On December 08 2010 20:08 Womwomwom wrote: Rather risky move to go for a base trade like that, did Flash ever know about Kal's 11 o'clock? Never seemed like it from his actions anyway.
I don't think so. It would explain why he kept his forces at Kal's natural instead of defending. If he knew that Kal had another expo, the strategy didn't make sense.
Pretty sure he knew Kal had that expo ... there's nothing he can do about that expo at that location. The strategy still makes sense when in theory you take out two bases with that push but one problem was that Flash didn't micro and kill off Kal's third the first time and had to go back and kill it later.
Yeah, but why didn't he bring back his forces to defend against the carriers? They were doing nothing patrolling the center for a long time.
On December 08 2010 20:10 J1.au wrote: I'm surprised so many people recommended that game. It's only because Flash was playing that that game was even slightly close. No Terran has won a non-prelimary game on that map. Well done Flash for trying.
Realistically any time Flash loses it's going to be recommended. It's such a rare thing nowadays that it's always going to be a big deal for people (unless you're a Flash fan).
Shame Flash got paired with Kal on such an awful map for the matchup. I much prefer games like the ones they have on fighting spirit, and not just when you can make carriers and waltz them around your opponent's bases like nothing because of the bajillion cliffs.
On December 08 2010 20:10 J1.au wrote: I'm surprised so many people recommended that game. It's only because Flash was playing that that game was even slightly close. No Terran has won a non-prelimary game on that map. Well done Flash for trying.
Well I could just remind that there was and is a player that still wasn't and isn't shaken by unfavorable maps, so thats not an excuse, especially for Flash, Kal played well today it was enough to win Flash.
On December 08 2010 20:10 J1.au wrote: I'm surprised so many people recommended that game. It's only because Flash was playing that that game was even slightly close. No Terran has won a non-prelimary game on that map. Well done Flash for trying.
I'm not sure that map is as bad as the statistics are making it look right now. There's been very few games with good T's playing. But it definitely looks tough, like if Protoss pulls off the early game with any success it'll be tough for Terran to stop Carriers.
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