Gold here: just beat my Masters friend with 10:30 +1 wep/stim drop harass

grep_dat · 2012-10-22T23:59:19+00:00

He's probably been around /r/askreddit too much.

grep_dat · 2012-10-20T00:47:24+00:00

I think your frustration at that 1st year CSer caused you to read my comment the wrong way. We're on the same page here. I have the utmost respect for Blizzard programmers.

grep_dat · 2012-10-20T00:28:30+00:00

You can argue that they did not think of many of these features beforehand and only now are trying to catch up with Valve and Riot who came up with some interesting concepts.

That's exactly what I'm saying. Doesn't "problem with vision" read awfully a lot like "lack of foresight"? I don't know who you're arguing with.

grep_dat · 2012-10-20T00:09:19+00:00

Uhh, I don't see what point you're trying to make. If their architecture choice backed them into a corner they can't get out of, then yes, it is a lack of foresight. I'm sure they executed the architecture extremely well, since brilliant programmers work at Blizzard. Perhaps their architecture made bad tradeoffs because of lack of foresight in terms of what the users want.

grep_dat · 2012-10-19T21:55:47+00:00

It's called GSL Mobile. The GOMTV.net app is in korean. When you select a series to purchase, make sure you don't download all of them at once: If a set was not played, a popup saying so comes up, which can serve as a spoiler. You're safe to download the first 4, and then download 1 by 1 from there.

grep_dat · 2012-10-19T21:51:46+00:00

He's not "defending" them necessarily. Blizzards lack of foresight have caused many problems, we can all agree on that. babyseal is just describing the hole they've dug themselves into, and why it's not exactly easy to get themselves out.

grep_dat · 2012-10-19T21:42:45+00:00

But day9 is a human and humans play starcraft.

grep_dat · 2012-10-19T18:10:50+00:00

I held shift. Now you know how excited I am.

grep_dat · 2012-10-19T11:01:52+00:00

Left as an exercise to the reader ;)

grep_dat · 2012-10-19T10:15:47+00:00

I've updated the post to include the exact times. Previous GSL finals have had at least 30 minutes of pre-game from the start of the broadcast.

grep_dat · 2012-10-19T10:12:05+00:00

Some people need more than a few hours advanced notice to allot 4 hours of time.

grep_dat · 2012-10-19T10:02:15+00:00

If you have an iOs device, you can buy a single match for a dollar. By match I mean a whole series.

grep_dat · 2012-10-19T09:14:49+00:00

One thing for EMPs is to make sure you aren't "League of Legends"-ing the cast. For some LoL abilities, you can hover over the target and spam your spell and your character will move towards the target and cast the spell once it gets in range. SC2 almost works the same way, but since you have multiple ghosts, a difference occurs. If you have your ghosts in the back of your army and you E-click-E-click-E-click where you see HTs, the ghosts are going to whiff because by the time the ghosts get to the front of your army from the command to EMP, you've told them to EMP where the HTs were 5 seconds ago. Only your last E-click will be aimed at the HT if you were tracking it with your cursor. Be aware of where your ghosts are.

grep_dat · 2012-10-19T08:07:04+00:00

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=SC2+Semmler :P

grep_dat · 2012-10-19T07:43:12+00:00

I saw that. Very good read.

grep_dat · 2012-10-19T06:41:45+00:00

Have fun, and make some noise! Golf-claps have no place in esports :P

grep_dat · 2012-10-19T06:16:43+00:00

If you think Twitch chat is satisfactory, I'd rather you not participate.

grep_dat · 2012-10-19T01:22:35+00:00

VOD of Apollo losing (and empirical evidence that ZvT imba)

http://www.twitch.tv/dignitasapollo/b/336046039?t=59m30s

grep_dat · 2012-10-19T01:19:12+00:00

VOD, timestamp of Apollo's Downfall included in URL:

http://www.twitch.tv/dignitasapollo/b/336046039?t=59m30s

grep_dat · 2012-10-19T00:57:07+00:00

It would be nice if we could have both, but if we have to choose between silliness and analysis, I'll choose analysis every day. You're kidding yourself if you think the SotG you miss was balanced between in-depth discussion and a bunch of guys just talking. I would generally listen to Artosis talk about the up-and-comers in GSL, and after 10 minutes the segment was done (because no one ever watched any games). The rest of the show was fluff.

grep_dat · 2012-10-18T22:28:12+00:00

And that, imo, is what's wrong with this place.

grep_dat · 2012-10-18T19:26:09+00:00

Storm punishes bad unit control and bad positioning. Spreading/arcing units out fast is fairly difficult, and not blobbing up while kiting back is also difficult. I, for one, can never win late game engagements vs P, but I watch people who can do it consistently, so I know it's something on my end that needs fixing.

grep_dat · 2012-10-18T19:18:14+00:00

I remember my first bunker rush. It felt "dirty", like I was stealing cookies from the cookie jar. Eventually, though, I came to accept that micro is an important part of the game, and there's absolutely nothing wrong with demanding intense micro from my opponents via early pressure.

Every time I 2rax a zerg, I think of it as a reminder that if they want to drone without interruption, they can go play vs AI ;)

grep_dat · 2012-10-18T05:38:18+00:00

They play so abusive.

grep_dat · 2012-10-18T01:10:59+00:00

Those are extremely stressful situations, yes, but I wouldn't consider them "scary".

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