[MSL] Avalon MSL Final - Page 33

On August 30 2009 16:43 iamho wrote:
weird game. somehow calm ended up with so many more units despite the exact same build

On August 30 2009 16:45 motbob wrote:
From TLFE:

Set 4: Desperation

Everything is on the line. One player battles against the odds, both against themselves, and both against each other. To go out in the fourth set has no glory, no fanfare, only a silent crowd, and a distant trophy. Both players struggle to quell their nerves, and to keep their plans in focus. The glint of a trophy is the last thing on their minds.

A fourth set is always a desperate fight. For one player, survival is in jeopardy, for the other, failure means humiliation in defeat, the loss of a mental edge, and the swing of momentum. This is the first set where both players have something to lose. For one player, defeat, and for the other, the final lifeline and the mental momentum. In the first contest where both players have something to lose, there can be no question that desperation has come into play.

When a series arrives here, one player is facing elimination, and the other is smelling blood. The first and second sets have long been forgotten, and the focus descends upon the immediacy and urgency of the moment. The result of the set is the only thing that matters, and though the outcomes of the first three games have shaped the mental game as it stands in this set, the games themselves and their lessons have been largely forgotten. One choice remains when a fourth set is reached: fight for a fifth, or surrender.

But that is merely background. A fourth set requires that both players have lost at least one game; blood has been drawn on either side. Whether a player chooses to blame his opponent's loss on a bad build or an unfavorable map, the idea that the opponent is vulnerable cannot be shaken. A player is never as sure of defeat as he is when he believes that his opponent is invincible, or better than him; that he is simply incapable of defeating his foe, no matter the circumstances. The fourth set dispatches with such notions, and this leaves the players resolved. A player who believes his opponent is invincible is in a position of hopelessness; one who believes his opponent is difficult but not immortal instead becomes desperate.

On August 30 2009 16:45 iamho wrote:
weird game. somehow calm ended up with so many more units despite the exact same build

On August 30 2009 16:46 Ideas wrote:


I think they made about the same amount of lings but calm just won every ling battle handedly

On August 30 2009 16:45 Sharp-eYe wrote:
im actually starting to care about this now D:

On August 30 2009 16:43 Shivaz wrote:


He got speed first, but didn't do anything with it and decided to attack an egg.

On August 30 2009 16:47 kaleidoscope wrote:
lol.. One of the banner reads:


김윤환 형
소원을 말해봐

On August 30 2009 16:50 keV. wrote:



HAHAHHAHAHAHHAHA

Oh wait, I don't speak Korean.

Help an english monolingual out.

On August 30 2009 16:48 s0Lstice wrote:


care enough to not switch to WCG 3rd/4th in like 15 minutes?

On August 30 2009 16:50 keV. wrote:



HAHAHHAHAHAHHAHA

Oh wait, I don't speak Korean.

Help an english monolingual out.

On August 30 2009 16:51 G3CKO wrote:


google translate gives me

"Gimyunhwan Type
Tell me your wish"

On August 30 2009 16:52 GhostKorean wrote:

Calm, tell me your wish. Referring to SNSD's song

On August 30 2009 16:52 kaleidoscope wrote:


Gimyunhwan (김윤환) is calm..
and 형 is hyung(a way to address a male a little older than you - aka brother) not Type