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Aotearoa39261 Posts
An epic banner for an epic series created by the epic zXk3
Last Friday the new Protoss king was crowned after the best PvP series all year. Both BeSt and Stork were prime candidates for the Protoss throne but only one could be given the crown. Let me just say that the loser did not make this an easy task for the winner, and kept coming back at him. This series had it all, awesome reavers, bad reavers, excitement and huge battles filled with blue goo – it was everything you could have hoped for in a PvP.
Before we get into it, let me just apologize for the lateness of this reports, there are reasons why but they would most likely not interest you. So… would Storks SKT all kill be stopped by BeSt? Who would come out top in the psychological game? How many manner pylons would there be? Who would become the next PvP god? How would the scarabs behave today? Who would be crowned number one? It’s time to answer these questions…
It was clear that BeSt (Red at 1) had not forgotten his disastrous final again July and was determine to play the perfect semi-final against Stork (Peach at 7) as immediately in the first game he set out to proxy Stork. BeSt’s fifth probe ventured out of his main and wandered across to the small inlet next to Stork’s natural and started warping in a pylon. Stork scouted at the usual timing – after he planted his gateway – but missed scouting BeSt’s proxy and instead went straight for BeSt’s empty main.
Stork continued to play standardly and added his gas at the usual timing, but upon seeing the empty main he immediately cancelled his gas and added a second gate to prepare for the oncoming Zealots from BeSt’s proxy. BeSt also took the time to manner pylon Stork, adding that extra element of pressure. BeSt had only built one Gateway at his proxy so there was little doubt that Stork would be able to hold off the proxy – the question was how much damage would BeSt’s proxy do? Stork sent his first Zealot to wall the ramp and BeSt’s proxy looked dead in the water until…
BeSt managed to glitch his Zealot inside by ordering his probe to mine Stork’s natural minerals then stopping right on top of the Zealot – a brilliant move. Although if it had failed BeSt could use the vision from the manner pylon to try again; a sign that this build had been well thought out. With the Zealot inside it became a game of micro to see who would come out on top. Both side pulled a number of cute tricks, like when Stork built a pylon to jump his probe away from BeSt’s zealot and behind his own wall of Zealots, but ultimately BeSt managed to do sufficient damage to say that the game was about even after the proxy.
After the early game rush Stork attempted to pressure BeSt with his 4 Zealots, but this attempt was fruitless seeing as BeSt had an equal number of Zealots and was holding him ramp. BeSt soon had his first Dragoon out and ready to defend while Stork rallied his two new Dragoons to BeSt’s natural to try a pressure some more. While the Dragoons were moving up to BeSt’s natural, BeSt had started his Robotics facility and skipped range. Once the Dragoons arrived Stork tried to break BeSt’s ramp.
With the high ground advantage BeSt was able to easily hold off Stork’s forces and forced Stork to retreat. Things took a brief lull and both side built up their armies and teched to Reaver. Once Stork had an army of about 8 Dragoons and 6 Zealots he moved out and occupied the high ground outside BeSt’s natural. Once BeSt had his second Reaver he moved out only to discover Stork on the high ground.
With his fast double Reaver thanks to his very early Robo, BeSt forced Stork to retreat off the high ground and wait for his Reavers to join up with his army. BeSt gave chase to the fleeing Stork and the two armies clashed near Stork’s high ground.
The battle was intense and both sides exhibited such brilliant micro, but BeSt was able to gain an advantage due to having two Reavers and being able to take out Stork’s Reaver. With the initiative on his side, BeSt set up a contain outside Stork’s natural and expanded.
After a brief stalemate, Stork miraculously found the units to break out of BeSt’s contain but at the price of losing both his Reavers. The ability to break out of this contain was largely due to BeSt having his Shuttle pick up two more Reavers from his main and most of his reinforcements scattered about the map killing scouting pylons. Once BeSt pulled back and united his forces with his reinforcements he was easily able to kill Stork’s army of Dragoons and force Stork to run all the way back home.
BeSt occupied Stork’s high ground and tried to do some Reaver drops, but only managed to kill some Dragoons. Nevertheless BeSt’s advantage was rising by the second and was already out to a 30 supply lead. BeSt moved in for the kill…
With three Reavers and an overwhelming army there was nothing Stork could do and he was forced to tap out.
BeSt 1-0 Stork
BeSt was able to win this game due to his dominance over the number of Reavers in play. He continually had more Reavers than Stork and thus was able to win every major battle. Once he dominated the first major battle there wasn’t much Stork could do as he was behind in economy and units. BeSt just did what he does best and held onto that advantage and rode it to victory.
With the first game out of the way, BeSt had successfully placed the pressure squarely on Stork to perform in the second game or risk going home 0-3. Both Stork (Cyan at 3) opened with a standard 10gate, scout, 11 gas while BeSt (Yellow at 6) went 10gate, scout, pylon, gas. Stork’s scout proceeded to annoy BeSt by double manner pyloning him and then pressuring with his first Zealot. The Zealot got a few kills but nothing significant.
Both players sent their first dragoons to pressure the other player, which ended up killing each other simultaneously. Meanwhile Stork had warped in an extra 3 gateways bringing his total to 4; while BeSt was only on two gate with a Robotics Facility. To make things worse BeSt teched observers first and expanded. Stork simply rallied his gates and let his Dragoons do the talking.
It was all over in a matter of seconds.
BeSt 1-1 Stork
This game was a straight up and down build order loss. However, this game is still a credit to Stork. All SKT-1 Protoss play the same PvP build on Medusa, and this game was no exception. Stork exploited BeSt’s predictability brilliantly by using a 4 gate build which was guaranteed to succeed. Great preparation and analysis by Stork.
With the score leveled at 1-1 both players were eager to take the all important third set, and thus both players moved into somewhat of a peaceful opening. BeSt (Yellew at 11) opted for the standard 1gate tech build, scouting after his gateway, while Stork (Orange at 7) also opted the standard 1 gate tech, but scouting after his Core. The fundamental difference between the two builds was that Stork went Robo before range and BeSt went Range before Robo.
Stork was determine to use Reavers substantially in this third set, whereas BeSt was more content to play a standard game as he added a second gate and went Observer before Reaver. Stork had also timed his first shuttle/reaver drop perfectly so that speed finished just as the Shuttle reached the natural of BeSt’s. Then the fireworks began…
Three devastating scarabs later BeSt was down 17 probes and his life in the third set looked bleak. Both players have their expansions finish – BeSt at his natural and Stork to his island. Both players settled into working with their economy; BeSt to recover the immense damage he had suffered and Stork to cement the advantage he had attained. BeSt got his first Speed shuttle out and had to do damage or the game was lost.
BeSt hovered around Stork’s two bases and Stork’s natural (which was just starting to warp in) and managed to wrack up 11 kills. But, while BeSt was trying to kill probes…
Stork had countered and killed a number of defending probes in the process. BeSt’s harass was essentially nullified and he had also lost his Reaver – he was still very much at a disadvantage. Stork decided to go on the harass again, this time with two Reavers. Despite his impressive micro, Stork lost the shuttle and two Reavers for 4 Dragoons giving BeSt a small breath of life and a small window back into the game. But then disaster struck.
The shuttle contained a very important Reaver, and losing the Shuttle and the Reaver meant the game was over for BeSt. Stork simply united his forces outside BeSt’s natural and moved in for the kill.
Stork cleaned up what was left of BeSt’s natural and set up a contain outside BeSt’s ramp. Stork was tired of waiting around and so went in to put the final nail in the coffin.
Stork’s Reaver dropped devastated BeSt Probe line and effectively shut BeSt out of the game. With very little hope left in the game, BeSt lazily collected up his forces and sent them into die against the forces of Stork. Once his last units died, BeSt conceded the game.
BeSt 1-2 Stork
This game was all about the Reavers. Stork’s drops were devastating and were undoubtedly the key to his victory. BeSt, on the other hand, never quite got the same efficiency out of his Reavers and his one drop was nullified by Stork’s counter. This game had further reaching implications than just dropping a set, the game devastated BeSt’s confidence and shattered his frame of mind. He stopped building probes after the second Reaver drop and looked depressed while moving out. Stork looked like he would get his ticket to the final in just one short game…
With everything on the line, it was time for Stork to turn the tables on BeSt and perform a proxy of his own. Stork (Purple at 11) sent his fifth probe straight down towards BeSt (Peach at 7) and set about trying to manner pylon BeSt. BeSt however was able to deny any manner pylons so in the end Stork simply gave up and built his pylon next to BeSt’s – much to the surprise of the commentators. Stork followed up his proxy pylon with two gateways while BeSt opted for a delayed second Gateway in favor of building an anti-manner pylon first. Stork, however, was able to get down a manner pylon thus annoying BeSt even more.
The game, much like the first, would be dedicated by way of micro. With his confidence running high after Game 3, Stork’s micro was far superior to BeSt’s and with two gates to BeSt’s one (for a long time anyway) was able to sustain more Zealots in BeSt’s main than BeSt had and consequently gained a large economic advantage. But before Stork’s antics were over he sent another Probe south which calmly strolled up BeSt’s ramp and stole his gas.
Meanwhile Stork was well underway with his tech and was teching towards Reaver. BeSt was very late in his tech because of the gas steal and was forced to build some cannons for detection and defense. But also with the lack of gas, BeSt found himself with a surplus of minerals and was able to take his natural much faster than Stork. As Stork moved out with his Shuttle/Reaver/Zealot he expanded twice while BeSt took his own second expansion.
The speed upgrade finished and Stork’s Shuttle hurtled towards BeSt who had ample defense around his base. But despite all of the dragoon/cannon fire Stork was able to get one nice shot off at BeSt’s probe line which caused major damage.
The game quietened down and both players looked to secure their economy. It wasn’t long before BeSt had caught up to Stork’s psi and it looked like we had a real game on our hands. BeSt was the next person to try dropping, but was scouted by Stork’s observer prompting Stork to send his Shuttle on another run. Stork’s drop got there first and tried to cause damage, but could only get a few probes while BeSt wisely decided against dropping and pulled back home.
Both players were killing their egg walls into the center while BeSt took the 3 main expansion. Stork’s observers saw BeSt’s army march into the center of the map, and Stork reacted by moving his own army into the center – a clash of armies was imminent.
Stork’s superb control allowed him to easily win the battle. Firstly one of his observers was able to stagger BeSt’s army giving Stork an immediate advantage right from the start. Secondly, Stork set himself up so that he had a superior Dragoon arc allowing him to fire more shots off from the start of engagement. Lastly, Stork was able to take out BeSt’s shuttle leaving his Reavers helpless, and once they were dead the battle was easy for the Birdtoss.
After Stork had won the center battle the game was effectively over as Stork had an overwhelming majority of units. Within moments he had collected up his reinforcements and pushed into BeSt’s main – slaughtering everything in sight. BeSt had no choice but to concede his dreams to Stork.
BeSt 1-3 Stork
Stork is your new King of Protoss
Series Comments
Stork thoroughly deserved this win, and this win is a testament to his brilliant strategic mind both in game and outside of the game during his preparation. This game also goes to show that raw mechanics don’t create winners. BeSt played a perfect mechanical game, and in many instances was leading Stork in economy and in unit count throughout the series despite being put so behind. Stork’s strategic genius was able to overcome the onslaught of BeSt’s mechanics and hence was able to take the series.
On a more specific level; Game 2 highlighted the amount of preparation and research Stork and his team had put into this matchup. They had correctly picked up on how SKT1 plays PvP on Medusa and then prepared a simple build to counter it, and it worked like a charm. Game 4 was the perfect combination of strategy and psychological warfare. Not only was he able to put immense pressure on BeSt after the devastating loss in Game 3 but it was also a sound strategy which made Stork look really good. This was such a great series and there are just so many little nuances that cannot be describes in this news post that can only be witnessed by watching the vods. This series well and truly lived up to the hype.
The full interview for this series can be found here.
Even though Stork won this semifinal, I still beleive that BeSt is the best mechanical PvP player out there (just watch the games and keep an eye on the supply count). I don't think there's a Protoss alive could out macro him right now. However, when it comes to winning a series its not just mechanics that counts, and of course Stork excelled at every other area of this matchup and deservedly took the win. Stork conclusively proved here that there is more to Starcraft than just mashing buttons as fast as you can.
With Stork’s impressive victory here he cements his place as the undisputed Protoss King and claims the title of best PvP. But there is still one more gold medal to take; the OSL gold. For stork to become the undisputed best player on the planet he needs to win this OSL, and possibly he could also become rated as the best Protoss in history. The finals have a crazy number of plot lines which all need to be tied up in the space of best of five, but all of that will be covered later in the week. So until then!
 Plexa
Thanks to zXk3 for the sick artwork
Thanks to http://fomos.kr for the interview and the photographs used in this report
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Kennigit
Canada19447 Posts
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After watching this epic series. I found myself gain more respect for stork as he won the series with amazingly beautiful and dare I say lucky play. I was going for best as some people here were. I was a fanboy of best with his amazing pvp which I could never achieve. To watch him fall did not sadden me but gave me more hope for another and more suited protoss to take down the methodical and smooth By.Fantasy.
The finals will be a good series. Stork Fighting. BirdToss will dominate
GOGO Song Byung Goo!!
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Dont forget to upgrade goon range and storm!! O_O
also why do they call him Dino Toss??? 
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where is my head today...hahaha great writeup too. Always enjoy reading them.
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don't fuck up stork!
epic writeup s always
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United States11637 Posts
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3 Lions
United States3705 Posts
Nice writeup! Royal Road vs Legend of Fall plotline is pretty cool. This is going to be an interesting final.
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Belgium6771 Posts
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Come on  Stork bring home the gold :D
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Stork researched the map in G3 and placed his reavers on the path the probes would take when they maynarded so it wasn't luck but preparation, Best did not do the same. Stork REALLY prepared for this series. If he can put in the same effort against Fantasy, it'll be 3-0.
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United States47024 Posts
Good job to Stork.
I became a Best fan because of the games in which he fought himself out of a corner (Ever OSL 2008 Best v Nada, and Luxury v Best games 3 and 4). But since Ever OSL 2008 finals, he just doesn't seem to be able to have games like that anymore.
If Stork remembers his goon range, I don't see Fantasy taking Stork (though I'm still rooting for Fantasy as a T1 fan).
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I think it's because he dominates from the start vT and vP where he didn't have that domination before. If he faced more zergs, we could have some exciting games.
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The thought of Stork winning OSL gold is just bizarre, like I'm in some strange, alternate universe.
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Epic writeup.
Anyone think we need a new TLPD pic for Stork? The one he has looks so old and outdated.
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Amazing job Plexa !
Yes, if Stork finally takes the OSL he would be named the best protoss in the history. But No, he doesnt deserve such a title. His talent skills vision of the game is simply top notch and undeniable but he is not mend to be a champion, just like July last season he is profiting to the max form the lacking of opponents in his worst match up. Will it be deserved if he wins it, having in mind he played his best MU for 3/4 of the tournament - sure. But stork had the shot the prove that he is the best toss that will be, and he failed- some seasons ago against Jaedong. The possible OSL title wont prove anything , not that he is the greatest in the history of the scene. This will only be the star league,which a player with such a talent should have won so long ago. Stork has another silver medal to get. I'm happy with his role. For me Stork is like the toss NaDa. Even after 3-4 years he will be still kicking ass, but something fundamental is missing for him to actually become like NaDa and its not the ability to play incredible starcraft... I just cant find the right word...
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Great write up.
I really hope Stork takes the final. He deserves a gold.
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Great write-up for great matches, love the mass screen shots. Hope to see more of that in the finals n_n
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Loved it ^^ thanks for the awesome writeup.
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Oh man!  EPIC!
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On October 27 2008 09:45 disciple wrote:
Amazing job Plexa !
Yes, if Stork finally takes the OSL he would be named the best protoss in the history. But No, he doesnt deserve such a title. His talent skills vision of the game is simply top notch and undeniable but he is not mend to be a champion, just like July last season he is profiting to the max form the lacking of opponents in his worst match up. Will it be deserved if he wins it, having in mind he played his best MU for 3/4 of the tournament - sure. But stork had the shot the prove that he is the best toss that will be, and he failed- some seasons ago against Jaedong. The possible OSL title wont prove anything , not that he is the greatest in the history of the scene. This will only be the star league,which a player with such a talent should have won so long ago. Stork has another silver medal to get. I'm happy with his role. For me Stork is like the toss NaDa. Even after 3-4 years he will be still kicking ass, but something fundamental is missing for him to actually become like NaDa and its not the ability to play incredible starcraft... I just cant find the right word...
Funny you brought up July, because I was thinking the same thing when everyone was shocked he lost to Pepe.
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sigh. stork as much as i want you to win. i want fantasy to walk the royal road.
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you would make mensrea proud plexa.
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This was an insane matchup and an excellent write up.
I don't know whom i want to win. I can't really respect stork until he takes 1st in a korean-only league. He's had enough chances to. If he wins, I may come around to the "Stork is a pretty sweet toss" camp. If not, then I will laugh at his crushed psyche.
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Go Go Fantasy!:D
Epic write up there, very nice.
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MrHoon
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Very nice writeup
And, I wish fantasy loses.
Many of you might not know but this is stork's greatest opponent. Some will argue Flash and Jaedong were the ones who will put stork on a real test, however iloveoov's apprentice will be Stork's true test.
iloveoov called samsung a shit team, made fun of stork and called fbh 'a player who just gets lucky'
This final isn't about who will be the Royal Roader or who will be the Legend of The Fall. No, this is a fight between the Cheater and the Dinosaur; the pride battle between T1 and Khan. Alot of T1 fans say Stork will lose forever because he made fun of iloveoov. You know what I say? iloveoov started the trashtalking and he will eat his fucking words at the final.
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On October 27 2008 11:11 MrHoon wrote:
Very nice writeup
And, I wish fantasy loses.
Many of you might not know but this is stork's greatest opponent. Some will argue Flash and Jaedong were the ones who will put stork on a real test, however iloveoov's apprentice will be Stork's true test.
iloveoov called samsung a shit team, made fun of stork and called fbh 'a player who just gets lucky'
This final isn't about who will be the Royal Roader or who will be the Legend of The Fall. No, this is a fight between the Cheater and the Dinosaur; the pride battle between T1 and Khan. Alot of T1 fans say Stork will lose forever because he made fun of iloveoov. You know what I say? iloveoov started the trashtalking and he will eat his fucking words at the final.
And stork runs around his booth, and whats that get him? Silvers.
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MrHoon
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On October 27 2008 11:28 Railz wrote:Show nested quote +On October 27 2008 11:11 MrHoon wrote:
Very nice writeup
And, I wish fantasy loses.
Many of you might not know but this is stork's greatest opponent. Some will argue Flash and Jaedong were the ones who will put stork on a real test, however iloveoov's apprentice will be Stork's true test.
iloveoov called samsung a shit team, made fun of stork and called fbh 'a player who just gets lucky'
This final isn't about who will be the Royal Roader or who will be the Legend of The Fall. No, this is a fight between the Cheater and the Dinosaur; the pride battle between T1 and Khan. Alot of T1 fans say Stork will lose forever because he made fun of iloveoov. You know what I say? iloveoov started the trashtalking and he will eat his fucking words at the final. And stork runs around his booth, and whats that get him? Silvers.
Writing "DONT FUCK WITH US LOSERS" on his shirt first gets him 2nd the last place on proleague and the old skt1 staff retired/fired
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On October 27 2008 11:11 MrHoon wrote:
iloveoov called samsung a shit team, made fun of stork and called fbh 'a player who just gets lucky'
What do you call a team what performs worse than a shit team? oh wait, thats right... SKT1.
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United States17042 Posts
Awsome games from stork. He showed that he can win pvp in the not finals when it counts
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On October 27 2008 11:39 MrHoon wrote:Show nested quote +On October 27 2008 11:28 Railz wrote:On October 27 2008 11:11 MrHoon wrote:
Very nice writeup
And, I wish fantasy loses.
Many of you might not know but this is stork's greatest opponent. Some will argue Flash and Jaedong were the ones who will put stork on a real test, however iloveoov's apprentice will be Stork's true test.
iloveoov called samsung a shit team, made fun of stork and called fbh 'a player who just gets lucky'
This final isn't about who will be the Royal Roader or who will be the Legend of The Fall. No, this is a fight between the Cheater and the Dinosaur; the pride battle between T1 and Khan. Alot of T1 fans say Stork will lose forever because he made fun of iloveoov. You know what I say? iloveoov started the trashtalking and he will eat his fucking words at the final. And stork runs around his booth, and whats that get him? Silvers. Writing "DONT FUCK WITH US LOSERS" on his shirt first gets him 2nd the last place on proleague and the old skt1 staff retired/fired
Your exaggerating it, didn't they say something along the lines of don't be cute or don't fool around with us? Upon reading you, you've changed the translation of that shirt multiple times.
Stork had some bad history with skt1 because he was fucking bm when he was with old, old SKT1 and therefore got made fun of, from what I've read on this forum, and that seems like a pretty reasonable response.
He very rarely congratulates to the winner whenever he lost a final, he didn't give credit to jae, bisu, or flash when they took him down. He just says he wish he played better and acts like a sour cry baby on stage. its only when he fucking wins does he say, "oh he played very well and I got lucky/trained hard."
Iloveoov doesn't direct his badmouthing at samsung for no reason, the two ARE equally hateful of each other and equally bm to another. They got their fair shares of karma.
Fantasy FTW, I love that guy's tvp.
But stork is looking real strong here, maybe his closest bet to a gold.
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All Hail the Protoss King!
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Stork is responsible for 5 out of the 8 pvp games Best has lost. Best's claim to fame is now reduced to "I have an 89% winrate versus Protosses-not-named-Stork"
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I think this is Stork's OSL for sure
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On October 27 2008 01:34 Kennigit wrote:
HOLY SHIT
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United States3824 Posts
Does that count as an upset? everyone here assumed that Best was going to win right?
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The liquibetting favored Best, but not by as much as I was expecting...it wasn't even 60/40.
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Thanks Plexa. Good write up!
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Best vs stork!! so sweet games :D
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i knew stork would recover from his losses to flash. he will win this osl
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Awesome read, I know what you went through Plexa. Awesome work, good job!
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Nice. I wish you guys would do this more.
I really enjoy the game analysis, although the other things can be kind of weird. Like the whole argument of Stork can't winning the finals because no one else has lost so many before winning. This makes no sense, of course, because very few players are simply good enough to make the finals. Small sample sizes does not make an argument.
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Nice Storky! YOu are the Semifinal champion! Two more second places this season!
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
F... damn it damn it alll
iono y but best went weak in unit count in all of these games ==
y did he do that?!!
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so i think the manner pylon into double proxy gate behind the guys mineral line is the new bisu build
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Fantastic report, I felt like being there while reading.
Five stars!
P.S.: FakeSteve et al @ LiquiCast: Seems Stork knows more than a-moving his goons :-)
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Fantasy will have fantasy over stork !!!
While he has Bisu , Best and iloveoov behind him to help against Stork , Stork will do nothing !
Fight Fight Fight ~~~ !!!
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hmm whos left? stork and fantasy?
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That report was really good.
But I really don't get that:
"For stork to become the undisputed best player on the planet he needs to win this OSL, and possibly he could also become rated as the best Protoss in history."
And yes Stork will fail again.
He's got used to this feeling and he knows how to handle it; it won't hurt that much this time.
Go Fantasy, avenge Sea and Bisu :>
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Eh, I thought the series was so-so.
Sooo much bad probe luck.
Game 2 was a nice prep but Best lost his probe so stupidly at the min nat. I'm pretty sure that is the main reason he went 4 gate and not the bs SKT1 uses one build on medusa nonsense.
Game 3, Stork actually went range first and was going a mirror build to Best's when his probe got in and so he cancelled range to robo.
Game 4, -_-;; Yeah. Losing those reavers's shuttles was lame.
FUCK, I hate PvP
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On October 28 2008 06:40 SuperJongMan wrote:
Eh, I thought the series was so-so.
Sooo much bad probe luck.
Game 2 was a nice prep but Best lost his probe so stupidly at the min nat. I'm pretty sure that is the main reason he went 4 gate and not the bs SKT1 uses one build on medusa nonsense.
Game 3, Stork actually went range first and was going a mirror build to Best's when his probe got in and so he cancelled range to robo.
Game 4, -_-;; Yeah. Losing those reavers's shuttles was lame.
FUCK, I hate PvP
best actually really lacked in his shuttle micro that day... also for Game 3 the commentators said that stork was probably faking the range because it would be stupid to get it considering the distance the goons would have to walk (they said that taking the nat would be a lot better and ezier to defend, because of the distance)
but i do agree on the whole bad luck thing... best lost incredible amount of probes.. i mean im sure stork placed his reaver and, maybe, atcked a specific probe so that he would have the best chance of killing a lot at once but the luck was ridiculously on his side...even when he only got one shot off he'd take out like 7 or 10
friggin ridiculous...
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HonestTea
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SCREENTASTIC
Thanks for this, Plexa!
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On October 28 2008 06:51 R3condite wrote:
but i do agree on the whole bad luck thing... best lost incredible amount of probes.. i mean im sure stork placed his reaver and, maybe, atcked a specific probe so that he would have the best chance of killing a lot at once but the luck was ridiculously on his side...even when he only got one shot off he'd take out like 7 or 10
friggin ridiculous...
Stork's reaver placement makes it pretty much impossible for his scarabs to miss. This isn't your typical harass, where the reaver placed behind the mineral lines and the scarab tend to be duds. This was speed shuttle suicide run. I think Best could've reacted faster, but he probably didn't expect the reaver drop location.
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GO STORK!
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Aotearoa39261 Posts
On October 28 2008 06:13 amorpheus wrote:
"For stork to become the undisputed best player on the planet he needs to win this OSL, and possibly he could also become rated as the best Protoss in history." If Stork loses another title can you really call him a champion? The whole problem last year was that Stork preformed better overall than Bisu - BUT bisu actually won things and thus deemed better. You can't be the undisputed best protoss without a championship.
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Braavos36375 Posts
i'd say qualifications for best X in history include
1. multiple titles (at least as many major individual titles as someone else of your race)
2. extended period of domination
#2 isn't really as required as #1
Terran:
Nada or Oov, its close because Nada never had a modern Bonjwa period and Oov raped him head to head, really could see arguments both ways
Zerg:
Savior, because he has 4 titles and the extended period of domination. If July somehow wins one or two more it could be more of a debate.
Protoss:
?? Bisu? Nal_rA? Garimto? Reach? No idea. Thats why it could be Stork because hes basically guaranteed at least two titles this season. No chance for anything else to happen.
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Aotearoa39261 Posts
On October 29 2008 13:55 Hot_Bid wrote:
i'd say qualifications for best X in history include
1. multiple titles (at least as many major individual titles as someone else of your race)
2. extended period of domination
#2 isn't really as required as #1
Terran:
Nada or Oov, its close because Nada never had a modern Bonjwa period and Oov raped him head to head, really could see arguments both ways
Zerg:
Savior, because he has 4 titles and the extended period of domination. If July somehow wins one or two more it could be more of a debate.
Protoss:
?? Bisu? Nal_rA? Garimto? Reach? No idea. Thats why it could be Stork because hes basically guaranteed at least two titles this season. No chance for anything else to happen.
You do realize that the only player to have even come close to winning both MSL and OSL at the same time is Nal_ra? It is the one feat that no one has achieved yet 
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Savior was closer GOMTV-Shinhan3 Yes bisu denied savior to be first player to win msl and osl at same time.
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