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RaGe
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
Belgium9950 Posts
June 17 2005 00:32 GMT
#121
theres no fucking top 2 unless you can define ideal circumstances for a ranking

a certain map everyone is best on, a certain moment everyone is at his best, those are ideal circumstances and if those really existed maybe you could set up a good ranking, even then it would be difficult because of mu differences

and ranking by achievement is probably the most fucked up circumstantial way to rank people
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ManaBlue
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
Canada10458 Posts
June 17 2005 00:45 GMT
#122
On June 17 2005 08:47 NonY wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 17 2005 08:46 ManaBlue wrote:
Let's see Mondi play some skilled Korean Ts and Zs and we can get a better picture of his overall skill rather than watching him rape protoss players over and over...where's nony when you need him.


<3 NonY

You know I really ment you, weird typo.
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ManaBlue
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
Canada10458 Posts
June 17 2005 00:47 GMT
#123
On June 17 2005 08:50 LostDevil wrote:
Why does everyone insist Smuft was god or something...


He beat Mondi in a series PvZ for the first TLT final...what the fuck is your problem? Even if you don't like him overall, he is one of few that has contested Mondis ZvP greatness. Stop being a dick.
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SwedishHero
Profile Joined April 2005
Sweden869 Posts
June 17 2005 01:54 GMT
#124
On June 17 2005 09:47 ManaBlue wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 17 2005 08:50 LostDevil wrote:
Why does everyone insist Smuft was god or something...


He beat Mondi in a series PvZ for the first TLT final...what the fuck is your problem? Even if you don't like him overall, he is one of few that has contested Mondis ZvP greatness. Stop being a dick.


When was that?
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Liquid`Jinro
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
Sweden33719 Posts
June 17 2005 03:19 GMT
#125
2003 or something.
Moderatortell the guy that interplanatar interaction is pivotal to terrans variety of optionitudals in the pre-midgame preperatories as well as the protosstinal deterriggation of elite zergling strikes - Stimey n | Formerly FrozenArbiter
NuclearAntelope
Profile Joined February 2003
United States1369 Posts
June 17 2005 04:37 GMT
#126
On June 17 2005 09:47 ManaBlue wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 17 2005 08:50 LostDevil wrote:
Why does everyone insist Smuft was god or something...


He beat Mondi in a series PvZ for the first TLT final...what the fuck is your problem? Even if you don't like him overall, he is one of few that has contested Mondis ZvP greatness. Stop being a dick.

That's a joke right? Here's the map pool for that final:
-Philanthropist
-Vertigo
-Nostalgia
-Plains 2 Hill

Sounds like a really zerg friendly series, huh? Mondragon was not at his current level back then, either. The present day mondragon would absolutely crush smuft even on that same unfair map pool.
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ronhaak
Profile Joined December 2004
Canada98 Posts
June 17 2005 05:19 GMT
#127
how can you even say that. Have you pitted them together and watched the outcome of 100 games? Why do people constantly on this site add their 2cents like its absolute fact. Until you can prove with evidence that mondragon would absolutely crush smuft, I dont believe 1 single word you have written. Seriously, before you people say something that sounds like a fact, back it up with some evidence....otherwise your entire post was a waste of time.
IdrA
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
United States11541 Posts
June 17 2005 05:32 GMT
#128
On June 17 2005 14:19 ronhaak wrote:
how can you even say that. Have you pitted them together and watched the outcome of 100 games? Why do people constantly on this site add their 2cents like its absolute fact. Until you can prove with evidence that mondragon would absolutely crush smuft, I dont believe 1 single word you have written. Seriously, before you people say something that sounds like a fact, back it up with some evidence....otherwise your entire post was a waste of time.

it is a fact that mondis zvp is very fucking good, hes proven that in countless games. it is a fact that mondi is pretty much in top shape, hes been as active as ever and playing plenty. it is a fact that smuft is inactive. the odds are veeeeery far in mondis favor, they dont have to have actually played for that much to be obvious.
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Twisted
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
Netherlands13554 Posts
June 17 2005 05:36 GMT
#129
On June 17 2005 08:46 ManaBlue wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 17 2005 08:35 RiSE wrote:
I'd love to see a bo27, Testie as random and mondi as zerg. I'd predict something like 22-5 in mondi's favor :V


I think you have too much confidence in Mondi. 22-5 is a land slide. But I agree, ran vs Z would be more entertaining since they would both be playing their best. This series is clearly just for fun.

From what I've seen in the past, Testie wins many if not most of the Random Zerg vs Zerg games with Mondi (since ZvZ is mondis weakest MU). I'd like to see Testie and Mondi play RvZ or ZvZ series and see what happens.

The big thing is that Mondi is the shit ZvP, and many good foreigners are P so it makes him look even better. Poor FisheYe always gets bitchslapped around everytime because they have to play on Mondi's terf. (His fav MU) Let's see Mondi play some skilled Korean Ts and Zs and we can get a better picture of his overall skill rather than watching him rape protoss players over and over...where's smuft when you need him.


If there's a matchup mondi always complains about, it's ZvT.

His ZvT is 'weakest' of the zerg matchups, his ZvZ is amazing.
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Liquid`Jinro
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
Sweden33719 Posts
Last Edited: 2005-06-17 06:23:55
June 17 2005 06:22 GMT
#130
On June 17 2005 13:37 NuclearAntelope wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 17 2005 09:47 ManaBlue wrote:
On June 17 2005 08:50 LostDevil wrote:
Why does everyone insist Smuft was god or something...


He beat Mondi in a series PvZ for the first TLT final...what the fuck is your problem? Even if you don't like him overall, he is one of few that has contested Mondis ZvP greatness. Stop being a dick.

That's a joke right? Here's the map pool for that final:
-Philanthropist
-Vertigo
-Nostalgia
-Plains 2 Hill

Sounds like a really zerg friendly series, huh? Mondragon was not at his current level back then, either. The present day mondragon would absolutely crush smuft even on that same unfair map pool.

P map, Z map (I dunno, maybe even), Z or balanced, Z or balanced.

You were saying?
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LastWish
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
2015 Posts
June 17 2005 06:26 GMT
#131
Plains to Hill zerg map? I really think it's more like terran map, or balanced.
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SweeTLemonS[TPR]
Profile Blog Joined June 2003
11739 Posts
Last Edited: 2005-06-17 06:33:52
June 17 2005 06:29 GMT
#132
On June 17 2005 09:15 NoRTyDoG wrote:
so your saying Mondi/Testie are top 2?


Who's better? Non-Korean, who are really that much better than Testie and Mondragon? Fisheye, Breakdown? Who?

EDIT: Maybe top 2 is a bit high, but I don't really think there are that many people who would consistantly beat Mondragon or Testie. Both of them would win quite a few against any other top non-Korean, I think.

On June 17 2005 08:46 ManaBlue wrote:


The big thing is that Mondi is the shit ZvP, and many good foreigners are P so it makes him look even better. Poor FisheYe always gets bitchslapped around everytime because they have to play on Mondi's terf. (His fav MU) Let's see Mondi play some skilled Korean Ts and Zs and we can get a better picture of his overall skill rather than watching him rape protoss players over and over...where's smuft when you need him.


He did beat Zeus ZvP, then Zeus went on to beat Yellow.
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NuclearAntelope
Profile Joined February 2003
United States1369 Posts
Last Edited: 2005-06-17 06:46:30
June 17 2005 06:39 GMT
#133
On June 17 2005 15:22 FrozenArbiter wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 17 2005 13:37 NuclearAntelope wrote:
On June 17 2005 09:47 ManaBlue wrote:
On June 17 2005 08:50 LostDevil wrote:
Why does everyone insist Smuft was god or something...


He beat Mondi in a series PvZ for the first TLT final...what the fuck is your problem? Even if you don't like him overall, he is one of few that has contested Mondis ZvP greatness. Stop being a dick.

That's a joke right? Here's the map pool for that final:
-Philanthropist
-Vertigo
-Nostalgia
-Plains 2 Hill

Sounds like a really zerg friendly series, huh? Mondragon was not at his current level back then, either. The present day mondragon would absolutely crush smuft even on that same unfair map pool.

P map, Z map (I dunno, maybe even), Z or balanced, Z or balanced.

You were saying?

-Philanthropist isn't really up for debate, so I'll skip it.
-pvz vertigo is so amazingly easy! If the zerg does a 12 hatch, even a 10/12 gate rush is a 90% win, and a 9/10 is 99.9999%. Zerg has to respect that, so they have to do a pool first build or 9 hatch, allowing you to just fast expo and have the obvious advantage. Mondragon had no chance vs smuft in any of the vertigo games(I just watched them again, smuft just kept taking expansions + cannons)
-nostalgia is pretty even, that's why they each won games on it
-I've never had any problems with pvz p2h. Most of the map is really narrow, so the terrain doesn't help zerg much. you can cannon rush behind the mineral line, and just fast expo after if it doesn't work(zerg is behind either way).

What I was saying(thanks for asking) is that the map pool favored toss.

edit: mondragon did win 1 game on vertigo, where he countered smuft's fast expo well, but smuft won 3-1 on vertigo overall.
people are similar in nature. its the experience of life that makes them so different.
Liquid`Nazgul
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
22427 Posts
June 17 2005 07:25 GMT
#134
Stop playing crappy z's. Those four maps favor Zerg overall in ZvP. Not by as much of a margin as it is in many other tournaments though.

Philanthropist: Protoss
Vertigo: Equal (one of the very few good PvZ land maps)
Nostalgia: Zerg
Plains to Hill: Zerg

This is only a ZvP perspective. None of those maps favor Zerg vs Terran. Though most of them are doable.

I agree that Mondragon is much better today, and that Smuft has always had a strong PvZ (not godlike or anything but pretty damn strong). He won TLT because he was the better player of the two. Today he would most likely lose on the same maps. There's no reason to scream for Smuft because Mondragon dominates the foreign PvZ scene, it makes no difference.
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RiSE
Profile Joined April 2004
United States3182 Posts
Last Edited: 2005-06-17 07:57:42
June 17 2005 07:56 GMT
#135
On June 17 2005 15:26 LastWish wrote:
Plains to Hill zerg map? I really think it's more like terran map, or balanced.


He's talking about between P and Z maybe? dunno -_-
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NuclearAntelope
Profile Joined February 2003
United States1369 Posts
June 17 2005 08:10 GMT
#136
Well, I admit I haven't seen that many games played on plains 2 hill, perhaps at a higher level it favors zerg. I find it tough to call vertigo even, but if the zerg does manage to expo fast and not fall behind early, then I can easily see how the toss advantage is less apparent.
people are similar in nature. its the experience of life that makes them so different.
Liquid`Nazgul
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
22427 Posts
June 17 2005 08:22 GMT
#137
I personally think every Zerg should open with 7-9 pool speed ling. Ling harassment is absolutely devastating on Vertigo. Hatch in main can be good. Fast expand or hatch at choke build order is a win for protoss because most good Protoss' will go 2 gates.

P2H is pretty hard for PvZ. Entrance is open and no high-ground/low-ground choke make early game harder than on temple (where you have the option to tech fast with few zeals/1probe). When you manage to get to middle game your expansion can be hit by lurkers without drop research, muta harass everywhere. After you have one expansion it'll be incredibly hard to expand another time. Meanwhile Zerg can take islands and go mutalisk to defend/attack islands. This is a pretty basic explanation but should give you some idea of what Zerg can do in this matchup.
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FroZZoR
Profile Joined October 2002
China925 Posts
June 17 2005 09:26 GMT
#138
p2h is like the worst map for zvp ever imo i don't see how u can say it favors z.
it involves zerg trying to do gay tricks while turtling and staying alive and then probably losing a very long game.
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baal
Profile Joined March 2003
10708 Posts
June 17 2005 10:45 GMT
#139
testie pimpin
Im back, in pog form!
SA-kcabsiozteh
Profile Joined July 2004
United States396 Posts
June 17 2005 11:36 GMT
#140
Wow bo27, this'll be gosu.

It's a shame, I've never seen Mondi nor Testie play...

I'm going to have to dl these replays~~~~~
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