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Interview of Flash on LoL, BW, Mech, Ruler & Girl - Page 7

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Penev
Profile Joined October 2012
28535 Posts
August 19 2013 09:30 GMT
#121
On August 19 2013 18:28 mtn wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 19 2013 18:13 Penev wrote:
Strange how people perceive Bombers failed Hellbat/ Thor experiment as the ultimate proof of mech not being viable. Not saying that it is but that game isn't exactly a good example of it.


Sorry but using just 1 and a half of a mech is NOT a mech army ...

Yes? That was what I meant?
I Protoss winner, could it be?
Ender985
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Spain910 Posts
August 19 2013 09:35 GMT
#122
Flash has spoken. We need to buff tanks back to their flat +50 damage to give mech a chance.
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liberate71
Profile Joined October 2011
Australia10252 Posts
August 19 2013 09:38 GMT
#123
On August 19 2013 13:50 insectoidform wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 19 2013 13:48 larse wrote:
On August 19 2013 13:47 insectoidform wrote:
How can flash think he has the same skill in LoL as he does in sc2? In LoL there 100+ champions to pick from while in sc2 there are 3 races. The amount of strategies that are employed in that game will never be understood by someone that plays a 1v1.


You read it wrong. It's the interviewer who says that

He might as well have said it because the interviewer said so. If you tackle someone on a basketball court, the team suffers because a player gets a penalty. If this game is to be taken seriously as an E-sport and be on the level of basketball he will have to take the penalty for the interviewer will he not?


What on earth
Minelord Stimfestor, also known as karma.
Scrutinizer
Profile Joined April 2011
170 Posts
August 19 2013 09:41 GMT
#124
On August 19 2013 16:28 HazMat wrote:
Really great to see Flash respect League of Legends. Random master level SC2 players get all elitists but the fucking god of motherfucking Starcraft Broodwar respects the game, that's great to see.


I hate LoL, but a very well worded good point, made me LOL hard, I'm not being sarcastic.
But still, he is one of the most polite progamers out there and it is a joint interview with a LoL player, just saying..
Arco
Profile Joined September 2009
United States2090 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-08-19 09:48:38
August 19 2013 09:47 GMT
#125
On August 19 2013 18:13 Penev wrote:
Strange how people perceive Bombers failed Hellbat/ Thor experiment as the ultimate proof of mech not being viable. Not saying that it is but that game isn't exactly a good example of it.

Hellbat/Thor isn't mech, it's Protoss with Terran units.

Mech involves using the Siege Tank as a backbone, positional play, turtling, and slowly creeping the map with depot walls and turrets, eliminating bases and securing advantages.

The Siege Tank proved too strong in the WoL beta, but here we are 3 years later and the Siege Tank is nearly unused in non-mirror matchups. I think David Kim needs to start taking a look at the Siege Tank. If not only for balance, but for more variety in Terran play and interest for spectators.
TAMinator
Profile Joined February 2011
Australia2706 Posts
August 19 2013 09:48 GMT
#126
Dw, Flash, I'm sure plenty of women would date you broski. I've heard rumours of you have the sexiest fangirls in epsorts :D
chroniX
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
517 Posts
August 19 2013 10:00 GMT
#127
Wow he seems not happy with sc2 and terran at all. Lets hope he will make a decision for himself soon....
pmp10
Profile Joined April 2012
3398 Posts
August 19 2013 10:08 GMT
#128
On August 19 2013 18:13 Penev wrote:
Strange how people perceive Bombers failed Hellbat/ Thor experiment as the ultimate proof of mech not being viable. Not saying that it is but that game isn't exactly a good example of it.

That's because there were many more failures than just Bombers.
Relatively recently we had attempts from Maru, Dayshi, Beastyqt and Strelok using different openings and mid-game transitions.
Of them only a single one worked and it was a 2 base all-in.
Everlong
Profile Joined April 2010
Czech Republic1973 Posts
August 19 2013 10:08 GMT
#129
On August 19 2013 13:50 insectoidform wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 19 2013 13:48 larse wrote:
On August 19 2013 13:47 insectoidform wrote:
How can flash think he has the same skill in LoL as he does in sc2? In LoL there 100+ champions to pick from while in sc2 there are 3 races. The amount of strategies that are employed in that game will never be understood by someone that plays a 1v1.


You read it wrong. It's the interviewer who says that

He might as well have said it because the interviewer said so. If you tackle someone on a basketball court, the team suffers because a player gets a penalty. If this game is to be taken seriously as an E-sport and be on the level of basketball he will have to take the penalty for the interviewer will he not?


Ahahaha, made my day.. I don't even want to understeand, so much fun.. :D
TeeTS
Profile Joined June 2011
Germany2762 Posts
August 19 2013 10:10 GMT
#130
He really seems to be a nice guy. Very sympathical interview.
NeonFlare
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
Finland1307 Posts
August 19 2013 10:11 GMT
#131
I miss BW...
Hope he does fine in whatever he chooses to do.
Penev
Profile Joined October 2012
28535 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-08-19 10:20:48
August 19 2013 10:11 GMT
#132
On August 19 2013 18:47 Arco wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 19 2013 18:13 Penev wrote:
Strange how people perceive Bombers failed Hellbat/ Thor experiment as the ultimate proof of mech not being viable. Not saying that it is but that game isn't exactly a good example of it.

Hellbat/Thor isn't mech, it's Protoss with Terran units.

Mech involves using the Siege Tank as a backbone, positional play, turtling, and slowly creeping the map with depot walls and turrets, eliminating bases and securing advantages.

The Siege Tank proved too strong in the WoL beta, but here we are 3 years later and the Siege Tank is nearly unused in non-mirror matchups. I think David Kim needs to start taking a look at the Siege Tank. If not only for balance, but for more variety in Terran play and interest for spectators.

I must have worded my post badly I guess? Yes I agree, just Hellbats + Thors isn't mech.
On August 19 2013 19:08 pmp10 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 19 2013 18:13 Penev wrote:
Strange how people perceive Bombers failed Hellbat/ Thor experiment as the ultimate proof of mech not being viable. Not saying that it is but that game isn't exactly a good example of it.

That's because there were many more failures than just Bombers.
Relatively recently we had attempts from Maru, Dayshi, Beastyqt and Strelok using different openings and mid-game transitions.
Of them only a single one worked and it was a 2 base all-in.

I'm aware of the current status of mech. But the Bomber Rain match shouldn't be used as an example for how good or bad mech is in HotS. That wasn't mech; He just massed Hellbats and Thors and a-moved into storms and Immortals.
I Protoss winner, could it be?
Qikz
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
United Kingdom12043 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-08-19 10:21:27
August 19 2013 10:18 GMT
#133
On August 19 2013 18:13 Penev wrote:
Strange how people perceive Bombers failed Hellbat/ Thor experiment as the ultimate proof of mech not being viable. Not saying that it is but that game isn't exactly a good example of it.


Since Kop? (I think) we haven't seen mech in Korea outside of TvT in HoTS... ever I think?

If that doesn't show it's not viable then I have no idea what people need to do to make it obvious to you.

There was a time when my fans like to give rulers to me as gift. Before every game, I use a 30CM ruler to measure my mousepad, the height of the Mouse Bungee, the distance between monitor and keyboard, etc. When I saw the rulers from my fans, I realized for the first time that there are so many kinds of rulers. Sometimes I receive 5-6 rulers everyday. And they are all different.


Also this is the best thing I've ever heard. 5-6 rulers a day... damn he has quite the collection :D
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Sabu113
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States11089 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-08-19 10:24:06
August 19 2013 10:21 GMT
#134
On August 19 2013 15:47 tl2212 wrote:
FLASH WAS REALLY A PROTOSS PLAYER ALL ALONG

He's like nal ra and reach , i hope he transitions into protoss in sc2.

this is actually amazing. this is such an awesome interview

If you understood how to play LoL as 2 characters at one time, you would understand how to play starcraft as LoL x 100



Wasn't anyone else disturbed by his protoss play in allstar matches? His offrace protoss looked as good as some of the worse dragons.

This thread as usually is more sane than the reddit thread.

On August 19 2013 16:15 Vindicare605 wrote:
I hope Flash doesn't give up the Mech fight, he's one of the few pros I know of that are vocal about the issue of wanting Mech back for Terran.

Very few pros have the kind of influence he does, maybe if he keeps voicing that opinion the devs might rethink their unilateral stance of wanting to keep Mech irrelevant.


BW Mech was awesome to watch. Is that possible in a game where bio is so strong? Questionable. Would the casual playerbase survive going mech v protoss every time? Even more questionable.
Biomine is a drunken chick who is on industrial strength amphetamines and would just grab your dick and jerk it as hard and violently as she could while screaming 'OMG FUCK ME', because she saw it in a Sasha Grey video ...-Wombat_Ni
Penev
Profile Joined October 2012
28535 Posts
August 19 2013 10:25 GMT
#135
On August 19 2013 19:18 Qikz wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 19 2013 18:13 Penev wrote:
Strange how people perceive Bombers failed Hellbat/ Thor experiment as the ultimate proof of mech not being viable.
Not saying that it is but that game isn't exactly a good example of it.



Since Kop? (I think) we haven't seen mech in Korea outside of TvT in HoTS... ever I think?

If that doesn't show it's not viable then I have no idea what people need to do to make it obvious to you.

Show nested quote +
There was a time when my fans like to give rulers to me as gift. Before every game, I use a 30CM ruler to measure my mousepad, the height of the Mouse Bungee, the distance between monitor and keyboard, etc. When I saw the rulers from my fans, I realized for the first time that there are so many kinds of rulers. Sometimes I receive 5-6 rulers everyday. And they are all different.


Also this is the best thing I've ever heard. 5-6 rulers a day... damn he has quite the collection :D

I'm curious; How do you interpret this sentence?
Not saying that it is but that game isn't exactly a good example of it.

I Protoss winner, could it be?
XiaoJoyce-
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
China2908 Posts
August 19 2013 10:26 GMT
#136
On August 19 2013 19:21 Sabu113 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 19 2013 15:47 tl2212 wrote:
FLASH WAS REALLY A PROTOSS PLAYER ALL ALONG

He's like nal ra and reach , i hope he transitions into protoss in sc2.

this is actually amazing. this is such an awesome interview

If you understood how to play LoL as 2 characters at one time, you would understand how to play starcraft as LoL x 100



Wasn't anyone else disturbed by his protoss play in allstar matches? His offrace protoss looked as good as some of the worse dragons.

This thread as usually is more sane than the reddit thread.

Show nested quote +
On August 19 2013 16:15 Vindicare605 wrote:
I hope Flash doesn't give up the Mech fight, he's one of the few pros I know of that are vocal about the issue of wanting Mech back for Terran.

Very few pros have the kind of influence he does, maybe if he keeps voicing that opinion the devs might rethink their unilateral stance of wanting to keep Mech irrelevant.


BW Mech was awesome to watch. Is that possible in a game where bio is so strong? Questionable. Would the casual playerbase survive going mech v protoss every time? Even more questionable.


Allstar match? I didnt watch it.. is it recent games? I wanna watch ..

I remember 1 interview saying Bisu more suited for terran, more multitask.
And Flash say Protoss is good for him. Turtling and composition and he like force field ....
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Sabu113
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States11089 Posts
August 19 2013 10:29 GMT
#137
Aaah It was Bisu Flash. At the time I don't think it was revealed who was who until after the match happened.



Could swear there's also older matches where Flash played a PvT as protoss and was ridiculously good.

I think limited mobility mech is more interesting than hyper dps hyper mobile bio.
Biomine is a drunken chick who is on industrial strength amphetamines and would just grab your dick and jerk it as hard and violently as she could while screaming 'OMG FUCK ME', because she saw it in a Sasha Grey video ...-Wombat_Ni
acinx
Profile Joined June 2012
Australia181 Posts
August 19 2013 10:33 GMT
#138
weird how flash said that you could go mech or bio in BW against protoss. i swear it was only mech and bio was crap against protoss and only good against zerg
Highways
Profile Joined July 2005
Australia6120 Posts
August 19 2013 10:46 GMT
#139
Feel sorry for Flash and other progamers. Brilliant player, stuck in such a poorly designed game.

Every time I hear David Kim, it makes my blood boil that one person can destroy a whole game.
#1 Terran hater
Sapphire.lux
Profile Joined July 2010
Romania2620 Posts
August 19 2013 11:03 GMT
#140
TBH is nice to see that the best players are just as frustrated with SC2 as some fans are (me ). If the fans criticism is ignored and viewed as "hating" then hopefully Flashs opinion will be seen as feedback.
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