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NotGood-
Profile Joined March 2010
United States134 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-01-29 17:39:19
January 29 2018 08:51 GMT
#41
Effort lost that game when he attempted to bust the ramp. Lost like 8 hydras and basically killed nothing. If he had sat on the low ground at the bottom of flashs natural (near his refinery) he could of continued to delay the natural and picked off tanks when they attempted to move to the low ground to seige where they could hit them. Losing all the hydras forced effort into producing more (nothing else he could build with his tech) instead of droning and getting the 3rd earlier.

Scvs take 12 hydra volleys to kill which is why he failed to break the ramp (he was also fighting uphill against the miss chance). I think a muta switch would of been better than queens and a fast hive. Flash would of probably gone cloaked wraiths (he scouted with the vult drop and would of adjusted) but this is costly with a 1 base economy, Flash had few rines, no turrets, no academy, no stim, no range, and the wraiths wouldnt be useful offensively with how late they would be.
Alpha-NP-
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States1242 Posts
February 05 2018 17:32 GMT
#42
It'll be interesting to see if Zergs use Queens in the ASL5 to counter this build.
StylishVODs
Profile Joined December 2005
Sweden5331 Posts
February 05 2018 20:18 GMT
#43
Most likely zergs will attempt some sort of all in. Mass lings, few muta tech switch lurk/ling bust etc. This builds weakness is that you actually have quite few units early. If you do everything right you can defend it, but its really hard.
According to Reach, he is the fastest learner he has ever seen. He start bw only like 2/3 years ago. Infact, his bw history knowledge is so limited, he didn't even know what the map Guillotine was.
darktreb
Profile Joined May 2007
United States3016 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-02-06 05:05:03
February 06 2018 05:04 GMT
#44
On February 06 2018 05:18 StylishVODs wrote: If you do everything right you can defend it, but its really hard.


Obviously this is Flash's specialty, and it's one of the things that make him so damn fun to watch. It's cool to see him pull TvZ toward his unique strength after all this time.

I get that not everyone finds it that interesting, but if you do, it's just a thing to behold.

One of the things that hooked me back in the day was watching Flash winning TvP on the original Medusa. I believe at one point, he was 7-1 and all other Terran were 7-35 or something ... this was before they modified the map and made it Neo Medusa. That map pushed his defensive instincts to the limits and was a perfect environment for showcasing his ability to do something no other player could imitate.
SlayerS_BunkiE
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Canada1707 Posts
February 06 2018 10:31 GMT
#45
On February 06 2018 05:18 StylishVODs wrote:
If you do everything right you can defend it, but its really hard.

Saving this for when zergs start screaming imba and tesagi
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jinjin5000
Profile Joined May 2010
United States1424 Posts
February 08 2018 04:20 GMT
#46
On February 06 2018 05:18 StylishVODs wrote:
Most likely zergs will attempt some sort of all in. Mass lings, few muta tech switch lurk/ling bust etc. This builds weakness is that you actually have quite few units early. If you do everything right you can defend it, but its really hard.


flash highlighted in this recent video on the build's relative weakness vs 18 hatch muta, where the zerg does timing with mass lings and 8 muta while keeping terran in blind with 8 mutalisks so terran can't clearly see if zerg is droning up or making lings.

Flash said that since he doesn't like to play too safe and make himself disadvantaged for no reason, he is reluctant to put up 3 turrets beside his rax, as it loses out on scv production. Due to that, he needs to defend with wraiths and turret, but that gets rid of any scouting opportunity due to 1/1/1 delaying scans for very long time. That means that terran doesn't know what tech path zerg is going or if he is doing timing.
StylishVODs
Profile Joined December 2005
Sweden5331 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-02-09 11:45:04
February 09 2018 11:43 GMT
#47
On February 08 2018 13:20 jinjin5000 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 06 2018 05:18 StylishVODs wrote:
Most likely zergs will attempt some sort of all in. Mass lings, few muta tech switch lurk/ling bust etc. This builds weakness is that you actually have quite few units early. If you do everything right you can defend it, but its really hard.


flash highlighted in this recent video on the build's relative weakness vs 18 hatch muta, where the zerg does timing with mass lings and 8 muta while keeping terran in blind with 8 mutalisks so terran can't clearly see if zerg is droning up or making lings.

Flash said that since he doesn't like to play too safe and make himself disadvantaged for no reason, he is reluctant to put up 3 turrets beside his rax, as it loses out on scv production. Due to that, he needs to defend with wraiths and turret, but that gets rid of any scouting opportunity due to 1/1/1 delaying scans for very long time. That means that terran doesn't know what tech path zerg is going or if he is doing timing.

Sounds reasonable. Personally I feel that the build can afford some sort of economic disadvantage given the tech-path advantage. Your initial wraith will always get the scout, but after that it's hard to see what zerg does. I think terrans will go for safer play dispite the economical disadvantage due to this. Cut one scv here, and one more there, and suddely you have another turret + bunker without cutting the vessel count.
According to Reach, he is the fastest learner he has ever seen. He start bw only like 2/3 years ago. Infact, his bw history knowledge is so limited, he didn't even know what the map Guillotine was.
Tempest99
Profile Blog Joined January 2018
53 Posts
February 09 2018 23:47 GMT
#48
game has really changed dramatically since 2009. flash is the one player focusing on upgrade descriptions for timings. at least as far as associating numbers flash is top. words too much mostly for tiered terran.
Starcraft: Brood War player from 2001. Temp[e]st -- team [e]lement circa 2000.
tankgirl
Profile Blog Joined May 2016
Canada407 Posts
April 08 2018 05:46 GMT
#49
so how have the top zergs adapted?
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kogeT
Profile Joined September 2013
Poland2037 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-04-08 11:42:53
April 08 2018 11:42 GMT
#50
I think zerg had a good shot with going some muta into super fast hive and mass ling, to fend off this tank / vessel push with cracklings and follow up swarm. This has worked great, but Flash has yet again adapted and now upon seeing that zerg is not making many / any lurkers he doesn't make any or very few tanks and pushes out with 3 medics / 12 marine / 1-2 vessels to deny zergs 3rd before cracklings are out.
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noname_
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
456 Posts
April 08 2018 12:33 GMT
#51
I`ve been doing these kind of openings since ages, I still remember Shaman doing it flawlessy 15 years ago. Sure the maps are changing, sure optimiziations are happening, but these are only trends nevertheless. Just like chess openings: they come and go, they have some inherent advantages/disadvantages on short and long terms, but you can always use another one.
I found it funny when the best player does something new, in an instant it becomes a new trend like it would change the mu forever (I`m aware it does change things indeed to a degree), but I think that`s not because it`s so effective, it`s because it`s new.
yubo56
Profile Joined May 2014
687 Posts
April 08 2018 16:41 GMT
#52
It's like a breadth first search of strategies over time. Each time, a new strategy comes up that does better vs the currently popular strategies, but every time it rotates in it's explored to far more depth than previous times. Pretty good state for the game to be in, shows that the tree of viable decisions is both broad and deep
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Alpha-NP-
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States1242 Posts
April 09 2018 04:20 GMT
#53
On April 08 2018 20:42 kogeT wrote:
I think zerg had a good shot with going some muta into super fast hive and mass ling, to fend off this tank / vessel push with cracklings and follow up swarm. This has worked great, but Flash has yet again adapted and now upon seeing that zerg is not making many / any lurkers he doesn't make any or very few tanks and pushes out with 3 medics / 12 marine / 1-2 vessels to deny zergs 3rd before cracklings are out.

Nice gosu input
Navane
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Netherlands2748 Posts
April 09 2018 07:50 GMT
#54
On April 09 2018 01:41 yubo56 wrote:
It's like a breadth first search of strategies over time. Each time, a new strategy comes up that does better vs the currently popular strategies, but every time it rotates in it's explored to far more depth than previous times. Pretty good state for the game to be in, shows that the tree of viable decisions is both broad and deep


I like this perspective, very nice worded.
kogeT
Profile Joined September 2013
Poland2037 Posts
April 09 2018 08:47 GMT
#55
On April 08 2018 21:33 noname_ wrote:
I`ve been doing these kind of openings since ages, I still remember Shaman doing it flawlessy 15 years ago. Sure the maps are changing, sure optimiziations are happening, but these are only trends nevertheless. Just like chess openings: they come and go, they have some inherent advantages/disadvantages on short and long terms, but you can always use another one.
I found it funny when the best player does something new, in an instant it becomes a new trend like it would change the mu forever (I`m aware it does change things indeed to a degree), but I think that`s not because it`s so effective, it`s because it`s new.


Of course you were.. but believe me it was extreamly basic these days. Of course people were making mines / speed vulture / wraith / drop into 5 rax tank vessel push.. but all the details are different, not mentioning Flash is going for a cloak wraith defence, super fast vessel to fend off muta.. mass vulture to keep the map control.. and all those micro details that make it way different than what it was.

Of course you could say well I've also been making 8 SCVs and depot on 9 since 1998, so kinda game hasn't developed further than that, but the devil is in the detail.
https://www.twitch.tv/kogetbw
noname_
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
456 Posts
April 09 2018 10:08 GMT
#56
On April 09 2018 17:47 kogeT wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 08 2018 21:33 noname_ wrote:
I`ve been doing these kind of openings since ages, I still remember Shaman doing it flawlessy 15 years ago. Sure the maps are changing, sure optimiziations are happening, but these are only trends nevertheless. Just like chess openings: they come and go, they have some inherent advantages/disadvantages on short and long terms, but you can always use another one.
I found it funny when the best player does something new, in an instant it becomes a new trend like it would change the mu forever (I`m aware it does change things indeed to a degree), but I think that`s not because it`s so effective, it`s because it`s new.


Of course you were.. but believe me it was extreamly basic these days. Of course people were making mines / speed vulture / wraith / drop into 5 rax tank vessel push.. but all the details are different, not mentioning Flash is going for a cloak wraith defence, super fast vessel to fend off muta.. mass vulture to keep the map control.. and all those micro details that make it way different than what it was.

Of course you could say well I've also been making 8 SCVs and depot on 9 since 1998, so kinda game hasn't developed further than that, but the devil is in the detail.


Exaclty. I didn`t meant to imply it is the same basic stuff. It is probably so refined by Flash and alike, that there are details even we don`t see.
ajmbek
Profile Joined November 2008
Italy460 Posts
April 09 2018 13:21 GMT
#57
When I was really active, like in 2006-2011, there was the Fantasy bo. With valks instead of vassels. I really liked that bo and stile of TvZ
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Alpha-NP-
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States1242 Posts
April 09 2018 15:41 GMT
#58
On April 09 2018 17:47 kogeT wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 08 2018 21:33 noname_ wrote:
I`ve been doing these kind of openings since ages, I still remember Shaman doing it flawlessy 15 years ago. Sure the maps are changing, sure optimiziations are happening, but these are only trends nevertheless. Just like chess openings: they come and go, they have some inherent advantages/disadvantages on short and long terms, but you can always use another one.
I found it funny when the best player does something new, in an instant it becomes a new trend like it would change the mu forever (I`m aware it does change things indeed to a degree), but I think that`s not because it`s so effective, it`s because it`s new.


Of course you were.. but believe me it was extreamly basic these days. Of course people were making mines / speed vulture / wraith / drop into 5 rax tank vessel push.. but all the details are different, not mentioning Flash is going for a cloak wraith defence, super fast vessel to fend off muta.. mass vulture to keep the map control.. and all those micro details that make it way different than what it was.

Of course you could say well I've also been making 8 SCVs and depot on 9 since 1998, so kinda game hasn't developed further than that, but the devil is in the detail.

When is cloaked Wraith defense good? ^^
kogeT
Profile Joined September 2013
Poland2037 Posts
April 09 2018 16:17 GMT
#59
On April 10 2018 00:41 Alpha-NP- wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 09 2018 17:47 kogeT wrote:
On April 08 2018 21:33 noname_ wrote:
I`ve been doing these kind of openings since ages, I still remember Shaman doing it flawlessy 15 years ago. Sure the maps are changing, sure optimiziations are happening, but these are only trends nevertheless. Just like chess openings: they come and go, they have some inherent advantages/disadvantages on short and long terms, but you can always use another one.
I found it funny when the best player does something new, in an instant it becomes a new trend like it would change the mu forever (I`m aware it does change things indeed to a degree), but I think that`s not because it`s so effective, it`s because it`s new.


Of course you were.. but believe me it was extreamly basic these days. Of course people were making mines / speed vulture / wraith / drop into 5 rax tank vessel push.. but all the details are different, not mentioning Flash is going for a cloak wraith defence, super fast vessel to fend off muta.. mass vulture to keep the map control.. and all those micro details that make it way different than what it was.

Of course you could say well I've also been making 8 SCVs and depot on 9 since 1998, so kinda game hasn't developed further than that, but the devil is in the detail.

When is cloaked Wraith defense good? ^^


When you know you wont have a vessel with irradiate in time.
https://www.twitch.tv/kogetbw
TheFoReveRwaR
Profile Blog Joined May 2006
United States10657 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-04-11 06:38:24
April 11 2018 06:37 GMT
#60
On January 20 2018 04:00 Liquid`Drone wrote:
I'm genuinely thinking that zerg has some allin options involving mass hydra and queens for broodling that should beat this. I just have a hard time seeing terran get sufficient marine production in time to hold the allin without any tanks for defense after opening with 1/1/1.

This is genius. I completely agree. There's a timing window when terran should only have a few tanks(like 2 maybe 3?), and is mainly relying on mines to delay pushes. With enough focus on clearing mines while queens build energy it should be somewhat easy to crush terran if they do the standard play. Especially if you happen to pull of a small distracting drop or something like this. The problem is though, you know a player like flash would notice the variations and adapt. That's what makes him so good. I have a feeling a player at flashes level would scout the differences and cut vulture production earlier in favor of more tanks.
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