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Not_Computer
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Canada2277 Posts
Last Edited: 2007-01-27 02:01:42
January 27 2007 00:19 GMT
#21
On January 27 2007 02:45 asel wrote:
You cant cheese saviOr. He will eat your soul.

On January 27 2007 03:28 Manifesto7 wrote:
Reach has no soul, thus the victory.


lolz =D

edit: + Show Spoiler +
[image loading]

sAviOr getting owned in Game 2.
j/k j/k !

<3 sAviOr~
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Mickey
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
United States2606 Posts
January 27 2007 00:29 GMT
#22
Bifrost-> Casy right?
psychosis
Profile Joined November 2006
Sweden107 Posts
Last Edited: 2007-01-27 00:44:20
January 27 2007 00:39 GMT
#23
On January 27 2007 06:49 Manifesto7 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 27 2007 06:00 psychosis wrote:
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.



First of all. Maybe the maps isnt imbalance at all. Maybe Protoss and Zerg need to learn how to play and adapt on them? Sorry, but I don't buy that you can scream Imbalance about one thing and not about the other. Hypocracy ftw! Also it is quite clear that, at that level they are playing, it is just a matter of adapting and learning the map. Use it to ones advantage. Unless you listen to the Pro Zergs that say that ZvP is easy, and the Pro Tosses that say it's imbalance. Maybe, just maaaaaaaaybe they know what they are talking about. Never heard anything from them about the maps tho. Except that, apparently, Longinus is also a Zerg-killing map. [ sarcasm] OMG! Maps where Zerg aren't invincible. Must be imbalanced maps. Clearly. [ /sarcasm]

I know there are maps that favours some races at times, but don't draw the imbalance card that easy. This is a competition far above most of our level and they have decided to include that map in their map pool.

Bifrost sent those dropships well tho, and as I said. If savior could held off for just a tad longer, it might been a win. Don't know how much money Bifrost or saviour had in the bank 'tho.

I can still think the rushgames were boring right? I never said it was "BM" or "cheating". I just said it was boring to watch. I also said it was well executed by savior. Just my personal opinion of 2 boring games to watch. Not a diss to you who uploaded the games at all either. In the end, saviour did what he thought he needed to do to win and he succeded. Good for him.
muramasa
Profile Joined March 2005
Canada1299 Posts
January 27 2007 01:03 GMT
#24
Awesome. Your coverage of the MSL has been completely amazing Mani.
Hong Jin Ho. Nevar forget.
Purind
Profile Blog Joined April 2004
Canada3562 Posts
January 27 2007 01:09 GMT
#25
On January 27 2007 09:29 Mickey wrote:
Bifrost-> Casy right?


Nope, Bifrost = Casy[name], the fake Casy. Doesn't help that they're both normal looking guys on the same team
Trucy Wright is hot
Night[Mare
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
Mexico4793 Posts
Last Edited: 2007-01-27 01:18:28
January 27 2007 01:17 GMT
#26
aw, light could have won the game if he stayed at killing the nexus >.<,
edit: or make some firebats 2x >.<

edit2: w00t, 2k posts
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EAGER-beaver
Profile Joined March 2004
Canada2799 Posts
January 27 2007 01:39 GMT
#27
omg... I had to change my pantaloons after game 3 of bisu vs light. That was sooooooo HOT!
Simon and Garfunkel rock my face off
ManaBlue
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
Canada10458 Posts
January 27 2007 01:50 GMT
#28
Nice reports Mani. I'm really impressed that both Bisu and Savior were able to win a bo3 against Terran's that got a free win from desert fox. Good for them.
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Not_Computer
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Canada2277 Posts
Last Edited: 2007-01-27 02:16:37
January 27 2007 01:55 GMT
#29
On January 27 2007 09:29 Mickey wrote:
Bifrost-> Casy right?


Bifrost -> Justin

Or were you asking something else?
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NovaTheFeared
Profile Blog Joined October 2004
United States7231 Posts
January 27 2007 02:00 GMT
#30
Perhaps he meant Bifrost = Casy[Name] not Bifrost = Casy.
日本語が分かりますか
Blind
Profile Blog Joined December 2002
United States2529 Posts
Last Edited: 2007-01-27 03:39:27
January 27 2007 03:36 GMT
#31
On January 27 2007 09:39 psychosis wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 27 2007 06:49 Manifesto7 wrote:
On January 27 2007 06:00 psychosis wrote:
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.



First of all. Maybe the maps isnt imbalance at all. Maybe Protoss and Zerg need to learn how to play and adapt on them? Sorry, but I don't buy that you can scream Imbalance about one thing and not about the other. Hypocracy ftw! Also it is quite clear that, at that level they are playing, it is just a matter of adapting and learning the map. Use it to ones advantage. Unless you listen to the Pro Zergs that say that ZvP is easy, and the Pro Tosses that say it's imbalance. Maybe, just maaaaaaaaybe they know what they are talking about. Never heard anything from them about the maps tho. Except that, apparently, Longinus is also a Zerg-killing map. [ sarcasm] OMG! Maps where Zerg aren't invincible. Must be imbalanced maps. Clearly. [ /sarcasm]

I know there are maps that favours some races at times, but don't draw the imbalance card that easy. This is a competition far above most of our level and they have decided to include that map in their map pool.

Bifrost sent those dropships well tho, and as I said. If savior could held off for just a tad longer, it might been a win. Don't know how much money Bifrost or saviour had in the bank 'tho.

I can still think the rushgames were boring right? I never said it was "BM" or "cheating". I just said it was boring to watch. I also said it was well executed by savior. Just my personal opinion of 2 boring games to watch. Not a diss to you who uploaded the games at all either. In the end, saviour did what he thought he needed to do to win and he succeded. Good for him.
Who are the zerg players who say "stfu, learn to adapt" when protoss screams pvz is imbalance? I am a z player and consider zvp imbalanced (in favor of the zerg). Then there are several good protosses on this site who say pvz is balanced, so it is the protoss players telling the other ones to stfu.

Anyway, there is a huge difference between racial imbalance and map imbalance. I thought it was pretty clear that this map favors T in tvz, but I guess you don't think so. Those cliffs that the bifrost exploited won him the game. Even when savior defended the drops, he barely won with a much bigger army, while his army and economy slowly deteriorated. What do you suggest the zerg do to "adapt" to this? Park his units at the cliff of each of his expands with scourges waiting around the terran base? He had about 5 bases that game, so now his army is split into 5 little groups vs 1 big terran drop, which is inevitable because the valks will clear most of the scourges up.

Sometimes a map is just too imbalanced for a zerg to adapt. Remember Paradox? Do you think zerg could have somehow overcome that hell?

I'm not necessarily saying Desert Fox is the next Paradox, but it seems pretty damn close at this point.
muramasa
Profile Joined March 2005
Canada1299 Posts
January 27 2007 03:39 GMT
#32
Oh my. I can't believe Savior 5 pooled against Justin. I didn't think that was his style.

The Light vs. Bisu series was really good. 2 close games and 1 attempted cheese that failed pretty miserably.

Also, I like that sound MSL uses when they go to first-preson mode. It's cool.
Hong Jin Ho. Nevar forget.
Arcanis
Profile Joined April 2006
Croatia117 Posts
January 27 2007 03:49 GMT
#33
On January 27 2007 12:39 muramasa wrote:
Oh my. I can't believe Savior 5 pooled against Justin. I didn't think that was his style.


He is the Maestro... he can do whatever he wants ^^
I love the smell of napalm in the morning.
Not_Computer
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Canada2277 Posts
Last Edited: 2007-01-27 04:47:54
January 27 2007 04:01 GMT
#34
On January 27 2007 12:39 muramasa wrote:
Oh my. I can't believe Savior 5 pooled against Justin. I didn't think that was his style.


lol, that speedling rush first game made me LOL.

+ Show Spoiler +

Warning: Language May Be Offensive.
[image loading]



And the 5 pool was crazy, but in a way it kinda sucked cause there wasn't any action. =\
"Jaedong hyung better be ready. I'm going to order the most expensive dinner in Korea."
Last Romantic
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
United States20661 Posts
January 27 2007 07:56 GMT
#35
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.


Oh come on. You can't say sAviOr is aggressive every game either. Vs Rainbow and vs Reach he played these defensive sunken/spore/lurker strategies while toss attacked with every angle, even with recall, but still couldn't win. It's so boring to watch. I will laugh when someone finds a definitive counter to savior-style.
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Yogurt
Profile Blog Joined June 2005
United States4258 Posts
Last Edited: 2007-01-27 09:30:45
January 27 2007 08:25 GMT
#36
god mani i like your reports


like really really like them

dont stop plz
ok dont not so good something is something ok ok ok gogogo
LemOn
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
United Kingdom8629 Posts
January 27 2007 08:57 GMT
#37
Savior Cheesing? Oh gosh he is gonna be usntoppable now with his greedy builds as other may play safer now TT
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Manifesto7
Profile Blog Joined November 2002
Osaka27172 Posts
January 27 2007 11:23 GMT
#38
@psychosis,

the map is imbalanced. obviously players are going to have to adapt, im not arguing that, but that map is imbalanced, making it easier for terran to win vs different races.

Im not even sure what you are arging or why. All I said is that the map is imbalanced. You haven't explained why this isnt the case except for saying that the tournament is above me in skill level. Well, I have been watching pro sc long enough to know when a map is imbalanced or not. This one is, for reasons I have already stated.
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pooper-scooper
Profile Joined May 2003
United States3108 Posts
January 27 2007 13:08 GMT
#39
VERY nice mani. Thank you for making vod downloading obsolete! These are better than sliced bread EVER was.
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pooper-scooper
Profile Joined May 2003
United States3108 Posts
January 27 2007 13:08 GMT
#40
PS. ANyone know what the kitty pictures said in game 3 of the bisu series?
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