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KOFgokuon
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
United States14900 Posts
April 28 2010 02:09 GMT
#21
if flash doesn't take this i'd be shocked
thunk
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States6233 Posts
April 28 2010 02:20 GMT
#22
I think Flash vs Kal is the best potential OSL final we can get. And it would be a good OSL final too; Calm vs. Flash was an incredibly high-level match and I'd expect Flash vs Kal to be equally high level.

At the moment, Kal is the only P who can take a game off of Flash in a Best of series. He's an incredibly smart player who seems to be the only person have any chance at all of taking a game off Flash.
Every time Jung Myung Hoon builds a vulture, two probes die. || My post count was a palindrome and I was never posting again.
Risen
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States7927 Posts
April 28 2010 02:53 GMT
#23
Nice writeup, I love these little updates
Pufftrees Everyday>its like a rifter that just used X-Factor/Liquid'Nony: I hope no one lip read XD/Holyflare>it's like policy lynching but better/Resident Los Angeles bachelor
saltywet
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Hong Kong1316 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-04-28 03:01:29
April 28 2010 03:00 GMT
#24
On April 28 2010 11:20 thunk wrote:
I think Flash vs Kal is the best potential OSL final we can get. And it would be a good OSL final too; Calm vs. Flash was an incredibly high-level match and I'd expect Flash vs Kal to be equally high level.

At the moment, Kal is the only P who can take a game off of Flash in a Best of series. He's an incredibly smart player who seems to be the only person have any chance at all of taking a game off Flash.


Kal is good, but i sorta lol'd at kal being the only P who can take a game off flash. kal is 1-5 flash with the 1 game being a dt rush where flash skips turrets last summer. flash is just so clutch, i dont think kal can take a single game off flash.

imo zero has the best chance, but the problem is whether he'll make it or whether his zvz will fail him
routine
Profile Joined January 2010
United States40 Posts
April 28 2010 03:20 GMT
#25
yea zero could take out flash if he gets past effort, but i think hes still unsure of himself in zvz
There's a fine line between looking good and looking gay
Lebesgue
Profile Joined October 2008
4542 Posts
April 28 2010 03:21 GMT
#26
I am kinda worried for Flash... He's been playing so much recently and only TvT which gives his opponents great deal of insight into his style...

I hope he will win though. I think once he will pass baby nothing can stop him. I am only afraid for Flash this time because weird things can happen in bo3... But I can't imagine anyone winning 3 games against Flash on one day...
zipz0p
Profile Joined February 2010
United States123 Posts
April 28 2010 03:41 GMT
#27
Thanks guys, I really like your descriptions and analysis of the games.

You've missed the poll option that describes my watching habits: I read the TL coverage after I have watched the VODs to gain insight into the games from the knowledgeable (if opinionated!) TL staff. I enjoy the new ratings, it is interesting to compare with my opinions of the games.
u gotta skate
hyst.eric.al
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United States2332 Posts
April 28 2010 04:06 GMT
#28
looking forward to a similar format for matchups to come :D

thanks for the writeup!
Leta , BeSt, Calm fan forever! 김정우, I am sorry I ever lost faith in you.
RoyW
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Ireland270 Posts
April 28 2010 05:59 GMT
#29
Thanks very much for the write-up. I've always read all write-ups, even when I have watch all of the games. It's like asking your much more knowledgeable and articulate friend what he thought of a sporting event you saw recently.
thunk
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States6233 Posts
April 28 2010 06:22 GMT
#30
On April 28 2010 12:00 saltywet wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 28 2010 11:20 thunk wrote:
I think Flash vs Kal is the best potential OSL final we can get. And it would be a good OSL final too; Calm vs. Flash was an incredibly high-level match and I'd expect Flash vs Kal to be equally high level.

At the moment, Kal is the only P who can take a game off of Flash in a Best of series. He's an incredibly smart player who seems to be the only person have any chance at all of taking a game off Flash.


Kal is good, but i sorta lol'd at kal being the only P who can take a game off flash. kal is 1-5 flash with the 1 game being a dt rush where flash skips turrets last summer. flash is just so clutch, i dont think kal can take a single game off flash.

imo zero has the best chance, but the problem is whether he'll make it or whether his zvz will fail him


Yea, it's really laughable because Kal keeps getting put in against Flash, again and again. If you've looked at the games they're long and Kal has made decisions that put him in reach of victory, but as you said, Flash is Flash. I think it's a testament to how good Kal is because he keeps getting matched against Flash.

What other P's would you consider? Movie maybe. He did take one game off of Flash in the OSL finals. Stork? Perhaps. Jangbi and Bisu? If they ever got their respective acts together. Free and Best round out the last of the six dragons, but I never had much faith in Free as a player. I'm as much of an SK fanboy as the next, but Fantasy stands a much better chance than Best or Bisu. All the other P's out there stand about as good of a chance as a next, and they're only stealing a game by cheesing.
Every time Jung Myung Hoon builds a vulture, two probes die. || My post count was a palindrome and I was never posting again.
TwoToneTerran
Profile Joined March 2009
United States8841 Posts
April 28 2010 06:55 GMT
#31
If it ever got there, Stork could eliminate Flash in a semi final. That's the closest I can see besides Jaedong getting his act together.

I mean everyone else, even Bisu or Best or Kal, at their best don't really measure up to this version of Flash. Stork and Jaedong are the only players I've seen honest to goodness beat him in a manner where I thought they could truly be considered the better player (And, actually, Leta and Skyhigh did this but my faith in Flash's TvT will never waver. 22-0).
Remember Violet.
Titusmaster6
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States5937 Posts
April 28 2010 07:10 GMT
#32
Great write up as usual. I wasn't gonna comment until I saw that GORGEOUS bracket!

Great job
Shorts down shorts up, BOOM, just like that.
radiumz0rz
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States253 Posts
April 28 2010 07:30 GMT
#33
these recaps are really helpful for pointing out games to watch. with sc2, i only want to be watching the best sc1 games !
Berkeley '10
thunk
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States6233 Posts
April 28 2010 07:35 GMT
#34
On April 28 2010 15:55 TwoToneTerran wrote:
If it ever got there, Stork could eliminate Flash in a semi final. That's the closest I can see besides Jaedong getting his act together.

I mean everyone else, even Bisu or Best or Kal, at their best don't really measure up to this version of Flash. Stork and Jaedong are the only players I've seen honest to goodness beat him in a manner where I thought they could truly be considered the better player (And, actually, Leta and Skyhigh did this but my faith in Flash's TvT will never waver. 22-0).


Yea, consider the number of players who could take an off-form Flash in their peak. Stork, Bisu, Jaedong, Effort, Leta, Calm, mayyybbbee Leta/Zero. Who's still in the OSL? Zero and Effort, and they're not even close to in form. And one eliminates the other next week.

But such is the OSL curse.
Every time Jung Myung Hoon builds a vulture, two probes die. || My post count was a palindrome and I was never posting again.
anch
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
United States5457 Posts
April 28 2010 09:03 GMT
#35
On April 28 2010 08:09 LunarDestiny wrote:
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um... okay
nice Sorry! board, but cant find the relevance to this thread.
luckybeni2
Profile Joined October 2008
Germany1065 Posts
April 28 2010 09:11 GMT
#36
On April 28 2010 12:00 saltywet wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 28 2010 11:20 thunk wrote:
I think Flash vs Kal is the best potential OSL final we can get. And it would be a good OSL final too; Calm vs. Flash was an incredibly high-level match and I'd expect Flash vs Kal to be equally high level.

At the moment, Kal is the only P who can take a game off of Flash in a Best of series. He's an incredibly smart player who seems to be the only person have any chance at all of taking a game off Flash.


Kal is good, but i sorta lol'd at kal being the only P who can take a game off flash. kal is 1-5 flash with the 1 game being a dt rush where flash skips turrets last summer. flash is just so clutch, i dont think kal can take a single game off flash.

imo zero has the best chance, but the problem is whether he'll make it or whether his zvz will fail him

Actually in recent games Kal often had a pretty big lead over Flash and just managed to loose pretty much out of nowhere. Think of the game where he had a lot of carriers and like half of the map against Flash with 3 or 4 bases and Kal just flew his carriers around without doing anyting while Flash sieged all of his bases and just won
ThePhan2m
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
Norway2750 Posts
April 28 2010 10:40 GMT
#37
After these matches, chance of boring mirrors is very little ^^ This OSL is gonna be exiting :D
LuigiNMario
Profile Joined April 2010
United States456 Posts
April 28 2010 11:12 GMT
#38
On April 28 2010 12:00 saltywet wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 28 2010 11:20 thunk wrote:
I think Flash vs Kal is the best potential OSL final we can get. And it would be a good OSL final too; Calm vs. Flash was an incredibly high-level match and I'd expect Flash vs Kal to be equally high level.

At the moment, Kal is the only P who can take a game off of Flash in a Best of series. He's an incredibly smart player who seems to be the only person have any chance at all of taking a game off Flash.


Kal is good, but i sorta lol'd at kal being the only P who can take a game off flash. kal is 1-5 flash with the 1 game being a dt rush where flash skips turrets last summer. flash is just so clutch, i dont think kal can take a single game off flash.

imo zero has the best chance, but the problem is whether he'll make it or whether his zvz will fail him


First of all zero can't even do well vs decent terran, and if he's gonna face Flash for the title.
When there's Flash there's a way.
Fx_
Profile Joined April 2008
503 Posts
April 28 2010 11:43 GMT
#39
On April 28 2010 18:11 luckybeni2 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 28 2010 12:00 saltywet wrote:
On April 28 2010 11:20 thunk wrote:
I think Flash vs Kal is the best potential OSL final we can get. And it would be a good OSL final too; Calm vs. Flash was an incredibly high-level match and I'd expect Flash vs Kal to be equally high level.

At the moment, Kal is the only P who can take a game off of Flash in a Best of series. He's an incredibly smart player who seems to be the only person have any chance at all of taking a game off Flash.


Kal is good, but i sorta lol'd at kal being the only P who can take a game off flash. kal is 1-5 flash with the 1 game being a dt rush where flash skips turrets last summer. flash is just so clutch, i dont think kal can take a single game off flash.

imo zero has the best chance, but the problem is whether he'll make it or whether his zvz will fail him

Actually in recent games Kal often had a pretty big lead over Flash and just managed to loose pretty much out of nowhere. Think of the game where he had a lot of carriers and like half of the map against Flash with 3 or 4 bases and Kal just flew his carriers around without doing anyting while Flash sieged all of his bases and just won


you do not understand what you say
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Gulzt
Profile Joined August 2009
Netherlands275 Posts
April 28 2010 11:50 GMT
#40
Can we see the VODs somewhere?
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