It struck me that the difference between savior and other really good zergs are not that he is amazingly good at controling masses of units or that he has such enormous macro, (even though he rules at both) but that he plays so much smarter than them.

Just look at game 3, he knows that all he needs to do is to play it basic. Deny scouting, take 2nd and 3rd exp, defend them heavily and then look how the opponents army looks like. Heavy ground --> guardians, good mix --> ultra ling.

He makes pvz look imbalanced and I really feel sorry for Ra who definitly can't play much better than he did in the 3 first games. Game 4 was dissapointing but I guess he basically already lost the series when he didn't take game 2.

ic.Ichigo101

United States152 Posts

November 03 2006 05:06 GMT

#28

god.... i play toss and ra is my hero, but dunno man... WHY!!!!!!!! im crying right now =/

Vo-

United States435 Posts

November 03 2006 05:25 GMT

#29

Sad day for toss.
ZvZ final = lame

BrutalMenace

United States1237 Posts

November 03 2006 05:28 GMT

#30

is it just me or is Savior now the current Modern day OOv?

useLess

United States4781 Posts

November 03 2006 06:24 GMT

#31

Shit. Whens the last time Nal_rA won? Im always rooting for him, but... :T

kukuku

Malaysia64 Posts

November 03 2006 07:33 GMT

#32

Great report, thanks!!
sigh.... it's sad to see Ra lose...

alffla

Hong Kong20321 Posts

November 03 2006 07:45 GMT

#33

On November 03 2006 14:28 BrutalMenace wrote:
is it just me or is Savior now the current Modern day OOv?

yeah the zerg version =. =

just .rigged. seemingly unbeatable.

MyTHicaL

France1070 Posts

November 03 2006 08:15 GMT

#34

... Savior grow some balls and do something else than mass sunken camp untill u reach 200/200 -_-;: Again an undeserved victory against the only toss that ever made this matchup look balanced. Gj "Meastro" --;

ManaBlue

Canada10458 Posts

November 03 2006 08:32 GMT

#35

Awesome reports Mani.

I gotta admit, game one was truely spectacular. Leave it to Ra to show us a game like that.

But the rest of the series was the same old lurk/sunk gay we see every time. Savior is just too good at it. I don't see how he can be beaten in a series on conventional maps.

And yeah, the final is going to be lame too. Too bad it had to end up this way...again.

The Storyteller

Singapore2486 Posts

November 03 2006 08:35 GMT

#36

On November 03 2006 17:15 MyTHicaL wrote:
... Savior grow some balls and do something else than mass sunken camp untill u reach 200/200 -_-;: Again an undeserved victory against the only toss that ever made this matchup look balanced. Gj "Meastro" --;

This is pro-gaming... you use whatever strategy will get you the win. Besides, it's more than that. Savior has a lot of brains, and his strategies are well thought out. Game 3, for instance... Sure, he turtled, but the fact is that he turtled in a spot I haven't seen many other zergs turtle before. It was the positioning of his expansions that allowed him to win that game.

Seraphim

United States4467 Posts

November 03 2006 08:41 GMT

#37

still <3 dreamer

Ido

Germany661 Posts

November 03 2006 08:43 GMT

#38

I wanted rA to go rvr/corsair esp. on Blitz to avoid lurker/sunken-style. Imo he had a good start to do this strat.. managed to delay savior expansions and so on. And then.. game 4 was one of rA's typical mistakes, too much risk-taking

dont think it was a mistake, i think he wanted to save 150 minerals..

L!MP

Australia2067 Posts

November 03 2006 09:17 GMT

#39

1st game is definitely a keeper. if anything, it shows the amount of energy it takes to topple savior in his current form. i still think nal_ra is one of the few who could take him in a bo5 series, but he'd really have to bring it for that to happen. game 2.. outplayed. game 3 he was a little unlucky not to scout the expansion with his zealots, but very well done by savior. smart strategy as it forces nal_ra to split his expansions thus making them each very weak on their own. game 4... arg shit way to go out. all starcraft gamers know the pain of losing because they simply mishit a key at exactly the wrong time. at this level it's kind of like slipping over at the end of your routine during a figure skating competition. zvz final now? booo

tKd_

United States2916 Posts

November 03 2006 10:45 GMT

#40

On November 03 2006 17:35 The Storyteller wrote:

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i think it was more than just turtling and in that particular spot in blitz. it was perfect timing, perfect execution, basically map-hacking without hacking. savior was never realling turtling, he was just controlling the game.

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