On January 09 2010 19:13 Smix wrote: commentators: 3-0 you are in the semifinals! congrats! how do you feel? jaedong: yes.. i feel better than i thought i would. though i haven't reached the finals, last time i reached the semifinals, and this time i will pass the semifinals and reach the finals to win. commentators: last time you said you wanted to get revenge. did you know you had a 10 streak win against protoss recently? jaedong: i knew i was doing well against protoss so i came here knowing i would win. commentators: you will be playing kal. a lot of people are heavily anticipating a finals with you and flash! you've been winning against everyone but only lost to flash. are you looking forward to that? jaedong: well, once i get to the finals and play flash, i think that would be a grand finals match i'd be honored to play in. i am also in debt so i think this is a good opportunity for me. so in this finals, i will make sure to play flash and have a great revenge. commentators: well in order to achieve that, he must first beat kal. well no matter woh he plays in the finals, reaching the finalsi n itself is a huge feat! last words? jaedong: i have played him before and won, and i'm winning head to heads but i will make sure not to lose focus, and in order to repay the fact that i lost last time in ro4, i will make sure it doesn't happen again this time. commentators: happy birthday jaedong!
On January 09 2010 19:13 Smix wrote: commentators: 3-0 you are in the semifinals! congrats! how do you feel? jaedong: yes.. i feel better than i thought i would. though i haven't reached the finals, last time i reached the semifinals, and this time i will pass the semifinals and reach the finals to win. commentators: last time you said you wanted to get revenge. did you know you had a 10 streak win against protoss recently? jaedong: i knew i was doing well against protoss so i came here knowing i would win. commentators: you will be playing kal. a lot of people are heavily anticipating a finals with you and flash! you've been winning against everyone but only lost to flash. are you looking forward to that? jaedong: well, once i get to the finals and play flash, i think that would be a grand finals match i'd be honored to play in. i am also in debt so i think this is a good opportunity for me. so in this finals, i will make sure to play flash and have a great revenge. commentators: well in order to achieve that, he must first beat kal. well no matter woh he plays in the finals, reaching the finalsi n itself is a huge feat! last words? jaedong: i have played him before and won, and i'm winning head to heads but i will make sure not to lose focus, and in order to repay the fact that i lost last time in ro4, i will make sure it doesn't happen again this time. commentators: happy birthday jaedong!
On January 09 2010 19:12 banana wrote: Semi's are looking excellent now, kwanro's slot could have been better but oh well. At least his games are not standart.
imho kwanro has a better chance against flashs tvz style than most others. and kwanro knocked him out of the last msl.....
btw i just saw that jaedong and kal are gonna play a match on outsider in their upcoming pl series next week.
On January 09 2010 19:12 banana wrote: Semi's are looking excellent now, kwanro's slot could have been better but oh well. At least his games are not standart.
imho kwanro has a better chance against flashs tvz style than most others. and kwanro knocked him out of the last msl.....
Flash is 2-0 against Kwanro this season and neither of those games were close.
Of course, a Bo5 is different from a Bo1, but still.
JD 3-0ed his OSL-group 2-0ed his MSL-group, 2-0 against Firefist and 3-0 against stats (plus a very reasonable record in PL, including 4-0 in ace-matches). If it weren't for Flashs monster-run right now, JD would dominate like last year.
Funny how one player can change everything within a short time.
On January 09 2010 19:14 Mystlord wrote: JD Interview translation from abascus in my channel. Huge props to him, and I claim absolutely no credit:
JD:I havent won yet, but last time i got to semifinals. This time I want to win the MSL Q: Kal said he wants to beat you in the finals. Did you know you have 12 straight wins against protoss? JD: I came prepared. I was playing to win. I want to set records as well Q: Kal is also protoss. The stage is set for record setting. Many people are waiting for JD vs Flash. Are you ready for it? JD: Yea. I want to get to the finals against Flash. I have debt against Flash. This is a good opportunity for me. I want to get my revenge Q: FIrst you have to get past Kal. The situation is dramatic between Jaedong and Flash. The best player will win JD: I've fought Kal many times. I will not underestimate him. My goal is to win MSL. I'm not going be eliminated in the semi-finals
abascus: you are a fucking hero.
mystlord you are pretty cool too. huge thanks to you both
On January 09 2010 19:12 banana wrote: Semi's are looking excellent now, kwanro's slot could have been better but oh well. At least his games are not standart.
imho kwanro has a better chance against flashs tvz style than most others. and kwanro knocked him out of the last msl.....
btw i just saw that jaedong and kal are gonna play a match on outsider in their upcoming pl series next week.
Kwanro is the only zerg who might have a chance to beat this insane flash that has developed over the last two months.
His weird aggression/micro/timing can tilt the flash machine.
As of right now if jaedong and flash played today. Jaedong would lose. He NEEDS to find himself ZvT again.
On January 09 2010 19:20 3nickma wrote: Lol Jaedong vs. Kal in upcoming PL Maybe we'll have a little indicator of what to expect.
Everytime jaedong is in the semi's this happends.
fuck I know this is the 3rd time it has happend where he has a PL match right before a best of against the same player ....
His match against hwasin, his match against bisu (gom special match) his match against Kal now and I know there is another time that I can't remember. hmmm.
Wow, Jaedong has now equaled Bisu's vP Elo peak and if he wins his ProLeague game against Kal he will likely equal or break SaviOr's vP peak. Not bad considering Jaedong was considered a (relatively) poor vP player when he first broke into the scene.
Damn, if JD wins against Kal in PL he will break Saviors ZvP Peak (and be the only player with two #1 ELO peaks in individual matchups). Good to see that someone who is not Flash can still set records nowadays
On January 09 2010 19:20 3nickma wrote: Lol Jaedong vs. Kal in upcoming PL Maybe we'll have a little indicator of what to expect.
Everytime jaedong is in the semi's this happends.
fuck I know this is the 3rd time it has happend where he has a PL match right before a best of against the same player ....
His match against hwasin, his match against bisu (gom special match) his match against Kal now and I know there is another time that I can't remember. hmmm.
should be an advantage for jd. if he wins the pl match before the boX-series, he got the psychological edge. if he loses, he can start with the anger-mode in the first game of the boX.
On January 09 2010 19:19 Ikonn wrote: Of course, a Bo5 is different from a Bo1, but still.
Yes. A Bo5 means an upset is less likely than a Bo1, and the player with more experience is more heavily rewarded--both of which tilt things further in Flash's favor.
EPT
Maybe we'll have a little indicator of what to expect.
