[Code S] Ro4 - Day 1 Recap/Day 2 Preview - Page 7

On March 01 2013 20:10 Evil_Sheep wrote:
Well, well. Fionn breaking his curse in style, with a perfect score.

Everyone says imba imba imba (such as another infamous Terran GSL semifinalist), and there is of course some truth there, but the facts of the matter are Roro was just the better player tonight, regardless of balance. He came with good builds ready and Taeja couldn't hold them. He won with lings, banes, and roaches, not infestors or BL's.

If you look at who's in the finals now, they share a commonality, they're both players that weren't fancied against more famous opponents, but who outthought and outfoxed them by being prepared the best, scouting their opponent's weaknesses well, and coming ready with a strong repertoire of builds and unpredictable gameplay.

Everyone's groaning about another zvz finals, but at least both players have shown they deserve to be here and judging by the games they've shown this GSL, they're both going to come ready with some unpredictable builds, a high level of skill, and hopefully will make this as exciting a zvz as you are going to get.

On March 01 2013 20:45 MtlGuitarist97 wrote:


They both deserve to be there because they cheesed and all inned their Terran opponents? That is such a double standard that it's hilarious. When Terrans were doing that, people cried imbalanced, the builds were nerfed, and Terrans were called no skill noobs.

When Zergs do it, it's genius builds, genius reading of their opponents, and people consider it "innovative." It seems like Wings of Liberty really did a 180 since its release.

On March 01 2013 21:31 DeadByDawn wrote:
I fear HoTS may be mostly Protoss wins.

On March 01 2013 14:56 Evil_Sheep wrote:
This prediction has crossed over from realism into cynicism. Not that I can blame the writers after all we've seen. But 4-1 Roro? The facts give Taeja a much better chance than that:

• Taeja overcame a heavily favoured zerg opponent in Soulkey last round. Soulkey has a similar zvt and overall skill level to Roro, which is to say, monstrous. Soulkey also had a further advantage in having smashed Taeja 2-0 earlier this GSL.
  
• Taeja's tvz is also monstrous. If he wins this, I think it will be fair to say it's the best in the world. He has a 68% win in korea and 75% abroad. That averages to about 72% which is very close to Roro.
  
• Roro lost to MKP earlier this GSL, which gives Taeja a roadmap to beat Roro. In both games, Roro lost to early timing attacks he wasn't prepared for. If Taeja has taken notes, he can exploit this weakness.
  
• Roro has shown a strong tendency to go for early aggression and all-ins. In the ro32 he 9/10-pooled no less than 3 times. These are easily defended by a savvy terran and can put the zerg far behind.
  
• We've been talking about Taeja's wrists every round but frankly there's no evidence it's been a factor. His APM has stayed well over 300 whenever I've seen it.
  
• Taeja is favoured 70-30 by statistical prediction
  

I still think Roro is favoured here just because he's a zerg but it's going to very close. I'll give him 4-3 but it's like 55-45...Taeja can definitely take this "upset." And that is not just the fan of e-sports in me talking.

On March 01 2013 15:36 laerteis wrote:
I am wearing all black tonight as I prepare soberly for the death of esports at the hands of roro.