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On July 12 2009 01:55 Frits wrote:
Meh, I think zero is way better than calm right now.

On July 12 2009 02:21 ActualSteve wrote:
I liked the Flash game.
Birthday ruined.

On July 12 2009 01:28 joohyunee wrote:
He might be only #7 in the PR right now, but from what I've seen from him recently, he's a strong Dark Horse to win this MSL. Not many people know this, but Calm is the zerg with the 2nd most wins behind Jaedong in the Proleague with ~40 wins. (he's just been shaded by Jaedong's domination) Since June, he is 10-3, taking down Flash (FlaSh has admitted that he's scared to play against Calm, according to the commentators), Mind, Sea, and ZerO. It's not so much the record that leads me to believe he can take this OSL, though; it's his playstyle.

What characterizes Calm's play? I can think of Ballsy aggression and creative builds. But it's more a combination of the two, working together to create his greatest weapon: unpredictability (hint: ballsy builds). I believe Calm's strongest trait is that he forces open openings in the opponent's play. I don't think he has Flash's style of "I know what the other guy's going to do just by feeling it out" and try to abuse a hole in the opponent's play; Calm is different.

He literally rips apart openings in his opponents through 1) Ballsy builds (told you!) 2) clever mindgame tactics that abuse the opponents' scouting 3) aggression with balls of steel. he attacks where the opponent is most uncomfortable at an uncomfortable timing, thereby disrupting the opponent's timing/overall plan for the game.

On July 12 2009 02:00 Fontong wrote:

Flash is fresh off of a 3 game losing streak to Kal, Calm, and Kwanro. He is only 5-5 in his last ten games. He lost to fucking BACKHO.

Fantasy on the other hand is fresh off a 10 game winning streak, including victories over Kal, Jangbi, Leta, guemchi(who is actually doing very well otherwise i wouldn't include him) and Backho(who flash couldnt beat lololo)

Effort is fucking crazy recently, nuff said.

Wake up and smell the roses. Flash isn't what he used to be. He is the next sea.

Edit: but I think he will actually beat forgg, its sad since I'm a huge fan of oov 2.0, but he just never lived up to his series against JD.

On July 12 2009 02:43 mog87 wrote:



Lol, so flash gets rushed for his style a few times and all of a sudden he sucks? Please. Did you watch the games or just look at the results. Flash is still better than effort and fantasy, Im not even gonna use the game between Flash and effort as supporing evidence because that was just beyond dumb, Im still rather upset effort didnt defend that thus causing a chain of events which leads to jd vs zero in ro8, but I digress Flash is stronger than Fanatsy in every matchup except TvP, which is close but fantasy has alot more pinache and is definitely more exciting. Effort is damn good but hes definitely not better than Flash yet.

edit: Wow If zero wins he probably fights Flash in ro8? Jesus how lame is that.

On July 12 2009 02:01 Too_MuchZerg wrote:


MSL Round of 8 brackets (predictions)

Jaedong vs Canata

EffOrt vs Calm

ZerO vs Kwanro

Bisu vs Iris

IF IF IF those players advance who already did win first game.

On July 12 2009 05:04 mog87 wrote:
the last cheese that was thwarted by JD that I can recall was vs jjonga which I remember jjonga just not following up properly, though Id have to rewatch to be sure.

On July 12 2009 04:40 koreasilver wrote:
Calm was always known for using weird builds. The thing is, he just isn't at the level where Jaedong and Effort are at. Not to mention, if Calm meets Jaedong or Effort he will get massacred.