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PH
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States6173 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-01-30 10:03:22
January 30 2010 09:32 GMT
#1


Man...this is seriously one of the best games I've seen in a while.

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Soulkey played so damn well in the late game...too bad you just can't get back from that kind of disadvantage.

So...Soulkey hurts Iris to a considerable degree with his mutas. Then Iris does this really weird move where he moves all of his marines to Soulkey's natural threatening a break. Unfortunately, there are a number of sunks up and lurkers are out. Iris looks to be screwed, as Soulkey this entire time was still wreaking havoc in Iris's base with his mutas.

But good god, Iris's recovery was amazing. He desperately held map control in the midgame, even after a failed 3 tank 1 vessel push (Soulkey kept sniping the tanks), and managed to secure an easy third with mines right after siege. Then a little later, he sneaks an expo at the bot right, and is able to slowly regain his deficit with a four base economy.

Soulkey found out about the bot right too late, and so despite playing phenomenally, as the game went on, his economy lost steam while Iris's chugged along.

God this was such a fun game to watch.


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hype[NZ]
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
Japan412 Posts
January 30 2010 09:35 GMT
#2
It wasn't Zero it was (Z)Neo.G_Soulkey
Butigroove
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
Seychelles2061 Posts
January 30 2010 09:41 GMT
#3
I actually turned the game off because Iris was losing and I couldnt handle watching. Looked later and i was like :O wotto
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PH
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States6173 Posts
January 30 2010 10:02 GMT
#4
On January 30 2010 18:35 hype[NZ] wrote:
It wasn't Zero it was (Z)Neo.G_Soulkey

Whoops. My bad. The kid looks exactly like Zero with a different haircut. -_-
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GrimAngel
Profile Joined September 2008
United States416 Posts
January 30 2010 10:34 GMT
#5
Yeah I thought it was a very entertaining and intense game. Soulkey played quite well but Iris just kept hanging in there. Iris's play was quite sloppy at times, but he still managed to persevere, and when he won it was just amazing. Great game, definitely the best in the match in my opinion.
Wan step ahead!
7mk
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Germany10157 Posts
January 30 2010 10:54 GMT
#6
wow soulkey really does look a lot like zero
beep boop
Hirmu
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
Finland850 Posts
January 30 2010 11:09 GMT
#7
lol he doesnt look like zero at all
IntoTheWow
Profile Blog Joined May 2004
is awesome32278 Posts
January 30 2010 11:17 GMT
#8
IriS is one of the most entertaining players ever
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raga4ka
Profile Joined February 2008
Bulgaria5679 Posts
January 30 2010 11:56 GMT
#9
On January 30 2010 20:17 IntoTheWow wrote:
IriS is one of the most entertaining players ever


Yeah him and Much are the reasons why CJ is my favourite team . Iris's late game in all MUs is simply amazing . I'm sad that he is slumping right now . I hope he can step it up for CJ to make the winners league playoffs .
Jackle
Profile Joined January 2010
Canada859 Posts
January 30 2010 13:21 GMT
#10
Soulkey fan club in the audience. Every time he did anything in they "whoooooo'd". xD
You called down the thunder, now reap the whirlwind.
The6357
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
United States1268 Posts
January 30 2010 14:38 GMT
#11
everyone in the audience were Woongjin fan...lol
I think they were new hires for Woongjin company...i heard commentators talking about Woongjin being great company and such...
and one girl was holding cheerful "I got my first paycheck"
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Alethios
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
New Zealand2765 Posts
January 30 2010 15:30 GMT
#12
Just finished watching that. What an awesome game.

I've always been a big fan of Iris, he always seems to deliver entertaining games.
When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.
baubo
Profile Joined September 2008
China3370 Posts
January 30 2010 17:06 GMT
#13
Soulkey has the same problem as most younger players. He simply has trouble with decision-making in the late-game, focusing on all the wrong things. Older players like Iris are much better at looking at the big picture and understanding what's important. Which as the game goes on becomes more important than pure mechanics.
Meh
PH
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States6173 Posts
January 30 2010 17:12 GMT
#14
It wasn't so much his decision making...it was not being able to touch Iris' third, and not scouting his bot right expo way too late. Even though he gained a considerable advantage in the midgame, it slipped away from him and turned into a deficit biting him in the ass in the late game.

Iris banked on keeping pressure up and holding map control to keep those bases and played like his life depended on it.
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Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33584 Posts
January 30 2010 23:09 GMT
#15
Iris tends to fuck up people's decision making because he forces them to react to so many things.

He doesn't actually make the best decisions himself, sometimes attacking low priority or well defended targets. But at his best, the overall philosophy and strategy of being constantly aggressive gives him more advantages than disadvantages.
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