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Observing the Observer: An Interview with inFeZa - Page 2

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Knatterking
Profile Joined April 2014
Germany405 Posts
September 03 2014 20:47 GMT
#21
On September 04 2014 02:49 Grumbels wrote:
I'd rather watch a game with no commentary but with a good observer than one with casting and mediocre observing.

Does wcs eu use a dedicated observer?

Yes, they have FunKa from the Ro16 on.
aike
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States1629 Posts
September 03 2014 21:02 GMT
#22
On September 03 2014 21:40 Meru wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 03 2014 19:47 Musicus wrote:
Is there a text version? The audio is too much for me sorry :/.


Transcribed text incoming! :D
But yea, really not much we could've done with audio. I sat right there and I couldn't hear half of his answers ._<
Live and learn!

Yeah have TL buy a mic that is good for those types of situations for you Haha. Thanks a ton for the transcribed answers!
Wahaha
Musicus
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany23576 Posts
September 03 2014 22:20 GMT
#23
On September 03 2014 21:40 Meru wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 03 2014 19:47 Musicus wrote:
Is there a text version? The audio is too much for me sorry :/.


Transcribed text incoming! :D
But yea, really not much we could've done with audio. I sat right there and I couldn't hear half of his answers ._<
Live and learn!


Yeah I'm sure it annoyed you the most, no problem and thanks for the text version, great interview!
Maru and Serral are probably top 5.
phagga
Profile Joined February 2012
Switzerland2194 Posts
September 05 2014 08:06 GMT
#24
Thanks for the interview! Good questions and interesting answers
"A person who does not concern himself with politics has already made the political choice he was so anxious to spare himself: he is serving the ruling party." - Max Frisch
Gene(S)is
Profile Joined May 2010
Sweden419 Posts
September 08 2014 19:27 GMT
#25
On September 03 2014 18:29 Meru wrote:
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On September 03 2014 17:41 aike wrote:
I got a few minutes into it before I had to stop watching :\ Soooo much background noise ugh. What I saw was great though, nice to see an interview with someone you don't ever get to hear from.


Downside of being at a huge convention, not really possible to get clear audio with all that crowd noise. Also there's no quiet room or place to go.

Sorry ^^ will try with better mic next time!


How about a toilet?
For the swarm
topdogmutly
Profile Joined August 2013
Jamaica2 Posts
September 15 2014 12:11 GMT
#26
So much un-necessary criticisms about audio, I heard it quite fine. Not much they could do about that. The interview is with inFeZa not FunKa, so stop complaining and comparing both. If you have nothing good to say - say nothing.

Good interview Meru, and no need to apologize when you didn't make an error.
RiskyChris
Profile Joined April 2012
125 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-09-27 18:31:37
September 27 2014 18:15 GMT
#27
On September 03 2014 17:35 Meru wrote:
Meru: For the last question now I have to ask… Tell me how you really feel about damage health bars?

inFeZa: Ah this is a widely debated topic within the Starcraft community. Obviously I think that damaged health bars are good for playing, and kinda good for solo casters who don’t have an observer. But if you do have a dedicated observer there’s no reason for you to use damage health bars, simply because it doesn’t really highlight the units that you want to highlight on the screen. So you might have some high energy ghosts and high energy templars, and they try to get key EMPs and snipes off. With damage health bars you might have a few marines that are damaged and they clutter the screen, and you can’t really see anything. That being said, it takes a lot of practice and good control for the observer to select the health bars that need to be selected. There are some key moments that can happen really fast in Starcraft that something might die super quickly and you may miss it. Having the health bar is pretty key for the observer.


I don't know where else to post this. There is not a tournament I've seen yet with an observer with enough APM to show us the proper health bars at the proper time. Why do I see a drop with 0 health bars on screen? Nothing died, but who got damaged and how much?

Edit: I'm going to drop these two shots, first from Dreamhack yesterday, one from Red Bull this past weekend. I'm not taking a shot at funka, I think he's good, but that comment in the shot is the typical response from everyone when I ask why health bars are off.

https://i.imgur.com/2ZWeBBs.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/DNEMkfL.jpg
TelecoM
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States10675 Posts
September 29 2014 00:16 GMT
#28
Awesome ! thanks for this ! Really interesting interview.
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Smartrio
Profile Joined February 2012
Ukraine14 Posts
October 04 2014 09:28 GMT
#29
faanka will be wery mad xD
BoYoB
Profile Joined March 2011
France83 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-10-14 13:58:37
October 14 2014 13:55 GMT
#30
(T)Flo observed magnificently the 2014 WCS Season 3 America Premier League finals. It was as good as (T)FunKa's.
Does anyone know if it was her or a third party who pointed every medivac load on the minimap ?
Please edit her liquipedia resume with this achievement !
vRadiatioNv
Profile Joined August 2010
United States139 Posts
October 25 2014 16:07 GMT
#31
Real cool to see this interview cuz I think our SC2 observers don't get nearly enough credit for what they do. More often than not FunKa and inFeZa will outdo the casters by highlighting things miles more important than what the casters are talking about. Mad props to our awesome observers, we are fortunate to have you!
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