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IPL4 Revealed: Stephano and White-Ra on START

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IGNProLeague
Profile Joined April 2011
1184 Posts
May 16 2012 21:24 GMT
#1
Hello everyone! Today, a mini-documentary was posted on START, IGN's premium YouTube channel. The focus of this mini-doc was an introduction and comparison to two of StarCraft 2's most well-known players, Mill.Stephano and White-Ra. START's content is geared towards mainstream gamers, so this introduction to competitive gaming / eSports could make a significant impact on many people who have never seen what an event can be like or what the players and their stories involve.

Here is Part 1 of the mini-doc:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qo8mMSR4Drg


Part 2:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGXrIVVszN0


While IPL did not produce this content firsthand, we do have the ability to work with the creators to better show their audience what eSports is really like and what it could mean to people discovering it for the first time.

Please let us know what you think! =)
stichtom
Profile Joined March 2011
Italy695 Posts
May 16 2012 21:27 GMT
#2
These are awesome. I think these 2 videos are one of the best Starcraft 2 videos
Favourite player: IM.MVP ~ Favorite league: IPL
Balgrog
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States1221 Posts
May 16 2012 22:04 GMT
#3
Absolutely fantastic, please keep more stuff like this coming, this is awesome.
The only way to attack structure is with chaos.
Schmoooopy
Profile Joined July 2011
United States448 Posts
May 16 2012 22:07 GMT
#4
IGN's undertaking into eSports has got to be one of the best things to happen to Starcraft 2/the industry as a whole. They've done so much to promote.
Valkola
Profile Joined April 2010
Finland128 Posts
May 16 2012 22:13 GMT
#5
Wow really nice presentation of starcraft2 for people that arent aware of it!
Mmm..
Superiorwolf
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
United States5509 Posts
May 16 2012 22:15 GMT
#6
Maria and Kai from DAVIS ARE FAMOUS!!!
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Shackadeemus
Profile Joined March 2011
Ireland247 Posts
May 16 2012 22:16 GMT
#7
Great videos, thanks IGN!
Pirate-bird ftw.
v3chr0
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States856 Posts
May 16 2012 22:21 GMT
#8
Really good videos, and for anyone on any level of knowledge of SC/SC2/Esports. Probably one of the most well made peices on SC2 I've seen. Nice job, would love to see more of them in the future!
"He catches him with his pants down, backs him off into a corner, and then it's over." - Khaldor
dextrin303
Profile Joined May 2011
Sweden320 Posts
May 16 2012 22:23 GMT
#9
Really well put together.
White-ra fighting !! ~~
heartlxp
Profile Joined September 2010
United States1258 Posts
May 16 2012 22:31 GMT
#10
another props to IPL and the creators of these videos, keep up the good work!
phoenixfeather95
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
665 Posts
May 16 2012 22:33 GMT
#11
Very entertaining, well done IPL :D
@dbrisingr
SilverJohnny
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States885 Posts
May 16 2012 22:40 GMT
#12
Very entertaining videos, I love the focus on the players rather than on the game, that's a surefire way to bring people in to the community - story is everything!
also i think you should be able to combine like 5 archons to make a really really shitty oliver stone film - Keanu_Reaver, bw balance genius
revel8
Profile Joined January 2012
United Kingdom3022 Posts
May 16 2012 23:18 GMT
#13
Extremely impressive. I like the way you worked a narrative in about these two players competing at IPL4 and how that fit into the wider SC2 scene.

Makes me recall just how awesome IPL4 was and fuels anticipation about IPL5.

Great production for this video and Kevin Knocke explained SC2 very well and gave accurate summaries of Stephano and White-Ra. Well done to him.
Diavlo
Profile Joined July 2011
Belgium2915 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-05-16 23:44:44
May 16 2012 23:42 GMT
#14
That "special tactics" meme needs to stop. It was funny as hell when Incontrol told that story, and it was even more hilarious when White-ra rolled with it but now it's just painful.
Every time there is an interview of WR, every time someone talks about him, someone has to mention "special tactics".
And it's always in the sense that White-ra comes up with creative builds, which is contradicting the fact that he said that to describe a 10 gate, zealots-dragoons push he used twice in a row...

Other than that, great videos.
"I don't know how many years on this Earth I got left. I'm gonna get real weird with it."
Bromazepam
Profile Joined August 2011
820 Posts
May 17 2012 06:58 GMT
#15
I don't have anything to back this up besides an unsourced trivia on Liquipedia, but I'm fairly certain Stephano was born in Tunisia, not Indonesia like it's said in the video.
Saying that something is killing esports is killing esports.
hegeo
Profile Joined February 2011
Germany194 Posts
May 17 2012 07:04 GMT
#16
On May 17 2012 15:58 Bromazepam wrote:
I don't have anything to back this up besides an unsourced trivia on Liquipedia, but I'm fairly certain Stephano was born in Tunisia, not Indonesia like it's said in the video.


Haha, maybe they asked him where he was born and he said "in Tunisia", which was then misinterpreted due to his accent as "Indonesia"? Would be awesome.

BTW great videos, thanks
pRo9aMeR
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
595 Posts
May 17 2012 08:48 GMT
#17
haha, "sometime shit happen"
I love whitera so muchㅋㅋㅋ
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Mentalizor
Profile Joined January 2011
Denmark1596 Posts
May 17 2012 09:10 GMT
#18
Wow, these were amazing

I loved to focus on two top foreignors - while switching back n forth between CatsPajamas, the voiceover and live footage. Great production Good job

I hope alot of people get to see this
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IceFire
Profile Joined January 2011
United States183 Posts
May 17 2012 09:12 GMT
#19
These were amazing. This seems like something I would show to someone who doesn't understand any starcraft stuff.
-Archangel-
Profile Joined May 2010
Croatia7457 Posts
May 17 2012 16:35 GMT
#20
These were awesome videos. This is the kind of production we need on all levels and for all tournaments if Sc2 is ever going to come close to mainstream.
torm3ntin
Profile Joined October 2009
Brazil2534 Posts
May 17 2012 16:45 GMT
#21
wow. this is pure awesomenesss.
Grubby and Ret fan, but a TERRAN player :D
RageCommodore
Profile Joined September 2011
Germany912 Posts
May 17 2012 16:51 GMT
#22
Oh my god, these are so well done! Can't wait for the next IPL now
Every major tournament should start to do stuff like this, it's amazing.
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Mystgun
Profile Joined September 2010
Hong Kong311 Posts
May 17 2012 21:37 GMT
#23
IPL4 was amazing, I had such a good time there and this totally brings me back (to like 2 months ago...)
IGNProLeague
Profile Joined April 2011
1184 Posts
May 21 2012 18:12 GMT
#24
Thanks for the appreciation! We hope to be able to assist the producers with future episodes as well.
Silvanel
Profile Blog Joined March 2003
Poland4733 Posts
May 21 2012 18:20 GMT
#25
On May 17 2012 15:58 Bromazepam wrote:
I don't have anything to back this up besides an unsourced trivia on Liquipedia, but I'm fairly certain Stephano was born in Tunisia, not Indonesia like it's said in the video.


Yea i noticed that too.
Pathetic Greta hater.
JOJOsc2news
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
3000 Posts
May 21 2012 18:33 GMT
#26
These are absolutely outstanding.
I will show these two videos to the people who ask me what eSports is and why people play StarCraft.

Huge shout-out to the creators of these episodes and to IPL!
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JitnikoVi
Profile Joined May 2010
Russian Federation396 Posts
May 21 2012 19:31 GMT
#27
awesome videos, very well done and love the format
In theory yes, but theoretically, no.
NeWeNiyaLord
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Norway2474 Posts
May 21 2012 19:48 GMT
#28
Great videos! loved them!
This is where we begin. Show your true self, Battosai.
Bedrock
Profile Joined October 2010
United States395 Posts
May 21 2012 20:27 GMT
#29
Well-produced Six14. I hope you get more demands to do stuff like this.
eSports or die tryin'
Bagration
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States18282 Posts
May 21 2012 20:51 GMT
#30
Very well made. Really enjoyed it
Team Slayers, Axiom-Acer and Vile forever
OrderlyChaos
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States1115 Posts
May 21 2012 21:11 GMT
#31
It was very well done. Good to see IGN investing a bit more time/space into the IPL
Synche
Profile Joined May 2010
United States1345 Posts
May 21 2012 21:36 GMT
#32
Whitera is such a boss.
ItchyLegs
Profile Joined November 2010
Canada369 Posts
May 21 2012 22:58 GMT
#33
this is amazing. Everyone should actually watch the vids. Was this aired on TV or something? The production value is unbelievable
zOula...
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United States898 Posts
May 21 2012 23:04 GMT
#34
Great!!! Thank you IPL
Digitalis
Profile Joined August 2011
United States1043 Posts
May 21 2012 23:20 GMT
#35
On May 17 2012 08:42 Diavlo wrote:
That "special tactics" meme needs to stop. It was funny as hell when Incontrol told that story, and it was even more hilarious when White-ra rolled with it but now it's just painful.
Every time there is an interview of WR, every time someone talks about him, someone has to mention "special tactics".
And it's always in the sense that White-ra comes up with creative builds, which is contradicting the fact that he said that to describe a 10 gate, zealots-dragoons push he used twice in a row...

Other than that, great videos.


Totally agree with this, "special tactics" has been overused to the point where it just becomes painful to hear.
Irave
Profile Joined October 2010
United States9965 Posts
May 21 2012 23:27 GMT
#36
Great work, hopefully we will get to see many more of these!
Aegeis
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States1619 Posts
May 22 2012 00:17 GMT
#37
That was really good, I enjoyed it
"Skills to pay the bills" - Artosis, https://twitter.com/AegeisSC2 ,http://www.tumblr.com/blog/socal-esports
naastyOne
Profile Joined April 2012
491 Posts
May 22 2012 01:29 GMT
#38
On May 22 2012 08:20 Digitalis wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 17 2012 08:42 Diavlo wrote:
That "special tactics" meme needs to stop. It was funny as hell when Incontrol told that story, and it was even more hilarious when White-ra rolled with it but now it's just painful.
Every time there is an interview of WR, every time someone talks about him, someone has to mention "special tactics".
And it's always in the sense that White-ra comes up with creative builds, which is contradicting the fact that he said that to describe a 10 gate, zealots-dragoons push he used twice in a row...

Other than that, great videos.


Totally agree with this, "special tactics" has been overused to the point where it just becomes painful to hear.

U2 will live in pain, forever
ensign_lee
Profile Joined June 2010
United States1178 Posts
May 22 2012 03:13 GMT
#39
Amazingly produced content. I love it!
TwilightRain
Profile Joined March 2011
Germany351 Posts
May 22 2012 07:31 GMT
#40
WTH. in part 2, at 2:30-2:38, why is White-Ra playing left-handed o_O?
comabreaded
Profile Blog Joined July 2003
United States2166 Posts
May 22 2012 23:13 GMT
#41
Really nice vids! I see myself in the crowd
I put the fu in fun
AirbladeOrange
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States2573 Posts
May 22 2012 23:29 GMT
#42
Thanks for these! I really enjoyed them. Well done.
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