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Clash of LR titans: The_Templar vs GumBa Game 4

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The_Templar
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
your Country52798 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-09-16 01:19:47
September 15 2014 13:22 GMT
#1
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3

Current Results:
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GumBa The_Templar
GumBa The_Templar
GumBa The_Templar
GumBa The_Templar
GumBa <> The_Templar
GumBa <> The_Templar
GumBa <> The_Templar

2-1


After a crucial victory involving battlecruisers, The_Templar is having a resurgence of confidence. With the usage of the capital ship along with bio/tank, he was able to defeat GumBa's carrier-based composition and secure his first victory.

But from this point it will be even less easy to take maps. GumBa's map pick is King Sejong Station for a reason...


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Both players were intending to go town hall first, but workers blocked both expansions. Therefore, GumBa did the most reasonable thing a zerg could do in this situation.

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Fail probe patrol at the expansion.


In response, The_Templar did the least reasonable thing a protoss could do in this situation

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Creative!!


A cannon rush was attempted but GumBa got zerglings out really quickly.

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Maybe the cannon rush would have worked if you hadn't build a freaking nexus in his base.


GumBa finished his proxy hatchery and got some zerglings into The_Templar's base. However, they met a gruesome fate.

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"Zergling split ez pz"


The_Templar started cleaning up the hatchery, but GumBa got a queen and planted a creep tumor.

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See that zealot killing the hatchery? The hatchery got back at him.

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I would say "Zealot split ez pz" but that joke is getting old.


GumBa was the first player to do something actually reasonable by taking his third since the nexus was still blocking the natural.

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The_Templar confirmed more creative. GumBa should have taken The_Templar's third.


The queen is killed too late.

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Since creep still blocks the expansion, The_Templar decides that a 1 base, 4 gate carrier build is the best build.

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Meanwhile, he's expanding to his third.

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Maybe he's going to cannon rush it.


GumBa decides it's a good idea to get a fourth base and a spire against a 1 base all-in.

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Protoss and zerg units were living here in harmony and peaceful coexistence until the carrier showed up.

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The_Templar does an attack.

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He remembered the battle cry!


GumBa somehow rolled the game back a bunch of patches and became a patchzerg. All he really needed for the first 15 minutes were a lot of queens, obviously.

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These protoss units are all about to die. The carrier gets away of course.


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GumBa goes full counterattack mode and runs into another unsuccessful cannon rush attempt.

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What was this even supposed to be?


The_Templar retreats to his third, while making even more carriers.

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Based on how the last few games have gone, First vs Life could happen here.


GumBa just starts spreading creep.

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Note the templar archives...


He also gets a hive. He has a roach warren and spire as well but he's only made zerglings and queens.

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An oracle is scouting around for The_Templar, who finally remembered to clear up the creep in his natural.

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Unfortunately, it's just going to fly into GumBa's army.


The_Templar prepares to attack the mass queen/zergling army of GumBa. Note that there are a lot of high templars in the mix.

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Mass feedback is cast on the queens.

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If only there was storm...


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This took a bad turn.


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Zerglings pour into the third base and demolish it.

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GumBa forgets about the zerglings and they all die to carriers.

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90 kills on a carrier is rather impressive even if it is just zerglings.


Queens arrive and chase off the carriers by killing all of the interceptors.

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So much creep spread… I think this is Scarlett playing or something.


GumBa follows up with another attack.

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The_Templar is forced to GG at this point, as there are just no more units for him to make.

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After one of the most one-sided losses in the series, The_Templar is running out of options. He's shown a clear inability to deal with frustrating situations such as blocks on his expansions in this game, so he'll have to play safe. But he's been crushed in all but one macro game, so he'll have to all-in. How can he do both?

Can he actually manage to ever take 3 maps in a row in this situation?


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Those HTs get storm later in the series.



Replay: http://www.ggtracker.com/matches/5427989

Game 5

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GumBa
Profile Blog Joined July 2012
United Kingdom31935 Posts
September 15 2014 13:44 GMT
#2
I actually let those lings die to make more supply for queens and I went full TRUE in that game
To all the haters: you deserve to witness many, many more Serral victories, worthy of the godlike player he is.
jakethesnake
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
Canada4948 Posts
September 15 2014 13:56 GMT
#3
I honestly can't tell the difference between this game and a GSL finals game.

Also, GumBa such a patch-randomzerg with all those queens.
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boxerfred
Profile Blog Joined December 2012
Germany8360 Posts
September 15 2014 14:09 GMT
#4
I want the winner's game Gumba
vult
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
United States9400 Posts
September 15 2014 14:27 GMT
#5
God damnit I wish there was a new LRSL. Maybe that would restore my passion.

Make the comeback Templar!
I used to play random, but for you I play very specifically.
The_Templar
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
your Country52798 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-09-15 14:40:47
September 15 2014 14:39 GMT
#6
On September 15 2014 23:27 vult wrote:
God damnit I wish there was a new LRSL. Maybe that would restore my passion.

Make the comeback Templar!

LRSL type event is in the works. There will also probably be a blizzcon one as well
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Yorkie
Profile Blog Joined December 2012
United States12612 Posts
September 15 2014 14:49 GMT
#7
Dang you're pumping these out pretty quickly. Nice
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FFW_Rude
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France10201 Posts
September 15 2014 14:50 GMT
#8
Omg i didn't saw that.

Wait is there a new stupid useless tournament coming ? How do i qualify ?
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The_Templar
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
your Country52798 Posts
September 15 2014 14:52 GMT
#9
On September 15 2014 23:50 FFW_Rude wrote:
Omg i didn't saw that.

Wait is there a new stupid useless tournament coming ? How do i qualify ?

There's a possible LR tournament but there wouldn't be very many people in it.
LRSL will probably happen at blizzcon and everyone will pick a player like last year but this is unconfirmed.
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GumBa
Profile Blog Joined July 2012
United Kingdom31935 Posts
September 15 2014 15:50 GMT
#10
Queens>All
To all the haters: you deserve to witness many, many more Serral victories, worthy of the godlike player he is.
FFW_Rude
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France10201 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-09-15 16:05:13
September 15 2014 16:04 GMT
#11
On September 15 2014 23:52 The_Templar wrote:
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On September 15 2014 23:50 FFW_Rude wrote:
Omg i didn't saw that.

Wait is there a new stupid useless tournament coming ? How do i qualify ?

There's a possible LR tournament but there wouldn't be very many people in it.
LRSL will probably happen at blizzcon and everyone will pick a player like last year but this is unconfirmed.


Hope i can play in it. I want to win a Bo this time !

Also is it now authorized to use #The_TemplarMicro during pro matches ?

How would you rate The_TemplarMicro vs The_BestMicro ?
#1 KT Rolster fanboy. KT BEST KT ! Hail to KT playoffs Zergs ! Unofficial french translator for SlayerS_`Boxer` biography "Crazy as me".
ThomasjServo
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
15244 Posts
September 15 2014 16:44 GMT
#12
You should cast these and upload to youtube.
The_Templar
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
your Country52798 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-09-15 16:53:30
September 15 2014 16:45 GMT
#13
On September 16 2014 01:44 ThomasjServo wrote:
You should cast these and upload to youtube.

If I ever have time… TT

On September 16 2014 01:04 FFW_Rude wrote:
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On September 15 2014 23:52 The_Templar wrote:
On September 15 2014 23:50 FFW_Rude wrote:
Omg i didn't saw that.

Wait is there a new stupid useless tournament coming ? How do i qualify ?

There's a possible LR tournament but there wouldn't be very many people in it.
LRSL will probably happen at blizzcon and everyone will pick a player like last year but this is unconfirmed.


Hope i can play in it. I want to win a Bo this time !

Also is it now authorized to use #The_TemplarMicro during pro matches ?

How would you rate The_TemplarMicro vs The_BestMicro ?

The first tournament is invite-only and I'm probably inviting based on the LR power rank. Second ones s is first come first serve

#The_TemplarMicro is very serious and should only be used when units that are easily micro'd get clumped up or surrounded and obliterated as a result when they really shouldn't have, when the player is obviously paying attention to the battle.
Examples:
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Marines are clumped up and destroyed by like 3 banelings. The_Templar is doing nothing at home besides building marines with hotkeys so he's obviously looking at the battle.

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Reaper gets surrounded by probes because The_Templar is typing.


This is superior to TheBest micro because the player mis-microing has no reason whatsoever to mess up and still does. TheBest wasn't really paying that much attention to his banshees for example.
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FFW_Rude
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France10201 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-09-15 17:20:03
September 15 2014 17:19 GMT
#14
Haha. hope you'll cast it.

Like a Chill CombatEx non bias showmatch.

I'm totally using TheTemplarMicro in future LRs :p
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GumBa
Profile Blog Joined July 2012
United Kingdom31935 Posts
September 15 2014 17:20 GMT
#15
I obv have auto invites to all The_Templar
To all the haters: you deserve to witness many, many more Serral victories, worthy of the godlike player he is.
Luolis
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
Finland7199 Posts
September 15 2014 17:45 GMT
#16
You gotta inv me for blizcon lr tournament thingy.
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The_Templar
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
your Country52798 Posts
September 15 2014 17:48 GMT
#17
On September 16 2014 02:45 Luolis wrote:
You gotta inv me for blizcon lr tournament thingy.

It's basically first come first serve. You have to sign up in the thread as the player you want to represent.
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boxerfred
Profile Blog Joined December 2012
Germany8360 Posts
September 15 2014 17:57 GMT
#18
On September 16 2014 02:48 The_Templar wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 16 2014 02:45 Luolis wrote:
You gotta inv me for blizcon lr tournament thingy.

It's basically first come first serve. You have to sign up in the thread as the player you want to represent.

HELL I'M IN
Yorkie
Profile Blog Joined December 2012
United States12612 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-09-15 18:05:47
September 15 2014 18:05 GMT
#19
I'm getting in on the Blizzcon event representing Life. Or at least a zerg of some kind, because last time I had to play protoss because I was representing Duckdeok.
Hwang Kang Hooooooooooo. Follow mah boy Shellshock @Shellshock1122
The_Templar
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
your Country52798 Posts
September 15 2014 18:11 GMT
#20
I already call TaeJa
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