Flash says he will choose random - Page 20

On June 10 2020 07:54 srj wrote:
I hope he does the same thing as zerg. Any similarly amazing games from him as Z yet?

On May 26 2020 15:33 Anc13nt wrote:


i think they would beat olden day players by using superior meta but their mechanics are probably a bit worse. Jaedong and Flash have both said they were basically stronger players in their progaming days.

Edit: Also, watch Jaedong 2009 WCG finals fpvod against Stork. His mechanics were something else back then.

On June 10 2020 17:49 Dante08 wrote:


Jinjin made a translation video where Zero said players were way better mechanically back then but stronger now strategically. If present pro-gamers played their past selves, the present day would win for maybe 5-10 games before the past adapts to it and eventually come out ahead due to superior mechanics.

He also mentioned the practice schedules which were absolutely brutal back in the day. They would practice maybe 10-14 hours every day compared to not even half nowadays. So it's not much of a surprise that their mechanics have dropped off significantly since their progamer days.

On June 11 2020 03:27 Jae Zedong wrote:


Saying current Afreeca pros are better than Kespa pros and would beat them in 2010 is like me saying I’m a better investor than Warren Buffett because I could pick better stocks than him in 1980 if I went back in a time machine with the benefit of hindsight.

On June 25 2020 22:13 mcgormack wrote:
Watching Flash's stream, it seems like he's playing only Terran these days.

Probably because he's practicing for TeamLeague?

On November 09 2020 19:51 M2 wrote:
hope so, either main race or to take a challenge with another race, but random just doesnt produce fun and competitive games, its mostly about BO, scouting advantages and sloppy decisions and plays

p.s. additionally I always thought that they should have made random show what race it gave and they should have done it 15 years ago when BW became competitive. Otherwise its just for gimmicks.

On November 09 2020 20:24 Piste wrote:

Going third place in highest caliber tournament is just sloppy plays and sloppy decisions? Random is way harder than sticking with just one race. Why do you think that random player should give out the only advantage when the disadvantage of having to practice three times more match ups heavily outweights it? Every other random player have failed to achieve what Flash achieved and saying it's all about builds and gimmicks is definitely an understatement.

On November 10 2020 01:22 M2 wrote:

I actually did not mean Flash at all, but the whole dynamic when there is random. The sloppy decisions and plays can come on both sides, mostly affecting the non random player if we have to go into the details. Additionally, I dont think picking random should provide any kind of advantages especially the one that it provides right now - making the other player going sub optimal build orders and guessing for no competitive reasons. You wanna go random and make the other person prepare vs 3 different possible races - be my guest, but it should not stay hidden and rely on imbalanced distribution of critical information imo


p.s. Random being hidden was/is especially dumb for the ladder games where every vs random player was some kind of gimmick that brought nothing meaningful to the table.