Meh, first game pretty ok, but mostly boring day. I wish Flash had shown some showmanship and switched a protoss or terran to the group so the games wouldn't have been done in an hour and we could have had more interesting or at least longer games.

Of course, God does what God does best, that is maximizes his chances of winning in and outside of the game. Can't blame him really.

On the bright side, the other groups should be more interesting with the lower tier zergs out.

sparklyresidue

United States5524 Posts

April 30 2017 12:45 GMT

#105

Cool to see HyuN still playing games...:D
go Flash.

FlaShFTW

United States10569 Posts

April 30 2017 16:47 GMT

#106

Ayy 5/5 in fame predictions today

YASHSHAKAR

United States75 Posts

April 30 2017 17:09 GMT

#107

Im still rootin for Bisu, hes really in a good groove lately.

Im not sure if soulkey has what it takes to give him that first loss. However, if anyone can come back and win two in a row, it would be bisu.

Shinokuki

United States924 Posts

April 30 2017 17:55 GMT

#108

Andromeda is so zerg favored map.

HalcyonRain

United States124 Posts

April 30 2017 18:41 GMT

#109

Nice build by Shine vs Flash, getting the +1 Carapace really early to counter the +1 Weapons, and skipping mutas since mutas don't do much vs 5 rax anyway. I wish I could have seen the build play out on a map where Zerg is allowed to take a 3rd, shame.

Harem

United States11393 Posts

April 30 2017 20:17 GMT

#110

On April 30 2017 20:53 usopsama wrote:
I hope Bisu gets knocked out. I will milk every tear that I can possibly milk.

So, how do you feel about stork's chances to win this ASL?

darktreb

United States3019 Posts

April 30 2017 21:00 GMT

#111

Glad Shine advanced. Hope to see Shine vs a Protoss in RO8 since he creates such interesting tension against them. Obviously Shine vs Bisu would be a lot of fun.

Barneyk

Sweden320 Posts

April 30 2017 21:46 GMT

#112

Flash was in absolute god mode in game 1, the way he was able to do everything so well and finding everything is crazy.

Hyun had a great strategy and executed it well but didn't protect his 6 enough, I would've loved to see the game go on with him keeping that alive and develop into the late game.

Flash is just so skilled and found everything Hyun was trying to do from there, I was excited as hell for a bit though, beautiful plan that Flash just crushed with pure skill.

Shine played really well in the zvzs, well done.

Overall a bit of a flat day, but more exciting than expected.
I can't wait for group B though!

Vivi57

United States6599 Posts

April 30 2017 21:52 GMT

#113

Game 1 was amazing. We wish the groups were round robin instead of duel tournament to reward preparation like this more. It makes for very exciting games

usopsama

6502 Posts

April 30 2017 22:15 GMT

#114

On May 01 2017 05:17 Harem wrote:

Show nested quote +

So, how do you feel about stork's chances to win this ASL?

Stork just doesn't look motivated. It was obvious that he wasn't going to make it far into the tournament. Jaedong is the same way; he doesn't look motivated.

PVJ

Hungary5221 Posts

May 01 2017 00:36 GMT

#115

It was more entertaining than I expected. Great showing by Hyun and Shine, the two TvZs were especially great. I was almost expecting them mentioning July with the attitude Shine took.

SlammerIV

United States526 Posts

May 01 2017 02:56 GMT

#116

Man, I feel like ASL could really benefit from a bo3 format in the groups, maybe the elimination matches bo3? To me a bo1 feels a bit unfair, especially as some of the maps seem to be a bit unbalanced. (That ash world one seems zerg favored)

hitthat

Poland2349 Posts

May 01 2017 13:13 GMT

#117

On April 30 2017 20:27 CoL_DarkstaR wrote:
tbh a hive-tech zvz is also not fun to watch. I like the precision, speed and decision making of the standard muta/ling ZvZ

Naaah, this tedious blob wars are the most boring thing in BW since ever.

Miragee

8714 Posts

May 01 2017 14:21 GMT

#118

I don't get why all these zergs aren't expanding for so long. Sure, Flash does a great job running around on the map, intercepting drones/bases, but after the first base is killed it takes those zergs forever to send out another drone. Also, Hyun did prepare for anti-drop, the first dropship flew right over his burrowed ling, yet he didn't scourge the dropships. I really don't get it.

RKC

2848 Posts

May 01 2017 15:06 GMT

#119

Flash's games played out like a superhero series. A motley bunch of superheroes keep throwing all kinds of special tactics and tricks at him. But just when you think he's down and out, he rises back and whoops their sorry asses. Flash makes such a great supervillain.

Who will take Flash down? Tune in next episode!

TheFoReveRwaR

United States10657 Posts

May 01 2017 20:26 GMT

#120

On April 30 2017 19:54 Heartland wrote:
One of the games I remember most vividly is Flash vs Shine on Heartbreak Ridge where Shine researches burrow, burrows a bunch of lings outside of Flash's nat. Flash moves out, just as Shine is expecting but then all of a sudden he scans the high ground where the lings are hidden. Total wtfness.

Classic world class star sense. When he didn't see any lings that should've been spotting for his move out timing, he felt the burrow.