It’s a shame Sparkle is so rubbish for PvZ because it has produced some cool games in the other matchups.

I don’t mind them using a semi island map but they can’t use two. It’s too big a hurdle for T and Z to get over and skews it too far towards a Protoss winning.

xccam

Great Britain1150 Posts

May 06 2018 12:16 GMT

#124

On May 06 2018 21:08 Mnijykmirl wrote:
ASL 5 gonna be remembered as that poorly time season with a bunch of bad weird protoss maps

I like 3rd world and transistor
I can put up with the imbalances for fun games.
Sparkle is boring and badly balanced

VioleTAK

4339 Posts

May 06 2018 12:16 GMT

#125

PvP finals... only good thought I have is that it's not ZvZ :/

reincremate

China2216 Posts

May 06 2018 12:26 GMT

#126

On May 06 2018 21:10 Ej_ wrote:
Legend of the kinda-fall-but-really-it's-not-even-summer

After the collapse of the God Emperor Lee Young Ho's Heavenly Mandate, professional Broodwar entered an era of protoss warlords vying for supremacy known as the Spring and Autumn Period.

chrisolo

Germany2608 Posts

May 06 2018 12:29 GMT

#127

The last time we had a PvP finals was 2008/09 GOMTV Averatec-Intel Classic Season 2 ( (Wiki)

2008/09 GOMTV Averatec-Intel Classic Season 2 ), so roughly 9 years ago... about time

TOSSAGI HWAITING

Golgotha

Korea (South)8418 Posts

May 06 2018 12:32 GMT

#128

okay snow, it's all up to you now!

ggrrg

Bulgaria2716 Posts

May 06 2018 12:43 GMT

#129

On May 06 2018 21:16 RowdierBob wrote:
It’s a shame Sparkle is so rubbish for PvZ because it has produced some cool games in the other matchups.

Sparkle games felt cool at the very beginning because it was new and exciting. At some point, it started feeling like one knows the winner of the match beforehand just based on the races.
The map itself is a total trainwreck looking at the stats. Both ZvP and TvZ seem pretty much unwinnable currently.

RowdierBob

Australia13291 Posts

May 06 2018 12:53 GMT

#130

Yes I think you’re right. I can’t see any way for them to keep Sparkle. I wonder if third world would benefit from having one of those Sparkle style expos where z can take the gas but the others can’t. It might be a map worth tinkering with a bit more.

Bulgaria4131 Posts

May 06 2018 13:04 GMT

#131

Seems like no zerg can win an ASL

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Golgotha

Korea (South)8418 Posts

May 06 2018 13:08 GMT

#132

Sparkle was a mistake and it will be long gone. Mass Sairs are a bit too strong on third world imo.

All three players left are pvp masters? How would you rank them in terms of pvp prowess?

Ty2

United States1434 Posts

May 06 2018 13:12 GMT

#133

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bd.Makin

Chile104 Posts

May 06 2018 13:38 GMT

#134

bisu bad time to go to the army D:

ortseam

996 Posts

May 06 2018 14:34 GMT

#135

Rain really played Hero in the 2nd game. Hero probably thinks it's proxy 2 gate from the 1st zealot timing, when he could have defended and taken his natural. From that point, his best option is 2 hatch muta and Rain counters accordingly, really well thought out overall by Rain.

RKC

2848 Posts

May 06 2018 14:40 GMT

#136

On May 06 2018 19:27 RKC wrote:
Rain v Mini PvP finals would be perfect to kill the hype and as a karmic lesson not to mess up the map pool ever again

Excellent, everything is going as planned... *cackles*

Bulgaria4131 Posts

May 06 2018 16:01 GMT

#137

Aren't Transistor and Gladiator kind of Zerg favored vs Protoss and does that not mean that Hero had 3 favored maps to play on, while Rain 2? So its kind of Hero's fault that he did not take his home court advantage (if I may call it like this)