Power Rank 05/31/2010 - Page 3

On June 01 2010 04:48 letian wrote:
I think Action deserves a place in PR too

On June 01 2010 04:56 o[twist] wrote:
snow is way too high. everything else is okay i guess although #9 and #10 are a little questionable (i'm happy about them, though, as a huge wemade fan)

On June 01 2010 05:02 ]343[ wrote:
oh the other thing: why is fantasy on the rank at all? was he really that impressive?...

On June 01 2010 05:22 raga4ka wrote:
To be honest i'm disappointed with Jaedong . Flash nowadays either cheeses does some wierd mech build with ultra fast CC or 14 CC in TvZ . I think zergs should abuse either 2 hat mutas / lurkers or some pool first opening and be more aggresive . His hidra bust was a good try , but he over comited and from the looks of it either didn't practise a follow-up and just all -in or was frustrated because he was down 0 - 2 and all -ined. I don't mind him being as greedy as Flash at least 1 game .

On June 01 2010 05:22 raga4ka wrote:
To be honest i'm disappointed with Jaedong . Flash nowadays either cheeses does some wierd mech build with ultra fast CC or 14 CC in TvZ . I think zergs should abuse either 2 hat mutas / lurkers or some pool first opening and be more aggresive . His hidra bust was a good try , but he over comited and from the looks of it either didn't practise a follow-up and just all -in or was frustrated because he was down 0 - 2 and all -ined. I don't mind him being as greedy as Flash at least 1 game .

Effort's preparation impressed me much more . He would have won the first game if they didn't replay it regardless of the valkyrie's death . Because Effort was going for a 4 hatch hidra break after he build 5 mutas and 2- 4 scourge . Flash invested alot of gas in to valkery and goliaths , and probably wouldn't have enough for tanks in time to stop the hidra bust . His greedy build to match Flash on Odd-eye was good . He took the high ground expansion at 9 o'clock first meaning that if Flash scouted his natural and saw no hatchery he could potentially not scout Effort because odd-eye is a fairly big map and 12 hat at natural is more likely and pros normally move their SCV to the next spot after scouting the nat . And he played brilliantly in his other games punishing Flash for every little mistake he made .

On June 01 2010 05:32 StylishVODs wrote:

I disagree with almost everything about this post :O

1. Flash only cheese or 14CC or mech or play standard bio or some other unique strat or... well thats about everything terran can do TvZ.

2. Effort preparation wasn't better than jaedongs. The games effort played how he wanted he lost.
Efforts win was on the fly desicions that capitalized on Flash's mistakes. It had nothing to do with how he prepared the games.
You cannot compare the finals since the maps were different and Flash played way different. This time he scouted earlier when he 14CC'd and he made lingproof walls.

3. And no, you cant say effort would have won the first game. He opened mutalisk vs gol+valk and then switch hydra which flash had scouted. There is no way you can call that game before any units clash.

4. Effort did the same thing jaedong did in the third game. He was down 0-2 and needed a win badly. So he went all in and it worked. Yeah it was well executed but it requires that you opponent fucks up wich you can't really rely on.
Had Flash not used all his SCV's to repair the bunker Jaedongs all-in ahd worked too. But this time Flash didn't fuck up.

Sometimes when I go 14CC or rax FE the zerg decides to go all in lings after 12hatch (Mamon, octoberzerg hi!) and sometimes I fuck up my scv micro when he tries to run by. So it works and he feels really good about it but really it was just me fucking up.
Next time he tries the same, I've learned from my mistakes and he gets raped.
Thats how these things work. The all in ling looks really good when it works, but really it's just a biiig risk and you can count yourself lucky you opponent wasn't blocking correctly if it works.

On June 01 2010 05:55 SuperArc wrote:


Regarding 2), game 2 was a horrible loss from Effort yes, got outplayed. But in game 1 he was in a very good position (even without the valk snipes, drone scout was huge and I really would have liked to see what Effort wanted to do with the 4th hatch).

On June 01 2010 02:19 Mykill wrote:
Calm ahead of Shine imo
Effort ftw

On June 01 2010 05:26 Holgerius wrote:

Glad I'm not the only one who doesn't understand this.

On June 01 2010 00:41 jalstar wrote:
I saw the power rank and immediately thought Hot Bid did it.

On June 01 2010 05:57 tree.hugger wrote:

Calm had a losing record this month, with wins against great, Crazy-Hydra, Peace, and one lone win against Jaedong in a series in which he was impressive, but ultimately totally outclassed. Not PR-worthy at all.


fantasy played an excellent game against Flash that he barely lost, then made him look stupid with good scouting, and an inventive cheese on his part. He lost to Jaedong because JD responded perfectly to a really neat build. He lost to EffOrt in another excellent and close game.

And the rest of the month he rolled. So basically, close losses, and strong performances across the board.