Nice spoiler or what ? It is a review of the quarter finals, some people may not have seen/want to see the result of a semi while looking at this post.

Still, it's a good review

Thanks

BanZu

United States3329 Posts

January 06 2010 21:09 GMT

#22

On January 07 2010 06:04 Nal_rAwr wrote:
booth girls are hot lol

Neither do it for me lol

HaXXspetten

Sweden15718 Posts

January 06 2010 21:16 GMT

#23

On January 07 2010 04:55 Roffles wrote:
I still wanna kill Shine. Can't believe Stork got knocked out by SHINE.

Shine knocked out a lot of big names, doesn't that mean that he's really good atm? And he never even cheesed him. Not that it really matters, Flash will still win in the end.

On January 07 2010 06:03 ForTheSwarm wrote:
Why did Flash and Jaedong have to meet in the quarterfinals...

T___________________T

'Cause atm, both Movie and Shine looks like bigger threats to Flash than JD did in those two games.

dukethegold

Canada5645 Posts

January 06 2010 21:50 GMT

#24

Awesome write up! Very good analysis. I especially liked your Movie v.s. Zero analysis, particularly game one. I certainly didn't notice some of the details you mentioned.

The audience was going insane in Flash v.s. Jaedong. I only heard that sort of background noises in the China WCG Final for a starcraft game. Pity all of the games ended so short...

DoctorHelvetica

United States15034 Posts

January 06 2010 21:58 GMT

#25

On January 07 2010 06:50 dukethegold wrote:
Awesome write up! Very good analysis. I especially liked your Movie v.s. Zero analysis, particularly game one. I certainly didn't notice some of the details you mentioned.

The audience was going insane in Flash v.s. Jaedong. I only heard that sort of background noises in the China WCG Final for a starcraft game. Pity all of the games ended so short...

motbob's analysis

all battle reports are done by motbob, everything else is done by me. I don't actually analyze the games ^^

imbecile

563 Posts

January 06 2010 22:03 GMT

#26

Since July is seems to be too old for good now, I'm happy to be rooting for Shine. And once Calm shows up again consistently and Clam stays home ...

Kal and Stork games are still most fun to watch though. Here is hoping Winners League will show us some streaks of them.

Jakalo

Latvia2350 Posts

January 06 2010 22:12 GMT

#27

Is Shine Royal Roader?

Uraeus

France1378 Posts

January 06 2010 22:17 GMT

#28

What does poor (Z)

Shine have to do to stop that silly hate??? I am not a fanboy by any means, but the guy showed brilliance in ALL match-ups, beat A and S-class players with manner, and he has a unique style which is fun to watch (read : not yet another mechanical standard unimaginative BORING player). He may lack a bit of charisma, but seriously, I can't understand this hate.
C'mon angry fanboys, let's focus on the skill rather than the victims list!

Bwenjarin Raffrack

United States322 Posts

January 06 2010 22:21 GMT

#29

I've always wondered... Do you think the booth girls standing behind the players ever think to themselves, "OMG, Flash is sitting right there. I could just reach out and, like, stroke his hair if I wanted to" while constantly struggling to suppress gleeful squeals?

Mmmyeah, probably not. TL members, on the other hand...

DreaM)XeRO

Korea (South)4667 Posts

January 06 2010 22:23 GMT

#30

omfg. the boothgirls

ahaha. on the other hand. i wish Jaedong put more of an effort vs Flash
but then again . the way flash is playing.. -______-

Poor ZeRO and Stork. They're both playing amazingly

Corrupt

Bulgaria1312 Posts

January 06 2010 22:41 GMT

#31

Gotta hate Shine haters.

Grobyc

Canada18410 Posts

January 06 2010 22:45 GMT

#32

Disappointed in Stork and Zero losing

Nouar

France3270 Posts

January 06 2010 23:01 GMT

#33

@ DoctorHelvetica : No, you don't mind spoilers of the first semi final in the quarter finals review ?

Pufftrees

2449 Posts

January 06 2010 23:02 GMT

#34

Excellent write-up.

Shine's shown more variety in his play then he's getting credit for by most people. He's won a lot of straight up games but he certainly is a more micro (t1/2) kinda player. I was pissed when he knocked out Effort, but I have to give him his props for his run so far. I will be rooting for Movie but if shine makes it to the finals I won't be too upset, it's nice seeing the youngsters enter the limelight where they will either "shine" or simply fall back into darkness.

Having said that, Flash is out of control. He is dominating on many different levels and especially is not being beaten in any mind games. 2400, 70 and still up in both leagues.... Excellent time to be a SC fan

Go Movie!

dukethegold

Canada5645 Posts

January 06 2010 23:10 GMT

#35

On January 07 2010 06:58 DoctorHelvetica wrote:

Show nested quote +

motbob's analysis

all battle reports are done by motbob, everything else is done by me. I don't actually analyze the games ^^

Well, thx, motbob, thx, doctorhelvetica.

Salteador Neo

Andorra5591 Posts

January 06 2010 23:29 GMT

#36

Although Jaedong could not match Flash in a straight-up game, his loss to a bunker rush can be partly blamed on his poor response to the attack.

No, not really. He was quite close to destroying that bunker actually

DoctorHelvetica

United States15034 Posts

January 06 2010 23:51 GMT

#37

On January 07 2010 08:01 Nouar wrote:
@ DoctorHelvetica : No, you don't mind spoilers of the first semi final in the quarter finals review ?

No, it's news. Don't read news about the OSL if you don't want the OSL to be spoiled.

Scaramanga

Australia8091 Posts

January 07 2010 00:39 GMT

#38

On January 07 2010 06:03 ForTheSwarm wrote:
Why did (T)

Flash and

Jaedong have to meet in the quarterfinals...

T___________________T

It dosent really matter where they meet, the result would still be the same ^^
Great article DrH

Grobyc

Canada18410 Posts

January 07 2010 01:10 GMT

#39

On January 07 2010 06:58 DoctorHelvetica wrote:

Show nested quote +

motbob's analysis

all battle reports are done by motbob, everything else is done by me. I don't actually analyze the games ^^

lol you get that a lot

maybe you should just add it in as a comment or something on the next one haha

MountainDewJunkie

United States10344 Posts

January 07 2010 01:17 GMT

#40

Shine is a lot like Calm: great ZvZ, outstanding ZvP (what better proof than beating Stork and Bisu), but a horribly shaky ZvT. Shine won't beat Flash in a 20-minute game, but his early to mid game game aggression is quite good, so he has a chance to take one off of Flash (like Calm), maybe two if he goes 4 pools heheh, but I really don't see him winning the finals, now that Flash is close to perfecting TvZ. Movie definitely has the power to beat Shine, after besting Zero in 2 games. But because Shine is aggressive in ZvP, whereas Zero' ZvP is pure macro, it should make for a much more competitive series. The problem with Movie in the finals is that, since beating Leta in the playoffs, his best win vs a terran was Light. And overall, PvT is his worst MU. People say that Flash's weakness is TvP, and it's reasonable (or it least it was) to believe that protoss could still pose a threat and maybe knock him down to mortality again, but Movie is not the protoss for the job. That is unless he goes for the ultimate 3-game winning formula: The Stove, Bulldog, and finally a 2-gate elevator. That'd be sweeeet.