On July 08 2009 17:53 JWD wrote: So: who thinks JD will bomb this game to boot Flash? It's not like he's accepting much risk by entering a tiebreak with two other Zergs.
I don't think he would stoop to that and I don't think he would want to take a chance of losing in a tie-breaker either, even if it is ZvZ. OTOH, if he plays as atrociously as he did in his last two PL games, he will certainly bomb this game, so...we'll have to see. Hopefully his spell of exhaustion has worn off by now.
Stoop to what? I don't think there's anything dishonorable about capitalizing on the advantage he's earned by going 2-0 in his group...JD's only concern should be getting himself to an OSL Championship, and if that means kicking Flash to saturate the Ro8 field with Zergs then so be it. Plus, there are few things more dramatic or exciting than an underhanded move like throwing a game. I really hope JD goes for it.
Is throwing a game actually a "legal maneuver"? It's not, in most sports.
You must not watch a lot of sports.
And in SC, it's pretty much impossible to tell whether a player throws a game or now. Unless you suddenly see Jaedong driving ferraris and hanging out with the Korean mafia.
It was pretty obvious in the Blizzard Invitational in Germany. Stork was playing against a Chinese PvP, and they both wanted to throw the game (Stork double expoed) by doing stupid micro back and forth and barely attacking each other. Stork went into the opponent's main, was attacking the single pylon that was powering all the gateways, and didn't finish the pylon off when he easily could have. In the end, Stork still won and he had to play against Jaedong.
hahaha, I have to find that game
it was pretty sad, tbh. i think it was lovett vs stork, iirc
no, that was the game in which Lovett had the advantage over stork, but still lost. Here is one of the comments for the game.
What a pity. LoveTT should have won this. He was clearly ahead once he took down the shuttle and had 2nd expo way faster than Stork. However, his macro/micro can't really keep up with Stork. Mircro, as in better number of troop in the first major battle but came out even. Macro, as in Stork with less mining/gateway and came out equal force in the end. With or without dt harrassment, he would likely lose in the end.
On July 08 2009 17:53 JWD wrote: So: who thinks JD will bomb this game to boot Flash? It's not like he's accepting much risk by entering a tiebreak with two other Zergs.
I don't think he would stoop to that and I don't think he would want to take a chance of losing in a tie-breaker either, even if it is ZvZ. OTOH, if he plays as atrociously as he did in his last two PL games, he will certainly bomb this game, so...we'll have to see. Hopefully his spell of exhaustion has worn off by now.
Stoop to what? I don't think there's anything dishonorable about capitalizing on the advantage he's earned by going 2-0 in his group...JD's only concern should be getting himself to an OSL Championship, and if that means kicking Flash to saturate the Ro8 field with Zergs then so be it. Plus, there are few things more dramatic or exciting than an underhanded move like throwing a game. I really hope JD goes for it.
Is throwing a game actually a "legal maneuver"? It's not, in most sports.
You must not watch a lot of sports.
And in SC, it's pretty much impossible to tell whether a player throws a game or now. Unless you suddenly see Jaedong driving ferraris and hanging out with the Korean mafia.
It was pretty obvious in the Blizzard Invitational in Germany. Stork was playing against a Chinese PvP, and they both wanted to throw the game (Stork double expoed) by doing stupid micro back and forth and barely attacking each other. Stork went into the opponent's main, was attacking the single pylon that was powering all the gateways, and didn't finish the pylon off when he easily could have. In the end, Stork still won and he had to play against Jaedong.
hahaha, I have to find that game
it was pretty sad, tbh. i think it was lovett vs stork, iirc
no, that was the game in which Lovett had the advantage over stork, but still lost. Here is one of the comments for the game.
What a pity. LoveTT should have won this. He was clearly ahead once he took down the shuttle and had 2nd expo way faster than Stork. However, his macro/micro can't really keep up with Stork. Mircro, as in better number of troop in the first major battle but came out even. Macro, as in Stork with less mining/gateway and came out equal force in the end. With or without dt harrassment, he would likely lose in the end.