying it all weekend
Randomly, I dunno why, I decided to Google the English translation of what you said, and fittingly the first hit was for a Sister Hazel song lyric. Alas, the words are in the lyrics but not all together.
On July 15 2011 15:02 hazelynut wrote: Hot_Bid - you need to say this:
Wo yao gan ni de xing gan ma ma
Andre's been saying it all weekend
Randomly, I dunno why, I decided to Google the English translation of what you said, and fittingly the first hit was for a Sister Hazel song lyric. Alas, the words are in the lyrics but not all together.
"I want to **** your sexy mother"
Imagine Sen explaining this word by word in accented English. And then imagine him saying "sexy mother."
On July 15 2011 14:05 Hot_Bid wrote: TL Attack this week will be with special guest FnaticMSI.Sen. TL Attack will be hosted this weekend by TotalBiscuit and TBA.
On July 15 2011 15:02 hazelynut wrote: Hot_Bid - you need to say this:
Wo yao gan ni de xing gan ma ma
Andre's been saying it all weekend
Randomly, I dunno why, I decided to Google the English translation of what you said, and fittingly the first hit was for a Sister Hazel song lyric. Alas, the words are in the lyrics but not all together.
"I want to **** your sexy mother"
Imagine Sen explaining this word by word in accented English. And then imagine him saying "sexy mother."
On July 15 2011 20:20 chokke wrote: What a waste using TB and HB (other then translator) for this Sen deserves better <3
;_;
Better than hotbid?
One is not allowed to state ones opinion unless it's taking part of the circlejerk where everyone loves each other? It's like seeing girls on Facebook where everyone is su pruudy and they luuuuv each other.
On July 15 2011 19:38 Noocta wrote: It's gonna be hard to find some opponent for SEn on sc2bw lol Even someone like HayprO and Morrow will have troubles :p
Well I don't know. Let hope Sen didn't lose his BW skills yet after playing SC2 all that time.
On July 15 2011 20:20 chokke wrote: What a waste using TB and HB (other then translator) for this Sen deserves better <3
;_;
Better than hotbid?
One is not allowed to state ones opinion unless it's taking part of the circlejerk where everyone loves each other? It's like seeing girls on Facebook where everyone is su pruudy and they luuuuv each other.
Oh well.
He is obviously joking about the ban. I for one though, prefer Hot Bid as a caster for these events, his trolling and quick responses keep things flowing smoothly.. I think the best combo would be Nony/Hot_Bid for Ultimate trolling. I am excited to see how TB does, I think it will be a great pair. Seriously every single one of these events has been great and I have enjoyed all the casters, so I don't care who they pick you wont get complaints from me until I have at least heard the episode .
It really should be Day9 casting, imagine 2 hours of Sen calling Day9 a noobie while Day9 makes up the most ridiculous challenges to try and make Sen lose, it would be hilarious
Sen has really impressed me all of the time and he plays extremelly well, unfortunately I do not know much about him and his personality (except the joke which Day9 mentioned recently). Should be interesting!
I hope that you will invite another good terran player to one of the next events ; ) I heard Rain speaks good English, if this is the case maybe he can receive an invite? :p
Have a ZvP in which Sen can only produce zerglings and the protoss can only produce sentries. Would be great to find a protoss with good forcefield micro for this...also would probably have allow the protoss to make one zealot (no more) for 6 pool defense...that or maybe have it that Sen has to expand before attacking.
Also would be nice to see an island map. Debris field is the official Blizzard one but is kind of small. Island Hop (the classic from SCBW) has been converted over to SC2 and could be fun.
Having Naniwa go mass probe was the coolest thing from two weeks ago...could be interesting having Sen try this as well...can only attack with drones. With mass expanding zerg this might work... Sen would have to do the mineral harvest trick for quick surrounds and getting past chokes like Naniwa did though (opposition probably would have to be limited to no air). Maybe allow spines for Sen...
Someone may already have mentioned it but I think there should be a grudgematch between SEn and the Noobie that is Day9 (see day9's funday monday of july 11). This is the perfect opportunity.
On July 18 2011 00:36 a_flayer wrote: I am soooo excited for this :D
Someone may already have mentioned it but I think there should be a grudgematch between SEn and the Noobie that is Day9 (see day9's funday monday of july 11). This is the perfect opportunity.
day9 has already said he has no desire to do that lol, its easy to imagine why
On July 17 2011 04:07 DMXD wrote: when is the last time TL attack feature a sc2 terran player?? Still can't really complain since Sen is fav foreigner zerg!!!
TLO doesn't count?
Hotbid, I demand epic trolling regarding TB vs Incontrol. Denying us this would ruin ESPORTS. Think of Elly the ESPORTS elephant. You don't want to make her sad do you?
On July 18 2011 03:33 Jibba wrote: Almost unwatchable. JTV has really gone to shit in Europe over the last couple weeks. :/
EDIT: Tried every setting.
I've got no lag at all at 720p and I'm in Sweden :/.
Same here in the UK. My internet is pretty baller though.
My internet is decent by swedish measures and my brother's watching tv. That means we share the bandwidth, so yeah there must be some kind of problem with JTV.
kind if lame that the casters are helping sen cheat by telling him everything they see "mvp" doing... helping the pro cheat against the amateur, really cool....... you guys suck
On July 18 2011 03:59 jeffadkins51 wrote: kind if lame that the casters are helping sen cheat by telling him everything they see "mvp" doing... helping the pro cheat against the amateur, really cool....... you guys suck
Very brave of you to make a new account just to post that. They aren't helping him anyways, are you telling me that Sen didn't have vision of his own base to see him lose it?
On July 18 2011 03:59 jeffadkins51 wrote: kind if lame that the casters are helping sen cheat by telling him everything they see "mvp" doing... helping the pro cheat against the amateur, really cool....... you guys suck
are you really stupid enough to think the mods cant see your original account
haha that game was so awesome, I thought that he was going to lose that one for sure but carriers are so good and Sen randomly using vortex on his own carriers was hilarious :D
On July 18 2011 03:59 jeffadkins51 wrote: kind if lame that the casters are helping sen cheat by telling him everything they see "mvp" doing... helping the pro cheat against the amateur, really cool....... you guys suck
are you really stupid enough to think the mods cant see your original account
Obviously yes, he also has 2.47 average posts per day lol
On July 18 2011 04:07 Chicane wrote: So Sen said he will play in the Taiwan league after his contract is up. Does that mean he will leave fnatic? I heard speculation of that before.
if you want to fuck with someone and you're not a pro, you have to do some sort of harass to cripple him first while you macro and take the map, and then you do whatever the hell you want
On July 18 2011 04:17 Chicane wrote: Lol sen was trying too hard to play normally, that he couldn't just mass queens and drop spines like a regular noob.
Also, did TB say he would be doing a showmatch against Leah Jackson? That'd be pretty cool.
On July 18 2011 04:33 aNDRoM wrote: TB, you're not endearing yourself to TL...
What?
Oh, just his joking (hopefully joking) that he doesn't know anything about BW and that he'd Google it.
ofcourse it was a joke. He said if theres no one to play you I'll google BW and be fine im sure....if someone doesnt see that as a joke I dont know what else needs to be said...
On July 18 2011 04:33 aNDRoM wrote: TB, you're not endearing yourself to TL...
Most people on TL hate TB anyways.
Most people equals yourself in that sentence? I'd like to see your survey..
In most LR threads i see people loving and hating him in equal amounts, prolly it isn't in complete equilibrium but saying the majority on TL hates him seems improbable.. If he actually was That despised i doubt TL would ask him to cast this.
i think hydras are actually moving too fast... will need to check that. *EDIT* although... nope. seems it's right, i guess they just look super speed being so small
On July 18 2011 04:58 Count9 wrote: Mondragon's ZvP: run lings into the guy's base, 150 times.
Didn't he do that in the TSL ladder phase? Speeling runby every game in ZvP? :D
Yeah, best ladder rep pack in the world. Please ling runby sen
I remember I tried to off-race as Zerg a little for a while and I only did that myself in ZvP, and it's fucking hilariously easy to get wins vs bad Protosses with it. XD
On July 18 2011 05:20 nvs. wrote: I always found BW stabilized a lot better than SC2 after major battles. It wasn't just about one big ball battle into GG.
In sc2 I think Mondragon would have been fucked after Sens Ultra bust.
Yes that's true, although it's becoming the case in SC2 recently too.
On July 18 2011 05:20 nvs. wrote: I always found BW stabilized a lot better than SC2 after major battles. It wasn't just about one big ball battle into GG.
In sc2 I think Mondragon would have been fucked after Sens Ultra bust.
On July 18 2011 05:26 Adron wrote: btw does this BW map still have the siege tank double damage? (ie it does 2* the amount of dmg it should in siege mode)
Mav fixed that within a day of the Funday Monday that showed it.
On July 18 2011 05:26 Adron wrote: btw does this BW map still have the siege tank double damage? (ie it does 2* the amount of dmg it should in siege mode)
no, Maverck fixed it (atleast on sea, Idk US/EU servers)
On July 18 2011 05:23 nvs. wrote: God there was so much depth to BW... T.T
Why past tense? BW is not dead. <3
Yeah, but BW with sc2 graphic would make it more easy for people to get interessed to i think. Atleast the sc2bw map is amazing. Bring so much nostalgia.
On July 18 2011 05:26 Adron wrote: btw does this BW map still have the siege tank double damage? (ie it does 2* the amount of dmg it should in siege mode)
no, Maverck fixed it (atleast on sea, Idk US/EU servers)
IIRC, the fix was developed within a few hours of the daily airing.
On July 18 2011 05:26 Adron wrote: btw does this BW map still have the siege tank double damage? (ie it does 2* the amount of dmg it should in siege mode)
no, i fixed that within the hour that d9d finished.
On July 18 2011 05:39 Utinni wrote: I turned off the steam volume on the lone fact that their beach joke is bad, rude and not even funny but quite annoying.
Wow what's up with the people that think hot_bid's trolling is insulting, because of the language gap or whatever. Sen speaks brilliant English, some of the best I've heard tbqh. And hot_bid speaks Chinese. They're having fun. My god.
On July 18 2011 05:39 Utinni wrote: I turned off the steam volume on the lone fact that their beach joke is bad, rude and not even funny but quite annoying.
Maybe I'll turn it up in a bit
UTINNI GET OUT!
Dude, it was funny when I was 14... shit gets old, very old.
On July 18 2011 05:41 Duka08 wrote: Wow what's up with the people that think hot_bid's trolling is insulting, because of the language gap or whatever. Sen speaks brilliant English, some of the best I've heard tbqh. And hot_bid speaks Chinese. They're having fun. My god.
On July 18 2011 05:39 Utinni wrote: I turned off the steam volume on the lone fact that their beach joke is bad, rude and not even funny but quite annoying.
Maybe I'll turn it up in a bit
UTINNI GET OUT!
Dude, it was funny when I was 14... shit gets old, very old.
And it hurts the professionalism we need to make ESPORTS popular on mainstream television. I don't get why people can't just ignore jokes they don't enjoy.
On July 18 2011 05:41 Logros wrote: Hmm only just tuned in now but it seems pretty boring. TB doesn't really work for this and noone is saying anything.
On July 18 2011 05:41 Logros wrote: Hmm only just tuned in now but it seems pretty boring. TB doesn't really work for this and noone is saying anything.
god good episode but holy christ who even finds hotbid funny other then immature 12 year olds? he tries so hard its annoying. One worse TL attacks in terms of commentary thanks to his horrible fail trolling otherwise it was good.
SC2BW matches should be a highlight where you get another ex BW player. WhiteRa vs Day9! Gogogo! Please? Day9 loves WhiteRa, you gotta get him on as a player if not a host.
Thank you very much Sen, Hot_Bid and TB. Really great episode, Sen is an awesome and funny guy and the two hosts luckily worked well together this time. Looking forward to next week's TL Attack with (maybe?) White-Ra!
Maybe Hot_Bid dragged the "beach" joke on too long, maybe he didn't - who cares, it was a fun show.
Great episode, I think Hotbid just at least be co-host for all of these. And if Whitera is on next time/week it will be a lot of fun since we'll see a shit lot of special tactics for sure. And please, please, get Day 9 to play SC2BW next time, in generel I find the SC2BW matches to be the highlights of each episode, you might want to make them the main focus and make whoever is on play more of those.
Still got my fingers crossed for a semi-casual SC2BW tournament between pros where players like Day9 can posibly participate without the pressure of showing extremely high level games.
On July 18 2011 13:25 Bibbit wrote: I didnt really dig TB today.
He seemed really genuinely rude to Sen and Hotbid sometimes.
For example...? I listened to the whole show and just heard him trying to be funny for TL attack, which is after all what it's all about. If you're going to hate on TB, at least give a real example instead of vague accusations.
I listened like 30-40 min and had some good laughs. I dont get all the TB hate, his jokes/comments seem wittier than those of other commentators. Ill try to catch the VOD later.
btw, whats with this "Beach joke", where is it on the VODs? Anyone know around which minute?
On July 18 2011 13:25 Bibbit wrote: I didnt really dig TB today.
He seemed really genuinely rude to Sen and Hotbid sometimes.
For example...? I listened to the whole show and just heard him trying to be funny for TL attack, which is after all what it's all about. If you're going to hate on TB, at least give a real example instead of vague accusations.
Unfortunately I'm actually quite dumb and don't remember what made me say that, feel free to ignore it. ^^
Luckily, however, I don't really feel the need to back up personal opinions, especially since I'm a pretty big TB fan on the whole. :D
On July 18 2011 14:59 kleetzor wrote: I listened like 30-40 min and had some good laughs. I dont get all the TB hate, his jokes/comments seem wittier than those of other commentators. Ill try to catch the VOD later.
btw, whats with this "Beach joke", where is it on the VODs? Anyone know around which minute?
From 57:48 in part 2 is when it's first mentioned, Then around 1:01:00 when WhiteRa walks in it picks back up ahahahah. Had me rolling for a few minutes.
On July 18 2011 19:59 Hopelessnoob wrote: Hot_bid's chinese is sooooooooooooooooo funny... 吃狗了没有？ have you eaten dog yet? LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
he should'tve just talked in mandarin with sen to troll everyone TB. that would've been hilarious.
Not to rag on TB too much, but it seemed like he was pretty uncomfortable throughout the show. I mean, it's difficult for a primarily play-by-play caster to sit down and do an Attack style show where it's more about hosting than commentating or casting. Added to that, the language barrier made it even harder (although jokes misfiring and awkward silences can be fun in their own way...). All things considered, he did a good job, but still... I wish one of the hosts was someone closer to/more familiar with Sen (one of the old BW pros, for instance) as I'd imagine they would be a lot more comfortable communicating with him.
Also, HB's Chinese is so bad :D.
Anyway, despite all that, it was a great show with my favorite player in the world. Looking forward to the next one!
This was amazing, one of the best so far. I hope we do see WhiteRa next time, and I think someone should try and get Mondragon as well. So many good choices, and once again loved the SC2BW map, thanks Mav for your work on it.
On July 19 2011 03:07 Crahptacular wrote: Not to rag on TB too much, but it seemed like he was pretty uncomfortable throughout the show. I mean, it's difficult for a primarily play-by-play caster to sit down and do an Attack style show where it's more about hosting than commentating or casting.
It wasn't a particularly comfortable experience no. I am extremely experienced with talk shows and interviews, been doing them for a decade now, but not in an environment where I can't effectively communicate with my guest and I don't know my cohost. It's absolutely not their fault, but it wasn't a perfect fit by any means.
However, it doesn't matter all that much since most people seemed to enjoy it, it was pretty awkward for me, regardless it was fun.
On July 18 2011 19:59 Hopelessnoob wrote: Hot_bid's chinese is sooooooooooooooooo funny... 吃狗了没有？ have you eaten dog yet? LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
he should'tve just talked in mandarin with sen to troll everyone TB. that would've been hilarious.
Nah... sen barely understood what he was saying... anyway good try hot_bid :D hope for white ra next week. he will be amazing.
On July 19 2011 03:07 Crahptacular wrote: Not to rag on TB too much, but it seemed like he was pretty uncomfortable throughout the show. I mean, it's difficult for a primarily play-by-play caster to sit down and do an Attack style show where it's more about hosting than commentating or casting.
It wasn't a particularly comfortable experience no. I am extremely experienced with talk shows and interviews, been doing them for a decade now, but not in an environment where I can't effectively communicate with my guest and I don't know my cohost. It's absolutely not their fault, but it wasn't a perfect fit by any means.
However, it doesn't matter all that much since most people seemed to enjoy it, it was pretty awkward for me, regardless it was fun.
Well i guess any caster on TL attack would have difficulties with a guest that has trouble speaking English.. None the less i enjoyed it!
On July 19 2011 03:07 Crahptacular wrote: Not to rag on TB too much, but it seemed like he was pretty uncomfortable throughout the show. I mean, it's difficult for a primarily play-by-play caster to sit down and do an Attack style show where it's more about hosting than commentating or casting.
It wasn't a particularly comfortable experience no. I am extremely experienced with talk shows and interviews, been doing them for a decade now, but not in an environment where I can't effectively communicate with my guest and I don't know my cohost. It's absolutely not their fault, but it wasn't a perfect fit by any means.
However, it doesn't matter all that much since most people seemed to enjoy it, it was pretty awkward for me, regardless it was fun.
I understand why it felt a bit akward for you, but it's a bit part of what made it funny :p . And sen vs mondragon made it awesome as well .
There were some slightly awkward moments, but for the most part I thought it was alright.
In all honesty, Sen's pure awesomeness just carried that show regardless of any mess-ups by anyone. Hot_bid was a good troll as usual, and when White-ra came on in the background it just became super fucking amazing.
On July 20 2011 00:04 Mordiford wrote: There were some slightly awkward moments, but for the most part I thought it was alright.
In all honesty, Sen's pure awesomeness just carried that show regardless of any mess-ups by anyone. Hot_bid was a good troll as usual, and when White-ra came on in the background it just became super fucking amazing.
Sen's accent is just amazing. Especially when he starts to complain about imba haha.
fun fun fun fun looking forward to TL Attack EP07!
But seriously, Sen is an awesome guy. I do miss iNcontroL as a host though, the guy's really fkin' funny too. H to the otBid HotBid and TB were still great hosts though!
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#1 Taiwanese hwaiting! ^_^
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