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?

Or?

Djin)ftw(

Germany3357 Posts

January 04 2011 19:35 GMT

#665

On January 03 2011 16:28 Craton wrote:

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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

Kyuukyuu

Canada6263 Posts

January 05 2011 03:25 GMT

#666

JD vs Piano was about the same

dani_caliKorea

730 Posts

January 05 2011 04:31 GMT

#667

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.

ChApFoU

France2983 Posts

January 05 2011 07:17 GMT

#668

Is there a VOD avaliable for Stork vs Hiya ?

Kreedit

Sweden373 Posts

January 05 2011 07:39 GMT

#669

On January 05 2011 16:17 ChApFoU wrote:
Is there a VOD avaliable for Stork vs Hiya ?

Been up on Moktira for quite a while.

purpose

Sweden1017 Posts

January 05 2011 07:44 GMT

#670

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.

Let Bisu have MSL and go win the OSL Stork!!

mierin

United States4943 Posts

January 05 2011 16:31 GMT

#671

On January 05 2011 16:44 purpose wrote:
Let Bisu have MSL and go win the OSL Stork!!

Jaedong's death stare says NO!

hitthat

Poland2267 Posts

January 05 2011 17:31 GMT

#672

On January 06 2011 01:31 mierin wrote:

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Jaedong's death stare says NO!

Fixed

Lightwip

United States5497 Posts

January 05 2011 22:44 GMT

#673

On January 06 2011 01:31 mierin wrote:

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Jaedong's death stare says NO!

That's just the thing, JD's death stare hasn't been there ever since Bigfile MSL finals.

ShadeR

Australia7535 Posts

January 05 2011 23:29 GMT

#674

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.

Lightwip

United States5497 Posts

January 06 2011 00:23 GMT

#675

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.

ShadeR

Australia7535 Posts

January 06 2011 02:44 GMT

#676

Let's just say some of Stork's recent PvP slip ups against mediocre oppenents have left me second guessing a bit.

baubo

China3370 Posts

January 06 2011 03:04 GMT

#677

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

Xiphos

Canada7507 Posts

January 06 2011 03:17 GMT

#678

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

dukethegold

Canada5645 Posts

January 06 2011 03:35 GMT

#679

On January 06 2011 12:17 Xiphos wrote:

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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.

tedster

984 Posts

January 06 2011 03:56 GMT

#680

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.

I am not particularly happy about this.