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IPL4 Revealed: Stephano and White-Ra on START

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IGNProLeague
Profile Joined April 2011
1184 Posts
May 16 2012 21:24 GMT
#1
Hello everyone! Today, a mini-documentary was posted on START, IGN's premium YouTube channel. The focus of this mini-doc was an introduction and comparison to two of StarCraft 2's most well-known players, Mill.Stephano and White-Ra. START's content is geared towards mainstream gamers, so this introduction to competitive gaming / eSports could make a significant impact on many people who have never seen what an event can be like or what the players and their stories involve.

Here is Part 1 of the mini-doc:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qo8mMSR4Drg


Part 2:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGXrIVVszN0


While IPL did not produce this content firsthand, we do have the ability to work with the creators to better show their audience what eSports is really like and what it could mean to people discovering it for the first time.

Please let us know what you think! =)
stichtom
Profile Joined March 2011
Italy695 Posts
May 16 2012 21:27 GMT
#2
These are awesome. I think these 2 videos are one of the best Starcraft 2 videos
Favourite player: IM.MVP ~ Favorite league: IPL
Balgrog
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States1221 Posts
May 16 2012 22:04 GMT
#3
Absolutely fantastic, please keep more stuff like this coming, this is awesome.
The only way to attack structure is with chaos.
Schmoooopy
Profile Joined July 2011
United States448 Posts
May 16 2012 22:07 GMT
#4
IGN's undertaking into eSports has got to be one of the best things to happen to Starcraft 2/the industry as a whole. They've done so much to promote.
Valkola
Profile Joined April 2010
Finland128 Posts
May 16 2012 22:13 GMT
#5
Wow really nice presentation of starcraft2 for people that arent aware of it!
Mmm..
Superiorwolf
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
United States5509 Posts
May 16 2012 22:15 GMT
#6
Maria and Kai from DAVIS ARE FAMOUS!!!
Check out my stream at www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=315053 and follow me on Twitter @EGSuppy! :)
Shackadeemus
Profile Joined March 2011
Ireland247 Posts
May 16 2012 22:16 GMT
#7
Great videos, thanks IGN!
Pirate-bird ftw.
v3chr0
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States856 Posts
May 16 2012 22:21 GMT
#8
Really good videos, and for anyone on any level of knowledge of SC/SC2/Esports. Probably one of the most well made peices on SC2 I've seen. Nice job, would love to see more of them in the future!
"He catches him with his pants down, backs him off into a corner, and then it's over." - Khaldor
dextrin303
Profile Joined May 2011
Sweden320 Posts
May 16 2012 22:23 GMT
#9
Really well put together.
White-ra fighting !! ~~
heartlxp
Profile Joined September 2010
United States1258 Posts
May 16 2012 22:31 GMT
#10
another props to IPL and the creators of these videos, keep up the good work!
phoenixfeather95
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
665 Posts
May 16 2012 22:33 GMT
#11
Very entertaining, well done IPL :D
@dbrisingr
SilverJohnny
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States885 Posts
May 16 2012 22:40 GMT
#12
Very entertaining videos, I love the focus on the players rather than on the game, that's a surefire way to bring people in to the community - story is everything!
also i think you should be able to combine like 5 archons to make a really really shitty oliver stone film - Keanu_Reaver, bw balance genius
revel8
Profile Joined January 2012
United Kingdom3022 Posts
May 16 2012 23:18 GMT
#13
Extremely impressive. I like the way you worked a narrative in about these two players competing at IPL4 and how that fit into the wider SC2 scene.

Makes me recall just how awesome IPL4 was and fuels anticipation about IPL5.

Great production for this video and Kevin Knocke explained SC2 very well and gave accurate summaries of Stephano and White-Ra. Well done to him.
Diavlo
Profile Joined July 2011
Belgium2915 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-05-16 23:44:44
May 16 2012 23:42 GMT
#14
That "special tactics" meme needs to stop. It was funny as hell when Incontrol told that story, and it was even more hilarious when White-ra rolled with it but now it's just painful.
Every time there is an interview of WR, every time someone talks about him, someone has to mention "special tactics".
And it's always in the sense that White-ra comes up with creative builds, which is contradicting the fact that he said that to describe a 10 gate, zealots-dragoons push he used twice in a row...

Other than that, great videos.
"I don't know how many years on this Earth I got left. I'm gonna get real weird with it."
Bromazepam
Profile Joined August 2011
820 Posts
May 17 2012 06:58 GMT
#15
I don't have anything to back this up besides an unsourced trivia on Liquipedia, but I'm fairly certain Stephano was born in Tunisia, not Indonesia like it's said in the video.
Saying that something is killing esports is killing esports.
hegeo
Profile Joined February 2011
Germany194 Posts
May 17 2012 07:04 GMT
#16
On May 17 2012 15:58 Bromazepam wrote:
I don't have anything to back this up besides an unsourced trivia on Liquipedia, but I'm fairly certain Stephano was born in Tunisia, not Indonesia like it's said in the video.


Haha, maybe they asked him where he was born and he said "in Tunisia", which was then misinterpreted due to his accent as "Indonesia"? Would be awesome.

BTW great videos, thanks
pRo9aMeR
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
595 Posts
May 17 2012 08:48 GMT
#17
haha, "sometime shit happen"
I love whitera so muchㅋㅋㅋ
In training...let's play, gg! d^..^b
Mentalizor
Profile Joined January 2011
Denmark1596 Posts
May 17 2012 09:10 GMT
#18
Wow, these were amazing

I loved to focus on two top foreignors - while switching back n forth between CatsPajamas, the voiceover and live footage. Great production Good job

I hope alot of people get to see this
(yಠ,ಠ)y - Y U NO ALL IN? - rtsAlaran: " I somehow sit inside the bus.Hot_Bit giving me a massage"
IceFire
Profile Joined January 2011
United States183 Posts
May 17 2012 09:12 GMT
#19
These were amazing. This seems like something I would show to someone who doesn't understand any starcraft stuff.
-Archangel-
Profile Joined May 2010
Croatia7457 Posts
May 17 2012 16:35 GMT
#20
These were awesome videos. This is the kind of production we need on all levels and for all tournaments if Sc2 is ever going to come close to mainstream.
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