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How Group B felt... Oh so good

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Kommatiazo
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States579 Posts
May 03 2013 02:06 GMT
#1
This group will forever live on in infamy as the greatest and most fearsome group of death in SC2 for a long time to come. When the guys on Meta and SotG discuss what group in X tournament this weekend is the real group of death, it'll be with the caveat "But it still isn't as legendary as Group B from Code S 2013 Season 2..." Simply describing their play as "they were playing like Gods" is too overused and not even good enough IMO.

Here are some graphical representations of how legendary I think Parting, Lifu, Flash, and Innovation's play was in the most legendary group of legend ever observed by Legend EVER

Imagine Batman playing Starcraft. Now imagine 4 Batmans playing Starcraft against each other, and now you have Group Batman from last night, which approaches how sick it was to watch live:

[image loading]
Sorry its such shitty editing, I whipped these up quickly while I was at work while it was slow, so I only had MS paint and a laptop mouse... :/ This post isn't really even remotely serious so it's ok

Also, Imagine this group: Group dBz
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Still not as legendary.

Technically I haven't spoiled anything. If you haven't watched the games it's worth getting a ticket for IMO. Damn they were sick games. The amount of mind gaming was insane in every series. Even though there were a lot of strategies we'd seen before being thrown out, they were executed to a level not seen until now, and there were a lot of subtle adjustments that are only really present and at this level. I'm not just talking about "He plays greedy so I'll 11/11 him" mind games. Just go watch.

+ Show Spoiler +
But seriously, Lifu was really the only player that I feel under-performed. And watching him "under-perform" was still something to behold. I thought his execution and on the fly adjustments to the 2x Evo Ling - 3 base Ultra strat he was making were really impressive, not to mention Life's prodigious skill in controlling said army. It was so sick.

And Parting, the Protoss hope played SO goddamn well. Such a sick performance. The fact that after this Ro32, we might still end up with a PvP finals in sOs vs Parting is mind blowing. They have a legitimate shot at making it happen even in the face of all this stiff T and Z competition. Innovation will have something to say about that though I think. That trophy might as well have his name stenciled in already. He looked unholy last night defeating God himself. Except Game 2. That was a little annoying and sad lmao. Especially since that EXACT thing happened to me on ladder like 2 days ago. Looking forward to next season Flash! <3


But it's over now and the Ro8 is without two of its most picked and favored members. I sure hope the rest of WCS Korea/Code S is as quality as the legendary Group B was.

And Tastosis were in rare form last night, barely casting. I am not being sarcastic when I say that I enjoyed it immensely, but definitely not the most analytical and in depth casting I've heard to date. A lot of "HERE WE GOOOOOO!!!" and "OOOHHH MAN!!" and "SICK CITY!" and "Damn ___ is playing like a GOD!" Still a great cast though, I love those guys.



*****
"You must enemy don't know, and very good micro" - Bosstoss #Wet4Ret
Antylamon
Profile Joined March 2011
United States1981 Posts
May 03 2013 02:23 GMT
#2
Flash as old-school Batman. Nice.
ETisME
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
12909 Posts
May 03 2013 02:49 GMT
#3
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Life's games against innovation make me feel like TvZ is really at an imbalance point where terran has way too much map control and can just macro to win.
then he just lost to parting because he has revealed all his builds already
flash was less than impressive in his games as well

but overall it was such a crazy night, so good we have gsl production standard for this round
其疾如风,其徐如林,侵掠如火,不动如山,难知如阴,动如雷震。
Golgotha
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Korea (South)8418 Posts
May 03 2013 03:23 GMT
#4
I felt kinda let down. the games weren't that great in my opinion.
Kommatiazo
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States579 Posts
May 03 2013 03:29 GMT
#5
On May 03 2013 12:23 Golgotha wrote:
I felt kinda let down. the games weren't that great in my opinion.


I know what you mean. I just think they were amazing not in the Losira Gumiho insanity, mind blowing, what are we watching, kind of way, but the pristine mechanics and next level cognitive play kind of way. Maybe it wasn't like watching a great artist paint a really creative picture, but watching someone draw a flawlessly straight line and round circle without any guides. Sort of. But way more epic.
"You must enemy don't know, and very good micro" - Bosstoss #Wet4Ret
Treehead
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
999 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-05-03 05:02:50
May 03 2013 05:01 GMT
#6
On May 03 2013 11:23 Antylamon wrote:
Flash as old-school Batman. Nice.


Calling the 90s series batman "old school" makes me feel old.

When I think old school batman...

[image loading]


http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2Y3qQvHY6XU/S4hLNjDN8kI/AAAAAAAADrY/NlrTZzH2jdM/s1600-h/batman1.jpg
Golgotha
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Korea (South)8418 Posts
May 05 2013 02:30 GMT
#7
On May 03 2013 12:29 Kommatiazo wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 03 2013 12:23 Golgotha wrote:
I felt kinda let down. the games weren't that great in my opinion.


I know what you mean. I just think they were amazing not in the Losira Gumiho insanity, mind blowing, what are we watching, kind of way, but the pristine mechanics and next level cognitive play kind of way. Maybe it wasn't like watching a great artist paint a really creative picture, but watching someone draw a flawlessly straight line and round circle without any guides. Sort of. But way more epic.


yup and i also think my expectations were way too high. hehe. people did hype the crap out of it.
BisuEver
Profile Joined May 2010
United States247 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-05-05 02:44:47
May 05 2013 02:44 GMT
#8
On May 03 2013 11:06 Kommatiazo wrote:
[image loading]

So am I to understand in this scenario http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=410695 no matter what, batman will win?
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/blog/10873775/pa-presents-diablo-iii-console-comic-by-katie-rice-9-13-2013
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