this is what happens when the people who post about a game don't like the game and haven't liked it for years
Do I Have Your Attention Now? - Trap in the Code S Finals
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brickrd
United States4894 Posts
this is what happens when the people who post about a game don't like the game and haven't liked it for years | ||
sudete
Singapore3040 Posts
On June 22 2019 00:23 brickrd wrote: lol i don't think sc2 fans understand the point of hype pieces. this community has a ridiculous and embarrassing obsession with only analyzing players by slavishly adding up championships and babbling about "consistency." there's literally nothing wrong with saying "hey, this B tier player is pretty solid and i think this could be his moment to shine and move up to A tier." it's clear a lot of you don't follow real sports. it's just narrative building. it's for fun. it's not an offense against the galaxybrain power rank in your head this is what happens when the people who post about a game don't like the game and haven't liked it for years I don't see how the first part of your argument has anything to do with the last line. Liking a game doesn't always have much to do with how much you enjoy "hype building" pieces. You can love a game like football to bits and still be unhappy with an article hyping ajax up excessively and predicting they will beat spurs. If you post your 'opinion', expect other people to chime in and opine accordingly. This whole "ridiculous and embarrassing obsession with only analysing players by slavishly adding up championships and babbling about consistency" is seen in literally every fucking sport that exists. Don't try and make it sound like that isn't normal. | ||
Ciaus_Dronu
South Africa1848 Posts
I don't see Dark's aggression paying off as well here, Trap 4-2 or 4-3 would be my guess. | ||
Charoisaur
Germany15598 Posts
On June 21 2019 17:03 HolydaKing wrote: Since I'm not a fan of either Dark or Trap, I'm rooting for the underdog which is Trap. However I'm expecting a 4-2 or 4-1 for Dark. How can you not be a fan of Dark? | ||
Gemini_19
United States1209 Posts
On June 21 2019 19:33 Need wrote: >Prize pool: $250 I can only imagine the preparation and hard work that goes into those games, especially when you have premier tournaments coming up. Sure Trap has a slight chance to pull an upset, but the write-up in the OP is ridiculous My point of bringing up those victories is that the players he's been beating in practice and online are the top echelon of players. He's had the ability to beat these players for a long time now, but I keep reading comments where people say he should never be able to beat the likes of INno and Dark etc. when his match history obviously shows he can. He's also beaten these players in earlier rounds of GSL in the past or other offline tournaments, but of course I can only highlight so much in a preview article. I decided to focus on his inability to transfer online/practice form to stage form due to his limiting mental block, which is what the next part of the article focuses on. | ||
ThunderJunk
United States574 Posts
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zenDO
Spain25 Posts
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D-light
Finland7364 Posts
Well hope Dark takes it. | ||
[F_]aths
Germany3947 Posts
But Dark has the greater story to tell: At dark times, when zerg is less represented than other races, there is still hope for the swarm. | ||
Anc13nt
1557 Posts
On June 21 2019 22:06 Xain0n wrote: You mean the same betting sites giving overwhelming odds against Trap in his match against Classic(that was actually more understandable; probably against Inno as well? At least Liquibet greatly favored him, I don't know what betting site did)? Such odds are simply unfair if you take into consideration Trap's results in 2019, there surely is a logic behind those but I guess it's tied to profit and not to accurate predictions. Aligulac adjusts itself slowly and Dark is super consistent, it's not like Trap has overperformed Dark in 2019; again, I think Dark is indeed the favourite but not nearly as much as you guys think he is. What is making you perceive Dark has a crushing advantage? Trap's achievements throughout his career? His glaring weakness in PvP(which he recently overcame)? Surely not his results in 2019 or his head to head score against Dark. Dark, has a kongesque 2-8 record in Premier finals(2-9 if we had Majors), even if Trap doesn't shine with his combined 0-8 in the two bo7 finals he played in his career. I am not sure the match will turn out to be close, but I am positive it should be perceived as much closer than it is now for good reasons. yeah it's not very hard to "outsmart the betting market." The odds it gave for Innovation and Classic against Trap are almost silly imo. Edit: Also OP I think was going with his heart when coming up with the scoreline (which is still very possible). Dark is the favourite to win but only by a slight margin. There is the argument that Dark chokes a lot in finals but so does Trap. | ||
Greenei
Germany1754 Posts
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Jimmon
United States112 Posts
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Geo.Rion
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hiroshOne
Poland424 Posts
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lolfail9001
Russian Federation40169 Posts
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RecklessTempest
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Topin
Peru9934 Posts
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aringadingding
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General_Winter
United States719 Posts
As to the finals, I’m seriously unsure. I think if nerves are not an issue Trap is just solidly in better form right now. Darks wins vs P this season are mostly all cheery all ins. It’s hard to do that two matches in a row and hard to get too many games in a series that way. If no one chokes, then Trap wins this 4-1 or 4-2 at the very worst. If trap chokes at any point, then Dark wins that game and all subsequent games. That could be anything from Dark 4-0 to Dark 4-3. I put my liquibet on Trap with Toss being the tie breaker. But I don’t think I’d put real money on him. | ||
Morbidius
Brazil3449 Posts
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