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Pat the Great
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 Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2011 6:00 pm |
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I'm sure this is old to most people who would care about this thread, but man I love this video:
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I was there. It was amazing.
It's hard to hear on the video, but right before he supers someone yells "DON'T DO IT, JUSTIN!"
Also, this is where I learned that jumping straight up + parrying, then attacking with a normal, gives you the jumping-toward version of that normal.
eSports!
I've been part of the SF scene in varying degrees since '02 (SRK join date is in '01). I still play, mostly in NorCal events. Haven't competed in a few years though. I went to Evo 2k3 + 2k4, haven't been to any since but I'm going this year. There's a chance I might be covering Evo 2k11 for GamePro.
I'm not particularly good, but I've played against a lot of good people. Lost to Ricky and FloE at Evo 2k3 (Ricky was first round draw. Fuck that.), and didn't make it out of my qualifying pool at Evo 2k4 (Apoc, Alex Valle, Dan from Japan, random scrub).
Went to Japan for a while in 2006 and then for a year from 2007-2008, where I lost a lot to Mago and was one fierce punch away from beating Daigo during some casuals at that arcade in Ikebukuro.
Most recently, got to play against J-wong and Mike Ross for a round each (they were tag teaming the SFxT booth at E3). Fun times!
Starcraft has always been in the back of my mind, but I really got into SC2. Don't play as much these days but I watch a lot, and the pro scene got me blogging about eSports in my spare time for my job at PCWorld (http://www.pcworld.com/article/220780/esports_update_state_of_the_gsl.html), which has put me in touch with a lot of cool cats. I've gotten to work with Sean "Day[9]" Plott on a few projects, chatted with IdrA and DJWheat and a whole host of well-known players and personalities, and generally gotten to know the lay of the land pretty quickly. Hoping to stop by IGN's eSports studio since it's just a few blocks away from my office.
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Pat the Great
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| Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2011 9:59 pm |
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I had a MLG party during the last event and got 10 people to show up, sit in my living room, drink beer, and talk shit about Starcraft 2 while watching the semis and finals on the big screen. As far as I'm concerned, "eSports" is a pretty good way to describe the behavior I'm engaging in.
edit: And if any of y'all are in the Bay Area next time I do this, feel free to stop by. I won't be doing it for MLG Anaheim because I'll be at Evo.
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Pat the Great
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| Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2011 12:28 am |
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Depends what you mean by "got it right". Lack of LAN play still sucks for competitive events. Many SC1 purists think that making the game easier with modern amenities like multi-building select make it less exciting to watch. And there's a lovely quote floating around somewhere about how you're "not supposed to take a third base"--basically, lots of the Blizzard-designed maps used in ladder play (and consequentially, in a lot of tournament play) don't really encourage long macro-oriented games.
That said, I find SC2 remarkably entertaining to watch, and I think a lot of the built-in replay features make it easier to watch as a spectator.
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Pat the Great
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| Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2011 5:24 pm |
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I think TvP is stacked in favor of P at the moment.
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Pat the Great
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| Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2011 7:13 pm |
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this idra song is pretty hype.
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Pat the Great
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| Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2011 11:03 pm |
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this is some pretty excellent starcraft here, guys.
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Pat the Great
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Pat the Great
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| Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2011 2:39 am |
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i heard justin wong was recruited to be a playtester for ziggurat and decided that he had wasted his life on street fighter.
AT THE TITLE SCREEN.
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Pat the Great
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| Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2011 10:53 pm |
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would anyone be interested in doing a SB only, just-for-fun starcraft 2 tournament? i'd love an excuse to try my hand at casting some replays or something.
edit: actually, i should probably make a new thread for this.
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Pat the Great
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| Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2011 4:20 am |
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i hosted a mlg viewing party at my apartment. lots of people came! tim came too late for the sc2, but just in time to watch my friends play 3s for shots.
y'all should come next time. bay area folks.
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Pat the Great
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| Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 5:46 am |
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i should really watch those games. idra has needed a win for some time now.
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Pat the Great
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| Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2011 11:52 pm |
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on the bright side: watching huk vs. boxer in brood war was fun.
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Pat the Great
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| Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2011 2:33 am |
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slush vs. nestea was probably one of the most exciting ZvZs i've ever seen. and kiwikaki/DRG was dope.
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