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[GSL] Finals Recap: Life vs. Mvp (Season 4) - Page 5

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bsdaemon
Profile Joined July 2012
618 Posts
October 20 2012 15:35 GMT
#81
i thought life said he wouldn't kiss the trophy and just hold it? lol.
JustPassingBy
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
10776 Posts
October 20 2012 15:36 GMT
#82
So, can we just sum up that the zerg won the games where he successfully teched to broodlord / corruptor / infestor and lost the rest? Or the terran lost all the games where he allowed the zerg to tech to broodlord / corruptor / infestor and won the rest?
MadLoki
Profile Joined February 2012
Spain17 Posts
October 20 2012 15:38 GMT
#83
On October 20 2012 22:40 pimsc2 wrote:
This was a terrible final… We really see how zergs mindset is right now. No micro, no agressive play, just pure boring & passive defensive macro style into even more boring & passive broodlord infestors deathballs… And it works, even if you make more mistakes than your opponent. Thanks David Kim for your great work. I'm gonna watch older GSL games, they were a lot more entertaining back then, and more rewarding for the great players like the Mvp.


No agressive play? Life opened early pool twice and was always searching for backstabs and openings and kept Mvp at his base for as long as possible. Blame Mvp for going mech EVERY single game if you didn't like passive play.

I don't think it was life's fault, he was agressive, there's just no other way to kill mech at lategame without brood lords, specially with so many tanks
bsdaemon
Profile Joined July 2012
618 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-10-20 15:42:46
October 20 2012 15:41 GMT
#84
On October 21 2012 00:36 JustPassingBy wrote:
So, can we just sum up that the zerg won the games where he successfully teched to broodlord / corruptor / infestor and lost the rest? Or the terran lost all the games where he allowed the zerg to tech to broodlord / corruptor / infestor and won the rest?


pretty much. i kinda feel that the whole series was too 1 dimensional and didn't have much variety. straight up mech vs broodlord/corruptor/infestor. i was hoping mvp with spice things up a bit or life would try something insane but it didn't happen. but then again, it's all for the sake of winning so i guess they both just made compositions that they know will win the game for them.
Glenn313
Profile Joined August 2011
United States475 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-10-20 15:47:12
October 20 2012 15:43 GMT
#85
YES!!!! I KNEW HE WOULD WIN! (I can't believe I missed the last 2 matches though D: I fell asleep. It was 5 AM. )
Hey man
Razac
Profile Joined April 2011
Netherlands101 Posts
October 20 2012 15:48 GMT
#86
((( sad day for me as a MVP fan ((( a, MVP will just take the next GSL i guess.
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MasterKang
Profile Joined August 2011
United States1373 Posts
October 20 2012 15:50 GMT
#87
YES LIFE THANK YOU FOR SHUTTING HIS HELION BUILDS DOWN
Players: MMA, Boxer, Ryung, Life, TaeJa, Squirtle, Brown, Dark,
[F_]aths
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Germany3947 Posts
October 20 2012 15:50 GMT
#88
That series was a great climax of the season.
You don't choose to play zerg. The zerg choose you.
SHOOG
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
United States1639 Posts
October 20 2012 15:53 GMT
#89
My favorite finals so far. I thought there were great games!
Anyone know where I can find pictures?
Zer atai
Profile Joined September 2011
United States691 Posts
October 20 2012 15:58 GMT
#90
Thank you for the write up. It was an amazing finals
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massivez
Profile Joined May 2010
Belgium653 Posts
October 20 2012 16:04 GMT
#91
On October 20 2012 22:40 pimsc2 wrote:
This was a terrible final… We really see how zergs mindset is right now. No micro, no agressive play, just pure boring & passive defensive macro style into even more boring & passive broodlord infestors deathballs… And it works, even if you make more mistakes than your opponent. Thanks David Kim for your great work. I'm gonna watch older GSL games, they were a lot more entertaining back then, and more rewarding for the great players like the Mvp.


Haha, watch the games before you whine. As i recall it was Life who was the agressor throughout most of the series. The only real agression MVP did was trying to roast drones in the early part of the game, rest of the games he turtled heavily. Gongratz Life!
itsMAHVELbaybee
Profile Joined October 2008
292 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-10-20 16:08:53
October 20 2012 16:08 GMT
#92
People will bitch out IMMvp till the end of time. Didn't pull one cheese off and not even a CC first. Then people still shit on BFH builds?

Shows you the mindset of most viewers are.
I am boss. -Minami-ke
blackbrrd
Profile Joined September 2010
Norway477 Posts
October 20 2012 16:10 GMT
#93
Managed to spoil myself, so no idea how exciting the finals really were. Slightly repetative with really similar builds - from both players throughout the series, but to me it looked like they were really evenly matched. I was betting on MVP winning, but hoped Life would win, so gratz Life! He won himself some of the games with nice tech switching to Ultralisks.

I am looking forward to HotS with it's new units, because I think the metagame is becoming a little stale. I dislike that the whole low use of the Battlecruiser and Carrier. Both Zerg and Terran air-to-air seems a bit too strong, probably due to the Colossi.
xHQx
Profile Joined August 2012
Russian Federation601 Posts
October 20 2012 16:11 GMT
#94
so boring games
are you evolving?
Freezd
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
United States139 Posts
October 20 2012 16:15 GMT
#95
The entire series was patchzerg/ling vs hellion bio/ with some mech thrown in.
"I can't help it if I seem homophobic when the only gay people I know have pink highlights, wear hundreds of colorful bracelets and live at the local arcade playing DDR." - Youngminii
Ramiz1989
Profile Joined July 2012
12124 Posts
October 20 2012 16:21 GMT
#96
On October 21 2012 01:15 Freezd wrote:
The entire series was patchzerg/ling vs hellion bio/ with some mech thrown in.

Bio with some match thrown in? Did you even watch the games at all?
If you think it is "Bio" when Terran makes few Marines at the start and a BUNKER, then yeah, there was a Bio play in all 7 games... And some mech? He used Mech every single game.
"I've been to hell and back, and back to hell…and back. This time, I've brought Hell back with me."
Hryul
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Austria2609 Posts
October 20 2012 16:22 GMT
#97
On October 21 2012 00:38 MadLoki wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 20 2012 22:40 pimsc2 wrote:
This was a terrible final… We really see how zergs mindset is right now. No micro, no agressive play, just pure boring & passive defensive macro style into even more boring & passive broodlord infestors deathballs… And it works, even if you make more mistakes than your opponent. Thanks David Kim for your great work. I'm gonna watch older GSL games, they were a lot more entertaining back then, and more rewarding for the great players like the Mvp.


No agressive play? Life opened early pool twice and was always searching for backstabs and openings and kept Mvp at his base for as long as possible. Blame Mvp for going mech EVERY single game if you didn't like passive play.

I don't think it was life's fault, he was agressive, there's just no other way to kill mech at lategame without brood lords, specially with so many tanks

The problem is though that early aggression just doesn't cut it for terrans with queens like they are now. this range buff killed a lot of terran openings. The style we see thus is more lategamefocused with a lot of turtling from T. And Z really can't break a Terran defense without Blords. And there we go with this finals.

I rooted for MVP but I can't say Life didn't deserve it. congratz
Countdown to victory: 1 200!
HaniStream
Profile Joined March 2011
Canada50 Posts
October 20 2012 16:25 GMT
#98
it's a shame the outcome of the Finals are on TL's front page. Spoiler alert, someone? It's the first thing I read this morning and I would have liked to keep the results hidden until I viewed the games...
Funkmastajam
Profile Joined August 2010
United States83 Posts
October 20 2012 16:31 GMT
#99
I don't know what is going on with all the people saying "GG I guess..." or "boring games". The builds may have been just about the same every game, but the micro and tactics and harass from both players made the finals so intense. Very exciting games. Congratulations Life!
Can you imagine what I would do if I could do all I can? - Sun Tzu
GregMandel
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
France822 Posts
October 20 2012 16:32 GMT
#100
GG Life, you ruined my liquibets this season you sick basterd :p
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