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Game everyone insists should be recommended

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prototype.
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Canada4215 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-05 08:11:01
August 05 2010 06:41 GMT
#1
I'm assuming everyone has already watched SKT vs STX playoffs Day 2, but unless you havn't... spoiler alert
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The game I'm referring to is (P)BeSt vs (Z)Modesty on Judgment Day. For whatever reason, there are people that insists that I should recommend this game in the Live Report thread because the players played brilliantly, and it was filled with many intense moments.
+ Show Spoiler [a poll someone made] +
Just to be clear, it was more than just the poll that disagreed with me.
Too lazy to gather up all the other posts.

On August 01 2010 14:16 SwiftBunny wrote:
I'm not a huge fan of how prototype described this game
Poll: Recommend Game 3? Modesty vs Best?

Yes. (44)
 
69%

No. (16)
 
25%

If you have spare time, watch. (4)
 
6%

64 total votes

Your vote: Recommend Game 3? Modesty vs Best?

(Vote): Yes.
(Vote): No.
(Vote): If you have spare time, watch.




Let me show you why this game is so bad because I don't think we were watching the same game. In PICTURES :D:D:D




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Probe scouts 2hatch lair which can only mean 2 things.
Lurker drop or 2hatch mutas.

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This is (Z)Modesty denying scouting. No attention to minimap, zerglings are in patrol

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Mutalisks are already out, no cannons in sight.

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"Sup? I just shutdowned your natural with 5 mutalisks and 2 scourges. Micro? What's that?"
The game is pretty much over at this point, but wait, this is (Z)Modesty we're talking about.

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In the midst of unmicroed mutalisks killing off (P)BeSt, rallied hydralisks die to zealots.

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(Z)Modesty feels a little generous since he's in such a huge lead now, so he throws his mutalisks straight into cannons, corsairs, and dragoons.

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Feeling even more generous, (Z)Modesty runs his super awesome rushed dual upgraded hydralisks into cannon range and targets dragoons.
(2 hydra dens were morphed for those that never watched the game)

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5 hydralisks and 2 zerglings die to kill a dragoon and a cannon.

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I'm in your main scourging your corsairs... wait what?

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Then (P)BeSt gets overwhelmed by 3base hydra against his 1base. INTENSE!
=.=



It may seem like i'm nitpicking at every move the player makes, but that's what I expect from progamers. They're progamers because they're professional.

Just because the game ended fast or it was cheesy or whatever doesn't make it recommended.

And that is why this game is not recommended. /rant

*****
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Jonoman92
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
United States9110 Posts
August 05 2010 06:50 GMT
#2
Thanks for the little report; I hardly watch progaming anymore. From the way things were going I thought + Show Spoiler +
Best
was going to end up taking the game or something
Sadistx
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Zimbabwe5568 Posts
August 05 2010 06:52 GMT
#3
Good analysis.

However, I'd say any game with modesty should not be recommended by default. He's a terrible player that wins coinflip ZvZ's slightly more often than his opponent. I doubt he'd ever win a bo3 management games against any starleague finalist.
Kiante
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Australia7069 Posts
August 05 2010 07:05 GMT
#4
sometimes bad play makes the games exciting. Think to Jaedong vs kal on FS recently, kal had a huge lead and threw it away allowing JD to make an epic comeback. An exciting game to watch by anyones standards but "bad" play facilitated it.

I think its important you remember that BW in its current form is a spectator sport, without spectators, it wouldn't exist in this format. Games which go down to the wire are exciting, making them better for the spectators.

Thats why people like Hyuk. He manages to throw away games he really shouldn't lose so badly, but does it in a way which is just plain entertaining. I'd much rather watch hyuk hyuk himself than watch flash afk turtle his enemy to death for 40 minutes even tho flash's game had more "correct" play in it.
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TheNessman
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States4158 Posts
August 05 2010 07:07 GMT
#5
Hahahah yeah! this game sucked to a degree, but i thought that made it funny and even more on the edge intense! i was basically laughing and going "WHAT ARE YOU DOING" for most of it.

So i had a good time watching it, but yeah, modesty did not deserve to win imo. hahahaha
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IntoTheWow
Profile Blog Joined May 2004
is awesome32278 Posts
August 05 2010 07:10 GMT
#6
It was an intense game, regardless of the skill.
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prototype.
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Canada4215 Posts
August 05 2010 07:37 GMT
#7
Yea, I'm aware badly played games can still be exciting to watch. But the posters that said I should recommend it because the game was played well just irritated me.

On August 05 2010 16:10 IntoTheWow wrote:
It was an intense game, regardless of the skill.

The game would have been more intense if the initial mutalisks didn't do so much damage.

Because then we would have seen a closer game where any player can come out on top.
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Navane
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Netherlands2757 Posts
August 05 2010 07:54 GMT
#8
Thanks for the BR. Saves me a lot of time.
Megalisk
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
United States6095 Posts
August 05 2010 07:57 GMT
#9
I thought it was a cool build.but yeah. Best totally dropped the ball on that one.
Tear stained american saints and dirty guitar dreams across a universe of desert and blue sky , gas station coffee love letters and two dollar pistol kisses from thirty five dollar hotel room stationary .
Scarecrow
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Korea (South)9175 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-05 08:59:09
August 05 2010 08:55 GMT
#10
It doesn't have to feature high level of skill to be worth watching/recommending, it swung several times and had a very unusual build from modesty with some tense battles. I don't watch starcraft games to see flawless probe scouting and denial, I don't see how that aspect being bad hurts the overall game's entertainment value.
On top of this it was a severe underdog winning in a crucial game.

edit: afaik the mutas didn't do that much damage, just stopped mining for a while before being cleared out by sairs. Best was 2 base for a fair while before being overwhelmed
Yhamm is the god of predictions
Carnivorous Sheep
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Baa?21245 Posts
August 05 2010 09:14 GMT
#11
On August 05 2010 16:37 prototype. wrote:

Because then we would have seen a closer game where any player can come out on top.


Um, that's exactly what we saw.
TranslatorBaa!
lokiM
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States3407 Posts
August 05 2010 09:19 GMT
#12
I loved the analyst, the game was intense but nothing amazing.. i wouldn't really recommend it.. best just fucked up hardcore
You can't fight the feeling.
Gustav_Wind
Profile Joined July 2008
United States646 Posts
August 05 2010 09:25 GMT
#13
On August 05 2010 16:05 Kiante wrote:
sometimes bad play makes the games exciting. Think to Jaedong vs kal on FS recently, kal had a huge lead and threw it away allowing JD to make an epic comeback. An exciting game to watch by anyones standards but "bad" play facilitated it.


kal threw it away? I didn't think Jaedong was far behind if at all at any point in the game.
meegrean
Profile Joined May 2008
Thailand7699 Posts
August 05 2010 09:36 GMT
#14
i was so surprised that best lost this game. just make more cannons.
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Carnivorous Sheep
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Baa?21245 Posts
August 05 2010 10:05 GMT
#15
On August 05 2010 18:25 Gustav_Wind wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 05 2010 16:05 Kiante wrote:
sometimes bad play makes the games exciting. Think to Jaedong vs kal on FS recently, kal had a huge lead and threw it away allowing JD to make an epic comeback. An exciting game to watch by anyones standards but "bad" play facilitated it.


kal threw it away? I didn't think Jaedong was far behind if at all at any point in the game.


...what lol? That's just wrong.
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prototype.
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Canada4215 Posts
August 05 2010 11:03 GMT
#16
On August 05 2010 18:14 Carnivorous Sheep wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 05 2010 16:37 prototype. wrote:

Because then we would have seen a closer game where any player can come out on top.


Um, that's exactly what we saw.

Watch light vs effort set 1 of MSL ro8 and tell me again that best vs modesty was a close game.

dumb sheep...
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Carnivorous Sheep
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Baa?21245 Posts
August 05 2010 11:06 GMT
#17
On August 05 2010 20:03 prototype. wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 05 2010 18:14 Carnivorous Sheep wrote:
On August 05 2010 16:37 prototype. wrote:

Because then we would have seen a closer game where any player can come out on top.


Um, that's exactly what we saw.

Watch light vs effort set 1 of MSL ro8 and tell me again that best vs modesty was a close game.

dumb sheep...


Yes, because that's totally relevant here.

Let's see a week into the future for a closer game because that somehow invalidates the intensity of the game in question.
TranslatorBaa!
prototype.
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Canada4215 Posts
August 05 2010 12:45 GMT
#18
On August 05 2010 20:06 Carnivorous Sheep wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 05 2010 20:03 prototype. wrote:
On August 05 2010 18:14 Carnivorous Sheep wrote:
On August 05 2010 16:37 prototype. wrote:

Because then we would have seen a closer game where any player can come out on top.


Um, that's exactly what we saw.

Watch light vs effort set 1 of MSL ro8 and tell me again that best vs modesty was a close game.

dumb sheep...


Yes, because that's totally relevant here.

Let's see a week into the future for a closer game because that somehow invalidates the intensity of the game in question.

Sure it's relevant. I'm providing an example of what a close game is because you clearly can't tell the difference.

At what point did it look like best had a chance in the game despite all of modesty's failures?
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Tazza
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Korea (South)1678 Posts
August 05 2010 13:00 GMT
#19
I watched this. It was an absolutely brilliant build, but Modesty almost screwed it up because his first initial hydras were stopped. But he kept pressuring and won.
Sephy90
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States1785 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-05 13:26:27
August 05 2010 13:25 GMT
#20
i think it should be recommended, because Best lost to a damn sucky ass zerg, and people should be curious as to how that happened

edit: or... they could just come to this thread and look at your pictures lol ^_^
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