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GSL 2011 S1 CodeS Group C RO16 (IdrA!)

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pullarius1
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States522 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-01-14 17:45:48
January 14 2011 17:45 GMT
#1
Group C - The Group of "Champions"
NsPGenius , oGsNaDa , TSL_Clide , EGIdra

Match 1: NsPGenius v oGsNaDa
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Shakuras Plateau, cross positions

      Nada builds a command center after his first barracks, and declines to scout at all with his workers. Genius gets a nexus after starting warpgate research. Nada follows up with two more barracks (RTT) and starts stim/shields. Genius builds two more warpgates, a robotics facility, and a robotics bay. Nada brings a bunch of units across the map to Genius's ramp, forcing him to use many forcefields to keep his enemies out. After the final pair of forcefields go up, Nada just walks off, starting two more barracks and teching up to starport for vikings in his own base. As colossi start to come out for Genius he brings his warpgate count up to six. Nada starts a third command center for his interior expansion and gets +1 weapons for his infantry.
      Nada, meanwhile, is continuously poking at Genius's army, forcing him to use forcefields to retreat further and farther into his own side of the map. Genius expands to his lateral third and techs up to templar. Nada engages Genius's army just before psi storm finishes. His mostly marauder/viking army is very effective against Genius's zealot/sentry/colossus, as most of the sentries have used up all of their energy. Nada's army quickly breaks through and goes on to destroy Genius's third. After Nada, now up by almost fifty food, kills the nexus, he picks up some marauders and assassinates the templar archives with no losses at all. Nada takes a forth and a fifth base, putting Genius into a deep hole.
      A very similar battle to the first happens in almost the exactly same place with the exact same results: Nada wins the fight, this time due to a clutch EMP of some templar, kills Genius's third, and ends up doubling Genius's supply. Down by three bases and seventy supply, Genius has to gg.

Holy macro. Amazing play by Nada. It was really like he had every single second of that build planned out to the last mineral-even to the last bit of energy on Genius's sentries. I went back and counted; Nada forced Genius to use twenty-one forcefields before finally committing to an engagement, at which point Genius's sentries could not forcefield until the battle was already over. Despite there being no obvious flaws in Genius's play, it just didn't seem like there was anything he could have done to win. Also, by refusing to scout with a worker, Nada has me convinced that he is a Jedi, which isn't really fair at all.

Nada wins.

Nada 1-0
Idra 0-0
Clide 0-0
Genius 0-1
Match 2: TSL_Clide v EGIdra
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Xel'Naga Caverns

      Idra gets early zergling speed. Clide gets two barracks(Rx). Both players expand almost immediately thereafter. But Idra uses zergling pressure to prevent Clide's command center from landing as he gets a lair back home. Clide responds by putting newly-built factory onto his barracks' reactor and getting two-fold hellions. He also builds a third barracks. Clide finally manages to land at his natural, chasing away the zerglings with his hellions. Idra gets his spire. All of Clide's barracks have tech labs at this point, and are making mostly marauders. Clide pushes into Idra's natural with a strong force of marauders and hellions, with only a few marines mixed in. Mutalisks pop just in time. Idra sends everything to target the marines, leaving the mutalisks free to clean up the rest. But they can't do so quite fast enough, and Clide's hellions get into Idra's main, doing a lot of damage to his mineral line before falling. At this point Clide is up by twenty workers. But he has no anti-air! Idra kills a bunch of straggling marines and sends all of his dozen mutalisks to camp outside Clide's three barracks. Clide actually has all three barracks fully queued with marines as he desperately tries to put up turrets anywhere that can hit the mutalisks. But Idra won't have any of it, killing marine after marine as they come out and turret after turret before they can finish. Eventually he takes out all three barracks, forcing Clide to rebuild behind the minerals his natural. At this point, Clide is even upgrading missile turret range, usually only done to spend money after +3/+3 has finished. It helps, though, as Idra is finally chased out of his base by turrets.
      Both players are actually on pretty pretty equal economic footing as Idra gets his baneling nest and a third. However, Idra's resources stay in the two-digit range this whole time, while Clide's, after having no outlets for so long, reach 1000/2000. By the time Clide truly stabilizes from the mutalisks, he's down by fifty food, which allows Idra to just make a ton of banelings and roll over Clide's base.

Razor-thin play by both players there. A couple seconds or choices either way by either player and it could have been a different outcome. The hellion/marauder push seemed very strong. If Clide had built up a little more defense against air before the mutalisks got there, it would have turned into a much longer game.

Idra wins

Nada 1-0
Idra 1-0
Clide 0-1
Genius 0-1
Match 3: W1 v L2
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TSL_Clide v oGsNaDa

Scrap Station

      The players first diverge when Nada builds a factory and Clide gets a reactor on his first barracks. Clide expands after the reactor finishes, then builds two more barracks. Nada goes for pre-ignited hellions and then expands. Clide starts stim. Clide scans the hellions and expects a drop; he moves all of his units to the side of his base. But the attack is at the front! Nada's superior micro allows to kill.... every single one of Clide's scvs except two. Clide stays in the game and his booth to regain his composure, but the camera catches him tearing up in frustration, and he eventually gg's.

That was pretty rough.

Nada wins, advances.

Nada 2-0
Idra 1-0
Genius 0-1
Clide 0-2
Match 4: W2 v L1
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NsPGenius v EGIdra

Xel'Naga Caverns

      Genius forges first. Idra hatches first. Genius threatens the expansion with three pylons and a cannon. Idra just cancels the hatchery, expands to his lateral forth, and gets a roach warren. Genius scouts Idra's expansion and expands himself. But Idra just makes a bunch of roaches and starts wrecking Genius's natural. Idra takes out the nexus, a bunch of cannons and pylons, and the cybernetics core (after warpgate research finishes). But Genius eventually gets enough cannons up and prevents Idra from getting into his main. Genius stabilizes and rebuilds his nexus. Idra gets his lair as he drones up and takes his natural. Genius tries to move out against Idra's lateral expansion. Genius loses everything to speedlings, though, and now has half the food of his opponent. Genius makes one last attempt to live by getting out a void ray, but Idra has hydralisks to kill it and quickly overruns his Genius's base.

A perfect response by Idra to get himself into the round of eight.

Idra wins, advances

Nada 2-0
Idra 2-0
Genius 0-2
Clide 0-2
Match 5: Breaker 1
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EGIdra v oGsNaDa

Metalopolis, close positions

      Idra hatches first. After killing a couple drones with his first two marines, Nada rushes up to a thor drop with a reactored barracks. Idra gets a baneling nest and then a lair. Idra quickly repels the thor drop with no losses to speak of. Nada next moves out with two thors, a bunch of scvs to repair, a squad of marines, and two exceptionally strong medivacs. Just as they get to Idra's base, Idra hits the repairing scvs and the marines with slow banelings. Nada retreats with only his thors and medivacs alive. Idra gets a roach warren, Nada builds two more barracks off of one base. Nada attacks again, this time with three thors. But now Idra's banelings have speed, and easily roll into the marines and scvs again. Idra's roaches take out one of the thors before Nada manages to retreat. By the time the next attack comes, Idra has more than enough roaches to defend, and Nada concedes.

Yet another perfect response by Idra as he 3-0s a stupendous group. Nada didn't seem to be prepared for the banelings, maybe being accustomed to them running stupidly around a ring of pre-patch scvs. Either way, Idra looked very safe the entire time, and knew exactly what to do against a pretty atypical strategy for the map.

Idra wins.

Idra 3-0
Nada 2-1
Clide 0-2
Genius 0-2
Match 6: Breaker 2
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Not needed. This group got gracked good.

Final seeding:
EGIdra 3-0
oGsNada 2-1
TSL_Clide 0-2
oGsGenius 0-2


Group C results:
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Final seeding:
EGIdra 3-0
oGsNada 2-1
TSL_Clide 0-2
oGsGenius 0-2

The round of eight gets its second, and last, zerg, and its first, but hopefully not last, foreigner. This was a day of really tight, technically play and hairsbreadth decision making by all players. Any of the players really could have advanced, but two inarguably played better than the others. Only one more group until the elimination rounds start!


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@pullarius1
miragev2
Profile Joined May 2010
United Kingdom104 Posts
January 14 2011 17:55 GMT
#2
awesome recap as always.

thanks a lot!
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nepeta
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
1872 Posts
January 14 2011 18:13 GMT
#3
Didn't see the matches, thanks for the trouble of putting it into word, saves a lot of time

Idra over Nada, how times change... Hope either he or Jinro wins this GSL.
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fabiano
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Brazil4644 Posts
January 14 2011 18:55 GMT
#4
About the last match:

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Nada actually kind of thrown away the game, as IdrA said in the interview, to hide his strategy since he is already on the next phase.

However, its not anyone who can beat Nada, congrats IdrA.
"When the geyser died, a probe came out" - SirJolt
Joroth
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States318 Posts
January 14 2011 18:59 GMT
#5
IdrA done so amazing. I'm so happy he's doing this well.
"you have buildings that are better than my race go fuck yourself" -IdrA
pullarius1
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States522 Posts
January 14 2011 19:13 GMT
#6
On January 15 2011 03:55 fabiano wrote:
About the last match:

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Nada actually kind of thrown away the game, as IdrA said in the interview, to hide his strategy since he is already on the next phase.

However, its not anyone who can beat Nada, congrats IdrA.


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I dunno. It seemed like a silly strategy, but it seems worth it to me to fight pretty hard to not have to go up against the winner of Group D, likely, I think, to be MC, who's been unstoppable.
@pullarius1
KevinIX
Profile Joined October 2009
United States2472 Posts
January 14 2011 19:31 GMT
#7
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EGIdra owns EVERYONE


would be enough of a summary for me hahaha.
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Gak2
Profile Joined September 2010
Canada418 Posts
January 14 2011 20:13 GMT
#8
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GRACKED! LOL

so sad I couldn't watch this. I would've loved to hear Tastosis comments on idra/clide.
BenKen
Profile Joined August 2009
United States860 Posts
January 14 2011 20:25 GMT
#9
On January 15 2011 04:13 pullarius1 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 15 2011 03:55 fabiano wrote:
About the last match:

+ Show Spoiler +

Nada actually kind of thrown away the game, as IdrA said in the interview, to hide his strategy since he is already on the next phase.

However, its not anyone who can beat Nada, congrats IdrA.


+ Show Spoiler +
I dunno. It seemed like a silly strategy, but it seems worth it to me to fight pretty hard to not have to go up against the winner of Group D, likely, I think, to be MC, who's been unstoppable.

+ Show Spoiler +
All it takes is one game to put MC in second though (MKP has done it before), and NaDa might see IdrA again. Either way, Grack Hwaiting!!!
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bjornkavist
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Canada1235 Posts
January 14 2011 20:28 GMT
#10
It's times like these that make me never doubt just how good Idra is. Cheering for you Idra gogo!
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herve
Profile Joined January 2010
152 Posts
January 14 2011 21:25 GMT
#11
Nice writeup, go Idra!
Zlasher
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States9129 Posts
January 14 2011 21:29 GMT
#12
I was about to say theres a live report thread you could have posted this in, but the writeups were actually really nice, good job.
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FataLe
Profile Joined November 2010
New Zealand4492 Posts
January 14 2011 22:00 GMT
#13
On January 15 2011 03:55 fabiano wrote:
About the last match:

+ Show Spoiler +

Nada actually kind of thrown away the game, as IdrA said in the interview, to hide his strategy since he is already on the next phase.

However, its not anyone who can beat Nada, congrats IdrA.

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No, he was asked that in the interview. His strategy that game was actually one that was prepared pre 1.2. However, now that the new patch has come out, the auto-repair has been affected greatly and thus the builds effectiveness. Stop being biased just because he was good in BW. He lost, and he was trying to win.
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GreatFall
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States1061 Posts
January 14 2011 22:43 GMT
#14
That's great! I was actually hoping for these kinds of results this time round. Thanks for the update~
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unit
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States2621 Posts
January 14 2011 22:57 GMT
#15
HOLY GRACK I DIDNT SEE THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

great job IdrA
SkytoM
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Austria1137 Posts
January 14 2011 23:00 GMT
#16
On January 15 2011 04:13 pullarius1 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 15 2011 03:55 fabiano wrote:
About the last match:

+ Show Spoiler +

Nada actually kind of thrown away the game, as IdrA said in the interview, to hide his strategy since he is already on the next phase.

However, its not anyone who can beat Nada, congrats IdrA.


+ Show Spoiler +
I dunno. It seemed like a silly strategy, but it seems worth it to me to fight pretty hard to not have to go up against the winner of Group D, likely, I think, to be MC, who's been unstoppable.


+ Show Spoiler +
But MC is also oGs, so he will probably just throw the last game. I think thats why IdrA said "i have a feeling its gonna be MC"
Bisu... ;-(
pullarius1
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States522 Posts
January 14 2011 23:23 GMT
#17
On January 15 2011 08:00 SkytoM wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 15 2011 04:13 pullarius1 wrote:
On January 15 2011 03:55 fabiano wrote:
About the last match:

+ Show Spoiler +

Nada actually kind of thrown away the game, as IdrA said in the interview, to hide his strategy since he is already on the next phase.

However, its not anyone who can beat Nada, congrats IdrA.


+ Show Spoiler +
I dunno. It seemed like a silly strategy, but it seems worth it to me to fight pretty hard to not have to go up against the winner of Group D, likely, I think, to be MC, who's been unstoppable.


+ Show Spoiler +
But MC is also oGs, so he will probably just throw the last game. I think thats why IdrA said "i have a feeling its gonna be MC"


Oooooh interesting. I didn't think about that twist.
@pullarius1
Aegeis
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States1619 Posts
January 15 2011 00:25 GMT
#18
Great Re-cap I really appreciate it.
"Skills to pay the bills" - Artosis, https://twitter.com/AegeisSC2 ,http://www.tumblr.com/blog/socal-esports
eshlow
Profile Joined June 2008
United States5210 Posts
January 15 2011 00:53 GMT
#19
thanks for the recap.

You guys don't have to put anything in spoilers. If people are dumb enough to read the thread after seeing the title they should be spoiled...
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Kikimiki
Profile Joined March 2010
Egypt92 Posts
January 15 2011 01:01 GMT
#20
TBH, I didnt see this coming (Idra 1st on this grp.)..Nice recap btw
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