ITR isn't playing great, but that's not the reason this is happening. Fruit's just one or two steps ahead strategically. Every build he's done is pretty clearly thought out to stop exactly what ITR is trying to do. Basically Fruit is showing progamer preparation can defeat builds we thought were unstoppable, and ITR is showing us that being predictable is death in a boX series vs a legit opponent.

fearus

China2164 Posts

October 02 2010 10:51 GMT

#2282

Game 1 and 2: Omg rainbow ain't pressuring him early
Game 3: *Rainbow pressures early and gets rolled* ... Oh Rainbow is playing bad..

Common kidz..

rushz0rz

Canada5300 Posts

October 02 2010 10:51 GMT

#2283

On October 02 2010 19:49 NEgroidZerg wrote:

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Are you serious? Cool just won with a nydus counter while his hidden ecpo was being killed by a cleverly placed tank on a cliff.

Rainbow is playing well. Cool is playing amazing.

Are you serious? RainBOw just lost by doing the same strategy every game and missing a nydus canal that was right inside his base.

Cool is playing good. RainBOw is playing shitty.

I'm the biggest RainBOw fanboy ever and even I'm not going to sugarcoat this. Step back and take a look at what's really happening.

hijt

106 Posts

October 02 2010 10:51 GMT

#2284

this is what you get for a lame "tankdrop you cant handle this" - a nydus next to your engineering bay HA!

Danglars

United States12133 Posts

October 02 2010 10:51 GMT

#2285

Thoughts on whether Rainbow will do an aggressive play instead of a cutesy tank drop, or the 'Try to beat Zerg at their own game (macro)' Economical Mech play?
Will Rainbow adjust his build order?

beetlelisk

Poland2276 Posts

October 02 2010 10:51 GMT

#2286

I am heavily rooting for FruitDominator and I am very, very, very, very, very, very happy about his wins but Rainbow's performance is dissapointing.
Where are the Reapers? Where are the Hellions (/w blue flame)?

knyttym

United States5797 Posts

October 02 2010 10:51 GMT

#2287

That was bad. Tank dropping when zerg expos to the gold? How about preigniter hellions to abuse how spread out he is? Or thor drop so you can actually bounce from the gold to the main?

Klive5ive

United Kingdom6056 Posts

October 02 2010 10:51 GMT

#2288

On October 02 2010 19:49 DreXxiN wrote:
Oh yeah guys ITR is just playing bad, that's why Fruidealer rolled every other terran too, they were ALL playing bad.

Get the fuck over yourselves, seriously.

COOL FIGHTING!

oGsTOP had him beaten and they've nerfed Ultras since then.

If you can't see how horribly ITR is playing right now, there's no hope for you.
It's really sad to see. We haven't seen a single decent move from the Terran all series.

foxmeep

Australia2320 Posts

October 02 2010 10:51 GMT

#2289

On October 02 2010 19:48 Blackou wrote:
Because the prize pool is huge ... they need to cash in at some point

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That and they can't really have a 20 minute program, lol.

salidsnake

United States50 Posts

October 02 2010 10:51 GMT

#2290

If hope torture doesn't change his play hes going to flop soooo badly. he cant keep trying to do the same thing.

TieN.nS)

United States2131 Posts

October 02 2010 10:51 GMT

#2291

Cool #1 win shuttle!

HansMoleman

United States343 Posts

October 02 2010 10:51 GMT

#2292

i smell a match fix! not entirely serious but ya gotta suspect with these shifty pro-gamers. :p

On_Slaught

United States12190 Posts

October 02 2010 10:51 GMT

#2293

No real way to justify not seeing a nydus that pops up on top of one of your buildings when you have a tank and a few marines a stones throw away.

He is obviously nervous beyond belief and is essentially choking.

freestalker

469 Posts

October 02 2010 10:51 GMT

#2294

let's make some conspiration theories >_> blizzard paid terran to lose so zerg has at least one win in tournaments! f'sure! :D

but really, I've seen much better TvZ from side of T before.. what is this

ashaman771

Canada114 Posts

October 02 2010 10:51 GMT

#2295

don't be a one trick pony i guess. fruit is all over the place, nice to see.

NEgroidZerg

United States244 Posts

October 02 2010 10:51 GMT

#2296

You know i have to say before this series I thought scII couldn't be as exciting as BW was. This has proven me wrong.

Pekkz

Norway1505 Posts

October 02 2010 10:51 GMT

#2297

Please let Rainbow out of his missery. I cant believe his not doing anything of what makes terran so strong in this matchup. --> Hellion,reaper,banshee.

smileyyy

Germany1816 Posts

October 02 2010 10:51 GMT

#2298

Well People forget that ITR is not in a Team !!!. But Cool is so he is playing vs the combined minds/power of a whole team. No wonder he is struggling with his build etc.

The S1 already shows us you gotta be in a team to make it