Author Topic: Starcraft 2! (Also the Blizzard Goes To Hell thread)  (Read 45075 times)

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Re: Starcraft 2! (Also the Blizzard Goes To Hell thread)
« Reply #241 on: October 14, 2010, 09:37:48 PM »
Sorry for the double post, but GSL Season 2 brackets are now available.

Some statistics:

Terran: 29
Protoss: 20
Zerg: 15

PvT: 11
TvZ: 8
PvZ: 7
TvT: 5
PvP: 1
ZvZ: 0


We may have a BoxeR vs. TheLittleOne final :o

...also, lol the forum's spellchecker knows the race names

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Re: Starcraft 2! (Also the Blizzard Goes To Hell thread)
« Reply #242 on: October 15, 2010, 06:32:32 AM »
Could I be dreaming? The Void Ray has actually been nerfed?

Re: Starcraft 2! (Also the Blizzard Goes To Hell thread)
« Reply #243 on: October 15, 2010, 06:36:29 AM »
Could I be dreaming? The Void Ray has actually been nerfed?
More like a stealth buff IMO.  The change actually helps people that mass Void Rays and punishes those that only build a few.  Mass Void Rays rarely become fully charged because the units die too fast for them to charge on.  Now that the damage when uncharged is buffed, it just increases the rape they deal when uncharged.

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Re: Starcraft 2! (Also the Blizzard Goes To Hell thread)
« Reply #244 on: October 15, 2010, 08:22:53 AM »
More like a stealth buff IMO.  The change actually helps people that mass Void Rays and punishes those that only build a few.  Mass Void Rays rarely become fully charged because the units die too fast for them to charge on.  Now that the damage when uncharged is buffed, it just increases the rape they deal when uncharged.

Well, it's not really the mass Void Rays that I personally was worried about, it's the early rushes which, indeed, have only a few VRs.

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Re: Starcraft 2! (Also the Blizzard Goes To Hell thread)
« Reply #245 on: October 15, 2010, 12:27:52 PM »
I read all the complaints about reapers but you can still fast tech to factory and get them with the upgrade. They'll take a bit longer but if the enemy pulled out his army to expand or attack, you have a window to sneak in and destroy his mineral line. It can still win you the game, especially if you manage to hold off the push or reduce its numbers.

Also Void Ray nerfbuff is kind of ok. They should've kept the damage to buildings though since that's what they were designed for but, as we are now, they made them a bit more useful for air-to-air and air-to-ground. Now, if they could do something with the carriers...

They indirectly nerfed the High Templar too. They not only nerfed his voice from the previous game (he now sounds like an organic Optimus Prime, wtf), now feedback no longer works on Corruptors and Thors. I heard complaints but what I'm seeing here is a micro headache and 4-5 sentries added to the army for forcefields/guardian and perhaps some illusions to cheat the enemy. But the sentries will help freezing the thor in place and keeping any SCVs away with their damn godly auto-repair.

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Re: Starcraft 2! (Also the Blizzard Goes To Hell thread)
« Reply #246 on: October 15, 2010, 05:16:19 PM »
They indirectly nerfed the High Templar too. They not only nerfed his voice from the previous game (he now sounds like an organic Optimus Prime, wtf), now feedback no longer works on Corruptors and Thors. I heard complaints but what I'm seeing here is a micro headache and 4-5 sentries added to the army for forcefields/guardian and perhaps some illusions to cheat the enemy. But the sentries will help freezing the thor in place and keeping any SCVs away with their damn godly auto-repair.

What? How? Thors destroy forcefields automatically by touching them.

Either way, I did start seeing more Thor use immediately after the patch, which is good. I'm also happy with the change to Void Rays, since they were goddamn nigh impossible to kill when fully charged. Now if only they'd nerf Terran infantry.


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Re: Starcraft 2! (Also the Blizzard Goes To Hell thread)
« Reply #248 on: October 17, 2010, 07:58:55 AM »
IDRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA~

That's awesome! From what I understand, Zerg are sorely underrepresented at the top-tier tourneys, and this, I would imagine, would make for a great popularity boost.

lumber_of_the_beast

Re: Starcraft 2! (Also the Blizzard Goes To Hell thread)
« Reply #249 on: October 18, 2010, 02:02:18 PM »
And the first day of GSL S2's Ro64 has now ended.

Blistering Sands
Delta Quadrant
Lost Temple
Metalopolis
Scrap Station
Steppes of War
Xel'Naga Caverns
Added: Jungle Basin
Added: Shakuras Plateau
Removed: Desert Oasis
Removed: Kulas Ravine


FruitDealer Z
Spoiler:
2v0
T ButterflyEffect: Blistering Sands, Scrap Station, Shakuras Plateau
Genius P
Spoiler:
2v0
Z Rain: Lost Temple, Delta Quadrant, Xel'Naga Caverns
Inca P
Spoiler:
2v1
T Aya: Metalopolis, Delta Quadrant, Xel'Naga Caverns
Maka T
Spoiler:
2v1
P BanBans: Metalopolis, Shakuras Plateau, Steppes of War
ManofOneway T
Spoiler:
2v0
T Happiness: Lost Temple, Xel'Naga Caverns, Scrap Station

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Re: Starcraft 2! (Also the Blizzard Goes To Hell thread)
« Reply #250 on: October 18, 2010, 02:48:35 PM »
ManofOneway T
Spoiler:
2v0
T Happiness

Does this really need to be a spoiler? :V

Re: Starcraft 2! (Also the Blizzard Goes To Hell thread)
« Reply #251 on: October 18, 2010, 04:16:01 PM »
Does this really need to be a spoiler? :V
Oh, you.   :V

Re: Starcraft 2! (Also the Blizzard Goes To Hell thread)
« Reply #252 on: October 19, 2010, 01:35:36 AM »
This can only be good.


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Edit: Ahahaha, just found out RenieHour dropped out of prelims because he was too busy playing Civ5.
« Last Edit: October 19, 2010, 01:59:37 AM by SUPREME★ボガス »

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Re: Starcraft 2! (Also the Blizzard Goes To Hell thread)
« Reply #253 on: October 19, 2010, 04:00:33 PM »
Day 2 of the Ro64.

Bleach P
Spoiler:
1v2
T Loner - Scrap Station, Delta Quadrant, Steppes of War
EllenPage T
Spoiler:
2v1
Z Baby - Lost Temple, Metalopolis, Jungle Basin
Apple T
Spoiler:
0v2
Z Phoenix - Shakuras Plateau, Xel'Naga Caverns, Lost Temple
TheLittleOne T
Spoiler:
1v2
P SangHo - Xel'Naga Caverns, Steppes of War, Jungle Basin
choya P
Spoiler:
1v2
T Rain - Blistering Sands, Xel'Naga Caverns, Lost Temple
oGsEnsnare T
Spoiler:
2v0
P Suzy - Lost Temple, Xel'Naga Caverns, Steppes of War
Ace P
Spoiler:
2v1
T NEXKyumer - Metalopolis, Scrap Station, Xel'Naga Caverns
HongUnPrime P
Spoiler:
0v2
Z kyrix - Metalopolis, Xel'Naga Caverns, Steppes of War
HopeTorture T
Spoiler:
2v1
T FlintZenith - Lost Temple, Metalopolis, Steppes of War

Spoiler:
Looks like we won't have that ManofOneway/TheLittleOne final after all. Guess I'll just have to hope for Fruitseller/ChickenCombo, instead.

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Re: Starcraft 2! (Also the Blizzard Goes To Hell thread)
« Reply #254 on: October 19, 2010, 06:40:03 PM »
Sad sad! Day 2 was bad... My liquibet stats are going down  :(

Yesterday I got them all right, but  now my score is 9/14

http://www.teamliquid.net/liquibet2/ranking.php

Only 8 people have 13 points

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Re: Starcraft 2! (Also the Blizzard Goes To Hell thread)
« Reply #255 on: October 20, 2010, 02:18:50 PM »
Day 3's results. Tonight is the end of the Ro64~

Pippi P
Spoiler:
]2v1
Z oGsCezanne: Scrap Station, Xel'Naga Caverns, Shakuras Plateau
oGsHyperdub T
Spoiler:
1v2
P SanZenith: Jungle Basin, Xel'Naga Caverns, Scrap Station
Suhoshin Z
Spoiler:
2v0
P FreeDSL: Shakuras Plateau, Xel'Naga Caverns, Jungle Basin
TankboyPrime T
Spoiler:
2v1
T Clide: Scrap Station, Lost Temple, Xel'Naga Caverns
Gilja T
Spoiler:
2v1
Z jookToJung: Lost Temple, Metalopolis, Xel'Naga Caverns
CoreJJang P
Spoiler:
2v1
T Bless: Xel'Naga Caverns, Steppes of War, Scrap Station
Terious Z
Spoiler:
2v1
T PoltPrime: Scrap Station, Lost Temple, Metalopolis
LegalMind P
Spoiler:
0v2
Z Leenock: Lost Temple, Metalopolis, Scrap Station
Garnet P
Spoiler:
0v2
Z CheckPrime: Xel'Naga Caverns, Metalopolis, Lost Temple


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Re: Starcraft 2! (Also the Blizzard Goes To Hell thread)
« Reply #257 on: October 21, 2010, 08:26:19 AM »
The editor knows no bounds.

Good lord. Although I'd have liked to see more environments and less bouncing Spectre ass. :V

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Re: Starcraft 2! (Also the Blizzard Goes To Hell thread)
« Reply #258 on: October 21, 2010, 01:45:02 PM »
And, the last from the Ro64. Not going to bother spoiling, since the Ro32 is tomorrow :V


NesTea Z 2v0 T KangJiYoung: Xel'Naga Caverns, Jungle Basin, Scrap Station
ParkJongHyuk T 2v0 P NEXChief: Lost Temple, Scrap Station, Steppes of War
EGIdrA Z 2v0 T ChickenCombo: Scrap Station, Jungle Basin, Metalopolis
ReXZanDarke P 0v2 T oGsGon: Scrap Station, Xel'Naga Caverns, Delta Quadrant
SoundWeRRa T 0v2 T mvp: Delta Quadrant, Metalopolis, Blistering Sands
Jjakji T 0v2 Z oGsZenio: Xel'Naga Caverns, Blistering Sands, lost Temple
cargo T 0v2 T NaDa: Lost Temple, Xel'Naga Caverns, Delta Quadrant
Overthezero P 0v2 P oGsMC: Scrap Station, Jungle Basin, Metalopolis
LoveRip P 0v2 Z oGsTheWinD: Xel'Naga Caverns, Scrap Station, Blistering Sands


RANDOM ANALYSIS TIME

Matchups in the Ro32
TvZ: 5
PvT: 4
PvZ: 4
TvT: 2
ZvZ: 1
PvP: 0

Eliminated: 12 Protoss, 14 Terran, 4 Zerg
Advanced: 8 Protoss, 13 Terran, 11 Zerg

Holy hell Zerg are doing great.

Re: Starcraft 2! (Also the Blizzard Goes To Hell thread)
« Reply #259 on: October 21, 2010, 02:24:28 PM »
My Brotoss... ;_;

lumber_of_the_beast

Re: Starcraft 2! (Also the Blizzard Goes To Hell thread)
« Reply #260 on: October 27, 2010, 10:39:20 AM »
Fake Boxer just 2-0'd Fruitdealer.

Re: Starcraft 2! (Also the Blizzard Goes To Hell thread)
« Reply #261 on: October 27, 2010, 12:12:37 PM »
Fake Boxer just 2-0'd Fruitdealer.
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lumber_of_the_beast

Re: Starcraft 2! (Also the Blizzard Goes To Hell thread)
« Reply #262 on: October 29, 2010, 03:16:33 PM »
Protoss in the Ro8: Genius
Terrans in the Ro8: Boxer, Fauxer, HopeTorture, Nada
Zerg in the Ro8: Kyrix, Zenio, NesTea

My brotoss :ohdear:

Also, let it be known: After eleven goddamned years, I have finally beaten Omega without cheating.


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Re: Starcraft 2! (Also the Blizzard Goes To Hell thread)
« Reply #264 on: November 04, 2010, 08:18:23 PM »
Did anyone watch ESL 2nd female starcraft cup? Lot of protoss action there. Final match was between Dzejna and Pikachu aka Linda Liao, taiwanese actress, singer, a VJ for MTV. She was also rank 1 in 1v1 diamond league with Won 97, lost 55 (63.82% wins) stats. She's also diamond in 2v2, 3v3 and 4v4.

Here the results plus replay pack: http://www.esl.eu/eu/female/news/139719

Translation of her interview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOLOjTC_7pc

Female News Caster: From the entertainment industry comes a girl that makes Taiwan proud. She is the female celebrity Linda. Many would know that she comes from a wealthy family, daughter to the owner of ShowTime Cinemas. Other than her singing and acting career, not many would know that she is also a professional gamer. She has already been playing games for the past 10 years. In the early morning of 2am, she took part in an online international cup for female gamers which lasted for 4 hours and she defeated 30 other gamers around the world to win the title of champion. On behalf of her, the official website has put up the flag of Taiwan and her fans give her thumbs up and praise her for being the pride of Taiwanese eSports.

Linda (00: 30): There?s a bit of worry of losing the game. (exclaims ahh:) It?s beginning to countdown!
Female Narrator: Linda, fully focused on the game has no moments to talk, she has her eyes fixed onto the monitor, and she is not even blinking. She just came back from her work and started up her game immediately.

Linda (00: 45): I?m currently playing against Zerg.
Female Narrator: Do not look lightly at her, as she just took down 30 other gamers at midnight on November 1st, and won the title of ESL SC2 female international champion for this game.

Linda: (00: 57): I?ve not get the chance to close my eyes for the past 48 hours. There is actually still 2 hours before work starts again after the cup, but I was too excited, and my hands were trembling from the excitement till the point that there was no blood flowing through my hands.
Female Narrator: On the online tournament format at the 1st position is the flag of Chinese Taipei and the game nickname that Linda is using. At the same time on Facebook, many comments were dedicated to her efforts in playing in this cup to represent Taiwan. Linda says that she had spent the past four hours playing against the 30 other gamers worldwide, and has spent 3 months of practicing against 3 million other users online. Her best records are playing consecutively for 4 days of games while not sleeping, and for winning this female division of the online cup, she has been given the title of ?Gaming Queen? in Taiwan.

The organisers has regulated that the microphone must be on at all times, and when they talk to me 'hello hello', I must reply back to them 'Hi, I'm here, yes yes'. When they are not talking to me, the organisers will be speaking in their German language or English. I was constantly stretching my hands whenever I got the chance during the cup as it was very intense. *Linda shakes her hands*

Female Narrator: Linda has recently taken a fellow entertainment industry colleague, Bai XinHui as student, and both of them often play games together online. Linda states that after winning this cup, she aims to strive to become the next online gaming champion and become the pride of Taiwan online

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Edit: BetaStarcraft channel casts many of her games

http://www.youtube.com/user/BetaStarcraft
« Last Edit: November 04, 2010, 08:32:57 PM by Dodgeball »

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Re: Starcraft 2! (Also the Blizzard Goes To Hell thread)
« Reply #265 on: November 04, 2010, 08:38:22 PM »
I haven't played SC 2 for over a month now. I'm thinking I should check to see if the UMS games are better now...I really want that Touhoucraft to be released damnit! I hope the guy didn't scrap the project ='(

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Re: Starcraft 2! (Also the Blizzard Goes To Hell thread)
« Reply #266 on: November 05, 2010, 05:27:50 PM »
Why on earth are the female players in a different league? It's not like physical sports where men have a biological advantage :/

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Re: Starcraft 2! (Also the Blizzard Goes To Hell thread)
« Reply #267 on: November 05, 2010, 06:53:32 PM »
Cuz girls are slimy and have cooties, it's difficult moving the mouse fast with precision cuz of it...
Seriously, I'd like to know that too.

Re: Starcraft 2! (Also the Blizzard Goes To Hell thread)
« Reply #268 on: November 05, 2010, 07:06:25 PM »
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Spoiler:
My dreams of having a Foxer vs. Boxer match have now been crushed.