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On May 14 2010 20:55 J1.au wrote:Show nested quote +On May 14 2010 20:51 SuperArc wrote:On May 14 2010 20:47 tree.hugger wrote:On May 14 2010 20:31 TwoToneTerran wrote: Best case scenario for Jaedong incoming. If Flash wants a golden mouse he's gonna have to pull out all of his stops for Effort, exposing himself greatly for Jaedong. If only there were a second terran that was even mediocre in a Bo5 that Jaedong could play. =(
I'd imagine Jaedong's and EffOrt's best practice partners would be fantasy and BaBy. The problem, of course, is that fantasy has a whole different style than Flash does, but he's still the second best terran in a BoX. The other question is; who does Flash prepare with? He worked with EffOrt for last season's MSL. Jaedong is going to prepare for Hiya, he has always practiced with his team for finals. He's not the kind of player who likes giving out replays I think. Effort has Iris to play against who according to Hydra? is still beasting in practice. And CJ players always have some weird strategies in BoXs. Never underestimate their coaching staff. But yeah I asked this question a week ago too, who is Flash going to prepare with for Jaedong and Effort? Two completely different play styles. You assume Flash can only practice with team-mates. He's the best player in the world, what zerg (excluding Jaedong and Effort) would refuse practice with him? They want to get better to you know.
and you assume practicing with other teams is so easy
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Until very recently (until today as a matter of fact) Effort was below 50% in 2010. Before the tiebreakers in OSL he had a record of 11-20 (35%!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!), losing to a ton of bad players and had a 5 loss streak that included go.go, Shine and Hogil. And then he barely made it out of the tiebreakers (after like 5 rounds and getting a regame when he shoudn't have gotten one) vs Shine and go.go. Only after that did he go on a nice little win streak, but he's been shit for the last couple of months. He did not deserves to be on this PR.
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yeah. now that i look again (im making the argument against effort and for effort simultaneously), he didnt really look like a PR contender last month.
nobody is really performing besides a few consistent players (maybe only two) and a changing set of promising noobs
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On May 14 2010 20:59 SuperArc wrote:Show nested quote +On May 14 2010 20:55 J1.au wrote:On May 14 2010 20:51 SuperArc wrote:On May 14 2010 20:47 tree.hugger wrote:On May 14 2010 20:31 TwoToneTerran wrote: Best case scenario for Jaedong incoming. If Flash wants a golden mouse he's gonna have to pull out all of his stops for Effort, exposing himself greatly for Jaedong. If only there were a second terran that was even mediocre in a Bo5 that Jaedong could play. =(
I'd imagine Jaedong's and EffOrt's best practice partners would be fantasy and BaBy. The problem, of course, is that fantasy has a whole different style than Flash does, but he's still the second best terran in a BoX. The other question is; who does Flash prepare with? He worked with EffOrt for last season's MSL. Jaedong is going to prepare for Hiya, he has always practiced with his team for finals. He's not the kind of player who likes giving out replays I think. Effort has Iris to play against who according to Hydra? is still beasting in practice. And CJ players always have some weird strategies in BoXs. Never underestimate their coaching staff. But yeah I asked this question a week ago too, who is Flash going to prepare with for Jaedong and Effort? Two completely different play styles. You assume Flash can only practice with team-mates. He's the best player in the world, what zerg (excluding Jaedong and Effort) would refuse practice with him? They want to get better to you know. and you assume practicing with other teams is so easy ... they have internet in Korea right?
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It's really easy to sit now and say that ''Effort is kicking ass and is an OSL finalists, why isn't he on the PR?'', but he really, really, really, really wasn't looking like even a contender until pretty much just days ago. He played so badly that even fanboys like SuperArc became anti-fans.
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What are you trying to say? EffOrt was slumping, so what? That doesn't mean he can't ZvT when he brings his A-Game. And Jaedong's ZvT since the start of this year hasn't been looking exactly stellar either, if you actually look at the games and not just the winning percentage. It starts with the totally fucked up finals against Flash, which whatever you may think about them can't be taken as an example of Jaedong's "awesome" ZvT skills. It goes on with some pretty bad losses against BaBy, Darkelf & Ruby with some unspectacular wins in-between and finishes off with a very very(...) disappointing performance by Midas(except for the first game in the series).
To make it clear, I'm not saying EffOrt's ZvT is better or even as good as Jaedong's. What I'm saying is just that when they bring their A-Game they're both good at ZvT and they both have different styles.
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Flash will win 3-0 or 3-1 in both finals!
Flash fighting!!!
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i like this "different styles" stuff cj has come up with re: jaedong. great lesson in relativism. 5 titles, dominant player for a year plus? "different style" than guy who is like 26% vT this year. superarc says there's JvZ and EvZ because they have "different styles." there's no real evidence effort has an A-Game to bring against terran.
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They really have different styles, at least in ZvT.
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On May 14 2010 21:22 o[twist] wrote: i like this "different styles" stuff cj has come up with re: jaedong. great lesson in relativism. 5 titles, dominant player for a year plus? "different style" than guy who is like 26% vT this year. superarc says there's JvZ and EvZ because they have "different styles." there's no real evidence effort has an A-Game to bring against terran.
Ya I'm not agreeing with SuperArc's EvZ thing either. But why shouldn't EffOrt have an A-Game to bring? He's still ~57% ZvT despite his 26% performance this year, which means there was a time he was damn good at ZvT or in other words, there was a time when he showed us his ZvT A-Game. Of course this doesn't necessarily mean that he will bring his A-Game in the finals, but he does have one somewhere.
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On May 14 2010 20:31 TwoToneTerran wrote:Best case scenario for Jaedong incoming. If Flash wants a golden mouse he's gonna have to pull out all of his stops for Effort, exposing himself greatly for Jaedong. If only there were a second terran that was even mediocre in a Bo5 that Jaedong could play. =( Show nested quote +On May 14 2010 20:13 o[twist] wrote:ok i dont mean to beat a dead horse but lets look at how the power rank has done so far in may 1. Flash: 12-1 (obviously no issues there) 2. Jaedong: 7-0 (same) 3. Kal: + Show Spoiler +5-4 (not really #3 play and neither winner was on power rank) 4. Midas: 2-2 (but showed poor play against jaedong) 5. Sea: 0-2 (neither player was on power rank) 6. Baby: 3-1 (loss against guemchi but showed solid play vs. hyun and TvT seems strong) 7. Free: 4-5 (weak 0-3 v. flash, kinda weak 3-1 v. hiya, win against lomo, loss against kal) 8. Great: 3-6 (2-2 v. calm, beat hoejja, lost to stats, lost to jaedong effort and action) 9. MVP: 0-4 (0-3 v. flash and loss to midas) 10. Hiya: 2-5 (beat fbh, lost to fantasy, 1-3 v. free, lost to guemchi) in other words, 4-10 on power rank went 14-25 so far this month. that is some poor choices. and it wasn't hard to avoid. a little realism regarding your favorite players. a little perspective on inconsistent, streaky, and new players. a little respect for the players who have shown they can compete at high levels. this is really a pretty weak ranking, and i think most will agree that it looks less, not more, reasonable after the month is halfway through. This is kind of misleading. Almost every player on this rank was in a league and only four people can advance to the finals (well, 3 with Flash around). The rank was particularly bad except for Sea.
Wait, what? Sea was about the least justifiable pick last month, and he's been bad since.
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How is Flash's Bo5 record btw?
Liquipedia doesn't have it and I am too lazy to find out. I think Flash's "weakness" in bo5s are zergs, right?
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On May 14 2010 22:08 SuperArc wrote: How is Flash's Bo5 record btw?
Liquipedia doesn't have it and I am too lazy to find out. I think Flash's "weakness" in bo5s are zergs, right? No, only Jaedong.
Won against Calm, Kwanro, July (if you count GOM), lost against GGPlay.
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Great. Saved-by-mouse-failure Effort finalist of the OSL. The worst day for SC ever.
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On May 14 2010 20:31 TwoToneTerran wrote: Best case scenario for Jaedong incoming. If Flash wants a golden mouse he's gonna have to pull out all of his stops for Effort, exposing himself greatly for Jaedong. If only there were a second terran that was even mediocre in a Bo5 that Jaedong could play. =(
Unfortunately this is true. But I hope that Flash will prepare different starts for OSL and MSL. In the end the map pool is different and also Flash hasn't played TvZ for ages so he must have some aces in his sleeve.
But it would be good for him if Jaedong plays lots of ZvTs in proleague especially in the ace games when there is a pressure to win so he has to show everything he has.
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On May 15 2010 00:38 Lebesgue wrote:Show nested quote +On May 14 2010 20:31 TwoToneTerran wrote: Best case scenario for Jaedong incoming. If Flash wants a golden mouse he's gonna have to pull out all of his stops for Effort, exposing himself greatly for Jaedong. If only there were a second terran that was even mediocre in a Bo5 that Jaedong could play. =(
Unfortunately this is true. But I hope that Flash will prepare different starts for OSL and MSL. In the end the map pool is different and also Flash hasn't played TvZ for ages so he must have some aces in his sleeve. But it would be good for him if Jaedong plays lots of ZvTs in proleague especially in the ace games when there is a pressure to win so he has to show everything he has.
Oz final three matches are vs CJ, estro, MBC. MBC is the only team with good TvZ terrans. Flash on the other hand has to play vs CJ, estro and Hite. CJ and estro are pretty zerg heavy.
Even Pl games are against Flash. He will certainly be God Young Ho if he manages to win both finals.
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On May 15 2010 01:59 SuperArc wrote:Show nested quote +On May 15 2010 00:38 Lebesgue wrote:On May 14 2010 20:31 TwoToneTerran wrote: Best case scenario for Jaedong incoming. If Flash wants a golden mouse he's gonna have to pull out all of his stops for Effort, exposing himself greatly for Jaedong. If only there were a second terran that was even mediocre in a Bo5 that Jaedong could play. =(
Unfortunately this is true. But I hope that Flash will prepare different starts for OSL and MSL. In the end the map pool is different and also Flash hasn't played TvZ for ages so he must have some aces in his sleeve. But it would be good for him if Jaedong plays lots of ZvTs in proleague especially in the ace games when there is a pressure to win so he has to show everything he has. Oz final three matches are vs CJ, estro, MBC. MBC is the only team with good TvZ terrans. Flash on the other hand has to play vs CJ, estro and Hite. CJ and estro are pretty zerg heavy. Even Pl games are against Flash. He will certainly be God Young Ho if he manages to win both finals. Well, he's actually God Young Ho just for getting there two times in a row.
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I hope jaedong faces really, sea and skyhigh! while flash only has to play backho!
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On May 14 2010 20:13 o[twist] wrote:ok i dont mean to beat a dead horse but lets look at how the power rank has done so far in may 1. Flash: 12-1 (obviously no issues there) 2. Jaedong: 7-0 (same) 3. Kal: + Show Spoiler +5-4 (not really #3 play and neither winner was on power rank) 4. Midas: 2-2 (but showed poor play against jaedong) 5. Sea: 0-2 (neither player was on power rank) 6. Baby: 3-1 (loss against guemchi but showed solid play vs. hyun and TvT seems strong) 7. Free: 4-5 (weak 0-3 v. flash, kinda weak 3-1 v. hiya, win against lomo, loss against kal) 8. Great: 3-6 (2-2 v. calm, beat hoejja, lost to stats, lost to jaedong effort and action) 9. MVP: 0-4 (0-3 v. flash and loss to midas) 10. Hiya: 2-5 (beat fbh, lost to fantasy, 1-3 v. free, lost to guemchi) in other words, 4-10 on power rank went 14-25 so far this month. that is some poor choices. and it wasn't hard to avoid. a little realism regarding your favorite players. a little perspective on inconsistent, streaky, and new players. a little respect for the players who have shown they can compete at high levels. this is really a pretty weak ranking, and i think most will agree that it looks less, not more, reasonable after the month is halfway through. nice one but its still knowing after it happens most of those guys were put in the pr for reaching high levels its only natural for them to meet the highest progamers and as it was pointed out flash and jaedong are at another level of their own. beside who would you have put in the pr instead everyone is doing bad aside the #1/2 the only true surprise was effort vs kal and i wouldnt have put effort instead of kal especially not after that tie breaker!
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On May 14 2010 20:31 TwoToneTerran wrote:Best case scenario for Jaedong incoming. If Flash wants a golden mouse he's gonna have to pull out all of his stops for Effort, exposing himself greatly for Jaedong. If only there were a second terran that was even mediocre in a Bo5 that Jaedong could play. =( Show nested quote +On May 14 2010 20:13 o[twist] wrote:ok i dont mean to beat a dead horse but lets look at how the power rank has done so far in may 1. Flash: 12-1 (obviously no issues there) 2. Jaedong: 7-0 (same) 3. Kal: + Show Spoiler +5-4 (not really #3 play and neither winner was on power rank) 4. Midas: 2-2 (but showed poor play against jaedong) 5. Sea: 0-2 (neither player was on power rank) 6. Baby: 3-1 (loss against guemchi but showed solid play vs. hyun and TvT seems strong) 7. Free: 4-5 (weak 0-3 v. flash, kinda weak 3-1 v. hiya, win against lomo, loss against kal) 8. Great: 3-6 (2-2 v. calm, beat hoejja, lost to stats, lost to jaedong effort and action) 9. MVP: 0-4 (0-3 v. flash and loss to midas) 10. Hiya: 2-5 (beat fbh, lost to fantasy, 1-3 v. free, lost to guemchi) in other words, 4-10 on power rank went 14-25 so far this month. that is some poor choices. and it wasn't hard to avoid. a little realism regarding your favorite players. a little perspective on inconsistent, streaky, and new players. a little respect for the players who have shown they can compete at high levels. this is really a pretty weak ranking, and i think most will agree that it looks less, not more, reasonable after the month is halfway through. This is kind of misleading. Almost every player on this rank was in a league and only four people can advance to the finals (well, 3 with Flash around). The rank was particularly bad except for Sea.
It's at least a better situation than last MSL finals. 50%+ of Flash's games last individual season were TvZ, JD had all the games in the world to go to school off of for the last finals.
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