EPTOn April 16 2010 05:44 rauk wrote:
i think you call that a "secret expo"
i think you call that a "secret expo"
of course that was the idea. doesn't change the fact that it's stupid. just makes no sense if you look at "risk-reward"...
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h0munkulus
Austria1481 Posts
of course that was the idea. doesn't change the fact that it's stupid. just makes no sense if you look at "risk-reward"... | ||
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cuppatea
United Kingdom1401 Posts
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rauk
United States2228 Posts
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cyclone25
Romania3344 Posts
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floor exercise
Canada5847 Posts
On April 16 2010 05:54 rauk wrote: why's it stupid? demuslim scans, sees no expo, expects that hasu is going all-in 3warp robo or whatever and prepares accordingly when hasu is actually macroing. i will agree that taking the natural of 12 o'clock was a bad idea though. I think you're over analyzing HasuObs play a little. demuslim expanded with 3 bunkers, it's not likely he's going to invest more into static D if he thinks his opponent is doing a robo all in. Hasu probably just didn't want his expansion getting cliffed even though positionally it was unlikely to happen. Expanding to another main isn't as big a deal as it was in sc, the maps are smaller, the need to transfer the perfect amount of probes is not there, you can warp to your expo if you want etc. He just played too aggressive and lost. A lot of players still do this | ||
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Martijn
Netherlands1219 Posts
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Julmust
Sweden4867 Posts
On April 16 2010 06:03 Martijn wrote: I don't pretend to speak for day9, but he's on the phone with livestream support right now. He's probably rather ticked off with them at the moment, I'm sure he'll let everyone know when he'll be covering the replays as soon as possible. he mentioned that he had some guy from livestream.com actually watching the stream while he was broadcasting to diagnose the problems. and considering how much traffic that site gets from starcraft I'd say they're eager to solve the problem. he also said that he was not angry at livestream, that he had been in contact with their support all day yesterday and he said they were really kind and really was trying to help him with his problems. | ||
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Martijn
Netherlands1219 Posts
On April 16 2010 06:08 Julmust wrote: he also said that he was not angry at livestream, that he had been in contact with their support all day yesterday and he said they were really kind and really was trying to help him with his problems. On April 16 2010 05:30 Day[9] wrote: Either way, I'm pissed as fuck that livestream crapped out on me. Not that it matters, they're doing their best, he's doing his best. It's a best-effort service. | ||
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HazMat
United States17077 Posts
On April 16 2010 05:28 3nickma wrote: Seriously Justin.tv works on the iPhone?? Nice switch immediatly so I can watch it there too if needed  Yeah, download the Justin.tv app. | ||
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7mk
Germany10156 Posts
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sur_reaL
Canada278 Posts
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Julmust
Sweden4867 Posts
On April 16 2010 07:10 sur_reaL wrote: justin.tv only allows a certain amount of people per country viewing on a stream unless you have $$$ exactly, and that fucking sucks | ||
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7mk
Germany10156 Posts
O_o ok well thats retarded weird though that I've heard problems from europe then, sounds like the US would be the country with the most problems | ||
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Eury
Sweden1126 Posts
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Pekkz
Norway1505 Posts
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Martijn
Netherlands1219 Posts
April 16 19:30 CEST, 1:30pm EDT, Strelok vs Nazgul April 16 20:00 CEST, 2:00pm EDT, DeMusliM vs Jinro April 16 21:00 CEST, 3:00pm EDT, Ret vs Nazgul I'm pretty sure the matches will overlap. I guess the best option is to cover the first and third game. Unfortunate though, I'd love to cast some TvT, especially these two. On the other hand Strelok never seems to fail to impress. What do you think we'll see from him? Thor drop play? Banshee harass? Maybe he'll pull out an early Reaper depending on the map? Strelok always seems to play ruthlessly, playing to win and punishing everything mistake. If you don't scout him again and again, you'll have lost in no time. Nazgul on the other hand excels at the opposite, he's been playing by the book and shows us why standard is considered "standard". Namely because in the hands of a strong player, standard becomes monstrous. Playing against him must be like battling quicksand, he replies correctly to your every move and you get caught up in his pace sinking away more and more. He seems to be favoring sentries highly in PvP and PvZ, how would those hold up in PvT though.. Especially with more mech heavy builds lately and T's harassment options that aren't stopped by ramps. Maybe he'll opt to strike first? If we'd have to describe the match-up in that outrageous Korean terminology, it would have to be.. The Terran Trickster vs The Protoss Bible! Ret vs Nazgul on the other hand. Ret is considered the best Dutch sc player by many, but how has he been holding up in sc2? Has he been practicing as heavily as some of these other players. He was knocked out in the quarter finals of the Steelseries Bescene Benelux only tournament, Nazgul took revenge for the Dutch crowd by destroying the player that beat Ret in the finals and won the tournament. Can we say that puts the definitive Dutch sc gosu Ret in an underdog position vs Nazgul in sc2? Or will he show us he's on top of the recently rapidly evolving and changing zerg play. That's how I see the games with my limited game-sense in any case. | ||
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Ghardo
Germany1685 Posts
i'm not sure how much motivation ret got to train and belong to the absolute top players in sc2; naz mentioned he might have some kind of rts burn out after korea and as he has not found the passion for sc2 that he got for sc1 yet i'm not sure he has the best chances. only judged by (recent) performance i would say demuslim >> jinro, but jinro sometimes has really cute builds that might surprise in this match up. strelok was 2:0'ed by socke in the nations war so tvp might not be his top match up... i'm excited. | ||
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Martijn
Netherlands1219 Posts
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Ganondorf
Italy600 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + noticed that Demuslim did the 4-rax FE in the first game and a cheesy 6rax/refinery in the second, which were strats suggested on this forum, it seems he liked them after all, and they worked :D I think that's how TvP is to be played. Hasuobs didn't counter the FE with colossi in the first game on lt and did a 13 (or 14?) gateway on steppes of war, something protoss will not get away with anymore. I wonder what demuslim thinks now of TvP, if it's still broken or it just needs some minor adjustements. | ||
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DeMusliM
United Kingdom401 Posts
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