Even though I admire Savior more than any other progamer ATM, he did make several mistakes in the last part of the game that would otherwise be his. What was annoying was the feeling that because of the map Savior has to do everything absolutely perfect to have a chance where as the Terran could do so many unaccurate things and still win. I know that midas is a special case and he is pretty equal with savior on tvz but the way they played THIS game I don't think Midas would win on a more balanced map.

Map developers in BW have the potential to be like Greek gods

They create the land, decide which will be stronger. Than the progamers have to fight against nature like Homerus' Odyssey.

Ace

United States16096 Posts

January 01 2007 17:43 GMT

#22

I think that game actually showed that Midas is definetly not on Savior's level TvZ/ZvT. Watching that gave me the feeling of Midas just barely surviving because Zerg had to literally waste units getting through that choke while terran sends out a small MM/Vessel force and smashes expoes. Granted Savior made some mistakes but he definetly had an incredibly difficult path in front of him.

Loveletter

United States543 Posts

January 01 2007 17:44 GMT

#23

Ok? So wouldn't that be Saviors own fault? That he didn't send back units to save his expo? By the way the video isnt loading for me o_O

alffla

Hong Kong20321 Posts

January 01 2007 18:15 GMT

#24

On January 02 2007 02:44 Loveletter wrote:
Ok? So wouldn't that be Saviors own fault? That he didn't send back units to save his expo? By the way the video isnt loading for me o_O

he did send units to save his expos, but he has to send like 2 million of them just to defend it while midas is just like w/e 2 firebats vs 201491024 lings and the expo is still safe

the map is imba

sOnagi[3.33]

Korea (South)886 Posts

January 01 2007 20:49 GMT

#25

thanks for the upload~!

Slayer91

Ireland23335 Posts

January 01 2007 21:59 GMT

#26

Everyone seems to underestimate Midas. Being the sAvior fanboy that I am: if I had to chose someone to defend my life against savior in a game, it'd be midas.

Although I think savior played better, he probably would have beaten any other terran. --V

pzeta

Spain106 Posts

January 01 2007 23:05 GMT

#27

it seem we are all a whole mind,yes Savior is very great player, we can compare him to federer of tennis. But what i have seen, he has made a lot of small mistakes, he throw and lose a lot of units in midgame, althought i have to recognize is the most perfect player i have ever seen.
I'm sure the programers of the next generation will be as good as him. he is one step forward everyone.
i hope nal_Ra take him down in the finals.

-Carlodajin-

Peru235 Posts

January 02 2007 04:08 GMT

#28

On January 01 2007 18:58 ManaBlue wrote:
Nice.
If you haven't seen this game yet you should watch it.

Thanks everyone for your approvals...it means a lot to me T_T...
And yeah...Midas wasnt 3rd place in WCG 2006 for nothing...
This match for me was one of the best I have seen...

Monsen

Germany2548 Posts

January 02 2007 04:14 GMT

#29

Well actually I was amazed that Savior held on for so long. After the early game battles he was soo much behind gaswise- always loosing his lurks and just killing m&m for it mostly. That vessel cloud was just plain sick. His ling control however...was just... I'm speechless- that's what keept him in the game for so long and almost made him win.

SainT

Chile1067 Posts

January 02 2007 04:17 GMT

#30

where can i get all these reps ^^

PS: I just voted Midas

Blind

United States2528 Posts

January 02 2007 05:00 GMT

#31

That map seems brutal for zvt.

Jayson X

Switzerland2431 Posts

January 02 2007 05:43 GMT

#32

I dont like Savior but it's really interesting to see that even when he's about to loose a game he's still extremly dangerous. I dont think he's perfect at all, just a very calm strategic mind. As soon as he stands on two feet in a game it seems very hard to beat him cause he will use nearly all options he's got.

Midas power grows from what i've seen exponentionaly. The bigger his base gets the more it is harder to completly crush him. But unlike savior and besides his macro he seems more one dimensional to me. A strong player no doubt. But the fact that savior forced up his rythim on him even when things looked bad for savior is a sign that a more balanced map would have crushed midas neck.

-Carlodajin-

Peru235 Posts

January 02 2007 05:57 GMT

#33

Personally I like it because when SaviOr losses comes the excuses...so that makes it double nice...
And yeah...Midas control is insane...the FPVOD of Midas in this match is really insane...Korean Progaming at its best...

BuGzlToOnl

United States5918 Posts

January 02 2007 06:01 GMT

#34

Very nice, I love those cut throat games.

Midas\' firebats were awsome job in dwindling down his opponents zerglings. This almost 40 minute game proves that Hitchiker is a very well balanced map.

You have a lot of opportunities to attack from different angles, and you can use a shit load of different strategies, it\'s not just macro, which is good imo. Boxer would of loved this map.

leviathan400

United Kingdom393 Posts

January 02 2007 06:40 GMT

#35

I uploaded this to Google Video after I downloaded the VOD.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3296744612125293003&hl=en
I much prefer Google Video to YouTube. Anyway..

Watched this game live. Its a must watch and I was hopeing Savior would win the whole time! It was good to see the first game on Hitchhiker. GG.

Vin{MBL}

5185 Posts

January 02 2007 06:42 GMT

#36

i dload the vod it was a good game but in the end midas lost alot of tanks to zerglings when he shouldnt have >_<

Piste

6180 Posts

January 02 2007 07:16 GMT

#37

Oh god and I was just downloading this from the tracker, 57% done with my poor connection! damnit!!

Night[Mare

Mexico4793 Posts

January 02 2007 07:16 GMT

#38

amazing. I've never seen midas smile rofl

We Are Here

Australia1810 Posts

January 02 2007 07:46 GMT

#39

On January 02 2007 14:57 -Carlodajin- wrote:
Personally I like it because when SaviOr losses comes the excuses...so that makes it double nice...
And yeah...Midas control is insane...the FPVOD of Midas in this match is really insane...Korean Progaming at its best...

hey buddy can you upload the fpvod or give a link to it? thnx
also i agree with you one of the best games ive seen

leviathan400

United Kingdom393 Posts

January 02 2007 08:13 GMT

#40

On January 02 2007 16:46 We Are Here wrote:

Show nested quote +

hey buddy can you upload the fpvod or give a link to it? thnx
also i agree with you one of the best games ive seen

There is a first person view of both players during this game/vod for short periods.

I'm sure there is no vod with 100% first person view of either way. I hope im wrong tho