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    artosis is an anagram for airtoss

    Posted: 22 May 2020 08:58 PM PDT

    Parting gives advice on how to play Protoss

    Posted: 22 May 2020 06:25 PM PDT

    Congratulations, you played yourself

    Posted: 22 May 2020 04:56 PM PDT

    Finally, adept found my drones..

    Posted: 22 May 2020 08:29 AM PDT

    i'm returning to starcraft 2 after many years, and by the 4th game i could tell ranked hasnt changed at all LOL

    Posted: 22 May 2020 06:51 PM PDT

    Congratulations to the fourth and final player to advance to the GSL Ro4!

    Posted: 22 May 2020 11:22 PM PDT

    INnoVation takes it 3-2 over Trap! Trap pulled off a crazy comeback in game 4 after holding an insane push from Inno, but ultimately it wasn't enough.

    That makes the R4 lineup:

    • TY vs. PartinG
    • Cure vs. INnoVation
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    Caught this at my local place! Picked it up for 5.00$!

    Posted: 22 May 2020 12:01 PM PDT

    When the timing finally works out.

    Posted: 22 May 2020 06:28 PM PDT

    Congratulations to the third player to advance to the GSL Ro4!

    Posted: 22 May 2020 09:55 PM PDT

    Cure takes it 3-0 over Dear in a dominant series

    Youtube stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JynU-zOFqP0

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    Widowmine, Adam Nordsvan

    Posted: 22 May 2020 10:33 AM PDT

    Make my race the best please!

    Posted: 22 May 2020 05:49 AM PDT

    Blizzard... I'm not winning every single game, despite being God's gift to RTS! I used to be "insert rank here" in sc2, and my grandmother helped me invent the 7 roach rush. I definitely know what I'm talking about in every aspect of balance and decision-making. I could get a job at blizzard on my various RTS profiles alone. I only watch the replays where I win, but I know my race needs a buff! I don't use "the other openers" because it's an instant loss. I furiously spam my hotkeys like a coked-up court stenographer; so I don't think I should ever need to expo like this. If Blizz doesnt buff my race I'll have to use a new strategy; which I refuse to put the time into! Thanks! The balance patch was just released and I immediately understand the in and outs of it in just a few games. NT blizz NT, but we can't all play the race I'm getting rekt by!

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    GSL Ro8 Cure-Dear, Hajin pre-interview with Cure!

    Posted: 22 May 2020 11:36 AM PDT

    GSL Ro8 Cure-Dear, Hajin pre-interview with Cure!

    Hi, this is Hajin and my next interview will be only in text as I had some problems with the sound during the recording :( It's a long read but worth it to get to know Cure better!

    Interview with DPG Cure after 2020 GSL Season 1 Ro16.

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    Nice to see you Cure, it has been a while!

    Hello!

    Congratulations to qualify to the Ro8!

    Thank you!

    When I saw the group nomination, I really wondered who would advance to the next round because TY is a strong player, so are Solar and Stats who have been performing well lately. But you won 2-0, 2-0 to top your group and qualify to the next round! What were your first thoughts after the group nomination?

    Any player would prefer an easy group but it's not like I had the first seed to compose my group. So even if my group wasn't the easiest one, I thought it was still winnable if I'd prepare well.

    "winnable"!? Your performance was amazing in the Ro16, we could see you prepared well your matches. In your first match against Stats, you did some successful early harass with the widow mines then proxy barracks on the second map. Oh btw, did you see the games today? (The interview was conducted on the 13th, the day of Group C matches, ed.note) Bunny did the same build you used against Stats. Is it a good build in TvP right now?

    I think it's a good one if you don't get cheesed in the beginning; well I THOUGHT it was good. I thought in an even game like Bunny Trap earlier today, it was better for Terran, but when Bunny was harassing with his mine drops, he was too passive, hesitant. He wasn't able to do enough damage and even in that case, he should have tried to optimize his build to get an economic advantage, but it wasn't the case. The situation was ambiguous.

    You think he was too hesitant… Does it mean you have to be bold and reckless when you play that build?

    I think your movement matters a lot. Even if your opponent is ready and expects you there, I believe that you can still do damage [with that build]. Even if you lose your medivac your mines can still borrow and make your opponents pull out his probes or kill some of them. That's why I think it's good. But I felt sad watching today's games.

    Is there something like a number of probes you have to kill with a mine to make it worth?

    I think if you kill 5 it's 50/50.

    That many?

    Okay, 5 is just a bit good and more, even better!

    Haha I see. So after 2-0ing Stats, you also beat TY but with other strategies this time! Actually on the first map, you were pretty behind but you were able to come back. What was going though your head during that game?

    First, I've slept literally not even 5 minutes the night before. I ate 2 burgers in the night with apple pie and stuff. I couldn't digest and was feeling bloated. That's why I haven't slept at all and you know, people say taking care of you is also part of your skills so I went to the venue on match day telling myself, man, I'm screwed. But surprisingly I was rather focused in my first match against Stats and it was really a relieve. But then against TY I lost many workers to Hellions and Ravens at the beginning and during the game, I told to myself, what the hell am I doing?! But I knew I had the leading build and if I tried to catch up, I could eventually win, especially on this map (Eternal Empire). I practiced a lot against Maru and I was confident in my late game. That's why I tried my best to slow down and take the game to the late phase despite the early damage that hurt me.

    It's impressive to be able to keep your calm and play like this! Weren't you nervous?

    I don't know if it's because I haven't slept at all, but I didn't feel any pressure or stress like usual.

    Did that help you to play better?

    I think it did because I'm usually very nervous!

    It's true that you tend to perform better online than offline, I hope you won't be that nervous on the next round as well.

    So after this close match vs TY, you did a proxy build again. I always wondered: how do you decide when to cheese? Does it depend on the map, on the opponent? How do you prepare and decide?

    I spent much time reflecting on what to do. On Nightshade, it's rare to see a double proxy barracks. So I did a triple proxy barracks knowing that it was actually a losing build. But, iirc TY chose the first map and I feel thankful for that. My plan was to double proxy barracks the first game after completely walling the entrance and then do a triple proxy on the second map. Everything went well from the match against Stats to the second one against TY.

    It's also the price you get for preparing well your matches, I guess! You mentioned Maru earlier, did you practice a lot with him? How did you prepare for today?

    Maru always helps me. He is excellent at analyzing players: which build they play, which game style. When we saw the groups, we both agreed on practicing together. For example, for the triple proxy barracks reaper build, he taught me a lot! Somewhat basic things like when you triple proxy, build your barracks closer, it's better to go in the natural first because of the opponents' placement, etc. He was sure of a great help!

    What a great mate! Now you joined DPG but you seem to have kept a good relationship with JAG players. How are things now?

    JAG players all practice hard and are good players so I keep practicing with them to learn from them. I pay them a visit like once or twice a month because I might get bored if I visit too often (*laugh*). We drink together whenever I go there and we have some great time.

    They must feel like family to you!

    Sometimes I think it's even better like this than before when we were in the same team. It's better to see them just from time to time.

    That sounds like the definition of family! It's great to see them from time to time but when you are with them too often, you keep fighting each other ^^

    I think it's accurate indeed!

    Let's now talk balance. Have you read the patch?

    I just heard Terran will get slightly buffed but it's not sure yet so I haven't looked into the details.

    When I talk with other players, we know you are all balance whiners but right now, it almost sounds like a fact that Terrans are OP! Protoss is weak, Zergs are getting nerfed, what to do? Any comment on that?

    Listen…

    Please be honest and talk with your conscience! Haha

    Every time I hear something like that I can't help myself but frown and feel uncomfortable because when Terrans were weak, Maru was the only one to perform and now that they [other races] slightly fall behind, they start to whine but seriously, when Terran players win, it's never in a standard way, they have to prepare well beforehand. I think when Terrans win it's thanks to their effort. In the PvT matchup I think if both players go for a conventional game style, the Protoss wins for sure. They can just spam triple blink and win. That's why I thought I had to change my style, to make it more unconventional. I think Protoss can win by playing like Parting, they lose because they always do the same thing!

    So you mean, Protoss players have to make more effort and invent new builds?

    Yeah, now they whine because they lose a little bit…I hope they will make some effort!

    Gotcha, I will let them know next time I interview a Protoss player (\laugh*)*

    I really think I won today because I made a lot of effort.

    Of course! You were able to achieve these results because you prepared and worked hard for today. We talked about PvT and well, your next opponent is Dear! I checked your head-to-head record and you are behind as 6-14 on LoTV. When you play against someone, are you aware of these kind of stats?

    I used to but lately I don't because I think that I changed from the old me and the way I prepare my games became more brain work based on unconventional builds. Before I based my practice mostly on the ladder game play. That's how they practice at the JAG gaming house and I guess I got influenced by it. I was convinced that playing like on the ladder based on the basic skills was enough but I kept losing and recently I changed the way of playing so even if I'm losing in the head-to-head record, I don't think I will lose because of that.

    As you showed a good performance in this round against Stats, I also expect something greater against Dear! We have one group left now, the group of Death: what kind of results do you expect?

    I really don't know… I think INno and Maru are too strong. But Ragnarok is also pretty good. He has enough skills and even if Zest loses a lot to INno in online matches, in offline and important matches, Zest steps up so I don't know what's going to happen! I'm so curious that I won't miss their games.

    I wish I could attend the matches but damn COVID… Now that I'm thinking, it feels like it's the first time I'm having such a long interview with you. I think many foreign fans don't know you well personally either, so I prepared a few questions to get to to know you better! First, why is your id Cure?

    It's really basic. I actually changed my real name and I made my ID before that, maybe around 20 or even before. My real name was Seong-Su KIM. Seong-Su can mean curing so it just comes from that.

    Oh wow I didn't know you changed your name!

    Yeah, I get that a lot, that my current name (Doh-wook) fits me better! People don't know that I renamed.

    I see. Seong-Su, Cure… okay now, why Terran?

    I used to love Starcraft 1 and I was a huge fan of NaDa. But at that time, I was better as Protoss, you know when you are a kid and start on the game. But because my favorite player was Terran, I couldn't give up. That's why I kept practicing as Terran and that's how I came until here.

    How would you describe your game style?

    I used to like solid game style, but now it's still solid but unconventional. That's the kind of player I want to be at least and will keep working hard for that.

    Thank you for your precious time! Any last words?

    I'm in the GSL Ro8 after a long time and the beginning of this season feels good, I will try my best to show you even better performance next times!
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    Thank you for the read, you can find me on Twitter: twitter.com/hajinsuntv and Youtube: youtube.com/hajinsuntv for more content!

    I can't wait for tomorrow! I don't know who to cheer for, who is your favorite? I expect Cure and Trap to advance. (yep yep, let me dream...)

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    Who took Dear's picture for this GSL?

    Posted: 22 May 2020 08:53 PM PDT

    SC:R EUD Ban, and a lost appeal

    Posted: 22 May 2020 10:27 PM PDT

    Hi folks,

    Just wanted to reach out in regard to a silly ban I just slapped myself with while following Roy's EUD introduction tutorial.

    With extra time as of late, I really wanted to get back into SC and refactor some old maps to use EUD's. I always wanted to as a kid, and now I was able to actually approach it. Mapping's always been a lot of fun.

    So I was following this tutorial, and when I got around to using CE to generate my Player # and Unit ID's for my first EUD, I got myself banned - and a neat error in-game. During this whole process, I was chatting up the good folks in the StarEdit Network Discord trying to learn about what I was doing. This should be independently verifiable, and I shared this information in the form of some screenshots.So like, I understand that cheating is an issue of concern and all, but I was following documentation on triggers that Blizzard have already given the go-ahead by actively maintaining their compatibility in SC:R, so we can use them. Heck, they've even pinned a 3rd party editor to their official forum that allows you to create EUD's with information gathered through the tutorial I just linked - and they went so far as to remove their own StarEdit, so there's no other option for mapping whatsoever. I feel like Blizzard has been too "yes-and-no" about this by going out of their way to allow these functions, even emulating how they would behave in 1.16.1. However, they immediately dismissed my case when I was, in good intention (and with some degree of evidence), able to prove that I was just trying to make a cool map using information from tutorials that SC appears to officially support now.

    So I suppose from a generic customer service perspective, it's easy to rubber stamp this as a permaban, but I can't believe that there isn't enough information to indicate my good intentions here. Nearly a decade of account age, and god knows how much telemetry associated with me, should be able to indicate at least something here I'd hope. Heck, their anticheat should be able to verify that I was in fact only observing the address in the tutorial - something that they already support in maps and 3rd party tools. These are in common use among mappers, and I was under the impression that what I was doing was OK. Now I'm in a situation where my account is banned and I'm not sure if I'm ever going to be able to play or continue mapping for SC:R again.

    I suppose one thing that would be nice to come out of this is official guidance from Blizzard regarding EUD's. The massive, decentralized sources of information on the topic are going to lead to more instances like this eventually, even if uncommon. You can do some really awesome stuff with them, and it's a shame that approaching something officially supported by Blizzard can immediately net a ban with no recourse.

    Anyway, I'm just real bummed about this and just wanted to throw this out there. Thanks for the read.

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    Ax Code CD in honour of Liquipedia Volunteer CynicalDeath continues this weekend after GSL today at 5pm KST as well as Sunday! Catch Scarlett, Clem, Zoun and Dream in Group C today and INnoVation, Stats, soO and TIME on Sunday!

    Posted: 22 May 2020 10:29 PM PDT

    Finally, after 2 years, I reached D3

    Posted: 22 May 2020 11:14 PM PDT

    Sharing because I did not realize myself. All of the TSL games are up on TeamLiquids YouTube :)

    Posted: 22 May 2020 01:52 AM PDT

    At Last.

    Posted: 22 May 2020 12:59 PM PDT

    GSL Continues in 16ish hours! Dear vs Cure and Innovation vs Trap! Also, and we got this very wrong the last time, predictions? Tune in live and spread the word!

    Posted: 22 May 2020 05:00 AM PDT

    Was looking through old threads about players transitioning from BW to SC2. This post REALLY aged like milk.

    Posted: 22 May 2020 10:25 PM PDT

    Winter makes a pro save

    Posted: 22 May 2020 08:43 AM PDT

    Never Win ZvT

    Posted: 22 May 2020 11:54 PM PDT

    I almost never win ZvT. I am a noob for sure. I play in silver league and nothing seems to work against terran and i usually end up winning only by the sheer incompetence of someone who is *actually* worse than me. A typical match goes like this: Terran walls off: extremely difficult for an early attack. terran starts harrassing me / gets a ridiculous number of widow mines / rushes me with BC and i either go on the defensive or get completely stomped when i try to attack and die to the corresponding counter. Probably 60%+ players in my league play terran. what can i do at the most base level to improve my ZvT game?

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