I think she played well.
vs life that was so close and vs flash well link/bane/muta didnt work vs terran anymore so she try SH.
I also think her best match up is now ZvZ and ZvT after patch that ruined her gameplay is worst now.

xtorn

4060 Posts

August 29 2014 23:28 GMT

#6882

On August 30 2014 08:25 HEADD wrote:
I think she played well.
vs life that was so close and vs flash well link/bane/muta didnt work vs terran anymore so she try SH.

This is correct; people blaming her for going SH are completely clueless. Terran atm is an absolute pain -and playing THE NR 1 TERRAN in the world is even more painful, so you have to try and find solutions. If passionhosts are the solution, then let there be passionhosts.

William paradise

1753 Posts

August 29 2014 23:37 GMT

#6883

On August 30 2014 08:23 xtorn wrote:
The pressure on her was absolutely insane.

She was the last canadian left in the competition
She had to face the top 1st zerg in the world
She had to face the top 1st terran in the world

^^thats too much "top 1st X in the world" for one day. Given the situation, that was the most beautiful hold she couldve put up.

What do we get out of this Scarlett? Vital EXPERIENCE against the very best players. This is how you become one of them - by fighting the best.

SCARLETT

IS

FIGHTING!!!

Exactly she played her best today but it didn't work but no athlete is ever going to win all the time when you play against the best you will lose sometimes but you will get the experience and knowledge to win more then you lose over time. And i am repeating myself but I think this being her real big tournament in awhile played a role, i believe she was way more nervous then she had been in a long time. this one was super hyped prolly putting more pressure then normal.

nerpderp

United States780 Posts

August 29 2014 23:39 GMT

#6884

On August 30 2014 08:28 xtorn wrote:

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I'm more curious about her decision to go 2-base muta in game one, and then the hatch block in game 2. Two base mutas are a huge gamble, and this is the first time I've ever seen Scarlett hatch block a terran.

xtorn

4060 Posts

August 29 2014 23:44 GMT

#6885

On August 30 2014 08:39 nerpderp wrote:

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my guess would be in g2 she simply wanted to buy some time, until she could comfortably expand.

and g1, well she has mastered the muta harass game, she can use them to harass and contain the terran and keep him on a defensive stance while she expands back at home, so it's still a viable solution in some cases. The idea here would be also to buy time to drone up heavily and not have to focus on defending all the time. Flash doesnt seem to be that aggressive with drops so this was a valid choice.

Scythe.

Poland261 Posts

August 29 2014 23:45 GMT

#6886

Just look how small details can change the outcome drastically. If she started killing this 3rd game nydus a few seconds earlier, she might win this and face MC in winner's match. That would be very good chance for 1st place finish in the group.

Anyway Scarlett fighting!

William paradise

1753 Posts

August 29 2014 23:45 GMT

#6887

Honestly she just looked off her games were still great but there was something missing there is usually a energy you can almost see when she is playing her best but today for whatever reason just wasn't there. But there is still always another day to fight and Scarlett will no doubt bring her A game to the next one.

xtorn

4060 Posts

August 29 2014 23:50 GMT

#6888

On August 30 2014 08:45 Scythe. wrote:
Just look how small details can change the outcome drastically. If she started killing this 3rd game nydus a few seconds earlier, she might win this and face MC in winner's match. That would be very good chance for 1st place finish in the group.

Anyway Scarlett fighting!

Than one was really difficult; ZvZ is horribly volatile and Life is the most nerve-wrecking player one could be put against. Against Life, it's literally one tiny mistake and youre forced to GG out. But since she actually knows his style and tricks very well, she can counter him with the same kind of aggression - so between Scarlett and Life it's always a matter of game deciding situations that happen in less than a second - if she had seen the nydus just a single second earlier, she couldve taken it out and wouldve had zero queens pop out of it, and eventually finish off the roaches and Life wouldve 99% gg'ed out, he had one shot at making it work, and that was taking the queens out of the nydus. Life got incredibly lucky there.

What I find amazing is how incredibly fast she realized there was something wrong over there, when she saw all the queens with the lings i think - she immediately rushed to that part of the map where she knew it COULD ve been a nydus poped up, and there it was. crazy good awareness, against the top zerg player in the world.

William paradise

1753 Posts

August 29 2014 23:58 GMT

#6889

In then end it still was a great joy to watch her play and will be counting down the days till WCS but now its on to netfix to watch some shiows. Scarlett Fighting!!!

Waterflow

Sweden1550 Posts

August 30 2014 06:45 GMT

#6890

That's what I suspect aswell that she was more pressured because of being the only Canadian left on home turf. On the other hand she met two really scary players though so... a mix of the two I guess. There's times when you don't have luck on your side aswell.

Keep on fighting Scarlett!

Pontius Pirate

United States1557 Posts

August 30 2014 08:59 GMT

#6891

I think she acquitted herself very well against Life.