EPTCommentary Catchphrase Rant - Page 8
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konadora
Singapore66063 Posts
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QuanticHawk
United States32024 Posts
On May 25 2010 12:37 VorcePA wrote: This is the only one I disagree with. In writing, it's a common technique to say "he" or "Bisu" or "the protoss player" or "Kim Taek Yong" if you have to refer to them multiple times in a fairly short successions. The same can be applied to commentating. Repetition is annoying. However, if they -only- refer to the player as [insert race name here], then it's just as bad as saying "Bisu" over and over again. Yeah, what this guy said. There's no problem with using 'the x player' after you've initially addressed them by name. bitchin' is a suitable replacement for baller | ||
boesthius
United States11637 Posts
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Jibba
United States22883 Posts
![[image loading]](http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s201/Jaerba/doomdrop.jpg) Not doom drop: ![[image loading]](http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s201/Jaerba/notdoomdrop.jpg) | ||
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QuanticHawk
United States32024 Posts
On May 28 2010 03:57 Jibba wrote: Doom drop: Not doom drop: bitch ass doom drop badoom drop tada! | ||
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Durak
Canada3684 Posts
On May 25 2010 11:48 DallasTx wrote: When people say Mutie and not Muta. My ragedar goes off the charts. I find this post to be ironic. You're criticizing someone's word choice and then using your own dumb expression. What's with "my ragedar goes off the charts"? Is ragedar supposed to be a play on words of radar and rage? The expression "off the charts" is not suitable with radar regardless. Maybe you should say "I become very angry" instead. | ||
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CorpulentBanana
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Jibba
United States22883 Posts
On May 28 2010 04:10 Durak wrote: I find this post to be ironic. You're criticizing someone's word choice and then using your own dumb expression. What's with "my ragedar goes off the charts"? Is ragedar supposed to be a play on words of radar and rage? The expression "off the charts" is not suitable with radar regardless. Maybe you should say "I become very angry" instead. This post has me in rofflestocks. | ||
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Durak
Canada3684 Posts
It's a solid portfolio. | ||
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Megalisk
United States6095 Posts
The same people have and will be playing the series, so there is no "ace", leave it to team games IMO. | ||
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Luddite
United States2315 Posts
Another thing that's been bugging me lately is when they try to read some deep signficance into trivial things. Like the player shuffles some units around, and they commentator freaks out like "ah clearly he's playing subtle mind games with his opponent! Trying to gain a psychological edge for the next game!" a lot of minor stuff just isn't that important. | ||
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Thunder_Sturm
United States36 Posts
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Slayer91
Ireland23335 Posts
"We do see that a timing push is going down from the protoss player" | ||
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bjornkavist
Canada1235 Posts
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IdrA
United States11541 Posts
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Kenpachi
United States9908 Posts
On May 28 2010 04:10 Durak wrote: I find this post to be ironic. You're criticizing someone's word choice and then using your own dumb expression. What's with "my ragedar goes off the charts"? Is ragedar supposed to be a play on words of radar and rage? The expression "off the charts" is not suitable with radar regardless. Maybe you should say "I become very angry" instead. people said mutie? LOL ROFL LOL | ||
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Issor
United States870 Posts
On June 14 2010 14:54 IdrA wrote: people should be grateful for annoying phrases, they distract you from their strategical analysis. I'd say a bunch of examples here but I'm afraid I'd get flamed by hordes of fanboys who only found out about TL through those people and their terrible "analysis." o well | ||
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figq
12519 Posts
Push There can be leapfrog effect with any attacking unit composition - if you "dance" back and forth, for example. The idea of push is similar to American Football or Rugby that you manage to get your opponent's forces to retreat a bit, or at least deny them advancing. It is attack, indeed, and the purpose of the attack is to push. Push is synonymous for leapfrogging. That's how it originated and that's how it's always been used. The standard was the Tank push, and we all know how that looks. You can Tank push, because you siege Tanks and then leapfrog them forward. You can Cannon push, because you build them in a successive fashion. You can Lurker push. You cannot however, Zealot/Archon push. That isn't a push, it's just an attack. So why do I hear about Hydra/Ling pushes? Why is someone doing a Marine push? They aren't! Stop saying it! Timing Attack Sounds like only should count precisely calculated build orders in advance, as timing attacks. But there are some calculated attacks on the fly, in which also units move in time to reach the opponent just when some upgrade is ready. This should be called timing attack too, and it can happen at any stage in the game.Chances are it's not a timing attack, it's just an attack. There aren't 20 minute ZvT timing attacks, for example. Timing attacks are very specifically designed to kill specific builds when they are their weakest. The +1 2 Archon and Zealot attack is a timing attack. Moving out after you research Psionic Storm is not a timing attack. . . . Here are some of my disfavored: - "huge blunder", commentators use it excessively, for no good reason. - "is sitting on <resources, bases etc>", gives incorrect impression that the player is not doing anything, while he has been busy with actions he finds more important - "raped", it's not a laughing matter, and should not be used so frivolously - "Metropolis / Metapolis / Melopolis / Metopolis..", it's Metalopolis, please - "ragequit", jumping to conclusions, maybe they are simply bored of saying gg all the time for years, and what's the point in this anyway - "cheese", "bm" in general, people use them really for any type of behavior they personally dislike; it's almost "bm" to win the game / may add more some other time / | ||
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Aberu
United States968 Posts
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CharlieMurphy
United States22895 Posts
Using the word push is a really close second though. God damn that is annoying to me. I plan to do some commentaries and someone please shoot me in the face if I do any of this shit. edit- I don't really have a problem with 'throwing down' or 'goes down' in any context. Although it may be overused, then like all things, that is a problem. | ||
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