stork hiya must have been one of the hardest rapes in the history of competitive gaming. Jesus, that was such an utter dominance. Poor Hiya, I like him
Watch Jaedong vs Piano, Flash vs Best (the one with drops), or the best of all, Effort vs Flash 5set.
Can't speak of JD vs Piano, but the latter two make no sense. Effort vs Flash went 3-2 -- there was nothing one-sided about it.
I watched Stork game now and even though I am a stork fan, was it all that fantastic? I mean sure stork plays really well but I have a question.
Was it due to the tank snipe that the turrets was not up in time when Storks Reaver arrived? I have seen protoss snipe the first tank in other games but those have not turned out this way. I mean why was hiyas turrets late when other terrans manage to have them up in time even though they also got a tank snipe?
Maybe I am dreaming and those other game did not go into reaver tech, but it still feels strange that one tank snipe should make it impossible to get turrets up in time for a reaver harass.
Seem more that Hiya was slow rather then stork amazing?
stork hiya must have been one of the hardest rapes in the history of competitive gaming. Jesus, that was such an utter dominance. Poor Hiya, I like him
Watch Jaedong vs Piano, Flash vs Best (the one with drops), or the best of all, Effort vs Flash 5set.
Can't speak of JD vs Piano, but the latter two make no sense. Effort vs Flash went 3-2 -- there was nothing one-sided about it.
I think he meant the game itself, not the series. Wasn't that the game on match point where Eff0rt went ling allin? Anyway, it can never ever have been a rape like this. Seriously, this looked like JD vs Zim at WCG
In Piano's defense, his (dumb) build was against mutas and lurkers were a direct counter. Whereas, Hiya didn't make huge errors, but just got raped regardless.
Stork is taking on Hiya again the day after he goes up against Bisu. I wonder how much stork focus on Hiya and how much on Bisu? afterall Hiya is a lesser player then Bisu and Stork is so good in pvt. Not sure how much Stork wants both MSL and OSL but if I were stork, I would put more effort into OSL. He is 1 win away from the semi, no JD left, no Flash and a super big chance that he will have his best matchup in both Semi and final. This is to good to throw away just for the chance to double.
No you cant do both since a player like Bisu is going to be shit hard to beat when he puts 110% all in on pvp while you have to focus some on pvt aswell.
I would think that Stork would practice the fuck out of his PvP seeing as he's often playing cellphone games rather than practicing PvT. You know he hasn't practiced shit went he goes for the most blatant 2 base carrier ever and relys on insane reaver micro to win ie: games vs sea last OSL.
This way we get a sick series against Bisu as well as preparation for a Bo5 vs Kal in the semis of the OSL.
On January 06 2011 08:29 ShadeR wrote: This way we get a sick series against Bisu.
Has there ever been a lackluster series that was Bisu vs Stork? Even though most other TBLS series sometimes features some cheese or timing pushes rather than interesting games, just about every Bisu vs Stork game is awesome.
I know it's just a guess, but perhaps Stork's recent PvP fails are more a product of not knowing the MU ahead of time than just fail. He seems to be mainly failing to lack of control and just bad decision-making. And generally, players play diffirently when they can practice for a specific player ahead of time.
I think against both Hiya and Bisu, Stork will probably practice an aggressive build ahead of time. This way he can dictate the tempo of the game and make it easier to practice. Otherwise, there's no way Stork can practice for Bisu today, Hiya tomorrow, and WL Saturday
On January 06 2011 12:04 baubo wrote: I know it's just a guess, but perhaps Stork's recent PvP fails are more a product of not knowing the MU ahead of time than just fail. He seems to be mainly failing to lack of control and just bad decision-making. And generally, players play diffirently when they can practice for a specific player ahead of time.
I think against both Hiya and Bisu, Stork will probably practice an aggressive build ahead of time. This way he can dictate the tempo of the game and make it easier to practice. Otherwise, there's no way Stork can practice for Bisu today, Hiya tomorrow, and WL Saturday
Okay so this is what I got from the post: Stork should stop playing cellphone games and actually play SC
On January 06 2011 12:04 baubo wrote: I know it's just a guess, but perhaps Stork's recent PvP fails are more a product of not knowing the MU ahead of time than just fail. He seems to be mainly failing to lack of control and just bad decision-making. And generally, players play diffirently when they can practice for a specific player ahead of time.
I think against both Hiya and Bisu, Stork will probably practice an aggressive build ahead of time. This way he can dictate the tempo of the game and make it easier to practice. Otherwise, there's no way Stork can practice for Bisu today, Hiya tomorrow, and WL Saturday
Okay so this is what I got from the post: Stork should stop playing cellphone games and actually play SC
Knowing Stork's personality, he is likely the type who tries to skip out practice, sleep on the toilet, play too much cellphone games during the night ending up sleep deprived before practice. But against Bisu, we are guaranteed to see the two top Protoss practicing their asses off. To them, what is about to happen in the MSL has personal meaning and significance.
I bet for the match against Hiya, Stork will just read the map, do minimal practice and then play some more with his galaxy tab.
I just realized there is a very good chance of having Mind not only make the RO4, but even squeak his way into the finals since his vT is pretty damn solid.