SC2 E-Sports Thread

[Maguspk]

Best NASL application video, hands down. Had no idea Sen was this much of a badass dude, he's so chill. Definitely now one of my favorite Zergs up there with IdrA.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8DerH8UUDA#t=6m22s
Sen playing as Protoss to show how imba sentries are, pretty hilarious.
"You see! Fucking imba!"
"Sen, you have so many minerals!"
"Don't worry about, we have Sentry okay"

Laughed my fucking ass off, he's hilarious.

[Jojothemidget]

NASL Division one starting in about an hour

on JTV

link is http://www.justin.tv/naslseasonone#/w/1075741120

streaming soon

division 1 players

Moon win

Fenix win

Kiwikaki loss

TLO win

Sheth win

Artosis loss

Vibe loss

Grubby loss

Rainbow loss

Morrow win

[Gredival]

Sen v. Boxer in TSL3 going down to the same units each game. Marines/Tanks/Medivac vs. Ling/Bane/Muta. The game gets determined by how effective Sen's muta harass is. Boxer wins whatever games he can effectively expand and turret up before the muta count flies in.

EDIT: Boxer wins 3-2, impressive tank micro to blow up banes as they split keeps his marines alive long enough to stim down all of Sen's mutas. His other win came that I saw came off a marine drop onto Sen's main taking out his spawning pool and baneling nest they were having a big clash in the center of the map. Didn't get to see the first match.

[Maguspk]

Holy shit, it felt like BW for a few seconds and I got fucking chills. Boxer is a fucking genius, hail to our Emperor.

[Terrestrialrage]

That mightve been the most epic series I've ever watched. 2 Legends clashing in mid-lategame slugfests. The Emperor is back and looking better than ever.

Edit: And omg those 2 marines + SCV walled in by the depot @ the tower was the most innovative thing I've seen in a really long time. Also Boxer building his barracks against walls to give less access to drone harass, Boxer is still the king of e-sports.

[Salodin]

Can you explain to me the significance of that wall in?

[Radec]

Maintains tower vision and is a pain for ling/bane to scare off/break.

[Gredival]

I kinda thought he was gonna bunker behind it too at first given how he spaced it.

The muta crap was really ridiculous though, I'd hate being T in a ZvT

[Salodin]

Forgive my newbness, but is it worth 200minerals to do that at that point in the game when later on something like mutas or roaches will kill that easily?

edit: at that level of play I should add

[Maguspk]

http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft...anner_Building

It's sort of like this.

[Gredival]

Forgive my newbness, but is it worth 200minerals to do that at that point in the game when later on something like mutas or roaches will kill that easily?

edit: at that level of play I should add

It denied Sen vision for quite a while. At this level of play they don't rush high tech out so it wasn't like roaches were going to take it down very fast, plus Boxer knew Sen had been stuck with Ling/Bane/Muta for 2 games so the chances of a fast counter were pretty low.

[Thulius]

Forgive my newbness, but is it worth 200minerals to do that at that point in the game when later on something like mutas or roaches will kill that easily?

edit: at that level of play I should add

The depot is 100 minerals, and having the tower means you'll know if something ranged is coming. In that case you drop the depot and retreat the marines.

Map control is incredibly important, and vision is a huge part of that. Definitely worth the cost of the depot, but I'm not sure I agree with keeping the SCV back there.

[GRT]

someone got a link to that match? vod/replay both fine

[Blarg]

http://www.youtube.com/teamliquidnet#p/u/5/7OzpWbNohhQ

[GRT]

much obliged

[Rehn]

Honestly thought boxer would lose 0-3 or at best 1-3 to sen. Would be nice to see him advance to the finals, if only to see everyones reaction towards an old legends re-emergence. But thats just waaaay too wishful thinking.

[Gredival]

Honestly thought boxer would lose 0-3 or at best 1-3 to sen. Would be nice to see him advance to the finals, if only to see everyones reaction towards an old legends re-emergence. But thats just waaaay too wishful thinking.

Really 0-3? I know that he dropped out of Code S and isn't at his SC1 level, but I've always thought his play was very impressive in SC2.

[Jojothemidget]

Speaking of Boxer: RootDrewbie vs SlayersBoxer tonight on the NASL.

[Rehn]

Really 0-3? I know that he dropped out of Code S and isn't at his SC1 level, but I've always thought his play was very impressive in SC2.

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/view...opic_id=213210

Go to the "liquibet" spoiler and most people will have to say the same thing. His performance lately hasn't been up to par so people thought the odds were stacked against him due to that. But hey, he pulled through and the games were nice to watch, so it was a nice surprise for me to see a 3-2 outcome on youplayoff.

[GRT]

edit: wrong thread lol