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TeamLiquid Recommended SC2 VOD Thread [beta] The purpose of this thread is to give us avid SC2 fans (1) some direction in deciding what VODs to watch and (2) a way to share games we've enjoyed watching and think other TLers will also get a kick out of (for reference: the hallowed BW Recommended VODs of current games thread).
Here are the rules of the Recommended SC2 VOD Thread. If you use the template below and are mindful of spoilers, you'll probably be in compliance.
- Recommended game submissions must contain the following:
- A link directly to the page hosting the VOD of the game, if the VOD is available (where no such link exists, include the most convenient link and instructions on how to navigate to the VOD from that link)
- IDs/names of the players involved
- All identifying information for the game: tournament/event, match/group, and set number
- The date that the game was first broadcast (any time zone works)
- IDs/names of the commentators
- In spoiler tags labeled "spoiler-free", a description of the game that explains why the game belongs in this thread, but does not spoil the game's result or some juicy fact about the game that's best left a mystery (use your best judgment)
- A poll that allows readers to rate the game on the following three-point scale:
- 1: This game does not belong in this thread
- 2: I enjoyed watching this enough that I would have recommended it here myself
- 3: This game is an earth-shattering must-watch for any SC2 fan
If a submission's poll results are too low, it may be removed from this thread.
- Submissions may also contain additional description of, information about, or comment on the game. Anything flies, as long as it's useful or interesting to viewers and reasonably spoiler-free (see Rule 4). Some ideas:
- Relevant TLPD and Liquipedia links
- The map
- Relevant background reading or viewing (post-match interview? TL drama thread?)
- Strategy analysis
- Stories about the VOD-watching experience
- Submissions (and other posts in this thread) must be reasonably spoiler-free. + Show Spoiler [specific rules] +
- If knowledge of a player involved would spoil the result of any set or match played shortly before the recommended game (for example, in the 3set-5set of MSL format group play, the 2set-7set of a GSTL/Winners League format team match, or in the elimination stages of a several-day tournament), the player's name must be in spoiler tags.
- If knowledge of the set number would spoil the result of any set or match played shortly before the recommended game (for example, in the 5set-7set of a best-of-seven), the set number must be in spoiler tags or spoiler-free terms (for example, the "final set" of a BoX).
- If a comment on or description of a game spoils the game's result, it must be in spoiler tags.
- If a comment on or description of a game reveals some juicy fact about the game that's best left a mystery, it should be in spoiler tags. Use your best judgment.
- General TL spoiler etiquette applies.
Failure to follow any of these rules may result in the modification or deletion of your post in this thread.
Here is a template you can use to make a recommendation in this thread:
[b]VOD link:[/b]
[b]players:[/b] [b]game:[/b] [b]date:[/b] [b]cast by:[/b]
[spoiler=spoiler-free description][/spoiler] [spoiler=game rating poll]<insert 3-option poll using link above reply field>[/spoiler]
Credit Waxangel for the first draft of this thread.
This thread is new so its rules are subject to change. Please PM JWD with comments or suggestions. And please help recommend games! I don't watch nearly enough to carry the thread myself ^^
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VOD LINK
players: sCfOu vs. IMNesTea game: Final set of GSL May Code S Ro4 Match 2 date: May 7, 2011 cast by: Tasteless and Artosis
+ Show Spoiler [spoiler-free description] +Giants of TvZ/ZvT in a back-and-forth, down-to-the wire, desperate game that has Tastosis screaming "Oh my god...oh my god...oh my god!". + Show Spoiler [game rating poll] +Poll: game rating3 stars: this game is an earth-shattering must-watch for any SC2 fan (178) 92% 1 star: this game does not belong in this thread (14) 7% 2 stars: I enjoyed watching this enough that I would have recommeded it here myself (1) 1% 193 total votes Your vote: game rating (Vote): 1 star: this game does not belong in this thread (Vote): 2 stars: I enjoyed watching this enough that I would have recommeded it here myself (Vote): 3 stars: this game is an earth-shattering must-watch for any SC2 fan
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Wow its about time we had this for sc2!!! :D
After like 5 edits i think i got it -.-. Also the "All post must have vods" rule seem a little bit limiting considering the BW counterpart doesn't really have that restriction
Vod Link
Players: Nazgul vs TLO Game: TeamLiquid Invitational Round of 4 Game 2 Date:May 13 2010 Cast: HD and Husky
+ Show Spoiler +Crazy game with almost every unit being made + Show Spoiler +Poll: Game RAting This game does not belong in this thread (40) 53% I enjoyed watching this enough that I would have recommeded it here myself (18) 24% This game is an earth-shattering must-watch for any SC2 fan (17) 23% 75 total votes Your vote: Game RAting (Vote): This game does not belong in this thread (Vote): I enjoyed watching this enough that I would have recommeded it here myself (Vote): This game is an earth-shattering must-watch for any SC2 fan
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VOD Link
Players: MarineKingPrime vs KyrixZenith Game: GSL Open Season 2 - Quarter Final 8 Set1 Date: Nov 01, 2010 Cast: Tasteless&Artosis
+ Show Spoiler [Spoiler-free Description] +When (B)oxer became MarineKing. Awesome Marine-Splitting against Banelings and Non-Stop Marine-Agression. + Show Spoiler [Game Rating Poll] +Poll: Game Rating?3 Stars:This Game is an Earth-shattering MUST-WATCH for any SC2 Fan! (87) 87% 2 Stars: I enjoyed watching this enough that I would have recommeded it here myself! (10) 10% 1 Star: This Game does not belong in this Thread! (3) 3% 100 total votes Your vote: Game Rating? (Vote): 3 Stars:This Game is an Earth-shattering MUST-WATCH for any SC2 Fan! (Vote): 2 Stars: I enjoyed watching this enough that I would have recommeded it here myself! (Vote): 1 Star: This Game does not belong in this Thread!
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VOD link (g2 starts at ~42:00 in)
players: IdrA vs oGsMC game: g2 of their Bo3 in pool play at MLG Columbus date: June 14, 2011 cast by: Day[9] and DJWheat
+ Show Spoiler [spoiler-free description] +great rivalry, great crowd, wild game-deciding battle featuring an unexpected use of a niche unit...
keep in mind that foreigners-vs-Koreans was a big storyline at this tourney; and everyone was curious how IdrA would approach PvZ considering he'd been complaining about balance issues in the matchup in the months preceding this event. + Show Spoiler [game rating poll] +Poll: game rating?2 stars (I'd recommend it) (29) 46% 3 stars (must-see) (24) 38% 1 star (doesn't belong here) (10) 16% 63 total votes Your vote: game rating? (Vote): 3 stars (must-see) (Vote): 2 stars (I'd recommend it) (Vote): 1 star (doesn't belong here)
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VOD Link
players: oGsNada vs MVP_Keen game: Code S, Round of 32, Group F, Set 1 date: July 5, 2011 cast by: Tasteless and Artosis
+ Show Spoiler [spoiler-free description] +Sometimes you want to watch a long, close game with frequent lead changes and epic battles. Sometimes you want to watch an epic comeback after the commentators have long since called a player dead. But sometimes, just sometimes, you simply want to see one player dominate with such well-executed creative play that you wonder if their opponent even had a chance. + Show Spoiler +Reapers. NaDa wins a code S GSL game with Reapers. + Show Spoiler [game rating poll] + Poll: Game Rating?3 Star (My earth was shattered) (30) 67% 2 Star (NaDa is cool i guess, I'll recomend it) (11) 24% 1 Star (Isn't this thread supposed to be for close games?) (4) 9% 45 total votes Your vote: Game Rating? (Vote): 3 Star (My earth was shattered) (Vote): 2 Star (NaDa is cool i guess, I'll recomend it) (Vote): 1 Star (Isn't this thread supposed to be for close games?)
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To get this thread more exposure we've removed the "every post must recommend a VOD" requirement. It may come back once the thread gets going.
Happy viewing!
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Not familiar with BW tradition, is there a must be freely available clause (ie no GSL, NASL, etc) for VOD threads?
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On July 23 2011 00:15 Primadog wrote: Not familiar with BW tradition, is there a must be freely available clause (ie no GSL, NASL, etc) for VOD threads?
Since JWDs first post was the nestea vs sc match from the GSL i think everything is ok
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On July 23 2011 00:26 FliedLice wrote:Show nested quote +On July 23 2011 00:15 Primadog wrote: Not familiar with BW tradition, is there a must be freely available clause (ie no GSL, NASL, etc) for VOD threads? Since JWDs first post was the nestea vs sc match from the GSL i think everything is ok Yup. Even stuff that's behind a pay wall is completely fair game. People without a subscription will just have to skip over the VOD or pony up.
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VOD link: Here
players: MaNa vs Naama game: Game 3 Grand Finals - DreamHack 2010 Winter SteelSeries Tournament date: November 29, 2010 cast by: Day[9] and the Apollo
+ Show Spoiler [spoiler-free description] + Terran sieges the Protoss natural, will he be able to break the contain? Extremely tense game!
+ Show Spoiler [game rating poll] +Poll: game rating3 stars: this game is an earth-shattering must-watch for any SC2 fan (38) 84% 2 stars: I enjoyed watching this enough that I would have recommeded it here myself (4) 9% 1 star: this game does not belong in this thread (3) 7% 45 total votes Your vote: game rating (Vote): 3 stars: this game is an earth-shattering must-watch for any SC2 fan (Vote): 2 stars: I enjoyed watching this enough that I would have recommeded it here myself (Vote): 1 star: this game does not belong in this thread
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On July 20 2011 09:17 Tabbris wrote:Wow its about time we had this for sc2!!! :D After like 5 edits i think i got it -.-. Also the "All post must have vods" rule seem a little bit limiting considering the BW counterpart doesn't really have that restriction Vod LinkPlayers: Nazgul vs TLOGame: TeamLiquid Invitational Round of 4 Game 2 Date:May 13 2010 Cast: HD and Husky + Show Spoiler +Crazy game with almost every unit being made + Show Spoiler +Poll: Game RAting This game does not belong in this thread (40) 53% I enjoyed watching this enough that I would have recommeded it here myself (18) 24% This game is an earth-shattering must-watch for any SC2 fan (17) 23% 75 total votes Your vote: Game RAting (Vote): This game does not belong in this thread (Vote): I enjoyed watching this enough that I would have recommeded it here myself (Vote): This game is an earth-shattering must-watch for any SC2 fan
It's better with Day9, who casted it first. This also includes the first game of the series.
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Hey, I hope this is okay for me to post here but I just want to thank you JWD for creating this thread.
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I think the VODs need some organization. The OP could have a link list of VODs which were rated very high by users.
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On July 23 2011 00:49 [F_]aths wrote: I think the VODs need some organization. The OP could have a link list of VODs which were rated very high by users. As the thread grows such a list will become too difficult to maintain. The nature of threaded posting will order the VOD recommendations chronologically (in general), so they'll be somewhat organized already.
Thanks for recommending a game Volka!
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On July 23 2011 00:49 [F_]aths wrote: I think the VODs need some organization. The OP could have a link list of VODs which were rated very high by users.
Better the way it is - you can keep up with where you were in the thread and make sure not to miss any epic games.
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way too early for such a thread imho so many games will come up that aren't really epic (what already happens coca vs nestea g1 are you serious??)
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