StarCraft: The Final Season

[Adam M!]

I know we had an SC thread in the past but w/e. This is more about the e-sport, i.e. those who watch it!

It's generally assumed that SC2 will end the pro, televised scene as we know it. Time will tell (im fairly skeptical), but for now let's enjoy the best spectator sport around!

i don't really watch proleague, aside from the tasty matchups (leta v jangbi was pretty sweet). i focus mostly on msl and osl, and with the ro32 for the msl starting this weekend, all i can say is HEEEEEEEELL YEAH!

who do u think's gonna win? flash is always da big favorite but BISU IS BACK! BISU BISU BISU! bisu's gonna take both the msl and the osl =)

for the unitiated, jon747, nevake, ranshinDA (msl eng commentary) and nukethestars (osl eng commentary) are where to find commentaries on youtube. i highly suggest anyone get into it because it's definitely the best mix of entertainment and skill out there, smash included.

 

[Lovage]

a great resource for brood war matches
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=52045

yeah i don't watch proleague either, i used to watch GOM a lot but since it got canceled i've just been watching MSL and OSL finals/semi finals

flash *****!
but omfg if bisu is really really back i'm gonna be happy

i would love to see a flash vs. bish msl final (even tho flash will dominate)

sc2 is pretty fun to watch too
hdstarcraft on youtube is always quality

 

[The Greater Leon]

does tasteless still commentate anywhere?

i dont really feel bad about being a noob and liking him the most

 

[DJMirror]

So is it always better to attack or defend in starcraft?

and what's a bisu build?

 

[Nashun]

It's never better to always do something.

Bisu build, IIRC, is the fast-expand PvZ opening that was considered non-standard until he did it like every game.

Edit: If Bisu's back I'd be incredibly happy.

 

[Adam M!]

oh yeah, and for any ******s like zhu, PUT SPOILERS IN SPOILER TEXT!

**** u lovage! flash will get ****ed up by bisu! elite protoss > terran! (i feel like atlus now...)

effort v bisu in finals i hope. kal has also been very consistent and beastly for the past ~3 months, altho i just don't think he's starleague championship material. but i'm rooting!

thanks for the link oscar

 

[embracethe12]

i like talking about the original 3 giants

since you don't really watch the spl that much, you probably don't know that flash is not performing well at all. he's KT's clutch winner, but he's consistently lost the last 6 ace matches they let him play. i think his solid tvt mech build isn't able to keep up with the newer metagame which introduces battlecruisers towards the end of mid game. flash adapts pretty quick and i'm sure he can jump back into the mix, but i don't think this is going to be his season.

jaedong has been sick and has probably been out of practice also. i don't know that much about jaedong other than that he's still a consitent winner, but i'm sure unexplainable conflicts will appear and he'll just go down. some wtf? **** like losing to

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yellow

bisu vs effort sounds like a finals to me too

 

[NyTeStRiDeR]

Bisu vs Jaedong!!!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/user/Jon747#p/u/6/c2Pi32uXn3o

Crazy match!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Adam M!]

i was just about to bump this for that

by far the best match of the year and honestly the best zvp i can remember. probably since the last time bisu was in his prime and fought jaedong.

jaedong is so good. bisu is incredible. im not gonna spoil anything but zomg it pays to watch all 32 minutes

 

[Adam M!]

dum smashboards

 

[Lovage]

jesus christ that was an amazing amazing match

wtf how do you put spoiler tags i forgot

 

[Tee ay eye]

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quote this message

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hello

 

[Adam M!]

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my 2nd favorite player made it thru msl ro32

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GOOJILA

 

[LooksLikePit]

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[Frolossus]

pro BW in korea wont die anytime soon

 

[Squidster]

Cool match

semi related note: sc2 beta coming back tonight or tomorrow. Patch available for download right now.

 

[Lovage]

JESUS CHRIST whitera got ****ing stomped

intotherainbow is my new favorite player

http://www.ustream.tv/day9tv/v3

 

[Squidster]

http://day9tv.blip.tv/ << link to the archive for the tourney vids


the 2 koreans are kinda ****** **** up...

This tournament is awesome so far.

 

[NyTeStRiDeR]

pretty sure ogs is going to take it, only other 1 i could see having a chance is TLO but not likely

edit- whitera vs dimaga was such a crappy set

whitera is so garbs, either hes playing bad or hes just mediocre compared to every1else

 

[ssbbFICTION]

I wish I knew what was going on in those matches XD

 

[Adam M!]

FINALLY round of 16 is here. jesus why did that take so long. first matches are up on jon747!

havent watched yet but about to smoke a fat *** bowl and watch bisu smash on sea

hope fantasy beats hyuk

expecting light and effort to dominate

 

[Lovage]

jesus dimaga blows

get out of here europe

http://www.ustream.tv/day9tv

*sc2 hijack*

 

[Squidster]

I haven't seen today's matches (they aren't up on blip yet) but Dimaga is eh. Everyone says he's the best zerg ever but he's never really that impressive.

Definitely looking forward to tester vs TLO




As for SC BW

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Bisu Lost! =(

Effort and fantasy are **** though. Light also ***** but shrug* boring match.

 

[Lovage]

tester vs. tlo game 2 was one of the best games of the beta

 

[Squidster]

game 2 was ****en amazing

game 1 and 3 were gay as ****

 

[ComboFest]

game 2 was ****en amazing

game 1 and 3 were gay as ****

Approve.
Game 2 was the ****.

 

[Adam M!]

u guys are ****ing ******s go make a sc2 thread

 

[embracethe12]

ro16 up jon747

 

[chiZZLeSD]

It's never better to always do something.

way to not answer the question haha

 

[Nashun]

way to not answer the question haha

That depends on how the question is interpreted! It is not always better to attack nor is it always better to defend. So I guess you can say the answer is no.

Some situations require you to be aggressive and others require you to be defensive. It all depends on builds and the amount of information you have. If you're always attacking it won't always work against a safer build. If you're always defending it won't always work against a greedy build. I can tell you a build that will always work against a greedy build but that doesn't necessarily mean you always need to use that build. It was a horrible question to begin with!

 

[The Greater Leon]

greedy is a sick word

 

[Adam M!]

calm reminds me of steven

jaedong v kal was ****. this season is gonna be amazing.

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kal u fukken noob

 

[A Pimp Named Slickback]

how does one defend against someone who can muta harrass with two control groups of mutas at the same time

defending against one is ****ing homo enough

jaedong is god**** crazy

 

[Lovage]

bad things about brood war:
supply depots look ********

great things about broos war:
the fuking badazz music/SFX that plays when you click on an academy

hero vs. 4gg from msl was a good series

 

[Lovage]

LETS GO JAEDONG!!!!

http://www.livestream.com/mystlord#

(msl ro8)

 

[Nashun]

that was a lot of ultralisks

 

[Lovage]

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OMG jaedong is soooo good. poor effort tho . here's to another flash vs. jd finals, this time 3-2 jd!!!

 

[Adam M!]

starcraft sucks now.

T is ****ing imba v Z i don't care what anyone says

ZvP is imbalanced for Z

so as a result all we see is boring *** camping. every match is early expo no rush for 8-10 min. the whole year has had awful games

 

[pockyD]

t is only imba vs z because of the evolution of the stage set ... at least it's nowhere near as bad as tvz in sc2

and PVZ!?!? BISU!!!!

 

[Lovage]

yeah apparently it's mostly the map pool they're using this season that makes T godly aaaaaaand all the terrans are getting flash-level mech play

here's to a jd vs. flash msl finals