Didn't Flash lose a fair few SCVs for that third shuttle/reaver kill?

I'm not watching a stream, but reports made it sound like it was a micro/positioning error by Flash that let Stork do so well in that battle.

the whole game just turned around when he lost all his tanks in the middle to that push break, imo it was flash's fault due to bad vulture/tank placement..

LosingID8

CA10828 Posts

February 01 2008 10:31 GMT

#225

On February 01 2008 19:27 Hot_Bid wrote:
hahaha this game made no sense

1. flash kills shuttle+reaver with no loss
2. flash rapes a ton of probes
3. flash kills 2nd shuttle+reaver with no loss
4. flash takes 3rd base with tiny delay
5. flash kills 3rd shuttle+reaver with no loss
6. ???
7. stork breaks an even supply terran army and has 2 control groups left

you forgot the
"flash snipes all 4 or 5 of storks high templars right before the center fight"

Sewi

Germany1697 Posts

February 01 2008 10:31 GMT

#226

haha, I was thinking the same at the end of the game.
I waited for flashs army to arrive on battlefield but as long as I was waiting, there was no army left

Live2Win

United States6657 Posts

February 01 2008 10:32 GMT

#227

Flash built up a good advantage.

But every big battle they ensued Stork was able to get his zealots by the tanks. The first big battle, the one that turned the game around, Stork did a reaver/dt drop at 12, so Flash sent all his vultures there. Then Stork retreated his shuttle (using DT as bait) with reaver in it, and sent his army into Flash's army. Flash's vultures were still up at 12, unaware of the assault. By the time Flash realizes Stork's attack his vultures are too late to protect the tanks.

Then it happened again when Flash almost secured the middle the second time. This time he used his arbiters to cover the zealots. By the time Flash realized it and scanned, the zealots had gotten themselves close to Flash's tanks and wreak havoc again.

So yea, Flash built up a nice advantage, but Stork used some excellent battling techniques to win the big ones.

Raithed

China7078 Posts

February 01 2008 10:32 GMT

#228

On February 01 2008 19:04 Waves wrote:

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Sea won comfortably in a very short game. Did you read the thread at all?

Edit: Turns out Plexa put the wrong result in the OP results box.

i didnt read
thank god
savior
lost
:D

Hot_Bid

Braavos36388 Posts

February 01 2008 10:32 GMT

#229

On February 01 2008 19:30 Waves wrote:

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he lost some scvs, not a lot

in the first big battle, not enough mines, bad tank positioning

i mean stork had great macro for sure, but this game went against everything i knew about PvT... usually losing 1 shuttle+reaver = death, stork lost 3, and still managed to break flash's army with lots left over, how nuts

edit: yeah L2W, all three times Stork tried to break, he first dropped something somewhere so Flash would send some units back

404.Nintu

Canada1723 Posts

February 01 2008 10:32 GMT

#230

Any Terran player knows that a game can slip out of your fingers if you make 1 small mistake. It's so very delicate. Flash moved his force at the wrong time, in the wrong position, sieged 1 second too late, and lost his entire army. The game was lost since that moment.

Live2Win

United States6657 Posts

February 01 2008 10:33 GMT

#231

Also I forgot to note, Flash forgot to mine up in front of his tanks when Flash first broke the line.

VioleTAK

4339 Posts

February 01 2008 10:33 GMT

#232

On February 01 2008 19:31 LosingID8 wrote:

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you forgot the
"flash snipes all 4 or 5 of storks high templars right before the center fight"

That was just sick. I couldn't believe Stork took that fight so easy. I was 100% WTF was that? HTs could only make matters worse for Stork or something, because that break was so perfect. Weird ass situation anyway.