I'm pretty torn about this one. It had awesome moments, entertaining sloppiness and I felt that I enjoyed it, but there was a lot of dragging and I can see that there are some who'd consider it boring. So "Check it out if you have time" officially, but "yes" behind closed doors.
I'd say it was extremely interesting, but ZvZ is usually hated, so I don't know whether you'd hate it. It had plenty mindgames, so I'll let that claim sway you.
Interesting opening, rapidly getting more and more drawn out the moment it comes into effect. If the attack came 20 minutes earlier it would have won as well, you know.
Poll: Who are you cheering for?
STX SouL (15)
48%
Hite Entus (9)
29%
I'm just hoping for good games. (5)
16%
Both! Decision making is for suckers! (2)
6%
31 total votes
Your vote: Who are you cheering for?
(Vote): Hite Entus (Vote): STX SouL (Vote): I'm just hoping for good games. (Vote): Both! Decision making is for suckers!
Poll: Who will win?
I'm not in the mood for predictions, but I still want to press a button. (11)
44%
STX SouL (9)
36%
Hite Entus (5)
20%
25 total votes
Your vote: Who will win?
(Vote): Hite Entus (Vote): STX SouL (Vote): I'm not in the mood for predictions, but I still want to press a button.
GL with finals. I wish I could watch, but I decided I need sleep nowadays to function. Hmm, it's uncharacteristic of you to not have a "I'm watching the SKT game instead" option in the poll.
On January 18 2011 16:11 Lightwip wrote: GL with finals. I wish I could watch, but I decided I need sleep nowadays to function. Hmm, it's uncharacteristic of you to not have a "I'm watching the SKT game instead" option in the poll.
Even I have limits mocking the superficial interest of SKT fans. Maybe I should say "Bisu fans" instead, since the Bisu option is always way more popular than the rest of the team. As a fan, I would be offended.
Great OP as always Mustaju! ^^ I kinda want to watch this match, but I need to get this essay done before the SKT match starts, eheh. Best of luck to both teams though!
Proleague stays relevant for many of us, thanks to youtube uploaders, Team Liquid staff, and LR creators like mustaju. Thank you.
Two random thoughts on the banner: Snow has a melancholy and somehow captivating expression on his face. Skyhigh looks very 1980s, with his wide-rimmed glasses and long hair.
Its not SWL then? :O anyway doesnt matter we all know it is. Thanks for the work in the banner and the other stuff mustaju. and last but not least. STX FIGHTINGGGGGGGGGGG!
On January 18 2011 18:03 Deekin[ wrote: Its not SWL then? :O anyway doesnt matter we all know it is. Thanks for the work in the banner and the other stuff mustaju. and last but not least. STX FIGHTINGGGGGGGGGGG!
Greater spire for Hero! :D Defiler mound going down. Hero still being annoying with his muta control group. Leta moving out with marines / tank / vessel. Nydus going down for Hero. Two starports for Leta
On January 18 2011 18:16 Emon_ wrote: Third hatch at the ramp for Hero. Leta scouting Hero and taking his natural expansion.
Hero building lair. Leta starting academy and second barracks. Medic marine incoming.
? two rax ? it's been a while we haven't seen 2 rax plays :o
lol the 2nd rax was after the expansion
That's what I thought but it really wasn't obvious when reading LR posts without the stream. (no offense Emon, it's nice to have someone to report)
On January 18 2011 18:14 Emon_ wrote: Hero sending overlord in right direction. 12 hatch. Leta building rax at the top of his ramp. Pool going down for Hero
On January 18 2011 18:16 Emon_ wrote: Third hatch at the ramp for Hero. Leta scouting Hero and taking his natural expansion.
Hero building lair. Leta starting academy and second barracks. Medic marine incoming.
Cute Terran fighting~
edit : leta building two starports ? sounds sexy, too bad I won't see him microing
Leta moving toward the 1 o'clock. Hero has a lot of lurkers (7) there + lings. Fight going down. Dark swarm on the nydus but it goes down! Hero saves the 1o'clock with lings and defilers
Guardians attacking Leta's natural. Stops mining and kills a lot of marines
Leta with the wraith - killing the guardians outside the Natural
Hero taking the natural at 1o'clock. Trying to push into Letas natural but vultures and mines put an end to it. Leta has a small marinemedic army and 3 vessels. Hero with a handful of lings and lurkers
Leta heading to 1o'clock again. Expanding to the base that's really close to his natural. Plague on sci vessels. Swarm and lurkers vs. marines a lot of marines die but some are alive killing the extractor and moving back. Leta lost a lot of marines.
Lings follow marines and finish off Leta's army. Scourge kills all the vessels except 1! Leta with a very small army now
Hero sends a few lings to Leta's new base at 7o'clock. Leta kills them. Hero building Ultralisk cavern
Once again Leta going for the 1o'clock base. Loses his army and his science vessels. Hero looks ahead right now. Leta getting ready to take the 6 o'clock base - Hero has a handful of lings there. Leta moving out with another MnM group.
6 defilers strutting dow the map! Ultras are at the 6 o'clock base but no swarm and a lot of them die
Now there are swarm. A lot of vessels there for Leta irradiating everything. Leta's 4th base is secure. Vultures lay down mines. Hero running in with Ultras and lurker/ling + scourge. Leta holds
Swarm + Lurkers at the 6 o'clock. Leta losing marines to the lurkers. Base is denied for Leta. Leta with a lot of factories for vultures + mines. Irradiating ultras
Leta trying to take back the 6 o'clock. Lings run in but marines deal with them. 4th is back up. Hero has 12 o'clock and 3 o'clock. Looks bad for Leta but he does have like 12 science vessels
Ultra lings moving down the map for Hero. Another attack on 6 o'clock soon
But Leta has his big mnm army and science vessels there. Mines deal a lot of damage to Hero's ultras. Hero with overlords placed all over the map for vision. Leta focusing on holding his forth and irradiating
A lot of vessels die but Leta's 6 o'clock is still up. Hero taking inner 11 o'clock. More ling/ultra at 6 o'clock. Both 6 o'clock and inner 7 are lifted! Looking really bad for Leta
On January 18 2011 18:41 Deekin[ wrote: bad gg timing leta!
Commentator: Because this is Winner's league, it's not easy for Leta to GG- GG~!!!" At least it was great timing to make the commentator feel stupid ~_~
Two things bugged me about this game. 1) Hero's Guardians that were killed by 2 wraiths. That is so dumb, and still it happens ever so often among the pros. 2) Leta's stubbornness in the late-game. He was like ''If I take down this 4th, I'll win the game'', and kept sending in units against Lurkers+Dark Swarm. Dumb move. If Zerg turtles, do it Flash style and expo like a mad man yourself.
On January 18 2011 18:41 Deekin[ wrote: bad gg timing leta!
Commentator: Because this is Winner's league, it's not easy for Leta to GG- GG~!!!" At least it was great timing to make the commentator feel stupid ~_~
Hehe funny, It was the same for me I wrote that and then pressed post, 10 sec later it was gg
Hero with the beastly macro. In the end he was mining from 5 bases pumping out Ultras and defilers until Leta cracked. Bad decision making from Leta. He had a chance to do damage when the wraiths killed the guardians, or maybe secure the 6 o'clock earlier and transition into mech
Hero still on one base. Hydra trying to break into Hero's base. Manages to kill all his lings and get three in but a sunken kill them. Evolution chamber going down for Hydra
Hydra in a very good position. Spore colonies are up and lings are in Hero's base but his mutas defend.
Pretty straight forward BO win for Hydra. Hero tried his best to make something happen but Hydra would've had to screw up pretty bad to lose that game.
Bogus going for a early +1 medic marine army. Factory going down for Bogus. Hydra has drop researched for his overlords. Trying to expand to the 6 o'clock and 12 o'clock simultaneously but Bogus with a clutch marine delaying the drone overlord contact
Bogus with the dropship! 6 o'clock is done for Hydra. Bogus hesitating to move out with his MnM army. Hydra's Mutas being annoying around Bogus's base. 12 o'clock goes down for Hydra. Vessel is out
Bogus attacking the natural again but ultras and sunkens deny him. Another MnM army heading toward Hydras natural. HUGE PLAGUE on the MnM army. Ultras and Guardians kill everything!
Doesn't look like Bogus is mining at 12 o'clock. Maybe a floating building
Hydra mining gas from his 8 o'clock expo. Taking 10 o'clock as well. Bogus with the map control. MnM army and vessel cloud strutting around in the middle of the map
Bogus going for the 8 o'clock. Ultras and Lings are there and kill his army. A lot of scourge are searching the map for vessels but don't kill much. 10 o'clock is up for Hydra. Bogus is only now beginning to make SCVs at his 12 o'clock base
Expect a gg from Hydra shortly. MnM army kills everything. CLUTCH swarm for the Ultra /Lings saves his main base with the tech. Bogus has another base at 11 o'clock (2 mining bases total). Also taking 4 o'clock!
I'm pretty sure that with slightly more clutch defiler play Hydra would have won that game but his swarms were frequently late/misplaced/absent. Without swarm the dps from MnM rips up Zerglings and even Ultras.
On January 18 2011 19:58 Garrl wrote: damnit, Movie, why would you open 2 gate?
even stranger, he went 2gate and had fewer units than bogus... he was already quite behind and should've tried to do some sort of allin attack I suppose
Looking kind of decent for Bogus assuming he pushes fast, hard, and correctly. No reaver for Snow now and his army is decently sized with a decent number of factories to support.
On January 18 2011 19:59 endy wrote: Why would CJ send Movie against a terran while they have Skyhigh ???
You mean the TvT-er that got nuked just recently and was defeated by Bogus pretty handily this very season?
Well Skyhigh would still have been less awful than sending a PvZ sniper :| And from a strategic point of view it would have been wiser to try to snipe Bogus with SH, then Calm would be sent to kill SH's horrible TvZ, then send Movie to kill Calm.
Snow is a good choice to beat Bogus, but he doesn't stand a chance against Calm. Calm looked very solid against Bisu.
edit : snow failing, CJHite should just forfeit t_t
On January 18 2011 20:34 bearbuddy wrote: STX terrans... damn scary.
We laughed here on TL at STX terrans mentions on how good they are, few months ago. Few pros said they fear STX terran and it was after Hwasin was forced to leave. So my guess is that Bogus destroyed everyone in practice games then, while TV-skill jumped in later.
EPT
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Leta < Circuit Breaker > 
by.hero
Movie < Fortress > ![[image loading]](http://imgur.com/le8Uq.png)
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Anyone up to LR? Thanks in advance
