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On April 14 2026 22:32 gravity wrote: Rain had the pressure on Hero, but somehow fell behind in supply (maybe saccing too much to attack that hatch?) and didn't have nearly enough to hold that last attack. Could be the turning point sacrificing 10 zealots and not even killing the hatchery
Anyways ggs!
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first group that actully plays exactly how i expected this season lol...
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sad to lose a protoss with this distribution but well deserved win from hero
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Netherlands5407 Posts
Nice result. Rain gets what he wanted, as did Snow and herO.
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On April 14 2026 22:35 kAra wrote: sad to lose a protoss with this distribution but well deserved win from hero Bisu needs to qualify (sorry JD) from his group and we will have pretty good race and title contenders per race distribution.
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Netherlands5407 Posts
I can see Snow/Mini doing the right micro to avoid (most of) the drone drill and sniping the hatchery.
Why right click and pray you will wreck it before all zealots are killed? This the tournament of tournaments. But tbf I don't think Snow would have gone for that trade even if he could have. Seems like the sacrifice is just too big, unless you're already far ahead.
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Most indicative of the mental state was the hidden dt that attacked an almost completed hatch instead of waiting for the drones.
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On April 14 2026 22:45 M2 wrote:Show nested quote +On April 14 2026 22:35 kAra wrote: sad to lose a protoss with this distribution but well deserved win from hero Bisu needs to qualify (sorry JD) from his group and we will have pretty good race and title contenders per race distribution. Bisu and JD Sorry Flash.
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Deserved by Hero. Rain didn't play well. At least it wasn't a hydra bust nonsense.
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On April 14 2026 20:35 DarkPlasmaBall wrote: Hero purposely showed the lair and then cancelled it! Actually, that fake Lair served no purpose other than revealing Hero's trick to Snow. Snow sees that the Lair is still morphing at 5:20 which makes no sense because the normal time for Lair to finish with that build is before 5:00. The funny thing is if he didn't fake that, Snow would be left wondering whether Hero builds a Lair in his main. But since he does that, Snow knows for sure that this guy is up to something, that's why he puts not one but two cannons down right after.
Kind of a shame that the 2 English casters are both Zerg players but the best guess Saiyan could come up with to explain Snow's decision is "did he catch the retreating vision"
And the crazy thing is that without that fake Lair, Snow may have died to the hydra bust. There's 12 Hydras at his door when it happens and with only 2 cannons he'd probably die.
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On April 14 2026 15:17 Crimson)S(hadow wrote: snow, hero
xD hero 4-killed in PL several days ago, so i knew mr. consistency was regaining some of his form
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On April 14 2026 23:00 sataNik[pG] wrote: Most indicative of the mental state was the hidden dt that attacked an almost completed hatch instead of waiting for the drones. Hey old fella! ;-)
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On April 15 2026 02:43 TMNT wrote:Show nested quote +On April 14 2026 20:35 DarkPlasmaBall wrote: Hero purposely showed the lair and then cancelled it! Actually, that fake Lair served no purpose other than revealing Hero's trick to Snow. Snow sees that the Lair is still morphing at 5:20 which makes no sense because the normal time for Lair to finish with that build is before 5:00. The funny thing is if he didn't fake that, Snow would be left wondering whether Hero builds a Lair in his main. But since he does that, Snow knows for sure that this guy is up to something, that's why he puts not one but two cannons down right after. Kind of a shame that the 2 English casters are both Zerg players but the best guess Saiyan could come up with to explain Snow's decision is "did he catch the retreating vision" And the crazy thing is that without that fake Lair, Snow may have died to the hydra bust. There's 12 Hydras at his door when it happens and with only 2 cannons he'd probably die.
Exactly! I have really enjoyed Snow's reaction, he just knew it wasnt right and boom made correctly three cannons.
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On April 15 2026 03:48 Destroyer wrote:Show nested quote +On April 14 2026 23:00 sataNik[pG] wrote: Most indicative of the mental state was the hidden dt that attacked an almost completed hatch instead of waiting for the drones. Hey old fella! ;-)
Hey man! What's up, you playing?
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On April 15 2026 04:26 sataNik[pG] wrote:Show nested quote +On April 15 2026 03:48 Destroyer wrote:On April 14 2026 23:00 sataNik[pG] wrote: Most indicative of the mental state was the hidden dt that attacked an almost completed hatch instead of waiting for the drones. Hey old fella! ;-) Hey man! What's up, you playing? Nono, havent really for decades, but I still do enjoy to just watch people who do and do it really well.
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On April 14 2026 22:45 M2 wrote:Show nested quote +On April 14 2026 22:35 kAra wrote: sad to lose a protoss with this distribution but well deserved win from hero Bisu needs to qualify (sorry JD) from his group and we will have pretty good race and title contenders per race distribution. Actually, JD or Bisu doesn't matter for balance. We already have 2Z, 2T and 2P qualified, so as long as it's not Flash and Ample the balance will be as good as it gets. (That said, I'd prefer Bisu to make it...)
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United States10367 Posts
On April 15 2026 03:39 Crimson)S(hadow wrote:xD hero 4-killed in PL several days ago, so i knew mr. consistency was regaining some of his form Damn, my mr. consistency nickname is starting to stick for Hero.
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On April 15 2026 13:58 Simplistik wrote:Show nested quote +On April 14 2026 22:45 M2 wrote:On April 14 2026 22:35 kAra wrote: sad to lose a protoss with this distribution but well deserved win from hero Bisu needs to qualify (sorry JD) from his group and we will have pretty good race and title contenders per race distribution. Actually, JD or Bisu doesn't matter for balance. We already have 2Z, 2T and 2P qualified, so as long as it's not Flash and Ample the balance will be as good as it gets. (That said, I'd prefer Bisu to make it...) True, but the major difference is qualitative. If Bisu qualifies than both Z and P will have two title contenders (or at least pretty good players) each, but if JD qualifies than Z will have three contenders and P will only have Snow
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Is JD a true contender really?
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I think so, he won his first Escore cup just a week ago, he's in good form. And he's never won an ASL title so he's motivated af
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