Leta and Hydra could've made a whole lot of difference, but I think neither of them could take down Light. Guess the coaches figured once Sea got his two wins and Snow lost that there was no way for Hite to win so they wanted to give other players some play time.

Sawamura

Malaysia7602 Posts

January 11 2011 12:52 GMT

#185

Hydra > light ........ coach must be hitting on the liquors again..

Itachii

Poland12466 Posts

January 11 2011 12:52 GMT

#186

On January 11 2011 21:49 hellbound wrote:

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0/10. Was that supposed to be funny?

no i was serious.
try again

Ryo

8787 Posts

January 11 2011 12:53 GMT

#187

On January 11 2011 21:52 Sawamura wrote:
Hydra > light ........ coach must be hitting on the liquors again..

Er no. Light is definitely the favorite. At the very most it would be a 50-50 game.

Edit:
Hydra has MSL in 2 days time so perhaps he's been practicing mostly for that.

Holgerius

Sweden16951 Posts

January 11 2011 12:53 GMT

#188

On January 11 2011 21:52 Itachii wrote:

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no i was serious.
try again

Go watch Hydras ZvP this season and try again yourself.

hellbound

United Kingdom2242 Posts

January 11 2011 12:53 GMT

#189

On January 11 2011 21:53 Holgerius wrote:

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Go watch Hydras ZvP this season and try again yourself.

TwoToneTerran

United States8841 Posts

January 11 2011 12:58 GMT

#190

Holy crap a lot of you don't get Winner's League. You know why your super special ace player wasn't sent? Probably because he didn't practice on that map. As much as you guys think your aces are always the better choice, the coaches choose certain players for a reason. Hogil had probably specifically practiced ZvP on that map and was their best shot at even getting to the next map. Sending out your best players doesn't mean much if they haven't prepared at all for the matchup, much less the map.

Hite probably expected to get more than 1 kill before they got to the maps where Leta had practiced more. Hydra might've mainly practiced ZvT and ZvZ because MBC is focused primarily on hyun/sea/light. I almost guarantee you this is the case and that is why, in this situation. Hogil was the guy who had practiced PvZ for this map and had the most practice on every map after this one.

Certain players can eek out wins with minimal practice, but Leta definitely isn't THAT talented, especially in TvP.

Itachii

Poland12466 Posts

January 11 2011 13:00 GMT

#191

On January 11 2011 21:53 Holgerius wrote:

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Go watch Hydras ZvP this season and try again yourself.

i did
not impressed by his style, nor the opponents he has beaten

Kiante

Australia7069 Posts

January 11 2011 13:03 GMT

#192

Thanks to xsebt for streaming and updating the OP for me while i was filling sandbags

Ryo

8787 Posts

January 11 2011 13:04 GMT

#193

On January 11 2011 21:58 TwoToneTerran wrote:
Holy crap a lot of you don't get Winner's League. You know why your super special ace player wasn't sent? Probably because he didn't practice on that map. As much as you guys think your aces are always the better choice, the coaches choose certain players for a reason. Hogil had probably specifically practiced ZvP on that map and was their best shot at even getting to the next map. Sending ot your best players doesn't mean much if they haven't prepared at all for the matchup, much less the map.

Hite probably expected to get more than 1 kill before they got to the maps where Leta had practiced more. Hydra might've mainly practiced ZvT and ZvZ because MBC is focused primarily on hyun/sea/light. Think before you speak.

I agree with most of what you say except that MBC tosses have won almost equal the number of games this season as Sea/Light. I think the real reason for Hydra practicing mostly ZvT is that he plays Classic next in MSL while Hogil has focused on ZvP because he had to play Snow.

But yeah, Leta's TvP can be shaky.

Renkaoru

390 Posts

January 11 2011 13:06 GMT

#194

Actually no, since it's the unique feature of Winner's League that compels players to practice on most of the maps in the pool so they can get as many kills as possible. Dont tell me Leta and Hydra only practiced for the Set 6 and 7 maps because they werent sent on Set 5 which is the only possible way to redeem the match.

Anduril

United States248 Posts

January 11 2011 13:12 GMT

#195

On January 11 2011 21:58 TwoToneTerran wrote:
Holy crap a lot of you don't get Winner's League. You know why your super special ace player wasn't sent? Probably because he didn't practice on that map. As much as you guys think your aces are always the better choice, the coaches choose certain players for a reason. Hogil had probably specifically practiced ZvP on that map and was their best shot at even getting to the next map. Sending out your best players doesn't mean much if they haven't prepared at all for the matchup, much less the map.

Hite probably expected to get more than 1 kill before they got to the maps where Leta had practiced more. Hydra might've mainly practiced ZvT and ZvZ because MBC is focused primarily on hyun/sea/light. I almost guarantee you this is the case and that is why, in this situation. Hogil was the guy who had practiced PvZ for this map and had the most practice on every map after this one.

Certain players can eek out wins with minimal practice, but Leta definitely isn't THAT talented, especially in TvP.

Your probably right that hogil was practicing for this map, but that strategy wasn't going as planned. The coach must have a plan B and I don't think that involved hogil running the table.

Ryo

8787 Posts

January 11 2011 13:44 GMT

#196

Oh dear. I just read from Sea/Tyson's interviews that (Z)