[KSL3] Ro16 Day 1 - Group A Opening Matches - Page 5

whaski

Finland576 Posts

April 18 2019 19:02 GMT

#81

For being as good as he is, Sharp has some real issues with his macro. Modesty is always a treat to watch when he can play his style in zvt. Best looked solid in my opinion.

sM.Zik

Canada2547 Posts

April 18 2019 19:41 GMT

#82

BeSt played good but tbh really disappointed in Zero's performance. He played SO much better on stream like a month ago.. Stuborn to keep 3h hydras, especially on Cross Game where nat is on high ground

soldier8

Russian Federation60 Posts

April 19 2019 07:18 GMT

#83

On April 19 2019 04:41 sM.Zik wrote: He played SO much better on stream like a month ago..

Depends on opponent playing with. Zero never played since Vant, I think next game will be much better. He should go further

Miragee

8497 Posts

April 19 2019 08:37 GMT

#84

I saddens me to see Zero in this state. 3 hatch every game. To be fair, you could see he had the right ideas at times but his execution is just way off. I hope he gets back to his former self soon. Watching Zero during his peak was exciting as fuck. Props to Best as well. His PvZ seems to have improved a lot.

nyoken

United States100 Posts

April 20 2019 02:20 GMT

#85

I casted both of these series for those interested in alternative english cast.

Zero vs Best:

Sharp vs Modesty:

StorrZerg

United States13919 Posts

April 20 2019 04:29 GMT

#86

On April 20 2019 11:20 nyoken wrote:
I casted both of these series for those interested in alternative english cast.

Zero vs Best: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlGgQAWGelQ
Sharp vs Modesty: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hidBo92yJDU

Yes!
I hope you do more.

KamMoye

United States721 Posts

April 20 2019 04:58 GMT

#87

Best redeemed himself from his laughable ASL performance. His PvZ has become quite strong the past year or two. It's hard to remember he used to have terrible stat in the matchup in the KeSpa era.

It was absurd to expect Zero to play as well in tournament as he did on stream. Especially as a well-known choker. I thought his meta was actually fantastic considering his limitations. I don't care who you are: we're talking about professionals here. Best is one of the five or six best players in the world and is in excellent shape. It's unrealistic to expect Zero to challenge that.

He is still smart as shit but he has never been an extremely strong aggressive player and Best had no problem overwhelming him with his mechanical decision making.

Modesty, oh my God! It's likely Sharp underestimated Modesty. I sure did; I had zero faith he'd win. Quite embarrassing for Sharp. Modesty is a long time professional, and thus has professional pride, and obviously prepared well. Sharp's success is still new to him, and BW is high variance, so I don't think it's worth killing Sharp over. Shit happens. Kudos to Modesty. Rest assured no one will be underestimating Modesty in tournament from here on out. If he continues to impress, he'll have earned it, but I would still be modestly (hehe) surprised if he made it out of this group.

Dante08

Singapore4126 Posts

April 22 2019 12:54 GMT

#88

Woah I didn't know Zero changed his name to Queen

Turbovolver

Australia2392 Posts

April 23 2019 01:40 GMT

#89

I'd still love to know, from people who are a bit better in touch with playing at a high level - is the fast +1 carapace Modesty was using new? I don't think I've seen it before, and it actually looked to give his mutas a big boost, which combined with his micro really tore into Sharp.

TornadoSteve

1011 Posts

April 23 2019 04:19 GMT

#90

I am pretty sure its a reaction to Sharp's low barracks count in the previous games of the series.
If thats new or not, i am not sure, but it was pretty clever imo.

vndestiny

Singapore3440 Posts

April 23 2019 09:51 GMT

#91

Game 5 Sharp straight up forgot +1 attack upgrade. Meanwhile Modesty has +1 air carapace early and it was a death sentence.

Freezard

Sweden1010 Posts

April 23 2019 15:28 GMT

#92

Whoooooooa Modesty, you went from a meh-Zerg to possibly my favorite Zerg to watch right now. That muta micro was on another level, haven't seen anything like that since the prime days of BW.

ajmbek

Italy460 Posts

April 24 2019 14:49 GMT

#93

really good tvz series and superbe muta control