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o[twist]
Profile Joined May 2008
United States4903 Posts
September 07 2009 04:05 GMT
#21
i'm not a huge fantasy fan but this seems like sort of a silly thread
konadora *
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Singapore66159 Posts
September 07 2009 04:11 GMT
#22
His mechanics prove that he's great enough

Valkyries were used since the times of Boxer

So were vulture harass

Ninja expos were frequently used by oov
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koreasilver
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
9109 Posts
September 07 2009 04:11 GMT
#23
Against jaedong in the osl semis game 5 on rotk. he walled using his factory, and his vulture was blocked by jd's zerglings. this happens TWICE. What does fantasy do? Change his build? Try getting wraiths? No, he continues to build vultures, and losing them to JD's growing zergling force.

It was way too late to do anything by the time the first lings got to his wall. That's a terrible example because he seriously had 0 options.
BookTwo
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
1985 Posts
September 07 2009 04:12 GMT
#24
I KNOW THAT. sheesh.

I'm saying would he be good if he DIDN'T use all of those things. Read op properly.

/me smacks kona
konadora *
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Singapore66159 Posts
September 07 2009 04:14 GMT
#25
yes because even without those, he has the mechanics, micro and macro to play well. Maybe like Flash?
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konadora *
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Singapore66159 Posts
September 07 2009 04:15 GMT
#26
what i'm basically saying that he still has a high chance of winning even without all the vulture harass and clever builds and shit
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motbob
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States12546 Posts
September 07 2009 04:16 GMT
#27
On September 07 2009 13:11 koreasilver wrote:
Show nested quote +
Against jaedong in the osl semis game 5 on rotk. he walled using his factory, and his vulture was blocked by jd's zerglings. this happens TWICE. What does fantasy do? Change his build? Try getting wraiths? No, he continues to build vultures, and losing them to JD's growing zergling force.

It was way too late to do anything by the time the first lings got to his wall. That's a terrible example because he seriously had 0 options.

A legit criticism to what Fantasy did there is that his strat loses automatically in that position to 9 pool speed, because of the units spawning on the wrong side. That was something Fantaasy should have realized in practice.
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BookTwo
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
1985 Posts
September 07 2009 04:16 GMT
#28
For some reason, I don't see fanta playing as well as flash without the support of his bo/vult/oov game play
Dice
Profile Joined April 2009
Korea (South)926 Posts
September 07 2009 04:16 GMT
#29
On September 07 2009 12:51 economist_ wrote:
Dont think too much, this guy is perfect, his TvsP is now the best and entertaining as hell, his revolutionary TvsZ is on par with JD, his TvsT is only less favourite against Flash. What do you want more?
The only remaining thing he needs to get is the mental strength from Oov, though...

Perfect? Far from it. His TvP is great but I think Flash's is still better. His TvZ is on par with JD? JD is S-class in ZvT. Fantasy is S-class in TvZ? Umm... no.
Warrior Madness
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Canada3791 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-09-07 04:18:30
September 07 2009 04:17 GMT
#30
Without Jaedong's supreme mechanics, would he still be that great? Sounds silly right?
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meegrean
Profile Joined May 2008
Thailand7699 Posts
September 07 2009 04:19 GMT
#31
Fantasy is overrated. He only focuses on the OSL while easily dropping out of every other league. He tends to get owned while playing standard so that's why he has to come up with this vulture harass bullshit. His "creative" play doesn't really impress me all that much. I only like to watch him choke.

Terrans I prefer to watch playing instead of Fantasy at the moment are: Flash, Leta, Iris, SkyHigh, ForGG, Nada, Sea
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koreasilver
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
9109 Posts
September 07 2009 04:20 GMT
#32
On September 07 2009 13:16 motbob wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 07 2009 13:11 koreasilver wrote:
Against jaedong in the osl semis game 5 on rotk. he walled using his factory, and his vulture was blocked by jd's zerglings. this happens TWICE. What does fantasy do? Change his build? Try getting wraiths? No, he continues to build vultures, and losing them to JD's growing zergling force.

It was way too late to do anything by the time the first lings got to his wall. That's a terrible example because he seriously had 0 options.

A legit criticism to what Fantasy did there is that his strat loses automatically in that position to 9 pool speed, because of the units spawning on the wrong side. That was something Fantaasy should have realized in practice.

Of course, but the OP wrote it as if Fantasy's response was bad, which wasn't really the case. I mean, he says that Fantasy should have changed his build, get wraiths (lol wtf?), which is just completely wrong because there wasn't anything he could have done.
BookTwo
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
1985 Posts
September 07 2009 04:21 GMT
#33
On September 07 2009 13:17 Warrior Madness wrote:
Without Jaedong's supreme mechanics, would he still be that great? Sounds silly right?


Yes it does, because I'm not talking about that.
Ilikestarcraft
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Korea (South)17726 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-09-07 04:30:05
September 07 2009 04:22 GMT
#34
On September 07 2009 13:12 BookTwo wrote:
I KNOW THAT. sheesh.

I'm saying would he be good if he DIDN'T use all of those things. Read op properly.

/me smacks kona

I sortof of think of fantasy like iris. Iris before his series vs savior he was considered another average macro terran. No one expected him to even take a game from savior especially with the tvz he showed before when he played keke on rlt. It was similiar to when fantasy played ggplay. Before he played ggplay he was just considered another macro terran. No one expected him to beat him especially with the past tvz he showed.

I think without that style that defines his play right now he would probably have been just another bifrost. Average at best. Probably a starleague regular that never gets pass ro8.

I remember oov when he became a coach he said that he thought fantasy had potential but he was too passive. It was when fantasy put his own agressive harass style until his play that he started getting really good.
"Nana is a goddess. Or at very least, Nana is my goddess." - KazeHydra
BookTwo
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
1985 Posts
September 07 2009 04:23 GMT
#35
On September 07 2009 13:20 koreasilver wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 07 2009 13:16 motbob wrote:
On September 07 2009 13:11 koreasilver wrote:
Against jaedong in the osl semis game 5 on rotk. he walled using his factory, and his vulture was blocked by jd's zerglings. this happens TWICE. What does fantasy do? Change his build? Try getting wraiths? No, he continues to build vultures, and losing them to JD's growing zergling force.

It was way too late to do anything by the time the first lings got to his wall. That's a terrible example because he seriously had 0 options.

A legit criticism to what Fantasy did there is that his strat loses automatically in that position to 9 pool speed, because of the units spawning on the wrong side. That was something Fantaasy should have realized in practice.

Of course, but the OP wrote it as if Fantasy's response was bad, which wasn't really the case. I mean, he says that Fantasy should have changed his build, get wraiths (lol wtf?), which is just completely wrong because there wasn't anything he could have done.


Wraiths to hunt ovvies. he had no den iirc
natturner
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
342 Posts
September 07 2009 04:23 GMT
#36
i love it when fantasy loses and the camera goes to Oov to see his reaction. it's like their subtle way of saying that fantasy will never be as good as Oov was.
This nigga done stole my bike.
Jakalo
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Latvia2350 Posts
September 07 2009 04:25 GMT
#37
On September 07 2009 12:41 Eben wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 07 2009 12:38 DeathByMonkeys wrote:
I enjoy watching him play, but Flash is still my favorite.


Nostalgia is not as good as it used to be.
koreasilver
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
9109 Posts
September 07 2009 04:26 GMT
#38
On September 07 2009 13:23 BookTwo wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 07 2009 13:20 koreasilver wrote:
On September 07 2009 13:16 motbob wrote:
On September 07 2009 13:11 koreasilver wrote:
Against jaedong in the osl semis game 5 on rotk. he walled using his factory, and his vulture was blocked by jd's zerglings. this happens TWICE. What does fantasy do? Change his build? Try getting wraiths? No, he continues to build vultures, and losing them to JD's growing zergling force.

It was way too late to do anything by the time the first lings got to his wall. That's a terrible example because he seriously had 0 options.

A legit criticism to what Fantasy did there is that his strat loses automatically in that position to 9 pool speed, because of the units spawning on the wrong side. That was something Fantaasy should have realized in practice.

Of course, but the OP wrote it as if Fantasy's response was bad, which wasn't really the case. I mean, he says that Fantasy should have changed his build, get wraiths (lol wtf?), which is just completely wrong because there wasn't anything he could have done.


Wraiths to hunt ovvies. he had no den iirc

Yeah, because he's going to get a starport up and squeeze out a wraith when Jaedong is seconds away from breaking through his wall and killing everything.
darktreb
Profile Joined May 2007
United States3016 Posts
September 07 2009 04:27 GMT
#39
On September 07 2009 13:15 konadora wrote:
what i'm basically saying that he still has a high chance of winning even without all the vulture harass and clever builds and shit


To be honest, I don't know if he's actually proven that.
Pathos
Profile Joined April 2003
United States94 Posts
September 07 2009 04:34 GMT
#40
Why should a player be geat by virtue of mechanics? The fact that some players are less gifted but compensate with "gimmics" makes the game interesting.
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