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JAEF

Hoz wrote:

Meeks placed diamond a few weeks ago.

But he had been placed in a previous season hadn't he? I want to say that effects what leagues you go up against. For new accounts usually plat is the highest you get, no?

Hoz

I'm not sure that counted, because that was in season 1 and he had to do all 5 placements.

PantsB

It all depends on who you play in your placement matches. You can win them all and be placed in Plat

Hoz

If you look at his history, he lost two 1v1s recently. But since he can't be promoted with the lockdown he's probably already facing high masters.

Invictus

1-1 in Stephano vs White-ra.

Salvation122

So, like, is SotG starting or not?

tuxkamen

"Sneaky Sly Cooper?"

This guy wears T-shirts that have hipster references to hipster T-shirts. Ugh.

Melkster

Wow, I didn't realize we had masters-level folks in PA. That's pretty awesome.

I need to be better at this game.

What

Hoz wrote:

Meeks placed diamond a few weeks ago.

But it's possible he won all five and still placed into plat, or maybe he had to quit a game prematurely because he had to do an MLG match.

Lmao, nice league Meeks.

Spoiler:

For a clown.

Spoiler:

On his way to the circus

Spoiler:

In his clown car

tuxkamen

Stephano should just cave him in with mass roach like everyone does in platinum.

Keamien

So my fake clan (Not very Good) represented at MLG today. And true to our name, he lost in the first round.

mEEksa

What wrote:

Hoz wrote:

Meeks placed diamond a few weeks ago.

But it's possible he won all five and still placed into plat, or maybe he had to quit a game prematurely because he had to do an MLG match.

Lmao, nice league Meeks.

Spoiler:

For a clown.

Spoiler:

On his way to the circus

Spoiler:

In his clown car

Did someone mention clowns? Reminds me of that time I offraced as clowntoss and beat a certain Masters Terran. His name was something like Who...or Where...

Invictus

Stephano vs White-Ra game 3 was pretty awesome. That is all.

PantsB

At least WhiteRa still has the Loser's bracket

MLGSC2Scores:
In one of the most shocking upsets in MLG Open Bracket history, Goswer takes down TSL.Polt 2-1 in OWR4. #MLG [via Twitter]

JAEF

Here's to Polt and Whitera smoking it through the loser's bracket.

Lemming

Why can't projects be easier, I want to watch Starcraft not do matlab ;-;

Edit: Also my eyelid won't stop twitching

Seguer

Lemming you've been doing that shit for ages now, get a move on! We need you to crush Dhal some more!

Salvation122

So I guess SotG just didn't happen

That's cool

Hoz

Who in the fuck is Goswer?

Edit: It's Goswser, and he's a low-ranked NA GM Zerg. http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/profile/312838/1/goswser/

Lemming

Seguer wrote:

Lemming you've been doing that shit for ages now, get a move on! We need you to crush Dhal some more!

But I want my senior project to be cooooooool

redraptor

Sick interview. He mentions that back a while he had also scouted HuK and Select to join ROOT.

So that means the players assembled to join ROOT by CatZ and drewbie at some point included ...

Sheth
Kiwi
Slush
Destiny (Great publicity)
qxc
HuK
Select
Minigun
Major
ddoro (Might qualify this MLG)

He also tried to get Stephano for complexity.

Really wish ROOT got a major sponsor before they had to be assimilated. Or even further back before all their players started to get vultured by major teams (qxc, Sheth). For a team assembled by players the success they had is a pretty big feat. Considering all the corporate affairs poking their nose in now it was very refreshing to see the equivalent of Mom & Pop Starcraft.

The management team they built also got taken by IGN and was responsible for a good part of IPL.

JAEF

Yeah but he smokes. He smokes cigarettes redraptor. He is literally Satan.

Man Artosis has been working out

redraptor

I did not know. Mods please delete my post.

theSquid

Melkster wrote:

Wow, I didn't realize we had masters-level folks in PA. That's pretty awesome.

I need to be better at this game.

We've got like 7 Masters level players at this point, and another third of us are in Diamond.

I am in Silver league, which basically means that I have the equivalent skill, were the average forumers not godlike adonii, of a retard banging his head against a brick wall.

Which reminds me of a ladder game I played against this Terran the othe

stimtokolos

Lemming wrote:

Why can't projects be easier, I want to watch Starcraft not do matlab ;-;

Edit: Also my eyelid won't stop twitching

Bro I love matlab, it does what you tell it.
Some things don't.

override367

I have a grandmaster friend who I beat because I called him at the start of the game right as I started a cannon rush, by the time he was done scurrying for his phone it was too late

This is a legitimate strategy and I recommend it

JAEF

override367 wrote:

I have a grandmaster friend who I beat because I called him at the start of the game right as I started a cannon rush, by the time he was done scurrying for his phone it was too late

This is a legitimate strategy and I recommend it

Ah, the Artosis build.

815165

Just watched Idra vs Boxer.

No idea why Boxer would try to play two macro games with anyone, let alone Idra.

Honk

In the original season, after release, I won 4/5 placement games and placed in gold league. I think it depends a bunch on who you get to play.

Honk

I should add: IIRC to that, it was quite a while ago.

Variable

I'm watching TLO vs. Boxer because I went to bed early last night.

OremLK

Variable wrote:

I'm watching TLO vs. Boxer because I went to bed early last night.

Such a crazy series. Terran even get the coolest mirror matchup

Derrick

OremLK wrote:

Variable wrote:

I'm watching TLO vs. Boxer because I went to bed early last night.

Such a crazy series. Terran even get the coolest mirror matchup

I'm not a fan of mirror matches, but Terran is easily the one I find most boring.

I think I fell asleep during Puma v.... bomber?

OremLK

Pro level TvT is actually like the most macro-heavy, positioning-heavy, varied matchup in the entire game. It does tend to be very slow and methodical though.

MechMantis

OremLK wrote:

Pro level TvT is actually like the most macro-heavy, positioning-heavy, varied matchup in the entire game. It does tend to be very slow and methodical though.

I think other, non vT matchups might develop a lot more if they were actually played with the frequency TvT is.

I mean, for fuck's sake, look at Code S.

Seguer

Code T

Dhalphir

MechMantis wrote:

OremLK wrote:

Pro level TvT is actually like the most macro-heavy, positioning-heavy, varied matchup in the entire game. It does tend to be very slow and methodical though.

I think other, non vT matchups might develop a lot more if they were actually played with the frequency TvT is.

I mean, for fuck's sake, look at Code S.

the developing doesn't come from tournament games being played, it comes from practise games, and nothing says they aren't practising generically once they get knocked out of GSL.

Although, to be fair, players would, I imagine, focus their practise around upcoming matches and right now most players are either facing a Terran, or are a Terran, or both.

MMMig

theSquid wrote:

Melkster wrote:

Wow, I didn't realize we had masters-level folks in PA. That's pretty awesome.

I need to be better at this game.

We've got like 7 Masters level players at this point, and another third of us are in Diamond.

I am in Silver league, which basically means that I have the equivalent skill, were the average forumers not godlike adonii, of a retard banging his head against a brick wall.

Which reminds me of a ladder game I played against this Terran the othe

Join our ranks!
http://www.sc2ranks.com/c/558/penny-arcade

bring your own cookies though


Tanner is currently our top player with a rank 19 masters
probably due to the power of proxy hatch and tossgirl

CountChocula is up and coming with a 58% win rate in masters and trying to avenge his cousin's pet turtle

this is drama

MechMantis

Dhalphir wrote:

MechMantis wrote:

OremLK wrote:

Pro level TvT is actually like the most macro-heavy, positioning-heavy, varied matchup in the entire game. It does tend to be very slow and methodical though.

I think other, non vT matchups might develop a lot more if they were actually played with the frequency TvT is.

I mean, for fuck's sake, look at Code S.

the developing doesn't come from tournament games being played, it comes from practise games, and nothing says they aren't practising generically once they get knocked out of GSL.

Although, to be fair, players would, I imagine, focus their practise around upcoming matches and right now most players are either facing a Terran, or are a Terran, or both.

My point exactly. The chance of facing a Terran in high level (Korean, admittedly) play is seriously ballooning. Unless you're in the Up and Down matches.

Variable

yesterday's stream being re-shown right now

I think today starts at 10 AM