True the funniest would be if after an epic series with Flash vs Kwanro, JD gets kwanrolled 3-1 in the final.

Though yes this is the setup for something so epic since Flash knocked JD out of the OSL in convincing fashion. If Flash can hold his ground here and deliver another beatdown to JD in the finals, he will surely silence the haters and be considered a true champion. Then he should go ahead and win the gold, platinum and diamond mice. =P So should boxer.

chongu

Malaysia2600 Posts

January 14 2010 06:28 GMT

#63

Its hard to see how kwanro actually best Flash in a Bo5... let alone a single match.... 1. Kwanro's late game is untested if he plays standard 2. Flash MnM micro against mutalisks is too awesome for words.... the only way I see flash losing is.... he gets too greedy/getting cheesed/or slightly mis-micros

Cpadolf

Sweden1199 Posts

January 14 2010 06:40 GMT

#64

On January 14 2010 14:07 TwoToneTerran wrote:

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That's not what he's saying. Flash has the best matchup streak of 22 straight wins (in TvT). Jaedong is currently on a 12 game streak in a match up (ZvP). If he 3-0s kal he will be at 15 straight wins, and then he said "After which he will go on to win another 8 ZvPs straight" which would be 23 straight wins in ZvP, breaking Flash's winstreak in a specific match up.

Actually, JD is currently on a 13 game streak (according to the Koreans, which is the source used for Flash's streak, as in TLPD it's "only" 15 wins), but Flash's streak was 23 wins, going by the interview with Really. But yeah, that was what I was saying. Although IIRC JD is a pretty mean off-racer, so him beating Flash in TvT would be fine too :p

EDIT: Actually it was 22 after all, so Jaedong only need to 3-0 Kal and then get another 7 wins = ezpz.

Womwomwom

5930 Posts

January 14 2010 06:53 GMT

#65

I'm really curious to see whether or not Flash has prepared a mech build on Odd Eye. Judging by Ruby's game against Effort, it doesn't seem like a half bad map for mech play.

Chances are that the series will either be three games or five games due to Flash turning into a major retard whenever he plays on Match Point.

Jenia6109

Russian Federation1613 Posts

January 14 2010 07:34 GMT

#66

On January 14 2010 12:10 DoctorHelvetica wrote:
Flash 3-0 Kwanro
Jaedong 3-1 Goojila
Flash 3-1 Jaedong

My wishes:
Flash 3-1 Kwanro
Jaedong 2-3 Goojila
Flash 3-2 Goojila

That's exactly what i wish too

But i also want Flash vs Jaedong finals...

BG1

Canada1550 Posts

January 14 2010 08:09 GMT

#67

I hope to see Kwanrolls when I wake up.

Bwenjarin Raffrack

United States322 Posts

January 14 2010 08:15 GMT

#68

As I did for Flash vs. Movie, Flash's expected winning probability against Kwanro, based solely on their Elo ratings, is 70.5%. If you dubiously use their respective vZ and vT Elo ratings, Flash's expected winning probability is 72.5%.

Going by Jaedong and Kal's Elo ratings, Jaedong's expected winning probability is 57%. Using their respective vP and vZ ratings, however, Jaedong's winning probability jumps to 68%.

ReiKo

Croatia1023 Posts

January 14 2010 09:19 GMT

#69

Nice article but I think next time you should include 4th and 5th game dummies.

Metaspace

Austria670 Posts

January 14 2010 10:10 GMT

#70

Thanks for the great reports!

ComradeDover

Bulgaria758 Posts

January 14 2010 10:34 GMT

#71

Watching Flash vs Kwanro now, and the predictions couldn't be more wrong in terms of strategies employed.

DoX.)

Singapore6164 Posts

January 14 2010 11:47 GMT

#72

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On January 14 2010 19:34 ComradeDover wrote:
Watching Flash vs Kwanro now, and the predictions couldn't be more wrong in terms of strategies employed.

lol

Garnet

Vietnam9050 Posts

January 14 2010 12:15 GMT

#73

On January 14 2010 11:27 skronch wrote:

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cheap shot. everyone knows guardians are insta-loss

Nice predictions guys.

Gumbo

Canada807 Posts

January 14 2010 15:55 GMT

#74

On January 14 2010 14:07 TwoToneTerran wrote:

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I was joking. My all caps was a little hint, and the fact that JD should offrace too.

United States3249 Posts

January 14 2010 16:43 GMT

#75

Is that like a coup de gras?

edit: Apparently 'coup de gras' is some new spelling that is incorrect but popular

DreaM)XeRO

Korea (South)4667 Posts

January 14 2010 21:06 GMT

#76

jeeeeeeeeeeesus. Kwanro vs Flash were great games.
not sure about his guardian switches thou..

DoctorHelvetica

United States15034 Posts

January 14 2010 21:27 GMT

#77

On January 14 2010 16:34 Jenia6109 wrote:

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That's exactly what i wish too

But i also want Flash vs Jaedong finals...

Well I want a Flash vs Goojila finals, so that's why I'm rooting for Goojila over Jaedong. I think it'll be a better series.

goswser

United States3548 Posts

January 14 2010 22:13 GMT

#78

Hmmm, predicting flash rolls kwanroll and the wizard of oz makes it to the end of the yellow brick road for the most epic finals ever(assuming jd doesnt suck in zvt vs flash like he has been recently).

dogabutila

United States1438 Posts

January 15 2010 05:54 GMT

#79

On January 14 2010 04:03 SubtleArt wrote:
Btw why is it that zergs like Zero, Hyun (who actually won), and Calm, especially Calm, have been able to challenge Flash so much whereas JD, who's still obviously better, got raped that badly

Well, the first game was not JD like at all. He looked tired from the start and displayed nothing at all. Being tired while playing is nothing new (plenty of other players have tough schedules too) but other players don't build as much of their game // playstyle around mechanics. Mechanics is the first thing to suffer from being tired.

I think JD was more ready to go in the second game, but the map specific cheese flash had ready didn't really give JD a chance. Even if he didn't lose to the bunker rush it would have set him back far enough to not really have a chance.

I expect a BO5 between them to be much more epic.