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  • Ratsult2Ratsult2 Registered User regular
    DRGreat creep spread

  • TheStigTheStig Registered User regular
    It's great watching a zerg who doesn't rage quit when he can still win.

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  • jaziekjaziek Bad at everything And mad about it.Registered User regular
    Hoz wrote:
    They're not scumbags for using cheese. Maybe lazy players doomed to gold league hell, but not scumbags.

    Nope, fucking vermin. People wouldn't do that shit in a real life situation because in any other sport or game they'd get a fucking punch to face. So what makes it ok to do it online, just because you're an anonymous opponent? Treat your opponent with some respect, and don't play dirty because you know you couldn't win in a long game.

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  • tehmarkentehmarken BrooklynRegistered User regular
    Some people are dicks. It's just a fact of life.

  • TheStigTheStig Registered User regular
    edited August 2011
    No, punching in sports that aren't about punching typically gets you suspended, fined, or banned.

    Cheese is legitimate.
    The reason why you don't see a lot of cheese in pro play is because it doesn't work very well against pro players and is too risky.
    So the solution to your problem is to stop whining and get better at the game.

    TheStig on
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  • tehmarkentehmarken BrooklynRegistered User regular
    edited August 2011
    All you have to do is scout properly and know how to defend against cheese, and you won't lose to it.

    Edit:
    Cheese is like the equivalent of trick plays in other sports. Like a Flea-flicker in football. It works because it's totally unexpected. But anytime the defense sees it coming, it usually gets crushed.

    tehmarken on
  • 0Replace4Displace0Replace4Displace The best girls are ships and guns. Registered User regular
    Basically, never run a blitz in football because any quarterback who isn't garbage should be able to Hail Mary every play.

    It's like you're stuck in the mentality of "FIVE MISSISSIPPI RUSH" and whenever someone breaks the rule, you throw a fit.

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  • tehmarkentehmarken BrooklynRegistered User regular
    High five for hivemind football referencing!

  • 0Replace4Displace0Replace4Displace The best girls are ships and guns. Registered User regular
    edited August 2011
    *high five*

    Man, I want to play more games, but I have ladder anxiety. FOREVER GOLD.

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  • PantsBPantsB Fake Thomas Jefferson Registered User regular
    Code S Dong.

    Lost power for 6 hours today so I missed most of MLG Sunday. Man, when there's a hurricane going on, you just finished a book and you have no electricity the number of things to do is limited

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  • 0Replace4Displace0Replace4Displace The best girls are ships and guns. Registered User regular
    PantsB wrote:
    Code S Dong.

    Lost power for 6 hours today so I missed most of MLG Sunday. Man, when there's a hurricane going on, you just finished a book and you have no electricity the number of things to do is limited

    We can assume Astroglide was involved.

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  • VariableVariable Mouth Congress Stroke Me Lady FameRegistered User regular
    nada always fights the good fight though

    missed the games, don't regret it.

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  • jaziekjaziek Bad at everything And mad about it.Registered User regular
    tehmarken wrote:
    All you have to do is scout properly and know how to defend against cheese, and you won't lose to it.

    Edit:
    Cheese is like the equivalent of trick plays in other sports. Like a Flea-flicker in football. It works because it's totally unexpected. But anytime the defense sees it coming, it usually gets crushed.


    Theres only so much scouting you can reasonably do, and there are SO many places to hide proxy gateways or barracks. I get fucked up by the fact that I scout on 12, see that they have the gateway+pylon down in the main, and therefore conclude that they're playing straight up, when in fact, nope, 5 zealots at my door 3 or 4 minutes in.

    Some days, I love cheese because its free wins for me, but today is not one of those days.

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  • PantsBPantsB Fake Thomas Jefferson Registered User regular
    5 zealots at your door 3 minutes in seems unlikely. Even 4 minutes in.

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  • jaziekjaziek Bad at everything And mad about it.Registered User regular
    PantsB wrote:
    5 zealots at your door 3 minutes in seems unlikely. Even 4 minutes in.

    Its well before warpgate finishes. And thats what matters. Opening against protoss I'll 3gate expand if I'm not 4gating, and at that point I have at most 1 zealot and 1 stalker up. If I don't find those gateways before they're done building I'm finished. end of.

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  • mEEksamEEksa Registered User regular
    You have some serious emotional problems, jaziek. Throwing a chair because you lost a few ladder games is just ridiculous, and thinking your opponents are scumbags for cheesing (Starcraft would be a lot worse if cheesing didn't exist) is insane.

    Just got home from Barcraft, I didn't feel like sticking around until the finals. It was tons of fun, the event was a huge success and we'll probably need to find a bigger place for the next one. There just weren't enough chairs or room. Hearing a room full of drunken nerds cheering whenever something exciting happened in game was awesome, I highly suggest people try to get down to a local Barcraft if they can.

  • piLpiL Registered User regular
    edited August 2011
    Coca!!!!!! Good job!

    piL on
  • jaziekjaziek Bad at everything And mad about it.Registered User regular
    mEEksa wrote:
    You have some serious emotional problems, jaziek.

    Oh most definitely.

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  • BiosysBiosys Registered User regular
    gogo Coca, now he just has to run the gauntlet of bunker rushes that will face him against Bomber

  • mEEksamEEksa Registered User regular
    After seeing all these bunker rushes today, I've changed my mind about the barracks time change. Sure it'll mess up my early game build but I do think it is pretty bullshit how effective they are. A sacrifice for the greater good of 'balance'!

  • tehmarkentehmarken BrooklynRegistered User regular
    Can't wait for this match, Coca v Bomber is gonna be so awesome.

    For the swarm!

  • BiosysBiosys Registered User regular
    edited August 2011
    aw man, just found out there's a barcraft up in London which I could've gone to, the only barrier to this being my age

    curse you time, you've foiled my plans once more

    edit: i really hope these games aren't decided by bunker rushes

    not because i think it's overpowered or too effective or anything

    just i'd much rather see the crazy zvt stuff coca did earlier in the tournament against a player as good as bomber

    Biosys on
  • PantsBPantsB Fake Thomas Jefferson Registered User regular
    jaziek wrote:
    PantsB wrote:
    5 zealots at your door 3 minutes in seems unlikely. Even 4 minutes in.

    Its well before warpgate finishes. And thats what matters. Opening against protoss I'll 3gate expand if I'm not 4gating, and at that point I have at most 1 zealot and 1 stalker up. If I don't find those gateways before they're done building I'm finished. end of.
    There's no reason to not see the Gas and Core not going down. A zealot can't catch your probe so until the stalker is out your probe should be in their base. In order to proxy gates to have 5 zealots at your base before Warp Gate they need 3 gates, no gas and no core.

    Losing to proxy gates can happen but if you get to their base you should know its coming.

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  • DhalphirDhalphir don't you open that trapdoor you're a fool if you dareRegistered User regular
    jaziek wrote:
    tehmarken wrote:
    All you have to do is scout properly and know how to defend against cheese, and you won't lose to it.

    Edit:
    Cheese is like the equivalent of trick plays in other sports. Like a Flea-flicker in football. It works because it's totally unexpected. But anytime the defense sees it coming, it usually gets crushed.


    Theres only so much scouting you can reasonably do, and there are SO many places to hide proxy gateways or barracks. I get fucked up by the fact that I scout on 12, see that they have the gateway+pylon down in the main, and therefore conclude that they're playing straight up, when in fact, nope, 5 zealots at my door 3 or 4 minutes in.

    Some days, I love cheese because its free wins for me, but today is not one of those days.

    Well you could also see that they aren't currently making probes, and aren't spending their chronoboost, and aren't taking their gas, or even that their gateway is a lot later than it should be, all of which would tell you that hey, they might have another gateway somewhere. So then you just prepare for it, and in the meantime try to find it if you can. If you aren't yet at the level to notice such things, the solution is to get better and notice them!

  • 0Replace4Displace0Replace4Displace The best girls are ships and guns. Registered User regular
    edited August 2011
    I'm sorry, I couldn't resist.

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  • jaziekjaziek Bad at everything And mad about it.Registered User regular
    edited August 2011
    PantsB wrote:
    jaziek wrote:
    PantsB wrote:
    5 zealots at your door 3 minutes in seems unlikely. Even 4 minutes in.

    Its well before warpgate finishes. And thats what matters. Opening against protoss I'll 3gate expand if I'm not 4gating, and at that point I have at most 1 zealot and 1 stalker up. If I don't find those gateways before they're done building I'm finished. end of.
    There's no reason to not see the Gas and Core not going down. A zealot can't catch your probe so until the stalker is out your probe should be in their base. In order to proxy gates to have 5 zealots at your base before Warp Gate they need 3 gates, no gas and no core.

    Losing to proxy gates can happen but if you get to their base you should know its coming.

    I am not yet good enough at the game to be able to evade a persistent person trying to get me out of their base, and not have my build order slip by a few seconds.

    jaziek on
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  • DhalphirDhalphir don't you open that trapdoor you're a fool if you dareRegistered User regular
    edited August 2011
    jaziek wrote:
    PantsB wrote:
    jaziek wrote:
    PantsB wrote:
    5 zealots at your door 3 minutes in seems unlikely. Even 4 minutes in.

    Its well before warpgate finishes. And thats what matters. Opening against protoss I'll 3gate expand if I'm not 4gating, and at that point I have at most 1 zealot and 1 stalker up. If I don't find those gateways before they're done building I'm finished. end of.
    There's no reason to not see the Gas and Core not going down. A zealot can't catch your probe so until the stalker is out your probe should be in their base. In order to proxy gates to have 5 zealots at your base before Warp Gate they need 3 gates, no gas and no core.

    Losing to proxy gates can happen but if you get to their base you should know its coming.

    I am not yet good enough at the game to be able to evade a persistent person trying to get me out of their base, and not have my build order slip by a few seconds.

    So then you do recognise that you are losing to cheese not because it is bullshit and should be banned but because you're not good enough at the game yet.

    Glad we cleared that up :)

    EDIT: to be clear, I get angry when I get cheesed and lose to it as well. Everyone does. But there's a long way between "Fuck, how did I lose to such a terrible player. God I suck at this game. Fuck" and "Cheese is bullshit and they're ALL fucking scum and why the hell is this allowed in the game"

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  • BiosysBiosys Registered User regular
    edited August 2011
    ahahaha :^: to Displace

    Want to see more baneling drops in this ZvT, they were pretty effective when he used them earlier in the tournament and I really want to see more of that.

    edit: i hope these finals start on time, i appreciate my sleep
    @Slasher wrote:
    Just spoke with Bomber, CoCa and DonGraeGu before the finals. Bomber really confident, CoCa a bit flustered, and DRG just happy he's Code S.

    Biosys on
  • VariableVariable Mouth Congress Stroke Me Lady FameRegistered User regular
    I hate that meme because they never really related to the actual statement he makes

    but that made me laugh really hard. well done.

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  • tehmarkentehmarken BrooklynRegistered User regular
    I wish MLG would update their broadcast schedule better, still says Coca v Bomber should've started 10 minutes ago >_<

  • JamesKeenanJamesKeenan Registered User regular
    tehmarken wrote:
    I wish MLG would update their broadcast schedule better, still says Coca v Bomber should've started 10 minutes ago >_<

    That's allowed to be literally true in a world where it doesn't actually start on time.

  • tehmarkentehmarken BrooklynRegistered User regular
    Yaaay, JP warming up the crowd now. Won't be long til gametime.

  • animal companionanimal companion xenomortis Registered User regular
    ahahahah day9 and husky shaking hands

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  • HozHoz Cool Cat Registered User regular
    This guy is bronze league at translating.

  • tehmarkentehmarken BrooklynRegistered User regular
    Hoz wrote:
    This guy is bronze league at translating.

    What'd they actually say?

  • BiosysBiosys Registered User regular
    edited August 2011
    Really?

    Milkis seems pretty good at it, better than most translators I've seen.

    I don't actually know a word of korean, but hey.

    EDIT: That just seems silly, he's probably somewhat nervous.

    Biosys on
  • HozHoz Cool Cat Registered User regular
    I don't speak Korean. I'm just being judgmental about his English.

  • DhalphirDhalphir don't you open that trapdoor you're a fool if you dareRegistered User regular
    tehmarken wrote:
    I wish MLG would update their broadcast schedule better, still says Coca v Bomber should've started 10 minutes ago >_<

    The TL MLG coverage portal has been pretty much spot on all weekend.

  • VariableVariable Mouth Congress Stroke Me Lady FameRegistered User regular
    glad to see a slayers zerg doing well.

    I'll be happy with either winner but I think I'm pulling for the zerg. bomber is awesome but he's never been one of my favorites, and I do like slayers.

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  • DhalphirDhalphir don't you open that trapdoor you're a fool if you dareRegistered User regular
    at times when they broadcast one game to both streams, do they use two sets of commentary or just one?

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