Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Middle-Aged Father vs Fat Guy

Drama. Flaming. Controversy. It's TLGG's favorite time of the year: WCG USA, where hack accusations flow like $2 beers during happy hour and extra thread pages appear as if out of thin air.

In case you forgot, Louder qualified for a WCG USA Regional by whining for a walkover when G5 took a bathroom break. Moral of the story, WCG USA participants: pee before you play. Of course, the past is the past and our mature, level-headed WCG USA participants will just forgive and forget, won't they? Maybe not. Let's cut through the boring stuff and get to the insults.

Time for a TLGG Flame Report!

Incontrol says:
"... smashing my head on the table ... at what louder said."
"Is anyone else raising your children?"
"Its scummy and stupid no matter how you splice it."
"You are trying hard to be a dick."
"... lecturing me on my debate skills WHICH I NEVER BRAG ABOUT"
"... ignored by your very fucking blunt head ..."
"... don't spoon feed an alligator, you'll get bitten."
"... why he has lil goonies like you posting on forums ..."
Incontrol final score: +2
+2 for "to-the-next-level" insult about someone's kids
+1 for inadvertent penis pun
+1 for animal kingdom metaphor
-1 for excessive debate skill defense
-1 for generic profanity and excessive capitalization
Louder says:
"... attack-dog-geoff will never pass up a chance to be a douchebag."
"Mister logician ..."
"Right debate wizard?"
"... your complete inability to comprehend what you read ..."
"... your response will be fitting for a Bill O'Reilly talking point?"
"... your 'ability' to argue is based on hyperbole and straw men."
"Do they not teach you about logical fallacies, champion debater?"
Louder final score: +3
+2 for persistent nickname use
+1 for indirect irl nerd insult
+1 bonus for induced insecurity
-1 for invoking republicans
Louder wins over Incontrol, 3-2. Will this be GG NO RE or will we have a Round 2 soon?

Monday, August 4, 2008

What If Artosis Didn't Cast TSL?

Artosis got a broadcast job with IEG in Korea after showcasing his casting skills during the TSL. His announcement thread is all love from the community, with the exception of a few snarky Klazart jokes. Remember Klazart? He's the talented caster from the commentary site SC2GG. Though he only casts on YouTube, he is widely considered Tasteless' biggest rival.

Artosis is the second TL.net forum member to get a casting job in Korea (after Tasteless, of course). For those keeping score at home:

TL.net : 2
SC2GG: 0

A question: why does a website that is solely dedicated to producing quality VOD commentary have such a hard time sending a member to Korea for casting? No Korean connections? Sub-par casting skill? Ladder abuse?

A source tells us that Diggity, another SC2GG caster, was set to cast TSL before the big TL-SC2GG fight over Baezzi. While Diggity is no Klazart, if Diggity casted TSL, would he be the one in Korea now?
I guess we'll never know!

Sunday, August 3, 2008

Savior a CJ Shirt for Me

TL's admins say the CJ Entus shirts go on sale soon, but will all users get a fair shot? A confidential source indicates our friends in MiR are saving a bunch, perhaps for their friends, perhaps for a rainy day?

Keep your eyes on the news because there's money to be made, buy a CJ shirt and resell at several times the value. We can't let the Mods make all the cash now can we?