Flash vs Effort BigFile MSL Ro32 game analysis.

Flash spawns at 7 and Effort spawns on 11.
Flash builds depo - barrack and Effort goes 12 hatch - Spawning pool - Gas.
Flash finds effort with his second scv and sees 12 hatch, so he starts 19 CC.


The ultimate weapon sees the early gas, so he can already expect 2 hatch muta or 2 hatch lurker&ling push.


The first 6 lings kill the scv wandering around the zergs' base.


And here starts the interesting stuff
All drones move from gas to mine minerals after getting 100 gas and starting researching speed for zerglings and one drone heads towards 1 o'clock spawn location to put down an expo!!!


At the same time he returns 3 drones to gas mining. After that 5 drones move towards new expo to start mining minerals. Meanwhile the speed upgrade is finished and Flash doesn't even make any attemts to scout, cause it is impossible to do that when you have speedlings right in front of your base. Acctually flash still thinks that anyway effort goes for early pressure. Right after getting 100 gas effort starts morfing his main hatchery into lair and after getting 50 more he puts down the hydra den. Flash gets his academy and engeneering bay. He tries to move out from his base but meets 1,5 pack of speedlings and loses few marines with killing like 8 lings. So now Flash becomes more sure that Effort is up to some sort of cheese. Lair finishes right before control towers are finished, so when Flash scans that is what he sees:
1. Lair is ready
2. Hydra den is ready.
3. Only 2 drones mining minerals on Efforts' natural and 3 on gas. (Oh Effort that is genious)
4. No sunken on the natural
Flash doesn't know that the lair and the hydra den were up not far before he scanned. So he makes a conclusion that there definnetely going to be lurker+ling push.


What would you think about if you see this when you scan???


Immediatelly 2 more bunkers are started to back up his first bunker he has built before, while Effort starts building... queens' nest on his 1 o'clock expo.



Is this how you should respond...

...to this?


Flash is waiting for incoming lurker+ling push which won't come because effort only has 2 lurkers that he burrows on the way from his main to flashes and puts them on hold. After queens nest is finished the lair starts morfing into hive. Flash doesn't scan for a long time because he saved the energy in case of lurker+ling pressure. In the time when he needs no more energy and scans efforts main Hive is already done and defiler mound is half way built...
Flashes timing attack comes only few seconds later after the consume is researched so that he can do nothing to efforts' natural, while effort is already taking his 4th base.


Clutch timing isn't it?

Describing late game is not interesting :D, because Effort just deneied any pressure on his bases without a lot of.... effort :D. Flash's army was wondering desperately across the map, but he could do nothing. Though the ending looks really nice. Effort implemented doom drop on Flash's main, push on his 3rd and 4th expo within one minute.



Terrans' nightmare


13 seconds before Flash GGs


The overall of the game is that a nice prediction was performed by Effort. I think that it is the only thing why the game should be seen, but it is worth of it.

If you like my analysis i can write analysis of other games where I have seen nice mind games battles. I personally liked Flash vs Best on FS - SPL 2009-2010 Round 1 KT vs SKT, Flash vs Stork - Bachhus OSL Finals set 3 on Troy, Jangbi vs Baby - GSL on Medusa(dont remember which round). Flash vs Jaedong - Korean Air OSL 2 Finals Set 1.