[ASL21] Grand Finals - Page 46

BROOOo.,o you transfer to nat AFTER you see Z FINISH speed and the last 2 lings get in (T is blind so he cant know exactly what position hes in / what build Z did, but when you see speed thats when you know you cant hold your main), thats when you transfer to nat cus you literally cant defend with just 1 rax/no rines and lings trickling in (5 speed lings + 2 drones in main already vs no marine/1 rax production and youre trying to defend both main and nat? makes 0 sense, you cant fight for your main cus speed lings coming in >>>>>>>>> 1 marine production)

also he cant block the front with scvs AND defend both his main + nat cus his eco is too messed up, so the only way to stabilize is to run scvs to nat AFTER you see speed and those last 2 lings come in (cus you confirm youre in a bad spot/cant play greedy by retaking main), then you just focus on retaking main when you have enough rines WHILE defending front from more lings trickling in, ofc if it was only 3 slow lings and 2 drones w/ slow lings tricking in you can fight for your main but his decision to retake main came AFTER seeing speed, thats the point

lets look at the situation step by step, so Z is stuck in T main with 5 supply (starts with 3 lings + 2 drones > 2+ lings get in > 5 lings/3 supply of lings + 2 drones, this is when T should evacuate to nat and block front so i wont count the extra lings getting in after this), remove 5 supply from Z after the last 2 lings come in (cus this is when Flash should have locked the game down to prevent more lings from coming in, thats right after he confirmed Z had speed)

Z is 15 supply (pic below is when 4th and 5th ling get in w/ speed) and T is 18 supply, remove 5 supply from Z supply and its 10 vs 18, thats the position T COULD HAVE put himself in... and imo this is a pretty basic/straightforward response (im saying it like this cus thats what i was thinking while watching it, yes yes i understand that i could be wrong, G7 finals etc. but there's a different story thats being told right now), Flash should be doing that instinctively/automatically with just muscle memory imo



so T is in a position where he has 2 CC done, Z nat hatch hasnt started yet, Z has 5 supply stuck in T main (and thats after pulling drones/losing drones, plus hes making more lings but Flash doesnt know that, its a safe assumption to make based on drone pull tho) and 2 of them are drones.. in what world is T behind? you lift CC and land it at your choke right next to nat gas and start making scvs again, then when you have enough rines you retake main and continue playing

and the funny thing is he has multiple opportunities to go to his nat, when he was focused on fighting in his main then this happens



so now even more lings come in and hes still on 1 rax production and it becomes even worse, so those lings run in and then



he decides to a move 4 rines after he finally transfers his scvs to nat vs 7 speed lings

i dont understand whats there to argue about, his decisions made the situation worse for himself, his on the fly decision making was off based on what was happening on his screen, tbh when i look at these mistakes it looks like jinjin tier gameplay to me

like ya you can say stories about his mindset/mentality and how he wanted to approach the series but thats baby talk, next were gonna say that he miss rallied his marine out on purpose in that 8 rax vs 4p game, anyways i just think he played bad that last game in particular, pole star game i could understand cus it was stressful and he had way less time to think/react, it was a technical/micro mistake mainly, the game on matchpoint was a decision making mistake tho, unforced error, not forced like on pole star