God I don't know who to root for. My head says Squirtle but my heart says Mvp. I just can't help but love the guy. He makes up for injury with just totally superior skill.

Ace1123

Philippines1187 Posts

May 11 2012 03:56 GMT

#22

Awesomeee! Mvp! Please win! Make us proud!

Gorilla23

United States339 Posts

May 11 2012 03:58 GMT

#23

On May 11 2012 12:51 MasterKang wrote:

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Game 2? 1/1/1 all in? The other games weren't cheese but how is 1/1/1'ing without an expansion not cheese?

All-ins and cheese are two different things. 6 pool is cheese. Cannon rushing is cheese. 2rax with only 10 scvs is cheese. Having 70 supply worth of units with an attack beginning at the 10 minute mark is not cheese.

Whatson

United States5356 Posts

May 11 2012 03:59 GMT

#24

Squirtle has been playing so freaking well lately, but I just can't get over the feeling that somehow MVP is destined to win...

I just hope that MVP doesn't get caught up in the whole "provide entertaining macro games against your opponent because it's good for the viewers" BS.
Bitbybit, 1/1/1, 3rax SD, whatever, just win baby win...

MK4512

Canada938 Posts

May 11 2012 03:59 GMT

#25

Hmm, to be honest, I think that Hero's play looked like he was sleepy or sick. Poor micro, and iffy to ok decision making. Squirtle also looked excellent IMO.

Also I don't think that the cloud kingdom game was a result of parting's amazing macro play and decision making, more catching MVP's split army because MVP right clicked in the wrong place, leading to a large portion of MVP's army dying, and not having enough time to rebuild his strength.

Pulling for MVP > Squirtle in the finals!

stylz

Australia28 Posts

May 11 2012 04:01 GMT

#26

On May 11 2012 12:51 MasterKang wrote:

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Game 2? 1/1/1 all in? The other games weren't cheese but how is 1/1/1'ing without an expansion not cheese?

Wow lol you seriously have a misguided view on what cheese is. If 1 base play equates to cheese does that mean most PvP's are cheese games? 1/1/1 without expo is NOT cheese its effectively an all-in.

NKexquisite

United States911 Posts

May 11 2012 04:01 GMT

#27

thanks for the interviews... very good stuff...

squirtle giving a lot of respect to mvp unlike parting

Mobius_1

United Kingdom2763 Posts

May 11 2012 04:04 GMT

#28

I seem to remember Mvp saying he'd never use the 1/1/1 some months back (in the Dark Ages of Protoss), how times change.

Also I'm watching the VODs right now and noticing how PartinG is pink (game 1 at least). Coincidentally my favourite SC2 colour. <3

Mindflow

Korea (South)320 Posts

May 11 2012 04:04 GMT

#29

MVP's 4th championship, hopefully these games will truely shape how terrans are going to deal with what most of us dont understand in the matchup, GL <333

Chengakz

United States163 Posts

May 11 2012 04:07 GMT

#30

So hard to choose....want to see MVP declared the greatest by winning 4 GSLs..see that it is possible. But Squirle's protoss...and what he said about promising a finals to his parents and hurting inside coz he wasnt able to before.... As a mom myself, i want him to win it now for his parents.

Azzur

Australia6250 Posts

May 11 2012 04:22 GMT

#31

MVP FIGHTING!!!

ONE MORE MATCH!!!

DO IT FOR YOURSELF, YOUR FANS, TERRAN FANS AND PROTOSS HATERS!!!

uLaLuLaLume

Canada75 Posts

May 11 2012 04:26 GMT

#32

I think that the 3rd game between MVP and Parting may have yielded different results [or at least have been (potentially significantly) less one-sided] had Parting not caught MVP's units out of position as he did. Parting was not conscious of the fact that a substantial portion of MVP's army was out of position until he had actually begun to engage. The timing of his push simply coincided with the moment of MVP's 'sloppiness'; in this way, I believe luck (in Parting's favor), which would not have had the potential to come to fruition had MVP not fumbled with his positioning as he did (mind you, MVP was unaware of Parting's push, but a player should never leave his/her self in a vulnerable position at any point in a game), to have been a significant factor in MVP's downfall; i.e., MVP defeated himself in that engagement more than anything else, and his blunder was ultimately the cause of his own demise. My intention is not to discredit Parting any, and, as always, this is indeed an epic write-up; but, in neglecting to mention said blunder by MVP, I find the description in the OP to give the (imo, false) impression that MVP cannot keep up with Parting in a macro game, when I do not believe that this was ever 'given a chance' to be proven.

jarf1337

United States146 Posts

May 11 2012 04:26 GMT

#33

I don't like the suggestion that Squirtle is on the way to the best run in GSL history. Nestea already won a GSL going completely undefeated. How can something be better than undefeated?

Gorlin

United States2753 Posts

May 11 2012 04:32 GMT

#34

While I obviously agree with Parting's late game being insane, I find it pretty silly that you declare "In the post match interview, Mvp said that he was fully confident in his ability to defeat PartinG in a long, maxed-out macro game...His crushing loss in the longest game of the series runs contrary to his confidence" and you talk about how excellently Parting played in game 3, without even mentioning that it was decided the moment Mvp was moving his army and half of it pathed on top of the cliff and half went below. I don't know what would have happened had his units moved how he intended, but it didn't take a Parting to win the game when the half the terrans army begins the engagement against a wall.

LimitSEA

Australia9580 Posts

May 11 2012 04:35 GMT

#35

MVP pulled it off. So, so sick. Now he just needs to win the finals. Squirtle's good, but oh god I want MVP to win this so badly.

Dingobloo

Australia1903 Posts

May 11 2012 04:36 GMT

#36

On May 11 2012 13:26 jarf1337 wrote:
I don't like the suggestion that Squirtle is on the way to the best run in GSL history. Nestea already won a GSL going completely undefeated. How can something be better than undefeated?

There are more games in Code-S then there were when Nestea went undefeated, the starting group stages were best of 1, they're now best of 3, hence he's gone on a larger streak then Nestea did in terms of games as long as he wins his first game against MVP.

Gorlin

United States2753 Posts

May 11 2012 04:41 GMT

#37

On May 11 2012 13:36 Dingobloo wrote:

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Either way, I think Mvp's August run is certainly still the most impressive run in terms of who he had to beat.

DreamChaser

1649 Posts

May 11 2012 05:05 GMT

#38

There should be a book written about MVP, the book would be a all about how much he struggled to stay at the top. I mean if MVP win's this it will be my no means a clean sweeping victory it will be a hard earned BRUTAL victory

Acidosis

United States172 Posts

May 11 2012 05:06 GMT

#39

Mvp vs. Squirtle final, the battle of all-ins.

TidusX.Yuna

United States239 Posts

May 11 2012 05:10 GMT

#40

I laughed out loud reading that Naniwa was "a bit miffed" Squirtle didn't mention him in the interview after vs. Taeja. I can definitely picture that.