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Osaka27180 Posts
thanks to funkie for the round of 8 banner!
On thursday the MSL continued with two bo3 series for the winners. Winning this week meant a place in the semi-finals, fame, and all the ladies. Here were the matchups:
Group A
Bisu[Shield] vs Light[Alive]
Maps: Desert Fox / Reverse Temple / BlitzX
Group B
BiFrost vs SaviOr
Maps: Longinus II / Desert Fox / Reverse Temple
Set One: Bisu[Shield] vs Light[Alive]
Game One: Desert Fox
*Note, skip half way through this video for the game if you are not interested in the pregame speaking
Note: To watch the games in full screen, you need to visit the video on the Google site. You can find this game here.
+ Show Spoiler +Try as he might, Bisu was simply unable to secure an expansion outside his island, as Light played the perfect expo denial game. Thus, carrier tech was somewhat impotent with only two gas, and could not give Bisu the victory.
Game Two: Reverse Temple
Note: To watch the games in full screen, you need to visit the video on the Google site. You can find this game here.
+ Show Spoiler +Bisu's fine early game dragoon control combined with some reaver harass really set Light on the defensive. This opening give Bisu the chance to go for some early carriers while still holding the play in the battlefield. Onec his air force grew, he abused the terrain of the map for maximum damage.
Game Three: BlitzX
Note: To watch the games in full screen, you need to visit the video on the Google site. You can find this game here.
+ Show Spoiler +A 14 Nexus vs proxy barracks usually goes the terran's way, but Bisu countered with a handful of hero probes and some nice micro. With the initial attack squandered, it was all downhill as Bisu teched to reavers. It looked like Sea[Shield] vs rA on Rush Hour... except for the outcome.
Set Two: BiFrost vs Savior
Game One: Longinus II
Note: To watch the games in full screen, you need to visit the video on the Google site. You can find this game here.
+ Show Spoiler +Savior doesnt nine pool a lot... but it is still a card he can pull out of his hat now and then. With terran players expanding like zergs these days, Savior showed BiFrost a "manner up" build.
Game Two: Desert Fox
Note: To watch the games in full screen, you need to visit the video on the Google site. You can find this game here.
+ Show Spoiler +This game showed what we all knew about Desert Fox to begin with. Terran can simply sit in their base and macro, while their zerg and protoss opponents can throw every creative angle at them but stil lose.
Game Three: Reverse Temple
Note: To watch the games in full screen, you need to visit the video on the Google site. You can find this game here.
+ Show Spoiler +You cant cheese saviOr. He will eat your soul.
Current Standings
Check out jkillashark's Results and Standings thread for the big picture, all the results, and what is left for this, the tenth MSL.
Next week is do or die week for these players:
Hwasin vs Light
Nal_rA vs BiFrost
Stay Tuned!
Mani. 
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u gotta skate8152 Posts
Mani strikes again! Brilliant report as usual 
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Savior has humongous testicular fortitude.
I <3 it.
I always insist that B-Net players always try to emulate pro's and 12hatch/FE/14CC every game, which makes early pool so effective.
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You cant cheese saviOr. He will eat your soul.
So true :>
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On January 27 2007 02:45 asel wrote:
You cant cheese saviOr. He will eat your soul.
So true :>
reach won with 2 proxy gates a while ago hehe -.-
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Osaka27180 Posts
Reach has no soul, thus the victory.
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"This game showed what we all knew about Desert Fox to begin with. Terran can simply sit in their base and macro, while their zerg and protoss opponents can throw every creative angle at them but stil lose."
That was cute. What is it zergs usually say to tosses who complain? Learn to play? Adapt? :p
And it was not like Bifrost just sat there doing nothing.
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On January 27 2007 04:43 psychosis wrote:
"This game showed what we all knew about Desert Fox to begin with. Terran can simply sit in their base and macro, while their zerg and protoss opponents can throw every creative angle at them but stil lose."
That was cute. What is it zergs usually say to tosses who complain? Learn to play? Adapt? :p
And it was not like Bifrost just sat there doing nothing.
+ Show Spoiler +Mani isn't a zerg player. And he savior had like 4-5 bases using everything but hive tech and all the guydid was macro dropship mnm valk and drop his main gg. 
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On January 27 2007 04:53 Slayer91 wrote:Show nested quote +On January 27 2007 04:43 psychosis wrote:
"This game showed what we all knew about Desert Fox to begin with. Terran can simply sit in their base and macro, while their zerg and protoss opponents can throw every creative angle at them but stil lose."
That was cute. What is it zergs usually say to tosses who complain? Learn to play? Adapt? :p
And it was not like Bifrost just sat there doing nothing. + Show Spoiler +Mani isn't a zerg player. And he savior had like 4-5 bases using everything but hive tech and all the guydid was macro dropship mnm valk and drop his main gg.
+ Show Spoiler +
Was just a general statement in regards to how zergs, and others, always say "stfu and learn to play" when someone mention anything that can be transalated to "PvZ imba". But they, the zergs, love to complain about how air maps are "anti-zerg". Maybe the same mentallity is valid there as well? "STFU and learn to play".
And I disagree with your view of the game. Savior didn't throw all he had at Bifrost. He did a couple of fast lurker drops but after that it was Bifrost that constantly attacked and savior defending. He did that defending quite well I thought. Scourged quite a lot of Dropships. If he had held for a tad longer the outcome could have been win for him. Bifrost was running out of recourses. Savior never got to hive tech 'tho. This game, game 2, was definalty the best game out of the 3. The 2 others was just boring rushes by savior. Well executed, but boring.
Oh. Almost forgot again >.<
Great report otherwise. Thanks for neverending contibutions and feeding us with news and events from Korean Pro Scene, Mani.
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Hong Kong20321 Posts
hey mani, sweet report as usual, but i'm gonna nitpick at a typo "Reerse Temple" 
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On January 27 2007 06:03 alffla wrote:hey mani, sweet report as usual, but i'm gonna nitpick at a typo "Reerse Temple"
You just did :D
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Great reports Maniefrsto7, I don't have time right now to watch them, because i gotta go to work. But as soon as I get home I'll definitely watch them. GJ!!!! >
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Vatican City State1176 Posts
loooooooooooooooool
You cant cheese saviOr. He will eat your soul.
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Osaka27180 Posts
On January 27 2007 06:00 psychosis wrote:Show nested quote +On January 27 2007 04:53 Slayer91 wrote:On January 27 2007 04:43 psychosis wrote:
"This game showed what we all knew about Desert Fox to begin with. Terran can simply sit in their base and macro, while their zerg and protoss opponents can throw every creative angle at them but stil lose."
That was cute. What is it zergs usually say to tosses who complain? Learn to play? Adapt? :p
And it was not like Bifrost just sat there doing nothing. + Show Spoiler +Mani isn't a zerg player. And he savior had like 4-5 bases using everything but hive tech and all the guydid was macro dropship mnm valk and drop his main gg. + Show Spoiler +
Was just a general statement in regards to how zergs, and others, always say "stfu and learn to play" when someone mention anything that can be transalated to "PvZ imba". But they, the zergs, love to complain about how air maps are "anti-zerg". Maybe the same mentallity is valid there as well? "STFU and learn to play".
And I disagree with your view of the game. Savior didn't throw all he had at Bifrost. He did a couple of fast lurker drops but after that it was Bifrost that constantly attacked and savior defending. He did that defending quite well I thought. Scourged quite a lot of Dropships. If he had held for a tad longer the outcome could have been win for him. Bifrost was running out of recourses. Savior never got to hive tech 'tho. This game, game 2, was definalty the best game out of the 3. The 2 others was just boring rushes by savior. Well executed, but boring.
Oh. Almost forgot again >.< Great report otherwise. Thanks for neverending contibutions and feeding us with news and events from Korean Pro Scene, Mani.
Im not talking about racial imbalance, I am talking about map imbalance. This map is unbalanced because terran does not need to take the risk of expanding outside their island to win, but both protoss and zerg do. Combine that with the ease of their fast expansion, and I think that this map is an easy map for terran.
Bifrost didnt do anything other than send dropships about. He did not have to take any kind of gamble, and stared at the same quater of the screen all game long.
As for Savior's "boring" rushes, well I consider them builds that counter the FE arrogance of terrans these days, who feel that they can expand behind one rax, one rine, and a placed depot. Boring it may be, it is savior destroying their ability to use those builds vs him in the future, which is extremely valuable.
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On January 27 2007 06:49 Manifesto7 wrote:
As for Savior's "boring" rushes, well I consider them builds that counter the FE arrogance of terrans these days, who feel that they can expand behind one rax, one rine, and a placed depot.
Exactly.
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Wow.. Bifrost really had lousy micro in the last game.. he had like 10 SCV and 2 marines ready when 6 zerglings came.. and still managed to screw up..
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nice.
Bisu's games were better than Savior's tho.
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its very interesting how savior did 5 pool but only made up to 5 drones, then 1 overlord, rather than 6 drones and be at 6/9 control. i didn't think that was possible to accumulate 150 minerals that way
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lmao bisu seriously just cock slapped light in game 3.
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