[ASL5] Ro8 Flash vs Snow - Page 34

On May 03 2018 13:28 Letmelose wrote:


The record is restricted to an offline, best-of-five setting only, and any online tournaments such as DanJJING StarLeague are going to be excluded from the list:

1. 3rd/4th place decider of Daum OGN StarLeague versus Stork

-> 0:3 defeat for Flash

2. Semi-finals of GomTV Invitational versus Anytime

-> 3:1 victory for Flash

3. Semi-finals of Bacchus 2008 OGN StarLeague versus Bisu

-> 3:1 victory for Flash

4. Finals of GomTV Invitational versus Stork

-> 3:2 victory for Flash

5. Finals of Bacchus 2008 OGN StarLeague versus Stork

-> 3:0 victory for Flash

6. Semi-finals of GomTV Classic S1 versus BackHo

-> 3:0 victory for Flash

7. Quarter-finals of NATE MSL versus BeSt

-> 3:0 victory for Flash

8. Finals of EVER 2009 OGN StarLeague versus Movie

-> 3:1 victory for Flash

9. Semi-finals of Korean Air OGN StarLeague S1 versus Pure

-> 3:0 victory for Flash

10. Semi-finals of Hana Daetoo MSL versus free

-> 3:0 victory for Flash

11. Semi-finals of Korean Air OGN StarLeague S2 versus free

-> 3:1 victory for Flash

-------------------------------------------------------------------- Streaming career begins after a hiatus from professional Brood War

12. Finals Sino-Korean Carnival versus Bisu

-> 3:2 victory for Flash

13. Quarter-finals of ASL S1 versus GuemChi

-> 3:1 victory for Flash

14. Semi-finals of ASL S4 versus Bisu

-> 3:1 victory for Flash

15. Quarter-finals of ASL S5 versus SnOw

-> 2:3 defeat for Flash

Excluding best-of-three series, and best-of-five series played in online tournaments, Flash retained an undefeated series streak versus the protoss race for 13 consecutive best-of-five matches, spanning across nearly eleven years.

Unless I am mistaken, this is the longest best-of-five winning streak within a particular match-up (restricted to LAN tournaments only) in the history of the game. NaDa managed 12 consecutive best-of-five series victories versus the zerg race during his peak (the longest streak if you limit the sample to professional Brood War games only), but I don't think anybody even comes close to what Flash did towards the protoss race.

Even Jaedong, who played more best-of-five series versus the protoss race than any other zerg in history, only managed a best-of-five win streak of 11 versus the protoss race (if you include the ASL quarter-finals series versus Stork).

A truly colossal achievement for SnOw, especially since Stork only managed his best-of-five victory in Flash's first ever professional tournament, and BeSt only managed his victory within an online setting.

The only notable protoss player who remained unscathed by Flash's massacre versus the protoss race was JangBi, who remains undefeated versus the terran race within a best-of-five setting (but his win streak versus the terran race is only four series long, then again, I can't think of any protoss players who won five consecutive best-of-fives in a row versus the terran race off the top of my head). A best-of-five series when both players were on form would have been interesting to see.

It is rather interesting that the only best-of-five defeats Flash suffered within a LAN setting over these eleven years were against relatively slower protoss players known for their immaculate reaver and carrier micro-management. Considering the exact opposite of that style is Bisu, known for his faster paced arbiter-centric style, perhaps these players had a stylistic mismatch on top of Bisu not being exactly godlike at the protoss-versus-terran match-up.

On May 01 2018 20:08 Malongo wrote:
I don´t get why Snow didn´t get corsairs.