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DecoyOn
Canada45 Posts
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numberThirtyOne
United States294 Posts
StarCraft II Beta -- Patch 12 (version 0.14.0.15343) ZERG o Roach + Supply count increased from 1 to 2. Guess we know what Idra's excuse will be! | ||
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Chriamon
United States886 Posts
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iNcontroL
USA29055 Posts
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sandroba
Canada4998 Posts
On May 14 2010 03:41 Nihilnovi wrote: The time of ida vs nony stream is nowhere to be found or am i blind? o.o One of the players asked it to be postponed. | ||
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Creme
United States21 Posts
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States45855 Posts
Idra should try to abuse TLO's Zerg if he finds himself having trouble against Nony (not to knock Idra's techniques, which are amazing as is...but if he needs an early game technique...). We all know how thick-headed Idra can be (see his game against Joseki's Thor-ship). Idra can take this, though I'm rooting for WhiteRa. Prediction: Idra > Nony, then WhiteRa > Idra in finals. | ||
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Nihilnovi
Sweden696 Posts
that explains it, was sure it was supposed to be today, cheers =) | ||
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Azarkon
United States21060 Posts
On May 14 2010 04:45 DarkPlasmaBall wrote: I think the fact that Roaches got nerfed will be more of an impetus for Idra to be more creative... and more open to copying TLO's speedling run-by technique, which worked REALLY well against WhiteRa. And if it worked against WhiteRa, it should work decently well against ANY Protoss... Idra should try to abuse TLO's Zerg if he finds himself having trouble against Nony (not to knock Idra's techniques, which are amazing as is...but if he needs an early game technique...). We all know how thick-headed Idra can be (see his game against Joseki's Thor-ship). Idra can take this, though I'm rooting for WhiteRa. Prediction: Idra > Nony, then WhiteRa > Idra in finals. Speedling run-by is a standard strategy since... BW. It's not TLO's innovation... | ||
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States45855 Posts
On May 14 2010 05:03 Azarkon wrote: Speedling run-by is a standard strategy since... BW. It's not TLO's innovation... Right, but Idra usually doesn't use it... except in that one game against Ret; maybe it'll be more reinforcement for him to try to mix things up a bit. | ||
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ThatsNoMoon
Mexico344 Posts
Wasn't it supposed to be today 15 mins ago? Don't care if its delayed... I just want to know when. | ||
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Regent
United Kingdom52 Posts
Great stuff! | ||
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Gont
Germany239 Posts
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CubEdIn
Romania5359 Posts
On May 14 2010 04:45 DarkPlasmaBall wrote: I think the fact that Roaches got nerfed will be more of an impetus for Idra to be more creative... and more open to copying TLO's speedling run-by technique, which worked REALLY well against WhiteRa. And if it worked against WhiteRa, it should work decently well against ANY Protoss... Idra should try to abuse TLO's Zerg if he finds himself having trouble against Nony (not to knock Idra's techniques, which are amazing as is...but if he needs an early game technique...). We all know how thick-headed Idra can be (see his game against Joseki's Thor-ship). Idra can take this, though I'm rooting for WhiteRa. Prediction: Idra > Nony, then WhiteRa > Idra in finals. If white-ra lost to TLO's zerg twice, I doubt he'll be able to take down Idra. Also, the strategy that TLO used on ScrapStation has been around since month 1 of beta. It stops both 1-gate-starport and 1-gate-robo. I don't think TLO should have randomed himself into oblivion. | ||
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States45855 Posts
On May 14 2010 05:35 CubEdIn wrote: If white-ra lost to TLO's zerg twice, I doubt he'll be able to take down Idra. Also, the strategy that TLO used on ScrapStation has been around since month 1 of beta. It stops both 1-gate-starport and 1-gate-robo. I don't think TLO should have randomed himself into oblivion. I'm not sure, but I don't think Random players were allowed to arbitrarily stop playing as Random part-way through the tournament. And I think that since Roaches got nerfed to two supply instead of one, it'll help WhiteRa a lot against Idra (if they meet in the finals). WhiteRa could probably out-macro Idra if he attacks early enough. I think that it'll go to an ace match either way. | ||
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Chriamon
United States886 Posts
On May 14 2010 05:55 DarkPlasmaBall wrote: I'm not sure, but I don't think Random players were allowed to arbitrarily stop playing as Random part-way through the tournament. And I think that since Roaches got nerfed to two supply instead of one, it'll help WhiteRa a lot against Idra (if they meet in the finals). WhiteRa could probably out-macro Idra if he attacks early enough. I think that it'll go to an ace match either way. I think his point is that TLO beat white-ra without using any roaches, so why couldn't Idra. | ||
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States45855 Posts
On May 14 2010 05:58 Chriamon wrote: I think his point is that TLO beat white-ra without using any roaches, so why couldn't Idra. I didn't say he couldn't. In fact, I said he COULD. I actually said that Idra should probably try the speedling idea that TLO used (and that Idra himself used against Ret) instead of just relying on Roaches like he usually does (especially with the new nerf). I just don't know how prepared Idra is going to be with the nerf, since he can get pretty stolid at times (like against Joseki's Thor-ship build). WhiteRa is great with FFs but still allowed the speedling run-bys into his base, which lost him both games against TLO. If he can stop those, I think he'll perform extremely well against Zergs. I think it'll be 3-2 WhiteRa against Idra. (I assume Idra will beat Nony.) | ||
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EZjijy
United States1039 Posts
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nihlon
Sweden5581 Posts
On May 14 2010 06:10 Repok wrote: I guess this is the downside to having a tourney during a beta. Constant balance patches mess players up! Yeah it sucks for the players but is not like they have money invested in this tournament, only time. | ||
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GenoZStriker
United States2914 Posts
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