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.

The game was Stork vs LegendLuo on Python

boesthius

United States11637 Posts

July 08 2009 09:39 GMT

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[skY]

6 Posts

July 08 2009 09:40 GMT

#65

Go JD ^^

739

Bearded Elder29903 Posts

July 08 2009 09:40 GMT

#66

Now watch JD dying painfully !

Vasoline73

United States7801 Posts

July 08 2009 09:41 GMT

#67

Yarnc fighting!

boesthius

United States11637 Posts

July 08 2009 09:41 GMT

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Marine50

Australia1764 Posts

July 08 2009 09:41 GMT

#69

On July 08 2009 18:39 boesthius wrote:

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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.

The game was Stork vs LegendLuo on Python

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4JiPxXwkpg&feature=related

ahhh that's right, thanks for the correction. yeah lovett REALLY should have one that game

So no idea as to who was versing Stork in the game they both wanted to lose?

Samurai-

Slovenia2035 Posts

July 08 2009 09:41 GMT

#70

GO JAEDONG

konadora

Singapore66159 Posts

July 08 2009 09:42 GMT

#71

JD Red @ 11
Yarnc Yellow @ 7

Yarnc scouting correct, JD isn't

LOL

Commentator: "For ZvZ with Jaedong, you need at least this kind of handicap (wrong overlord scout)"