Yeah rush either should have gone for the bust initially or stayed home and played for a longer game. Soma did a great job delaying the move from rush to allow for lurkers to morph. Maybe LAN nerves affecting the decision making, rush kinda put himself in a no-win situation.

emperorchampion

Canada9496 Posts

March 16 2022 10:56 GMT

#22

looks like a great response from soma vs the 8-rax from rush

I think we're in for a quick one today, let's see if rush can make something happen

Sirris

681 Posts

March 16 2022 10:57 GMT

#23

Again Soma looking like a god, glad I voted for him. He's way ahead this game....Rush isn't out of this yet though. 4 rax doing well against the 2.5 hatch opening. Soma will get the 3rd base when mutas are on the way I'd imagine.

LpTraxamillion

265 Posts

March 16 2022 11:06 GMT

#24

Sick last game. Godlike play from Soma

emperorchampion

Canada9496 Posts

March 16 2022 11:06 GMT

#25

Good on rush to go for the winning play, but yeah Soma too good. Hard game after the 8rax opening

Katkishka

United States657 Posts

March 16 2022 11:06 GMT

#26

That was a fast series, what a shame.

emperorchampion

Canada9496 Posts

March 16 2022 11:07 GMT

#27

Poll: Recommend: Rush v Soma Game 3

Yes (14)

88%

No (1)

6%

If you have time (1)

6%

16 total votes

Your vote: Recommend: Rush v Soma Game 3

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No
(Vote): If you have time

Xeln4g4

Italy1209 Posts

March 16 2022 11:09 GMT

#28

One of the worst serie i can remember ... didnt even look T was trying to win this, just sitting in the middle of the map waiting for Z to be ready ... terrible play by Rush.

bovienchien

Vietnam1152 Posts

March 16 2022 11:10 GMT

#29

T E S A G I is not real

Terran should build another bunker or wall-in by scvs at his ramp to win game 3.

bovienchien

Vietnam1152 Posts

March 16 2022 11:12 GMT

#30

On March 16 2022 20:09 Xeln4g4 wrote:
One of the worst serie i can remember ... didnt even look T was trying to win this, just sitting in the middle of the map waiting for Z to be ready ... terrible play by Rush.

Maybe he thinks he is Flash. I remember Flash usually bring his M&M come out his base to fight against Muta/Lings.

emperorchampion

Canada9496 Posts

March 16 2022 11:13 GMT

#31

Well I recommend watching the series because it'll only take 25 min, so may as well!

ggsimida

1148 Posts

March 16 2022 11:17 GMT

#32

pro terran too used to their macro slugfest sponbbangs that they forget how to be safe against mass backstab strats (which is fairly seen on ladder unironically)

at least soma showed up today, unlike asl12 where he just pooped the bed

RKC

2848 Posts

March 16 2022 11:22 GMT

#33

Guess we got a PvZ matchup in RO8 after all.

Tune in late for what should've been the most epic RO8 slug fest... just in time to catch post-match interview... wtf

Piste

6180 Posts

March 16 2022 11:23 GMT

#34

Damn that was too fast.

Sirris

681 Posts

March 16 2022 11:25 GMT

#35

I disagree. Rush had a clear and well thought out game plan. He was only seconds behind his timings twice. Give credit to Soma for excellent play. Soma made no mistakes. Soma had god level play as I've said before in this thread. Sure Rush made some gambles that didn't work. That doesn't mean it was terrible. He waited for 4 valks but he didnt know how fast Soma's excellent Lurker switch was. If Soma had made a few more mutas it would've been the best choice. The backstabs are hard to deal with in many games but a lot of the time it results in a zerg loss. Show me a series where a zerg wins like that twice in a row at the ASL level? Soma had his number today. That doesn't take from away Rush's game plan. It just didn't work out.

J. Corsair

United States470 Posts

March 16 2022 12:04 GMT

#36

Wow. How disappointing... at least Soma didn't crumble like ASL12 and this helps bury that quote embarrassing performance. When he is playing well he is trouble for any Terran, Flash included.

Didn't expect Rush to drop 3 straight though. I hope JyJ can keep his excellent form and deliver for us Terran fans. We haven't had a Terran champion since Light in the KSL.

prosatan

Romania8513 Posts

March 16 2022 12:18 GMT

#37

I'll watch all games on Best's youtube channel cuz i've missed them... my LB is going down since I went with Rush...

oxKnu

1240 Posts

March 16 2022 12:27 GMT

#38

Terrans need Flash to come back ASAP. Too many new maps without Flash creating tutorials on how best to play then within the first 2-3 played games.

BisuDagger

Bisutopia19300 Posts

March 16 2022 12:55 GMT

#39

On March 16 2022 19:42 LpTraxamillion wrote:
Bisudagger's predictions correct so far. Soma takes the best 2 zerg maps.

Still a good chance Rush can run 3 games back.

Great backstab putting Rush all in with Lurkers morphing in just in time

Looks like everything went according to plan! I didn't anticipate his lurker use so early, but Soma did a great job anticipating Rush.

This ASL is Soma's to lose. SK has inferior ZvZ and Rain definitely has his biggest weakness in PvZ. Action may do okay in a ZvZ finals versus Soma. Light has been on a downward trend in TvZ. It's really weird to say, but Jyj might have the best Zerg match up out of all the remaining players.