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[OSL] Jin Air OSL - Mandate of Heaven - Page 7

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trexbqs
Profile Joined January 2011
Malaysia1731 Posts
October 06 2011 00:20 GMT
#121
great write up Thanks.

Jangbi awesome.
Learn,live and love it.
HardMacro
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
Canada361 Posts
October 06 2011 01:31 GMT
#122
This was THE greatest final in history, period.

Seriously they could make a movie out this OSL, fucking epicness, tears, and euphoria to be had all tournament.



LONG LIVE BROODWARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ saving this here because I use it, don't know how to make it, and don't know it's name
Zariel
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Australia1285 Posts
October 06 2011 02:52 GMT
#123
Someone pls tell me if this is reality or what... but to me it seems that the only games that were of decent entertainment value were the games that jangbi actually won. Whereas the games that Fantasy won were pretty average games.

Or is it that the average games made the epic games more epic?
sup
infinity2k9
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United Kingdom2397 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-06 03:24:56
October 06 2011 03:22 GMT
#124
Well a TvP with T winning sometimes can look pretty boring due to having too much of an advantage and playing it out. Game 4 was good though, or maybe just live it was good? I dunno but the way the series ramped up in craziness to the end was awesome live. I think the series should be just watched as a whole how we all watched it.

Also i really hope Killer manges to stick with Jaedong. It's kinda unclear on their relationship practice wise but surely it must be helping him, his ZvZ especially.
MuffinDude
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States3837 Posts
October 06 2011 04:01 GMT
#125
On October 06 2011 03:05 KwarK wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 06 2011 02:52 NukeTheStars wrote:
On October 05 2011 21:33 KwarK wrote:
On October 05 2011 20:59 2Pacalypse- wrote:
On October 05 2011 19:19 KwarK wrote:
From the position he was in I'd have won that game as an offracing Terran.

Max iccup rank?

A-


I wonder what rank the MyStarleague finalists were, seeing as though none of them won a single game against the pros and all... You should compete, Kwark! Believe me when I say I would LOVE to commentate your OSL prelims games :D

No way in hell I'd be able to read the opponent on the fly as well as Fantasy, let alone execute it. I couldn't have gotten into the position Fantasy was in. My vantage point as an observer is better than his as a player, it's not unreasonable claim I can see his mistakes and his opportunities. That doesn't change the fact that once the natural stops mining the game is done, losing the second gas would have made even observers prohibitively expensive for JangBi, equally every interceptor loss would be expensive. He had everything he needed right there and let it slip away.

Well both players had given up big opportunities and lost it. Like jangbi's loss in game 4 where he could of either won it or at least drew it. You made it sound like this was the worse finals every, although this was so much better than stork v fantasy or that finals calm was in.
Zerg can be so abusive sometimes | third member of the "loli is not a crime club" PM konadora to join!
zdfgucker
Profile Joined August 2011
China594 Posts
October 06 2011 04:22 GMT
#126
Is this real life?
Perfect writeup for perfect games. That famos swf + the video brought tears to my eyes. Regarding Flash, I don't think he will become more scary after surgery than before. Mindgames have always been his strength and that's not affected by a wrist injury.
fLDm
SoulTakerz
Profile Joined March 2011
Canada353 Posts
October 06 2011 09:44 GMT
#127
En taro Jangbi
Lee Jae fucking Dong Bitches
Kazius
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Israel1456 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-06 14:36:49
October 06 2011 14:33 GMT
#128
On October 05 2011 08:40 Chef wrote:
Damn it, Kwark.... hahaha

Agreed. According to the battle reports, the finals was an unexciting gambling match, which fantasy threw away due to stupidity.

fantasy didn't lose. JangBi won, for a lot of reasons. First: knowing fantasy would prepare like mad, and keep up on the metagame. Second: perseverance through adversity when fantasy just didn't go away. Third: knowing exactly what risks he has to take to step up his game to a finals victory. Fourth: Winning a complete series without his signature unit. Fifth, summing all the previous ones: THE BALLS ON JANGBI, they are massive. I know trying to be objective is cool, but coming back from a 40 supply deficit in game five with his entire legacy on the line merits SOME credit to the Protoss hero. Sticking it out while incredibly behind, forcing the SCVs in the contain to build turrets in fear of a bulldog, keeping him in the dark with a frickin' corsair (!)... all that until fantasy was too cramped to build an ebay or rax without being vulnerable to speed zealots. It was brilliant psychology: fantasy was ahead, and he knew it. He could risk going for the kill only at the price of a gamble. He kept fantasy on his toes with occasional pokes on the contain, but didn't commit to the point a counterattack would be impossible. At that point, some excellent control, beautiful decision making and avenues of attack, and clawing his way back with sheer willpower... just beautiful.

tl;dr: It's easy to say "fantasy could have won if he was smarter". But the same mentality that would have had him win from that point couldn't ever be the one that brought him there. He was in the state of mind of "time is on my side". Jangbi read it beautifully.

On October 05 2011 09:22 saltywet wrote:
battle report 1: only an avid SKT fan could think that fantasy could win with marines, especially against protoss

It's funny because it's true.
Friendship is like peeing yourself. Anyone can see it, but only you get that warm feeling.
Owii
Profile Joined July 2010
United States357 Posts
October 06 2011 19:04 GMT
#129
Excellent writeup! Best OSL season I've seen in a very long time. Personally, I'm happy that we're breaking the "Jaedong vs Flash" inevitable finals that seemed to happen every single season for two years. The other players are talented too guys!
oo_xerox
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States852 Posts
October 07 2011 00:42 GMT
#130
everytime i read this articles i get a weird, nostalgic feeling, damn it i miss the BW reigning days. That must be it...
I love this wirte up was so good, maybe needed a bit more pic with captions?
I could get a more coherent article by gluing a Sharpie to a dog's cook and letting it hump the page.
zarass
Profile Joined October 2011
Botswana3 Posts
October 07 2011 03:03 GMT
#131
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popzags
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Poland604 Posts
October 07 2011 13:59 GMT
#132
Pathfinder is like Monty Hall: a map that is so wrong, it actually becomes interesting.

I also sense strange lack of proportion between OSL Final game ratings in Battle Report and general rating of (T)Fantasy vs (P)JangBi series. Although maybe it is the case of Best Of 5 which brings strategically irrelevant, but extremly watchable games.
What what the the fuck fuck? That blew my mind so much, I doubled every word in the phrase 'What the fuck' to get: 'What what the the fuck fuck my what the the fuck fucking what did the drop dropship medivac where in the what in the hell?' - Day[9]
Armathai
Profile Joined October 2007
1023 Posts
October 07 2011 14:33 GMT
#133
Loved the writeup!

I especially liked 2pacalypses story, it's the fairy tale to tell your children! :D

Kwark your analysis was good from a scientific point of view, the next time we have the bot AI competition maybe you can point out their flaws too. On a more serious note, you need to bring back that crushed soul humor you had for Calm vs Fantasy battle reports if you're going to only write about mistakes made.

Contagion, the awards were great, and damn was I pissed that Killer got that disc loss and then the fucking BO loss vs soO. On the plus side, this gave me more reason to root for Jangbi, and I don't know if Jangbi could have taken Killer like he took out soO!

Riptide a classic piece as usual! Bringing together the OSL and its legacy, and yes, that is the best intro ever!


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idkju
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Canada51 Posts
October 07 2011 17:51 GMT
#134
The intro this writeup took me to some places haha :D JangBi carrier rushes are amazing game 1 and 7... Who would've thought he would do it twice.
ymir233
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States8275 Posts
October 07 2011 22:26 GMT
#135
And so the tiger general avenges his brother...a fitting (almost) parallel and a glorious tale. Wonderful OSL, this was.
Come motivate me to be cynical about animus at http://infinityandone.blogspot.com/ // Stork proxy gates are beautiful.
Adventurekid
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Sweden505 Posts
October 09 2011 16:23 GMT
#136
Great writeup, thanks!
You should build a turtle fence!
enviops
Profile Joined October 2011
1 Post
October 10 2011 23:37 GMT
#137
First time reader and poster (obviously). Passionate BW fan. Didn't expect to join a forum today, but the OSL was fire. I can't stop watching the odd sets. Enjoyed Kwark's recap overall. I thought he glossed over Jangbi's winning audacity though, particularly in the third game. That gutsy two shuttle zealot/reaver drop, the mechanics of the tactic, the reaver shuttle almost getting tagged out, the crazy amount of damage to every type of Terran unit and those poor Supply Depots and the Armory going boom. Slaughter driven reavers are a beautiful thing. I just joined this forum to say that. Thank you, but now there is more.

Now that I think about it, Sets 1 and 5 impressed me, too. Jangbi patiently turned Fantasy's contain/harassment into an expensive deathtrap, twice, easily wiping it out once Fantasy got comfortable marching Goliaths to resupply his force. He just patiently built up goons and walked to Fantasy's front door, turning off the spigot. Dope.

How many hours did Fantasy practice against HT/Storm? Too funny. How do you say "psych" in Korean?

Long Live BroodWar!!!
potatoedoughnut
Profile Joined July 2008
United States334 Posts
October 17 2011 03:55 GMT
#138
I initially just read the first half of this article after watching the finals (mainly just for the awards), but just came back and read riptide's piece. It really hit a nerve and I wanted to say thank you (again) for all the coverage to all of the OSL & BW writing team. You guys are awesome.
Eagles may soar, but weasels do not get sucked into jet engines.
rayx
Profile Joined October 2011
3 Posts
October 18 2011 08:59 GMT
#139
Fantasy rebuilt his mineral only Command Centre from scratch and made no moves towards taking a new gas expansion which would help given he was pumping mass Wraiths at the expense of Goliaths and Tanks. As in game one, his tank count suffered hugely and he simply didn't …. So fought as hard as he could for the future of ESPORTS, but the cards were stacked against him from the start. I guess theres just no more room for miracles in Brood War anymore. …
chambertin
Profile Joined August 2011
United States1704 Posts
August 04 2012 08:52 GMT
#140
I'll take the ban , this has to be bumped.
"I know one thing, that I know nothing" - Socrates?
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