KT with just 4 players today? Looks like Stats, Hoejja, another zerg and Flash. Usually there is two rows worth of players . . .

Anyway - DOMINATION! Flash is beastly good. Beastly.

HopLight

Sweden999 Posts

May 10 2010 09:27 GMT

#46

I really feel like Flash intentionally sacrificed 9 to keep Ruby's units there. Anyone else noticed how he immediately after containing, grabbed 3 more expos?

He did say after his loss vs hyvaa (where his army got contained in a bad spot) that he learnt something important. Maybe this is Flash's new innovation.

dtnmang

Vietnam752 Posts

May 10 2010 09:28 GMT

#47

So sad for Ruby, he got sent out first against Flash.

darktreb

United States3019 Posts

May 10 2010 09:28 GMT

#48

On May 10 2010 18:27 HopLight wrote:
I really feel like Flash intentionally sacrificed 9 to keep Ruby's units there. Anyone else noticed how he immediately after containing, grabbed 3 more expos?

He did say after his loss vs hyvaa (where his army got contained in a bad spot) that he learnt something important. Maybe this is Flash's new innovation.

No way - his response to losing it was perfect but why would he intentionally sacrifice 9 as opposed to just killing all the Dropships with the stuff in it?

GTR

51691 Posts

May 10 2010 09:28 GMT

#49

On May 10 2010 18:26 Emon_ wrote:
KT with just 4 players today? Looks like Stats, Hoejja, another zerg and Flash. Usually there is two rows worth of players . . .

Anyway - DOMINATION! Flash is beastly good. Beastly.

back to the days where teams have only four players that play every game =[

moopie

12605 Posts

May 10 2010 09:29 GMT

#50

I don't think that he meant to (as he was guarding it with his wraiths in a nice surround when he secured the expo). He definitely acted fast and made good use of the situation though (not that those units would have made a HUGE difference, but still).

HopLight

Sweden999 Posts

May 10 2010 09:29 GMT

#51

On May 10 2010 18:28 darktreb wrote:

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No way - his response to losing it was perfect but why would he intentionally sacrifice 9 as opposed to just killing all the Dropships with the stuff in it?

Well, the situation of killing all the dropships wouldn't have arosen, Ruby scanned for wraiths before going in and Flash had moved them all away.

That said I agree that it is entirely possible that he did not do it on purpose, I just felt like it was very planned out.

darktreb

United States3019 Posts

May 10 2010 09:32 GMT

#52

On May 10 2010 18:29 HopLight wrote:

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I'm sure Flash didn't expect Ruby to drop without scanning, but I think he moved his Wraiths away in an effort to intercept the Dropships (which he probably scanned) en route, since Ruby wouldn't have been able to catch that.

Either way, I don't see how Ruby expected to drop the island and not lose all his Dropships. Even if his drop succeeded (which is exactly what happened), how did he expect to get his Dropships back when Flash had like 7 Wraiths? Terrible decision by Ruby.

dtnmang

Vietnam752 Posts

May 10 2010 09:33 GMT

#53

moopie

12605 Posts

May 10 2010 09:34 GMT

#54

It was 3 tanks and 4 goliaths. It wasn't worth an expo in the case of intentionally sacrificing it, since flash already built a scanner and plenty of scvs.

He did make the best of the situation though, and it made taking over the middle of the map easier (note that regardless, he had almost twice the # of units Ruby had at that point so those trapped units wouldn't have changed the outcome).