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[msl prelim] - july vs idra - Page 3

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KrAzYfoOL
Profile Blog Joined September 2005
Australia3037 Posts
November 29 2008 04:21 GMT
#41
that and him choosing to attack those lurkers with his marines instead of running back to his tanks @ 11:56
It's better to burn out than to fade away
Chef
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
10810 Posts
November 29 2008 04:25 GMT
#42
Maybe cause Boxer doesn't let him see he's getting fast gas?

Every split in the video is bad, I don't even need to point a particular one out. He loses EVERY battle, and some of them he should have won.
LEGEND!! LEGEND!!
Ilikestarcraft
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Korea (South)17731 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-11-29 04:35:19
November 29 2008 04:33 GMT
#43
On November 29 2008 13:21 KrAzYfoOL wrote:
that and him choosing to attack those lurkers with his marines instead of running back to his tanks @ 11:56


He practically had no choice but to fight. He didnt have his nat up so he knows he couldnt remacro a hanbang again and he was running out of time before July's defilers were out. He got a good positioning more reason to stay and fight. If he retreated he would have lost a lot more time, would have lost his tanks and since it was a bridge a lot of his units would get clumped and it would be hard to retreat anyways.

Im not the best player but i think his build's goal was to kill July's third gas while he's transitioning to lurkers. His fast irradiates forced July to switch tech. If he moved out faster there would have been a timing where July's eggs were still morphing i think. He was in a terrible position after July blocked it.
"Nana is a goddess. Or at very least, Nana is my goddess." - KazeHydra
Chef
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
10810 Posts
November 29 2008 04:42 GMT
#44
His build's goal was to get a few free kills with a hidden vulture raid (why he lifted it off and moved it). But when July scouted his fast gas, he shouldn't have kept doing it, because now it was guaranteed to fail (since July isn't a retard and has seen the build a million times before). Idra could have gone fast wraiths and at least gotten some harass done, but instead he just decided to keep doing a strat he knew would fail. I don't call that improvement, I call that cracking under the pressure and under-performing. His build had nothing to do with purposely getting 2 bases behind so that he could kill one third... The fact that you think that is hilarious.
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pubbanana
Profile Blog Joined June 2005
United States3063 Posts
November 29 2008 06:09 GMT
#45
All things considered, Idra didn't play that badly.
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anotak
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States1537 Posts
November 29 2008 08:52 GMT
#46
On November 29 2008 13:42 Chef wrote:
His build's goal was to get a few free kills with a hidden vulture raid (why he lifted it off and moved it). But when July scouted his fast gas, he shouldn't have kept doing it, because now it was guaranteed to fail (since July isn't a retard and has seen the build a million times before). Idra could have gone fast wraiths and at least gotten some harass done, but instead he just decided to keep doing a strat he knew would fail. I don't call that improvement, I call that cracking under the pressure and under-performing. His build had nothing to do with purposely getting 2 bases behind so that he could kill one third... The fact that you think that is hilarious.

Alright, lets see you play JulyZerg. Hell, lets see you play IdrA. Don't talk shit unless you have the knowledge to back it up.
Nytefish
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United Kingdom4282 Posts
November 29 2008 09:23 GMT
#47
On November 29 2008 17:52 anotak wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 29 2008 13:42 Chef wrote:
His build's goal was to get a few free kills with a hidden vulture raid (why he lifted it off and moved it). But when July scouted his fast gas, he shouldn't have kept doing it, because now it was guaranteed to fail (since July isn't a retard and has seen the build a million times before). Idra could have gone fast wraiths and at least gotten some harass done, but instead he just decided to keep doing a strat he knew would fail. I don't call that improvement, I call that cracking under the pressure and under-performing. His build had nothing to do with purposely getting 2 bases behind so that he could kill one third... The fact that you think that is hilarious.

Alright, lets see you play JulyZerg. Hell, lets see you play IdrA. Don't talk shit unless you have the knowledge to back it up.


Oh come on, if you want to argue his points then do it. Don't just say "I'm not listening to your analysis because you wouldn't stand a chance against top players". So what? A lot of people who don't stand a chance against chess grandmasters can still spot blunders in their games.

I'm not saying I agree with Chef's criticisms of idra's play (I haven't watched the game properly). But I don't know why people are so stuck up on "if I can beat you then obviously my game knowledge is better and my words are always more right than yours".
No I'm never serious.
anotak
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States1537 Posts
November 29 2008 09:45 GMT
#48
On November 29 2008 18:23 Nytefish wrote:
Oh come on, if you want to argue his points then do it. Don't just say "I'm not listening to your analysis because you wouldn't stand a chance against top players". So what? A lot of people who don't stand a chance against chess grandmasters can still spot blunders in their games.

I'm not saying I agree with Chef's criticisms of idra's play (I haven't watched the game properly). But I don't know why people are so stuck up on "if I can beat you then obviously my game knowledge is better and my words are always more right than yours".

His criticisms don't make sense and are unfounded. We can make criticisms of areas of BW we understand at our level, such as IdrA's game vs. Neel... IdrA's armory placement was dumb as shit and costed him the game, simple as that. But here is something more complex and I honestly doubt Chef has anything close a proper understanding of why IdrA lost.
HeadBangaa
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
United States6512 Posts
November 29 2008 09:55 GMT
#49
College is probably starting to look like a better choice.
People who fail to distinguish Socratic Method from malicious trolling are sadly stupid and not worth a response.
jgad
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Canada899 Posts
November 29 2008 10:21 GMT
#50
hero commentators!

"He's on team CJ, but he looks like Bill Gates!!"

LOL!
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anotak
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States1537 Posts
November 29 2008 10:31 GMT
#51
On November 29 2008 18:55 HeadBangaa wrote:
College is probably starting to look like a better choice.

Yeah, losing to a 3 time OSL champion is totally something to quit Starcraft over.
HeadBangaa
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
United States6512 Posts
November 29 2008 10:51 GMT
#52
On November 29 2008 19:31 anotak wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 29 2008 18:55 HeadBangaa wrote:
College is probably starting to look like a better choice.

Yeah, losing to a 3 time OSL champion is totally something to quit Starcraft over.

You're right, I'm being hasty. How much money does the loser get paid?
People who fail to distinguish Socratic Method from malicious trolling are sadly stupid and not worth a response.
jgad
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Canada899 Posts
November 29 2008 10:57 GMT
#53
^ More than he would get paid in college, lol!
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HeadBangaa
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
United States6512 Posts
November 29 2008 10:59 GMT
#54
lol!
People who fail to distinguish Socratic Method from malicious trolling are sadly stupid and not worth a response.
Nitrogen
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States5345 Posts
November 29 2008 11:01 GMT
#55
On November 29 2008 19:57 jgad wrote:
^ More than he would get paid in college, lol!


in fact, it would cost him money, lol!
UNFUCK YOURSELF
koreasilver
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
9109 Posts
November 29 2008 17:02 GMT
#56
lawl, the last few posts.

The game kinda made me think that perhaps idra was afraid of july's mutalisks. I have never seen someone get vessals so fast and although his plan failed, he succeeded in totally blocking july's muta harass. You can see that his play isn't as refined as some of the other Korean progamers, but I think he played pretty well.

Also, it's amusing how the commentators were joking about how idra might do some super eco build, because of how foreigners focus much more on macro than micro, but then idra went and did a super low eco build.
jgad
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Canada899 Posts
November 29 2008 17:27 GMT
#57
And you know, if it wasn't july and if Idra had a bit more polish to his micro game, not thrown away units, etc, it could have been a really damned good strategy. It would be interesting to see others try it as a general counter to two-hatch muta. It's definitely innovative, and I'm sure CJ's coach wouldn't have had him playing that build if there was no hope of it being successful.
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Kuja900
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States3564 Posts
November 29 2008 17:31 GMT
#58
Low eco games are what july lives for idra made the wrong choice and feared the mutalisks to much. July scouted very early and expanded extremely quickly 2 things he would not have done against a player he thought was on even calibur with him, but he looked down on idra and expecting early cheese things went downhill. That scout would not have came if july thought he was evenly matched, julys perception of idra won him the game. The vultures were a dumb idea after july scouted him (btw insanely nice building placement by july i really liked it), he had VESSELS and stayed in his base fearing like what 6 mutas no reason to not push out and punish july for that very fast 3rd base, which in turn is what july was counting on him not to do. July banked on Idra's inexperience and he made the right call. Not to detract from Idra i think he has great potential but this was not a close game.
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jgad
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Canada899 Posts
November 29 2008 17:51 GMT
#59
Yeah, he definitely should have pushed out sooner.
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sixghost
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
United States2096 Posts
November 29 2008 18:49 GMT
#60
On November 29 2008 13:42 Chef wrote:
His build's goal was to get a few free kills with a hidden vulture raid (why he lifted it off and moved it). But when July scouted his fast gas, he shouldn't have kept doing it, because now it was guaranteed to fail (since July isn't a retard and has seen the build a million times before). Idra could have gone fast wraiths and at least gotten some harass done, but instead he just decided to keep doing a strat he knew would fail. I don't call that improvement, I call that cracking under the pressure and under-performing. His build had nothing to do with purposely getting 2 bases behind so that he could kill one third... The fact that you think that is hilarious.

So because idra's fast gas was scouted, he shouldnt have made a vulture which costs 75 mins. Instead he should have gone for a just as obvious cheese which costs a hell of a lot more and would delay his vessel, despite the fact that July was making 1-2 hydras.

What?
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