Rif_king Profile Joined July 2012 Canada 66 Posts Last Edited: 2013-06-06 18:49:30 #1



Hey guys! Some of you may know me, most of you won't, but I'm an amateur SC2 caster, and I cover a lot of various events, however one of the main ones I am constantly casting is the ZOTAC cup. I was in the bathroom one day thinking, "I've got so many great replays of amazing players, there's got to be a way to do something more with them" then it hit me! Blizzard introduced the Take Command feature, and nobody has really made much use of it, so I wanted to try to attempt to make it fun. So I present to you, this mini series of people stepping into the shoes of high tier Sc2 players, I hope you enjoy it.



If anyone would like to participate, leave a reply stating so with your name + character code + server + league and I may hit you up when looking for folks



The Goals:

To have FUN



To have amateurs step in to play a "best of 3" series, either within one replay from various different points, or over the course of multiple replays. In some cases we'll examine just how different from the original game their play styles went, and in other we'll just watch massacres happen.



Sometimes you will be put in an unwinnable situation, we're here to see how you react, not how you pull a super gosu victory out of your ass





The Rules:

To have FUN



Neither player can have prior knowledge to the games being played.



Players must be somewhat equal in skill level. (Bronze vs silver, not bronze vs masters!)





The VoDs

I will post links to casts of the original games played where applicable

Game 1 - Polt vs Snute (Played by Jeebus vs Shakal)

Original victor:

+ Show Spoiler + Snute







Original victor: Spoiler Game 2 - EGHuK vs QuanticApocalypse (Played by mYi.QueenE vs mYi.Smile)

Interview with players are at the end!

Original victor:

+ Show Spoiler + Apocalypse





Original victor: Spoiler Game 3 - White-Ra vs Maddelisk (Played by Partouf vs NostalgiaTalex)

interview with players are at the end

Original victor:

+ Show Spoiler + White-Ra









Original victor: Spoiler Game 4 - TBD





PS If you have comments/feedback regarding the players participating, keep them constructive or keep them to yourselves. These aren't 9 TIME GSL SUPER CHAMPIONS, but the general community of SC2 that just want to have fun with the game



If you have comments/feedback for me, as a caster, be as brutal as you want however. Also I'm Canadian, fuel for the fire :D Hey guys! Some of you may know me, most of you won't, but I'm an amateur SC2 caster, and I coverof various events, however one of the main ones I am constantly casting is the ZOTAC cup. I was in the bathroom one day thinking, "I've got so many great replays of amazing players, there's got to be a way to do something more with them" then it hit me! Blizzard introduced the Take Command feature, and nobody has really made much use of it, so I wanted to try to attempt to make it fun. So I present to you, this mini series of people stepping into the shoes of high tier Sc2 players, I hope you enjoy it.If anyone would like to participate, leave a reply stating so with yourand I may hit you up when looking for folksIf you have comments/feedback regarding the players participating, keep themor keep them to yourselves. These aren't 9 TIME GSL SUPER CHAMPIONS, but the general community of SC2 that just want to have fun with the gameIf you have comments/feedback for me, as a caster, be as brutal as you want however. Also I'm Canadian,:D

Larkin Profile Blog Joined January 2012 United Kingdom 7149 Posts #2 Really cool idea, I'll look forward to this. https://www.twitch.tv/ttalarkin - streams random stuff, high level teamleague, maybe even heroleague

leova Profile Joined April 2011 266 Posts #3 I love the idea, always thought this would be a cool thing to do as soon as the new Replay tools came out!

nkr Profile Blog Joined November 2010 Sweden 5424 Posts #4 Looking forward to game 2 :D ESPORTS ILLUMINATI

NrG.NeverExpo Profile Blog Joined December 2008 Canada 2091 Posts #5 You're able to take command of a replay you weren't originally playing in? Was unaware of this Oo TwitteR: @NeverExpo follow me, i'll follow back :)

Rif_king Profile Joined July 2012 Canada 66 Posts #6 Game 2 is up now too.

partouf Profile Blog Joined May 2011 Netherlands 405 Posts #7 Duuude, this seems cool!



I would like to see the original game ending / summation at the start of the youtube video though, so you know like hey this happened, but what if we went back to the past and try to rewrite history.



Give me a poke on skype when you need a gold toss <3 [update twitchuser set banned=1 where lastmessage like '%nohomo%';] - twitter.com/@partouf

BabyToss! Profile Blog Joined October 2010 Czech Republic 588 Posts #8 This looks really fun idea, haha. :D Nowadays a Filthy Casual | Follow your dreams |

Rif_king Profile Joined July 2012 Canada 66 Posts #9 On June 04 2013 07:29 partouf wrote:

Duuude, this seems cool!



I would like to see the original game ending / summation at the start of the youtube video though, so you know like hey this happened, but what if we went back to the past and try to rewrite history.



Give me a poke on skype when you need a gold toss <3



Hmm, this isn't a bad idea. I can't put TOO much there, one of the main things I'm trying to keep with the series is "Sweet & short" videos (An entire bo3 in 20 minutes~ish), but perhaps highlight the segments of where I plan to take the players to?



I did videos #1 & #2 differently just to play around with format. I plan to try these with a co-caster and some other things in future videos as well, so keep the feedback a'commin' Hmm, this isn't a bad idea. I can't put TOO much there, one of the main things I'm trying to keep with the series is "Sweet & short" videos (An entire bo3 in 20 minutes~ish), but perhaps highlight the segments of where I plan to take the players to?I did videos #1 & #2 differently just to play around with format. I plan to try these with a co-caster and some other things in future videos as well, so keep the feedback a'commin'

QueenE Profile Joined April 2012 Sweden 22 Posts #10 It was a lot of fun, really cool idea! :D

FT.aCt)Sony Profile Blog Joined June 2007 United States 972 Posts #11 I'm down to try it out and see where it goes. Masters KR but can get on NA/EU with no lag/latency issues. Retired Brood War Foreigner Pro | Stream @ twitch.tv/ftactsony

leova Profile Joined April 2011 266 Posts #12 On June 04 2013 07:44 Rif_king wrote:

Show nested quote +

On June 04 2013 07:29 partouf wrote:

Duuude, this seems cool!



I would like to see the original game ending / summation at the start of the youtube video though, so you know like hey this happened, but what if we went back to the past and try to rewrite history.



Give me a poke on skype when you need a gold toss <3



Hmm, this isn't a bad idea. I can't put TOO much there, one of the main things I'm trying to keep with the series is "Sweet & short" videos (An entire bo3 in 20 minutes~ish), but perhaps highlight the segments of where I plan to take the players to?



I did videos #1 & #2 differently just to play around with format. I plan to try these with a co-caster and some other things in future videos as well, so keep the feedback a'commin' Hmm, this isn't a bad idea. I can't put TOO much there, one of the main things I'm trying to keep with the series is "Sweet & short" videos (An entire bo3 in 20 minutes~ish), but perhaps highlight the segments of where I plan to take the players to?I did videos #1 & #2 differently just to play around with format. I plan to try these with a co-caster and some other things in future videos as well, so keep the feedback a'commin'

I think what he meant was, something like "In this epic 20 minute game, MVP beat Stephano with a crazy 4-pronged Hellbat drop" , a sort of flashback to the pro-played game.

Then we can see if the new guys just-so-happen to try a similar play, or something else entirely.... I think what he meant was, something like "In this epic 20 minute game, MVP beat Stephano with a crazy 4-pronged Hellbat drop" , a sort of flashback to the pro-played game.Then we can see if the new guys just-so-happen to try a similar play, or something else entirely....

DenTenker Profile Blog Joined March 2013 United States 606 Posts #13 This looks cool. Will check it out! :D If your all in didn't work, you didn't pull the workers.

GHSTxJet Profile Joined January 2012 United States 154 Posts #14 Genius... SuppySon

Baldie Profile Blog Joined June 2012 Australia 40 Posts #15 Dem shower moments (y)

Rif_king Profile Joined July 2012 Canada 66 Posts Last Edited: 2013-06-06 18:50:50 #16 * Deleted for irrelevance

Rif_king Profile Joined July 2012 Canada 66 Posts Last Edited: 2013-06-06 18:50:16 #17 Game 3 - White-Ra vs Maddelisk (Played by Partouf vs NostalgiaTalex) added!



Will most likely do the next episode on Monday if anyone would like to participate :-)

OrD_SC2 Profile Joined February 2012 United States 246 Posts #18 Can't wait to try this out with some "game over situations" where I didn't understand why players quit. Should be eye-opening for me and hilarious for those who enjoy viewing struggle-nerding. Baldie disapproved of my last status, TT

Supah Profile Joined August 2010 670 Posts #19 That Idra/Polt game on Daybreak should be done in time; the one where he quit with a gigantic bank and inferior unit comp in a split map scenario.

DinosaurPoop Profile Blog Joined April 2013 687 Posts #20 This looks cool. Sign me up. Overlord.1935 Gold When cats speak, mice listen.

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