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What is the appeal of Tempo Storm? I don't know much about them besides they love to throw and they're headed by a guy who was forced to play Hearthstone after cheating at MtG.
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I dunno that Kala youtuber guy seems cool and he works for them. Also lol that a team called GenG is op like known hero genji.
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Aug 11, 2018 02:54
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bamhand posted:What is the appeal of Tempo Storm? I don't know much about them besides they love to throw and they're headed by a guy who was forced to play Hearthstone after cheating at MtG. Kala was their coach for a while, and is now their manager. He seems like an all-around good guy, and focuses a lot of time on coaching and teaching the game. He streams multiple 45-60 minute community coaching sessions with random people that submit games every week.
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Aug 11, 2018 03:11
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Kala is an amazing guy and has really good game sense, so if you ever get the chance to be on his team, encourage him to shotcall. I sniped him once when he was ranking his coach account while it was in my league, and it was an easy victory.
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Aug 11, 2018 04:59
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lucifirius posted:Kala is an amazing guy and has really good game sense, so if you ever get the chance to be on his team, encourage him to shotcall. After today, Kala needs to go back to coaching TS.
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Aug 11, 2018 05:19
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Wasn't TempoStorm the team that had to replace a player on short notice cause one of their dudes suddenly decided to quit to play fortnight?
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Aug 11, 2018 05:31
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I didn't catch it, how badly did they get hosed? Edit: 1-2, so could've been worse. Reading the discussion thread on the subreddit paints a poor picture though. fool_of_sound posted:Wasn't TempoStorm the team that had to replace a player on short notice cause one of their dudes suddenly decided to quit to play fortnight? Yeah, it was Psalm that left, and they got ViN to replace him. ViN was decent in those matches. lucifirius fucked around with this message at 07:26 on Aug 11, 2018 |
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Aug 11, 2018 07:16
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lucifirius posted:I didn't catch it, how badly did they get hosed? They almost won vs. Method (Lost a teamfight on bottom point Volskaya... with 20 advantage). They were okay for the first two games against Octalysis but got completely annihilated in draft on the last game and were run over.
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Aug 11, 2018 08:04
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I watched the HGC stream last night. Well, I had it on mute and watched Voltron but I did get a loot box. That's my HotS story.
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Aug 11, 2018 12:54
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siotle posted:They almost won vs. Method (Lost a teamfight on bottom point Volskaya... with 20 advantage). They were okay for the first two games against Octalysis but got completely annihilated in draft on the last game and were run over. Yeah, the better team definitely won both matches. TS looked good in their wins but some really questionable decision making in their 4 losses. At least HHE is still alive, they're probably the only hope for NA. The gap between HHE/TS and the rest of the divison is quite large.
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Aug 11, 2018 16:42
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I've been enjoying this tournament. Not quite as wacky as the Abathur/Chogall comp shenanigans in Heroes of the Dorm but still fun. Watching the Dignitas vs. Method match right now and Dignitas is absurdly good 
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Aug 11, 2018 17:33
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I actually kinda liked Method's weird-rear end triple warrior comp, but I'm not surprised that it lost. Dignitas had too many methods of removing key aspects of the delicate balance that Method struck between its choices. I feel like Method would've done better if they went for a lockdown wombo with Gravitron Surge/Planet Cracker/Apocalypse, though.
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Aug 11, 2018 18:25
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Kith posted:I actually kinda liked Method's weird-rear end triple warrior comp, but I'm not surprised that it lost. Dignitas had too many methods of removing key aspects of the delicate balance that Method struck between its choices. I feel like Method would've done better if they went for a lockdown wombo with Gravitron Surge/Planet Cracker/Apocalypse, though. Gimmick comps like that almost never win in HGC - the only one I remember recently that did was the triple-stealth-solo-support-Abathur + Muradin, and that came about as close to losing as you can. AFAIK Cho'Gall comps have never won, and every all-melee comp I've seen got beaten badly and pretty quickly.
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Aug 11, 2018 19:20
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Corsair Pool Boy posted:Gimmick comps like that almost never win in HGC - the only one I remember recently that did was the triple-stealth-solo-support-Abathur + Muradin, and that came about as close to losing as you can. AFAIK Cho'Gall comps have never won, and every all-melee comp I've seen got beaten badly and pretty quickly. Method just used a gimmick comp in the form of Garrosh/Yrel/Maiev/Malfurion/Abathur and beat up HeroesHearth pretty good. Gimmick comps can definitely succeed, like that time that Cloud9 ran Leoric/Tassadar/Brightwing/Murky/Abathur: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TD9ycq17Z7o&t=3715s (1:01:55 if the timer doesn't work) Gimmick comps just require the team running the gimmick comp to coordinate successfully and abuse their strengths as much as possible, especially in relevance to the map's objective. Similarly, the opposing team has to hammer the gimmick comp's weakness as much as they can, something that can be difficult with a normal team.
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Aug 11, 2018 22:29
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so many throws, so little time
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Aug 11, 2018 23:03
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That was quite possibly the worst throw I have ever seen by a single person in a HGC match (Method v HHE Infernal Shrines)
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Aug 11, 2018 23:03
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Kith posted:Method just used a gimmick comp in the form of Garrosh/Yrel/Maiev/Malfurion/Abathur and beat up HeroesHearth pretty good. Gimmick comps can definitely succeed, like that time that Cloud9 ran Leoric/Tassadar/Brightwing/Murky/Abathur: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TD9ycq17Z7o&t=3715s (1:01:55 if the timer doesn't work) Not sure I'd call the Method one a gimmick - if it is, all double-supports are. That second one definitely is. And I am not trying to imply they never work, I said 'rarely'. For every successful one, there are a bunch of failures - it's usually something only even tried with your back against the wall or when you're feeling extremely confident. Midnightghoul posted:That was quite possibly the worst throw I have ever seen by a single person in a HGC match (Method v HHE Infernal Shrines) I very much want to know what was going on in HHE's comms when Thrall broke off like that to run past the keep to the catapults that were already dead.
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Aug 11, 2018 23:16
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Corsair Pool Boy posted:Tempo Storm, who was just eliminated. Reynad is not a good guy.
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Aug 11, 2018 23:58
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Khroen's hair has been one of my favorite things in this tournament so far. RIP HHE.
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Aug 12, 2018 00:03
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NA is throwing so hard today. So many bad decisions it blows my mind. The Arthelon thrall play where he tried to run past a tower to the core and died before he got there and now Octalysis just giving up the robot on volskya without contesting post 20...
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Aug 12, 2018 00:35
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Yeah, with a few minor exceptions the problem seems to be decision making rather than mechanical. No matter what you have to stake the game on contesting the protector there because you can't possibly win if they get it.
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Aug 12, 2018 01:12
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HHE being really bad this weekend is really the only surprising result. TF is still in it but I don't expect them to make it past Dig or Method in either bracket
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Aug 12, 2018 01:36
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Midnightghoul posted:HHE being really bad this weekend is really the only surprising result. TF is still in it but I don't expect them to make it past Dig or Method in either bracket Heck, I don't think anyone expected them to make it out of the first day
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Aug 12, 2018 02:16
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What is Cho'gall's HGC win rate again?
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Aug 12, 2018 22:34
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NA so bad they lost to a Chogall
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Aug 12, 2018 22:53
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That chogall match was quite interesting with Alex lifebinder
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ToastyPotato posted:What is Cho'gall's HGC win rate again? Today was his first win, so not good.
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Aug 13, 2018 00:17
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GAZLOWE IN THE GRAND FINALS
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Aug 13, 2018 01:13
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Semper Fudge posted:GAZLOWE IN THE GRAND FINALS hell loving yeah
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Aug 13, 2018 01:15
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lol this is going the way you'd expect
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Aug 13, 2018 01:29
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Semper Fudge posted:lol this is going the way you'd expect hell loving yeah
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Aug 13, 2018 01:32
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Semper Fudge posted:lol this is going the way you'd expect He went Robogoblin at 10, it went exactly how you'd imagine. Leftovers picked him into Hammer and it just flat out didn't work. Not sure anything would have though, Dignitas was on top of their game, I think 11-0 in the Clash? We did finally see Cho"Gall win in HGC at least.
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Aug 13, 2018 02:40
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There just wasn't any counter-drafting at all from Leftovers, which is loving weird because Hammer is like... one of THE easiest characters to counter-draft.
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Aug 13, 2018 03:59
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Stitches, Artanis, LM or KT...
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Aug 13, 2018 07:28
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Chromie. 
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Aug 13, 2018 07:53
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Stukhov used to counter hammer, but that doesn't seem true now.
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Aug 13, 2018 11:59
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Kael too. ZJ and Cassia aren't bad either.
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Aug 13, 2018 14:03
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Pre-nerf Hanzo was annoying as gently caress because he loving outranged you (the siege tank) and did like 50% of your health with 1 arrow and AA.
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Hey guys take a look at this here effortpost I made about Tychus. I'll be doing similar review/reworks for Gazlowe and Kerrigan after I (finally) finish the art requests that I got from this thread. If anyone is interested in scoping a rough draft and providing preliminary feedback, shoot me a PM or something.
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Kith posted:Hey guys take a look at this here effortpost I made about Tychus. I'll be doing similar review/reworks for Gazlowe and Kerrigan after I (finally) finish the art requests that I got from this thread. If anyone is interested in scoping a rough draft and providing preliminary feedback, shoot me a PM or something. Glossing over literally everything else, Deal With It is brilliantly named and iconed, given the effect.
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