[SPL] Playoffs: STX SouL vs SK Telecom T1, Day 2 - Page 82

On August 02 2010 04:04 Cheeseburgered wrote:


i'm tired of the same team winning everything too

On August 02 2010 00:00 Bash wrote:


All true, except I do think losing all that stuff in the shuttles was what made him lose in the end, as that was what drove him into that desperate attack.

Losing the shuttles and their contents instantly took away any sort of map control Kal had and fantasy already having 3 fully functioning bases capitalized on that by starting his fourth and continued aggression via his usual vulture shenanigans. Having his economy harrassed and especially having his attempts at expanding shut down over and over, Kal saw no choice but to try to abuse fantasy's less than ideal tank position to try to bring down his lead and to gain an opportunity to double expand, and probably to harass/kill an expansion himself. He was actually pretty close for a while too, there were a few very promising zealotbombs/minedrags, but in the end his execution fell a little short with many of his zealots being late to the party or chasing vultures around.

The fact that Kal didn't think he could wait for that arbiter that popped soon after his army was defeated shows how desperate he was to make a swing in the game happen, and also how promising an opening he thought fantasy's slightly awkward army positioning was.

On August 02 2010 04:04 Cheeseburgered wrote:


i'm tired of the same team winning everything too

On August 02 2010 08:41 WhatisProtoss wrote:

What the hell are you guys talking about?

T1 doesn't win everything.

Hanbit dominated Proleague in 2004. (Casy, Zeus, Clon, Daezang)
T1 dominated Proleague in 2005. (Boxer, Midas, iloveOOV, Kingdom)
MBCGame dominated Proleague in 2006. (Pusan, July, Sea, Light)
LecafOZ dominated Proleague in 2007 (AnyTime, Jaedong, ForGG)

I'd say that's a pretty good balance of things. SKT did win last year, with their FantasyBisuBest combo, and they're still riding the momentum. But when SKT won Proleague back in 2005, their core players were totally different from their key players today. It's a very different team.

On August 02 2010 08:43 Ideas wrote:
prototype im so disappointed in you for still not recommending set 3. especially when you say fail on both sides when modesty didnt really do anything wrong at all (purposefully let probe scout fast lair and then purposefully made 2 hydra dens for double upgrades).

On August 01 2010 12:45 Manit0u wrote:
There are only 2 things I dislike in SKT at the moment:
1. Playing zergs too much (if you're going to throw away games, at least do so in style and send Boxer or Oov out).
2. Why the awful orange shirts?!