The Genius: Black Garnet Season 3 - Page 7

man... them feels at the end... poor yeonseung. on the other hand we get the expected finals

Well, the finals are kind of expected considering the editors and writers have continuously built up the hype of a possible Hyunmin and Dongmin clash.
While Dongmin showed some impressive feats, he's more than lucky to have made it this far. Especially his very first death match should've stopped his run, and seeing him being proud not going down against Yeonjoo (the throw was real) feels pretty weak to me.
He's done well coming this far and contributed a lot to achieve it, but I can't help but feel that people like Yoohyun, Yeonseung and Jongbum should've been in Dongmin's spot. There's a reason for them dropping out while Dongmin's still around, but I would've liked to see Dongmin fighting his way through to the finals without someone as impressive as Hyunmin simply because he got carried by his dongsaeng quite often.

That being said, I'd be very surprised to see Dongmin winning against Hyunmin. It seems unlikely

Amazing amazing amzigng final! Be patient and do not click on the next spoiler if you havent seen it yet.+ Show Spoiler +

The difference in items 8:3 stripped down Hyunmin's chance of winning and belittled Dongmin's win. After watching the episode, I'm still not sure Dongmin was the better player unlike the 2 previous finals.

i would only partly agree... the items didn't really play a huge role in any of the games imo. its true that the first two games were more "skilled" based whereas the last game was more of a mind game, but part of winning in the show is being able to mind game your opponents

I agree. Dongmin was a good match for Hyunmin even in the first game he lost in, and he did not use item to reverse move, likely due to pride. I thought Dongmin would lose badly in the second game, but I was wrong. He showed great finesse to win a game which tested both maths and memory, something we would think Hyunmin would blaze through comfortably. In the third game, Dongmin even guessed Hyunmin's move for the card that was given to only Hyunmin. Hyunmin was visibly deflated and made a bad mistake in rushing a fatal move, and he never recovered. I find this final even more exciting than the previous two seasons' as both players were on par most of the time in their moves and counter-moves.

I was very critical of dong min's game earlier due to his poor performances in main matches, getting carried all the time by hyun min and really deserving to be eliminated in his only deathmatch, but he finally made up for all that with his performance in the finals... Damn, when he called that double during the second match, got goosebumps... Was also very surprised by how many supporters he had amongst his competitors, thought the assists would be much more even than what it was... Congratz to the winner and hopefully 2nd place finisher can try again next season....

The finals were satisfying. On pure logic and calculation, hyunmin was better but the games measure more than that, it's also social genius and mind games and memory. Hyunmin is clearly stronger in some aspects, but dongmin did great and he was never the big underdog imo. The bonuspoints etc gained through items also measured social skill, but he did win by a larger margin than 2 or 3 so it's fine (though it surely got on huynmins nerves)

Throughout the season I was always frustrated that the contestants didn't do enough to spoil the Hyunmin/Dongmin finale pact, but that was a very impressive performance by both players.

At first I thought the 8:3 advantage would completely spoil the finale, but it didn't turn out like that. Although Dongmin had superior intel for the final game, Hyunmin was aware of his knowledge and it was really a mindgame battle. Dongmin showed he was much stronger at mindgames than Hyunmin and won by that skill.