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f*ck, missed group c, can u tell us the results pls? as spoilers?
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Schedule&Prize: http://m.ygosu.com/board/?bid=st&idx=1200049 http://m.ygosu.com/board/?bid=st&idx=1213384
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1st 2,500,000₩ 2nd 1,000,000₩ 3rd 500,000₩ 4th 200,000₩ 1~8th 100,000₩ 1~16th 바나나맛우유 1ea (banana milk)
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Group C + Show Spoiler + Flash > Snow Soulkey > Effort Soulkey > Flash Effort > Snow Flash > Effort
Group D + Show Spoiler + Mong > Miso Larva > Mini Larva > Mong Miso > Mini Mong > Miso
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Thanks! Looking forward to the VODs. These are some really interesting looking groups.
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Group D games are being played right now btw
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Quite a good back and forth game right now with Last and Sharp
+ Show Spoiler +I think Last has got this one though.
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Added stream to sidebar, sorry for missing this, please PM me when I do miss out on things like this.
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Group B about to start: Best v Rush!
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Got a bit shaky when I saw the drop screen pop up int that TvZ.
+ Show Spoiler +Mind was looking good and might've got dropped.
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Where can I find the VODs for this tournament, or where can I watch the previous match ups?
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Game is going as I expected.
+ Show Spoiler +Shuttle playing so well right now. King of the shuttle indeed.
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Ro8 Draw: + Show Spoiler + Matches: A: Best vs Flash B: Larva vs Shuttle C: Last vs Mong D: Soulkey vs Mind
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Quarter-finals drawn + Show Spoiler +![[image loading]](http://i101.fastpic.ru/big/2018/0109/f9/46b84c0dc6907fa2c28d8f02c2b9c7f9.jpg) I don't know Korean, but that is my attempt to identify players: A. Best vs Flash B. Larva vs Shuttle C. Last vs Mong D. Soulkey vs Mind Edit: It seems I guessed right =)
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All quarter-finals are looking to be great!
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I'm most excited for Game B. Round of 8 is going to be good.
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Highly recommend this tournment it is very unknown yet epic.
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Flash v Best looks good on paper but unfortunately I think Flash will stomp him. Best seems pretty down on form lately.
Soulkey v Mind should be good. Mind’s TvZ has been looking good.
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On January 14 2018 16:38 RowdierBob wrote: Flash v Best looks good on paper but unfortunately I think Flash will stomp him. Best seems pretty down on form lately.
Soulkey v Mind should be good. Mind’s TvZ has been looking good. Unfortunately, not only Best, there are no more title contending protosses left in pro level broodwar :-(
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So the last time Best faced off against Flash, Flash owned him. But Best is better than people think. He is like the Protoss version of Larva. He recently won an upset against Soulkey 3-0 PvZ in Protoss's hardest matchup.
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This season's final: Shuttle vs Mind
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Best has Best PvT on this planet!
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Just joined, quite unexpected score.
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Flash is making quite a comeback here
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Love a good Protoss vs Terran on CB. Such a clutch moment early on in that game to.
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Would have been great to see a long match on Longi too.
Match point - again - as for the final map.
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Pushie. This is going to be a nailbiter
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On January 15 2018 20:20 PVJ wrote: Would have been great to see a long match on Longi too.
Match point - again - as for the final map.
PvT on longinus doesn't really produce long games. I abused this map so hard with 10/15 back in the day and it's horrible to play for terrans past the midgame.
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Lol Flash is dead unless Best majorly fucks up
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Excellent series. Amazing play from both.
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Best ruins Flash vs Larva Bo5 He showed some good games though, beating Flash in Bo5 is no small feat
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Amazing games. Best played so fucking well. Really interesting tactics in PvT to avoid Flash domination
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Good game! Now Best watching CB rep, almost 3:0 at that moment.
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On January 14 2018 16:38 RowdierBob wrote: Flash v Best looks good on paper but unfortunately I think Flash will stomp him. Best seems pretty down on form lately.
Soulkey v Mind should be good. Mind’s TvZ has been looking good.
Nice call 
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is shuttle larva today also?
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Yes, will be long long PvZ game I guess.
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Game 1 on Match Point between Shuttle and Larva has just now started.
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wow what a game. So high level. Larva showing how pro he really is
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game 1 larva , must watch. coming back from behind!!
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that's what happens when u dont have sair air control the entire game
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I think protoss should get dark archons in every game. Mutas is proving to be too good. He even used them to snipe observers all game.
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Am I the only one who thinks that when you are a 180-200 limit protoss on 4 bases, you can afford a dark archon or two and deny mutas killing your templars&observers
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wow what if this goes down to Larva vs Best finals
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On January 15 2018 21:40 Entaro[AoV] wrote: wow what if this goes down to Larva vs Best finals they meet at semis I think
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I watched that final game between Flash and Best.
+ Show Spoiler +Best shut down Flash at very turn that game. Just all over him, I feel Flash could've done better if he tried to go more standard in that game.
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Someone please post the VODs asap! Thank you!
+ Show Spoiler +Cheers to Best for taking down the unbeatable Flash
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I'll have a good watch of the VODs when they get uploaded.
+ Show Spoiler +Larva 3-0 shuttle, fucking hell Larva what a beast. I knew his ZvP was good, but holy fuck.
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Result of Best v Flash gives me great hope for the BW scene!!
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On January 16 2018 00:39 orvinreyes wrote: Result of Best v Flash gives me great hope for the BW scene!! How so? There is no fresh blood in ? When these guys give up on playing there will be no more pro BW scene
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On January 16 2018 01:25 M2 wrote:Show nested quote +On January 16 2018 00:39 orvinreyes wrote: Result of Best v Flash gives me great hope for the BW scene!! How so? There is no fresh blood in ? When these guys give up on playing there will be no more pro BW scene
Flash winning all the time really riled people up. He might just be happy that Flash finally lost a Bo5. Plenty of people got tired of seeing Flash win constantly. Shame, he puts in a lot of work just for people to want him to fail.
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On January 16 2018 20:38 NoS-Craig wrote:Show nested quote +On January 16 2018 01:25 M2 wrote:On January 16 2018 00:39 orvinreyes wrote: Result of Best v Flash gives me great hope for the BW scene!! How so? There is no fresh blood in ? When these guys give up on playing there will be no more pro BW scene Flash winning all the time really riled people up. He might just be happy that Flash finally lost a Bo5. Plenty of people got tired of seeing Flash win constantly. Shame, he puts in a lot of work just for people to want him to fail. People just want to see more than one player winning things, happens everywhere ...
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SK looking on another level from Mind right now.
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Well, Mind kinda sucked. Soulkey so good though.
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Damn it Mind, I wanted that game to go longer!
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So ro4 semi-finals is Larva vs Best and Last vs Soulkey !!
So epic! Great tournament. Needs more coverage/attention.
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hopefully not a ZvZ final, unfortunately its the most likely outcome
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On January 17 2018 06:56 M2 wrote: hopefully not a ZvZ final, unfortunately its the most likely outcome hmm i think Last will destroy soulkey,so 70% TvZ final
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I don't know Best has been on fire recently and beat Soulkey in a bo5. I really think Best is better than Larva. Do you guys agree?
Finals is gonna be epic regardless. Even if ZvZ because Larva is so bm lol.
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SK is crushing terrans lately. Don’t want to put the mocker on him but think he’ll beat Last.
Don’t give Best much chance against Larva unless he somehow learns to play like Bisu. Always find it odd how protosses play into Larva’s defensive style plans by trying to just power over the top of him. Bisu has shown time and again that you can play around Larva’s defensiveness. Let’s hope Best shows something other than big macro timing pushes.
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And I love Larva’s footstargamer handle. So good.
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Who you guys want to win? I'm rooting for everyone but Last. (I hate Terrans xD).
Larva is exciting to watch for his bm. Best has been playing amazing recently. Even beat Soulkey 3-0 who in my opinion is better than Larva. And Soulkey is absolutely amazing. Seems like the best Zerg currently. Even in better shape then Jaedong and Effort in my opinion.
Here is to a great semi-finals and finals. Cheers.
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Hopefully Best can take it. Need a toss champion!
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Larva (footstargamer) against Best in 10 hours!
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For me no care who wins the tourney, i just wont to see that any zerg can win Last in Bo5, cause he is unstopable in TvZ
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I would say Last is unstoppable in TvP and TvT (except for Flash), but his TvZ is actually his worst matchup. I expect SK to take the win 3-1.
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sponbbang stats: BJ Last(Terran) Terran 12 7 63.2% Protoss 48 34 14 70.8% Zerg 57 47 10 82.5%
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Yes, but can you look into details of these games? How many of these games were vs SK / Larva / Effort, and how many vs JD and other lower tier zergs? How many of TvTs were vs Flash?
Last is very predicatble when it comes down to his TvZ. Soulkey is strongest when facing standard terran play (for example Effort is much stronger vs non standard play)
Last will most likely opt for 5 rax / 2 rax aca builds, with possiblity of 1 8 rax and 1 1-1-1 build that he kinda struggled recently with. Maps are also favoring zerg players heavily. I expect 3-1 SK.
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somewhere on his army bunk bed bisu starts to vomit
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On January 22 2018 20:45 ggsimida wrote: somewhere on his army bunk bed bisu starts to vomit Lol. This is pretty painful to watch yeah. It's pretty sad to know that broodwar will most likely not see Bisu level PvZ ever again.
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On January 22 2018 21:09 Piste wrote:Show nested quote +On January 22 2018 20:45 ggsimida wrote: somewhere on his army bunk bed bisu starts to vomit Lol. This is pretty painful to watch yeah. It's pretty sad to know that broodwar will most likely not see Bisu level PvZ ever again. The really sad thing is that BW is slowly dying, there is no fresh blood and Protoss was the 1st race to lose all champion material players. Bisu went to army, Rain gave up on the game, Best doesn;t have it in him anymore I think, similar to Jaedong and Effort, moreover, Best was never a champion material anyway. At least Flash, Last and Soulkey, Lavra still keep it competitive between the other two races.
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Well if we look this month only Last has good record against zergs:
10-1 against Hero 7-1 against Effort 13-2 against Soulkey 9-6 against Larva
The games that I saw against Soulkey were mostly 1-1-1 and Soulkey seems to do quite well against that build recently so it will be close.
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Wow I am surprised by that result. Good job to the winner.
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Hey guys what's the best way to donate to the guy who put this tournament on? I'm American, so I'm not really sure.
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Burned Toast
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Was too scared of Flash, practiced too much PvT. That PvZ sucked balls
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On January 22 2018 18:49 kogeT wrote: Yes, but can you look into details of these games? How many of these games were vs SK / Larva / Effort, and how many vs JD and other lower tier zergs? How many of TvTs were vs Flash?
Last is very predicatble when it comes down to his TvZ. Soulkey is strongest when facing standard terran play (for example Effort is much stronger vs non standard play)
Last will most likely opt for 5 rax / 2 rax aca builds, with possiblity of 1 8 rax and 1 1-1-1 build that he kinda struggled recently with. Maps are also favoring zerg players heavily. I expect 3-1 SK.
Last vs Soulkey
Jan 2018 13W 2L 86.7%
Q4 2017 (Oct 2017 - Dec 2017) 20W 21L 48.8%
All time (May 2017 - Jan 2018) 60W 40L 60%
While you have a fair point with predictable play and the maps, it seems in their most recent H2H Last has got the upper hand. Should be a close fight. My call is Last 3-2.
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I have thoughts on what just happened.
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This is a hard one even for Soulkey ...
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soulkey's apm is like savior tier
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What happened to Soulkey? APM seemed very low, overall bad performance and some questionable decision making. Didn't feel like the monster SK used to be just months ago...
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Soulkey win or loose vs Last ?
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I think the winner made a right call to not play standard games..
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The last 2 games were pretty standard though, didn't catch the initial two.
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Results of Last vs Soulkey + Show Spoiler +
Who do you guys think will win the finals? + Show Spoiler +I don't think Larva has a chance. Last seems close to Flash's skill level
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When will the finals be played? Should be a good one with these players.
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Is Larva really better than Soulkey like everyone claims?
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Nice final. Larva and Last always play excellent matches when they train.
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On January 25 2018 06:20 Alpha-NP- wrote: Is Larva really better than Soulkey like everyone claims?
They have different strengths and weaknesses. What I know is that Soulkey's early/mid TvZ outshines Larva's (probably because he has more experience with different terran strategies), whereas Larva outshines Soulkey in the late game. In other matchups I have no idea. I wouldn't say one player is better than the other. For that we'd have to have some recent statistics.
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Last got this. Soulkey keeps falling when it really counts. Disappointing play from him.
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Yo we got the finals of Last against Larva coming up in a couple days! I'd love to see Larva do some cute BM. Also, I hope to see some interesting games!
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I think this tournament deserves more buzz here in TL. There have been some great games so far and Im sure there are more to come.
I think tomorrow is the third place match Soulkey vs Best!
And tuesday the grand finals! I have a feeling its finally Larvas time to shine.
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In general soulkey has the better ZvT no? Will be hard for Larva, though i am not sure how these players match up stylistically
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On January 29 2018 02:07 The_Red_Viper wrote: In general soulkey has the better ZvT no? Will be hard for Larva, though i am not sure how these players match up stylistically I think there’s not much between them TBH. Larva seems a bit more solid under pressure.
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Can you add the finals to the upcoming Events calendar please? People shouldn't miss out on this finals.
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Russian Federation249 Posts
Anyone can do this, DarkstaR.
sc19980331, you're faster than me =)
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Haha, I am a apm 90 toss player.
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On January 29 2018 19:20 sc19980331 wrote: Haha, I am a apm 90 toss player. I'm APM 50 random!
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So who's the better player in this matchup? How's Best's PvZ lately? I suppose Soulkey has the edge here since its PvZ.
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matches should be starting in ten or so minutes right?
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Russian Federation249 Posts
Today is only one bo5 match for the third place. It is live now. Soulkey got dropped after 4 minutes of game, so they are going re.
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+ Show Spoiler +well... that was pretty quick. Best takes game 1 with one major engagement in the middle in mid to late game. Second game goes to Soulkey who takes early lead and keeps it to prevent Best from taking a third. Last two games are just straight up hydra bust wins for SK. Not sure if I would recommend any of these.
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+ Show Spoiler + Interview after game, SK said he felt Best was in good shape in Game 1, so he decided to play all-in strategy after that, so Game 2 fake hydra rush, Game 3 real hydra rush, Game 4 5D then real hydra rush, bo5 done in one hour lol. Z imba ......
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Just watched this, + Show Spoiler + would be proud of the winner's strategies in this series
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Burned Toast
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I guess the final's result: Last 3 - 0 Larva
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On January 30 2018 12:48 bovienchien wrote: I guess the final's result: Last 3 - 0 Larva
No way. Atleast not a clean sweep.
My prediction: Larva 3-2 Last
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Boy am I happy to finally see Larva play a Bo5 series against a top tier terran. Or was there such series in ASL before?
After all it seemed like all he was really training against most of last year was ZvT so I think we are up for a treat.
Also interesting to see how Larva will play against the 1-1-1 build.
So excited for this finals!
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im curious if Larva can challenge Last . ^^
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I think he can
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Larva forgot ovelord .. maybe he is nervous
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On January 30 2018 20:19 [sc1f]eonzerg wrote: Larva forgot ovelord .. maybe he is nervous
too much pubg
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well it did pay off,forcing him to mass lings,was a nice answer.
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It was the new metagame against 1-1-1.
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LOOng Toilet brake :D , guess the adrenaline in his system is high.
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Keeps showing me same few seconds of the game when I refresh the page.
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Sucks they're using Longinus in this final.
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Larva's BW client crashed.
nice one actiblizzard
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Larva's opener so far every game: drone to 9, gas trick (10/9 supply), ovi at 10, hatch at 10, pool at 11. Anti 8 rax build, i wonder how much of a hit he takes to his eco tho.
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no gas trick this game tho
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On January 30 2018 21:19 TT1 wrote: Larva's opener so far every game: drone to 9, gas trick (10/9 supply), ovi at 10, hatch at 10, pool at 11. Anti 8 rax build, i wonder how much of a hit he takes to his eco tho. He looks so comfortable in the late game so it's not surprising he plays super safe early.
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+ Show Spoiler +I think this def goes to 5 games. Longinus so hard for zergs to win against a top T like Last.
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This game Last went 2 rax before gas to punish a fast 3rd at the double gas expo (faster bio moveout), Larva went 3rd hatch inside his base tho. His bio army is gonna be weaker in the early/middgame game.
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that crash really messed with larva head
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2 rax opener (1rax > cc > 2nd rax > aca) isnt bad at all vs Z, T moves out earlier with their bio so Z has to be less greedy and sunk earlier.
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On January 30 2018 21:29 TT1 wrote: 2 rax opener (1rax > cc > 2nd rax > aca) isnt bad at all vs Z, T moves out earlier with their bio so Z has to be less greedy and sunk earlier.
I thought Larva might have tried a lurker build. Muta openings are really tough as you know that 5 rax is hard to hold on Longinus.
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good opener so far for larva imo
last 2 rax before gas again, he wants to hit z's nat/3rd asap (force sunks at both bases to hurt larva's eco etc.)
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holy shit perfect timing on lurks
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Hmm this looks tough for Larva. Mass vessels going to be a bitch.
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I'll shed a nerd tear if Last researches restoration for his medics.
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haven't seen someone effectively use parasite in a long time
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lol restoration also lets him counter plagued vessels, could be why he's going sk terran this game
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Restoration and Parasite use, amazing!
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Last's macro is grim. Floating way too many resources.
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sk terran is just way too hard to use vs lategame z, defilers too good
that said last is doing well
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stream keeps buffering nonstop..
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Holy shit Match Point kicking in
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Great game. Full of suspense.
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Larva is proly the most cost efective player in starcraft,3 gazes and i saw non stop defilers lurks scourges drops 5-3 upgrades and ultras'just wow.
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His late game play is amazing.
That was impressive too give he had to play Match Point twice and Longinus. Pretty unfriendly ZvT maps.
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Amazing game and my prediction actually became true.
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I think Larva's biggest strength is his minimap accuracy, it's just unreal. The speed he gets shit done via the minimap is insane.
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On January 30 2018 22:00 TT1 wrote: I think Larva's biggest strength is his minimap accuracy, it's just unreal. The speed he gets shit done via the minimap is insane.
I think i will have to rewatch the games from his perspective. Guy is just so good at lategame. In the last game i thought he would lose a couple of times, but he always knew how to distract the Terran with counter attacks and ultimately destabilize him enough to take the win.
Cute battlecruisers though! They were really cost efficient.
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yea those bcs almost got him back in it, had he not miss microed his bio group at 6 (when they were all attacking the hatch and got cleaned up by a group of lings) he might have had a chance
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On January 30 2018 22:00 TT1 wrote: I think Larva's biggest strength is his minimap accuracy, it's just unreal. The speed he gets shit done via the minimap is insane.
That is very much a zerg thing. I remember when I was "on top of my shape as zerg" at least 50% of stuff I was doing on the minimap. This is primarly because zerg has too much army that you can't control anyway; you have decentrilized production; you relay heavily on zergling pressure / backstabs; your game is often about being in many places at the same time, as zerg rearly have an army for direct engagement; you need to have very good harrasment awarness as single drop, be it m&m / storm / dt / reaver / vultur can ruin a game if not spotted in time.
Terran and Protoss is so much about maintaining your army and production in one place and being precise with controlling your units. (I mean late game ofc, not like 1st 9 mutas obviously)
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What a great series. Great guardian, and queen usage, parasites and restoration. This is how I like finals to be.
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What units did Larva use Parasite on in the Match Point game?
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I saw two vessels parasited at least
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parasite vessels so u can snipe them easier with scourges
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Sick games, I'm so happy for larva.
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The queen at Larva play was primarly to scout what tech Last goes for, and in case of SK Terran to understand initial round of production (is it drops or vessels). Because on Match point when you go lurker 1st with quick 3rd you need to have a LOT of units to defend your 3rd and nat, hence drop can be a killer if not scouted (also his spire was very late)
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Thanks to BJ cutedan, i hope season 3 will come soon
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Larva really impressed me this tournament. Turns out he is as good as what everyone thought.
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