As a rather neutral observer with no clear bias for either player, I have to say these finals were both hugely disappointing and epic in different ways. Disappointing because the games themselves weren't very good, but epic because of the surprises, twists, turns, and the ugliness and messiness.

These finals were sort of like watching a no-brainer action flick with lots of BOOM BOOM and the underdog developing a super power and turning the tables with more boom, 'awww', flying arms and Pocari Sweat drenched ruins. That's cool in and of itself, but maybe not so much if you'd been expecting something more sophisticated.

One thing though: mega props to Effort for his mental strength. I don't think anyone believed that he still stood a chance when the score was 0-2 - props to this guy for pushing through. I think you can tell he has the determination of a beast.

I hope Flash recovers from this and doesn't end up free lunch for JD for MSL. I'd say right now, JD is probably the favorite to win. Flash is gonna practice his ass off next week.

Vivi57

United States6599 Posts

May 22 2010 13:21 GMT

#5567

On May 22 2010 22:21 StylishVODs wrote:
FLASH FIGHTING!!! He'll be back!!!
Too good to slump!!
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Gratz Effort!!!

holy crap, were the old uniforms really that ugly?

Craton

United States17296 Posts

May 22 2010 13:21 GMT

#5568

Game 3 scouting wasn't luck. You don't send your Ovie to the middle for any reason for to check for a proxy. The star-sense pulling back to the hydras in the nick of time to block the double drop wasn't luck, either.

14 CC is not a safe nor standard build and Flash paid for opening so greedily. It's his own fault for putting himself in such a vulnerable position.

unionbank

Australia666 Posts

May 22 2010 13:22 GMT

#5569

this is so funny how effort almost got eliminated in the round of 16 in that rerererererererer games and now the man who had lost so many games in a row then comes back to win the whole thing.. this is the best movie you will ever watch. Have faith!

anch

United States5457 Posts

May 22 2010 13:22 GMT

#5570

On May 22 2010 22:17 SkelA wrote:
Flash wheres your 70-80% win ratio now bo5 is in a totaly different league than pwning noobs in bo1 and bo3.

I hope MSL will be at least as epic as this OSL without the tech problems ofc lol

this is just wrong. he lost this Bo5 and last season's Bo5 and you criticize him on it now?

Holgerius

Sweden16951 Posts

May 22 2010 13:22 GMT

#5571

Flash, why the fuck didn't you play straight up? You crushed him like a bug in the 2 first games, and then just... Goddamnit.

DWADAdwdada

KaRnaGe[cF]

United States355 Posts

May 22 2010 13:22 GMT

#5572

Effort for Power Rank #1 GOGO!

Scaramanga

Australia8093 Posts

May 22 2010 13:23 GMT

#5573

Do i really have to point out how retarded this is?
Keit take the regame out of the thread

King K. Rool

Canada4408 Posts

May 22 2010 13:23 GMT

#5574

LEGEND OF THE TIEBREAKERS

SOMEWHAT

EvanED

United States111 Posts

May 22 2010 13:23 GMT

#5575

On May 22 2010 22:14 dukethegold wrote:
To be honest, the only game that I can recommend was game 4 because Effort's defense was BEAUTIFUL.

I enjoyed game 2 (not counting the re) more than the others -- but that's probably my Flash bias -- except for that completely sweet and kickass pincer by Effort. Game 4 is worth watching for that alone.

I would have liked to see game 1 (before the re) continued in proper fashion. Maybe because I haven't been paying so much attention to the scene, but that was a surprising build and I'd have been curious to see the outcome.

InTheFade

United States1721 Posts

May 22 2010 13:23 GMT

#5576

It's kind of depressing because that was probably the worst OSL finals I've watched that wasn't a sweep. I wasn't crazy about JD vs fantasy (reverse kill was nice, but game quality was reallly... low...), but this series is in a sub-class of its own. And shame on all of you for mentioning the GGplay-Iris series in the same breath with this one. That series was highly competitive and actually had more than one game go to hive-tech (and game 5's epicness has to be in the top 5 games of all time). This series? More like material for an SC fan's stand-up bit.

grax

United States41 Posts

May 22 2010 13:23 GMT

#5577

I'm so happy for Effort I'm practically crying.

Spyfire242

United States715 Posts

May 22 2010 13:23 GMT

#5578

On May 22 2010 22:19 Hot_Bid wrote:
Anyone complaining that Effort got "lucky" in winning against a 14cc is ridiculous. There were no cheeses this series, except the BBS by Flash in Game 3 and he even canceled that.

Good scouting is not "Luck"
Hidden ling flank is not "Luck"
Beating 14cc is not "Luck"

Flash has weaknesses, Effort exploited them. If you want to watch two long games where Flash loses, check out CJ vs KT in Proleague.

RandomAbuse

187 Posts

May 22 2010 13:23 GMT

#5579

Effort <3

EnderSC

62 Posts

May 22 2010 13:23 GMT

#5580

There can only be one winner that is all. They both deserve it as much. bo5 isn't representative enough. i'd be curious to know the win rates in bests of 1000+ . Pretty much 50% for sure.