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[ASL3] Finals Recap- God Above All - Page 2

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SlayerS_BunkiE
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Canada1714 Posts
June 15 2017 21:17 GMT
#21
Great write-up. Flash played brilliantly in the first game; and it's great to read kwark highlight that. He was still amazing in the 2nd/3rd games but the fact that he was very close to losing had those attacks failed took away something out of those wins imo.
Reading abt the visit to korea was great too. Brought back memories of our own trip to the scbw capital of the world. Super worth it!! Our only regret was we didnt go early enough (during the height of BW in korea) and we didnt catch a finals game. To anyone on the fence about going, dont think, just do it!!! Hate to borrow something from today's young crowd -- but you only live once!!
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Dazed.
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Canada3301 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-06-15 23:46:03
June 15 2017 23:45 GMT
#22
This recap was kinda eh. 12 hatch 13 pool isnt revolutionary or even new, its the standard way to open in zvt going on at least two years now. You need to catch up on modern strategies Kwark.
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fanta[Rn]
Profile Blog Joined October 2004
Japan2465 Posts
June 16 2017 00:56 GMT
#23
You can check out my photos at https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bzr7EVRN_St0cFlETzhVekZXRHc
KwarK
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States43570 Posts
June 16 2017 03:55 GMT
#24
On June 16 2017 08:45 Dazed. wrote:
This recap was kinda eh. 12 hatch 13 pool isnt revolutionary or even new, its the standard way to open in zvt going on at least two years now. You need to catch up on modern strategies Kwark.

My bad. If there's not a Protoss in it then I'm out of the meta. But I feel like I've seen 12 11 quite a lot in recent vods too. My understanding is 12 11 > 8 rax at nat > 12 13 > 10 rax > 12 11. Shine got seriously punished for going 12 13 in the quarters.
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imp42
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
398 Posts
June 16 2017 03:55 GMT
#25
any news about a possible ASL 4?
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sM.Zik
Profile Joined June 2011
Canada2550 Posts
June 16 2017 06:01 GMT
#26
On June 16 2017 12:55 imp42 wrote:
any news about a possible ASL 4?


Last I heard, there would be an ASL team battle before the next ASL 4.
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FuRong
Profile Joined April 2010
New Zealand3089 Posts
June 16 2017 06:20 GMT
#27
I enjoyed the write-up, there were a lot of details I didn't notice during the games.

I was also at the final with my friend, I think we saw you guys sitting up front in the VIP section taking photos.
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fanta[Rn]
Profile Blog Joined October 2004
Japan2465 Posts
June 16 2017 06:22 GMT
#28
On June 16 2017 15:20 FuRong wrote:
I enjoyed the write-up, there were a lot of details I didn't notice during the games.

I was also at the final with my friend, I think we saw you guys sitting up front in the VIP section taking photos.

Which one were you? I saw quite a few foreigners.
asel
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
Germany1601 Posts
June 16 2017 06:32 GMT
#29
Nice Writeup! Also funny to read the name BioboyAT. Remember him from the deu-1 and op ger-a b.net channels
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FuRong
Profile Joined April 2010
New Zealand3089 Posts
June 16 2017 09:03 GMT
#30
On June 16 2017 15:22 fanta[Rn] wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 16 2017 15:20 FuRong wrote:
I enjoyed the write-up, there were a lot of details I didn't notice during the games.

I was also at the final with my friend, I think we saw you guys sitting up front in the VIP section taking photos.

Which one were you? I saw quite a few foreigners.


We were sitting on the Shine side, in about the 5th or 6th row of regular seating.
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RAPiDCasting
Profile Joined July 2009
Korea (South)594 Posts
June 16 2017 09:32 GMT
#31
On June 16 2017 18:03 FuRong wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 16 2017 15:22 fanta[Rn] wrote:
On June 16 2017 15:20 FuRong wrote:
I enjoyed the write-up, there were a lot of details I didn't notice during the games.

I was also at the final with my friend, I think we saw you guys sitting up front in the VIP section taking photos.

Which one were you? I saw quite a few foreigners.


We were sitting on the Shine side, in about the 5th or 6th row of regular seating.


Same here! Was sitting with Zombiegrub on stage right in the Shine section
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quirinus
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Croatia2489 Posts
June 16 2017 10:39 GMT
#32
Thanks, great read!
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739
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Bearded Elder29903 Posts
June 16 2017 11:57 GMT
#33
I love battle reports with pictures from game / GIFs included. Great work, nice read !!!
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kjwcj
Profile Joined November 2011
Australia1064 Posts
June 16 2017 12:50 GMT
#34
nice writeup all

very jealous of milchmann, getting to see behind the scenes at a finals is a pretty special experience
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mishimaBeef
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
Canada2259 Posts
June 16 2017 14:10 GMT
#35
Great screenshots of the series, well done!
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RKC
Profile Joined June 2012
2848 Posts
June 16 2017 14:54 GMT
#36
Great recap! Picked out tiny but game-changing details that I missed.

Flash's relentless scouting in G1 was very smart. It was very likely that Shine will try an unorthodox build to set the tone of the series and break Flash's momentum. Flash sniffed it out brilliantly by playing super safe and keeping units home (whereas in G2 and G3 he was just on super aggro mode).

Shine recovered well in G2 and G3. He played safe and solid, but clearly he couldn't keep up with Flash's mechanics even when he was eking out small wins here and there. Perhaps he could've taken a game or two had he stuck to his risky plays and forced more coin-flips. Or perhaps it would have made the series looked even more one-sided.
gg no re thx
KwarK
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States43570 Posts
June 16 2017 15:03 GMT
#37
In game 3 Shine was definitely winning until the last few seconds. When Flash attack moved his army south and they split around the terrain that was a mistake big enough to lose the game over. An entire midgame army was wiped out with almost no losses for Shine. The dropship snipe at 3 pretty much sealed it, all Shine had to do was not die. With burrow for the eraser he probably would have won.
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BisuDagger
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Bisutopia19307 Posts
June 16 2017 16:13 GMT
#38
On June 16 2017 12:55 KwarK wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 16 2017 08:45 Dazed. wrote:
This recap was kinda eh. 12 hatch 13 pool isnt revolutionary or even new, its the standard way to open in zvt going on at least two years now. You need to catch up on modern strategies Kwark.

My bad. If there's not a Protoss in it then I'm out of the meta. But I feel like I've seen 12 11 quite a lot in recent vods too. My understanding is 12 11 > 8 rax at nat > 12 13 > 10 rax > 12 11. Shine got seriously punished for going 12 13 in the quarters.

Recently on Jaedong's 'Escape from F' he was instructing everyone to go 13 pool so you can get that extra drone out earlier in order to keep up with Terran economy.
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KwarK
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States43570 Posts
June 16 2017 16:16 GMT
#39
On June 17 2017 01:13 BisuDagger wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 16 2017 12:55 KwarK wrote:
On June 16 2017 08:45 Dazed. wrote:
This recap was kinda eh. 12 hatch 13 pool isnt revolutionary or even new, its the standard way to open in zvt going on at least two years now. You need to catch up on modern strategies Kwark.

My bad. If there's not a Protoss in it then I'm out of the meta. But I feel like I've seen 12 11 quite a lot in recent vods too. My understanding is 12 11 > 8 rax at nat > 12 13 > 10 rax > 12 11. Shine got seriously punished for going 12 13 in the quarters.

Recently on Jaedong's 'Escape from F' he was instructing everyone to go 13 pool so you can get that extra drone out earlier in order to keep up with Terran economy.

8 rax is a hard, hard counter to that though. When Shine went 12 13 and Mong went 8 rax Shine got reduced to like 7 drones.
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Dazed.
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Canada3301 Posts
June 16 2017 17:36 GMT
#40
On June 17 2017 01:16 KwarK wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 17 2017 01:13 BisuDagger wrote:
On June 16 2017 12:55 KwarK wrote:
On June 16 2017 08:45 Dazed. wrote:
This recap was kinda eh. 12 hatch 13 pool isnt revolutionary or even new, its the standard way to open in zvt going on at least two years now. You need to catch up on modern strategies Kwark.

My bad. If there's not a Protoss in it then I'm out of the meta. But I feel like I've seen 12 11 quite a lot in recent vods too. My understanding is 12 11 > 8 rax at nat > 12 13 > 10 rax > 12 11. Shine got seriously punished for going 12 13 in the quarters.

Recently on Jaedong's 'Escape from F' he was instructing everyone to go 13 pool so you can get that extra drone out earlier in order to keep up with Terran economy.

8 rax is a hard, hard counter to that though. When Shine went 12 13 and Mong went 8 rax Shine got reduced to like 7 drones.
It's not as hard as you might think. I mean, how do you defend an 8 rax when you 11 pool? It all comes down to the drones. 13 pool makes it a bit harder, but your already in the thick of it if you've been 8 raxed...
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