I bloody KNEW Much had it in him. He's played some very inspired PvT lately. The first game on Blue Storm could easily had been his if it wasn't for the sweet spot messing eeeeverything up. that map has been so figured out by terrans by now it's not even funny to PvT on it anymore.

Way to bring the hammer down on mr Wizzkid grandpa! Booya!

RainmanMP

United States1698 Posts

August 13 2008 15:35 GMT

#1506

I hate much.

soudo

603 Posts

August 13 2008 16:29 GMT

#1507

What the hell happened to (P)

Much? I remember not too long ago in his most recent game with Free that they had identical stats in win percentages, about 53% in all matchups. That liquibet was a real head-scratcher.

Now all of a sudden he's more than decent at PvT, taking out Flash and forGG, and not doing too bad in PvP? Whatever is in that drink he keeps sipping on at games, I think Savior needs some of that.

Edit: I think beating Flash might have made him reach a new personal ELO peak.

GinNtoniC

Sweden2945 Posts

August 13 2008 17:11 GMT

#1508

On August 13 2008 20:23 Uraeus wrote:
Much's PvT has really been impressive lately. Not too long ago, his PvP was more than decent too, although he is still miles away from BeSt or Stork in this match-up.
His PvZ remains untested though ; being raped by Jaedong on steroids does not mean anything. I would like Much to face Luxury soon, as this would be a good test for both.
Much for PR next month!!!

Miles huh? The series between BeSt and Much in OSL was a fucking great display from Much. He was so close to bringing BeSt down right there.
Check out their game on Hwarangdo and tell me Much is "miles" from BeSt in PvP.

Superbia

Netherlands8889 Posts

August 13 2008 17:20 GMT

#1509

On August 14 2008 02:11 GinNtoniC wrote:

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BeSt receives 50% of the resources the protoss opponent mines because the protoss units widely accept BeSt as their god, therefore no protoss can ever outmacro BeSt.

AnyOne

Chile547 Posts

August 13 2008 18:10 GMT

#1510

STORK WILL PWN FORGG SO EZ
2-0

Unbelievable237

Korea (South)78 Posts

August 13 2008 18:51 GMT

#1511

WTF? Flash lost? OH NOOO!!

SaRangHaE

United States182 Posts

August 13 2008 19:06 GMT

#1512

lol WCG Korea has been known to have the biggest upsets. I think they're probably rigged to send a message you can't touch S. Korea PERIOD lol

raga4ka

Bulgaria5676 Posts

August 13 2008 19:13 GMT

#1513

On August 14 2008 02:20 Uligor wrote:

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BeSt receives 50% of the resources the protoss opponent mines because the protoss units widely accept BeSt as their god, therefore no protoss can ever outmacro BeSt.

No just that the other pros should be more aware of the storm drops . If best didn't storm droped their probes both Much or JangBi would have steamrolled him no problem ... When you keep your minerals below 1000 and your probes get killed you just can't keep up in macro not just vs Best ...

fanofbest

United States145 Posts

August 13 2008 21:53 GMT

#1514

2 raga4ka
if u think that Best's PvP built on lucky strategys,u make a big mistake.
I think his winning streak "13(+1) wins is not something like a LUCK.It's immortal PvP skill.

Pyrrhuloxia

United States6700 Posts

August 13 2008 22:02 GMT

#1515

fOrGG's comeuppance incoming - the big bird looms large

BlackStar

Netherlands3029 Posts

August 13 2008 22:23 GMT

#1516

Much is untested? I lolled.

Uraeus

France1378 Posts

August 13 2008 22:38 GMT

#1517

On August 14 2008 02:11 GinNtoniC wrote:

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Much's PvP : 25-18 (58.14%) Best Streak: 5 wins Worst Streak: 3 losses Current Streak: 2 losses (to BeSt)
(P)

BeSt's PvP : 25-5 (83.33%) And 2 of these losses where against Stork in his prime. Best Streak: 13 wins Worst Streak: 1 loss Current Streak: 13 wins

I stick to it : MILES away from BeSt. Though he may not actually be this far from Stork, whose level has dropped significantly since his prime.
I know numbers don't tell the whole story, but the gap between the two is still blatant. Much may play brilliant PvP at times (I have seen the games you mentionned), but BeSt's PvP is ALWAYS stellar. He can capitalize on the tiniest mistakes. He knows how and when to counter a build. Any build. On any map. The only equivalent in BW is Jaedong's ZvZ.
Much is good, there is no doubt about it. Just not that good.

On August 14 2008 07:23 BlackStar wrote:
Much is untested? I lolled.

Then read again more carefully. I said : Much's PvZ has been untested recently. His last 4 PvZ were losses to Jaedong what tells us nothing except that Much is not a PvZ god. Apart from this, in the last 6 months, Much has played an outstanding amount of 3 PvZ. 1 loss to 815 on Blue Storm (hardly a surprise) and is 1-1 against Hyun.
This is being untested.

Ace

United States16096 Posts

August 13 2008 22:44 GMT

#1518

you DO know quoting TLPD is pretty much useless especially since in THIS instance they both have the SAME amount of wins. All you can say is that Best has a higher win % and that Much has played significantly more games.

Hell, last year Best wasn't even thought of in the PvP rankings when everyone argued it was Stork>>>Much/Bisu>>>everyone else.

Sure we all know Best is a PvP god right now, but like everything in Starcraft it will only last so long. The only TRULY same match beasts ever in SC history have been Oov/Nada/Xellos/Iris/Jaedong.

If Best is still raping next year and wins a tournament it would be a little more convincing.

Uraeus

France1378 Posts

August 13 2008 23:03 GMT

#1519

Yeah, an 83% win in 30 games and a 13 winning streak (and counting) is probably a statistical illusion.
Of course no one was talking about BeSt last year because he played 18 PvP in 2008. As of 08/01/01, he was 9-3 with a winnig streak of 3 what was indeed irrelevant.