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TMNT
Profile Joined January 2021
3157 Posts
11 hours ago
#81
On April 27 2026 20:13 FlaShFTW wrote:
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On April 27 2026 20:11 Zografa wrote:
man, soma trashed hero so hard or maybe the right way to say this is hero trashed himself

Hero could’ve just not woken up today and forfeited, and it would’ve been better than whatever this was. 12h to an outside base in direct scouting path for soma is maybe the stupidest thing I’ve ever seen tbh.

It's not direct scouting path though:

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I guess the idea is to trick Soma into thinking he goes 1 base and that location for a hidden Hatch is least expected and to be fair Soma didn't realize it at the beginning. He lost the game because Soma hid his lings so well, not because of that Hatch. If the Hatch was close, he might mitigate the early damage, but would still lose.
fLyiNgDroNe
Profile Joined September 2005
Belgium4080 Posts
11 hours ago
#82
On April 27 2026 20:55 Maks wrote:
Hero can’t play ZvZ or ZvT at a high level. ZvP isn’t enough to win StarLeague.


ASL4 begs to differ
Drone is a way of living
Simplistik
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
2127 Posts
11 hours ago
#83
That's a rather long time ago now...
Dear BW Gods, it IS now autumn, so...
iFU.pauline
Profile Joined September 2009
France1711 Posts
11 hours ago
#84
Controlled demolition.
No coward soul is mine, No trembler in the world's storm-troubled sphere, I see Heaven's glories shine, And Faith shines equal arming me from Fear
Maks
Profile Joined December 2010
Ukraine181 Posts
11 hours ago
#85
On April 27 2026 21:02 fLyiNgDroNe wrote:
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On April 27 2026 20:55 Maks wrote:
Hero can’t play ZvZ or ZvT at a high level. ZvP isn’t enough to win StarLeague.


ASL4 begs to differ

It’s more about the randomness of ZvZ. Right now, his ZvZ win rate is below 50% (30–31). That’s not champion material. His vsT is at 50%, but his ZvP is ~64.5% - way better than the other two matchups.
fLyiNgDroNe
Profile Joined September 2005
Belgium4080 Posts
11 hours ago
#86
On April 27 2026 21:22 Maks wrote:
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On April 27 2026 21:02 fLyiNgDroNe wrote:
On April 27 2026 20:55 Maks wrote:
Hero can’t play ZvZ or ZvT at a high level. ZvP isn’t enough to win StarLeague.


ASL4 begs to differ

It’s more about the randomness of ZvZ. Right now, his ZvZ win rate is below 50% (30–31). That’s not champion material. His vsT is at 50%, but his ZvP is ~64.5% - way better than the other two matchups.


ok but this is not what you said in your original post. All you said is that he can't play ZvZ at a high level.
you also said that ZvP is not enough to win ASL. Check ASL20 playoffs bracket
Drone is a way of living
Gippy
Profile Joined March 2024
36 Posts
Last Edited: 2026-04-27 12:34:57
10 hours ago
#87
The poor host and commentators tried to pad this out to 2 hours but couldn't. Even with the 20-minute pre-show and the 15-minute breaks between games, this was still under 90 minutes.
Rainalcar
Profile Joined April 2010
Croatia447 Posts
Last Edited: 2026-04-27 13:27:53
10 hours ago
#88
As would be virtually any other ZvZ ending 3:0. Hero even fantasy gged to make it longer And we had one longer game. Hive is a pipe dream without a patch. Even 3:2 wouldn't be very long. What was the viewership like? Normally, ZvZ is skipped by many.
j.r.r.
M2
Profile Joined December 2002
Bulgaria4159 Posts
10 hours ago
#89
On April 27 2026 20:08 FlaShFTW wrote:
Might legitimately the worst ZvZ performance in a BoX that I’ve ever seen in brood war. I mean this was horrible from hero.

My thoughts exactly after I watched the vod. Have I ever seen a worse Bo5? xD
Knife kitty, night kitty, put you on a slab. Stealthy kitty, hunter kitty, stab stab stab :-)
ProbLus
Profile Joined May 2025
5 Posts
10 hours ago
#90
On April 27 2026 16:09 a-game wrote:
ZvZ or 💤? lol

The second one
seRapH
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States9806 Posts
9 hours ago
#91
well at least it wasn't bo7
boomer hands
TMNT
Profile Joined January 2021
3157 Posts
8 hours ago
#92
On April 27 2026 22:05 M2 wrote:
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On April 27 2026 20:08 FlaShFTW wrote:
Might legitimately the worst ZvZ performance in a BoX that I’ve ever seen in brood war. I mean this was horrible from hero.

My thoughts exactly after I watched the vod. Have I ever seen a worse Bo5? xD

Mini vs Best many seasons ago was a contender.

Funny that Soma and Mini are quite similar in style (dangerous BoX players, mind game, ruthless, cheesy) while Best and Hero also resemble each other (macro god).
Gorsameth
Profile Joined April 2010
Netherlands22298 Posts
8 hours ago
#93
On April 27 2026 22:54 seRapH wrote:
well at least it wasn't bo7
Why? You didn't have another 20 minutes of time to watch? (and 10 of those would be commercials)
It ignores such insignificant forces as time, entropy, and death
Vasoline73
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States7867 Posts
4 hours ago
#94
Unfortunately for Hero you can't hydra bust in ZvZ...
dibehr
Profile Joined December 2011
Venezuela6 Posts
4 hours ago
#95
Hi im new here, i play Zerg and i hate ZvZ, but i notice something in those games, i think that soma won all games with one key advantage, the gas before pool. He made that in all 3 games its something thats very unusual. That gave him an edge of 15-20 secs of the Spire creation, wich forced hero in all 3 games to make Spores and gave soma the map control and early muta advantage, also the zergling micro was very sharp from soma. Hero went the standard gas after pool all games. Also i think that somas biuld order consufed Hero on those games. I dont think her played bad just that he was average. What do you think?
TonDan04
Profile Joined October 2025
31 Posts
3 hours ago
#96
Don't worry guys, Hero has Soma right where he wants him.
jmk12
Profile Joined April 2026
3 Posts
1 hour ago
#97
I don't know more about ZvZ than any other casual observer, but to me it sure looked like Hero lost games 1 and 2 because of poor execution, not build orders.
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