Hatchery has absolutely no sight range before morphing. That's why its a good idea to plant your second overlord around your natural expo while morphing to catch potential cheese.

Edit: Why is the commentator saying that wasn't cheese?

Puosu

7034 Posts

April 18 2010 10:29 GMT

#812

Are there going to be any more games? I missed most of the IdrA vs. Ace match. :<

Technique

Netherlands1542 Posts

April 18 2010 10:29 GMT

#813

Yep too predictable.

Oh well idra still done very well in this tournament.

wassbix

Canada499 Posts

April 18 2010 10:34 GMT

#814

That was a well timed cannon rush. Bet not many people expected chedda on the final match

Pekkz

Norway1505 Posts

April 18 2010 10:34 GMT

#815

This is exactly the point people tried to make earlier in this thread. Idra has sick solid macro play, but he is predictable and and maby doesnt handle rushes that well. This game could gone very different if he had just sacked his hatch and started beating down his backdoor.

Puosu

7034 Posts

April 18 2010 10:37 GMT

#816

Cheese is a pejorative expression which refers to a strategy that is highly unconventional and designed to take one's opponent by surprise. In general, cheese is nearly impossible to defeat if it is not scouted but easy to defeat if it is scouted.

-Liquipedia

That build was definitely a cheese if we follow the Liquipedia.
It was a well calculated risk anyways.

hydraden

United States719 Posts

April 18 2010 10:39 GMT

#817

Cheese or not,
Idra is definitely not the person to face this kind of strategy.

wassbix

Canada499 Posts

April 18 2010 10:42 GMT

#818

On April 18 2010 19:34 Pekkz wrote:
This is exactly the point people tried to make earlier in this thread. Idra has sick solid macro play, but he is predictable and and maby doesnt handle rushes that well. This game could gone very different if he had just sacked his hatch and started beating down his backdoor.

He got cheesed like 3-4 times this tourny though. His rage quitting makes him like a cheese magnet, which is hilarious.

I_Love_Bacon

United States5765 Posts

April 18 2010 10:44 GMT

#819

It would be nice, for once, if a tournament or event occurs where Idra loses to cheese if 10 pages after it don't turn into people talking about his style, especially when he went 5-2 (?) in the tournament.

Gamjadori

Japan131 Posts

April 18 2010 10:48 GMT

#820

Well, Idra lost to Nazgul in Zotac after Nazgul did the same fast Zeal opening in every game. The canons just seems like a variation of that strat. Naz rush did seems to follow though pretty good to the mid-game. Naz played the same strat apart from the canons in all 3 TL vs EG games as well, so shouldn't that kind of play be pretty standard by now?