[OSL] Grand Final: July versus BeSt - Page 82

On July 13 2008 16:30 marshmallow wrote:
Zzz finals except for the big battle in game 3. I was hoping the clumped guards would evaporate to storm so we could have another game or two but alas. Good to see July being a force again though.

On July 13 2008 12:21 Plexa wrote:
You'll here more about my opinions on the finals within the coming day but this was a legendary final. July played like a champ, and Best played like he was still in the round of 16. July's preparation was perfect and spot on, and he knew what he needed to do to win. The andromeda game was amazing. Sure there were fuckups along the way, but there are things like that which are forgivable in a final. July strategy that game is perhaps the first new ZvP thing i've seen in years. I've seen a shitload of Sair/Reaver ZvP but i've never seen scourge/hydra -> guardian/hydra/ling to counter it. It was brilliant, and will be the birth of a new anti-sair/reaver im sure.

On July 13 2008 12:47 StRyKeR wrote:
July should have totally gone straight for the unguarded forge at BeSt's nat in order to give time for the couple of cannons to go up in his main. Everyone knows that without a forge, a warping cannon becomes disabled!

And the ling/hydra play in g3 -- July was totally not trying to fake an attack into BeSt's nat and forcing him to bring his corsairs and reavers back.

July's PvZ is unstoppable

On July 13 2008 22:20 Jibba wrote:

What Jaedong did to Much was on a higher level than this.
EDIT: To put it another way, July's power level was only 4,500. Best's power level was waaaaaaay below 3,000.

That is simply lubricious.

On July 13 2008 17:48 red.venom wrote:


Hahah UGH why does everyone see something that isnt really that uncommon in a big match and think suddenly its gonna reform how a race plays vs a certain style. Guardians vs reavers has ALWAYS been a tool for brainy Zergs. Straight up, ive seen that shit as long as ive been playing which is getting dangerously close to 10 years. It works well when they transition out of corsair/reaver to ground unit mix. Not to overreact but there are simply reasons why it wont work a lot of the time and to anyone in this thread who thinks +1 armor scourge is new: Savior had been doing this back at the start of his reign, it is nothing new. Many Zergs start powering up air armor for the late game switch to muta/scourge to stop those annoying near invincible corner mass reaver drops.

Everything July did was textbook and shows why he is amazing ZvP. Nothing was questionable, everything he did was straight up and close timing moves ended in his favor barely. If you don't understand how Best reacted perfectly in Game 1 then still lost because he got caught by July who knew exactly what was coming then you are lost. And really game 3 made up for the "quickness" of this series.. I know everyone likes EPICCCCC series that go to the 5th match but it simply cant happen all the time. And really how could this be anymore upsetting of a series than July vs OOv or July vs Reach. At least in this one the player who people wanted to win won.

On July 13 2008 22:56 Jibba wrote:
Because Sauron Zerg is so difficult to achieve against a P who doesn't harass until your ultras are out, right?

I'm not sure what lubricious is, but it sounds sexy.

On July 14 2008 02:11 tomatriedes wrote:
I can't believe people are complaining about 'cheese'. These neo-protoss players FE to macro play all the time. It's about time that the zerg players did something to upset their cosy little BOs.