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Light and Jaedong - future rivals?

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Moletrap
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States1297 Posts
November 24 2007 03:44 GMT
#1
Ooooh, I just noticed that they're both in the same MSL Survivor group this week, too.

It's likely IMO that they'll end up in the winners match for their group together.

Then the very next day is the conclusion of their OSL quarterfinal!

Plus they are both in the starting lineup for their teams that are very close in the proleague standings.

My random thought... could be the start of a rivalry?

(I made sure not to spoil their game last night but I can't vouch for any responses.)
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IdrA
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
United States11541 Posts
November 24 2007 03:46 GMT
#2
dunno if it will really count as a rivalry unless light can win a game once in a while
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Kuja900
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States3564 Posts
November 24 2007 03:52 GMT
#3
idra lights been hot as hell lately he went 3-0 in his group w/ hwasin, iris and july
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Hittegods
Profile Joined April 2007
Stockholm4641 Posts
Last Edited: 2007-11-24 03:55:32
November 24 2007 03:55 GMT
#4
He means a + Show Spoiler +
game against Jaedong.
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Deleted User 31060
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
3788 Posts
November 24 2007 03:58 GMT
#5
Boxer is 20-12 against Yellow (according to TLPD anyway), people say that's a rivalry. I think Light v. Jaedong will just result in Light getting ripped to shreds time after time if they play each other several times, though.

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like the game last night. That was pure pwnage.
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HonestTea *
Profile Blog Joined December 2005
5007 Posts
November 24 2007 04:02 GMT
#6
I've been pushing this angle for a while.

For some reason, I feel that Light is the best Terran to have a chance against Jaedong. I think Light's excellent late game matches up well against Jaedong's play.

Of course, Light has absolutely atrocious early game play... which is a problem. But I like Light's 1-rax CC against Jaedong's 3-hatch.

Hmmm you know what would help this discussion? What if there were some sort of record-keeping site where I could see what their head-to-head results were? Maybe if that site also had VODs so I could watch their matches and analyze the matchup?

That site would rock
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Last Romantic
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
United States20661 Posts
November 24 2007 04:04 GMT
#7
On November 24 2007 12:58 Sunyveil wrote:
Boxer is 20-12 against Yellow (according to TLPD anyway), people say that's a rivalry. I think Light v. Jaedong will just result in Light getting ripped to shreds time after time if they play each other several times, though.

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like the game last night. That was pure pwnage.


TLPD is by no means comprehensive.

The real overall rec is more like 23-21; it's quite close.
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Deleted User 31060
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
3788 Posts
November 24 2007 04:11 GMT
#8
On November 24 2007 13:04 Last Romantic wrote:
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On November 24 2007 12:58 Sunyveil wrote:
Boxer is 20-12 against Yellow (according to TLPD anyway), people say that's a rivalry. I think Light v. Jaedong will just result in Light getting ripped to shreds time after time if they play each other several times, though.

+ Show Spoiler +
like the game last night. That was pure pwnage.


TLPD is by no means comprehensive.

The real overall rec is more like 23-21; it's quite close.


I see. I figured that was a little too tilted in Boxer's favor, but he's known for coming out on top in the most important matches

Anyway, I still think Light (or any terran other than Sheis) is going to have a tough time standing toe-to-toe with Jaedong for any extended period of time.
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HonestTea *
Profile Blog Joined December 2005
5007 Posts
November 24 2007 04:14 GMT
#9
Boxer 33 - 28 Yellow

According to fomos.kr

29 - 26 if you take out All-star and Superfight
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Day[9]
Profile Blog Joined April 2003
United States7366 Posts
November 24 2007 04:22 GMT
#10
On November 24 2007 13:02 HonestTea wrote:
I've been pushing this angle for a while.

For some reason, I feel that Light is the best Terran to have a chance against Jaedong. I think Light's excellent late game matches up well against Jaedong's play.

Of course, Light has absolutely atrocious early game play... which is a problem. But I like Light's 1-rax CC against Jaedong's 3-hatch.

Hmmm you know what would help this discussion? What if there were some sort of record-keeping site where I could see what their head-to-head results were? Maybe if that site also had VODs so I could watch their matches and analyze the matchup?

That site would rock


i totally totally totally agree. light has one of the strongest mid to late game terran games i've ever seen. However, light tries to get super cute early game for some reason. I think he needs to really really work on those cute openings, or just stick to his solid fast expo plays. then he'll start demolishing them zergs! ^_^
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FakeSteve[TPR]
Profile Blog Joined July 2003
Valhalla18444 Posts
November 24 2007 04:38 GMT
#11
On November 24 2007 12:58 Sunyveil wrote:
Boxer is 20-12 against Yellow (according to TLPD anyway), people say that's a rivalry. I think Light v. Jaedong will just result in Light getting ripped to shreds time after time if they play each other several times, though.

+ Show Spoiler +
like the game last night. That was pure pwnage.


TLPD isnt as accurate, the farther back you go

i think the official record is like 35-32 or something in boxer's favor
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IdrA
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
United States11541 Posts
November 24 2007 04:40 GMT
#12
hes an excellent player, but his dumb openings will never work vs a z as solid as jaedong and the one straight up game i remember them (on tau cross in a proleague match) jaedong just tore him up with muta micro-> lurk ling macro
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red.venom
Profile Joined October 2002
United States4651 Posts
November 24 2007 04:43 GMT
#13
On November 24 2007 12:46 IdrA wrote:
dunno if it will really count as a rivalry unless light can win a game once in a while


Haha this is what I was gonna say.

I havent seen much of light lately but he just seems to get owned hardcore a lot
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Moletrap
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States1297 Posts
November 24 2007 05:00 GMT
#14
On November 24 2007 13:40 IdrA wrote:
hes an excellent player, but his dumb openings will never work vs a z as solid as jaedong and the one straight up game i remember them (on tau cross in a proleague match) jaedong just tore him up with muta micro-> lurk ling macro


That's what Jaedong does in general to terrans, heh.

I agree with whoever it was that Light probably has one of the best chances against Jaedong.. partly because he's just been playing really really well, lately. He got totally ridiculously owned by Kwanro a couple times recently, but Kwanro can be such a beast when he has a good day that you can't really blame him for it.

Maybe I just haven't seen enough games of his, but... doesn't Light do decently well with his openings? I mean.. he blocks off with marines or whatever, like is normal... Unlike the terran that Jaedong played in MST (Ruin) that for some reason didn't make a blockade and his marines just got owned by lings real quick.

I also like the 1rax to cc thing... with a good scout he can make sure the zerg is doing the normal thing and 3 hatching so he doesn't really need more than 2 marines behind the blockade for a while. Plenty of time to get another cc and some econ. Especially good on all these maps with an expansion on the same ridge as the main (Katrina, Persona, etc). I liked how FBH used it to go mass econ on Savior in Proleague...
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HonestTea *
Profile Blog Joined December 2005
5007 Posts
November 24 2007 05:08 GMT
#15
Light has this amazing ability to fall behind in the early game. Sometimes it's a cute strategy that probably looked like a good idea on paper but wasn't a good idea in real life. Sometimes it's an early game, low-unit battle mistake. Sometimes he chooses to use a build order that isn't really ideal for the map. And sometimes it's just plain bad luck.

However, Light has an even more amazing ability to come back from bad situations in the mid and late game. This is because he has excellent fundamentals (ie=macro and micro), very good positioning/map control sense, and a one-of-a-kind ability to know how to hit his opponent where it hurts while slowly gaining the upper hand. Light makes these wonderful decisions that force his opponent to engage in losing battles consistantly. It's almost like he plays better when he's behind.

I want him to just give up the cute shit and play to get to late game as safely as possible. He can throw a few twists into his game, like early ebay, or two-fac/SK mix up, but he needs to stop fucking around in the early game to become championship caliber.

Light needs to realize that he doesn't need to play like Nada. Sea is Nada. Light is the spiritual successor to oov, and he should play like it.
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IaniAniaN
Profile Joined September 2007
Canada555 Posts
November 24 2007 07:33 GMT
#16
Any Light games that you'd recommend watching? He sounds pretty solid, but not making the kind of gigantic splashes that Hwasin or, Flash have.
fonger
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
United Kingdom1218 Posts
November 24 2007 07:34 GMT
#17
Correct me if I'm wrong, but with July gone from MBC, it seems that Light just doesn't have any top-tier Zergs to practice against. Saint, Shark and Hyun stand out as names I recognize somewhat, but don't strike me as effective practice material when you're facing players like Jaedong in the field.

Perhaps one of the reasons he tries these "cute" openers, as they may well have worked well in practice games.
GunsofthePatriots
Profile Joined August 2007
South Africa991 Posts
November 24 2007 07:42 GMT
#18
I don't think that they will be.
IaniAniaN
Profile Joined September 2007
Canada555 Posts
November 24 2007 08:24 GMT
#19
On November 24 2007 16:34 fonger wrote:
Correct me if I'm wrong, but with July gone from MBC, it seems that Light just doesn't have any top-tier Zergs to practice against. Saint, Shark and Hyun stand out as names I recognize somewhat, but don't strike me as effective practice material when you're facing players like Jaedong in the field.

Perhaps one of the reasons he tries these "cute" openers, as they may well have worked well in practice games.


There's nothing baring them from playing with people outside their teams, hell I recently read an old interview where Savior said he practiced with Sea[Shield] for his OSL finals game.
Ilikestarcraft
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Korea (South)17732 Posts
November 24 2007 08:30 GMT
#20
On November 24 2007 13:40 IdrA wrote:
hes an excellent player, but his dumb openings will never work vs a z as solid as jaedong and the one straight up game i remember them (on tau cross in a proleague match) jaedong just tore him up with muta micro-> lurk ling macro

Probably because of Light's failed bunker rush and jaedong's muta harass

I really enjoyed jaedong vs light on arcadia 2. Light played awesome in that game and still lost.
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