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dambros
Profile Joined July 2010
Brazil432 Posts
December 18 2010 10:45 GMT
#3221
On December 18 2010 19:43 EpiK-J wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 18 2010 19:41 dambros wrote:
On December 18 2010 19:40 GhoSt[shield] wrote:
On December 18 2010 19:39 FliedLice wrote:
why are people so hard on rain?

relax people, seriously


We are so hard on him for the same reason we were flamming BitByBit.Prime so hard, he takes out really good Protoss or Zerg players with coin-flip builds, such as 2 proxy barracks at nat on Jungle Basin v Genius.


Im more pissed about him taking out nestea with 3 scvs/marine allins... MC vs Nstea would have be way more epic finals.


way more epic? Doubt it. As much as I love MC, his PVZ is no way as good as his PVT. He got 2-0 by nestea last gsl....


His matches against July were amazing. Nestea is stronger than July atm, but I think he would have enough time to prepare and really show his PvZ can be that good also.
No pain, no gain!
red_hq
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada450 Posts
December 18 2010 10:45 GMT
#3222
Rain totally EARNED that game if you outplay you opponent psychologically and then capitalize on that then all the power to you. SC2 shouldn't be pure mechanics it should have to do with strategies too, and guess what canceling tech is a strat.
Get some 'good' Dota 2: twitch.tv/redhq
Dante08
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
Singapore4140 Posts
December 18 2010 10:45 GMT
#3223
On December 18 2010 19:42 andrewwiggin wrote:

Show nested quote +
On December 18 2010 19:37 LittleeD wrote:
Excellent tech choice.
Excellent usage of the banshees
Excellent play by Rain.

He id DEFINITELY not a noob (Whoever the idiot who said that was)

And stop calling everything cheese when its just a brilliant tech choice to counter your opponents build


I'm the 'idiot' who said he's a noob.

And he is.

1. Excellent tech choice
UM but he didn't know what MC had. So that was flip of the coin. If MC was on a robo build, it wouldn't have worked, and Rain didn't know either way.

2.Excellent usage of the banshees
In that first main push with all his army units, the banshees were front and centre... ready for stalkers to take them down. The most expensive units, and Rain just let them die. (OH - and he A-moved that attack.. you could tell from the marauders and rines on the side attacking the geyser structure).

3. Excellent play by Rain.
Rain almost lost a game he had to definetely win from the blind build orders of both players. He ALMOST lost.

Rain is a noob.


So true, especially the fisrt push with banshees and the raven, man his pdd placement is just so dam bad, plus he didnt control his banshees, he just let them die to stalkers. Seriously -.- but its the finals though, the nerves might be getting to him so I do give him credit.
SrJoSeZ
Profile Joined September 2010
Peru121 Posts
December 18 2010 10:45 GMT
#3224
Rain is so gosu! :D
MrCon
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
France29748 Posts
December 18 2010 10:45 GMT
#3225
Shit, Rain has won a game, now everyone cries/imba/whine/QQ.
Quick MC, wins the 3 next games by proxy 2 rax zealot rush so everyone can be happy
.
.
....
andrewwiggin
Profile Joined September 2010
Australia435 Posts
December 18 2010 10:45 GMT
#3226
On December 18 2010 19:44 iEchoic wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 18 2010 19:42 andrewwiggin wrote:

On December 18 2010 19:37 LittleeD wrote:
Excellent tech choice.
Excellent usage of the banshees
Excellent play by Rain.

He id DEFINITELY not a noob (Whoever the idiot who said that was)

And stop calling everything cheese when its just a brilliant tech choice to counter your opponents build


Rain is a noob.


Dumb post, you don't get into GSL finals being a noob.


Yes you do. Rain did.

I forsee 4-1.
KingRajesh
Profile Joined July 2010
United States927 Posts
December 18 2010 10:45 GMT
#3227
This is gonna go another 2 hours...
"Zerg are the absolute worst thing that can happen to your day" - Dustin Browder
Creep
Profile Joined September 2010
United States229 Posts
December 18 2010 10:45 GMT
#3228
Someone tell me the name of the song!
applejuice
Profile Joined October 2010
307 Posts
December 18 2010 10:45 GMT
#3229
On December 18 2010 19:42 andrewwiggin wrote:
the marauders and rines on the side attacking the geyser structure).

3. Excellent play by Rain.
Rain almost lost a game he had to definetely win from the blind build orders of both players. He ALMOST lost.

Rain is a noob.


at what point in that game was he in danger of losing, exactly?
Deadlyhazard
Profile Joined May 2010
United States1177 Posts
December 18 2010 10:46 GMT
#3230
Does anyone else read 'hwaiting" as 'waiting' with the weird accent? Like Bob Ross would say LIQUID HWHITE sometimes. Everytime I hear it I think of that accent thingy.
Hark!
DystopiaX
Profile Joined October 2010
United States16236 Posts
December 18 2010 10:46 GMT
#3231
On December 18 2010 19:43 FindingPride wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 18 2010 19:42 andrewwiggin wrote:

On December 18 2010 19:37 LittleeD wrote:
Excellent tech choice.
Excellent usage of the banshees
Excellent play by Rain.

He id DEFINITELY not a noob (Whoever the idiot who said that was)

And stop calling everything cheese when its just a brilliant tech choice to counter your opponents build


I'm the 'idiot' who said he's a noob.

And he is.

1. Excellent tech choice
UM but he didn't know what MC had. So that was flip of the coin. If MC was on a robo build, it wouldn't have worked, and Rain didn't know either way.

2.Excellent usage of the banshees
In that first main push with all his army units, the banshees were front and centre... ready for stalkers to take them down. The most expensive units, and Rain just let them die. (OH - and he A-moved that attack.. you could tell from the marauders and rines on the side attacking the geyser structure).

3. Excellent play by Rain.
Rain almost lost a game he had to definetely win from the blind build orders of both players. He ALMOST lost.

Rain is a noob.

your forgetting the part where he tricked MC

the thing is, Rain did it because he scouted MC's 4gate. It's not like he was going into his banshee play completely blind; he knew MC wouldn't have detection for a while. Rain took down some damn good players to get here, Hongun, Genius, etc., don't forget that. He didn't even play BW, he'll just get better from here. I like MC but Rain is impressing me as well. Doesn't deserve all the hate he gets for cheese; all-ins/early agression have a place in the game as well, no matter what Artosis/IdrA say.
iNversion
Profile Joined October 2010
United States107 Posts
December 18 2010 10:46 GMT
#3232
rain did deserve that win yes, but admittedly his battle micro and army control is quite terrible. losing banshees to stalkers, a-moving mm force (some attacked the expo instead of mc's army), AND misplacing pdd...
SushilS
Profile Joined November 2010
2115 Posts
December 18 2010 10:46 GMT
#3233
Aww man did i miss the picking ceremony??
iceiceice: I’m going to make this short; I am the one true tinker player.
killerkoala
Profile Joined October 2010
518 Posts
December 18 2010 10:46 GMT
#3234
Does Live Report Thread translate to 'Incessant arguing' or something? ;(

Come on guys get a grip.
Panda Bear guy is PISSED
Banginglife
Profile Joined November 2010
United States92 Posts
December 18 2010 10:46 GMT
#3235
On December 18 2010 19:41 dambros wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 18 2010 19:40 GhoSt[shield] wrote:
On December 18 2010 19:39 FliedLice wrote:
why are people so hard on rain?

relax people, seriously


We are so hard on him for the same reason we were flamming BitByBit.Prime so hard, he takes out really good Protoss or Zerg players with coin-flip builds, such as 2 proxy barracks at nat on Jungle Basin v Genius.


Im more pissed about him taking out nestea with 3 scvs/marine allins... MC vs Nstea would have be way more epic finals.

Yeah it would probably be a better finals, never thought of it like that.
Charmander
Mooncat
Profile Joined October 2007
Germany1228 Posts
December 18 2010 10:46 GMT
#3236
On December 18 2010 19:43 The KY wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 18 2010 19:42 kzn wrote:
On December 18 2010 19:40 DystopiaX wrote:
On December 18 2010 19:40 KonohaFlash wrote:
On December 18 2010 19:39 FliedLice wrote:
why are people so hard on rain?

relax people, seriously


He cheesed his way to the finals, and it's showing that the guy is incapable of lasting without doing sneaky tactics.

He did fine playing standard games vs Hongun


Thats not exactly hard. With the exception of the Metal game HongUn has almost never displayed particularly amazing long-game ability.


He's in the finals. He played some really hard players. He won. He didn't cheese an excessive amount imo. Really think people need to give the guy a break.

Rain fighting.


Yup, my thoughts exactly. Give the man some credit. Rain Fighting!!! Gogo 4-2!
"[Lee Young Ho] With this victory, you’ve risen to Bonjwa status."
Dante08
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
Singapore4140 Posts
December 18 2010 10:46 GMT
#3237
On December 18 2010 19:45 applejuice wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 18 2010 19:42 andrewwiggin wrote:
the marauders and rines on the side attacking the geyser structure).

3. Excellent play by Rain.
Rain almost lost a game he had to definetely win from the blind build orders of both players. He ALMOST lost.

Rain is a noob.


at what point in that game was he in danger of losing, exactly?


He wasnt in danger of losing, but he could have won SO MUCH MORE EASILY
corpsepose
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
1678 Posts
December 18 2010 10:46 GMT
#3238
On December 18 2010 19:45 JoeSchmoe wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 18 2010 19:42 andrewwiggin wrote:

On December 18 2010 19:37 LittleeD wrote:
Excellent tech choice.
Excellent usage of the banshees
Excellent play by Rain.

He id DEFINITELY not a noob (Whoever the idiot who said that was)

And stop calling everything cheese when its just a brilliant tech choice to counter your opponents build


I'm the 'idiot' who said he's a noob.

And he is.

1. Excellent tech choice
UM but he didn't know what MC had. So that was flip of the coin. If MC was on a robo build, it wouldn't have worked, and Rain didn't know either way.

2.Excellent usage of the banshees
In that first main push with all his army units, the banshees were front and centre... ready for stalkers to take them down. The most expensive units, and Rain just let them die. (OH - and he A-moved that attack.. you could tell from the marauders and rines on the side attacking the geyser structure).

3. Excellent play by Rain.
Rain almost lost a game he had to definetely win from the blind build orders of both players. He ALMOST lost.

I am a noob.


I agree


well played :D
http://www.twitch.tv/corpsep0se
Tears.Of.The.Moon
Profile Joined September 2009
Slovenia715 Posts
December 18 2010 10:47 GMT
#3239
I think rain could take the next one since it's on SoW, unless MC goes 1 base.
ヽ(´ー`)┌
Moonwrath
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States9568 Posts
December 18 2010 10:47 GMT
#3240
I'm cheering for MC, but I'm almost hoping Rain wins to shut all these hypocritical forum flamers up. Rain did a great strategic move to completely fool MC into thinking he was going 2 rax all in.
화이탱!! @moonsoshi9
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