On February 22 2010 11:37 Caos2 wrote: IMHO the Dong played a good macro game but he lost almost every single battle. Not impressed with his play at all.
why can't people appreciate such a great instead of trying to find bad things about it? yes players make mistakes, they are humans. i just don't get it haha. personally i cover up whatever could have been better in hindsight and enjoy how well they played
It was a good game, an epic game indeed but a great game? Jaedong played sub-par (when compared to his usual I'll-tear-your-limbs-apart self) while Stork did exactly what he had to do.
Maybe it's just me, but I thought Jaedong pretty much played as well as he did during his 17 game ZvP streak. Generally he favors lurkers over mutas in ZvP anyway, as his ling/hydra/lurker/defiler army control is so fucking amazing. Plus matchpoint map favors the mass-hatch style due to its easy mineral only expansion. Stork just countered him incredibly well.
Yes, Jaedong made some questionable decisions in that game, but so did Stork. These players are awesome, but they're not going to play perfect in a 40 minute game. But in the end, Stork simply played better. He had the defensive, map-splitting strategy and it worked.
And I really don't see the point of a muta switch. Stork had gazillion cannons up half way through the game. Mutas with 0/0 upgrade isn't going to do jack while against archon/temp/cannons.
Damn, Jaedong made a tragic decision towards the end of that game that cost him.
Right around when he doom dropped the gates and took out Stork's army, he had him. Instead of taking out the rest of Stork's main and pinning him at that top expo, he went for the expo straight away and let Storky rebuild all those gateways while letting his army get ripped by cannons and storm. He may have taken out the expo eventually, but it cost him so much and gave Storky valuable time to rebuild.
On February 22 2010 11:37 Caos2 wrote: IMHO the Dong played a good macro game but he lost almost every single battle. Not impressed with his play at all.
why can't people appreciate such a great instead of trying to find bad things about it? yes players make mistakes, they are humans. i just don't get it haha. personally i cover up whatever could have been better in hindsight and enjoy how well they played
It was a good game, an epic game indeed but a great game? Jaedong played sub-par (when compared to his usual I'll-tear-your-limbs-apart self) while Stork did exactly what he had to do.
made me almost drool. The winner single handedly destroyed the opponents with ingenious play, even which a clear BO disadvantage in the mirror MU.
Jaedong played as well as he always did but Stork can simply play like a god when it comes to a later game. There is a difference between defeating some mediocre players (let's face it, there aren't many good pvz players around anymore) and the maybe best late game expert having a good day. And you fanboys should stop whining about how jaedong would have won on a different map. He had 3 maps to chose and match point is either neutral or even zerg favored.
On February 22 2010 11:37 Caos2 wrote: IMHO the Dong played a good macro game but he lost almost every single battle. Not impressed with his play at all.
why can't people appreciate such a great instead of trying to find bad things about it? yes players make mistakes, they are humans. i just don't get it haha. personally i cover up whatever could have been better in hindsight and enjoy how well they played
It was a good game, an epic game indeed but a great game? Jaedong played sub-par (when compared to his usual I'll-tear-your-limbs-apart self) while Stork did exactly what he had to do.
made me almost drool. The winner single handedly destroyed the opponents with ingenious play, even which a clear BO disadvantage in the mirror MU.
You know playing a perfect game is not the definition epic play. Its not fun when one player just gets crushed. Watch flash v jaedong on rush hour, bunch of little mistakes, resulted in a epic match between the two. Stork also made tons of mistakes during the game, so stop saying only jaedong made mistakes. One great player doesn't produce epic game, it takes two great players playing at the same level to produce epic games. Bisu, fantasy, best weren't playing nearly as good as flash was. People complain how jaedong made mistakes everywhere, I think people needed a reminder that stork made a huge mistake early on and was behind so much that of course even if jaedong makes mistake, he seems like he is winning.
You have bad taste, those games were nowhere as good as jaedong v stork.
That was a fucking amazing game! I dont know what to say more than that really, yeah they both made some mistakes and Jaedongs biggest one was when he had the game in the bag by curshing the toss army and taking out the gates and not pursuing the rest of the main base, but try to nail that hard to enter expo.
I feel for JD, but Stork played amazingly well. GG
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