SC2 Finals: HopeTorture (IntoTheRainbow) vs. A Fruit Dealer

[sidke]

the most badass starcraft tournament i've ever seen. first and second rounds were horrible to watch if you were rooting for zerg. unfortunately, i was rooting for terran AT THE TIME, thinking jae was playing terran. MY MISTAKE! once i realized my horrible misunderstanding, my faith in jae and his handsome face and ample figure, he proceeded to epically battle with flash and effect an early zerg rush, evening the score at 2-2.

UNFORTUNATELY, jae lost the last round due to flash being a total jerk with his medicked stim marines and sciLAME vessels.
flash got $52k
jae walked out with only $17k.

anyone follow this?
thoughts?
remorse?

do you want to go gay for jaedong? (i do)

bisu is also one handsome stud (click)

[spoiler=evidence flash should be shunned][/spoiler]

[PALEMOON]

I am glad you liked it! it was fun watching and shouting about the game with you, lol


there are pretty regular tournaments and other events so checking someplace like teamliquid.net with a big listing and stream locations is cool.

Also, let's play starcraft! :D

goddamn sexy koreans!

[SlappyMcGee]

Oh man! I would love to watch the Blizzcon Tournament with you guys next month!

And do you have SC2?

I mostly cheer for IdrA, TheLittleOne and WhiteRa.

[Tanner]

Is there some sort of internet area where I can vidi these matches after the fact? If it is... less than promotable on these forums, I would love a PM.

[t̷s͢uk̕a͡t͜ư]

Is there some sort of internet area where I can vidi these matches after the fact? If it is... less than promotable on these forums, I would love a PM.

Seconded.

[SlappyMcGee]

Is there some sort of internet area where I can vidi these matches after the fact? If it is... less than promotable on these forums, I would love a PM.

Some great places to see the latest games are the Youtube channels of Day9, HuskyStarcraft, and HDStarcraft. With major tournaments, there are often live streams but very rarely do they host the videos. Those guys are all pro-casters, so you'll get some great commentary as well. It is important to note that all of these guys are casting SC2 games now, while the final that sidke is talking about is still done using SC1. (Because of the lack of LAN, tournament support, and possible balance issues.)

With this final in particular, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_mxhXnLUVM

[Tanner]

Is there some sort of internet area where I can vidi these matches after the fact? If it is... less than promotable on these forums, I would love a PM.

Some great places to see the latest games are the Youtube channels of Day9, HuskyStarcraft, and HDStarcraft. With major tournaments, there are often live streams but very rarely do they host the videos. Those guys are all pro-casters, so you'll get some great commentary as well. It is important to note that all of these guys are casting SC2 games now, while the final that sidke is talking about is still done using SC1. (Because of the lack of LAN, tournament support, and possible balance issues.)

With this final in particular, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_mxhXnLUVM

Thanks!

[t̷s͢uk̕a͡t͜ư]

I have concluded from a thorough viewing of the tournament that Flash is a douche.

[PALEMOON]

I have concluded from a thorough viewing of the tournament that Flash is a douche.

I know right? sidke and i were hoping for Jaedong to pull it out but it was not to be :C

Flash and JD have always been huge rivals, so this was a fun tourney to watch.

[Zephyr]

My friend got me into starcraft a couple of weeks ago and linked me some WCG 2009 videos. Man these guys are just too good, the matches are really fun to watch but I don't really follow them.

[t̷s͢uk̕a͡t͜ư]

I'm actually fascinated by the amount of tiny OCD tics these guys appear to have. If you skip to the rare screencast of Jaedong's screen, for example, you'll notice that he obsessively selects and re-selects his drones constantly, and Flash likes to spam the shit out of the "move here" order.
Besides which, I've never managed to understand why Flash instigates all the SCV vs drone chase sequences he does. It's not like they end up happening anywhere close enough to Jaedong's base that he can use his SCV to spy on him, and he only attempted to be a total dick and build a base directly above Jaedong in, like, the first round (if I understood that correctly).

[smartalco]

^I've been told the obsessive need to always be doing actions is basically a giant dick swinging thing to get your actions-per-minute up.

[SlappyMcGee]

^I've been told the obsessive need to always be doing actions is basically a giant dick swinging thing to get your actions-per-minute up.

No, no.


Randomly selecting your SCV's when you have nothing to do gives you an idea as to whether or not your minerals are fully saturated. You can only have three SCV's on a patch before it stops being beneficial; two is preferred by most players.

Not to mention, Flash and Jaedong have no -need- to get their APMs up. Granted, in some SC clans, APMs are rated as highly as wins, but on the professional circuit, these guys do not waste clicks.

[sidke]

by the way

stork vs jae
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0207PK_mFlk

Click to show/hide spoiler

jae wins like the badass stud he is

[sidke]

double-post to announce

flash vs free
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVZ1AvqFatM

[SlappyMcGee]

As far as SC2 goes,

THIS game (Korean) is among the most spectacular Zerg games I've seen. (vs. Protoss. The Protoss mismanaged and could have won but damn.)

http://www.youtube.com/user/HDstarcraft ... VbXyZpsUYA

[PALEMOON]

As far as SC2 goes,

THIS game (Korean) is among the most spectacular Zerg games I've seen. (vs. Protoss. The Protoss mismanaged and could have won but damn.)

http://www.youtube.com/user/HDstarcraft ... VbXyZpsUYA

that was such an amazing use of Nydus worms, seriously. He made Idra look like a gigantic fool of a zerg player!




also, Flash just beat free[gm], so there is going to be ANOTHER Flash vrs. Jaedong finals for the Korean Air Starleague. Maybe JD can get revenge this time!

[SlappyMcGee]

If you guys are willing to install the GOM Player, the first two matches of the Intel SC2 Round of 64 is up over at GomTV.net.

[SlappyMcGee]

Double Post for awesome: The LittleOne beat his Zerg opponent in his Ro64 match with sick hellion play.

[sidke]

palemoon will kill me since he had OTHER PLANS and i decided to watch anyways because i have nothing else to do

epic epic flash vs jaedong going on _RIGHT_ _NOW_ for anyone who's on:
http://www.teamliquid.net/video/userstr ... ser=Craton
(jae just lost first match... i missed it ;A;)
ASDFGASNADAGSDMNGSAMDFSMF
D:< D:< D:< D:<

[Tanner]

As far as SC2 goes,

THIS game (Korean) is among the most spectacular Zerg games I've seen. (vs. Protoss. The Protoss mismanaged and could have won but damn.)

http://www.youtube.com/user/HDstarcraft ... VbXyZpsUYA

Awesome game!

[SlappyMcGee]

Updated thread. Tomorrow, the first SC2 tournament and the biggest esports tournament in terms of cash comes to a thrilling conclusion, with A Fruit Dealer, formerly SC1 pro Cool as Zerg going up against HopeTorture, formerly SC1 pro IntoTheRainbow, as Terran. All of their games have been sick and, despite perceived balance issues between Zerg and the other races, A Fruit Dealer has outplayed every person he's gone up against.

If anybody is going to be awake at around 5AM EST, they are welcome to use my account to watch the game live. (Otherwise it would cost you twenty bucks.) If not, the streams will likely go up on Youtube or you can ask me to borrow the account any time afterwards to watch the VODs. It's going to be a best of seven, and it's going to kick ass.

[kai]

just got starcraft 2... i was having trouble getting the hang of it, struggling on campaign missions and then finally getting owned in a 1v1 match online. after i watched the hasu vs TheLittleOne (protos vs terren) i replayed the missions that i wasnt doing so well on and got my army size to double and my credits to skyrocket almost quadruple then before i watched the vid.

slapps when you gonna be online man? i could use a friendly skirmish match :P still getting used to everything (ive only played terran) but i think i could give ya a hard time at least :P also, anyone that has sc2 my username is DethChikkin

EDIT: jesus... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmYhX8fj ... r_embedded