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vnlegend
United States1389 Posts
Meanwhile, to defend vs these attacks as Protoss, the P has to be perfect. Don't play perfectly? You're instantly dead like Iron or Nexgenius. There is nothing P can do to turn the tide. 1 bunker with some scvs and units can hold almost anything. With that said, I think the better players won, except for Liveforever who was still pretty good. | ||
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tyrless
United States485 Posts
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supersoft
Germany3729 Posts
On September 29 2010 06:47 tyrless wrote: weird games from Tester, he's a better player than ITR how do you know that Tester is the better player? Tester himself said, that ITR is the scariest opponent for him. So you think you know better than Tester himself who is the better gamer? I think they are both atleast in the top 5 of SC2 players. You really cant say that one is better than the other after seen one BO3 (and also one BO5 in the KotB that was 3:2 for Tester). | ||
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Lurker87
United States172 Posts
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lefty
United States1896 Posts
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scottyyy
United Kingdom796 Posts
On September 29 2010 07:25 lefty wrote: anyone see Rainbow's comments about Boxer's advice and his new race? lol No, can you link me or post what he said? | ||
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lefty
United States1896 Posts
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snow2.0
Germany2073 Posts
On September 29 2010 07:29 scottyyy wrote: No, can you link me or post what he said? if i'm guessing right, this is what he meant: (copy&paste from eu forums) + Show Spoiler + posted this in the 'toss forums, but i think it fits much better here: interview with HopeTorture after his win over sSKS aka. Tester: http://s.163.com/10/0928/19/6HMMGFT900314JJA.html translation: HopeTorture Thoughts on beating sSKS and making the Ro4? -The games all went according to plan. I didn't have time to prepare for game 3, so I'm glad it ended 2-0. The opponent used Void Rays in game 1. -The teammate I practiced with can only use Void Rays, after practicing with him, I'm immune to Void Rays. You were always on the offensive in game 2. -I wanted to end it 2-0. I didn't even expand, so I couldn't let my opponent have his natural, so I kept pressuring him. Who do you want to play in the Ro4? -I hope for a Protoss. I always discuss strategies with Ensnare, so if I play with him, there'd be no secrets. It'd be harder to prepare. Some people hope you switch to Protoss. -Protoss is much stronger than in BW, so I don't really care if I play Protoss. But when I first picked race I saw no one else was playing Terran, so I chose it. Now I'm familiar with Terran, so I don't want to change races. I think Terran is the strongest. During BW I kept saying Terran was too hard, and Boxer-hyung kept joking and telling me to switch to Terran. Now I'm playing Terran in SC2, I'm finally experiencing it. Besides TvT, everything is easy. This is your best result as a progamer. -A lot of players with a chance to do even better didn't participate, so even if I win I don't think I'm very strong. There'll be even stronger people participating in the future, so I can't be satisfied with my current results and I'll need to work harder. Now you're playing Bo5s. -Bo5 emphasizes basics and mind games. Last words? -Thanks to all my teammates who helped me practice, I'll repay them by winning. Go Startale! /// interview with Ensnare after beating HongUnPrime http://s.163.com/10/0928/20/6HMOPEFP00314JJA.html Translation: Ensnare You won with ease. -True. It's because the Hellions that I made only for scouting got a lot, so I was able to win with ease. Your opponent in the Ro4 is HopeTorture. -The opponent is strong, but I'll prioritize enjoying the games. The semis are Bo5, do you have any good strategies? -I haven't thought about it yet, but Hope-hyung has very aggressive, so I think if I can defend and drag it to late game I'd be good. You ensured 10 million won prize money. -I don't have much to say about that. I just want to enjoy SC2, enjoy happy times. It can be a TvT finals. -I think Cool will win, so it won't be TvT. In Bo5, mind games are important, and Cool-hyung has the advantage of progaming experience, so he has a big advantage. You're in the Ro4, are you satisfied? -I'm in the upper levels of the rankings, as long as I don't lose to players who are around my level or below, I'm satisfied. It seems I can be satisfied now. Last words? -I defeated many Protosses to get to the Ro4, I'll treat them to meals [laugh] Source: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=156658 ============= Ahrtosis claiming that in korea, TvP is considered P favored. Hopetorture and Ensnare disagree with that statment. I found it a fun read. He's a damned good player, but he makes it sounds like playing terran doesn't even provide reasons for him to put all his possible skill/effort in. | ||
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Lurker87
United States172 Posts
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Immersion_
United Kingdom794 Posts
, though thought that meant cool was gone but turns out it was tester haha. The game itself has potential to produce epic encounters but so many people fall so early, I don't know if it's mis micro (certainly was in Honguns case) or what (clearly maps also) but yeah, real let down. These early marauder pushes aren't THAT hard ( i think) to stop but you can't just throw away units out of position, pulling probe timings need to be better and forcefields need to be maximized, see so many FFs and then the zealots run up to whack the trapped units and end up dying themselves to lowground fire, I keep expecting players to show us how it's done but under the pressure I expect it's very difficult. Ensnare still in though hoping he can take it from Cool in the final, if the ZvTs are half as good as at IEM (final excepted) I cannot wait  | ||
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Wrongspeedy
United States1655 Posts
At the risk of being redundant, after watching those games, Terran looks strong. We will only be able to tell in time if they really are much better (like a lot seem to think). But it almost seems like both P and Z have to react to what the T player is doing, no matter what build they start the game with. Gogo Fruitseller! | ||
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Jochan
Poland1730 Posts
Top pro tip for GSL #2, make sure your opponents are well fed ! | ||
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Robonord
United States311 Posts
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kindle139
United States128 Posts
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Doughboy
United States721 Posts
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backtoback
Canada1276 Posts
On September 29 2010 09:01 Doughboy wrote: ITR Hwaiting! Cool beans. cool beans for sure... ITR / HopeTorture lol silly names but he is no doubt in my mind the best terran in GSL by FARR i see fruitseller vs hopetorture in the finals and if zerg wins.... my god we were all wrong the whole time | ||
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Cloak
United States816 Posts
On September 29 2010 07:40 snow2.0 wrote: ITR: During BW I kept saying Terran was too hard, and Boxer-hyung kept joking and telling me to switch to Terran. Now I'm playing Terran in SC2, I'm finally experiencing it. Besides TvT, everything is easy. ಠ_ಠ | ||
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Dionyseus
United States2068 Posts
MakaPrime vs NexLiveForever: Good play from Maka in game 1 but he was awful the next two games. Running your army blind up a terran's ramp? And then he tries it again in game 3 but with just a few units this time but that was enough for Nex's thor to knock Maka out. FruitDealer vs ogsInca: FruitDeaker has 50 pound balls, 6 pooling in kulas against Inca, and it worked! Then in game 2 he went FE then transitioned to dimaga style forcing Inca to stop mining a bunch of times and then teched to roaches and inca was so frustrated he forgot to say gg when he quit, I think he realized it afterwards because he was typing something after the game. Tester vs HopeTorture: In game 1 I thought Tester had the better unit composition but was really in a bad position when he attacked HopeTorture's gold expo attempt. In game 2 Tester chose a really bad spot for his robotics facility that HopeTorture was able to snipe easily, that pretty much ended the game. So much emotion from HopeTorture after that win. ogsEnsnare vs HongunPrime: Sexy decoy with the hellions to allow his army to make it inside HongunPrime's base, and then when Hongun managed to drive out Ensnare, back comes the hellions and they killed so many probes. Sexy sexy play from Ensnare. Ensnare does the same rush in game 2 and Hongun loses almost all his probes to the first push, and that's pretty much game over against someone as good as Ensnare, and it was. My quick thoughts about the upcoming semifinals: FruitDealer vs NexLiveForever: I think FruitDealer has pretty good chances of winning this match. HopeTorture vs ogsEnsnare: I like both but I think Ensnare is the more solid of the two. | ||
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KissBlade
United States5718 Posts
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koppik
United States676 Posts
On September 29 2010 10:22 KissBlade wrote: Yeah, like Cool said in his interview after beating TOP:I should point out, this isn't the first time ITR and Tester sparred off in a BoX. I was worried about him losing to ITR due to their history. On September 25 2010 01:07 Milkis wrote:- Anything else you want to say? ▲  RainBOw hyung supported me a lot, so I want to thank him because he was a lot of help. I hope TesteR, RainBOw, and Maka all make it to the top 8. But I think TesteR is a little afraid of RainBOw hyung [laugh].TesteR is kind of afraid of RainBOw. It kind of showed in Day[9]'s KotH, too. | ||
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