On July 13 2009 03:21 HuskyTheHusky wrote: Yeah waking up I see it wasnt all just a dream. To think I'll have to watch effort at Blizzcon instead of Jaedong makes me a sad, sady panda indeed.
He doesnt speak english and never smiles... I dont think any of the koreans going to Blizzcon do.
I often disagree with these arguments that jaedong has to practice for too many leagues so that he couldn't prepare enough for this match etc. etc. the maps in GOM are not different from the other leagues and he DID practice a lot of zvz in the past because he had 2 zergs in his OSL group only because he practiced 2 days vs p because of his match vs kal doesn't mean that he is totally out of practice in zvz... he even had 1 day time to "get back into zvz"
i do agree with people saying he is tired and stuff but not that he is our of practice
On July 13 2009 04:39 MapleLeafSirup wrote: I often disagree with these arguments that jaedong has to practice for too many leagues so that he couldn't prepare enough for this match etc. etc. the maps in GOM are not different from the other leagues and he DID practice a lot of zvz in the past because he had 2 zergs in his OSL group only because he practiced 2 days vs p because of his match vs kal doesn't mean that he is totally out of practice in zvz... he even had 1 day time to "get back into zvz"
i do agree with people saying he is tired and stuff but not that he is our of practice
It isn't just about practicing a matchup, it's also about devising a strategy that works against a given player. E.g. just practicing basic vT won't prepare you equally well against radically different players such as Flash and Boxer. You need to analyze the weaknesses of your opponent and create a suitable strategy that you practice. Considering JD until today was in three individual leagues, as well as having pressure on him to do well and prepare for PL, it's no surprise he would be exhausted without proper preparation. Combine that with GOM being the least prestigious of the leagues and Effort being the second best zerg in the world, the result isn't surprising.
It isn't just about practicing a matchup, it's also about devising a strategy that works against a given player. E.g. just practicing basic vT won't prepare you equally well against radically different players such as Flash and Boxer. You need to analyze the weaknesses of your opponent and create a suitable strategy that you practice. Considering JD until today was in three individual leagues, as well as having pressure on him to do well and prepare for PL, it's no surprise he would be exhausted without proper preparation. Combine that with GOM being the least prestigious of the leagues and Effort being the second best zerg in the world, the result isn't surprising.
i agree with what you said but effort was one of the two zergs he played in OSL so he was prepared for effort's playstyle
I don't think it's that JD was overpracticed but probably that he just had an off-night. I didn't see the VODs yet because gom is all gay and makes me wait an extra day to watch, but I assume effort also played very well. JD is far enough ahead of most Zs that he can come back from a disadvantage, but it appears that effort is good enough that he can consistently ride an advantage to victory vs JD.
From the LRs, I think in the first game Effort went for some kind of 7 pool or something weird like that and the second game was 9 pool speed vs 12 hatch, which for some reason wasn't instant loss but neither game went to mutas.
I understand your concern about JD's tiredness and stamina issues but, actually he is not playing that very much... I mean 15 or so games last month, 9 games in this so far... this is like half the games Bisu played in the Jan/Feb this year (around 50 games in total). Maybe its just the summer I guess he will suck for another like week or so, thankfully he has relatively easy schedule - no PL matches to think of just for now, zvz vs ZerO and zvp vs Kal being game up. Nothing to worry about
On July 13 2009 05:45 TwoStep wrote: From the LRs, I think in the first game Effort went for some kind of 7 pool or something weird like that and the second game was 9 pool speed vs 12 hatch, which for some reason wasn't instant loss but neither game went to mutas.
First game was JD going overpool or 9 ( i can't remember) then he hides lings so ovie only sees 2)
Effort went 12pool expand and was able to hold it off. Then just runs JD over with mass speedlings.
On July 13 2009 05:46 disciple wrote: I understand your concern about JD's tiredness and stamina issues but, actually he is not playing that very much... I mean 15 or so games last month, 9 games in this so far... this is like half the games Bisu played in the Jan/Feb this year (around 50 games in total). Maybe its just the summer I guess he will suck for another like week or so, thankfully he has relatively easy schedule - no PL matches to think of just for now, zvz vs ZerO and zvp vs Kal being game up. Nothing to worry about
remember how Bisu was kicked out of the MSL during that period?
jaedongs decision in game 1 to not send lings right away was probably bad. Effort already knew jaedong had a slower hatch and thus could gain an advantage in lings. So he was going to make lings most likely either way. Jaedong lost the harassment which we saw in game 2 when effort sent his lings right away. This is funny becuz when jaedong played by.hero, jaedong used the same build twice in the first two games then beat by.hero using the build that was tried against him, which effort did to jaedong
EPT
But i like effort and JD still has 2 leagues to go so i will cheer up hopefully!
