A friend of mine who lurks here pointed out to me that Medusa is actually positionally imbalanced in drop-type games, especially PvP. For example, the 3:00 position will have an advantage over the 7:00 position, because the ridge around the base at 7 is facing the base at 3, so that the person at 3 can easily fly his shuttle into 7's main, and have a greater chance of remaining undetected. The person at 7 would have to fly extra distance in order to come in from the ridge, and maintain surprise. Does that make any sense? Anyway, I think that Medusa is positionally imbalanced in PvP in favor of whoever spawns counterclockwise of the other person.

OmgIRok

Taiwan2699 Posts

November 11 2008 20:00 GMT

#28

Can someone post a link of Free's pimpest play?

Nvm, holy fuck Free's micro is godlike

Kizlyk

Ukraine84 Posts

November 11 2008 20:12 GMT

#29

Hotbid's reviews are the best ^^

Kashll

United States1117 Posts

November 11 2008 20:15 GMT

#30

II raelly LIkee tha PVvP Drinnkingg GammeE itt ISS FUN Goo O STorkk!

Geo.Rion

7377 Posts

November 11 2008 20:28 GMT

#31

Bisu moved in, and the marines imitated their master: they danced around, failed to kill anything, and eventually died to Protoss units.

priceless

Capuano

United States28 Posts

November 11 2008 20:47 GMT

#32

Awesome writeup. I laughed pretty hard at the drinking game.

imperfect

Canada1652 Posts

November 11 2008 20:55 GMT

#33

Free vs Bisu..

T_T

words cannot express the sadness i feel right now. well it comes pretty close to anytime losing to nada in osl. and that was the saddest day of sc progaming for me.

Titusmaster6

United States5937 Posts

November 11 2008 21:06 GMT

#34

"Hwasin Bucket" haha that is genius, I'm never gonna let that die. Now I'm actually looking forward to the 2 semis. Great writeup as ususal thx hb.

Badjas

Netherlands2038 Posts

November 11 2008 21:14 GMT

#35

Cool writeup.. I laughed frantically when I read your detailed map analysis.. astonishingly complete and well rounded.

No_eL

Chile1438 Posts

November 11 2008 21:22 GMT

#36

the PVP drinking game its the best we can do... ?? NO!! , turn off the tv, call a girl, drink with her and read the results later...

most boring tournament ever!

thunk

United States6233 Posts

November 11 2008 21:34 GMT

#37

On November 12 2008 03:16 disciple wrote:
I think free has the upper hand in the semis just because Bisu played a lot of PvP this season, which is plenty of scouting info about his game. I bet free is studying the specifics of bisus PvP and searching for the best counters having in mind the maps. On the other hand Bisu must just focus on his 1 base gate-robo builds and walkover free. I think Bisu has the best reaver micro in the scene right now by a huge margin

Bisu better learn from Best and change up what builds he uses, even if they're sub-par and have been "assigned" a statistically lower chance of winning on certain maps.

Cheerio

Ukraine3178 Posts

November 11 2008 21:36 GMT

#38

Good read.

Only a minor correction. Quote:
"When I looked at this MSL's P-heavy Ro16 roster"

It was not P-heavy. 16/3=5,33. There were 6 protoss players, only 0,66 above the average. There were 7 terrans on the contrary.

Hot_Bid

Braavos36399 Posts

November 11 2008 21:39 GMT

#39

On November 12 2008 06:36 Cheerio wrote:
Good read.

Only a minor correction. Quote:
"When I looked at this MSL's P-heavy Ro16 roster"

It was not P-heavy. 16/3=5,33. There were 6 protoss players, only 0,66 above the average. There were 7 terrans on the contrary.

Fixed.

538

Hungary3932 Posts

November 11 2008 22:05 GMT

#40

Ok, that was it. After all this lurking, I had to register to tell you that this article, along with all your recent write-ups are so full of awesomeness, I cant even describe. Thanks.