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Clash of LR titans: The_Templar vs GumBa Game 6

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The_Templar
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
your Country52797 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-09-17 21:03:06
September 17 2014 02:17 GMT
#1
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Game 4
Game 5

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

3-2


All of the games so far have told a story. Game one showed The_Templar's persistence when going for absurdly one-dimensional games, as well as GumBa's tendency to just take bases and make upgraded units. Game two displayed the weirder side of The_Templar's builds as well as GumBa's tendency to think intelligently but in a very standard way. Game three told the story of battlecruisers. Game four was a straight-up macro humiliation, showing the fragility of The_Templar's builds. Game five spun a tale about how The_Templar would not lose when too far behind; he would find a way no matter how improbable or ridiculous it seemed.

This is the perfect time for the games to be razor-thin, with completely unorthodox strategies from both sides. The_Templar, as far as this series has gone, would have an edge in that scenario. GumBa aimed to stop momentum before it could happen, to win games in the most normal way possible.

And he therefore chose the most standard map in existence: Daybreak.


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Both players confess to the 8 viewers that they are completely freaking out due to a passion overload.

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GumBa is so passionate that he opens with a PvP build by mistake.

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Meanwhile, The_Templar gets a fast third base, since he is playing the correct matchup.

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GumBa suddenly realizes it's a PvZ and gets a nexus and forge.


GumBa gives a friendly warning that he's seen the third base.

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Since he sees the third base, he goes full greed by not even getting a zealot before two more gateways.

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He also instructs a player who is probably better at protoss than him on how to play protoss better than both of them combined.

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I want to know how to play like the 2013 Season 1 WCS AM champion too!


The_Templar is playing fairly standard PvZ right now, and he is- ROACH!

Er… sorry about that. Anyway, he's roaching pretty standard this game, starting to get a few units while researching zergling speed.

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GumBa prepares a very late +1 timing.

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The first zealots get into the third and start slicing the queen.

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About 5 seconds later, The_Templar gets the first notification that he is, in fact, under attack.


GumBa starts doing work before the Roaches get there, while researching blink at home.

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"Your drones are under attack!"


The roaches roach the zealots.

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Roach isn't a verb...


GumBa takes a third while The_Templar roaches +1 attack and carapace for his roaches.

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Then, the roach warren researches roach speed.

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Roach time.

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Roach.


The zerglings are not roaches so they can't roach roach stalkers.

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By the way this game has roaches in it.


The_Templar roach attacks roach stalkers.

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Blink stalkers roach roached by roaches.


A roach nest roach roaches roach roach.

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This is where roaches mangle the english language.


Suddenly, The_Roachplar roach roach roach! Blink stalkers are roach position but roaches roach into the stalker roach!

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"Roach" describes this roach game fairly roach.


Roaches roach superior to gateways.

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Roaches run roach roach main base roach GumBa.

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Roach the roach line that roach roaches made.


Roaches roach the roachbotics bay! Roach roach roach roach.

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Roaches begin roaching roach probes.

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Roaches don't roach about the templar archives.


Stalkers roach up most of the roaches, so I can finally stop substituting 'roach' for most of the words.

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Just in time, as roach totally stopped seeming like a real word.


Roaches poke at the third base.

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However, in a stunning turn of events, The_Templar uses units besides roaches.

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Roaches roach the stalkers at the front…

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While mutalisks flying roach into the main.

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Image of roaches.


The_Templar's mysterious ability to micro mutalisks like people in grandmasters (while not actually doing anything else) is not happening here because he is roaching.

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Mutalisks head to the main and start doing work.

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Meanwhile, roach roach roach roach at roach center.

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At this point, roaches.

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Wait a second! Those roaches have 2-2… someone make sure it's The_Templar playing.


In this game, The_Templar demonstrated his uncanny ability to make roaches and attack. Despite GumBa's best efforts, he just could not outdo the roaches from The_Templar. Roaches were a vital component of this game. Victory was due mostly to The_Templar's roaches. Roach.

Yeah, this game was really one-dimensional.

Game seven is looming now, and hopefully it won't just be roaches. Which player will manage to pull it off?


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It's the same matchup as games 2 and 6…



Replay: http://www.ggtracker.com/matches/5427988

Game 7…...

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GumBa
Profile Blog Joined July 2012
United Kingdom31935 Posts
September 17 2014 04:20 GMT
#2
Worst game of the series imo.
To all the haters: you deserve to witness many, many more Serral victories, worthy of the godlike player he is.
Yorkie
Profile Blog Joined December 2012
United States12612 Posts
September 17 2014 04:50 GMT
#3
Happy Birthday GumBa (or happy day before your birthday)
Hwang Kang Hooooooooooo. Follow mah boy Shellshock @Shellshock1122
vult
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
United States9400 Posts
September 17 2014 05:37 GMT
#4
HB GumBa!

Daybreak - The Most Standard.
I used to play random, but for you I play very specifically.
GumBa
Profile Blog Joined July 2012
United Kingdom31935 Posts
September 17 2014 06:10 GMT
#5
Thx guys
To all the haters: you deserve to witness many, many more Serral victories, worthy of the godlike player he is.
boxerfred
Profile Blog Joined December 2012
Germany8360 Posts
September 17 2014 08:00 GMT
#6
happy birrthday, roach series!
Meavis
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
Netherlands1300 Posts
September 17 2014 09:50 GMT
#7
well roached, nice roach report
"Not you."
SatedSC2
Profile Blog Joined March 2014
England3012 Posts
September 17 2014 09:58 GMT
#8
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The_Templar
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
your Country52797 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-09-17 11:27:57
September 17 2014 11:26 GMT
#9
On September 17 2014 18:50 Meavis wrote:
well roached, nice roach report


Roaches really roached this roaches
On September 17 2014 13:20 GumBa wrote:
Worst game of the series imo.

Roach agree roach roach.

On September 17 2014 17:00 boxerfred wrote:
happy birrthday, roach series!

Roach! Roach roach.
GumBa thanks roach.
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jakethesnake
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
Canada4948 Posts
September 17 2014 13:26 GMT
#10
That looks way too standard to be a Templar game. Although maybe that is the Templar meta. Go crazy builds for 5 games and then when down to the wire, just make a shitpile of roaches.
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Saechiis
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Netherlands4989 Posts
September 17 2014 15:12 GMT
#11
Should have made marklar
I think esports is pretty nice.
The_Templar
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
your Country52797 Posts
September 17 2014 15:53 GMT
#12
On September 17 2014 22:26 jakethesnake wrote:
That looks way too standard to be a Templar game. Although maybe that is the Templar meta. Go crazy builds for 5 games and then when down to the wire, just make a shitpile of roaches.

I pretty much alternate games as Zerg between special builds and standard roach
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jakethesnake
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
Canada4948 Posts
September 17 2014 15:54 GMT
#13
On September 18 2014 00:53 The_Templar wrote:
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On September 17 2014 22:26 jakethesnake wrote:
That looks way too standard to be a Templar game. Although maybe that is the Templar meta. Go crazy builds for 5 games and then when down to the wire, just make a shitpile of roaches.

I pretty much alternate games as Zerg between special builds and standard roach

Does that mean that game 7 alternates back to a special build??
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The_Templar
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
your Country52797 Posts
September 17 2014 16:00 GMT
#14
On September 18 2014 00:54 jakethesnake wrote:
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On September 18 2014 00:53 The_Templar wrote:
On September 17 2014 22:26 jakethesnake wrote:
That looks way too standard to be a Templar game. Although maybe that is the Templar meta. Go crazy builds for 5 games and then when down to the wire, just make a shitpile of roaches.

I pretty much alternate games as Zerg between special builds and standard roach

Does that mean that game 7 alternates back to a special build??

Maybe.
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FlaShFTW
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States10106 Posts
September 17 2014 17:43 GMT
#15
damn dude i want to do something like this. always wanted to do grudge matches
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The_Templar
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
your Country52797 Posts
September 17 2014 17:45 GMT
#16
On September 18 2014 02:43 FlaShFTW wrote:
damn dude i want to do something like this. always wanted to do grudge matches

Do you play SC2?
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FFW_Rude
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France10201 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-09-17 18:11:45
September 17 2014 18:07 GMT
#17
I was hopping to see a zoomed picture of a roach when you started spamming pictures

On September 18 2014 02:43 FlaShFTW wrote:
damn dude i want to do something like this. always wanted to do grudge matches


What the hell man is that sig ? I'm the #1 KT fanboy !
#1 KT Rolster fanboy. KT BEST KT ! Hail to KT playoffs Zergs ! Unofficial french translator for SlayerS_`Boxer` biography "Crazy as me".
Darkhorse
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
United States23455 Posts
September 17 2014 18:41 GMT
#18
Gumba you lost as Protoss? I didn't know that was possible
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The_Templar
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
your Country52797 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-09-17 20:19:00
September 17 2014 18:50 GMT
#19
On September 18 2014 03:41 Darkhorse wrote:
Gumba you lost as Protoss? I didn't know that was possible

He lost twice as protoss. See game 3. Based on game 7 it might even be 3 times!
Meanwhile I only lost once as protoss, because I was facing TRUE.
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GumBa
Profile Blog Joined July 2012
United Kingdom31935 Posts
September 17 2014 20:51 GMT
#20
On September 18 2014 03:50 The_Templar wrote:
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On September 18 2014 03:41 Darkhorse wrote:
Gumba you lost as Protoss? I didn't know that was possible

He lost twice as protoss. See game 3. Based on game 7 it might even be 3 times!
Meanwhile I only lost once as protoss, because I was facing TRUE.

I am a bit inconsistent with toss. One game I am bad next game literally Zest
To all the haters: you deserve to witness many, many more Serral victories, worthy of the godlike player he is.
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