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chongu
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Malaysia2602 Posts
October 28 2018 07:08 GMT
#221
Normally zergs only need to make 1 more sunken than the total number of medics. But in this case, Effort riskily wanted to rely the high ground advantage.

Can't blame effort, if effort makes 3 sunkens every game - he would be unecessarily behind
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De4ngus
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States6533 Posts
October 28 2018 07:08 GMT
#222
On October 28 2018 16:07 epi wrote:
Not enough credit being given to the mind games being played here. Effort didn't build a third sunken because he just didn't believe that Flash, of all people, would just do a 2 rax no-expo attack. That was part of Flash's strategy.

He saw that it was 2 rax no-expo
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Levque
Profile Joined October 2016
88 Posts
October 28 2018 07:08 GMT
#223
2 sunkens with a ramp and lings to stall is enough but those firebats wiped the lings incredibly fast.
elKa-ThE-FeArEd
Profile Joined October 2010
Sweden177 Posts
October 28 2018 07:08 GMT
#224
Flash sent 4 marines that the lings missed, that probably killed him
FiWiFaKi
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Canada9859 Posts
October 28 2018 07:09 GMT
#225
On October 28 2018 16:07 epi wrote:
Not enough credit being given to the mind games being played here. Effort didn't build a third sunken because he just didn't believe that Flash, of all people, would just do a 2 rax no-expo attack. That was part of Flash's strategy.


Effort knew about the 2nd rax I think when he saw the marine count early on in the game.

I'll also have to check the video after, but Effort's overlord was very close to Flash's natural, it might have gotten a glimpse of no cc.
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Miragee
Profile Joined December 2009
8703 Posts
October 28 2018 07:09 GMT
#226
On October 28 2018 16:05 L_Master wrote:
I dunno. 2 sunkens up a ramp you'd usually think of as being enough to hold a control group imo. I'm not sure you can fault EffOrt that hard...especially playing with a very fast 2h muta where drones are a premium.

That engage also couldn't have gone more perfect for FlaSh.

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On October 28 2018 16:04 JieXian wrote:
He must have assumed there weren't 2 additional firebats coming.


This is also possible. Without those firebats getting perfect shots no way FlaSh can break that.


Yeah I think Effort miss-controlled that a bit when he pulled back his lings and the firebat killed like 4 in one shot. It's a situation with very little room for mistakes.
prosatan
Profile Joined September 2009
Romania9196 Posts
October 28 2018 07:09 GMT
#227
now let's hope for a long, macro game !
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Dante08
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
Singapore4179 Posts
October 28 2018 07:09 GMT
#228
Well I think Effort underestimated the number of sunkens you need even on high ground. Add to the fact that he was doing a very fast 2 hatch spire build and didn't feel like spending the money on an additional sunken.
DJONES
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
United States218 Posts
October 28 2018 07:10 GMT
#229
Was that actually a 1 base all-in from Flash? I thought he had gone 1rax->cc->rax->acad but I guess I was mistaken. Ballsy play from Flash GG. Hopefully we see a macro game on circuit breaker.
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N.geNuity
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States5112 Posts
October 28 2018 07:10 GMT
#230
i feel like effort just didnt register it was 2 rax right off the bat seeing his first ling die to 4 marines on the ramp

i dont watch the afreeca streams but the pros actually open with a 2 rax maybe 1 in 50 tvz games because the pro zergs will just slap that down with sunkens. Effort on a map where you can sunken your ramp, he was way overconfident in how the ramp helps him

you play that on fighting spirit, you see marines move out with overlord, BAM you have 4 sunkens.
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Miragee
Profile Joined December 2009
8703 Posts
October 28 2018 07:11 GMT
#231
On October 28 2018 16:08 elKa-ThE-FeArEd wrote:
Flash sent 4 marines that the lings missed, that probably killed him


No, he wouldn't have build a second sunken if he thought this was only 4 marines coming. Effort knew exactly what was coming his way. Except for maybe the firebats. But he was at least aware of the possibility of those coming as well.
DJONES
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
United States218 Posts
October 28 2018 07:11 GMT
#232
On October 28 2018 16:09 Dante08 wrote:
Well I think Effort underestimated the number of sunkens you need even on high ground. Add to the fact that he was doing a very fast 2 hatch spire build and didn't feel like spending the money on an additional sunken.


I think if effort dropped down 1 more sunken he probably would have won. I feel like if you see a timing attack like that all you need to do is hold it off and you are in a commanding position as zerg.
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Holgerius
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Sweden16951 Posts
October 28 2018 07:12 GMT
#233
On October 28 2018 16:06 L1ghtning wrote:
Flash with the Sparks Terran build. So old school.

That wasn't Sparks Terran. Sparks Terran is a 3 Rax build that hits pre-muta vs 3 hatch. Flash did 2 Rax and hit much faster (against 2 hatch).
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FiWiFaKi
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Canada9859 Posts
October 28 2018 07:12 GMT
#234
On October 28 2018 16:11 Miragee wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 28 2018 16:08 elKa-ThE-FeArEd wrote:
Flash sent 4 marines that the lings missed, that probably killed him


No, he wouldn't have build a second sunken if he thought this was only 4 marines coming. Effort knew exactly what was coming his way. Except for maybe the firebats. But he was at least aware of the possibility of those coming as well.


He missed the first group of marines and saw only the 2nd group (firebats rolling one by one in the 3rd group)... It's possible he misread the build and thought that the army that he scouted was the 1st group and not 2nd.
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TonDan
Profile Joined May 2018
65 Posts
October 28 2018 07:12 GMT
#235
jesus christ what kind of casting is this.

"the series is 1 -1, thank god it's not 2-0, Flash lost the first game, he won the second game, he's impressive, but nothing's more impressive than if effort beats flash...' yada yada yada. Holy shit. I'd rather just watch the game on mute if this is the kind of commentary that's provided.
prosatan
Profile Joined September 2009
Romania9196 Posts
October 28 2018 07:12 GMT
#236
i think it should have been BO 7 , instead of BO 5

OK HERE WE GO !
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JieXian
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
Malaysia4677 Posts
October 28 2018 07:12 GMT
#237
On October 28 2018 16:07 epi wrote:
Not enough credit being given to the mind games being played here. Effort didn't build a third sunken because he just didn't believe that Flash, of all people, would just do a 2 rax no-expo attack. That was part of Flash's strategy.


Yes, people who are criticising Effort for not making a sunken probably don't play zerg, if you make sunkens unnecessarily you suffer a lot of econ damage (especially for a 2 hatch build) and will lose later anyway.
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ERSJ
Profile Joined October 2018
Sweden57 Posts
October 28 2018 07:12 GMT
#238
Crap I overslept and missed first two games
Miragee
Profile Joined December 2009
8703 Posts
October 28 2018 07:12 GMT
#239
On October 28 2018 16:10 N.geNuity wrote:
i feel like effort just didnt register it was 2 rax right off the bat seeing his first ling die to 4 marines on the ramp

i dont watch the afreeca streams but the pros actually open with a 2 rax maybe 1 in 50 tvz games because the pro zergs will just slap that down with sunkens. Effort on a map where you can sunken your ramp, he was way overconfident in how the ramp helps him

you play that on fighting spirit, you see marines move out with overlord, BAM you have 4 sunkens.


That's not true. You don't build 4 sunkens against this sort of an early push.
epi
Profile Joined January 2010
Canada115 Posts
October 28 2018 07:12 GMT
#240
On October 28 2018 16:08 De4ngus wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 28 2018 16:07 epi wrote:
Not enough credit being given to the mind games being played here. Effort didn't build a third sunken because he just didn't believe that Flash, of all people, would just do a 2 rax no-expo attack. That was part of Flash's strategy.

He saw that it was 2 rax no-expo


He saw it, but didn't react to it properly because in his head he just couldn't believe it. It's just like how Flash lost to Jaedong in the group stage. He saw what was happening, but he couldn't believe that Jaedong was just going for the all-in even though he was literally looking at it.

To quote from his own self-analysis of his group stage game:

"Here, what's going thru my head is that I see 12 lings but this has gotta be a fake that's gonna make me over defend."

You can make people disbelieve things that they are looking directly at. That's the power of mind games.
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