On September 03 2010 19:34 Fenrax wrote: I just wonder: Has free done anything in this series so far that was not what everyone would expect him to do? ANYTHING?
Actually I was expecting him to pull out ye olde pvt checklist. Attempting to slug out Flash without going for low blows is very honorable. Tremendously stupid, but honorable. This series looks like Mike Tyson vs a 7 year old.
Protoss is very weak against Flash because there aren't enough cheeses possible With zerg you can try to pull a lot of different cheese but here ? Just hopeless...
Only Stork and maybe BeSt can beat Flash PvT in a bo5. But Stork failed miserably to JD in game 5 for 1 cannon. One cannon and we would have seen a Bacchus OSL finals rematch :|
Free didn't choke. This is a world class protoss and it shows in everything. Flash exploited the carriers perfectly - it seems you need some kind of early game advantage to have a chance against flash. In this game, the reaver opening put Free behind when it didn't do enough damage.
On September 03 2010 19:37 purpose wrote: I think this game kinda show how good Stork really is. Its just not easy to go carriers on this map and just win, its freaking hard to set carrier play up and then perform with it.
As for this serie, its over. The really sad part is that we will see another JvF final that is gonna be hyped as hell and then be boring as hell when terran map ends it 3-1 for flash.
Unless he spawn on the good spot and JD decide to try all mutas again, then it will be 3-0.
Except the OSL map pool isn't heavily Terran favored.
On September 03 2010 19:37 sAAvior wrote: Protoss is very weak against Flash because there aren't enough cheeses possible With zerg you can try to pull a lot of different cheese but here ? Just hopeless...
You gan proxy double, 10/15, and bulldog. Those are all cheeses that can work.
On September 03 2010 19:38 insanet wrote: guys, stop living in the past. Jangbi top form is never coming back. Bisu is never coming back. Kal is another jangbi.
Even Jangbi back in top-form would get slaughtered by Flash in a BO5 right now. Flash has Protoss completely figured out and can exploit any timing window that he is given.
On September 03 2010 19:35 PoP wrote: The main problem with players like Free is that they're going into games vs Flash/Jaedong/etc with an "I'm probably going to lose but I'll try my best" mindset. They seem to have absolutely no self-confidence whatsoever.
Bisu and Stork are the only Protoss players who, when on shape, seem to think they have a chance no matter who their opponent is.
Free especially always seemed to have no mental strength at all despite his huge skills and that didn't seem to evolve much over the years.
On September 03 2010 19:39 cascades wrote: If only Stork had faced Flash. Now it looks like Jaedong will get whipped in finals by Flash again on these maps.
Sad, but a true fact. But yeah, let's hope for good series in the finals.
free is trying to calm himself down....haizzz, nervousness is his biggest enemy. Just don't choke and he will surely put up a good fight and maybe will beat Flash.