[OSL] EVER OSL Semi-Final B: Movie vs Shine - Page 81

On November 02 2009 18:26 KwarK wrote:
That Movie vs JD on HBR game was beautiful.

On November 04 2009 01:16 KwarK wrote:
movie > hero on HBR. Very successful scouting while keeping his build hidden, showing only +1 in the forge. Looked exactly like a mass +1 zealot opening but actually had a fast robo and dragoon range coming. Reaver + sair harass while pumping mass zealot, dragoon and reavers.

This is your vod. hero does the standard 3 hat scourge 5 hat hydra opening and prepares for the +1 zealots he believes are coming. The rush he's wasting potential powerdroning time defending against never comes, instead 5 corsairs (the critical mass vs scourge) appear along with a speed upgraded shuttle. Zerg is caught unprepared and has no real air defence (relying on scourge that no longer work) and loses mining time + drones. Any counter will fail because of a solid wall + units + reavers. This harass is immediately followed by the toss breaking out his full army, still on 2 base, with reaver support and pushing into the zerg nat. No ht tech yet but a decent dragoon count to ward off potential mutalisks. Movie actually lost his first reaver but if you didn't you could potentially have 4 reavers with your army which would be devastating. Protoss stayed on 2 bases while attacking (although taking a 3rd here would certainly be an option) and masses a huge amount of dragoons + ht. Then in pure macro mode he overwhelms the zerg.

The zerg never got a break this game. He was defending against a represented zealot rush and from then on it was reaver harassment into a big army in his nat into storm drops into a big army into his nat into protoss rally pointed at his nat. Typical opening by zerg but very innovative response by protoss. It's worth noting though that Movie couldn't have been so ambitious with his build if he hadn't had excellent probe scouting micro.

http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/games/30678_hero_vs_Movie/vod

On November 04 2009 01:21 KwarK wrote:

Movie vs hero wasn't really standard but nor was it a one hit wonder timing attack. It adds something new to the protoss arsenal that wasn't there before and which, as we saw, is potentially very dangerous. I believe it's a viable build which brings something fresh and dangerous to a matchup that has gotten pretty stale.

On November 04 2009 07:47 KwarK wrote:
I really liked the movie vs hero game because movie's build was not reliant on luck or the mistake of his opponent. It was an aggressive build in which the Protoss seizes the initiative and forces the zerg to play it his way with a succession of smoothly flowing attacks. Evidently movie knew from the start exactly how he intended to play it out.

On November 06 2009 02:12 KwarK wrote:

Watch movie vs hero. Fake +1 zealot rush into harass into overwhelming 2 base attacks.

On November 06 2009 01:59 KwarK wrote:
Name: KwarK
Message:
Movie. Keep innovating in PvZ because you're my inspiration. Savior. I still wear the shirt you signed in Paris, good luck in the MSL.


Hopefully that isn't too long. I cut it down a bit but I really like Movie right now and Savior is Savior so there was no way to reduce it further.

On December 25 2009 21:59 KwarK wrote:
Movie will succeed where Bisu and Stork failed. The two core aspects of his style, excellent reaver use and sticking on 2 bases forever, will let him weather the midgame storm and then the hanbang he unleashes at the start of the lategame will smash shit up.

On January 03 2010 08:11 KwarK wrote:
I totally agree about Movie. For the last 3 months he's been the Protoss I've been most eager to watch. With Bisu and Stork I know what I'm getting, top quality standard PvZ. But Jaedong worked out how to play against them and every good zerg can emulate it.
Movie shows innovation, he stays on 2 bases when everyone else takes 3 and then throws out an unstoppable timing attack and wins. He messes around with reavers, shuttle openings, macro backed up with constant harass. In many ways he's a throwback to Bisu in the months directly after the MSL win when zergs just didn't know what to do. He has such a variety of openings which allow him to dominate the game flow and transition into massive, game ending, attacks. He is really unpolished right now and has been fortunate that his opponents treat him like just another Protoss but it's working for him. Still, I feel if players started suiciding overlords in his main more often early game he'd lose to the superior mechanics of zergs.