Poll: Winner- Pusan versus Movie? (Vote): Pusan (Vote): Movie
Poll: Winner- ZerO versus YellOw[ArnC] (Vote): ZerO (Vote): Yarnc
Poll: Winner- Calm versus EffOrt (Vote): Calm (Vote): EffOrt
Poll: Winner- Kwanro versus T-Bizzle (Vote): Kwanro (Vote): T-Bizzle
Poll: Who are you rooting for? (Vote): Movie (Vote): Pusan (Vote): ZerO (Vote): YellOw[ArnC] (Vote): EffOrt (Vote): ZerO (Vote): T-Bizzle (Vote): Kwanro
I hope for Type-b > Kwanro, as it will guarantee Stork 1st place in group D regardless of remaining matches. Also, Pusan is oldschool and cool as fuck. Go Pusan!
On December 04 2009 09:12 Hinanawi wrote: I'm not good at analyzing these things, but Flash has a better chance of getting out of his group if Kwanro wins his match tonight, right?
I'm not 100% sure but here's what can theoretically happen, assuming Flash always beats Tybe-B next week (for ease of assumption ):
Kwanro wins tonight: Stork > Kwanro: Flash advances in second Kwanro > Stork: Flash plays in a tie breaker vs. Kwanro/Stork. If he goes 2-0 or 1-1* he advances.
Type-B wins tonight: Stork > Kwanro: Flash advances in second Kwanro > Stork: Flash advances in second
So, if you believe Flash can beat type-B reasonably a lot, I would say you would rather have Type-B winning tonight. If Flash doesn't win then that's another series of branches to go down, I'll do it if you ask nicely
* If everyone goes 1-1 in tiebreaks, they obviously replay it. This 1-1 means after someone else has gone 2-0.
I kind of like the OSL system for the group rounds. It adds a touch of additional interest to the games, since even players who aren't in a game can be affected by it. So, tonight:
On December 04 2009 11:51 Mystlord wrote: Omg YAY. Aside from type-b vs. Kwanro which will probably be the low point of the night, this will be a fun series. I'm so streaming.
On December 04 2009 18:40 Aduromors wrote: How terrible would it be if in the middle of the game Movie sneezes a giant loogie into his surgical mask? A true tragedy
Sorry, take my stream off the list. There's something weird going on with either my stuff or livestream tonight and my stream keeps on freezing. Sighs.
Still no robo as dts are making pusan starts a 3rd gateway his only hope is to see the blur and make a forge but dts are already out and his army is outside his nat movie has this
On December 04 2009 18:50 FireGuyX wrote: Why is Movie wearing a mask?
Probably for flu control. It's a smart thing to do, westerners will mock it but it's better than getting sick or getting other people sick for sure. Plus it makes him look like a ninja.
Poll: Which game will be the longest of the night? (Vote): The PvP (Vote): ZvZ #1 (Vote): ZvZ #2 (Vote): ZvZ #3 (Vote): Wait, I thought they were just warming up...
i know this isnt the place to ask, but im to stoned out to find out another way. What is the name of the song that was playing when they where analyzing the last game after the break?
Yeah seriously...no zealots or dragoons even died. Pusan played greedy and Movie cheesed with one base (?) DTs. The game had nothing to do with Movie's or Pusan's PvP skill.
On December 04 2009 18:59 FireGuyX wrote: Movie and Jaedong don't have to play each other anymore right?
The result is meaningless but yeah they still do. There's pride on the line though cause Movie has beaten Jaedong way more than the average protoss.
I doubt there is any pride in a meaningless match, but he is 3:3 against Jaedong (most likely be 3:4 soon). If I were Movie I would throw the game away, try to cheese or something. Although in a bo5 or bo3, I think Movie is capable of beating Jaedong.
On December 04 2009 18:59 LetMeShine wrote: Yeah seriously...no zealots or dragoons even died. Pusan played greedy and Movie cheesed with one base (?) DTs. The game had nothing to do with Movie's or Pusan's PvP skill.
He had a nexus building as Pusan GG'd. I wouldn't really call that cheese; if Pusan had had observers he certainly would have been at a disadvantage but it certainly wouldn't be an auto loss.
That intro is so baller
yarnc at bottom left in purple zero at bottom right in blue el ninyo
Poll: Which game will be the longest of the night? (Vote): The PvP (Vote): ZvZ #1 (Vote): ZvZ #2 (Vote): ZvZ #3 (Vote): Wait, I thought they were just warming up...
I voted type-b vs Kwanro because I think they are the worst of the zvzers and thus will take the longest to win with an advantage match of the night (calm vs effort) coming up
4. If EffOrt wins, - Shine advances into the OSL (BAD) - fantasy might be eliminated from both leagues. (BAD) - EffOrt might be eliminated from the OSL. (BAD)
5. However, I can't not root for EffOrt. Therefore, I will hope for an epic deciding game between the two, and root for the winner to meet Movie in the finals.
4. If EffOrt wins, - Shine advances into the OSL (BAD) - fantasy might be eliminated from both leagues. (BAD) - EffOrt might be eliminated from the OSL. (BAD)
5. However, I can't not root for EffOrt. Therefore, I will hope for an epic deciding game between the two, and root for the winner to meet Movie in the finals.
Thats exactly how I feel How is shine advancing over 3 players I like. yeah, shine does look ridiculous
Just starting up my stream. Should be just a Korean commentator source(HQ OGN direct stream). Let me know in here if something goes wrong, I won't be on my own stream.
My stream (http://www.teamliquid.net/video/userstream.php?user=Grobyc)
How is the quality and lag and such on my stream right now? I don't think my shitty internet can handle streaming to the server, keeping the source running, and watching a stream at once. I can't tell if something is wrong or what.
On December 04 2009 19:31 Grobyc wrote: My stream (http://www.teamliquid.net/video/userstream.php?user=Grobyc)
How is the quality and lag and such on my stream right now? I don't think my shitty internet can handle streaming to the server, keeping the source running, and watching a stream at once. I can't tell if something is wrong or; what.
Calm probably going to start scourge soon, go in for the kill by abusing larva and gas advantage before effort can get expo. Effort better have his godly micro ready.
Calm had better pressure, was the only one to get ling speed and got a much earlier 2nd hatch which allowed him to crush Effort in the first big muta battle. Effort pretty much just died that game.
On December 04 2009 19:39 Camlito wrote: Yup, build order win for calm.
This post makes me angry
?? Overgas vs 9 pool is a great advantage for overgas, especially when a top 4 zerg in the world uses it. Calm at the end lost like 2/3 mutas to scourge and still won because he could afford too.
EffOrt's 9pool did not pay off, and Calm used the advantage to get the faster second hatch. Not terrible by EffOrt, only wrong.
Now I need EffOrt to throw his game against fantasy, so that Shine doesn't get into the OSL, and then EffOrt can focus on the MSL and win that.
i preffer that he wins against fantasy and shine beats calm, so we have a round robin for the last spot. I have nothing agains shine, he seems to be the next good player arising (and already beated effort, bisu and fantasy)
Also guys dont be harsh on calm's muta micro vs scourges, he had to micro muta scourged AND lings. Effort had scourges mutas AND drones.
Whats easiest to micro? And who had the BO advantage.
Another thing you guys are not getting is how many more lings effort had compared to Calm. I ain't sure but I think Effort thought Calm had more lings that he had (else I bet he'd broke in)
On December 04 2009 19:39 Camlito wrote: Yup, build order win for calm.
This post makes me angry
?? Overgas vs 9 pool is a great advantage for overgas, especially when a top 4 zerg in the world uses it. Calm at the end lost like 2/3 mutas to scourge and still won because he could afford too.
I don't disagree that overgas is at an advantage over 9pool but I would still not call it a build order win. Calm only took scourge shots after he had already won the muta battle, during which he was able to land 2 scourge on effort. His ling usage that game was also exceptional.
type b at left in white kwanro at right in red hbr
On December 04 2009 19:39 StorkHwaiting wrote: Effort is not S-class!
you base this on ZvZ? lolol
and you base this off ONE zvz game....the most build-order advantage mirror match up
I dont think he was basing that off this one game. I always thought effort was the type to rape weak opponents but he just cant keep up with the big boys. And tlpd supports me with my belief.
sunken finishes and forces type b to retreat type b starts his spire; is still making lings whereas kwanro is making drones kwanro's spire ~200 hp faster
On December 04 2009 20:12 Holgerius wrote: Lol; OSL Day 3, 1234 posts. OSL Day 4, 332. Today wasn't very epic, was it?
I just watched the vods of the games i missed, and it was so bad.
The whole ro16 is just so bad. Only flash v stork was good.
Zero vs Hwasin was better than Flash vs Stork and Stork vs Typeb was decent I suppose. An average day of 2 msl groups had more good games than the 4 days combined which is sad, its not all about name value.
Everything is falling into place for Flash to win either one of the leagues. Big names falling over, mediocre players going to the next stage, violet and lux out of both leagues, and owning it up in proleague..
if flash doesn't win a league this season, he never will.
On December 04 2009 20:27 Tyxiquale wrote: Everything is falling into place for Flash to win either one of the leagues. Big names falling over, mediocre players going to the next stage, violet and lux out of both leagues, and owning it up in proleague..
if flash doesn't win a league this season, he never will.
There is still an obstacle on Flash's path, and a pretty big one: Jaedong. Jaedong is going to win both leagues this season.
On December 04 2009 20:27 Tyxiquale wrote: Everything is falling into place for Flash to win either one of the leagues. Big names falling over, mediocre players going to the next stage, violet and lux out of both leagues, and owning it up in proleague..
if flash doesn't win a league this season, he never will.
There is still an obstacle on Flash's path, and a pretty big one: Jaedong. Jaedong is going to win both leagues this season.
On December 04 2009 20:27 Tyxiquale wrote: Everything is falling into place for Flash to win either one of the leagues. Big names falling over, mediocre players going to the next stage, violet and lux out of both leagues, and owning it up in proleague..
if flash doesn't win a league this season, he never will.
There is still an obstacle on Flash's path, and a pretty big one: Jaedong. Jaedong is going to win both leagues this season.
i bet on jaedong to win both ones too
quiet fellow JD fans lets not jinx it too quickly? lets be silent and enjoy the victories, and when the time comes savor the moment
Most boring day of the OSL. The only non zvz ended up in a completely boring win. It did not have a single bttle dammit. I sure hope Flash makes it out otherwise this OSL that looked so good at first will end up pretty boring. I will even be rooting for fantasy to make it out although i dont like him
On December 04 2009 20:27 Tyxiquale wrote: Everything is falling into place for Flash to win either one of the leagues. Big names falling over, mediocre players going to the next stage, violet and lux out of both leagues, and owning it up in proleague..
if flash doesn't win a league this season, he never will.
There is still an obstacle on Flash's path, and a pretty big one: Jaedong. Jaedong is going to win both leagues this season.
No way is Jaedong a favorite over Flash. Jaedongs ZvT is his worst matchup too.
On December 04 2009 20:27 Tyxiquale wrote: Everything is falling into place for Flash to win either one of the leagues. Big names falling over, mediocre players going to the next stage, violet and lux out of both leagues, and owning it up in proleague..
if flash doesn't win a league this season, he never will.
There is still an obstacle on Flash's path, and a pretty big one: Jaedong. Jaedong is going to win both leagues this season.
No way is Jaedong a favorite over Flash. Jaedongs ZvT is his worst matchup too.
worst match up or not, its still the best in the world and a favorite over any Terran and it does its job, tell me who other than Flash and Forgg beat JD in a series since Ever 07?
Flash is not a favorite over JD, they are even, and theyll be sure to meet this season in one of the leagues, and when they do, we'll know who is the better player.
On December 04 2009 20:27 Tyxiquale wrote: Everything is falling into place for Flash to win either one of the leagues. Big names falling over, mediocre players going to the next stage, violet and lux out of both leagues, and owning it up in proleague..
if flash doesn't win a league this season, he never will.
There is still an obstacle on Flash's path, and a pretty big one: Jaedong. Jaedong is going to win both leagues this season.
No way is Jaedong a favorite over Flash. Jaedongs ZvT is his worst matchup too.
No way is Flash a favorite over Jaedong. Jaedong is the best starcraft player in the world.
On December 04 2009 20:27 Tyxiquale wrote: Everything is falling into place for Flash to win either one of the leagues. Big names falling over, mediocre players going to the next stage, violet and lux out of both leagues, and owning it up in proleague..
if flash doesn't win a league this season, he never will.
There is still an obstacle on Flash's path, and a pretty big one: Jaedong. Jaedong is going to win both leagues this season.
No way is Jaedong a favorite over Flash. Jaedongs ZvT is his worst matchup too.
No way is Flash a favorite over Jaedong. Jaedong is the best starcraft player in the world.
Wth??
Srsly?
Atm Flash is without a doubt the best player in the world bar none.
Jaedong has dropped to many games to people he shouldnt have lost in the first place(in his JvZ matchup to boot) while flash has just been tearing it up all over the place.
On December 04 2009 20:27 Tyxiquale wrote: Everything is falling into place for Flash to win either one of the leagues. Big names falling over, mediocre players going to the next stage, violet and lux out of both leagues, and owning it up in proleague..
if flash doesn't win a league this season, he never will.
There is still an obstacle on Flash's path, and a pretty big one: Jaedong. Jaedong is going to win both leagues this season.
No way is Jaedong a favorite over Flash. Jaedongs ZvT is his worst matchup too.
No way is Flash a favorite over Jaedong. Jaedong is the best starcraft player in the world.
Wth??
Srsly?
Atm Flash is without a doubt the best player in the world bar none.
Jaedong has dropped to many games to people he shouldnt have lost in the first place(in his JvZ matchup to boot) while flash has just been tearing it up all over the place.
The problem with what you're saying is that Flash hasn't been "tearing it up" against Protoss. Flash admits this, and his record against good protoss hasn't been good. There isn't a matchup right now that JD really has a problem with unless you really want to read a lot into the losses in what has traditionally been a very volatile matchup.
Jaedong might have dropped a couple of games but he's still very beastly when it comes to games that matter.
Flash is looking good in TvZ. But most if not all of his victims weren't of his equal skill level. Yarnc could have been a good test if he hadn't been slumping like shit.
At the moment, Flash is looking ridiculously good. But that doesn't mean he's the best. I'm not a Flash hater, in fact I really love watching him play.
Making anyone a favorite over Jaedong in a BO5, where he could prepare, is kinda stupid. He just stopped losing thse a few years ago ^^. Last season he had OSL + MSL to prepare for and won the more important game, the other he lost was GOM which, sadly, isn't worth much.
Flash is probably the only one right now that could beat JDy, but I wouldn't go over 50/50 chance.
I will go out on a limb and say that EffOrt has better ZvT than Jaedong. Perhaps he doesn't have the confidence or experience to win a series againt an S-Class player like Flash but I find myself much more impressed with his ZvT than the dongs.
Jaedong even hints that EffOrt is better in the mu during the MSL group selection.
Uhh...Flash hasn't conclusively proven his TvP against the six dragons right now, and Jaedong's ZvZ is inconsistent as well. It's just that Jaedong plays more zergs that can ZvZ than Flash plays protoss that can PvT. Last time Flash took a victory against the six dragons that mattered was against Kal, in February.
But in the other MUs, Flash edges Jaedong out a bit because he's been so stable. This month, they're on par, but that would be disregarding their recent months beforehand.
For me it seems that Jaedong is simply training more for individual leagues than for pl. that's why is undefeated in both OSL and MSL while he is 8-5 in pl
Really don't know what to make of Jaedong vs Flash at the moment. Flash's TvZ looks invincible lately, HOWEVER, if there is one person that you can always count on to absolutely ruin someone they are supposed to lose to in a series, it's Jaedong. Just ask Fantasy.
On December 04 2009 23:39 Art.FeeL wrote: For me it seems that Jaedong is simply training more for individual leagues than for pl. that's why is undefeated in both OSL and MSL while he is 8-5 in pl
Can't say he's played any proven good players in the OSL and MSL though. go.go, pusan, crazyhydra. The only semi-proven good player he's beaten is Stats. But it was on the zerg campy map.
Wow, group A is gonna be so unmotivated to deliver any good games. go.go and Pusan are out so I hope both guys just cheese to make it interesting. I have to say, I am not that impressed with movie's wins here. Both wins came from cheese and rushes. Hope to see some standard an motivated play vs. Jaedong.
On December 04 2009 20:27 Tyxiquale wrote: Everything is falling into place for Flash to win either one of the leagues. Big names falling over, mediocre players going to the next stage, violet and lux out of both leagues, and owning it up in proleague..
if flash doesn't win a league this season, he never will.
There is still an obstacle on Flash's path, and a pretty big one: Jaedong. Jaedong is going to win both leagues this season.
No way is Jaedong a favorite over Flash. Jaedongs ZvT is his worst matchup too.
I really wouldn't mind Flash beating Jaedong. When these two play all I want are awesome games (unlike when Bisu plays which I just want to see getting humiliated :p).
But calling anyone a favorite over Jaedong in an important SERIES is just not very realistic.
In a BO1 i would probably favour Flash, in a BO3 or 5? No way.
On December 04 2009 23:39 Art.FeeL wrote: For me it seems that Jaedong is simply training more for individual leagues than for pl. that's why is undefeated in both OSL and MSL while he is 8-5 in pl
Can't say he's played any proven good players in the OSL and MSL though. go.go, pusan, crazyhydra. The only semi-proven good player he's beaten is Stats. But it was on the zerg campy map.
On December 04 2009 23:56 lone_hydra wrote: Wow, group A is gonna be so unmotivated to deliver any good games. go.go and Pusan are out so I hope both guys just cheese to make it interesting. I have to say, I am not that impressed with movie's wins here. Both wins came from cheese and rushes. Hope to see some standard an motivated play vs. Jaedong.
JD vs Movie should still matter. It needs to be played in order to determine who finishes 1st and who finishes 2nd in the group, because I think that the ones who finished 2nd in their group will go on to meet someone who finished 1st in their group in the Ro8.
On December 04 2009 20:27 Tyxiquale wrote: Everything is falling into place for Flash to win either one of the leagues. Big names falling over, mediocre players going to the next stage, violet and lux out of both leagues, and owning it up in proleague..
if flash doesn't win a league this season, he never will.
There is still an obstacle on Flash's path, and a pretty big one: Jaedong. Jaedong is going to win both leagues this season.
No way is Jaedong a favorite over Flash. Jaedongs ZvT is his worst matchup too.
No way is Flash a favorite over Jaedong. Jaedong is the best starcraft player in the world.
Wth??
Srsly?
Atm Flash is without a doubt the best player in the world bar none.
Jaedong has dropped to many games to people he shouldnt have lost in the first place(in his JvZ matchup to boot) while flash has just been tearing it up all over the place.
JD's only losses have been to Z's in PL (which all have become better, not surprising concidering the amount of ZvZs played so far), but he's still 8-5 this PL-season. He also completely tore up his groups, going 2-0 in both MSL and OSL - Flash still has the chance of getting dropped unless he wins against type-b. JD has always been ridiculously strong in individual leagues, especially in BO#'s, Flash is in no way a safe bet against him.
Effort has a better win percentage than Jaedong in the MU, but unless he can prove that he can win a ZvT box convincingly, I'm not buying into his hype.
If neither Jaedong nor Flash wins a league this season, I'm going to cry.
Hopefully they meet in both of the finals and split them, with both being epic 3-2 series :D
edit: Actually I wouldn't mind seeing Stork or Fantasy take the OSL either. We can pray for a Stork/Fantasy/JD/Flash semifinal, can we not? (Please don't tell me that's impossible because Stork and Flash are in the same group =/)
On December 04 2009 18:51 Garnet wrote: By wearing that mask it was obvious that Movie was going for DT. Too bad Pusan didn't get the hint.
Ha! I didn't think of that.
On December 04 2009 18:55 Crunchums wrote: I dunno why you guys are talking about Movie being good or Pusan being bad - that was as close to Paper beating Rock as you'll ever see in starcraft.
More like Scissors beating Paper, IMO.v
On December 05 2009 01:57 OneOther wrote: pusan vs movie was the worst pvp ive seen thanks to pusan who essentially turned the game into a coin flip
ZerO is in if he beats Pure or if Hwasin beats Yarnc. YellOw[ArnC] is in if he beats Hwasin and Zero beats Pure. Pure is in if Hwasin beats Yarnc and he beats Zero. Those three have a tiebreaker if Pure beats Zero and Yarnc beats Hwasin. Hwasin has a chance if he beats Yarnc, Zero beats Pure and Hwasin goes 2-0 in tiebreakers.
Shine is in if he beats Calm or if Effort beats Fantasy. fantasy is in if he beats Effort and Shine beats Calm. Calm is in if he beats Shine and Effort beats Fantasy. All three have a tiebreaker if Calm beats Shine and Fantasy beats Effort. EffOrt has a chance if he beats Fantasy, Shine beats Calm and Effort goes 2-0 in tiebreakers.
Stork is in if he beats Kwanro or if type-b beats Flash. Flash is in if he beats type-b and Stork beats Kwanro. Kwanro is in if he beats Stork and type-b beats Flash Those three have a tiebreaker if Kwanro beats Stork and Flash beats type-b. type-b has a chance to qualify if he beats Flash and Stork beats Kwanro and type-b goes 2-0 in tiebreakers.
On December 05 2009 01:59 Djabanete wrote: If neither Jaedong nor Flash wins a league this season, I'm going to cry.
Hopefully they meet in both of the finals and split them, with both being epic 3-2 series :D
edit: Actually I wouldn't mind seeing Stork or Fantasy take the OSL either. We can pray for a Stork/Fantasy/JD/Flash semifinal, can we not? (Please don't tell me that's impossible because Stork and Flash are in the same group =/)
On December 04 2009 23:08 nayumi wrote: Jaedong vs Flash is a 50/50.
Jaedong might have dropped a couple of games but he's still very beastly when it comes to games that matter.
Flash is looking good in TvZ. But most if not all of his victims weren't of his equal skill level. Yarnc could have been a good test if he hadn't been slumping like shit.
At the moment, Flash is looking ridiculously good. But that doesn't mean he's the best. I'm not a Flash hater, in fact I really love watching him play.
Yeah really the only players Flash could test his TvZ is JD , Zero , Effort or Calm if Calm doesn't choke ala vs Fantasy . I also think their equall , and yeah Jaedong drops ZvZ , but his game against Crazy Hidra has convinced me that he still is the best or one of the best ZvZers out there . You can't really tell who is the best player right now unless they meet each other or one of them epic fails in a league .
On December 04 2009 20:27 Tyxiquale wrote: Everything is falling into place for Flash to win either one of the leagues. Big names falling over, mediocre players going to the next stage, violet and lux out of both leagues, and owning it up in proleague..
if flash doesn't win a league this season, he never will.
There is still an obstacle on Flash's path, and a pretty big one: Jaedong. Jaedong is going to win both leagues this season.
No way is Jaedong a favorite over Flash. Jaedongs ZvT is his worst matchup too.
No way is Flash a favorite over Jaedong. Jaedong is the best starcraft player in the world.
Wth??
Srsly?
Atm Flash is without a doubt the best player in the world bar none.
Jaedong has dropped to many games to people he shouldnt have lost in the first place(in his JvZ matchup to boot) while flash has just been tearing it up all over the place.
The problem with what you're saying is that Flash hasn't been "tearing it up" against Stork and Best. Flash admits this, and his record against good protoss hasn't been good. There isn't a matchup right now that JD really has a problem with unless you really want to read a lot into the losses in what has traditionally been a very volatile matchup.
On December 04 2009 20:27 Tyxiquale wrote: Everything is falling into place for Flash to win either one of the leagues. Big names falling over, mediocre players going to the next stage, violet and lux out of both leagues, and owning it up in proleague..
if flash doesn't win a league this season, he never will.
There is still an obstacle on Flash's path, and a pretty big one: Jaedong. Jaedong is going to win both leagues this season.
No way is Jaedong a favorite over Flash. Jaedongs ZvT is his worst matchup too.
No way is Flash a favorite over Jaedong. Jaedong is the best starcraft player in the world.
Wth??
Srsly?
Atm Flash is without a doubt the best player in the world bar none.
Jaedong has dropped to many games to people he shouldnt have lost in the first place(in his JvZ matchup to boot) while flash has just been tearing it up all over the place.
The problem with what you're saying is that Flash hasn't been "tearing it up" against Stork and Best. Flash admits this, and his record against good protoss hasn't been good. There isn't a matchup right now that JD really has a problem with unless you really want to read a lot into the losses in what has traditionally been a very volatile matchup.
I wouldn't blame him for this
He hasn't really been winning against any good PvT player for a while though, if you check up on his records.
On December 04 2009 23:56 lone_hydra wrote: Wow, group A is gonna be so unmotivated to deliver any good games. go.go and Pusan are out so I hope both guys just cheese to make it interesting. I have to say, I am not that impressed with movie's wins here. Both wins came from cheese and rushes. Hope to see some standard an motivated play vs. Jaedong.
JD vs Movie should still matter. It needs to be played in order to determine who finishes 1st and who finishes 2nd in the group, because I think that the ones who finished 2nd in their group will go on to meet someone who finished 1st in their group in the Ro8.
I expect Movie to cheese, he's not going to take this game seriously. go.go and Pusan...I don't really care.
On December 04 2009 20:27 Tyxiquale wrote: Everything is falling into place for Flash to win either one of the leagues. Big names falling over, mediocre players going to the next stage, violet and lux out of both leagues, and owning it up in proleague..
if flash doesn't win a league this season, he never will.
There is still an obstacle on Flash's path, and a pretty big one: Jaedong. Jaedong is going to win both leagues this season.
No way is Jaedong a favorite over Flash. Jaedongs ZvT is his worst matchup too.
No way is Flash a favorite over Jaedong. Jaedong is the best starcraft player in the world.
Wth??
Srsly?
Atm Flash is without a doubt the best player in the world bar none.
Jaedong has dropped to many games to people he shouldnt have lost in the first place(in his JvZ matchup to boot) while flash has just been tearing it up all over the place.
The problem with what you're saying is that Flash hasn't been "tearing it up" against Protoss. Flash admits this, and his record against good protoss hasn't been good. There isn't a matchup right now that JD really has a problem with unless you really want to read a lot into the losses in what has traditionally been a very volatile matchup.
Flash hasn't been looking good against Protoss because he's been playing Terran and Zerg nonstop. It's not like Flash's TvP is bad.
On December 05 2009 02:43 Ideas wrote: maybe im just biased because calm won but I thought calm was effort was pretty good
Eh just by builds Calm was ahead and then a couple little things just secured it for him. Then it became Effort hopelessly going for an expansion then death =)