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Gudeldar
Profile Joined August 2010
United States1200 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-12-06 10:46:02
December 06 2010 10:45 GMT
#541
Stop quoting Ret already, we get it.
ZapRoffo
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States5544 Posts
December 06 2010 10:45 GMT
#542
Game 3 Shakuras
Rain top left
NesTea bottom right
Yeah, well, you know, that's just like, your opinion man
ThePieRate
Profile Joined September 2010
United States263 Posts
December 06 2010 10:45 GMT
#543
I don't why you wouldnt go for a very early pool like 11 or 12, if everyone is saying that 2 rax is basically a auto win on steppes. He could easily get a spine up before the rush starts or would have to stall him for like 10 seconds...
positron.
Profile Joined May 2010
634 Posts
December 06 2010 10:46 GMT
#544
On December 06 2010 19:45 Lann555 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 06 2010 19:43 Gudeldar wrote:
On December 06 2010 19:41 Lann555 wrote:
On December 06 2010 19:39 zemiron wrote:
On December 06 2010 19:35 zak wrote:
i used to hate this all in stuff but I understand why terran does it. Mid game and late game you cannot stop zerg unless you are at least on par with bases. once zerg can mass banelings the game is over. perfect micro is needed and you just cant have perfect marine micro every game. Too many variables. Blizz needs to work on this so we can have more even macro games. my 2 cents.


If Jinro can win a macro game against zergs, then I expect these Korean Terrans who are supposed to be the best in the world to do it as well.


I'm not convinced that style is viable untill he pulls it off vs a top-level zerg which Moon is not. Moon played very poorly in their series and failed to capitalize on Jinro's passive play. He never even got hive up in either game


True, if he can pull that style off against NesTea or FruitDealer then I will believe its possible. I don't think I've ever seen a Terran survive the Brood Lord/Ultralisk tech switch.


Ye, the big problem with that style is that a Zerg who reacts properly will just take the map and tech quickly to Broodlords instead of investing too much in troops. Once Broodlords come out, Jinro's marine/tank mix just gets stomped hard. Maybe Jinro has a solution for that problem but Ill believe it when I see it

Let's hope he makes it to the final so we can see his TvZ.
LoLAdriankat
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States4307 Posts
December 06 2010 10:46 GMT
#545
On December 06 2010 19:45 Lann555 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 06 2010 19:43 Gudeldar wrote:
On December 06 2010 19:41 Lann555 wrote:
On December 06 2010 19:39 zemiron wrote:
On December 06 2010 19:35 zak wrote:
i used to hate this all in stuff but I understand why terran does it. Mid game and late game you cannot stop zerg unless you are at least on par with bases. once zerg can mass banelings the game is over. perfect micro is needed and you just cant have perfect marine micro every game. Too many variables. Blizz needs to work on this so we can have more even macro games. my 2 cents.


If Jinro can win a macro game against zergs, then I expect these Korean Terrans who are supposed to be the best in the world to do it as well.


I'm not convinced that style is viable untill he pulls it off vs a top-level zerg which Moon is not. Moon played very poorly in their series and failed to capitalize on Jinro's passive play. He never even got hive up in either game


True, if he can pull that style off against NesTea or FruitDealer then I will believe its possible. I don't think I've ever seen a Terran survive the Brood Lord/Ultralisk tech switch.


Ye, the big problem with that style is that a Zerg who reacts properly will just take the map and tech quickly to Broodlords instead of investing too much in troops. Once Broodlords come out, Jinro's marine/tank mix just gets stomped hard. Maybe Jinro has a solution for that problem but Ill believe it when I see it

Jinro is very good at reacting to his opponent, so I figure he'll have a response by the time brood lords are out.
eviltomahawk
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States11135 Posts
December 06 2010 10:46 GMT
#546
On December 06 2010 19:42 Zaka wrote:
When even people like FruitDealer say that the TvZ match-up is favoured towards Zerg, especially mid-game and beyond, then why do people get so whiny in here when Terran decides to finish the game early on?


Probably because all these marine+scv all-ins are painful to watch and nowhere as entertaining as the long, drawn-out macro TvZs that occasionally occur. I think most people think that macro-style is the proper way to play SC, though cheese will always be part of the game.
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LittLeD
Profile Joined May 2010
Sweden7973 Posts
December 06 2010 10:46 GMT
#547
Artosis is Jealous :D
☆Grubby ☆| Tod|DeMusliM|ThorZaiN|SaSe|Moon|Mana| ☆HerO ☆
Jyvblamo
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
Canada13788 Posts
December 06 2010 10:46 GMT
#548
On December 06 2010 19:45 ThePieRate wrote:
I don't why you wouldnt go for a very early pool like 11 or 12, if everyone is saying that 2 rax is basically a auto win on steppes. He could easily get a spine up before the rush starts or would have to stall him for like 10 seconds...

Terran can just scout you... and choose to not all in and throw down a CC instead. -_-
Shikyo
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Finland33997 Posts
December 06 2010 10:46 GMT
#549
On December 06 2010 19:43 ZapRoffo wrote:
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On December 06 2010 19:43 Shikyo wrote:
On December 06 2010 19:39 TehForce wrote:
On December 06 2010 19:36 Liquid`Ret wrote:
people who keep talking about 'hatch first' really don't have a clue.. 2 rax constant marines dominates pool first so bad because there's only so few larve off 1 hatch untill after the first queen inject...the marines can just push you back non stop till that first inject finishes and you are in danger of being bunker blocked

not to mention you have to blindly make ~20 lings in that case so if terran just stops after 5 mariens and puts down a CC you are economically fucked

nestea fucked up his drone/ling control pretty bad there but hatch first is the only choice really...hency why steppes is auto loss vs terran, im sure nestea expected to lose set 2


Listen to ret. All those non-zerg players telling us just to pool first and we would be fine should get a practice partner and try that on steppes. then we talk again

If you pool-first early enough, the first inject will come before you're dead. Also, 14 gas-pool can hold this pretty well.

Pool first can defend the super early scv all-in, but it loses to the later mass marine buildup because of production.

There's not much difference in production, and I'm always of the opinion that it's better to just survive, even with a disadvantage, because the later the game lasts the more chances the opponent has of making mistakes.
League of Legends EU West, Platinum III | Yousei Teikoku is the best thing that has ever happened to music.
Mainland
Profile Joined September 2010
Canada551 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-12-06 10:46:49
December 06 2010 10:46 GMT
#550
On December 06 2010 19:41 blade55555 wrote:
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On December 06 2010 19:36 Liquid`Ret wrote:
people who keep talking about 'hatch first' really don't have a clue.. 2 rax constant marines dominates pool first so bad because there's only so few larve off 1 hatch untill after the first queen inject...the marines can just push you back non stop till that first inject finishes and you are in danger of being bunker blocked

not to mention you have to blindly make ~20 lings in that case so if terran just stops after 5 mariens and puts down a CC you are economically fucked

nestea fucked up his drone/ling control pretty bad there but hatch first is the only choice really...hency why steppes is auto loss vs terran, im sure nestea expected to lose set 2


Yup agreed I don't understand how people here don't understand that pool first isn't any better as you have less larva like you said and your behind economically if the terran player plops down an expo.

You know your in a bad spot when terran starts his expo before you :/


This argument is incorrect. Pool first with queen has pretty much the same larva production as hatch first.

source: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=117908

You can't say hatch first has an economic advantage when it forces zerg to take 6-10 drones off mining to defend.
Sylvr
Profile Joined May 2010
United States524 Posts
December 06 2010 10:46 GMT
#551
O.o GomTV said that today's live tickets were sold out, but tomorrow's were available. I wanted to watch Jinro anyway, so I went ahead and bought tomorrow's. Somehow, it gave me access to today's show. I'll take it!
ZapRoffo
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States5544 Posts
December 06 2010 10:46 GMT
#552
Fast fast stim
Yeah, well, you know, that's just like, your opinion man
ktimekiller
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States690 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-12-06 10:46:50
December 06 2010 10:46 GMT
#553
On December 06 2010 19:45 ThePieRate wrote:
I don't why you wouldnt go for a very early pool like 11 or 12, if everyone is saying that 2 rax is basically a auto win on steppes. He could easily get a spine up before the rush starts or would have to stall him for like 10 seconds...


2rax can transition into a SAFE fast expo

11 pooler with lings gets fucked and loses
iEchoic
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States1776 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-12-06 10:47:26
December 06 2010 10:46 GMT
#554
I have a hard time believing TvZ steppes is an autoloss considering Fruit held off Foxer's allin on Metal close positions, which is almost exactly the same rush distance.
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LoLAdriankat
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States4307 Posts
December 06 2010 10:47 GMT
#555
On December 06 2010 19:46 Sylvr wrote:
O.o GomTV said that today's live tickets were sold out, but tomorrow's were available. I wanted to watch Jinro anyway, so I went ahead and bought tomorrow's. Somehow, it gave me access to today's show. I'll take it!

It's free to watch the GSL live in standard quality.
Shikyo
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Finland33997 Posts
December 06 2010 10:47 GMT
#556
On December 06 2010 19:46 Jyvblamo wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 06 2010 19:45 ThePieRate wrote:
I don't why you wouldnt go for a very early pool like 11 or 12, if everyone is saying that 2 rax is basically a auto win on steppes. He could easily get a spine up before the rush starts or would have to stall him for like 10 seconds...

Terran can just scout you... and choose to not all in and throw down a CC instead. -_-

So you can go into a macro game pretty much even... doesn't sound bad to me.
League of Legends EU West, Platinum III | Yousei Teikoku is the best thing that has ever happened to music.
Gudeldar
Profile Joined August 2010
United States1200 Posts
December 06 2010 10:47 GMT
#557
On December 06 2010 19:46 iEchoic wrote:
I have a hard time believing TvZ steppes is an autoloss considering Nestea held off Foxer's allin on Metal close positions, which is almost exactly the same rush distance.


Its not always an autoloss but you need pretty much perfect control to survive.
bokeevboke
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Singapore1674 Posts
December 06 2010 10:47 GMT
#558
On December 06 2010 19:43 Moonwrath wrote:
I still don't see how hatch first is better. You pull all your drones off of mining anyway so you can't even use all your larva anyway. Pool first get a spinecrawler, then get an in base hatch if you need the larva so badly. Expand once you defend everything. It's certainly a lot safer than trying to hatch first against someone that is rushing you. It just makes no sense when you know some kind of very fast rush is coming to go for an econ build as opposed to a defensive build.


I think no one can explain you why hatch first better. You need to play more and watch more high level games. Day 9 is great in explaining these stuff, timings, BO, eco-management so on.
Its grack
blade55555
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States17423 Posts
December 06 2010 10:47 GMT
#559
On December 06 2010 19:46 Shikyo wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 06 2010 19:43 ZapRoffo wrote:
On December 06 2010 19:43 Shikyo wrote:
On December 06 2010 19:39 TehForce wrote:
On December 06 2010 19:36 Liquid`Ret wrote:
people who keep talking about 'hatch first' really don't have a clue.. 2 rax constant marines dominates pool first so bad because there's only so few larve off 1 hatch untill after the first queen inject...the marines can just push you back non stop till that first inject finishes and you are in danger of being bunker blocked

not to mention you have to blindly make ~20 lings in that case so if terran just stops after 5 mariens and puts down a CC you are economically fucked

nestea fucked up his drone/ling control pretty bad there but hatch first is the only choice really...hency why steppes is auto loss vs terran, im sure nestea expected to lose set 2


Listen to ret. All those non-zerg players telling us just to pool first and we would be fine should get a practice partner and try that on steppes. then we talk again

If you pool-first early enough, the first inject will come before you're dead. Also, 14 gas-pool can hold this pretty well.

Pool first can defend the super early scv all-in, but it loses to the later mass marine buildup because of production.

There's not much difference in production, and I'm always of the opinion that it's better to just survive, even with a disadvantage, because the later the game lasts the more chances the opponent has of making mistakes.


The problem is its not a small disadvantage. Your at a huge disadvantage as he'll just bunker your ramp and plop down an expo. There is a huge difference and really if your praying to win on your opponent making mistakes thats never good!
When I think of something else, something will go here
ZapRoffo
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States5544 Posts
December 06 2010 10:47 GMT
#560
On December 06 2010 19:46 iEchoic wrote:
I have a hard time believing TvZ steppes is an autoloss considering Fruit held off Foxer's allin on Metal close positions, which is almost exactly the same rush distance.

Nestea's micro today on it was very poor.
Yeah, well, you know, that's just like, your opinion man
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