You guys don't seem to realize that reach is new to being on the ace team and is not used to having so little practice. He'll be doing quite a bit better before we know it and you can feel free to quote me on this if he continues being bad for more than 2-3 months.

gngfn

United States1726 Posts

January 15 2009 22:28 GMT

#75

On January 15 2009 15:52 Roffles wrote:
Or Proleague Playoffs last year where Bisu just fucking choked at his best MU. Shit happens. Lux might learn to play ZvP overnight somehow. Who knows?

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I was going to reply to this by saying "there's no way Lux wins this unless Bisu starts slumping as hard as he was during that Proleague playoff," which at the time I didn't think was terribly likely, but wow. Losing to hero on a new map can be excused. Intentionally putting yourself into a group with three Zerg and being eliminated with the help of none other than Savior... If Lux wins this game, it could be as bad for Bisu's career as FBH was for Savior's. In any case, at least now there's a storyline that will make the game fun to watch!

Tianx wrote:
Not at all, this is probably the first intelligent decision the KTF coach has made in a long time.

Think about it. Flash was winning on Medusa because he was using the only viable build and now that Bisu has proven he can counter it, sending a terran out would be suicide. Luxury is the only player KTF has that is capable of taking a game off of Bisu on that map and Flash can win on a less imbalanced map in the likely event that he SKT takes the first set.

While you could say that putting up a throwaway player on Medusa might be a better decision, it was far better than putting up Flash. That more than anything else would have been KTF fail.

Oh, burning Flash on Medusa vs T1 would be absolutely braindead. I agree that this isn't the worst choice the coach could have made. But KTF is a team with one good player and one borderline one. Playing either of them on Medusa against the player with the best record in the world on that map (and anyone with a brain could predict that T1 would open with Bisu there) doesn't seem smart.

I think the best decision would have been to save them both for Andromeda, where they both have excellent records. Lux is 6-1 vs P there with wins over Best and Stork and would have a great shot against either a tired Bisu or Best/Fantasy/any T1 Z if Bisu dropped the first set and KTF lost the second. Lux would then have a reasonable chance on Tau and KTF would have Flash in reserve for Chupung-Colosseum-Harmony. KTF is a one-and-a-half-man team right now, and until their other players start producing they should think like one if they want to win matches.

mog87

United States1586 Posts

January 15 2009 23:00 GMT

#76

On January 16 2009 03:59 d(O.o)a wrote:

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No. Reach is legitimately one of their strongest players.

Yes Im sure his bench/deadlift/squat numbers are alot high than Casy and Anytime...but thats not exactly related to starcraft.

Ethelis

United States2400 Posts

January 15 2009 23:47 GMT

#77