I believe in flash's genius. I think he will win 3-1. I think people are overestimating the imbalance of the maps. Also flash has had a lot of time to prepare. He is going to show why he is the best player to ever play RTS.
Snow has great reaver micro, but flash has a brain that knows how to specifically shut down reaver play to the exact detail based on any given timing. Sure he might make a mistake and lose, but he will most likely execute it perfectly and you will be behind as a protoss using reavers.
I'd like to add that Flash knows he's playing a protoss in ro4 if he makes it as well. He has basically been playing only tvp on these maps for a long period of time now. I think it will show in the results.
I did not have the chance to follow the start of this season but all this talk seems like most other seasons "yeah Player X is in the form of his life and with this map Flash has no chance".
Is it so this time around? Or just more wishful thinking before God smites them all?
On May 01 2018 18:11 KobraKay wrote: I did not have the chance to follow the start of this season but all this talk seems like most other seasons "yeah Player X is in the form of his life and with this map Flash has no chance".
Is it so this time around? Or just more wishful thinking before God smites them all?
I think it really comes down to that each season someone predicts that flash will make a big mistake, and each time he doesn't; he does exactly what he needs to in order to win(overall, of course no one plays perfectly).
Snow's reaver carrier vs Mind in the last KCM was brutal. He keeps the reaver harass going until there's an unsieged tank he can't get, then drops the reaver in front. Basically never loses the reaver. By holding it outside of the shuttle, it looks like (for Snow...) it outranges the unsieged tanks, so to actually get that damn thing out of the way you have to siege in that "not in range of reaver, in range of siege range", in which case Snow picks up and walks back. That stall for carriers (or sometimes Arbiters and bases) lasts for an insanely long time, and I've seen him get 6 carriers out before some good T's can safely setup a third base and start pushing. Then double reaver MURDERS goliath, so the first engagement is quite satisfying.
On a map like Third World, the mobility advantage of Reaver Carrier will be very hard to deal with. I can't see Flash winning it after carriers are out since Snow will definitely get the "island side". I assume he'll do a big push to take the starting side, Snow will end up on the island side, and then Flash's 4th/5th is planned to be the part of the island that he can defend with tanks from the main bases. Still, roaming carriers will be just too much.
I am curious what Flash has planned for Sparkle though. But Snow just needs a little bit of styling with the reaver and he'll have one of these other maps, setting it up to be a Snow victory in the BO5.
On May 01 2018 18:49 radadaundandan wrote: Flash loses quite a few games on stream on Sparkle - so I predict Flash dropping a game there but still taking the series 3-1. Flash FTW!
I doubt FlaSh wins on Transistor, that's the best PvT map (both Transistor and 3rd world are great for reaver > carrier).
If FlaSh loses on Sparkle i think hes gonna lose 3-1, if he wins on Sparkle it'll go to g5 on 3rd world, imo Snow wins it 3-2.
This is the best chance for flash to get eliminated. I respect flash so much and I kind of wish he wins because we need good terrans badly, but snow is awesome and it would be sick to see him win a close series against the master.
EPT
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