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Armathai
1023 Posts
Snow really did play amazingly and had me really worried, luckily JD pulled through tho. I'm pretty disappointed with Stork, I was hoping he'd pull through so we could have JD vs Stork finals  Zeros still my second fav Zerg after JD, but I just don't think his ZvZ is up to par compared to his other two matchups. Anyway, looking forward to the future! JD BONJWA! | ||
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Z3kk
4099 Posts
I was devastated to see Stork lose...I was also rooting for Federer and I woke up to see that both of them were 3-0'd hard. T_____T Both apparently(?) also came back strong in the 2nd "set" but lost anyway...ugh...disappointed in Stork and Federer equally as I thought it was both their time to shine in the finals... OSL won't even be that amazing because either Stork wins with SvT, or Fanta just pulls off an upset and Stork loses, which is terrible in and of itself. GG Zero and Jaedong, but definitely Jaedong for MSL gold!! :D | ||
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jalstar
United States8198 Posts
Set 1: Snow 1.5/5 Jaedong 3/5 Set 2: Snow 4/5 Jaedong 2.5/5 Set 3: Snow 2/5 Jaedong 3.5/5 Set 4: Snow 4.5/5 Jaedong 3/5 Set 5: Snow 4/5 Jaedong 5/5 | ||
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GoTuNk!
Chile4591 Posts
I disagree with the above post. The quality of last 4 games was ridicously high; both players might look up sloppy cause harras requires lots of multitask and obv trolles the zerg. Also haters saying jd just needed more scourges its nonsence; snow built many sairs on all games and always cleared the path with sairs before storming. On game 5 snow play ridicously well (harrass, good storms, reavers with main army) and would have won prolly on any smaller map. That said, JD played very good as well. The only problem i'm having lately is that I finally like the progamers who are actually winning (Flash is losing) and i'm not sure who to root for. Hope either JD or Zero win this. Would love to watch more Zero vs P/T in bo5 =(. | ||
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Ornithorynquez
430 Posts
"and thanks to Killer for giving me advice on builds." HAHAHA, this one is priceless :D | ||
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qrs
United States3637 Posts
Snow 2.5/5 (decent try, but could not avoid getting steamrolled) JD 5/5 (dominated) For the Stork/Zero games, some rough ratings: Set 1: Zero 5/5 (for clever build) Stork 3/5 (played all right but was completely fooled by Zero) Set 2: Zero 3/5 Stork 1.5/5 (honestly hard to rate this; both had risky and utterly bizarre builds; Stork ended up getting crushed badly) Set 3: Zero 4/5 (opening didn't pan out the way he hoped; adapted and played very well all game) Stork 2/5 (by this point Stork looked like he was just waiting to get out of the series) | ||
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Z3kk
4099 Posts
So much for Stork not appearing in SPL because he wanted to practice...T_T | ||
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Gummy
United States2180 Posts
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Random_0
United States1163 Posts
Maybe Jaedong really does cheat. | ||
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Lucumo
6850 Posts
On January 28 2011 10:12 Gummy wrote: I thought games 4 and 5 were really good. Games 2 and 3 were both decided by critical stupid mistakes though, i.e. JD's hyperaggression at the front instead of expanding behind a contain... Snow's repeated attempts to take his 3rd without any defense, and then overreaction with the 3rd stargate. I thought games 4 and 5 were some of the best play I've ever seen. Though the outcome of game 5 can arguably be said to have resulted from a poor choice by Snow to base trade on such a big map... Game 2 was fine imo. His decision-making wasn't bad and he lost the game because of one single scarab. Even with Snow's awesome control and placement, Jaedong eventually broke the defense. Would have preferred a 3-0 sweep but at least he won. Also, ignore jalstar. | ||
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Goragoth
New Zealand1065 Posts
I do question Stork's decision to play such a risky build on Benzene though, being behind already and on a map that is good for Protoss he should have stuck to standard play to give himself the best chance in that series. As for game 2 of JD vs Snow, it wasn't badly played by JD at all. His killer instinct and willingness to really go all-in when he goes all-in (not some half-hearted BS we sometimes see from pros) is one of the things that makes him such a strong player. He was very, very close to winning the game too, it was Snow's absolutely clutch reaver defence that won the game for him (mad props for that!). One dud scarab at the wrong time or one slightly to slow reactions pulling back the reaver and I think he would have lost that for sure. | ||
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Jugan
United States1566 Posts
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Agrajag
Sweden38 Posts
But not practising hard for a match that you're by far the favourite to win is a natural, and often strategic thing to do. Almost everybody expected JD to have a much easier fight than he did, and Snow really was playing much better than anybody thought he would. If Snow hadn't played that well, not practising so much would have been the best strategy for JD. It's impossible to practise for every game as if it's going to be the OSL finals. In regards to game 2, in retrospect the best option for JD would probably have been to snipe the nexus. But I remember as I was watching it that I thought JD was being clever for walking past the nexus and going for the kill - it looked to me like he had it. It would also have looked equally bad if JD had tried to kill the nexus, but failed, and there was no way of knowing in advance if that could happen. And I think it's incredible that JD even managed to break the natural to begin with, because Snow showed some of the best reaver control that I've ever seen. I don't think it was JD's fault that he lost so much to the reaver, but rather skill on Snow's behalf, to make it turn out that way. His reaver play throughout the whole series was amazing. And had those reavers had 30 kills instead of 35, JD would have rolled right over him. | ||
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Elroi
Sweden5600 Posts
On January 28 2011 09:37 jalstar wrote: Didn't see Stork vs ZerO, but here's what I think of Snow vs Jaedong: Set 1: Snow 1.5/5 Jaedong 3/5 Set 2: Snow 4/5 Jaedong 2.5/5 Set 3: Snow 2/5 Jaedong 3.5/5 Set 4: Snow 4.5/5 Jaedong 3/5 Set 5: Snow 4/5 Jaedong 5/5 You think Jaedong should have expected the best reaver micro in the world in game 2? If he had broken Snow there, he would have looked very dominant. He did micro mistakes that cost him the game, but 2.5 is an very low rating imo. The same thing goes for Snow in game 1: he played great, but got his first shuttle killed by scourge. If the scourge wasn't exactly there at that exact moment, he would have had a good game. In conclusion: your rating is opportuistic imo. | ||
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Caos2
United States1728 Posts
I hope that Zero meets Kal in the semi-finals just so our Protoss giant can make the tiny Zerg swallow his words  | ||
alffla
Hong Kong20321 Posts
congrats zero and jd  | ||
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pinkranger15
Philippines1597 Posts
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Bwenjarin Raffrack
United States322 Posts
On January 28 2011 10:07 Z3kk wrote: So consensus is that last 4 games of JD vs Snow were very, very high quality, while Stork essentially played terribly throughout the series against Zero? :'( So much for Stork not appearing in SPL because he wanted to practice...T_T More than saying that Stork played badly, one should say that he prepared badly. Zero came in with three well-crafted, Stork-tailored builds, and Stork obliged by playing right into his expectations. For all intents and purposes, Zero won the series all the way back in the practice house. Stork should've skipped more Proleague games because he was made to look very bad by Zero. | ||
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polgas
Canada1783 Posts
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TheGlassface
United States612 Posts
On January 28 2011 10:07 Z3kk wrote: So consensus is that last 4 games of JD vs Snow were very, very high quality, while Stork essentially played terribly throughout the series against Zero? :'( So much for Stork not appearing in SPL because he wanted to practice...T_T Totally disagree. Stork played his ass off and came with unique ideas and preps, his play was solid and he wasn't sloppy. Zero just played and he played *hard* A case of getting outplayed, it happens sometimes and Zero isn't exactly mediocre, he just drops games awkwardly. That first set he simply read him like a book and the way he used units instead of overlords to scout was a really slick move IMO since Protoss have taken the skies as a form of running away with the lead. Also, every game in the Jaedong VS Snow was something I was not expecting and was surprised beautifully. I expected a walk over by the dong and Snow showed here was a reason why he made it that far in the first place. Man, I love this season. | ||
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