[PL] Lecaf vs STX - Page 53

On January 01 2009 07:11 motbob wrote:
IMO parasiting the first few vessels is going to be something that every zerg does now.

On January 01 2009 07:19 Hot_Bid wrote:

every terran is just going to get restore (its cost in min/gas and mana is negligible) in response, parasite won't change much. hwasin was an idiot not to get restore in this game.

On January 01 2009 07:11 motbob wrote:
IMO parasiting the first few vessels is going to be something that every zerg does now.

On January 01 2009 06:56 Hot_Bid wrote:

hehe i think their zergs are bad because their zergs are bad. they have bisu but i suspect practicing against bisu (playing like bisu) doesn't help you that much, his style is so distinct from other PvZ that if they practice with him, they probably just make him play more "standard" PvZ in which case he's only marginally better than a regular "good" PvZ player.

i think you're overestimating the difference in practice between someone like backho and someone like bisu. the player who is practicing just needs someone to play standard or try out different strategies to test the build he is doing for a very specific match on a specific map. i doubt they are playing a lot of long, standard games but rather its very narrowly tailored to the situation that week, to test timing and scouting of everything they can anticipate, etc. in this sort of environment it makes much more sense that they don't need a top flight player to practice against (that and the team-interest considerations, you don't want to improve standings of other teams for playoff spots and waste your own precious practice time).

in a bo5 series practice though, its different. not as specific or focused, and no team obligations. that might explain why they go out of their own team to find players to practice against. the more i think about it the more it makes sense that they wouldn't practice outside their team for proleague. it just doesn't make sense from a self-interest standpoint, not to mention the time constraints for the good players they would ask (who have their own PL matches to train for).

On January 02 2009 18:14 stack wrote:
arg no vod yet? i dont want to read any description

On January 03 2009 09:07 monstar123 wrote:
Hwasin is the Best CHOKER ever.

On January 05 2009 09:29 jgad wrote:
I love that Jaedong is finally playing Queens. It's one of those things about Starcraft that everyone argued about but nobody could prove would or wouldn't work at a pro level until it finally happened. I've always felt that the Queen was a Zerg revolution waiting to happen and somehow suspected that Jaedong just may be the kid to do it. He's certainly been schooling Terrans with them lately, it seems.

On January 05 2009 09:45 ramen247 wrote:


he has only "schooled" 1 terran with queens...

and that terran is fantasy.

that isnt enough times to be confirmed as revolutionistic in any manner. against hwasin he used queens, but even when he landed an ensnare on hwasin in a battle, hwasin still managed to kill enough of jaedong's forces to make their losses even.

On January 05 2009 09:45 ramen247 wrote:


he has only "schooled" 1 terran with queens...

and that terran is fantasy.

On January 05 2009 10:16 Avidkeystamper wrote:

JD would've lost more forces during the initial break @ his nat due to the unensnared firing speed of units being higher than the ensnared ones. Recently, he has + Show Spoiler +

On January 05 2009 10:42 ramen247 wrote:


wtf are you talking about. ensnare alters movement speed not firing speed.

On January 05 2009 10:48 Avidkeystamper wrote:

Really? Jk,
This isn't surprising since ensnare is not an often used spell, but ensnare also reduces the firing speed of most units, including marines. 'wtf are you talking about?' The truth.