ok thanks dudes, learnt something today~

oh and although i support by.flash's royal roader dream, beating ggplay will open up a tvt bo5 with iris. it's gonna be really tough, to say the least.

if this kid wins the whole thing, it'll be fully deserved. if he doesn't, at least it was nice to see a new face (a ktf terran O_O) go so far.

TheFoReveRwaR

United States10657 Posts

July 12 2007 12:12 GMT

#23

I agree that this match up is wide open..and I don't see why people assume that Flash can't keep up with GGplay in a long game. Just because he has shown some late game weakness in TvT doesnt mean it really applies here. Especially with the extensive preparation time. That's what I like about Flash..we haven't seen enough of him yet. So he has the potential to be suprisingly good, or bad...it's in his own hands as he said.

fusionsdf

Canada15390 Posts

July 12 2007 12:25 GMT

#24

can you barracks crush through monty hall?

I've never even thought of attempting that before.

mikeymoo

Canada7170 Posts

July 12 2007 12:36 GMT

#25

Yeah you can, mmf, vultures, the usual. It's just that players tend to have at least some units at each entrance or something, depending on the matchup. I would assume that a zerg player would hover some overlords with a movable force and deal with whatever comes through WHEREVER it comes as he can check the minimap constantly to check.

Pyrthas

United States3196 Posts

July 12 2007 12:44 GMT

#26

Flash's micro has looked weaker than his late game to me, especially in zvt (I have in mind here his wins over Clon and Odin specifically - he beat them, but not as easily as a top zvt player would have). He says that it's his best mu in practice, but in televised games, he throws lots of units away. That's part of how he lost to Boxer, too; he started sloppily losing dropships.

If he doesn't play as sloppily as he has, I think that he has a good chance. But if ggplay shows up in form, it seems like Flash is going to have an uphill battle ahead of him.

Basically, I'm copping out, too. Looking forward to the games, though! They better not give us another stork vs fbh fiasco.

knyttym

United States5797 Posts

July 12 2007 13:00 GMT

#27

Goo GG.
I was hoping for an Iris vs GG final after those awful quarter finals.

HaXxorIzed

Australia8434 Posts

July 12 2007 15:24 GMT

#28

I want GGplay to crush Flash into the dust. It will be his or Iris's OSL now, no other. Those two bloody well deserve the chance. Flash seems to struggle to keep his lategame up, losing a lot of units and relying heavily on his Macro. That will be a luxury he can't take against a strong GGplay, who will shut him down and take him apart for every mistake he makes.

Either way though, I want GGplay to win this even more because I really don't think Flash stands a chance in hell against Iris.

boghat

United States2109 Posts

July 12 2007 16:18 GMT

#29

I don't really care who wins this semifinal (I think I'd rather give FlaSh a shot at the title but I think the GGPlay vs IriS final would be a lot more entertaining), but I agree FlaSh doesn't stand any chance against IriS. And I think IriS has a really good chance to beat GGPlay too since he can practice this whole time with sAviOr and GGPlay's style is almost identical to sAviOr's just not as good. So whoever wins I'd put my money on IriS to take it all.

OneOther

United States10774 Posts

July 12 2007 16:22 GMT

#30

Yo where are you guys watching this today? (Besides GOM TV)

PhilGood2DaY

Germany7424 Posts

July 12 2007 16:35 GMT

#31

i hope this guy will give the link to a stream again <3
:D

OneOther

United States10774 Posts

July 12 2007 16:38 GMT

#32

Which guy? =O

Xeln4g4

Italy1209 Posts

July 12 2007 19:08 GMT

#33

HonestTea: “Flash? They play best-of-5s in the semis so that players like Flash don't advance. There's no way he takes GGPlay.”

LOL, whether real or not, this comment was defiintely FUNNY! In this moment it's 2-1 Flash ... let's see.

Blue

Norway359 Posts

July 12 2007 19:39 GMT

#34

i really find this semi boring. I miss the greats of old, nada, iloveoov, july

Mynock

4492 Posts

July 12 2007 19:54 GMT

#35

On July 13 2007 04:39 Blue wrote:
i really find this semi boring. I miss the greats of old, nada, iloveoov, july

So true

You can add GARIMTO, Nal_rA, Xellos, TheMarine, YellOw etc to the bunch :o

Whatever, so I'm not funny

-Mynock

VioleTAK

4410 Posts

July 12 2007 19:57 GMT

#36

On July 12 2007 18:33 DJEtterStyle wrote:
If the series makes it this far, we, as fans, will really have something to cheer about. While most players prepare an ace strategy for the deciding game of a series, there’s something about Flash and GGPlay that makes me believe that both of them will play completely standard this game, trusting in the same abilities that allowed them to win two games each.

Well said :-) After reading this part. before the finals, I agreed 100% and hoped for a full Bo5 set that will make those words truth. And so it was. GO GGPlay.