Oh man, arc. 4 minute win in round 4

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Pushed straight through club and just won the game at 4 minutes, outstanding shooting.

If you guys aren't watching the big game load up quick it's round 5 on veil o.o
http://www.twitch.tv/naturalselection2
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  • DaveodethDaveodeth Members Join Date: 2012-11-21 Member: 172717Posts: 280 Advanced user
    surely that is a bad thing if a team can win a round on shooting only.
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  • draktokdraktok Members Join Date: 2013-02-18 Member: 183156Posts: 253 Fully active user
    Well they only lasted that long with comm support as well, ofc ;P but it was great shooting that carried it, sure!

    oh well still fun to watch!
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  • draktokdraktok Members Join Date: 2013-02-18 Member: 183156Posts: 253 Fully active user
    I'm enjoying these games v.v
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  • FarknutFarknut Members Join Date: 2013-03-18 Member: 184065Posts: 82
    edited April 2013
    The stream is a travesty. Right now they are showing Hugh get made up. Someone please explain what has happened so far!
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  • draktokdraktok Members Join Date: 2013-02-18 Member: 183156Posts: 253 Fully active user
    edited April 2013
    he lost a match of onos vs exo against wasabi one, so he had to get painted lol!

    also next match starting soon
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  • pendelum5pendelum5 Members Join Date: 2012-10-29 Member: 164317Posts: 127
    Wasabi one had godmode enabled for the exo/onos fight, which makes me think this is staged. Maybe if Archaea hadn't egg-locked, the stream wouldn't be forced to fill so much downtime...
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  • draktokdraktok Members Join Date: 2013-02-18 Member: 183156Posts: 253 Fully active user
    maybe they were gonna do it either way, i mean why else would they have so much make up
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  • XariusXarius Members, Reinforced - Supporter Join Date: 2003-12-21 Member: 24630Posts: 2,207
    edited April 2013
    This is ridiculous, now I remember why I don't usually watch these shows live. I can understand the players need a break, but why exactly do they take a break 30+ minute break after a 3 minute game? (when there was another 30 minute break right before...)

    Also, godar would've been a much better match for Arc imo. They're the only team that come remotely close.
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  • draktokdraktok Members Join Date: 2013-02-18 Member: 183156Posts: 253 Fully active user
    i enjoy the sillyness personally
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  • FarknutFarknut Members Join Date: 2013-03-18 Member: 184065Posts: 82
    edited April 2013
    Arc won 5-0. Didn't see that coming, LOL. Wasn't even remotely close, but then again nxzl did get there on a coinflip.

    Outside of the games the cast is really painful to watch.
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  • ezekelezekel Members, NS2 Map Tester Join Date: 2012-11-29 Member: 173589Posts: 1,385 Advanced user
    Wonder how it would have played out on the balance test version ;p

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  • NeokenNeoken Bruges, BelgiumMembers, NS2 Playtester, Reinforced - Shadow, WC 2013 - Silver, Subnautica Playtester Join Date: 2004-03-20 Member: 27447Posts: 1,305 Advanced user
    Daveodeth wrote: »
    surely that is a bad thing if a team can win a round on shooting only.

    Shooting tends to be important in FPS type games. :D
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  • CrushaKCrushaK Members, NS2 Playtester Join Date: 2012-11-05 Member: 167195Posts: 1,182 Advanced user
    ezekel wrote: »
    Wonder how it would have played out on the balance test version ;p

    Same here, I really wish some of the less harsh features would have made it into the game, then the matches might have been a bit less one-sided.
    Such as
    -Egg Hatch moved from Shift to Hive
    -Shade Ink fix
    -Unleashed khammander
    -Faster infestation receding
    -Improved Skulk movement, so they stand a chance against marines
    -Flamethrower improvements
    -Rupture ability
    -More starting res
    -More expensive RTs

    Suggestions:
    Tech Path of Hive actually upgrades the Hive itself
    Give Gorges telepathic control over their Bait Ball for Overlord-style commanding of Babblers

    And please allow to turn rooms into emergency-lit or dark versions if infestations grows over an unbuilt or damaged power node socket.
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  • draktokdraktok Members Join Date: 2013-02-18 Member: 183156Posts: 253 Fully active user
    Faster slulk movement is just going to ruin balance for pubs - some other things are great but the skulk movement is one that needs to stay safely where it is.
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  • AtoneAtone Members Join Date: 2009-09-21 Member: 68839Posts: 358
    The filler was pretty painful at points. I wish we could've at least gotten more interviews with the players during that time.

    Also, 20 internets to whoever can point me to the Gorge Washington picture.
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  • WhiteDevilWhiteDevil Members, Reinforced - Shadow Join Date: 2012-09-16 Member: 159559Posts: 143 Advanced user
    Hamlet wrote: »
    Really?
    Then this strange moderator. Instead of using the great opportunity to interview Charlie and get a hands-on with the brains behind NS, maybe delve into the creation of NS1&NS2, maybe asking him about his inspirations or films, art and games he had in mind when making the mod or the sequel and the foundation of his own "AAA indie" (?) company [first time I heard that], that moderator guy just lets Hugh clown away the awkward silence... [yes, talking about the Railgun re-enactment scene]
    I had to cover my eyes because it felt so forced and un-funny.

    I think the stream was overall was great and entertaining to watch. Given to the fact that these aren't some big televised things made by media pros. I enjoyed it really.
    Hugh did a great job bringing up some silly stuff at the down time, but he should have let Charlie talk at the interview. "Hugh, you're fired."
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  • A_PajanderA_Pajander Members, Reinforced - Shadow Join Date: 2002-12-31 Member: 11695Posts: 172 Fully active user
    Hamlet wrote: »
    words

    That's a lot of opinions man. Good for you.
    Xarius wrote: »
    This is ridiculous, now I remember why I don't usually watch these shows live. I can understand the players need a break, but why exactly do they take a break 30+ minute break after a 3 minute game? (when there was another 30 minute break right before...)

    Because it was a scheduled 4 hour broadcast and they had to fit in 5-9 games each lasting anywhere from 1 to 45 minutes.
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  • draktokdraktok Members Join Date: 2013-02-18 Member: 183156Posts: 253 Fully active user
    I searched for the gorge washington pic for a little but no luck. I"ll tweet at ns2 and see if i can get them to retweet it
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  • A_PajanderA_Pajander Members, Reinforced - Shadow Join Date: 2002-12-31 Member: 11695Posts: 172 Fully active user
    edited April 2013
    Atone wrote: »
    Also, 20 internets to whoever can point me to the Gorge Washington picture.

    Probably in here somewhere: https://www.facebook.com/NaturalSelection2/posts/10151408479508105

    Edit: http://i.imgur.com/Ukg1ery.jpg
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  • SanCoSanCo Members Join Date: 2012-08-18 Member: 155744Posts: 139
    edited April 2013
    Hamlet wrote: »

    Then there is this strange "social media expert"... what is her connection with NS2? Does she even care about the game? I mean: at all? Or is she just there to hold up the prizes? It's obvious that the studio audience consists of at least 97.5%+ males (I spotted a female bartender, but that's it). I guess that just lies in the nature of a Sci-Fi military FPS+RTS hybrid...
    Still, there are some female players out there. They are pretty rare, but they exist. Why not invite one of them to comment or moderate? Someone who genuinely CARES and LIKES this game. Heck, it's all taking place in Germany. Why not some Germans? They probably wouldn't be that photogenic, but authentic love for something easily makes up for sterile, uninvolved beauty.

    ESL Employee. Probably comes with the package, and social media is big today, you've no choice but to accept that. Also regarding Kaelaris, he seem to know a bit about the game (enough) and is big within SC2 and I welcome any publicity this game gets, it needs it.
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  • AtoneAtone Members Join Date: 2009-09-21 Member: 68839Posts: 358
    snaga wrote: »
    Probably in here somewhere: https://www.facebook.com/NaturalSelection2/posts/10151408479508105

    Edit: http://i.imgur.com/Ukg1ery.jpg

    Your internets are in the tubes and that is now my desktop background <3
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  • YMICrazyYMICrazy Members Join Date: 2012-11-02 Member: 165986Posts: 688 Fully active user
    edited April 2013
    I sort of wanted in deph interviews with the players themselves and maybe even with Charlie on the future direction of the game when their breaks were being taken and there needed to be filler for the downtime. I also thought there was going to be a decent Q&A with Hugh but it just went directly into pop tarts after a question.
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  • draktokdraktok Members Join Date: 2013-02-18 Member: 183156Posts: 253 Fully active user
    It was an enjoyable cast to me, personally
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  • SquishpokePOOPFACESquishpokePOOPFACE -21,248 posts (ignore below)Members, Reinforced - Shadow Join Date: 2012-10-31 Member: 165262Posts: 1,669 Advanced user
    edited April 2013
    When America lost:

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    To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to play Natural Selection 2. The gameplay is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of military strategy and advanced mathematics you won't even win a single game. Theres also the game's nihilistic outlook, which is deftly woven into the game. The maps and artwork draw heavily from Riddley Scott's Alien franchise, for instance. The players understand this stuff, they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depth of the game, to realise that it's not just great, that it also says something about LIFE. As a consequence people who dislike Natural Selection 2 truly ARE idiots. of course they wouldn't appreciate, for instance, the humour in the Marines' existential catchphrase "how do I get to be so good", which itself is a cryptic reference to the high degree of intelligence required to play the game as intended. I'm smirking right now just imagining one of those addlepated simpletons scratching their heads in confusion when spectating a game. What fools... how I pity them. And, yes, by the way, i DO have a Fade tatoo. And no, you cannot see it. it's for the ladies' eyes only, and even then they have to demonstrate that they are within 50 hive skill points of my own (preferable lower) beforehand. Nothin personnel kid.
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  • DaveodethDaveodeth Members Join Date: 2012-11-21 Member: 172717Posts: 280 Advanced user
    Neoken wrote: »
    Daveodeth wrote: »
    surely that is a bad thing if a team can win a round on shooting only.

    Shooting tends to be important in FPS type games. :D

    When aim is king it makes the rest of the game a tad dull, there are some rts parts in there I'm sure. Even a 6 pool takes more time :D
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  • RisingSunRisingSun Rising CaliforniaMembers, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow, WC 2013 - Shadow Join Date: 2004-04-19 Member: 28015Posts: 906 Advanced user
    Thanks for the spoiler. Couldnt watch the match because i was at work. I wont even read the comments here due to potential spoilers. Loading it up now.
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  • draktokdraktok Members Join Date: 2013-02-18 Member: 183156Posts: 253 Fully active user
    Yeah no problem
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