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[msl prelim] - july vs idra

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Raithed
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
China7078 Posts
November 28 2008 08:37 GMT
#1
dang, only one game?!



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anch
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
United States5457 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-11-28 08:54:55
November 28 2008 08:47 GMT
#2
maybe there is more, i havent watch it yet.
but i hope its epic cuz its July vs Idra.

nvm its one sided.
Raithed
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
China7078 Posts
November 28 2008 08:48 GMT
#3
best vs the newb... newb won.

Ilikestarcraft
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Korea (South)17733 Posts
November 28 2008 09:02 GMT
#4
On November 28 2008 17:47 anch wrote:
maybe there is more, i havent watch it yet.
but i hope its epic cuz its July vs Idra.

nvm its one sided.

Like watching tvz from 2004
ils
"Nana is a goddess. Or at very least, Nana is my goddess." - KazeHydra
NarutO
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
Germany18839 Posts
November 28 2008 09:05 GMT
#5
Well played by IdrA even though he lost. JulyZerg is not some random guy. Really I'm glad to see him improving like that!
Hopefully he can make it to a starleague and/or get invited to some special event!
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Kentor *
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United States5784 Posts
November 28 2008 09:09 GMT
#6
omg best losing a pvp to some noname
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39489 Posts
November 28 2008 09:12 GMT
#7
WATCHING NOWWWWWWWW
BanZu
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States3329 Posts
November 28 2008 09:24 GMT
#8
Rape T________T
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il0seonpurpose
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Korea (South)5638 Posts
November 28 2008 09:38 GMT
#9
Best was probably too cocky because he didn't cancel his expansion or he didn't see the army coming.
Elsi
Profile Joined October 2002
United Kingdom8173 Posts
November 28 2008 09:47 GMT
#10
Reaver with a shuttle vs a reaver without a shuttle

you work it out!
fonger
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
United Kingdom1218 Posts
November 28 2008 10:03 GMT
#11
I liked that game. The big fight near July's third could've gone either way IMO. I'm pretty sure those 3 (?) lurkers that were left would've had about 20hp each. A bit more control/luck on Idra's side and it could've turned out very differently.

I think he executed his strategy well, although there were times when it seemed to me he was more conservative than he needed to be, even vs the god of war.
Ganfei
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
Taiwan1439 Posts
November 28 2008 10:15 GMT
#12
On November 28 2008 19:03 fonger wrote:
I liked that game. The big fight near July's third could've gone either way IMO. I'm pretty sure those 3 (?) lurkers that were left would've had about 20hp each. A bit more control/luck on Idra's side and it could've turned out very differently.

I think he executed his strategy well, although there were times when it seemed to me he was more conservative than he needed to be, even vs the god of war.


agreed, i think the reason he lost the fight you mentioned is due to him double stimming within a 2 second timeframe, resulting in all those marines dying to the lurker when they shouldn't have
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benjammin
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
United States2728 Posts
November 28 2008 10:20 GMT
#13
idra does kinda look like bill gates
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dinmsab
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Malaysia2246 Posts
November 28 2008 11:05 GMT
#14
lol @ best. That loss to stork must have really hurt him.
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pewpew
Profile Joined February 2008
United States132 Posts
November 28 2008 11:48 GMT
#15
Some pretty sweet Muta deflection by Idra.
Shikyo
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Finland33997 Posts
November 28 2008 13:20 GMT
#16
lol best lost straight-up
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KlaCkoN
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Sweden1661 Posts
November 28 2008 13:21 GMT
#17
I think his game sense failed him when he didn't realise how heavily july was sacrificing units for expo and drones early midgame.
He let 6-7 (if that) injured mutas stop his 12-16 mm army from just marching all over julys third in the window before lurkers. He had both vessels and turrets, there was no need to stay back and defend.
When he finally did march july had full drone saturation on three bases pumping pure units from many hatches, 5 lurkers already done morphing. No way idra was going to break that with a one base ecco.
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ilistis
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
United States828 Posts
November 28 2008 14:26 GMT
#18
gogo Idra. Im glad to see he's doing well at least.I can't wait for him to qualify for a starleague. American invasion in korea ftw!!( I mean nony and idra).
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Frits
Profile Joined March 2003
11782 Posts
November 28 2008 15:57 GMT
#19
Idra played that pretty well but it was obvious after awhile the lack of economy was going to destroy him, you can't really win a very micro oriented game against july.
Peyong
Profile Joined August 2006
Trinidad/Tobago119 Posts
November 28 2008 18:43 GMT
#20
Idra didn't do too bad. That was some good building placement by July, that prevented the vulture from going thru.
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SingletonWilliam
Profile Joined April 2008
United States664 Posts
November 28 2008 18:44 GMT
#21
Good game from idra
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asel
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
Germany1601 Posts
November 28 2008 19:00 GMT
#22
Well i thought it would be more rape
well played IdrA!
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Xeofreestyler
Profile Blog Joined June 2005
Belgium6774 Posts
November 28 2008 20:29 GMT
#23
^indeed!

keep on going greg
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inlagdsil
Profile Joined May 2008
Canada957 Posts
November 28 2008 20:52 GMT
#24
Idra never really stood a chance because even though he stopped the mutas, they still did their job of keeping him contained. The lack of gas made him unable to deal with so many lurkers.
But wait.
"he stopped the mutas"
Holy shit Idra slaughtered July's mutas!
GJ Idra, you are improving a lot!
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L
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Canada4732 Posts
November 28 2008 21:17 GMT
#25
I don't want to be a party pooper, but it kinda looked like july was sitting there with a big ^_^ face going "lol, have some mutas, i already won".

Still, remarkable progress.
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Avius
Profile Joined October 2007
Iraq1796 Posts
November 28 2008 21:51 GMT
#26
just watched the game and i must say that im very impressed by idra's performance

looked like a good game between 2 koreans imo
aka. Samael
Straylight
Profile Joined March 2008
Canada706 Posts
November 28 2008 22:20 GMT
#27
I think Idra's build was well thought out. Lifted factory to avoid overlord spotter, good timing with science vessels to block the mutalisk harass.

The failed vulture harass just put him too far behind however.
It felt like gravity.
Lemonwalrus
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States5465 Posts
November 28 2008 22:56 GMT
#28
I know he lost, but that game got me pumped about Idra.

I mean, a loss to July, does that even count as a loss?
Fzero
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States1503 Posts
November 28 2008 23:49 GMT
#29
He was too slow in moving out. He also seemed to have too few units and too slow of an expansion. That being said, It took JulyZerg 14 minutes to beat an E class terran and he didn't exactly run over IdrA in any fight but the last.
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We Are Here
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
Australia1810 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-11-29 01:03:46
November 29 2008 00:18 GMT
#30
Idra played well, hope to see him qualify soon
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anotak
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States1537 Posts
November 29 2008 01:22 GMT
#31
yeah i want him to succeed
Chef
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
10810 Posts
November 29 2008 01:41 GMT
#32
Idra's build was transparent, and his micro uninspired. Say what you will, but I've always thought Idra was a very boring player to watch. I'm really indifferent to his success... It'd be nice to have a good foreigner in the seen, but at the same time, I don't want it to be Idra. Here's rooting for Nony to get it done.

He was too slow in moving out. He also seemed to have too few units and too slow of an expansion. That being said, It took JulyZerg 14 minutes to beat an E class terran and he didn't exactly run over IdrA in any fight but the last.

Idra definitely got outclassed in every fight. Did you see how bad his marine splits were? You could chalk it up to nervousness if you want, but he still didn't perform.
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Xeofreestyler
Profile Blog Joined June 2005
Belgium6774 Posts
November 29 2008 02:55 GMT
#33
you such a seenkid chef
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Chef
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
10810 Posts
November 29 2008 03:03 GMT
#34
I don't even know what that means.
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Xeofreestyler
Profile Blog Joined June 2005
Belgium6774 Posts
November 29 2008 03:15 GMT
#35
typical seentalk
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Xeofreestyler
Profile Blog Joined June 2005
Belgium6774 Posts
November 29 2008 03:15 GMT
#36
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Ilikestarcraft
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Korea (South)17733 Posts
November 29 2008 03:28 GMT
#37
On November 29 2008 10:41 Chef wrote:
Idra's build was transparent, and his micro uninspired. Say what you will, but I've always thought Idra was a very boring player to watch. I'm really indifferent to his success... It'd be nice to have a good foreigner in the seen, but at the same time, I don't want it to be Idra. Here's rooting for Nony to get it done.

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He was too slow in moving out. He also seemed to have too few units and too slow of an expansion. That being said, It took JulyZerg 14 minutes to beat an E class terran and he didn't exactly run over IdrA in any fight but the last.

Idra definitely got outclassed in every fight. Did you see how bad his marine splits were? You could chalk it up to nervousness if you want, but he still didn't perform.

Yeah such a boring player wouldnt have done a 1 base build while everyone is doing the same double cc builds. What are you talking about? His marine splits were pretty good. He did lose to a better player but he played really well.
ils
"Nana is a goddess. Or at very least, Nana is my goddess." - KazeHydra
Chef
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
10810 Posts
November 29 2008 03:56 GMT
#38
Everytime he did a marine split, the 5 marines he moved would die without shooting another round... lol. If they were good, he could have won those battles.

Do you seriously think that build was innovative and interesting?
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ilistis
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
United States828 Posts
November 29 2008 04:00 GMT
#39
On November 29 2008 12:56 Chef wrote:
Everytime he did a marine split, the 5 marines he moved would die without shooting another round... lol. If they were good, he could have won those battles.

Do you seriously think that build was innovative and interesting?


"sigh" I don't know why you don't want Idra to succeed. Of course you don't have to wish that but still, give him a thumbs up for his improvement at least.
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Ilikestarcraft
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Korea (South)17733 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-11-29 04:14:20
November 29 2008 04:11 GMT
#40
It didnt work out as well as planned but it was interesting. How is it when boxer does 1 base builds you go cheering while when Idra does it its transparent? Have you ever seen a build like it used in awhile? Where in the video does he do a bad split? He didnt lose the fights not because of his micro or anything but because July's timing for his third hatch was fast. In the msl prelim thread idra said that July sacrificed abit of his muta timing to have more units later on.

The only thing i can note is that Idra could have moved out abit faster with his first group.
ils
"Nana is a goddess. Or at very least, Nana is my goddess." - KazeHydra
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
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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.
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Ilikestarcraft
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Korea (South)17733 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.
ils
"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.
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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!
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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!
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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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KlaCkoN
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Sweden1661 Posts
November 29 2008 18:59 GMT
#61
On November 30 2008 02:31 Kuja900 wrote:
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.


July's reaction was very much how july usually reacts to fast gas, no matter the opponent.
I'm quite sure July's expansion timing was a result of him expecting a mech build (note how he throughs down the hatch _before_ scouting marines.) The reason he wasn't punished for the mistake was of course that idra allowed himself to become contained by 6-7 mutas for just a tad bit too long.
And I don't know wtf you are rambling on about when it comes to the scout timing, july scouts that early very often on two player maps. His game vs mind in the first group stage the OSL he won is a fairly good example of how his build this game by no means was a result of "looking down" on idra.
Idras build was good, just a bit better control and a bit more confidence and things might have turned out differently.
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cgrinker
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States3824 Posts
November 29 2008 19:08 GMT
#62
Idra's one base play was fun to watch. Was it Thezerg that boxer played against last prelims that he did one base play? It went much better than that one.
InfeSteD
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States4658 Posts
November 29 2008 19:28 GMT
#63
Greg lost like a Korean imo... good build, good defense, late expo, but the problem here is JulyZerg.. he is too good...

ppl sayin dumb shit are fucktards.. come on think about it.. its july! the guy who stomped on iloveoov when oov was Jesus Christ on earth TvZ, the guy that has a golden mouse, etc...
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Chef
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
10810 Posts
November 29 2008 19:44 GMT
#64
On November 30 2008 04:28 InfeSteD wrote:
Greg lost like a Korean imo... good build, good defense, late expo, but the problem here is JulyZerg.. he is too good...

ppl sayin dumb shit are fucktards.. come on think about it.. its july! the guy who stomped on iloveoov when oov was Jesus Christ on earth TvZ, the guy that has a golden mouse, etc...

The thing is it didn't have to be JulyZerg. The game was lost because of a strategical error that most zergs could have capitalized on. Idra was really far behind the moment that drone scout got into his base.
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Chef
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
10810 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-11-29 19:49:37
November 29 2008 19:48 GMT
#65
On November 30 2008 03:49 lgdDante wrote:
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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?

You can dance around hydras with wraiths... You can't dance around a sunk with a vulture that July knew was coming.

Why do people think this build is so innovative lol... It's as old as StarCraft. The only innovative part about it was lifting the factory from his main to prevent a ling scout or whatever from seeing a vult go out the front end... But that cuteness didn't even matter, because July had already scouted the fast gas. The 150 minerals could have gone into a faster expo, or a few more marines. Not two vultures that were destined to do nothing.
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KlaCkoN
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Sweden1661 Posts
November 29 2008 20:21 GMT
#66
On November 30 2008 04:44 Chef wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 30 2008 04:28 InfeSteD wrote:
Greg lost like a Korean imo... good build, good defense, late expo, but the problem here is JulyZerg.. he is too good...

ppl sayin dumb shit are fucktards.. come on think about it.. its july! the guy who stomped on iloveoov when oov was Jesus Christ on earth TvZ, the guy that has a golden mouse, etc...

The thing is it didn't have to be JulyZerg. The game was lost because of a strategical error that most zergs could have capitalized on. Idra was really far behind the moment that drone scout got into his base.


No.
July went 2 hatch muta with vulture proof building placement.
July would have went 2 hatch muta with vulture proof building placement if he scouted a wallin as well. If anything the scout was to check for 8 rax.
Do you seriously think july would have thought "Yea well, he must be building a cc behind that wall" and then continued pumping drones? No of course not, the scout didnt matter that much.
The fact though that you are seriously advocating wraith tech vs 2 hatch lair > den > hydra > spire
suggests rather limited tvz experience.
Idra was in great shape right until he decided to not attack with a bunch of mm vs 7 muta and 4 hydra.
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Chef
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
10810 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-11-30 02:49:11
November 29 2008 20:34 GMT
#67
If anything the scout was to check for 8 rax.

I sincerely doubt it.

I'm not going to continue having this argument lol.

EDIT: This is why Idra isn't fucking BoxeR:

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=65727
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Texas
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
Germany2388 Posts
November 29 2008 21:59 GMT
#68
On November 29 2008 19:21 jgad wrote:
hero commentators!

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

LOL!


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a-game
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
Canada5106 Posts
November 30 2008 07:43 GMT
#69
On November 29 2008 10:41 Chef wrote:
Idra's build was transparent, and his micro uninspired. Say what you will, but I've always thought Idra was a very boring player to watch. I'm really indifferent to his success... It'd be nice to have a good foreigner in the seen, but at the same time, I don't want it to be Idra. Here's rooting for Nony to get it done.

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He was too slow in moving out. He also seemed to have too few units and too slow of an expansion. That being said, It took JulyZerg 14 minutes to beat an E class terran and he didn't exactly run over IdrA in any fight but the last.

Idra definitely got outclassed in every fight. Did you see how bad his marine splits were? You could chalk it up to nervousness if you want, but he still didn't perform.

wow... fuck you kid

thank you for posting the vid raithed, i had no idea idra had a semi-broadcasted match vs julyzerg the other day. was a good watch, i agree with others that idra's shown a lot of improvement!
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InfeSteD
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States4658 Posts
December 01 2008 02:28 GMT
#70
Of course IdrA got outclassed... its a given, but any other noob korean would have as well... the whole point of the conversation is: *IdrA shows korean improvement" for some reason a lot of us can see that spark... I don't even kno wwhat it is but he looked more pro even though he got raped... there is just something we cannot describe that well

in the other hand, NonY will fucking rape! :D
w/e
ketomai
Profile Joined June 2007
United States2789 Posts
December 01 2008 03:56 GMT
#71
Chef has no idea what he is talking about -.-; Just because someone has scouted fast gas doesn't mean he knows exactly what you're doing. Gas can lead to mech, wraiths, fast drop ship, tank push or whatever else he wants to do. July isn't going to think to himself, "Wow, it's gas, he must definitely be trying to get early vultures". And it would be stupid of Idra to think, "Wow, my early vultures are scouted, maybe I should switch to wraiths and completely change my gameplan because he obviously knows that I'm going fast vultures now".

And regarding his marine splits, they were fine, in almost perfect arcs around the lurkers. What a spread will do is minimize the chance that lurkers will hit multiple marines at once, not completely eliminate the possibility. God damn I hate ignorant blind haters like you.
Chef
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
10810 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-12-01 04:06:19
December 01 2008 04:05 GMT
#72
I know what I would have thought if I were Zerg in that position, and I sure as hell know July is a lot smarter than me. The fact that he got the sunk up is proof of that, no matter what you say. Maybe he wasn't positive the vultures were coming, but he was positive he needed to put a defence up against it, and as it happens, vultures pretty much suck dick if just just put up one sunk. Yes, July absolutely knew for fucking sure that Idra was doing a tech build. A vulture or two for harass is pretty standard with tech builds. The only other thing Idra could have been doing, was a devoted metal build with goliaths and such, but that isn't really a good idea on Destination (neither is drop, unless he proxies the starport). Call me ignorant all you want, but when Idra saw that drone get into his base, I guarantee you he was thinking "aww, fuck." At least if the wall had gone up he could have left the suspicion he was just pretending to be foregoing marines.

His marines splits were bad... I don't know what more proof you want than all his marines dying while killing fuck all.

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ketomai
Profile Joined June 2007
United States2789 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-12-01 05:02:17
December 01 2008 04:29 GMT
#73
Yes, it's true that mech builds do come with vultures a lot, and that's why July put up the sunken. But are you telling me that Idra should've just completely given up his gameplan and gotten wraiths? There's a reason why wraiths aren't a good opening in TvZ. If I were Idra, even if I thought he knew what was coming, I would have MUCH rather gone with what I'd practiced many times with the chance that the vultures could win me the game rather than switch to a cheese build that any zerg, let alone July, could stop with ease. That's like saying, "I'll switch to speedlot all in because he scouted my DT rush". What can you do after you've built the citadel? You can't really switch, and I'd much rather use 150 minerals with the chance that I MIGHT win than save it for an expo and be playing uphill all game against July and lose anyways.

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I don't know much better you could have split it within a couple of seconds.
Rekrul
Profile Blog Joined November 2002
Korea (South)17174 Posts
December 01 2008 06:14 GMT
#74
chef you are clueless and should shut the fuck up

thx
why so 진지해?
alffla
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Hong Kong20321 Posts
December 01 2008 11:26 GMT
#75
gg
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NarutO
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
Germany18839 Posts
December 01 2008 12:15 GMT
#76
On December 01 2008 15:14 Rekrul wrote:
chef you are clueless and should shut the fuck up

thx


what he said.
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mog87
Profile Joined October 2008
United States1586 Posts
December 01 2008 21:14 GMT
#77
My favorite post of this thread is when some guy goes "hes indifferent to Idra's success" and then a few sentences later he says "I dont want him to be a succesful foreign sc player in korea" lol. Gee so much for indifference or even hiding your bias.
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