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sjon03
Profile Joined July 2009
United States231 Posts
January 23 2010 15:57 GMT
#141
I'm surprised this hasn't already been asked, but is it possible the power outage was staged by MBC to create controversy over their MSL Final? People commented on their unprofessionalism when FlaSh's image appeared during Game 3 of Jaedong v KaL. I wonder if MBC would do such a thing..
JWD
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States12607 Posts
January 23 2010 15:58 GMT
#142
On January 24 2010 00:57 sjon03 wrote:
I'm surprised this hasn't already been asked, but is it possible the power outage was staged by MBC to create controversy over their MSL Final? People commented on their unprofessionalism when FlaSh's image appeared during Game 3 of Jaedong v KaL. I wonder if MBC would do such a thing..

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bmml
Profile Joined December 2009
United Kingdom962 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-01-23 16:00:53
January 23 2010 15:59 GMT
#143
Win or loss, 70 minutes of muddled rules and fucked up walk outs sacced any chance Flash had to do anything.

Hopefully this will spur kespa into creating a more solid rule around this type of crash.

This undoubtedly screwed up what should've been the best final in years but no it was terrible
SuperJongMan
Profile Blog Joined March 2003
Jamaica11586 Posts
January 23 2010 16:04 GMT
#144
lol chill, you have noob opinion!
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KwarK
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States43622 Posts
January 23 2010 16:04 GMT
#145
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Liquid`Nazgul
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
22427 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-01-23 16:22:59
January 23 2010 16:05 GMT
#146
Just watched the VOD he literally had 5 gas fully mining. Both gasses on 7 were both built and also occupied with 3 drones each. You got a 5 gas Zerg with defiler and fully upgraded ultras and a good economy against a pure m&m Terran from soon to be one base. Who was putting every last effort he had into breaking the double gas because he knew it would be over if he couldn't break it.

Flash' natural mines out bit before Jaedongs main you could argue it's around the same time. That makes it a 3 (5 gas) base vs 1 (2 gas) base Terran. Considering Zergs useful gas units are replaced instantly and vessels need more time to put their worth into the game I dunno how you can say he had a real shot at coming back from this. Ultras from 5 hatches combined with the defilers would be running into the base at 9 literally 1 minute after the crash. I dunno if you've ever tried stopping a swarm/ultra army with 3 vessels and no tanks but if you have you probably know your chances of success.
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Scarecrow
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Korea (South)9172 Posts
January 23 2010 16:06 GMT
#147
Best decision that could've been made in a shitty situation. I'm a huge flash fan but can recognize the game was effectively lost once he pulled back from the bottom left leaving JD on 5 gas vs minimal vessel/tank support and similar upgrades. Anyone who knows anything about TvZ should be able to recognize that with equal skilled players there was no way the terran could win barring the match turning into a ridiculously epic comeback/JD having a seizure.
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sjon03
Profile Joined July 2009
United States231 Posts
January 23 2010 16:08 GMT
#148
On January 24 2010 00:58 JWD wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 24 2010 00:57 sjon03 wrote:
I'm surprised this hasn't already been asked, but is it possible the power outage was staged by MBC to create controversy over their MSL Final? People commented on their unprofessionalism when FlaSh's image appeared during Game 3 of Jaedong v KaL. I wonder if MBC would do such a thing..

lolooooolololllllllllllll

conspiracy theorists know no bounds


I don't mean to theorize a conspiracy, I would just like to know whether or not anyone else thought this could have been staged. I hope it wasn't!
pedduck
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
Thailand468 Posts
January 23 2010 16:08 GMT
#149
Ret's opinion

I'd just like to say I think the descision Kespa made to award JD the win was the right one. He was playing on a T favored map...in a very very favorable position after having overcome all the imbalances that make this map so hard to play ZvT on.


Not so clever logic there..
Napoleon53
Profile Joined January 2010
Denmark167 Posts
January 23 2010 16:08 GMT
#150
IMO the decision was acceptable.. It just took way too long time.. sooo many commercials.

Im so amazed that a power outage is possible (dude 2010). They really dont have any fuse?... lol.

On the bright side we now know that Flash is not any KT-starcraft-android, since he actually survived the poweroutage.
JohannesH
Profile Joined September 2009
Finland1364 Posts
January 23 2010 16:09 GMT
#151
On January 24 2010 00:57 sjon03 wrote:
I'm surprised this hasn't already been asked, but is it possible the power outage was staged by MBC to create controversy over their MSL Final? People commented on their unprofessionalism when FlaSh's image appeared during Game 3 of Jaedong v KaL. I wonder if MBC would do such a thing..

Yess thats why they made the virtual studio too!
If you have to ask, you don't know.
Chunkybuddha
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Canada347 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-01-23 16:14:05
January 23 2010 16:09 GMT
#152
FUCK KOREAN STARCRAFT. They are clearing one of the world's leading country's in technology and they can't use a UPS system to give 1 minute of power to the two computers whilst they turn the power back on??? Something is VERY fishy indeed.

Oh and by the way.. to whomever is saying, "he was in the lead he deserved it", shame on you. Everyone knows in starcraft things can turn 360 degrees in a matter of 30 seconds. Come on now. Kespa's rules' need refining and whoever is the IT guy for these events should be fired. And molested.. a little bit.
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Liquid`Nazgul
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
22427 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-01-23 16:12:28
January 23 2010 16:12 GMT
#153
On January 24 2010 01:08 pedduck wrote:
Not so clever logic there..

I don't agree with using this logic to apply to decisions because it is way too much of a grey area and rules and decisions need to be kept out of grey areas as much as possible, but if you could BY FACT state the balance of a maps it definitely plays a role. For example if a map is 50-50 one guy is ahead 70/30 rematching would put him back 20% and giving him a win would put him up 30%. If the map is 40/60 in his disadvantage rematching puts him back 30% and giving him the win puts him up 30%. It's not really relevant for todays discussion because I think opinions about map balance will always go back and forth too much to reach consensus. The line of thought however is perfectly fine.
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Weaponx3
Profile Joined January 2009
Canada232 Posts
January 23 2010 16:12 GMT
#154
Would going straight to set 5 been a better decision>? like just give them both wins for that game and move on to the 5th game tied 2-2?>
Zergneedsfood
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States10671 Posts
January 23 2010 16:13 GMT
#155
*sigh*

In my own opinion, you don't give out a win to a player if external factors come into play. People are saying that Jaedong had four bases and Flash was only on a mineral nat, but it seemed obvious to me, that reading the thread, Flash not only had an army being pumped out, Jaedong had limited amounts of units and had not yet fully saturated his bases. Even if he had saved drones (like someone here said), I'm guessing it takes a couple of rounds of minerals to properly reap the rewards of expansion.

I can't give a definitive advantage, so I'm just going to argue pure theoretics.

In finals of any sports, giving out a win to someone because there was an external factor that terminated the game is just absurd. Regardless of whether or not it happens, it's not fair to either player. Jaedong doesn't get the glory that he deserves, and Flash doesn't get the chance to prove that he could have (no matter how infeasible) won that game. In a TvZ that he played on Match Point, it seemed clear that he was losing (it was one of the Day[9] Daily's), but he managed to hang on for an extended period of time.

The finals, yes, are about winning, but it's also based upon entertainment value. What will people be saying about the MSL finals three years from now?

"Oh, fucked up piece of shit. MBC handed out a game and we didn't get the epic finals that we were waiting for."

The argument I'm making here, is NOT that I favor one player or the other. Rather, for the pure entertainment value of it all, give out the regame. Granted, yes, Jaedong fans are going to be pissed because they felt that Jaedong had an advantage. But Flash fans will be just as pissed that they thought Flash might have had a chance in that game too.

This was the final that everyone was waiting for, and regardless who won, I'm sure that people could agree that this was highly anticipated and everyone wanted a 3-2 victory for their respective players. Why? Because that's what makes finals FUN. They're long, they're extended, they've got kickass moves.

Seeing Flash lose all mental focus because of at least an hour of arguing and bickering just saddens me. Flash has a lot of potential to just come back and win on Game 4, but he seemed to have stopped caring with what...that 2rax cheese or something?

Regardless. If Jaedong could have won on Eye of the Storm, then he could do it again. It's unfair to say that because Jaedong had to deal with map imbalance, he should be given the game, or because Jaedong had an advantage he should have been given the game. I mean, what quantifies map imbalance, and then after that, what quantifies an advantage?

Iono...but....I'm noob. So there's my two cents.

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swanized
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
Canada2480 Posts
January 23 2010 16:14 GMT
#156
I have to remind you guys that after the power outage the Kespa people said, and I'm quoting here

''after looking at the players mineral,gas and supply and looking at the fact that JD had 2 defilers and ultras at his 7 base we decided to award Lee jaedong the win''

meaning Kespa did have access to those information

it was not fair but a rematch would had been the worst decision in e-sports history no matter what flash fanboys say
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Xxio
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Canada5565 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-01-23 16:17:58
January 23 2010 16:14 GMT
#157
On January 24 2010 00:57 Malinor wrote:
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On January 24 2010 00:41 Xxio wrote:
On January 24 2010 00:23 KwarK wrote:
On January 24 2010 00:18 Xxio wrote:
On January 24 2010 00:11 KwarK wrote:
On January 24 2010 00:07 Xxio wrote:
On January 24 2010 00:00 Vasoline73 wrote:
On January 23 2010 23:40 Cassius wrote:
This is probably a really moot point, but you can clearly see seconds before the power went out that Flash's M/M was 3/3. You can also see another stream of yellow most likely another control group of M/M halfway to the base, while Jaedong only had 1 ultra 3 lings and a defiler in his base. I know there was more on the way, but I feel like if the defiler is irradiated and that base is taken out its now completely even with upgrades and base power. Jaedong's tech tree is already climbed, if Flash decides to take a couple minutes to incorporate siege mode after he possibly takes out that base then it's a completely different game IMO. This was wayyyy to close to call, I think they should have redid the game, or Jaedong should have manned up with some good sportsmanship and GG'd the 4th game and take it to a 5th. The 5th game would be on Matchpoint where Jaedong just owned Flash in less than 10 mins with ridge Muta micro.

Really good point and people have been overlooking it.. :/. Flash had MnM coming out of his raxs and you can see that on the minimap before it crashed. You definitely cannot call it. JD still needed to power economy to pump an army to crush Flash (which he didn't have btw before anyone says it, you can see like 4 lings and an ultra moving across the map before it cuts out and that's it)

JD would need to get a perfect swarm off in Flash's min only to seal the game quickly and there's plenty of ways Flash could have stopped that and delayed the game considerably longer. It deserved a rematch :/


Exactly. Flash was still producing 3/3 units whereas Jaedong's 3rd and 4th bases didn't have a high drone count and couldn't keep producing ultralisks at the rate he had before to protect 7. Jaedong used most of his larva and resources on ultralisks and cracklings, but you can't sustain that ultralisk production with the econ he had.

Why couldn't he keep up the same rate of production as he was before. He hasn't lost access to any minerals nor lost any drones. His income would either be the same if the situation was unchanged or better if he'd made some more drones (we don't know). Saying that he couldn't sustain his production, despite there being no decrease in his income, makes absolutely no sense. It's just wishful thinking.


He makes his huge group of ultralisks when he has 3 bases mining gas. Then the 1o clock base gets taken out, so down to 2 gas.

The last time we see his 3rd base he has no drones or extractor there. He makes a few more ultralisks and defilers to help hold off 7 - obviously the production has slowed down/stopped. You can't spam ultralisk/defiler on 2 gas.

I think that while 7 was being fought over JD was only beginning to make drones at his 3rd.

Any units made while 1 was being fought over weren't involved beyond the first few seconds of the struggle for 7. That battle was a grinder, unit production pitted against unit production, both armies rallying there. JD won the contest of unit production. You can't argue that doesn't mean much because he lost a base when that base was lost before the battle at 7. It's simply not relevant to anything.


The units (mass of ultras) JD used to defend his 3rd base and 7 were the same ones made while the 3rd gas was up, he only made a few more (but mostly cracklings and defiler) to reinforce that army. I think the effect of 3gas vs. 2gas is pretty relevant to unit production.
Also, at the last shot we have of JD's natural, it isn't even very saturated.

He makes ultralisks after he lost his 1o clock but only 3 or so. You can tell the last ultralisks come only after he starts mining gas from his 7.


I believe JD had no problem with sustaining unit production. Remember also, that he was able to save around 7-8 drones from the 1 o'clock base while Flash took it down. These also had to go somewhere and should add up to the good saturated main and natural. Probably at 3 o'clock, maybe we can see this on th HD video.


I'm pretty sure those drones were killed. He sent them away and I was following them on the mini map, but then the medic marine stimmed after the drones (to the third) and then it cut to Flash's face, then when it went back to the game Flash at the 3rd and the drones weren't in sight, so I'm pretty sure he killed them.

I don't see the 5 gas people are talking about, maybe I'm missing something but last we see there are no extractor or drones at the 3rd and at the 7 there are 2 extractors but we only see 1 being mined from it with like 4 other drones mining minerals. So that's the potential for 4 gas with the gas at the main running low. But a couple of people have said 5 gas so I could very well be wrong.

Also to note, JD's natural isn't very well saturated at all (last we see).
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Tien
Profile Joined January 2003
Russian Federation4447 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-01-23 16:15:17
January 23 2010 16:14 GMT
#158
On January 24 2010 01:05 Liquid`Nazgul wrote:
Just watched the VOD he literally had 5 gas fully mining. Both gasses on 7 were both built and also occupied with 3 drones each. You got a 5 gas Zerg with defiler and fully upgraded ultras and a good economy against a pure m&m Terran from soon to be one base. Who was putting every last effort he had into breaking the double gas because he knew it would be over if he couldn't break it.

Flash' natural mines out bit before Jaedongs main you could argue it's around the same time. That makes it a 3 (5 gas) base vs 1 (3 gas) base Terran. Considering Zergs useful gas units are replaced instantly and vessels need more time to put their worth into the game I dunno how you can say he had a real shot at coming back from this. Ultras from 5 hatches combined with the defilers would be running into the base at 9 literally 1 minute after the crash. I dunno if you've ever tried stopping a swarm/ultra army with 3 vessels and no tanks but if you have you probably know your chances of success.


2 gas Terran. Flash took the mineral only expo.

Jaedong did not yet mine the 2nd gas at 7, but I don't think it makes a difference.



In the last 2-3 minutes Jaedong was producing on average 4 ultras / minute.

Jaedong needs to only hold for anther 1-2 minutes max before coming up with an entire control group of ultras to run over flash. Jaedong at that point had about 4 ultras under his control.


Flash ran out of steam. He had at most 2 groups of marines rather than the 5 groups throughout the game. The moment Flash could no longer break the 7 o clock expo Flash was forced to play DEFENSIVE.

There is no more pushing out. No tanks, no vulture / mines, and only half a dozen science vessels. If Flash could no longer push out within the next 2 minutes to destroy expos, than it's over.

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KwarK
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States43622 Posts
January 23 2010 16:15 GMT
#159
Zergneedsfood, I don't think you watched the same vod as us. In our vod Flash scouted JD's defences and retreated his single control group army away from them.
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iuppy
Profile Joined November 2009
Romania31 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-01-23 16:21:49
January 23 2010 16:16 GMT
#160
Flash>Jaedong

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