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Two TvZ Bo5s; this has so much potential for awesomeness. Rooting for Skzlime and Michael (although I won't be sad at all to see Terror advance, him being a fellow T and all).
You need valkyries Skzlime ! Edit : I guess irradiate works too. Funny game. Edit : wtf is going on, Skzlime suiciding his army in the middle of the map. SouthPark might have this now. Oh wait, SP's turn to suicide his army -_-
On March 17 2013 06:49 Rainalcar wrote: But could he have defended with sunkens? Terran was not expanding at all
Doubtful, Terror was halfway to his base and he hadn't started building any at his natural so it would've been too late. I think Michael was just caught offguard by his mutas getting irradiated to death.
On March 17 2013 07:33 andreyyisbestandrey wrote: skzlime vs michael and SouthPark vs Terror would have been better series. You admins need to learn how to rig the brackets to make magic happen.
Lol. Clearly they need to make all the brackets "random"
On March 17 2013 07:33 andreyyisbestandrey wrote: skzlime vs michael and SouthPark vs Terror would have been better series. You admins need to learn how to rig the brackets to make magic happen.
We get Mich vs Skzlime in the semis, not bad either
On March 17 2013 07:33 andreyyisbestandrey wrote: skzlime vs michael and SouthPark vs Terror would have been better series. You admins need to learn how to rig the brackets to make magic happen.
But now we have the better series in the semifinals instead of quarterfinals. Maybe our rigging level is too high for you ;p
Grrr, i clicked on the TLS mini banner on the front page looking for vods and got spoiled instantly. Is it really necessary to put the names of the winners there?
On March 17 2013 23:41 johanes wrote: Grrr, i clicked on the TLS mini banner on the front page looking for vods and got spoiled instantly. Is it really necessary to put the names of the winners there?
There is a Hide spoiler box you can click if you don't want spoilers.
On March 17 2013 23:41 johanes wrote: Grrr, i clicked on the TLS mini banner on the front page looking for vods and got spoiled instantly. Is it really necessary to put the names of the winners there?
There is a Hide spoiler box you can click if you don't want spoilers.
Terror v Michael game 4 was very interesting. I think Terror's 1 base all-in should have won it easily, but:
* At 7:09 Michael is building a hydra den at his natural. He assumes at this point that Terror is doing the same 1fact expand build as last game. (The observer is very bad, spazzing about and clicking on unimportant things, but you can nevertheless see for one instant that it's a hydra den being morphed.)
* Shortly thereafter, ~7:14, Michael sends in a ling to check out Terror's base.
* For whatever reason, Terror's marines are not at his choke (as they were before). This is a massive mistake because it allows Michael to realize there is no expansion.
* In response, Michael cancels the hydra den. (No comment on this from the casters, but you can see it on minimap.) He starts building more sunkens + zerglings, while suiciding his overlord to scout. Once scouted, Terror's pseudo-Sparks Terran stands no chance against the ling surround + 3 sunks. But the key wasn't the overlord suicide, as the casters assumed -- that just confirmed what Michael had already guessed (namely, that Terror was going for a 1base push). The zerglings were already built by the time the overlord technically "saw" Terror's build.
Like I said, a pity that Terror didn't execute his build better. He was focused on blocking his ramp to hide his production facilities, but the real thing he needed to hide was his natural expansion -- or rather, the lack thereof.
On March 18 2013 02:26 GrandInquisitor wrote: Terror v Michael game 4 was very interesting. I think Terror's 1 base all-in should have won it easily, but:
* At 7:09 Michael is building a hydra den at his natural. He assumes at this point that Terror is doing the same 1fact expand build as last game. (The observer is very bad, spazzing about and clicking on unimportant things, but you can nevertheless see for one instant that it's a hydra den being morphed.)
* Shortly thereafter, ~7:14, Michael sends in a ling to check out Terror's base.
* For whatever reason, Terror's marines are not at his choke (as they were before). This is a massive mistake because it allows Michael to realize there is no expansion.
* In response, Michael cancels the hydra den. (No comment on this from the casters, but you can see it on minimap.) He starts building more sunkens + zerglings, while suiciding his overlord to scout. Once scouted, Terror's pseudo-Sparks Terran stands no chance against the ling surround + 3 sunks. But the key wasn't the overlord suicide, as the casters assumed -- that just confirmed what Michael had already guessed (namely, that Terror was going for a 1base push). The zerglings were already built by the time the overlord technically "saw" Terror's build.
Like I said, a pity that Terror didn't execute his build better. He was focused on blocking his ramp to hide his production facilities, but the real thing he needed to hide was his natural expansion -- or rather, the lack thereof.
Nice analysis.
It's also important to note that Terror didn't have stim at the time he was at the Michael's expansion. This is what he was waiting for. When he came to the channel after the game, first thing he said was "forgot stim ". Although I doubt it would make much difference as Michael reacted perfectly, maybe he wouldn't have died outright from the mass ling counter attack if he killed more lings at the expansion of Michael.
EPT
SouthPark vs 
Skzlime
Neo Jade
Rooting for Skzlime and Michael (although I won't be sad at all to see Terror advance, him being a fellow T and all). 
