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xccam
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
Great Britain1154 Posts
August 21 2019 19:23 GMT
#221
On August 22 2019 04:20 Sigrun wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 21 2019 20:15 asel wrote:
On August 21 2019 20:13 Jackal03 wrote:
On August 21 2019 20:13 TaardadAiel wrote:
On August 21 2019 20:10 KamMoye wrote:
What a joke. Complete embarrassment. There are levels to this. Will it even be worth watching Finals?


Yes, this is where the Protoss actually can PvT like a god.


Snow is the god killer, if anyone can beat flash in PvT is him


To be fair he Snow beat FlaSh on anti-FlaSh maps.

No, he didn't. Flash won the maps that were Protoss favored (Transistor and the island map) but lost on the more balanced ones (Third World, Gladiator).

People have been ignoring this fact for the whole time, no reason for that to change now.
AttackZerg
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
United States7700 Posts
August 21 2019 19:33 GMT
#222
Just watched.

Yeah yeah Flash played really good.
And Rain fucking choked.
Worst series I ever saw him play.

Action, now Rain. People be playing like crap deep into tournies.

You can check my post history. I do not take the skills of these cats lightly. And I don't disparage pro gamers personally at all (except fuck Savior)

But this has been horrible and sub-generic play.

Flash and Snow of course get credit for the wins rather then their opponents but ... holy crap this was some weak play.
SlayerS_BunkiE
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Canada1717 Posts
August 21 2019 19:56 GMT
#223
On August 22 2019 04:20 Sigrun wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 21 2019 20:15 asel wrote:
On August 21 2019 20:13 Jackal03 wrote:
On August 21 2019 20:13 TaardadAiel wrote:
On August 21 2019 20:10 KamMoye wrote:
What a joke. Complete embarrassment. There are levels to this. Will it even be worth watching Finals?


Yes, this is where the Protoss actually can PvT like a god.


Snow is the god killer, if anyone can beat flash in PvT is him


To be fair he Snow beat FlaSh on anti-FlaSh maps.

No, he didn't. Flash won the maps that were Protoss favored (Transistor and the island map) but lost on the more balanced ones (Third World, Gladiator).

Gladiator was a great win for Snow.. but Third World?
iloveby.SlayerS_BunkiE[Shield]
user80269
Profile Joined November 2018
20 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-08-21 20:09:37
August 21 2019 20:07 GMT
#224
might not flash get a reprieve based on his medical circumstances? he mentioned as much (thank you very much jinjin for translations).

i'd hope that with rehab and time he could return in a couple years.

he could probably even switch his hands up and learn it all over again. it is quite a journey but he is quite the exceptional man.
Ideas
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
United States8182 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-08-21 20:25:03
August 21 2019 20:09 GMT
#225
On August 22 2019 04:56 SlayerS_BunkiE wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 22 2019 04:20 Sigrun wrote:
On August 21 2019 20:15 asel wrote:
On August 21 2019 20:13 Jackal03 wrote:
On August 21 2019 20:13 TaardadAiel wrote:
On August 21 2019 20:10 KamMoye wrote:
What a joke. Complete embarrassment. There are levels to this. Will it even be worth watching Finals?


Yes, this is where the Protoss actually can PvT like a god.


Snow is the god killer, if anyone can beat flash in PvT is him


To be fair he Snow beat FlaSh on anti-FlaSh maps.

No, he didn't. Flash won the maps that were Protoss favored (Transistor and the island map) but lost on the more balanced ones (Third World, Gladiator).

Gladiator was a great win for Snow.. but Third World?


Yeah honestly Third World seems like a harder TvP map than Sparkle (at least in some ways).

None of the maps in this tournament seem as hard as Sparkle or Third World though. Although we still haven't seen a TvP on Tripod, which seems like a tough map.
Free Palestine
ne4aJIb
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Russian Federation3209 Posts
August 21 2019 20:48 GMT
#226
Flash is the best
Bisu,Best,Stork,Jangbi and Flash, Fantasy, Leta, Light and Jaedong, Hydra, Zero, Soulkey assemble in ACE now!
Starecat
Profile Joined August 2014
943 Posts
August 21 2019 21:09 GMT
#227
Flash pain was visible, I hope he can be done with StarCraft and go home with a trophy.
:3
superjoppe
Profile Joined December 2004
Sweden3694 Posts
August 21 2019 22:07 GMT
#228
How can a random non-progamer at all state that Rain played like shit?
In a long 40min game you can actually see how well someone plays, but in a short 10min game? In three short 10min games? It was just build-order wins for Flash. We could barely even see what strategies he had planned. The only real bad play I noticed was the dragoon getting killed in the last game.
avanhokie
Profile Joined May 2017
50 Posts
August 21 2019 22:09 GMT
#229
Sparkle was a 55% terran map TvP. Only in TvZ where it was broken against terran. Third World was a more imbalanced map, but particularly harder for Zerg than Terran.

People are just going to continually slight Snow forever because of this, if Flash was so superior to Snow at the time he could have beaten him on THE MOST STANDARD MAP IN THE POOL Gladiator.

Snow deservedly won. I think he has a fair shot in the finals too. Still favoring Flash 4-2
Anc13nt
Profile Blog Joined October 2017
1557 Posts
August 21 2019 22:21 GMT
#230
I was expecting a 3-1 victory for FlaSh but he was so god-like that there was probably never a moment where Rain was ahead in the entire series. I'm glad FlaSh vs Snow will be a Bo7. FlaSh looks strong as always whereas Snow is in great form. I think FlaSh will beat him 4-2 but regardless, I think it will be an epic series.
Twinkle Toes
Profile Joined May 2012
United States3605 Posts
August 22 2019 00:11 GMT
#231
Rain is a moron. He choked hard.He was cocky and Flash swatted him with perfect gameplay and reaction.
Bisu - INnoVation - Dark - Rogue - Stats
Sigrun
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
United States1655 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-08-22 00:33:46
August 22 2019 00:32 GMT
#232
On August 22 2019 04:56 SlayerS_BunkiE wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 22 2019 04:20 Sigrun wrote:
On August 21 2019 20:15 asel wrote:
On August 21 2019 20:13 Jackal03 wrote:
On August 21 2019 20:13 TaardadAiel wrote:
On August 21 2019 20:10 KamMoye wrote:
What a joke. Complete embarrassment. There are levels to this. Will it even be worth watching Finals?


Yes, this is where the Protoss actually can PvT like a god.


Snow is the god killer, if anyone can beat flash in PvT is him


To be fair he Snow beat FlaSh on anti-FlaSh maps.

No, he didn't. Flash won the maps that were Protoss favored (Transistor and the island map) but lost on the more balanced ones (Third World, Gladiator).

Gladiator was a great win for Snow.. but Third World?


From the Snow vs Flash thread:

On May 02 2018 00:13 Liquid`Drone wrote:
ELO adjusted Tvp on all ASL maps (seen from terran pov - bigger than 50% means terran favored, less than 50% means p):
Gladiator : 50.3%
Transistor : 37.6%
Sparkle : 55.1%
Third World : 46.2%


Transistor was the most imbalanced map (which Flash won), with Third World only being slightly P favored in comparison. And turns out Sparkle was actually T favored but of course no one brings that up.
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ShowTheLights
Profile Blog Joined June 2012
Korea (South)1718 Posts
August 22 2019 00:56 GMT
#233
On August 22 2019 04:33 AttackZerg wrote:
Just watched.

Yeah yeah Flash played really good.
And Rain fucking choked.
Worst series I ever saw him play.

Action, now Rain. People be playing like crap deep into tournies.

You can check my post history. I do not take the skills of these cats lightly. And I don't disparage pro gamers personally at all (except fuck Savior)

But this has been horrible and sub-generic play.

Flash and Snow of course get credit for the wins rather then their opponents but ... holy crap this was some weak play.


Name 1 other time Rain actually CHOKED "deep in a tourney"

I'm not gonna deny he played like shit game 2 and 3, but theres no possible way you can say Rain "chokes deep" in tournaments
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Terrorbladder
Profile Joined May 2014
2755 Posts
August 22 2019 01:08 GMT
#234
On August 22 2019 00:37 Xxio wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 21 2019 21:14 ColdLava wrote:
On August 21 2019 21:05 BisuDagger wrote:
Rain needs to beat a non-protoss race of he wants to join the protoss champion elite. It's uncanny how similar he is to Bisu in his record. Had Bisu never beaten savior he would also have to take shit for only winning PvPs and losing his only non-PvP to Mind. I have no doubt Rain will have many more semifinal appearances. He may have lost hard here, but he is still consistent as hell. As for Flash, he played brilliantly. I'm happy for the short series so he can hide as much from Snow as possible and for the sake of his wrists. His last finals for now will be great to watch.


I mean, Bisu gets shit for, while having a very good PvT, not pulling it together against the top tier terrans especially in important moments (finals vs Mind, semifinals vs Flash and Fantasy). But even without a stomping of Savior, people would have to be out of their mind to criticize Bisu for anything to do with PvZ.

Their narratives are quite different, Bisu only struggled PvT against the very best, and Rain is just not good at PvT or PvZ.

Date DESC League Map Opponent Result
+ 12-04-08 SKP11-12 Proleague.. (Twilight) Neo Chain Reaction (T)Flash Win
The exception that proves the rule.
My dream is to fertilize two females at a time.
SlayerS_BunkiE
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Canada1717 Posts
August 22 2019 01:12 GMT
#235
On August 22 2019 09:32 Sigrun wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 22 2019 04:56 SlayerS_BunkiE wrote:
On August 22 2019 04:20 Sigrun wrote:
On August 21 2019 20:15 asel wrote:
On August 21 2019 20:13 Jackal03 wrote:
On August 21 2019 20:13 TaardadAiel wrote:
On August 21 2019 20:10 KamMoye wrote:
What a joke. Complete embarrassment. There are levels to this. Will it even be worth watching Finals?


Yes, this is where the Protoss actually can PvT like a god.


Snow is the god killer, if anyone can beat flash in PvT is him


To be fair he Snow beat FlaSh on anti-FlaSh maps.

No, he didn't. Flash won the maps that were Protoss favored (Transistor and the island map) but lost on the more balanced ones (Third World, Gladiator).

Gladiator was a great win for Snow.. but Third World?


From the Snow vs Flash thread:

Show nested quote +
On May 02 2018 00:13 Liquid`Drone wrote:
ELO adjusted Tvp on all ASL maps (seen from terran pov - bigger than 50% means terran favored, less than 50% means p):
Gladiator : 50.3%
Transistor : 37.6%
Sparkle : 55.1%
Third World : 46.2%


Transistor was the most imbalanced map (which Flash won), with Third World only being slightly P favored in comparison. And turns out Sparkle was actually T favored but of course no one brings that up.

Yes I remember Flash was supremely confident in Sparkle, and it showed in how decisively he won.
Transistor was obviously his most hated as he vetoed it.

I stand by what I said when I questioned the claim that Third World is balanced.

On August 22 2019 07:09 avanhokie wrote:
People are just going to continually slight Snow forever because of this, if Flash was so superior to Snow at the time he could have beaten him on THE MOST STANDARD MAP IN THE POOL Gladiator.

Snow deservedly won. I think he has a fair shot in the finals too. Still favoring Flash 4-2

Not to condone it, but it's pretty common for fans and spectators to find fault in a win. The only thing you can do as a player is come back, win it again, and shut them up. But then usually doing it twice might not be enough.. Three or four should shut people up.
iloveby.SlayerS_BunkiE[Shield]
Anc13nt
Profile Blog Joined October 2017
1557 Posts
August 22 2019 01:22 GMT
#236
On August 22 2019 09:11 Twinkle Toes wrote:
Rain is a moron. He choked hard.He was cocky and Flash swatted him with perfect gameplay and reaction.


Never really understood all of the Rain hate tbh.
Dante08
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
Singapore4203 Posts
August 22 2019 01:26 GMT
#237
On August 22 2019 07:07 superjoppe wrote:
How can a random non-progamer at all state that Rain played like shit?
In a long 40min game you can actually see how well someone plays, but in a short 10min game? In three short 10min games? It was just build-order wins for Flash. We could barely even see what strategies he had planned. The only real bad play I noticed was the dragoon getting killed in the last game.


Lmao did you even watch the games? How were they build order wins? Gasless expand is common against Protoss and it's up to Protoss to punish accordingly. Game 2 Flash took a risk with proxy speed vultures and it paid off. Game 3 it was Rain who forced Flash into double barracks after gas steal.
Starecat
Profile Joined August 2014
943 Posts
August 22 2019 01:53 GMT
#238
I hope that Rain and Action don't undervalue the Third Place match, it can be a quite interesting match, but well you never know if the rumors about the "korean culture" will prove true.
:3
LG)Sabbath
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
Argentina3024 Posts
August 22 2019 02:34 GMT
#239
On August 22 2019 10:53 Starecat wrote:
I hope that Rain and Action don't undervalue the Third Place match, it can be a quite interesting match, but well you never know if the rumors about the "korean culture" will prove true.

What rumors? Anyway Rain will obliterate Action
https://www.twitch.tv/argsabbath/
Xxio
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Canada5565 Posts
August 22 2019 02:57 GMT
#240
On August 22 2019 10:08 Terrorbladder wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 22 2019 00:37 Xxio wrote:
On August 21 2019 21:14 ColdLava wrote:
On August 21 2019 21:05 BisuDagger wrote:
Rain needs to beat a non-protoss race of he wants to join the protoss champion elite. It's uncanny how similar he is to Bisu in his record. Had Bisu never beaten savior he would also have to take shit for only winning PvPs and losing his only non-PvP to Mind. I have no doubt Rain will have many more semifinal appearances. He may have lost hard here, but he is still consistent as hell. As for Flash, he played brilliantly. I'm happy for the short series so he can hide as much from Snow as possible and for the sake of his wrists. His last finals for now will be great to watch.


I mean, Bisu gets shit for, while having a very good PvT, not pulling it together against the top tier terrans especially in important moments (finals vs Mind, semifinals vs Flash and Fantasy). But even without a stomping of Savior, people would have to be out of their mind to criticize Bisu for anything to do with PvZ.

Their narratives are quite different, Bisu only struggled PvT against the very best, and Rain is just not good at PvT or PvZ.

Date DESC League Map Opponent Result
+ 12-04-08 SKP11-12 Proleague.. (Twilight) Neo Chain Reaction (T)Flash Win
The exception that proves the rule.

He clutched game 7 vs Flash in the last ever Proleague Grand Final. If there must be one, the single most important game of his career. 11-16 vs Flash all time. The player Flash called his greatest rival. Holds by far the longest PvT win streak vs Flash at 5 over 8 months in 2009. Starting with a 2-1 comeback vs Flash in GOM Classic Season 2 quarters. 3-0 Skyhigh in semis. Wins the tournament. Far more impressive than the second best PvT streak vs Flash: Stork's 4 between 2 days in 2007. 5-2 vs terrans in 2007 GOM MSL ro16 and quarters. He won that tournament too. 3-0 vs Sea in Terror League grand final. 3-0 Last in VANT Starleague quarters. 3-1 Sharp in semis. 58-31 vs T in Proleague. Better than any other protoss. He is the best protoss player of all time. In PvT specifically, I put him 2nd best all time after Stork. Jangbi close at 3rd.
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