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misterG420
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Germany152 Posts
May 17 2010 07:46 GMT
#61
IdrA played so sweet that it got my love back for the little Zerg bugs. I was really exited by the third game, just because NonY had such a good unit composition (not talking about unit placement/movement) and seeing how detrimental Hydras can be, was really astonishing. People complained so much after the Roach nerf and barely used other tools - like drop oder early Ling harass. IdrA really used the available tools, like dropping, perfectly and even with 4-5 cannons in NonY's base, 4 fully loaded Overlords with Hydras would have done enough damage to force NonY to splitup his forces and subsequently threaten a kill of his 3rd base.

Long story short: Sexy and more importantly clever play by IdrA. Who needs Roaches when you can be cute and precise in your attacks and overall moves?!
https://www.twitch.tv/misterg_420
danbel1005
Profile Joined February 2008
United States1319 Posts
May 17 2010 08:06 GMT
#62
NonY <3. GL against TLO.
"EE HAN TIMING" Jaedong vs Stork [22 December, 2007] 2set @ Finals EVER OSL.
KaiserJohan
Profile Joined May 2010
Sweden1808 Posts
May 17 2010 09:58 GMT
#63
Alright, so there are no VODS or replays available yet, but how come everyone already know exactly how the games were played out? Were they present on the tourny`?
England will fight to the last American
Lollersauce
Profile Joined April 2010
United States357 Posts
May 17 2010 10:03 GMT
#64
On May 17 2010 16:46 lopper wrote:
Long story short: Sexy and more importantly clever play by IdrA. Who needs Roaches when you can be cute and precise in your attacks and overall moves?!


Yeah who needs a variety of viable combat units when a pro player can win with 2?
That sure makes the game more interesting! lololol.
GoDannY
Profile Joined August 2006
Germany442 Posts
May 17 2010 10:08 GMT
#65
Since NonY seems to actually read this thread, I'd like to post a question at NonY,

I watched the game live and my impression was, sure enough your build was well planned, with the recent nerf to sentries the sentrie push itself does not pull out enough damage without having enough damage dealers around. I felt like the game on Kulas Ravine was a prime example for that - what is your opinion about that?
Team LifeStyle - it's more than a game
Klive5ive
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United Kingdom6056 Posts
May 17 2010 10:17 GMT
#66
I was very impressed by Idra in that series. He played with a speed that I haven't seen in SC2 yet.
Nony delivered too but as he said made some crucial mistakes.

Don't read too much into balance from this. We're seeing really good play but we're a long way away from fantastic play; the likes of which we see every week in PL etc..

Nony miscontrolled his army a few times, uncharacteristically. Unlike BW I find that Protoss has more actions that Zerg in SC2 which makes the multi-tasking really tough. With Practice Nony will get there.

Idra used some of Zergs powerful gimmicks in that game but he could've added banelings and infestors to complete the Zerg arsenal.
Don't hate the player - Hate the game
DamageInq
Profile Joined April 2010
United States283 Posts
May 17 2010 11:51 GMT
#67
Generally you can get 2-3 zealots in before the spine crawlers are up. I find that if you keep pumping chronoed zealots in his ling are never enough to hold, and you can always focus his spine crawlers as they come while keeping zealots on the hatchery when not doing anything else.

Also, on a lot of maps you can walk right by the spine crawlers and take out a large number of drones at his main with a small group of zealots.

If you know you've failed there then you're behind, it's going to be hard to catch up by expanding, I think your best bet would be a timing push with ~1 immortal then expanding while he recovers.
"Scissors are OP. Rock is fine." -Paper
r4ptur3
Profile Joined May 2010
United States30 Posts
May 17 2010 12:09 GMT
#68
On May 17 2010 18:58 KaiserJohan wrote:
Alright, so there are no VODS or replays available yet, but how come everyone already know exactly how the games were played out? Were they present on the tourny`?


The tournaments were streamed live on HD/Huskys ustream channel (I forget which).
FuryX
Profile Joined April 2010
Australia495 Posts
May 17 2010 12:29 GMT
#69
Did Idra go up against Terran in this Tourney? Why did they mix up mirror matches in the early run...could have swapped things around.
Slayer91
Profile Joined February 2006
Ireland23335 Posts
May 17 2010 13:04 GMT
#70
On May 17 2010 21:29 FuryX wrote:
Did Idra go up against Terran in this Tourney? Why did they mix up mirror matches in the early run...could have swapped things around.


To ensure the later rounds have no mirror matches.
Hint:
If QF = PvP and ZvZ, SF = ZvP.
Tenks
Profile Joined April 2010
United States3104 Posts
May 17 2010 13:17 GMT
#71
On May 17 2010 22:04 Slayer91 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 17 2010 21:29 FuryX wrote:
Did Idra go up against Terran in this Tourney? Why did they mix up mirror matches in the early run...could have swapped things around.


To ensure the later rounds have no mirror matches.
Hint:
If QF = PvP and ZvZ, SF = ZvP.



But they almost had a PvP in the final round
Wat
s031720
Profile Joined December 2009
Sweden383 Posts
May 17 2010 13:18 GMT
#72
Collossis/masstalker is the answer to the OP btw. Thats the best composition vs masshydra with possible corrupters. But people seem to forget that composition is only a small part, micro, makro, positioning and smart play will win you the game.

If my suggestion above dosent work, work to become a better player and youll see that you will beat masshydra consistently. (which in turn will force the z-player to become smarter and thus the evolution begins).
Just another noob
gREIFOCs
Profile Joined April 2010
Argentina208 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-17 14:02:42
May 17 2010 13:56 GMT
#73
The match was defined by small details. The ling infiltration in nonys base, destroying his economy, was a minor micro mismanagment (a single zealot wallin in would change the outcome of that for sure).

A lack of profiting from won battles, when Nony walled himself in at Hydras base, he should have commited with one task, the Hatchery or the Drones. But his units where all over the place hitting random units, buildings, even at some times eggs.

And the 2 fronts attacks that Hydra used were really effective. First with the ling filtration thing, after with the denied third expo that controled his army positioning with a simultaneous drop.
Don't work hard. You die at the end anyway, dummy.
rei
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
United States3594 Posts
May 17 2010 14:00 GMT
#74
On May 17 2010 12:14 Mogget wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 17 2010 10:52 rei wrote:
no map advantage. Because same thing goes for idra too, in game 1 nony was able to run pass the spine crawlers and idra had to survived by pure lings. In both game 1 and game 2 nony took advantage of the wide choke.


in game 2 he was actually disadvantaged by it, if it had been a normal sized ramp a single forcefield could have kept every hydra out at a time, instead, he needed 3 forcfields per go. When you count sentries and the mobility of zerg, smaller chokes deffinatly favour a toss.


You are talking about a situational advantage, not map advantage.

Map advantage is always available such as a cliff over seeing expo is good for tanks and turbo noob, short rush distance is harder to set up defense before the attack comes. Taking the map advantage means using building order to abuse the map's features.

Situational advantage with force field requires both positioning of the sentry and the positioning of the opposing army to work. the zerg does not need to fight near the ramp nor a choke, it is up to the players to decide/realize when/how/where to create an advantageous situation. Situational advantage is not always available.



GET OUT OF MY BASE CHILL
Azarkon
Profile Joined January 2010
United States21060 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-17 16:18:35
May 17 2010 16:15 GMT
#75
On May 17 2010 21:29 FuryX wrote:
Did Idra go up against Terran in this Tourney? Why did they mix up mirror matches in the early run...could have swapped things around.


They invited three Terrans (out of 16). Two were knocked out in the Ro16 and one was knocked out in the Ro8. This was before the Terran buffs and meta-game changes that really made Terrans a force to contend with, so it's not unexpected.

IdrA was also probably deliberately put in the same bracket as ret, orb, LzGamer, and Nony, for the potential drama factor. He never managed to meet LzGamer, though, because ret did an amazing upset in the Ro16.
Drazzzt
Profile Joined September 2002
Germany999 Posts
May 17 2010 16:54 GMT
#76
On May 17 2010 22:17 Tenks wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 17 2010 22:04 Slayer91 wrote:
On May 17 2010 21:29 FuryX wrote:
Did Idra go up against Terran in this Tourney? Why did they mix up mirror matches in the early run...could have swapped things around.


To ensure the later rounds have no mirror matches.
Hint:
If QF = PvP and ZvZ, SF = ZvP.



But they almost had a PvP in the final round

maybe they should just fix all games beforehand, then all mirror matchs could be avoided.............
Be Nice, Be Fair, Be Mannered.
prochobo
Profile Joined May 2010
United States232 Posts
May 17 2010 16:57 GMT
#77
Seeing the excellent force fields that went down, I think nony could've owned mass hydras by boxing them in and storming the crap out of em. 1-2 HT during game 2 could've wrecked all those hydras on the ramp if he managed to box them in.
Hider
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Denmark9408 Posts
May 17 2010 17:00 GMT
#78
Sry if this was asked before, but where can I watch the replays (VODs?)
Champi
Profile Joined March 2010
1422 Posts
May 17 2010 17:00 GMT
#79
i think i saw zealots being silly and running around doing nothing on the scrap station game when u blocked out the hydra army which deffinitely wouldn't have helped. =(
TLOBrian
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States453 Posts
May 17 2010 17:07 GMT
#80
take expansion.

Build a bunch of shit.

A-move.

^ Idra's build.
Steven Bonnell II is the friggin man.
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