On July 29 2019 18:45 TornadoSteve wrote: He still can. Pray for SK to win a spot from group D first
Did they officially announce that the 3rd ranked players of each group would have the opportunity to participate in a tie breaker?
btw they play at 9pm kst (i was wrong about the time in my previous post)
That's what Artosis said at the end of Sunday's cast. So it'd be between Larva, Rush, Best, and the 3rd place of group D. I love larva but personally I was hoping SK would get a draft deferment until he got eliminated from ASL, but it sounds like that's not going to be able to happen?
edit - this could all be pointless too as there's a decent chance SK doesn't even make it out of group D.
Light (FPVOD) vs Best - i cannot upload Best's FPVOD due to him not wanting me to do so - also the video about half way through the video de-syncs by 2 seconds i'm not sure why to be honest but its only 2ish seconds so its not to bad hopefully
Light's stint as P obviously helped him. Anyone not shocked by the result must not have followed Light's career. He was notoriously awful v P. Every P in the world ate his lunch. His TvZ has always been hypermegaelite and his TvT is fine (not that I ever watch that matchup, just going off w%). I honestly thought his competitive career was all but over once he switched to Protoss.
Him solving P catapults him into the t3 Terrans and puts him neck and neck with Last, imo.
*If* he's solved it. But he looked great. Very unpredictable with his aggression. Reminded me a lot of Mind.
Best' s vT is standard and predictable, but it typically doesn't matter because he's overwhelmingly good at it. Most Ts have no shot v his standard. Light, though, had no problem beating him in macro games.
I think this series exposed how predictable Best is. I had a good read on his DT/Reaver decisions, and his engagements weren't great. Even when he earned advantages, Light consistently outplayed him in minute fashion over time, piling up small wins. Best was absolutely awful at attacking. This series displays Best's "very good but not great" ceiling.
Obviously attacking is very very hard in BW. There's a reason every top pro is typically defensive and macro heavy. But there were a few times a strong, well-timed and executed attack would've ended the game. Being defensive and trying to outgrow your opponent is not always the best decision.
That's what impressed me about Light. He isn't afraid to be aggressive. I think that's how Terran needs to play the matchup. I think at the top top levels TvP is even or only slightly P-favored.
Anyone know what happened in the first game of Light vs Stork? + Show Spoiler +
Around 20 minutes it almost looks like a corrupted replay, Light's army is just sitting there doing nothing while 1 zealot decimates an entire mineral line. And Light lifts off his 5th base to 1 zealot. Then suddenly the observer removes and resets vision and the game snaps back into sync with what I guess was really going on. But this is not a replay afaik, so I guess we have a new spectator bug going on? Kind of a shame to have missed what was actually going on for a good 2-3 minutes. Anyone know the source of this bug?
EPT
