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  • BiosysBiosys Registered User regular
    just tuned in, and it's july vs losira for the last winners spot?

    arghhhhh whyyyyy

  • JAEFJAEF Unstoppably Bald Registered User regular
    Another Protoss sings that Queen song. God damnit.

  • 815165815165 Registered User regular
    edited September 2011
    That game was horrible, too.

    HongUn opens stargate, plays it badly, but still forces Losira to make hydras.

    Then he decides to not make units good against hydra/ling.

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  • MMMigMMMig Registered User regular
    Yay forums!
    My sense of identity has returned! :)

    :(

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  • MMMigMMMig Registered User regular
    edited September 2011
    Watching TLO now and I THINK his CC was blocked from landing cuz of a PDD in the way?
    (it was his own pdd)

    That doesn't sound like it should happen?
    Always thought PDD was a flying... thingie....

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  • kedinikkedinik Captain of Industry Registered User regular
    Ahhhhh, my client froze when the camera was just silently pointed at a sponsor before the game started.

    So when I noticed "hmmm, this sure is a long break" and reset the GOM player, the game was over ='/

    I made a game! Hotline Maui. Requires mouse and keyboard.
  • 815165815165 Registered User regular
    July went a 10 pool vs 14 pool, did zero damage. Masses lings at low eco while getting a fast baneling nest, takes out Losira's expo. July gets an expo of his own but after losing a few ling/bane wars Losira kills it. Losira has kept his drone lead and doubles July's supply. July gets roaches first, Losira walks a handful of banelings into them for no reason but has re-expanded. July tries a final all in with roach/ling/bling while Losira's ling counter kills all but five drones. Losira holds the all in with spines and roaches.

    July GG's and I question my priorities.

  • 815165815165 Registered User regular
    go genius

    proxy that stargate

  • kedinikkedinik Captain of Industry Registered User regular
    edited September 2011
    I do believe Tasteless just said 1-gate expand autoloses to 1/1/1. Light the @Dhalphir signal.

    e: Btw, thanks for the July/Losira summary 815.

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  • Free Giraffe Rides!!!Free Giraffe Rides!!! Registered User regular
    Why are players at this level still lumping all their zealots in the same hotkey as the stalkers/sentries?

  • MechMantisMechMantis Registered User regular
    Whelp.

    1/1/1.

    I am surprised.

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  • SeguerSeguer of the Void Sydney, AustraliaRegistered User regular
    kedinik wrote:
    I do believe Tasteless just said 1-gate expand autoloses to 1/1/1. Light the @Dhalphir signal.

    e: Btw, thanks for the July/Losira summary 815.

    He's writing a post as we speak

  • 815165815165 Registered User regular
    Genius would have held that if he'd engaged properly at first.

    The probe losses might have been too much even if he did, though.

  • SeguerSeguer of the Void Sydney, AustraliaRegistered User regular
    Daaawwww he pinched his cheek :3

  • 815165815165 Registered User regular
    I want to buy Leenock presents that he's a few years too old for and tell him how much he's grown.

  • ConnorConnor Registered User regular
    My friends sucked me into this game and so I came here to learn more about it. Um....so, is there a way to enjoy/be good at this game without being creepy about the pros who play it or is that kind of a prerequisite.

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  • CutfangCutfang Dancing Bagel WalessssssssRegistered User regular
    The trick is to find your favourite unit and base your entire strategy around them!

    Thors thors thors thors thors thors thors.

    Dancing Bagel
  • 815165815165 Registered User regular
    You could not know there is a pro scene and still get good at the game and have fun doing so.

    Really the key to getting good is realising that the most important skill in the game is spending your money and making workers, and having fun is about enjoying the competition of the ladder, or enjoying the people you play with outside of it, or both.

  • SeguerSeguer of the Void Sydney, AustraliaRegistered User regular
    It's not a prereq.

  • MMMigMMMig Registered User regular
    You just have to master the art of base-within-a-base.

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  • BiosysBiosys Registered User regular
    gotta creep to win

    dota rules apply

  • ConnorConnor Registered User regular
    My buddy told me to learn the 4 gate rush and profit, I have been practicing the build order, but if I don't win in the first 8 minutes I just start twiddling my thumbs.

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  • JAEFJAEF Unstoppably Bald Registered User regular
    edited September 2011
    Rub pictures of Whitera on your body to improve your macro.

    That was my ticket into Masters.

    The best way to get better at the game is to never all-in until you're at least in platinum. Seriously focus on almost nothing but making workers, expanding and improving your army. Make sure you have detection out to scout weird shit and just build a huge army. Eventually when your opponent attacks you and loses because his macro was worse, you rank up. Tada.

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  • ConnorConnor Registered User regular
    I'm still not sold that Protoss is the race for me, part of me wants to pick zerg and devote myself to it because everyone says it's the hardest for new players.

    Also my terran friend likes to own me with a really early marine/maurader/medvac rush like it's stil 2010. How do I hurt him?

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  • JAEFJAEF Unstoppably Bald Registered User regular
    edited September 2011
    What league are you in? If you're below diamond, the only advice when anyone is sending any units at you is "macro better"

    If you don't like just protoss, playing random is an option. If you really want to get better I'd recommend picking one race and sticking to it though.

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  • ConnorConnor Registered User regular
    I bought the game last night. I haven't even thought about placement matches. I'm still in the "what race is right for me phase?".

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  • JAEFJAEF Unstoppably Bald Registered User regular
    Oh that's easy then. Play random. Have fun. Focus on economy (workers/expanding) and building enough production buildings to spend all your money. That's it. If you like one race more pick it. Otherwise keep playing random.

  • MMMigMMMig Registered User regular
    and, you HAVE to watch this:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VsSR2gf400

    daily.


    also, most importantly, don't forget that manner > skill

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  • ConnorConnor Registered User regular
    I can't see the video at work, is it the Day[9] Back to Basics video?

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  • JAEFJAEF Unstoppably Bald Registered User regular
    edited September 2011
    I never forget that Mig. In fact, when I hurl swears and insults at all-inning Terran it's all I think about.

    I think my favorite thing about Artosis is that whenever someone asks him a direct question if it's not a joke or he's not giving a joke response he makes a serious effort to give the most genuine answer he can. <3

    It's Gee by Girls Generation. This is also the official PA KPop thread Connor. Welcome. Welcome to the writhing.

    Ugh, no tasteless, you can't snipe a warp prism.

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  • 815165815165 Registered User regular
    what the fuck

    how didnt that work?

  • ConnorConnor Registered User regular
    Kpop is like American pop plus pedophilia right?

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  • 815165815165 Registered User regular
    that is correct

  • JAEFJAEF Unstoppably Bald Registered User regular
    Connor wrote:
    Kpop is like American pop plus pedophilia right?
    You're thinking of JPop. Kpop is like American pop plus writhing.

    It's simple 815165: When a Protoss fucks up an engagement, he loses the game. When a Terran fucks up an engagement, ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

  • Free Giraffe Rides!!!Free Giraffe Rides!!! Registered User regular
    "One EMP on all those archons, and that's going to be it"

    This is actually a lie, that's not how EMP works in SC2

  • 815165815165 Registered User regular
    Number of clowns definitely in Code S next season? One.

  • MechMantisMechMantis Registered User regular
    edited September 2011
    JAEF wrote:
    Ugh, no tasteless, you can't snipe a warp prism.

    There's a difference between Snipe, the ability, and snipe, shooting something out of the sky before anyone can do anything about it.

    EDIT:
    "One EMP on all those archons, and that's going to be it"

    This is actually a lie, that's not how EMP works in SC2

    That's, what, 100 free damage on how many archons? That would have ended that fight before it started.

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  • JAEFJAEF Unstoppably Bald Registered User regular
    edited September 2011
    "One EMP on all those archons, and that's going to be it"

    This is actually a lie, that's not how EMP works in SC2
    It's Tasteless-is-wrong day. Archons suck en masse versus Terran because bio just kites them all day (and they're shit versus mech) and the few in front barely get any attacks in. "I hope my opponent has a heart attack, doesn't move his units and I can encircle his army entirely" is not the best strategy.
    MechMantis wrote:
    JAEF wrote:
    Ugh, no tasteless, you can't snipe a warp prism.

    There's a difference between Snipe, the ability, and snipe, shooting something out of the sky before anyone can do anything about it.
    Ghost only have 6 range and do 10 (+1/upgrade) damage to a warp prism since it's not light. Storm range is 9. Unless he EMP'd the prism and got 3 clusters of shots off in a row in it from his 4 ghosts it wasn't happening. Again, opponent has a heart attack, etc.

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  • Free Giraffe Rides!!!Free Giraffe Rides!!! Registered User regular
    MechMantis wrote:
    That's, what, 100 free damage on how many archons? That would have ended that fight before it started.

    Probably about 2? They're pretty fat.

  • DhalphirDhalphir don't you open that trapdoor you're a fool if you dareRegistered User regular
    JAEF wrote:
    It's simple: When a Protoss fucks up an engagement, he loses the game. When a Terran fucks up an engagement, ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    sigged. with a bit of paraphrasing.

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