The TL staff that consists of lazy, out of shape ESPORTS workers officially challenges prominent SC2 pro teams (and MLG or Justin.tv staff) that wishes to compete in a very short distance (sprint) relay race at MLG Columbus. We will find a field some where and conduct the relay race. It will be filmed and put on YouTube. The winner will receive universal acclaim and bragging rights, the losers will be publicly shamed through internet video.
Your relay race team must have at least 5 team members. All must be official members of your team / organization. If you do not have enough players attending MLG Columbus, managers can participate.
Please respond to this thread if you would like to participate. If the TL staff do not receive any acceptances we will declare ourselves the "most athletic."
Hopefully TeamLiquid team accepts the challenge (if they are eligible to race), since Tyler is track athlete, Huk is a soccer pro and I imagne Jinro has long gorilla legs.
edit: oh snap, qxc "mr parkour" riley is probably the last guy you'd want to participate. :lol Good thing it's a relay race so other teams still have a chance!
On April 28 2011 07:40 Darthozzan wrote: ROOT is gonna wreck your shit, just you wait ;D You might have Kennigit, but we have Drewbie! He looks pretty fast.
lol great idea! :D you should get some hyper commentator to cast this as well, would make it that much more epic. maybe this indian-irish dude who wrote a book and was showcased in a SotG... would be nice... sorry can't remember his name ^-^;
On April 28 2011 07:29 evoli wrote: Sixjax will compete and will win. I think our team has both the lowest average age and bmi.
Is this a firm commitment from Sixjax?
While it is impossible for me to predict the outcome of the race, I can confirm that we will be competing and I will say I feel like we'll do very well.
On April 28 2011 07:29 evoli wrote: Sixjax will compete and will win. I think our team has both the lowest average age and bmi.
Is this a firm commitment from Sixjax?
While it is impossible for me to predict the outcome of the race, I can confirm that we will be competing and I will say I feel like we'll do very well.
On April 28 2011 07:29 evoli wrote: Sixjax will compete and will win. I think our team has both the lowest average age and bmi.
Is this a firm commitment from Sixjax?
While it is impossible for me to predict the outcome of the race, I can confirm that we will be competing and I will say I feel like we'll do very well.
Man Hot_Bid is the most gosu obs in the world, very handsome, attractive, not unattractive AND fast!? What doesn't that guy have <3 I second the hyper commentator idea =D
This is going to be hysterical... If I were to make the drive up there I would definitely have to bring a whiteboard and sharpy marker to write shit like, "JTV @ +8 second buffer"
Can there be some up-keeping of starcraft values? Jeebus, this is a 1v1 game - there should be 1v1 races for prizes and team games for fun! It only makes logical sense.
On April 28 2011 08:04 Stealthypoo wrote: Can there be some up-keeping of starcraft values? Jeebus, this is a 1v1 game - there should be 1v1 races for prizes and team games for fun! It only makes logical sense.
lol
nothing brings the spirit of winner's league into athletics like a relay race! it's too bad i won't be at columbus since people have been known to call me usain bolt from time to time
Lol, I'd love to see Tyler, HuK, Haypro, Ret, Jinro, TLO and any other TL member run in a race. Would just be funny because most people have the stereotype of video game nerds being unathletic.
Though HuK is pretty decent at Soccer I hear, so no surprise from him if he did well.
My money is on TL player team, I mean Tyler looks fast as hell, Jinro used to do some martial arts? And HuK is tiny and fast. Haypro got long runner legs and Ret will prolly just boss mode last lap!
Any decisions on where you'll be holding this? There are plenty of athletic fields around the Ohio State campus, which about 3 miles north of the convention center. Also, although not a pro team, I'm sure the Ohio State CSL team would be glad to compete if allowed. (We'll definitely have at least 5 players competing at MLG, probably more.)
On April 28 2011 08:45 Rylaji wrote: Fuck, this is gonna be soooooooooooo good!
My money is on TL player team, I mean Tyler looks fast as hell, Jinro used to do some martial arts? And HuK is tiny and fast. Haypro got long runner legs and Ret will prolly just boss mode last lap!
LOL.
I dunno, I think haypro is the weakest link. I imagine him getting shoved up there by everyone, and then just sort of languishing through his lap, not wanting to look like a try-hard.
On April 28 2011 08:45 Rylaji wrote: Fuck, this is gonna be soooooooooooo good!
My money is on TL player team, I mean Tyler looks fast as hell, Jinro used to do some martial arts? And HuK is tiny and fast. Haypro got long runner legs and Ret will prolly just boss mode last lap!
Tyler from what I'm aware was like an all american distance runner for Duke lol, thats no joke. Even if he ran marathons his short distance speed would probably trump many nerds.
I used to throw javelin for Track back in High School so I was around these numbers quite a bit
In case you guys don't know, a 1:53 in the 800m is insane, anything sub 2:00 will basically beat out anyone at MLG that didn't also run Track at a competitive level.
On April 28 2011 07:40 Darthozzan wrote: ROOT is gonna wreck your shit, just you wait ;D You might have Kennigit, but we have Drewbie! He looks pretty fast.
I used to throw javelin for Track back in High School so I was around these numbers quite a bit
In case you guys don't know, a 1:53 in the 800m is insane, anything sub 2:00 will basically beat out anyone at MLG that didn't also run Track at a competitive level.
I don't know man, I think Hot_bid looks pretty fast..
Tyler should definitely wear the shirt iNcontroL was planning to design for him on SotG for another MLG a while ago. i think they forgot about it but wearing it while running would be the best chance to remember that bet :D
Well I don't know if my team would be allowed to compete because we might not qualify as pro, but I'll post a picture I found of sixjax's team. All have insanely low bmi and would look great in speedos! + Show Spoiler +
That's them in the background, chilling in sandals, sitting around watching idra jog, and phoning some bros after finishing the race.
imo IdrA vs HuK in the last lap, HuK will throw the baton over the finish line, IdrA will stop because of rules imba, HuK will let him know that he wasn't loss.
Seriously though I would pay money to see IdrA in a footrace lol.
I'm in Columbus, and Goodale Park has enough room to run around in, but not an actual track. Might be a bit hard to find that in the middle of town. Fred Beekman park on the West Campus of OSU also has a lot of room, but not a track if I remember correctly.
I doubt Idra would participate in this as I'm sure there is a clause in his contract somewhere that forbids him from participating in such life-threatening activities.
On April 28 2011 09:33 Psyqo wrote: I'm in Columbus, and Goodale Park has enough room to run around in, but not an actual track. Might be a bit hard to find that in the middle of town. Fred Beekman park on the West Campus of OSU also has a lot of room, but not a track if I remember correctly.
I'm pretty sure the Beekman park on West Campus has a mile-track, though not a 'track' in the traditional sense. There's lots of space at OSU for an event like this to occur, at least somewhere. Other than OSU, I'm not sure where'd be a good place to hold something like this.
On April 28 2011 09:33 Psyqo wrote: I'm in Columbus, and Goodale Park has enough room to run around in, but not an actual track. Might be a bit hard to find that in the middle of town. Fred Beekman park on the West Campus of OSU also has a lot of room, but not a track if I remember correctly.
I'm pretty sure the Beekman park on West Campus has a mile-track, though not a 'track' in the traditional sense. There's lots of space at OSU for an event like this to occur, at least somewhere. Other than OSU, I'm not sure where'd be a good place to hold something like this.
Yeah, as I suggested earlier in this thread, I think OSU would be a good location, either at Fred Beekman, or the fields by Lincoln/Morril towers (or even around the Horseshoe ).
On that same note: would the OSU CSL team be allowed to compete or is this strictly for pro teams? (If everything goes well we should have at lest 5 participants in MLG.)
On April 28 2011 09:35 Teras wrote: Didn't LiquidTyler use to be a cross country runner? I think we all know who's gonna win this ;D
Yeah but MLGLenox is/was a sprinter. Shibby looks pretty quick too - gonna be super competitive haha.
Looks like MLG's team is Nexy, Shibby, Lies, Ben, and DMAQ. Would love to see Lenox and Krillin in there, though, Krillin especially as he's a uber fitness guru and kinda scary looking in general.
On April 28 2011 09:35 Teras wrote: Didn't LiquidTyler use to be a cross country runner? I think we all know who's gonna win this ;D
Yeah but MLGLenox is/was a sprinter. Shibby looks pretty quick too - gonna be super competitive haha.
Looks like MLG's team is Nexy, Shibby, Lies, Ben, and DMAQ. Would love to see Lenox and Krillin in there, though, Krillin especially as he's a uber fitness guru and kinda scary looking in general.
There's no way that Slasher talks this much trash and doesn't actually participate. It's a race between the SC2 community site (TL) and their staff and they don't have their community correspondent (or w/e Slasher's job title is) racing?
Slasher, I swear if you don't race you're pulling the biggest dodge ever.
On April 28 2011 07:27 Kennigit wrote: You're all going to get wrecked. I'm going to wear Under Armor and custom running shoes to be extra aerodynamic.
On April 28 2011 07:27 Kennigit wrote: You're all going to get wrecked. I'm going to wear Under Armor and custom running shoes to be extra aerodynamic.
You're going to be SO FAST
Also during my black and white training montage, glowing green gatorade will be dripping off my face in slow motion
On April 28 2011 09:35 Teras wrote: Didn't LiquidTyler use to be a cross country runner? I think we all know who's gonna win this ;D
Yeah but MLGLenox is/was a sprinter. Shibby looks pretty quick too - gonna be super competitive haha.
Looks like MLG's team is Nexy, Shibby, Lies, Ben, and DMAQ. Would love to see Lenox and Krillin in there, though, Krillin especially as he's a uber fitness guru and kinda scary looking in general.
There's no way that Slasher talks this much trash and doesn't actually participate. It's a race between the SC2 community site (TL) and their staff and they don't have their community correspondent (or w/e Slasher's job title is) racing?
Slasher, I swear if you don't race you're pulling the biggest dodge ever.
On April 28 2011 09:44 Hot_Bid wrote: Meh, don't see how a 4:23 mile helps in a 50m race lol.
Well the 48 second 4x400 split and the 1:53 800m is much more impressive, and you'd be surprised how fast an 800m runner can do a 55 or 100m
[Quote=From Slasher's Twitter]I could crawl through my leg and it wouldn't matter. Maybe I'll coach. Maybe I'll have a surprise announcement. Can you handle it?[/quote]
Rofl, sounds like typical Slasher, let others compete and he'll do the talking.
On April 28 2011 11:37 sambo400 wrote: what day and where will this be happening?
Also, the Columbus convention center is surrounded by highway and parking lot, the closest safe fields are probably at OSU
There are a few parks(small ones though) near the convention center. Will not be to hard to find one in walking distance or at worst a couple minutes drive. All the fields around OSU are on center/north side of campus so that would be a good 15-20 drive. If they need more space then what is around downtown then Berliner park is probably the closest thing and is just down High St.
On April 28 2011 12:20 drgonzhere wrote: I feel like liquid will win because Tyler was a Division 1 collegiate athelete, so if the ret of the team runs fast, they will dominate.
On April 28 2011 12:20 drgonzhere wrote: I feel like liquid will win because Tyler was a Division 1 collegiate athelete, so if the ret of the team runs fast, they will dominate.
Singlecoil, I vote that the over 40 folks sit next to the hot nurses and the ambulance. As we drink large quantities of booze, we will wait for someone to pull a nerdstring and require medical assistance.
On April 28 2011 12:20 drgonzhere wrote: I feel like liquid will win because Tyler was a Division 1 collegiate athelete, so if the ret of the team runs fast, they will dominate.
You've never seen the MLG team have you? MLG team needs to run an "extended series track" to make this fair. MLG A team would most likely include Lenox, Adam, and Krillin.
On April 28 2011 12:46 SirScoots wrote: Singlecoil, I vote that the over 40 folks sit next to the hot nurses and the ambulance. As we drink large quantities of booze, we will wait for someone to pull a nerdstring and require medical assistance.
Agreed, I never was much on running unless it was from the cops or angry ex-wives.
On April 28 2011 09:44 Hot_Bid wrote: Meh, don't see how a 4:23 mile helps in a 50m race lol.
Do you know how fast you have to run to get a 4:23 mile? If he ran just his mile pace, he would probably be faster than anyone elses sprint speed.
Showed promise as a high school junior, anchoring his team to a Texas Relays title in the sprint medley ... has run a 4:23 1,600m, has split 48 point in the 4x400m and owns an 800m best of 1:53.63
Damn, in high school my cross country team took 6th in state in the 2nd best CC state in the country. I thought I was fast with a 4:40 mile time. 4:23 is like running balls out the entire time.
Edit: I'm not sure what 48 point in the 4x400 means, but if he runs a 1:53 800 meter, then he probably runs somewhere around a 50 second 400, which is just ridiculous. i can guarantee he'll be the fastest person there.
Showed promise as a high school junior, anchoring his team to a Texas Relays title in the sprint medley ... has run a 4:23 1,600m, has split 48 point in the 4x400m and owns an 800m best of 1:53.63
Damn, in high school my cross country team took 6th in state in the 2nd best CC state in the country. I thought I was fast with a 4:40 mile time. 4:23 is like running balls out the entire time.
holy shit Is that for nony? Those times are pretty insane.
On April 28 2011 09:44 Hot_Bid wrote: Meh, don't see how a 4:23 mile helps in a 50m race lol.
Do you know how fast you have to run to get a 4:23 mile? If he ran just his mile pace, he would probably be faster than anyone elses sprint speed.
Showed promise as a high school junior, anchoring his team to a Texas Relays title in the sprint medley ... has run a 4:23 1,600m, has split 48 point in the 4x400m and owns an 800m best of 1:53.63
Damn, in high school my cross country team took 6th in state in the 2nd best CC state in the country. I thought I was fast with a 4:40 mile time. 4:23 is like running balls out the entire time.
holy shit Is that for nony? Those times are pretty insane.
On April 28 2011 09:44 Hot_Bid wrote: Meh, don't see how a 4:23 mile helps in a 50m race lol.
I think I read Tyler ran a 48s 400m before? I'd be surprised if there is anyone there faster than him, though no clue if he's kept in shape.
I dont believe its true. 48s requires serious training for a couple of years.
Yes and he ran track and field at Duke. While I have no clue how good Duke's track and field program is, I'd think it's at least somewhat high caliber. Additionally, I google'd his name with track and his Duke bio said he ran a 48 split in a 4x400.
Look, I really don't think that a race is fair considering the physical shape of many pro gamers. Can it be full contact sprints just so everyone has a fair shot at winning within the first 5M? Ex. Incontrol tackles Huk - and allows EG a better chance at winning with Idras 1337 sprinting skills?
On April 28 2011 12:20 drgonzhere wrote: I feel like liquid will win because Tyler was a Division 1 collegiate athelete, so if the ret of the team runs fast, they will dominate.
You've never seen the MLG team have you? MLG team needs to run an "extended series track" to make this fair. MLG A team would most likely include Lenox, Adam, and Krillin.
Can we have a female relay team? I already know at least 10 girls who are going to Columbus including me. We can form a new team called TL femme fatale.
On April 28 2011 09:44 Hot_Bid wrote: Meh, don't see how a 4:23 mile helps in a 50m race lol.
I think I read Tyler ran a 48s 400m before? I'd be surprised if there is anyone there faster than him, though no clue if he's kept in shape.
I dont believe its true. 48s requires serious training for a couple of years.
Yes and he ran track and field at Duke. While I have no clue how good Duke's track and field program is, I'd think it's at least somewhat high caliber. Additionally, I google'd his name with track and his Duke bio said he ran a 48 split in a 4x400.
edit: The place I found it has been posted above.
Duke's team is really really good. My friend is a top track athlete in Arizona, and Duke told him he would have to be top 5 in the state before they even consider looking at him. When he did reach that goal this year, they still said he probably did not have a good chance at getting money from the program.
Essentially what I'm saying is: Tyler was one fast motherfucker
On April 28 2011 07:55 Toik wrote: ROOT, my money's on CatZ, having said that if EG goes in I'd put money on someone like Machine, he looks like he'd have Metabolic Boost IRL
On April 28 2011 12:20 drgonzhere wrote: I feel like liquid will win because Tyler was a Division 1 collegiate athelete, so if the ret of the team runs fast, they will dominate.
You've never seen the MLG team have you? MLG team needs to run an "extended series track" to make this fair. MLG A team would most likely include Lenox, Adam, and Krillin.
On April 28 2011 14:36 kellymilkies wrote: Can we have a female relay team? I already know at least 10 girls who are going to Columbus including me. We can form a new team called TL femme fatale.
also kelly. Ima say i'm you all day just to throw your weekend off.
Not to jump on Tyler's bandwagon more, but to put those times in perspective: 800m 2004 Olympics 400m 2004 Olympics If that 400m time is accurate, it's enough to win the Women's event by a large margin. :D
On April 28 2011 12:20 drgonzhere wrote: I feel like liquid will win because Tyler was a Division 1 collegiate athelete, so if the ret of the team runs fast, they will dominate.
You've never seen the MLG team have you? MLG team needs to run an "extended series track" to make this fair. MLG A team would most likely include Lenox, Adam, and Krillin.
On April 28 2011 14:36 kellymilkies wrote: Can we have a female relay team? I already know at least 10 girls who are going to Columbus including me. We can form a new team called TL femme fatale.
also kelly. Ima say i'm you all day just to throw your weekend off.
You are not Asian so you hardly look like me... Unless you are 5ft 5, and 100 pounds like me, and you dye your hair black... It's going to be hard.
I'm expecting you to be in team F.F to challenge the boys. I used to be in track and fields... wait i mean grack and fields so....... kekeke
On April 28 2011 14:36 kellymilkies wrote: Can we have a female relay team? I already know at least 10 girls who are going to Columbus including me. We can form a new team called TL femme fatale.
also kelly. Ima say i'm you all day just to throw your weekend off.
You are not Asian so you hardly look like me... Unless you are 5ft 5, and 100 pounds like me, and you dye your hair black... It's going to be hard.
I'm expecting you to be in team F.F to challenge the boys. I used to be in track and fields... wait i mean grack and fields so....... kekeke
i'm actually all three of those things. but my hair is brown.
Agree'd. I don't know if I'm going yet, but I will def be participating in this if I do. So count VTGaming as being in.(Ignore any comments from anyone else on the team other then me and poke)
Agree'd. I don't know if I'm going yet, but I will def be participating in this if I do. So count VTGaming as being in.(Ignore any comments from anyone else on the team other then me and poke)
On April 28 2011 14:36 kellymilkies wrote: Can we have a female relay team? I already know at least 10 girls who are going to Columbus including me. We can form a new team called TL femme fatale.
also kelly. Ima say i'm you all day just to throw your weekend off.
You are not Asian so you hardly look like me... Unless you are 5ft 5, and 100 pounds like me, and you dye your hair black... It's going to be hard.
I'm expecting you to be in team F.F to challenge the boys. I used to be in track and fields... wait i mean grack and fields so....... kekeke
i'm actually all three of those things. but my hair is brown.
The image of how I imagine this in my head is too great. Pretty sure if someone fell in front of qxc he would just do a flip over them and keep running. Can't wait to see this.
On April 28 2011 07:27 Kennigit wrote: You're all going to get wrecked. I'm going to wear Under Armor and custom running shoes to be extra aerodynamic.
On April 28 2011 14:36 kellymilkies wrote: Can we have a female relay team? I already know at least 10 girls who are going to Columbus including me. We can form a new team called TL femme fatale.
I feel like this is TL's secret ploy to make other team focus more on track training and thus come underprepared for MLG columbus so Liquid players can laugh their way to a clean podium sweep.
What kind of relay race it will be? Brutal 5 x 1km race? A "I can't play after that" 5 member beer marathon? Or just an ordinary 5x100m or something like that?
I used to throw javelin for Track back in High School so I was around these numbers quite a bit
In case you guys don't know, a 1:53 in the 800m is insane, anything sub 2:00 will basically beat out anyone at MLG that didn't also run Track at a competitive level.
Hmm... If any Halo teams were gonna take part in this, I would throughly insist getting Pistola's team, I'd love to see him run xD I think Liquid players would win the race, what with the aerochinamically designed Jinro, and HuK.
Little does Team Liquid know. MLG staff / players have already participated in event relay races. This is not the first time. Yes Trancey I'll be participating
On April 28 2011 07:23 carloselcoco wrote: I want to see IdrA running! lols!
Hell yes!! Can Idra pwn nubs on the running track as well? I would be so impressed :D
Definitely going to be putting up odds at ggbet.net on this lol. This has to be streamed live. Could be the highlight of MLG. Least give us something to watch while the stream is down..
On April 28 2011 12:20 drgonzhere wrote: I feel like liquid will win because Tyler was a Division 1 collegiate athelete, so if the ret of the team runs fast, they will dominate.
You've never seen the MLG team have you? MLG team needs to run an "extended series track" to make this fair. MLG A team would most likely include Lenox, Adam, and Krillin.
On April 28 2011 12:20 drgonzhere wrote: I feel like liquid will win because Tyler was a Division 1 collegiate athelete, so if the ret of the team runs fast, they will dominate.
You've never seen the MLG team have you? MLG team needs to run an "extended series track" to make this fair. MLG A team would most likely include Lenox, Adam, and Krillin.
I hope you're planning ahead where you're gonna take a shower. I know I wouldn't wanna be in a room with 30 out-of-form people who just ran a relay race.
+Liquibets (for a min of 10 points) +A livestream +Totalbiscuit announcing +VODs +More bias towards Korean runners +An official hype/live report thread +People being banned for zerg balance whine in said live report thread
On April 28 2011 23:04 See.Blue wrote: This seriously needs:
+Liquibets (for a min of 10 points) +A livestream +Totalbiscuit announcing +VODs +More bias towards Korean runners +An official hype/live report thread +People being banned for zerg balance whine in said live report thread
Oh wow this might get even better than MLG itself. Can't wait to see all of you mask the brutal competition with having fun! Hoping for good coverage!! But damn, if TL staff and TeamLiquid will compete, who do I root for?
On April 28 2011 23:04 See.Blue wrote: This seriously needs:
+Liquibets (for a min of 10 points) +A livestream +Totalbiscuit announcing +VODs +More bias towards Korean runners +An official hype/live report thread +People being banned for zerg balance whine in said live report thread
On April 28 2011 07:30 Jankisa wrote: Hopefully TeamLiquid team accepts the challenge (if they are eligible to race), since Tyler is track athlete, Huk is a soccer pro and I imagne Jinro has long gorilla legs.
Gorillas have short legs! And psh HuK isn't a soccer pro, he can't even play sc2 right.
On April 28 2011 23:04 See.Blue wrote: This seriously needs:
+Liquibets (for a min of 10 points) +A livestream +Totalbiscuit announcing +VODs +More bias towards Korean runners +An official hype/live report thread +People being banned for zerg balance whine in said live report thread
+Liquidbets A must have. I need to get back into the top 100 of the SC2 Liquidbet after making some bad bets for TSL and GSL.
+Livestream I would LOL if more people ended up watching the livestream of the relay race than watching TSL.
+Totalbiscuit He's a great play-by-play caster, and I'm sure his fast and sophisticated voice will do wonders in entertaining us.
+VODs Our children must know the moment that ESPORTS became big.
+Korean bias The high urban density in Korea means more walking through city streets and up the stairs of highrises. Their delicious food makes them more healthy. Us car-driving Westerners will have a hard road ahead.
+Hype/LR Posters must be made. Hype videos must be created. The entire LR thread must be filled with martyrs, imba whine, and caster/stream complaints. Only then will it become a true SC2 event.
+People banned However, the LR thread shall be the greatest trap ever conceived. The mods may seem complacent with the thread, but it will actually be the thinly veiled start of the Great Purge. As the mods swoop down onto the lesser posters, red ink will splatter countless pages, and TL will be cleansed of the unclean.
On April 28 2011 07:19 Hot_Bid wrote: Dear SC2 Professional Teams and MLG staff,
Your relay race team must have at least 5 team members. All must be official members of your team / organization. If you do not have enough players attending MLG Columbus, managers can participate.
Regards, TL Staff
more anti-duckloadRa crap this is almost as bad as NASL not letting him in because he is on his own team!
just kidding
go EG they all seem pretty fit for sprinting at least a powerlifter, the gracken, machine(looks like he works out) and LZgamer
On April 28 2011 07:27 Kennigit wrote: You're all going to get wrecked. I'm going to wear Under Armor and custom running shoes to be extra aerodynamic.
On April 28 2011 23:04 See.Blue wrote: This seriously needs:
+Liquibets (for a min of 10 points) +A livestream +Totalbiscuit announcing +VODs +More bias towards Korean runners +An official hype/live report thread +People being banned for zerg balance whine in said live report thread
Day[9] is going to be running the 50 yard sprint with dj.Wheat at the other end waiting at the casting booth being like "Sean run faster, we've gota cast MLG!!!!!"....
and that is the story of how Day[9]'s love for djWheat, won him the sprinting contest on teamliquid.
Koreans must think we westerners are crazy. First Cointoss tournament for Dreamhack. Now MLG relay race to book the PC's at the venue for the team so the winners wouldnt have to change theirs PC all the time ;P
Man its such a hilarious year for e-sports and its only begining.
On April 28 2011 12:20 drgonzhere wrote: I feel like liquid will win because Tyler was a Division 1 collegiate athelete, so if the ret of the team runs fast, they will dominate.
You've never seen the MLG team have you? MLG team needs to run an "extended series track" to make this fair. MLG A team would most likely include Lenox, Adam, and Krillin.
Although wolf has confirmed. I feel I must post this. I was not going to run in this for fear of my superman abilities being exposed.. And then huk posted.
On April 29 2011 02:12 Mobius_1 wrote: This is going to be so amazing.
Any chance of a Decorah Eagles team? Also, I demand a team with Uniden and other Funday Monday notables.
And TB would be the perfect caster for this with his tendency of using the word "trunk" when announcing players.
I recently checked up on the Baby Eagles stream, and it seems that the baby eagles are growing quite large. It seems like yesterday that they were only cute little chicks, but now the feathers of adulthood are beginning to grow out. The baby birds are becoming quite fierce.
On April 28 2011 07:27 Kennigit wrote: You're all going to get wrecked. I'm going to wear Under Armor and custom running shoes to be extra aerodynamic.
Any rules to this race? I can imagine competitors getting Clotheslined by incontrol while Idra casually walks down the race with a huge grin. EG has to represent.
Unfortunately since I am not a professional relay-racer I'm not sure I would be qualified to cast this solo. Will need an analytical co-caster to assist.
On April 29 2011 04:25 TotalBiscuit wrote: Unfortunately since I am not a professional relay-racer I'm not sure I would be qualified to cast this solo. Will need an analytical co-caster to assist.
We'll pair you with Day9. He can explain the mechanics of Idra's stride for you!
Get someone that has a data plan for the iPhone or any mobile device that has an app for Justin.TV or UStream and stream in from an iPhone or another device so that we can watch it. PLZ!
On April 29 2011 06:03 carloselcoco wrote: Hey, if you guys would like this to be streamed:
Get someone that has a data plan for the iPhone or any mobile device that has an app for Justin.TV or UStream and stream in from an iPhone or another device so that we can watch it. PLZ!
Gunrun already said he was streaming this, as to avoid running lolllll
On April 29 2011 06:03 carloselcoco wrote: Hey, if you guys would like this to be streamed:
Get someone that has a data plan for the iPhone or any mobile device that has an app for Justin.TV or UStream and stream in from an iPhone or another device so that we can watch it. PLZ!
Gunrun already said he was streaming this, as to avoid running lolllll
On April 29 2011 06:28 Aeres wrote: Liquid'Tyler: Striding toward Victory.
Holy crap, I can't stop laughing.
Thank you for making my day, good sir. This pun really made up for a bombed midterm and a night of no sleep. I thank you for this valuable piece of humor.
Hahaha this is the best idea ever! Glad all the teams are accepting the challenge and are going to spend their entire time practicing for the MLG SC2 Tournament Relay Race!
Imagine the drama if Cruncher and Idra are both running the same leg of the race..... Actually imagine if Idra is running his leg of the race with the other racers being Protoss players....
On April 28 2011 16:58 dtz wrote: lol awesome. almost all of the pro teams are in.
I feel like this is TL's secret ploy to make other team focus more on track training and thus come underprepared for MLG columbus so Liquid players can laugh their way to a clean podium sweep.
Woah... That's hecka evil but possibly even true haha! Nah, Kiwi has to get second place, its tradition... Besides that though...
This is going to be unbelievably epic. More so than the the event itself in my opinion. The SC2 prize money should be split in half and allotted partially to the winner of this event.
On April 28 2011 16:58 dtz wrote: lol awesome. almost all of the pro teams are in.
I feel like this is TL's secret ploy to make other team focus more on track training and thus come underprepared for MLG columbus so Liquid players can laugh their way to a clean podium sweep.
Woah... That's hecka evil but possibly even true haha! Nah, Kiwi has to get second place, its tradition... Besides that though...
Nah, TL will just demolish everyone both in the race and in MLG!
And I'm assuming that Kiwi has joined a Kong line now, no?
On April 28 2011 16:58 dtz wrote: lol awesome. almost all of the pro teams are in.
I feel like this is TL's secret ploy to make other team focus more on track training and thus come underprepared for MLG columbus so Liquid players can laugh their way to a clean podium sweep.
Woah... That's hecka evil but possibly even true haha! Nah, Kiwi has to get second place, its tradition... Besides that though...
Nah, TL will just demolish everyone both in the race and in MLG!
And I'm assuming that Kiwi has joined a Kong line now, no?
In the race, other way around! MLG staff are just too fit. Maybe TL will get second.
LOOOOOOOOL, this is going to be AMAZING! cant wait to see EG's The Gracken/Incontrol take on hot_bid lol. plus tyler and huk? omg, im already rofling =D TL HWAITING
On April 28 2011 23:04 See.Blue wrote: This seriously needs:
+Liquibets (for a min of 10 points) +A livestream +Totalbiscuit announcing +VODs +More bias towards Korean runners +An official hype/live report thread +People being banned for zerg balance whine in said live report thread
Hmmm, seems he was slightly faster than me at the shorter distances, seems to get slower the longer it goes on. Texas always has beast track runners though! I ran a 1:55 half in HS and had some quicker times in college, though at longer distances. I ran a 1:53ish split in the DMR my freshman year of college. This is shaping up to be quite a race!
I am in Nebraska right now at djWHEATS house and we just got back from a morning training run. While we are mortal enemies now on the track, you should see how baller he looks running with a cig in his mouth...so gosu!
I just made a custom game Realy race on Xel Naga on EU server. You guys can practice there. Only thing is, idle worker key and bakckspace keys dont work.
On April 30 2011 01:08 SirScoots wrote: I am in Nebraska right now at djWHEATS house and we just got back from a morning training run. While we are mortal enemies now on the track, you should see how baller he looks running with a cig in his mouth...so gosu!
Hahahaha. Make sure you guys have an ambulance nearby incase Wheat has a heart attack.
I was in crunch time trying to study before a Chinese quiz when I happened to see this thread on the homepage when I opened up Chrome. Damn you all for taken away 15 precious minutes of mine but thank you so much for the excitement I now have to watch this come MLG time.
By far my favorite quote has been from Sundance..."Our stream may not run but we do."
Ok I just thought of a way to add some regional flavor to the Anaheim MLG. We should alter the competition so that it is a biathalon in which participants will run a certain distance with pistols holstered, when the distance is reached he will un-holster and fire at stationary targets. Scoring will be calculated similarly to the winter version. I think this would increase the survivability of contestants and just be a very fun addition to the competition.
On May 08 2011 13:23 Magres wrote: Please tell me that arrangements have been made for someone to film this, because it's going to be brilliant and the internet deserves to see it.
It says in the OP losers will be shamed by internet video.
has there been any information of at least what day or time they might do it? I'm flying out for MLG and would love to be a spectator for the impending epic race. that and pictures :D finally have a reason to use camera +MLG!
I hope somebody video documents this ^_^ The community would love to see this I would imagine haha, thanks for organizing this hotbid, where would sc2 be without you? :D
Meh, I can't do it. :/ ... So stupid to have it before a lot of people get in. VT won't be able to participate, we'll be driving people from the airport
This is happening at 8:30 tonight. Why is it not in the TL event calendar? Seriously, would love to watch this streamed. Hope somebody makes it happen.
Didn't Gunrun promise to have a stream running for this? Surely failing to deliver on such a promise for event as prestigious and anticipated as this would have severe consequences.
On June 03 2011 09:29 hiyo_bye wrote: I'm so excited, hope that hilarity will ensue
I just hope everyone will show up! That is quite an impressive linup.
I don't really care about the live stream, i just wanna see a good quality video of it afterwards. Hopefully someone can take from this video the individual 50m times for each runner.
On June 03 2011 10:03 Domination wrote: Holy shit sundance brought out a camera crew hahahahaha
Edit: The stream keeps dying :\
I hope this is true! If it is, I don't care about a stream, I will wait for the awesome footage!
There was at least 1 guy walking in front of the stream with a legit camera and sundance said he was going to get footage of this so I'm just adding 2+2, which means I probably gonna get blown up.
From incontrol's GF's twitter: AnnaProsser Team @MLG has yet to arrive for the #mlgrelay. This is not an extended series, guys. Word is you forfeit in 3 mins.
Follow Anna's twitter for the great pics. @AnnaProsser
holy shit slasher lol
is tyler running for TL? didnt he say he used to run track
He sure looks like he did, haha.
Yeah at like college division 1 level, TL should slaughter between him and kennigit if TL is running as admins + the team. If not tylers got some carrying to do xD
7 of the 11 registered teams flaked out of a MLG tournament.. I suppose it's just coincidence it happened to be a competition for who can run the fastest?
Lzgamer really runs strange, lol.. first i thought its idra cause you only see his back, but idra is the last one for EG and the camera isnt on him at all
On June 03 2011 10:54 Enox wrote: Lzgamer really runs strange, lol.. first i thought its idra cause you only see his back, but idra is the last one for EG and the camera isnt on him at all
haha it looked like the shoes though. Some white loafers with no socks. :\
On June 03 2011 10:56 synide wrote: to fill in the mlg roster for you gents, it was:
Was looking forward to this all day, I wish you guys made it more official and interviewed a person per team for some hype, preferably the team captain which each team would have. If I was there I would've done all this shit god I hate my life ....seriously.....f..m..l.. *sigh*.... MLG come to Toronto for the love of God and all things Holy.
lol, this hsould have been hyped more. Like, when I first read the thread I was all hyped and shit, but then I forgot about it. Didn't know it was happening today, missed the whole thing.
Also think it would have been better if there were more videos before the race, showing the players and everything. Interviews or something maybe.
Still, was awesome. =D The 1080p video was sick. This MUST become MLG tradition!
On June 03 2011 10:57 Slardar wrote: Was looking forward to this all day, I wish you guys made it more official and interviewed a person per team for some hype, preferably the team captain which each team would have. If I was there I would've done all this shit god I hate my life ....seriously.....f..m..l.. *sigh*.... MLG come to Toronto for the love of God and all things Holy.
edit - obligatory LOL @ SLASHER. What a joker <3
Last time MLG was in Toronto was 2008. I hope they do a Toronto event in 2012 with SC2!
On June 03 2011 11:00 Altern wrote: Damn want to see more of tyler run, there needs to be a rerace
I could watch a 24 hour Tyler workout video. Would be the best all-nighter of my life.
Rod is probably 1/3rd the size of iNcontroL though haha, iNcontroL is like a train when he moves though, I wouldn't want to be in front of him on a football field.
Holy crap Hot_Bid making the rest of his team look bad (except Tyler). You could see qxc ready to shoot out of there, but it was too late. Some pretty pro race announcing from Joshy, too.
Obviously times are not exact and some had to be estimated with the video I have. :p
People like you are the reason this community is awesome. :D Thanks for putting that effort in.
Thanks, hopefully HotBid can add to OP when he gets some time.
awesome work, but how did you figure out some of those times that couldnt be seen from the HD video? did you use that other low quality video combined with the HD one to figure them out, after some addition/subtraction/etc ?
Obviously times are not exact and some had to be estimated with the video I have. :p
People like you are the reason this community is awesome. :D Thanks for putting that effort in.
Thanks, hopefully HotBid can add to OP when he gets some time.
awesome work, but how did you figure out some of those times that couldnt be seen from the HD video? did you use that other low quality video combined with the HD one to figure them out, after some addition/subtraction/etc ?
I attempted that at first but referencing the low quality video didn't help fill in any big holes from the high quality vid (I don't think it did anyway) so it was just an approximation judging from how close player x was from tagging player y when the camera cut off of them. There wasn't any math involved :p
That was a great race, it was really hard to tell who people were (almost got a lil sick by the camera at the end, haha) but nice work. Hope TL takes Number 1 at the real MLG competition though.
On June 03 2011 13:34 KimJongChill wrote: Honestly, I can't find Idra in this vid at all. It's incontrol, then machine, then wat??
Idra was the last guy to run for EG and the camera was focusing on Tyler and the MLG guy so you didn't get to see him really since EG was quite far behind.
For EG it was: Incontrol -> Machine -> Axslav -> LzGamer -> Idra
On June 03 2011 16:16 Flytothesky wrote: Why the fuck ppl keep saying QXC is fast? He didn't ran. Look at the other previous comments before making an assumption.
It says it was Incontrol -> Machine -> Axslav -> LzGamer -> Idra
Because they follow progaming well enough to know that QXC isn't on EG, but FXO. Also, he's clearly visible in the videos.
On June 03 2011 16:16 Flytothesky wrote: Why the fuck ppl keep saying QXC is fast? He didn't ran. Look at the other previous comments before making an assumption.
It says it was Incontrol -> Machine -> Axslav -> LzGamer -> Idra
Oh my god, that was awesome. A lot of these guys are faster than you'd think. And <3 Slasher. We're gonna have to listen to his glorious run for the next ten episodes of Live on three...
Looks like Geoff almost ate it midway through his run. I think you can hear him talking about it at the end of Joshy's video. I've had that exact feeling before when running as fast as I possibly could. Right before actually falling 5-10 steps after I first felt like I was going to. I was luckily on an artificial turf field. I'm glad he didn't fall because that would have just been scary.
After some careful and in depth analysis of the video it looks like inControl pulls a muscle half way along his leg. Also, based on the performances of Slasher, H to the otbid and Tyler wearing a headband is worth at least 0.5 sec and all professional athletics bodies should immediately invest in some form of headband if they want their athletes to continue being competitive in the world scene. It was a poor choice for QXC to not wear at least a bandana.
Someone posted the first footage I got up for compLexity (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bp5dHjXLRqw) but I got more footage that I couldn't prioritize. There is some more stuff from before and after the event still on my camera, working on it. =)
Today's the actual event though so I'm going to be really busy with all of that stuff. x.x
All in all, fun race, and fyi the FXO runner nobody can seem to identify is FXOUnstable, a caster/manager/I'mnotsure. =)
Haha, poor TLO in JoshSuth's HQ video. "Oh yeah someone just told me I was going to be running. I don't even have any running shoes, I need to do it barefoot."
Will update as I time the rest Hot_Bid knew what he was doing when he proposed the relay race And wow, Tyler was fast O_O
Well if the organizers had let Machine and Idra spread creep they would have been less than a second from MLG, and TL. So I call shenanigans.
Oh shit, no wonder Tyler is fast, guy was a middle distance runner in college with 1:53 800m and 4:2X 1600m. That's some wheels to be moving like that. Wouldn't be at all surprised if he had quarter speed in the low 50's or even high 40's.
Will update as I time the rest Hot_Bid knew what he was doing when he proposed the relay race And wow, Tyler was fast O_O
Well if the organizers had let Machine and Idra spread creep they would have been less than a second from MLG, and TL. So I call shenanigans.
Oh shit, no wonder Tyler is fast, guy was a middle distance runner in college with 1:53 800m and 4:2X 1600m. That's some wheels to be moving like that. Wouldn't be at all surprised if he had quarter speed in the low 50's or even high 40's.
With no offense to Tyler, I think this is worth correcting that I think those are this highschool times as he went to Duke and those times are pretty slow for a D1 college runner but pretty good for a highschool runner. Probably good enough to make regionals, but not state judging from my highschool running memory.
Will update as I time the rest Hot_Bid knew what he was doing when he proposed the relay race And wow, Tyler was fast O_O
Well if the organizers had let Machine and Idra spread creep they would have been less than a second from MLG, and TL. So I call shenanigans.
Oh shit, no wonder Tyler is fast, guy was a middle distance runner in college with 1:53 800m and 4:2X 1600m. That's some wheels to be moving like that. Wouldn't be at all surprised if he had quarter speed in the low 50's or even high 40's.
With no offense to Tyler, I think this is worth correcting that I think those are this highschool times as he went to Duke and those times are pretty slow for a D1 college runner but pretty good for a highschool runner. Probably good enough to make regionals, but not state judging from my highschool running memory.
In our school in Ninth grade (you're 16) the record on 1500m is 4.44, we must be reaaaally slow? T_T
Also congrats MLG, sick runners, was rooting for FXO though
On June 06 2011 13:14 MoreFaSho wrote: With no offense to Tyler, I think this is worth correcting that I think those are this highschool times as he went to Duke and those times are pretty slow for a D1 college runner but pretty good for a highschool runner. Probably good enough to make regionals, but not state judging from my highschool running memory.
High school times, probably. But a 1:53 and a 4:2X in 800m/1600m respectively are state qualifiers in NY when I was in, if not place very highly.
Will update as I time the rest Hot_Bid knew what he was doing when he proposed the relay race And wow, Tyler was fast O_O
Well if the organizers had let Machine and Idra spread creep they would have been less than a second from MLG, and TL. So I call shenanigans.
Oh shit, no wonder Tyler is fast, guy was a middle distance runner in college with 1:53 800m and 4:2X 1600m. That's some wheels to be moving like that. Wouldn't be at all surprised if he had quarter speed in the low 50's or even high 40's.
With no offense to Tyler, I think this is worth correcting that I think those are this highschool times as he went to Duke and those times are pretty slow for a D1 college runner but pretty good for a highschool runner. Probably good enough to make regionals, but not state judging from my highschool running memory.
No those times are extremely fast for any Division in college. For example a good 800m time for high school is 2:00. The kids who break 2:00 are the kids who run for d1 schools.
Will update as I time the rest Hot_Bid knew what he was doing when he proposed the relay race And wow, Tyler was fast O_O
Well if the organizers had let Machine and Idra spread creep they would have been less than a second from MLG, and TL. So I call shenanigans.
Oh shit, no wonder Tyler is fast, guy was a middle distance runner in college with 1:53 800m and 4:2X 1600m. That's some wheels to be moving like that. Wouldn't be at all surprised if he had quarter speed in the low 50's or even high 40's.
With no offense to Tyler, I think this is worth correcting that I think those are this highschool times as he went to Duke and those times are pretty slow for a D1 college runner but pretty good for a highschool runner. Probably good enough to make regionals, but not state judging from my highschool running memory.
No those times are extremely fast for any Division in college. For example a good 800m time for high school is 2:00. The kids who break 2:00 are the kids who run for d1 schools.
On June 04 2011 00:04 Eufouria wrote: After some careful and in depth analysis of the video it looks like inControl pulls a muscle half way along his leg. Also, based on the performances of Slasher, H to the otbid and Tyler wearing a headband is worth at least 0.5 sec and all professional athletics bodies should immediately invest in some form of headband if they want their athletes to continue being competitive in the world scene. It was a poor choice for QXC to not wear at least a bandana.
Incontrol said in an interview somewhere during MLG that the shoes he wore weren't specifically for running, so he slowed down halfway because his shoes were coming off? or something like that. I will try and find the interview and edit it in.
I need to see the full lineup for each team for this event before I can place my bet...if it's the same people running, I would bet on MLG again. But, if the lineups change...I could see TL taking it.
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