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BLinD-RawR
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
ALLEYCAT BLUES51114 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-12-05 15:05:54
December 05 2016 15:05 GMT
#221
On December 05 2016 23:16 opisska wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 05 2016 23:09 The_Red_Viper wrote:
I agree that supply and current ressources would be nice. I don't want anymore than that though.
Sad that Effort didn't make it (we really need some zerg players in the ro16, especially with zero not particpiating -.-) but nice to see that Rain kicks some ass!


Yeah I tuned in mostly to see how Rain does in BW and it turns out that he really does pretty well

Unsurprising, seeing as how he was one of the new 4 horsemen pre sc2 switch.
Brood War EICWoo Jung Ho, never forget.| Twitter: @BLinDRawR
The_Red_Viper
Profile Blog Joined August 2013
19533 Posts
December 05 2016 15:06 GMT
#222
On December 06 2016 00:05 BLinD-RawR wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 05 2016 23:16 opisska wrote:
On December 05 2016 23:09 The_Red_Viper wrote:
I agree that supply and current ressources would be nice. I don't want anymore than that though.
Sad that Effort didn't make it (we really need some zerg players in the ro16, especially with zero not particpiating -.-) but nice to see that Rain kicks some ass!


Yeah I tuned in mostly to see how Rain does in BW and it turns out that he really does pretty well

Unsurprising, seeing as how he was one of the new 4 horsemen pre sc2 switch.

Well him beating Effort came as a surprise imo, but apparently Effort never advances anymore -.-
4 horsemen? Rain, Bogus (?), Soulkey (?) and?
IU | Sohyang || There is no God and we are his prophets | For if ‘Thou mayest’—it is also true that ‘Thou mayest not.” | Ignorance is the parent of fear |
BLinD-RawR
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
ALLEYCAT BLUES51114 Posts
December 05 2016 15:09 GMT
#223
On December 06 2016 00:06 The_Red_Viper wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 06 2016 00:05 BLinD-RawR wrote:
On December 05 2016 23:16 opisska wrote:
On December 05 2016 23:09 The_Red_Viper wrote:
I agree that supply and current ressources would be nice. I don't want anymore than that though.
Sad that Effort didn't make it (we really need some zerg players in the ro16, especially with zero not particpiating -.-) but nice to see that Rain kicks some ass!


Yeah I tuned in mostly to see how Rain does in BW and it turns out that he really does pretty well

Unsurprising, seeing as how he was one of the new 4 horsemen pre sc2 switch.

Well him beating Effort came as a surprise imo, but apparently Effort never advances anymore -.-
4 horsemen? Rain, Bogus (?), Soulkey (?) and?

Wooki, aka Zest

Although some would argue his place, but that's literally because he came in so late
Brood War EICWoo Jung Ho, never forget.| Twitter: @BLinDRawR
r33k
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Italy3402 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-12-05 15:32:49
December 05 2016 15:30 GMT
#224
On December 05 2016 23:09 Miragee wrote:
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On December 05 2016 22:19 r33k wrote:
On December 05 2016 21:37 Miragee wrote:
On December 05 2016 21:37 r33k wrote:
On December 05 2016 21:32 Miragee wrote:
On December 05 2016 21:31 FlaShFTW wrote:
effort in a super slump now.


effort has always been overrated, so...

Except he's been better than Jaedong for more than half of his career so...


Define better.

Superior, more skilled. Not carried by momentum.


No and no. And no. Have you seen Jaedong in his prime. The victories he achieved, playing from behind. Jaedong was definitely not a momentum based player. He was a player to fight to the bitter end. I would argue that Effort's win over Flash in the finals was quite a bit momentum-carried as well, after he caught a lucky strike with the early zergling agression.


Jaedong's prime didn't last as long as people pretend it did. He picked up after MJY was done because he could micro mutas, and that's all zergs needed to win games since KeSPA stopped making anti-zerg maps. And that wasn't even an innovation, that was July's shtick. Meanwhile in 2010 Effort was beating terrans with lurker-ling-defiler, which has a much higher skillcap since it requires multiple timings, variable build orders and micro that isn't 50% spam. In 2011, when the maps got insanely Terran favored because KeSPA loved their streaks and they needed a new bonjwa and Zergs no longer had a timing to strike with mutas because the first stim push came out faster with no opportunity cost Jaedong stopped winning games, and Effort's winrate stayed the same.

The FPVOD era has cemented that their timings and game awareness are not even comparable. How reliant Effort is on the early corner third and how he goes queen and sometimes queen-guardian, how he gets an insane amount of damage with zerglings done every game not because people are leaving their walls open but because he maneuvers stuff around the open centers like MJY would when he would have burrowed lings to hold vision over the map. Jaedong has never done that. Even now, Jaedong goes mutas, tries to do stuff with them and sometimes he does ok, but then he just autopilots into easy crazy zerg. They're not even comparable.

Most of the middle of Jaedong's career was him winning games because his opponents were scared of him, like ZerO wouldn't practice when he had to play MSL finals against Flash in 2011. That's all momentum, he wasn't doing anything special.
The_Red_Viper
Profile Blog Joined August 2013
19533 Posts
December 05 2016 16:00 GMT
#225
On December 06 2016 00:09 BLinD-RawR wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 06 2016 00:06 The_Red_Viper wrote:
On December 06 2016 00:05 BLinD-RawR wrote:
On December 05 2016 23:16 opisska wrote:
On December 05 2016 23:09 The_Red_Viper wrote:
I agree that supply and current ressources would be nice. I don't want anymore than that though.
Sad that Effort didn't make it (we really need some zerg players in the ro16, especially with zero not particpiating -.-) but nice to see that Rain kicks some ass!


Yeah I tuned in mostly to see how Rain does in BW and it turns out that he really does pretty well

Unsurprising, seeing as how he was one of the new 4 horsemen pre sc2 switch.

Well him beating Effort came as a surprise imo, but apparently Effort never advances anymore -.-
4 horsemen? Rain, Bogus (?), Soulkey (?) and?

Wooki, aka Zest

Although some would argue his place, but that's literally because he came in so late

Oh yeah i thought it might be Zest but wasn't sure :D I wonder if the other two will play bw in the near future as well, could be the case.
IU | Sohyang || There is no God and we are his prophets | For if ‘Thou mayest’—it is also true that ‘Thou mayest not.” | Ignorance is the parent of fear |
Miragee
Profile Joined December 2009
8690 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-12-05 16:16:04
December 05 2016 16:14 GMT
#226
On December 06 2016 00:30 r33k wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 05 2016 23:09 Miragee wrote:
On December 05 2016 22:19 r33k wrote:
On December 05 2016 21:37 Miragee wrote:
On December 05 2016 21:37 r33k wrote:
On December 05 2016 21:32 Miragee wrote:
On December 05 2016 21:31 FlaShFTW wrote:
effort in a super slump now.


effort has always been overrated, so...

Except he's been better than Jaedong for more than half of his career so...


Define better.

Superior, more skilled. Not carried by momentum.


No and no. And no. Have you seen Jaedong in his prime. The victories he achieved, playing from behind. Jaedong was definitely not a momentum based player. He was a player to fight to the bitter end. I would argue that Effort's win over Flash in the finals was quite a bit momentum-carried as well, after he caught a lucky strike with the early zergling agression.


Jaedong's prime didn't last as long as people pretend it did. He picked up after MJY was done because he could micro mutas, and that's all zergs needed to win games since KeSPA stopped making anti-zerg maps. And that wasn't even an innovation, that was July's shtick. Meanwhile in 2010 Effort was beating terrans with lurker-ling-defiler, which has a much higher skillcap since it requires multiple timings, variable build orders and micro that isn't 50% spam. In 2011, when the maps got insanely Terran favored because KeSPA loved their streaks and they needed a new bonjwa and Zergs no longer had a timing to strike with mutas because the first stim push came out faster with no opportunity cost Jaedong stopped winning games, and Effort's winrate stayed the same.

The FPVOD era has cemented that their timings and game awareness are not even comparable. How reliant Effort is on the early corner third and how he goes queen and sometimes queen-guardian, how he gets an insane amount of damage with zerglings done every game not because people are leaving their walls open but because he maneuvers stuff around the open centers like MJY would when he would have burrowed lings to hold vision over the map. Jaedong has never done that. Even now, Jaedong goes mutas, tries to do stuff with them and sometimes he does ok, but then he just autopilots into easy crazy zerg. They're not even comparable.

Most of the middle of Jaedong's career was him winning games because his opponents were scared of him, like ZerO wouldn't practice when he had to play MSL finals against Flash in 2011. That's all momentum, he wasn't doing anything special.


Effort had 45 % win rate vs terran in 2010. Especially in early 2010 he had an insane losing streak against terran, including regular losses against players of the caliber of Lomo or gogo. In 2011 he played exactly one official ZvT according to TLPD, so nice try.

I'm pretty sure now you are just delusional or a troll. No point in discussing this with you any further.

On December 06 2016 00:09 BLinD-RawR wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 06 2016 00:06 The_Red_Viper wrote:
On December 06 2016 00:05 BLinD-RawR wrote:
On December 05 2016 23:16 opisska wrote:
On December 05 2016 23:09 The_Red_Viper wrote:
I agree that supply and current ressources would be nice. I don't want anymore than that though.
Sad that Effort didn't make it (we really need some zerg players in the ro16, especially with zero not particpiating -.-) but nice to see that Rain kicks some ass!


Yeah I tuned in mostly to see how Rain does in BW and it turns out that he really does pretty well

Unsurprising, seeing as how he was one of the new 4 horsemen pre sc2 switch.

Well him beating Effort came as a surprise imo, but apparently Effort never advances anymore -.-
4 horsemen? Rain, Bogus (?), Soulkey (?) and?

Wooki, aka Zest

Although some would argue his place, but that's literally because he came in so late


Pretty much. Wooki showed a lot of promising plays during the last days of professional BW. He was a bit behind the other three but I would put him into the same boat.
The_Red_Viper
Profile Blog Joined August 2013
19533 Posts
December 05 2016 16:22 GMT
#227
On December 06 2016 01:14 Miragee wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 06 2016 00:30 r33k wrote:
On December 05 2016 23:09 Miragee wrote:
On December 05 2016 22:19 r33k wrote:
On December 05 2016 21:37 Miragee wrote:
On December 05 2016 21:37 r33k wrote:
On December 05 2016 21:32 Miragee wrote:
On December 05 2016 21:31 FlaShFTW wrote:
effort in a super slump now.


effort has always been overrated, so...

Except he's been better than Jaedong for more than half of his career so...


Define better.

Superior, more skilled. Not carried by momentum.


No and no. And no. Have you seen Jaedong in his prime. The victories he achieved, playing from behind. Jaedong was definitely not a momentum based player. He was a player to fight to the bitter end. I would argue that Effort's win over Flash in the finals was quite a bit momentum-carried as well, after he caught a lucky strike with the early zergling agression.


Jaedong's prime didn't last as long as people pretend it did. He picked up after MJY was done because he could micro mutas, and that's all zergs needed to win games since KeSPA stopped making anti-zerg maps. And that wasn't even an innovation, that was July's shtick. Meanwhile in 2010 Effort was beating terrans with lurker-ling-defiler, which has a much higher skillcap since it requires multiple timings, variable build orders and micro that isn't 50% spam. In 2011, when the maps got insanely Terran favored because KeSPA loved their streaks and they needed a new bonjwa and Zergs no longer had a timing to strike with mutas because the first stim push came out faster with no opportunity cost Jaedong stopped winning games, and Effort's winrate stayed the same.

The FPVOD era has cemented that their timings and game awareness are not even comparable. How reliant Effort is on the early corner third and how he goes queen and sometimes queen-guardian, how he gets an insane amount of damage with zerglings done every game not because people are leaving their walls open but because he maneuvers stuff around the open centers like MJY would when he would have burrowed lings to hold vision over the map. Jaedong has never done that. Even now, Jaedong goes mutas, tries to do stuff with them and sometimes he does ok, but then he just autopilots into easy crazy zerg. They're not even comparable.

Most of the middle of Jaedong's career was him winning games because his opponents were scared of him, like ZerO wouldn't practice when he had to play MSL finals against Flash in 2011. That's all momentum, he wasn't doing anything special.


Effort had 45 % win rate vs terran in 2010. Especially in early 2010 he had an insane losing streak against terran, including regular losses against players of the caliber of Lomo or gogo. In 2011 he played exactly one official ZvT according to TLPD, so nice try.

I'm pretty sure now you are just delusional or a troll. No point in discussing this with you any further.

Show nested quote +
On December 06 2016 00:09 BLinD-RawR wrote:
On December 06 2016 00:06 The_Red_Viper wrote:
On December 06 2016 00:05 BLinD-RawR wrote:
On December 05 2016 23:16 opisska wrote:
On December 05 2016 23:09 The_Red_Viper wrote:
I agree that supply and current ressources would be nice. I don't want anymore than that though.
Sad that Effort didn't make it (we really need some zerg players in the ro16, especially with zero not particpiating -.-) but nice to see that Rain kicks some ass!


Yeah I tuned in mostly to see how Rain does in BW and it turns out that he really does pretty well

Unsurprising, seeing as how he was one of the new 4 horsemen pre sc2 switch.

Well him beating Effort came as a surprise imo, but apparently Effort never advances anymore -.-
4 horsemen? Rain, Bogus (?), Soulkey (?) and?

Wooki, aka Zest

Although some would argue his place, but that's literally because he came in so late


Pretty much. Wooki showed a lot of promising plays during the last days of professional BW. He was a bit behind the other three but I would put him into the same boat.


Especially funny considering TLPD says JD had a 82% winrate against terran in 2011 with 27:6 stats
IU | Sohyang || There is no God and we are his prophets | For if ‘Thou mayest’—it is also true that ‘Thou mayest not.” | Ignorance is the parent of fear |
Miragee
Profile Joined December 2009
8690 Posts
December 05 2016 16:38 GMT
#228
On December 06 2016 01:22 The_Red_Viper wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 06 2016 01:14 Miragee wrote:
On December 06 2016 00:30 r33k wrote:
On December 05 2016 23:09 Miragee wrote:
On December 05 2016 22:19 r33k wrote:
On December 05 2016 21:37 Miragee wrote:
On December 05 2016 21:37 r33k wrote:
On December 05 2016 21:32 Miragee wrote:
On December 05 2016 21:31 FlaShFTW wrote:
effort in a super slump now.


effort has always been overrated, so...

Except he's been better than Jaedong for more than half of his career so...


Define better.

Superior, more skilled. Not carried by momentum.


No and no. And no. Have you seen Jaedong in his prime. The victories he achieved, playing from behind. Jaedong was definitely not a momentum based player. He was a player to fight to the bitter end. I would argue that Effort's win over Flash in the finals was quite a bit momentum-carried as well, after he caught a lucky strike with the early zergling agression.


Jaedong's prime didn't last as long as people pretend it did. He picked up after MJY was done because he could micro mutas, and that's all zergs needed to win games since KeSPA stopped making anti-zerg maps. And that wasn't even an innovation, that was July's shtick. Meanwhile in 2010 Effort was beating terrans with lurker-ling-defiler, which has a much higher skillcap since it requires multiple timings, variable build orders and micro that isn't 50% spam. In 2011, when the maps got insanely Terran favored because KeSPA loved their streaks and they needed a new bonjwa and Zergs no longer had a timing to strike with mutas because the first stim push came out faster with no opportunity cost Jaedong stopped winning games, and Effort's winrate stayed the same.

The FPVOD era has cemented that their timings and game awareness are not even comparable. How reliant Effort is on the early corner third and how he goes queen and sometimes queen-guardian, how he gets an insane amount of damage with zerglings done every game not because people are leaving their walls open but because he maneuvers stuff around the open centers like MJY would when he would have burrowed lings to hold vision over the map. Jaedong has never done that. Even now, Jaedong goes mutas, tries to do stuff with them and sometimes he does ok, but then he just autopilots into easy crazy zerg. They're not even comparable.

Most of the middle of Jaedong's career was him winning games because his opponents were scared of him, like ZerO wouldn't practice when he had to play MSL finals against Flash in 2011. That's all momentum, he wasn't doing anything special.


Effort had 45 % win rate vs terran in 2010. Especially in early 2010 he had an insane losing streak against terran, including regular losses against players of the caliber of Lomo or gogo. In 2011 he played exactly one official ZvT according to TLPD, so nice try.

I'm pretty sure now you are just delusional or a troll. No point in discussing this with you any further.

On December 06 2016 00:09 BLinD-RawR wrote:
On December 06 2016 00:06 The_Red_Viper wrote:
On December 06 2016 00:05 BLinD-RawR wrote:
On December 05 2016 23:16 opisska wrote:
On December 05 2016 23:09 The_Red_Viper wrote:
I agree that supply and current ressources would be nice. I don't want anymore than that though.
Sad that Effort didn't make it (we really need some zerg players in the ro16, especially with zero not particpiating -.-) but nice to see that Rain kicks some ass!


Yeah I tuned in mostly to see how Rain does in BW and it turns out that he really does pretty well

Unsurprising, seeing as how he was one of the new 4 horsemen pre sc2 switch.

Well him beating Effort came as a surprise imo, but apparently Effort never advances anymore -.-
4 horsemen? Rain, Bogus (?), Soulkey (?) and?

Wooki, aka Zest

Although some would argue his place, but that's literally because he came in so late


Pretty much. Wooki showed a lot of promising plays during the last days of professional BW. He was a bit behind the other three but I would put him into the same boat.


Especially funny considering TLPD says JD had a 82% winrate against terran in 2011 with 27:6 stats


Yeah but he only spam-microed his way to victory. No skill involved.
lestye
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States4227 Posts
December 05 2016 16:43 GMT
#229
Didn't get to write on this thread last night, but god damn the Winner's match was so fantastic.

Really impressed with Rain.

On December 06 2016 00:05 BLinD-RawR wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 05 2016 23:16 opisska wrote:
On December 05 2016 23:09 The_Red_Viper wrote:
I agree that supply and current ressources would be nice. I don't want anymore than that though.
Sad that Effort didn't make it (we really need some zerg players in the ro16, especially with zero not particpiating -.-) but nice to see that Rain kicks some ass!


Yeah I tuned in mostly to see how Rain does in BW and it turns out that he really does pretty well

Unsurprising, seeing as how he was one of the new 4 horsemen pre sc2 switch.


I'm sorry, I'm ignorant, whats this about horsemen? There's nothing about horsemen on liquipedia like there are dragons.
"You guys are just edgelords. Embrace your inner weeb desu" -Zergneedsfood
[Fin]Vittu
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Canada507 Posts
December 05 2016 17:00 GMT
#230
where can i find VODs for this :D
The "Finnish Metal Terran"
JustPassingBy
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
10776 Posts
December 05 2016 17:00 GMT
#231
On December 05 2016 21:48 Peeano wrote:
VODs



Thank you, very much appreciated!
ndesktop
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
Romania109 Posts
December 05 2016 17:15 GMT
#232
On December 06 2016 01:38 Miragee wrote:
Yeah but he only spam-microed his way to victory. No skill involved.


Maybe these VODs will enlight the term "spam-micro to victory". T scalps includes (in order) Midas, Baby, Fantasy, Flash, Reality etc. And that's just a compilation from 2011.
For example, check the game vs Fantasy, for example, ultraling/defiler/scourge vs split-map mech. I don't see any muta-spam here or smth.
Just my 0.02.
Mine more minerals.
tanngard
Profile Joined April 2011
Norway1325 Posts
December 05 2016 19:09 GMT
#233
On December 06 2016 00:09 BLinD-RawR wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 06 2016 00:06 The_Red_Viper wrote:
On December 06 2016 00:05 BLinD-RawR wrote:
On December 05 2016 23:16 opisska wrote:
On December 05 2016 23:09 The_Red_Viper wrote:
I agree that supply and current ressources would be nice. I don't want anymore than that though.
Sad that Effort didn't make it (we really need some zerg players in the ro16, especially with zero not particpiating -.-) but nice to see that Rain kicks some ass!


Yeah I tuned in mostly to see how Rain does in BW and it turns out that he really does pretty well

Unsurprising, seeing as how he was one of the new 4 horsemen pre sc2 switch.

Well him beating Effort came as a surprise imo, but apparently Effort never advances anymore -.-
4 horsemen? Rain, Bogus (?), Soulkey (?) and?

Wooki, aka Zest

Although some would argue his place, but that's literally because he came in so late

I remember there was a lot of talented protoss at the tail end. I remember Dear, sHy/sOs and Mini all looking like potential "next big thing" along with wooki...

You never know how things would have panned out. Snow and Last also showed good potential in some periods and if the transition had happened earlier when they were having their streaks, we would have been talking about them instead of Bogus/Innovation and Rain i guess. These were all players born between 92-94 we're talking about. Things can be turbulent in that age so its not sure if wooki, rain and bogus would have climbed steadily to the top (Soulkey was already kind of there, at least in proleague). However considering their SC2 careers it looks kinda likely, so yeah...hmmm

Here are some other players born in this same time range: Stats, killer, soO, Baby/TY, Horang2, Action. These had all pretty much become well established, good to great players in the years 2010-12. They were the same age as "the four horsemen'", but some of them bloomed earlier you know. Is it right to mythologize Soulkey, Rain, Bogus/Innovation or wooki as the "four horsemen" bringing the End for the previous paradigm and establishing a new one? Actually i think BW had been more or less figured out at that point so you wouldn't have the sort of change that happened in 2006-2007. TBLS were the true "four horsemen" hehe

Off course we like to have certain storylines in BW.. Maybe it is interesting to study their respective careers in SC2, i mean if the 4 players in question showned themselves to have generally stronger mentality in finals etc in SC2,.i guess it counts for something? Altough Stats, sOs,soO and Dear all went along having great careers in SC2 (as far as i understand). Last and Killer have showned themselves to be dominant later on in post-kespa BW. All of the above could have become OSL/MSL champions given more time.

I dont know. I just dont want us to give a clean cut impression that there was something very special about those 4 players, at least not from a BW perspective.

The funny thing is that there is another player born in this 92-94 generation. His name is Flash. Which just makes you contemplate for a while..
DarkNetHunter
Profile Joined October 2012
1224 Posts
December 05 2016 19:19 GMT
#234
On December 06 2016 02:15 ndesktop wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 06 2016 01:38 Miragee wrote:
Yeah but he only spam-microed his way to victory. No skill involved.


Maybe these VODs will enlight the term "spam-micro to victory". T scalps includes (in order) Midas, Baby, Fantasy, Flash, Reality etc. And that's just a compilation from 2011.
For example, check the game vs Fantasy, for example, ultraling/defiler/scourge vs split-map mech. I don't see any muta-spam here or smth.
Just my 0.02.



Miragee was being sarcastic

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Just watched the vods, really great games especially of course Effort vs Rain!

I'm very hyped for the upcoming games!


Also enjoyed Artosis / Rapid casting much more now than previously, they had some really good banter this time around (and this is from someone who usually prefers Korean only stream)

Learn from the mistakes of others. You can't live long enough to make them all yourself.
iamho
Profile Joined June 2009
United States3347 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-12-05 19:35:06
December 05 2016 19:27 GMT
#235
I feel bad for Force, that game vs Light was just brutal

Also what the hell was effort doing, why attack with hyralisks BEFORE the broodlings?
letian
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Germany4221 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-12-05 20:03:00
December 05 2016 20:02 GMT
#236
r33k, you have joined tl in 2009 and I wonder how could you last that long? I hope this nonsense that you've written about how muta-micro is not respectable enough for a zerg to win is just butthurt otherwise I would advice you go play some mobas since 7 years was not enough.
Kal_rA
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States2925 Posts
December 05 2016 20:38 GMT
#237
Man sad to see effort drop, but good games regardless. He was starved for minerals vs Rain. Really wish he was able to secure another base earlier..
Jaedong.
RouaF
Profile Joined October 2010
France4121 Posts
December 05 2016 21:20 GMT
#238
Rain very impressive, EffOrt disappointing (as always?). + Show Spoiler +
Sending his hydras BEFORE nuking the tanks with his queens... come on
ThreeActPlay
Profile Joined April 2011
United States249 Posts
December 05 2016 22:12 GMT
#239
Really sad that Effort dropped, especially since i felt like the level of play for Group B was a lot higher than what we saw in Group A.
twitter.com/haethos
LML
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
Germany1794 Posts
December 05 2016 22:29 GMT
#240
So if Force is just an amateur it's quite clear why he didn't perform too well. Nerves. If he doesn't have the same experience playing live events on stage, then this can be a huge disadvantage.
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