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ETisME
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Actually I really miss gold base in general, I know that the whole design is taken out because it was just too imbalanced on some maps for some matchups. but if the game goes onto the longer stages, there are so much action centered around the gold base that just really make things even more intense. | ||
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DaftFunk
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Dontkillme
Korea (South)806 Posts
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tili
United States1332 Posts
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FrostedMiniWheats
United States30730 Posts
On January 06 2014 02:43 Dontkillme wrote: This game made me mad as a few burrowed banelings aka luck determined the win for Scarlett, needless to say it was a pretty good game Not at all in this scenario. Scarlett made the smart decision to get burrow at a point in the game where Bomber's economy was hanging by a thread aka mules. Thus reducing any ability to scan. Throw in Scarlett's godly creep spread for sight and the fact that Bomber had to relocate his base after he mined out the gold and he was just a fly in Scarlett's web at that point. | ||
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Mrsrs
Sweden7 Posts
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pms
Poland611 Posts
I guess baneling busts are all what it takes to please you :D | ||
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Squat
Sweden7978 Posts
On January 06 2014 07:15 pms wrote: I LOLed... Aren't you guys overrating this match quite a bit? I guess baneling busts are all what it takes to please you :D Are you sure you're thinking of the same game? | ||
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Crownlol
United States3726 Posts
On January 06 2014 07:15 pms wrote: I LOLed... Aren't you guys overrating this match quite a bit? I guess baneling busts are all what it takes to please you :D Do you know what a baneling bust is? | ||
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maartendq
Belgium3115 Posts
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Plexa
Aotearoa39261 Posts
On January 06 2014 17:26 maartendq wrote: Is this that game that Scarlett won due to some lucky burrowed banelings? Winning by pure randomness shouldn't be the standard by which we judge foreigners. At the time they probably seemed like luck, but watch the vod and you'll see that she pulled bombers army into the banelings. It was an excellent strategic move on her part, and so very very clutch. | ||
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Umpteen
United Kingdom1570 Posts
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SidianTheBard
United States2474 Posts
On January 06 2014 17:26 maartendq wrote: Is this that game that Scarlett won due to some lucky burrowed banelings? Winning by pure randomness shouldn't be the standard by which we judge foreigners. About ~10 seconds before, Bomber scanned the direct spot that Scarlett burrowed her first banelings, she instead pretended to run away with her entire army because bomber didn't know she had burrow. Once the scan wore out she moved her two banelings back towards the watchtower and proceeded to "play dumb" (aka bait) with her mutas to get the marines to go ontop of the banelings. Since Bomber just scanned recently he probably assumed everything was 100% safe. Hardly luck... | ||
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pms
Poland611 Posts
My bad, I meant baneling traps, naturally. I watched this game live. I think that people get crazy about it just because of the baneling traps. Personally, I don't think it's a big deal, it's just flashy. IMHO the game is overhyped on TL.net. | ||
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evanthebouncy!
United States12796 Posts
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Umpteen
United Kingdom1570 Posts
On January 06 2014 19:05 pms wrote: My bad, I meant baneling traps, naturally. I watched this game live. I think that people get crazy about it just because of these baneling traps, or whatever you call it. Personally, I don't think it's a big deal, it's just flashy. IMHO the game is overhyped on TL.net. Well, I can't speak for everyone, but what got me excited (also watching live) were the near-constant marginal judgement calls. Often the right thing to do is obvious from a spectator's perspective. The game settles into a recognisable pattern, the players either get the next step right or the game ends (barring some colossal reciprocal mistake). In this game, everything was a marginal call. Proxy vs blind speedling. Aborted retaliatory bust. Muta-heavy opening in before the parade push that would have smashed it. Judging when to risk splitting banelings or mutas away from defence to hit expansions, which had to happen to soften the 3-base all-in. Judging when and how to defend the third and when to abandon it, judging when to commit to low-econ and killing orbitals rather than trying to regroup and mass up. Every single decision was heart-in-mouth time. Scarlett constantly dangled the possibility of victory in front of Bomber's nose while goading him with harassment. She was always one mismicroed muta flock or one slow round of banelings away from losing - and Bomber knew it. At the same time, the constant economic damage he was taking kept the prospect of backing off to muster a truly overwhelming push just out of reach. The combination meant Bomber always felt he had to keep attacking, even as his medivacs dwindled, which is what Scarlett needed him to do. But this finessing of her opponent came at tremendous cost to Scarlett's economy. An unstoppable deathball was no more an option for her than it was for Bomber. What was awesome about the unscannable baneling mines that won the game was that only unscannable baneling mines could have won the game. | ||
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Squat
Sweden7978 Posts
On January 06 2014 17:26 maartendq wrote: Is this that game that Scarlett won due to some lucky burrowed banelings? Winning by pure randomness shouldn't be the standard by which we judge foreigners. Yeah it's not like there was a crazy 35 minute game against a world class player on a pretty hard map before that or anything. Just a couple of lucky bane bombs. | ||
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renaissanceMAN
United States1840 Posts
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Pirfiktshon
United States1072 Posts
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how
United States538 Posts
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