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[SPOILERS] Thoughts on Flash vs Effort - Page 2

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SkelA
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Macedonia13032 Posts
May 22 2010 16:04 GMT
#21
Yea i think Effort did lose those lings in game 3 deliberately planing to punish Flash after he moves out. There is no way a player like Effort or JD to lose lings like that so carelessly,
Stork and KHAN fan till 2012 ...
jalstar
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
United States8198 Posts
May 22 2010 16:27 GMT
#22
Effort has 450 APM now so he was able to micro perfectly and win before Flash's macro kicked in for three straight games.

How does Movie ever beat him when he only has half the APM? I know that there was some sort of interview that said Movie beat Effort in practice fairly often.
KinosJourney2
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Sweden1811 Posts
May 22 2010 16:29 GMT
#23
Im so pissed off that Flash lost that, im a Effort hater from now on -_-
ocho wrote: EDIT: NEVERMIND, THIS THING HAS APM TECHNOLOGY OMG
fearus
Profile Blog Joined December 2003
China2164 Posts
May 22 2010 16:39 GMT
#24
Any1 felt that Effort could have won Game 2, when flash was pressuring his 3rd and he had mutas all over Flashs rax.

He panicked and decided to bring his mutas back which wasn't really needed, he could have kept his Mutas running rampant in Flash's base.
bisu fanboy
Tuke
Profile Joined January 2009
Finland1666 Posts
May 22 2010 16:46 GMT
#25
On May 23 2010 01:29 KinosJourney2 wrote:
Im so pissed off that Flash lost that, im a Effort hater from now on -_-

I can't really tell if this was sarcasm or not because you made CJ face, but honestly, I've never understood this kind of logic. If your favourite player loses to some other player, why you start to hate the player he just lost to?
TeamLiquid CJ Entusman #42
Rostam
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States2552 Posts
May 22 2010 16:56 GMT
#26
On May 23 2010 01:27 jalstar wrote:
Effort has 450 APM now so he was able to micro perfectly and win before Flash's macro kicked in for three straight games.

How does Movie ever beat him when he only has half the APM? I know that there was some sort of interview that said Movie beat Effort in practice fairly often.


Uhh..because having higher APM doesn't mean you will win. It never has and never will, it doesn't even necessarily mean you have better mechanics. (See: D+ Koreans with 400 APM)

Might as well ask how Stork and Fantasy ever beat anyone..
BW forever || Thall
Harem
Profile Joined November 2007
United States11390 Posts
May 22 2010 16:56 GMT
#27
On May 22 2010 23:49 Wonders wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 22 2010 23:20 SuperJongMan wrote:
Games 3 4 5 were great lol.
Game 3
I don't think the deliberate loss is really it; Flash had medics right behind, the 1-2 second difference in move-out wasn't decided by efforts ling loss imo. Chance? no, Effort needed those lings to buy time in case Flash did move out anyways and happened to see a bad formation and baped Flash for it. Baped. Well played.


I don't think Flash would've moved out *at all* if Effort hadn't lost those zerglings. Every good player knows that moving out, even if just to force sunkens, is how you capitalize on an opponent's mistake of losing a few lings. Maybe I remember the circumstances incorrectly, but I'll just have to wait for the vods to see.

Vod up now.

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FlameSworD
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States414 Posts
May 22 2010 17:07 GMT
#28
flash though i win ez pz this kids a noobie after first 2 games
skyhighftw on iccup
Nal_rAwr
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States2611 Posts
May 22 2010 17:13 GMT
#29
effort won without doing a single thing
Nony is Bonjwa
Tuke
Profile Joined January 2009
Finland1666 Posts
May 22 2010 17:17 GMT
#30
On May 23 2010 02:13 Nal_rAwr wrote:
effort won without doing a single thing

That idra meme does not work at all here.
TeamLiquid CJ Entusman #42
FragKrag
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States11549 Posts
May 22 2010 17:22 GMT
#31
On May 22 2010 23:31 Hot_Bid wrote:
Game 4, OGN replay showed Effort fully scouting the starport with the ling.

Game 5, I believe Effort was going for 2H muta but once he saw 14cc he went ling attack.


Yeah he was going for 2 hatch muta, but switched straight into allin lings hahaa
*TL CJ Entusman #40* "like scissors does anything to paper except MAKE IT MORE NUMEROUS" -paper
InfiniteIce
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States794 Posts
May 22 2010 17:24 GMT
#32
It looked like Flash threw the games 3/4, seriously...
I was thinking maybe golden mouse on 3-0 is just way too easy, not exciting enough for him, lose 2 games for more pressure and more excitement ^^
Smelled like Savior was at this match for a while, seriously...

but no, really i think flash just got cocky and started slipping...lose game 3, lost his momentum. No longer undefeated, can't win golden mouse all 3-0 anymore...i think that got in his head...
so game 4 he tries to cheese, effort had a super nice flank/surround move on the marines...really good scouting by effort saved himself in game 3/4.

Effort then capitalized on Flash's play style, i think, for game 5...he knows flash will revert back to his standard long game macro playstyle, after losing game 3 (seriously looked like an intentional loss, but only this game ^^) and trying cheese rush in game 4...so of course flash will go back to standard early CC long game playstyle...and the classic zergling rush was just right, especially on match point. The player on the top of that map has a slight disadvantage due to the ramp orientations on the expo, IMO, as well, and Flash lost focus, too busy looking at the hot ass BoothGirl in Effort's room or something...fast expo (12 CC is SO RISKY on match point vs zerg!!!)

Disappointing finals I think, but well played by effort in capitalizing on Flash's missteps.
Congrats......

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InfiniteIce
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States794 Posts
May 22 2010 17:28 GMT
#33
On May 23 2010 01:39 fearus wrote:
Any1 felt that Effort could have won Game 2, when flash was pressuring his 3rd and he had mutas all over Flashs rax.

He panicked and decided to bring his mutas back which wasn't really needed, he could have kept his Mutas running rampant in Flash's base.


Yes, definitely was thinking that at the time!!! Totally agree, it was a panic move, but that's his own mistake that cost him game 2...
I really thought he was going to basetrade, but instead flies mutas all the way back and just waste time..

by the time he got back to his 3rd, the marines were all dead from sunkens anyway. Mutas could have just sat doing nothing and effort would have been in good shape.
i keep going back to my response to chill's fake PM and laughing, then immediately getting a feeling that i assume i'd get if i had an orgasm and the girl said "hahaha guess what i have a dick" -FakeSteve
Chef
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
10810 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-22 17:50:30
May 22 2010 17:36 GMT
#34
Fuck this bullshit.

Every time I want a player to win, he loses. If you ever want to bet on StarCraft, and you're not a progamer, just ask me who I like and vote against that player.

The first player I started to watch was sAviOr. At the time I wasn't really sure if I liked him, but I just watched games he was involved in, because they were always epic. Finally, I'm in love with him and he goes and loses 3:0 to BiSu. Bullshit.

Next I start following Type-B, just for shits and giggles because I wrote a story about him and thought it would be funny. He wasn't winning before I wrote about him, but suddenly he starts doing kinda well and I start to think 'holy shit, this kid might go the distance.' Then he loses to Yarnc. Bullshit. Okay, Yarnc is good at zvz, so not really, but still.

Then last OSL I wasn't really in love with Flash. I like watching his games, the same way I liked watching Savior's games. I'd followed him since his debut, but this time around I really wanted Movie to fighting his way to a victory because I think he's a really creative player. Kid gets slaughtered. Bullshit.

Now Flash is winning and I'm like, okay, Legend Killer vs Ultimate Weapon. I want Legend Killer to win but... Not like this fuck. Bullshit.

Savior and Type-B get caught rigging games. Seriously? Type B? Bullshit.

Now it's these finals, and Flash is the man I'm rooting for. Freaking unstoppable tank terran with balls big enough to fill the entire aircraft hanger. I figure this is basically just like random practice matches before he takes the real fight, Jaedong. 2 games in I'm like "YES YES. God would have to really hate me to make me watch Flash lose. Bullshit bullshit bullshit. I actually liked Effort for awhile, but I stopped following him and didn't really care anymore. Now, just when I don't give a shit about Effort, he goes and pulls fighting~ zerg style like he's JulyZerg or something. Bullshit.

Now the MSL isn't going to be nearly as epic. Yesterday it was two unstoppable Tyrants who haven't lost in like a billion games, now it's a battered Flash vs a blood thirsty Jaedong. So maybe Flash will be out to take revenge on his OSL on Jaedong. So maybe he was saving his best strategies for Jaedong. It's still bullshit.

GRRRRR.

Go Jaedong. You'll probably lose to triple bunker rush now.
LEGEND!! LEGEND!!
krndandaman
Profile Joined August 2009
Mozambique16569 Posts
May 22 2010 17:47 GMT
#35
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shinjin
Profile Joined January 2010
United States398 Posts
May 22 2010 18:04 GMT
#36
On May 23 2010 00:31 XiaoJoyce- wrote:
3-0 Free, 3-0 Pure, Almost 3-0 Effort. But effort reverse all-kill turning it into 2-3..


i know right......
im so depressed flash : [

yeah, i kept thinking of flash as some invincible starcraft machine
i guess the expectations were too high, there was no way i thought effort would win

now im worried about jaedong lol
give it one more try because the best things in life dont come free.
OneOther
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
United States10774 Posts
May 22 2010 18:13 GMT
#37
yeah, flash's mistakes in his losses were glaring. i guess you can call it somewhat unlucky but when he moved out with marines and medics a few steps behind, i was like .........
Chef
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
10810 Posts
May 22 2010 18:38 GMT
#38
Yeah... Effort was in the right place at the right time a lot, but it was both of them that made those opportunities. I think going for the rush in game 4 is too obvious. That's too standard. The other two games he lost because of tactical error. I think in game 5 if he pulled some SCVs from his main in suspicion of all in lings, he might have held and been at a huge advantage.
LEGEND!! LEGEND!!
OneOther
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
United States10774 Posts
May 22 2010 18:44 GMT
#39
it's actually kind of scary that a few seconds decided the result of game 3 and thus the entire finals. if flash had waited just THREE more seconds for his medics, his entire army wouldn't have been eaten by speedlings. effort's expo at nine would've been damaged, and his muta harass would have been inefficient. but this is why we all love starcraft. split-second decisions that can turn the game around - even the whole series as consequence
Chef
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
10810 Posts
May 22 2010 18:56 GMT
#40
I thought normally Flash sends an scv just ahead of his initial army, just to give him an extra second for just this scenario. I don't follow that closely, but I'd say he forgot it this game, or was just like 'pffft, it's effort. I'd rather that scv mine minerals for the battle cruiser I'm teching to.'
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