On September 18 2017 20:32 merz wrote:
Both of Mongs TvPs were actually kinda the same. Gets huge advantage, botches it, somehow pulls his shit together, closes it out.

pulls his shit together basically means gets a 200 200 army with upgrades

letian

Germany4221 Posts

September 18 2017 11:34 GMT

#130

On September 18 2017 20:32 merz wrote:
Both of Mongs TvPs were actually kinda the same. Gets huge advantage, botches it, somehow pulls his shit together, closes it out.

Yes, except it was the other way around.

chuDr3t4

Russian Federation484 Posts

September 18 2017 11:34 GMT

#131

On September 18 2017 20:32 FlaShFTW wrote:
tesagi is real xD

I think best upgraded +1 ground weapons/+1 air weapons and that's it? vs 3/3 mech
correct me if i'm wrong

[GiTM]-Ace

United States4935 Posts

September 18 2017 11:35 GMT

#132

On September 18 2017 20:34 TT1 wrote:

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pulls his shit together basically means gets a 200 200 army with upgrades

he seemed to attack all the correct places though at the right time to crush p's income :D`

letian

Germany4221 Posts

September 18 2017 11:35 GMT

#133

On September 18 2017 20:34 chuDr3t4 wrote:

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I think best upgraded +1 ground weapons/+1 air weapons and that's it? vs 3/3 mech
correct me if i'm wrong

0/3 ground vs 2/3 mech

NoS-Craig

Australia3116 Posts

September 18 2017 11:35 GMT

#134

On September 18 2017 20:32 merz wrote:
Both of Mongs TvPs were actually kinda the same. Gets huge advantage, botches it, somehow pulls his shit together, closes it out.

Sums up both games up pretty well right here. I feel Rain could've won if he didn't recall on top of mines in his game against Mong.

merz

Sweden2760 Posts

September 18 2017 11:36 GMT

#135

On September 18 2017 20:34 TT1 wrote:

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pulls his shit together basically means gets a 200 200 army with upgrades

lol payam don't be so salty. He was 200/200 when he botched the first engagement letting BeSt back in. The second engage he was like 160ish? But just handled the fight really well

EDIT:

To be fair BeSt had just pulled the carrier + reaver move so might explain why Mong got flustered in the big engagement.

Letmelose

Korea (South)3227 Posts

September 18 2017 11:36 GMT

#136

On September 18 2017 20:28 TT1 wrote:

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well his carrier play is what allowed him to comeback in the midd-lategame

.. but then Mong's upgrades kicked in

I'm not faulting his choice of strategy, it was well suited for the map. He caught Mong off-guard, and probably would have won if his troop management, carriers in particular, wasn't so god awful.

Dante08

Singapore4128 Posts

September 18 2017 11:36 GMT

#137

On September 18 2017 20:34 TT1 wrote:

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pulls his shit together basically means gets a 200 200 army with upgrades

His decision to go straight for the P nat when carriers were attacking his 3rd was actually very good. Got into a very good siege position and managed to snipe most of the HTs.

Greg_J

China4409 Posts

September 18 2017 11:38 GMT

#138

Fair play to Best for making a game out of that after the start. I thought he was dead at least 20 mins before gg.

TT1

Canada10009 Posts

September 18 2017 11:40 GMT

#139

I dont think Mong was ever in danger of losing vs Rain after he held the goon pressure without siege. I thought he'd lose vs BeSt after the reaver harass and getting crushed in the 1st battle midd map. BeSt was up about 50-60 supply on 5 bases, Mong was on 3 bases but he smartly went for super fast upgrades which is how you have to play vs carriers.

merz

Sweden2760 Posts

September 18 2017 11:42 GMT

#140

On September 18 2017 20:40 TT1 wrote:
I dont think Mong was ever in danger of losing vs Rain after he held the goon pressure without siege. I thought he'd lose vs BeSt after the reaver harass and getting crushed in the 1st battle midd map. BeSt was up about 50-60 supplies on 5 bases, Mong was on 3 bases but he smartly went for super fast upgrades which is how you have to play vs carriers.

Yeah I agree with you there, despite the first big engagement against Rain it was still waaaaay in Mongs favour. But then Rain just going "fuck it" and running into pre-sieged tanks and mines kinda made the ending lackluster. I think Rain coulda definitely made the game a lot more interesting but it was Mongs game to lose after he held the goons.

EDIT:

Also the final big engagement in Mong vs Best was like really well timed and he couldn't have asked for a better position to fight in. Kind of curious from Best to let Mong walk all across the map all the way to his natural, but then again, you let T do that I think that's in itself a huge blunder. Had he been able to chip away with carriers/lay some storms while Mong advanced, Best would've closed it out easily.