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Selias
Profile Joined December 2010
16 Posts
December 29 2010 16:39 GMT
#981
Those wins looked rather easy, at least the last two. In both cases Ret had invested most of his economy in hatcheries and drones and was unable to respond to the fast pressure.
Ipp
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States456 Posts
December 29 2010 16:40 GMT
#982
To people complaining about lag. I plan to bring a lowquality stream up on RQTV #2 for finals
http://youtube.com/RageQuitTV
obsidia
Profile Joined October 2010
122 Posts
December 29 2010 16:40 GMT
#983
thought you might have a timing window with the mutalisks during his gateway push in g2 when he was zealot heavy, just abit unfortunate he kept the pressure up so well. Also slightly unnerving to see how close the worker count was to say you were on 3 base macroing like a beast while he Fe'd....
majordoh
Profile Joined November 2010
25 Posts
December 29 2010 16:40 GMT
#984
On December 30 2010 01:34 Liquid`Ret wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 30 2010 01:33 gnutz wrote:
Honestly, it seems like Ret has no really well-thought-out build orders in ZvP. Ret could have easily had the second game.

And if MC sees Speedlings & Spines, it should be clear that he is going for a 5/6-Gate Push, to kill a Muta Tech.

But LOL @ Blizzards design for maps in game 3, it seems like close air is still so close that All-Ins are WAY to powerful.


he went for 6 gate before he saw anything you silly silly guy, hence why i took aLL drones off gas and never made a damn mutalisk lol

but honestly i gave up the game when i saw his probe


ret nice to respons so fast here

really impressed of your macro skills, game 1 couldve gone either way if u werent trapped in 20 forcefields

btw, what u think of mc's style, especially the cannons in game 1 and 3, lots of ppl whine about it on tl
Numy
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
South Africa35471 Posts
December 29 2010 16:41 GMT
#985
On December 30 2010 01:40 obsidia wrote:
thought you might have a timing window with the mutalisks during his gateway push in g2 when he was zealot heavy, just abit unfortunate he kept the pressure up so well. Also slightly unnerving to see how close the worker count was to say you were on 3 base macroing like a beast while he Fe'd....


Well he took all workers off gas to try and get enough lings/sunks to survive. So when MC got zealot count he didn't have any gas to actually get muta out. Not much of a window Close metal is just death.
GG.Lonely
Profile Joined December 2010
Russian Federation27 Posts
December 29 2010 16:41 GMT
#986
Semifinals replays

http://hotfile.com/dl/92834324/2d08a10/KasperskySemifinals.zip.html
Lann555
Profile Joined February 2010
Netherlands5173 Posts
December 29 2010 16:42 GMT
#987
On December 30 2010 01:39 Liquid`Ret wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 30 2010 01:37 gnutz wrote:
On December 30 2010 01:34 Liquid`Ret wrote:
On December 30 2010 01:33 gnutz wrote:
Honestly, it seems like Ret has no really well-thought-out build orders in ZvP. Ret could have easily had the second game.

And if MC sees Speedlings & Spines, it should be clear that he is going for a 5/6-Gate Push, to kill a Muta Tech.

But LOL @ Blizzards design for maps in game 3, it seems like close air is still so close that All-Ins are WAY to powerful.


he went for 6 gate before he saw anything you silly silly guy, hence why i took aLL drones off gas and never made a damn mutalisk lol

but honestly i gave up the game when i saw his probe


but you made no roaches ... dont want to argue, but a 6 Gate zealot with +1 obviously also counters only speedlings.


yes, but you dont play this game at high level, close pos metal i cant win with roaches vs MC so i took the huge gamble with spire and +1 lings hoping for a robotics, as soon as it wasnt a robotics i knew i lost, this game isnt clear and cut as you think, theres a lot of mind games involved as well

when you lose 80% of your zvps on ladder that doesnt help with confidence either


If you don't mind me asking: What happens if you do go Roach in that situation? You die to Immortal/Forcefield or somethign?
Fantasy Fan! Gogogo vultures
Manimal_pro
Profile Joined June 2010
Romania991 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-12-29 16:43:50
December 29 2010 16:42 GMT
#988
shout out to all the guys "giving advice" to RET, i'm sure he knows best, you should thank him he shared his thoughts on the games he just played instead of underestimating his play

there's no lag for the HD stream on ragequit TV actually works great
If you like brood war, please go play brood war and stop whining about SC2
-Archangel-
Profile Joined May 2010
Croatia7457 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-12-29 16:43:21
December 29 2010 16:42 GMT
#989
On December 30 2010 01:39 Liquid`Ret wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 30 2010 01:37 gnutz wrote:
On December 30 2010 01:34 Liquid`Ret wrote:
On December 30 2010 01:33 gnutz wrote:
Honestly, it seems like Ret has no really well-thought-out build orders in ZvP. Ret could have easily had the second game.

And if MC sees Speedlings & Spines, it should be clear that he is going for a 5/6-Gate Push, to kill a Muta Tech.

But LOL @ Blizzards design for maps in game 3, it seems like close air is still so close that All-Ins are WAY to powerful.


he went for 6 gate before he saw anything you silly silly guy, hence why i took aLL drones off gas and never made a damn mutalisk lol

but honestly i gave up the game when i saw his probe


but you made no roaches ... dont want to argue, but a 6 Gate zealot with +1 obviously also counters only speedlings.


yes, but you dont play this game at high level, close pos metal i cant win with roaches vs MC so i took the huge gamble with spire and +1 lings hoping for a robotics, as soon as it wasnt a robotics i knew i lost, this game isnt clear and cut as you think, theres a lot of mind games involved as well

when you lose 80% of your zvps on ladder that doesnt help with confidence either

Why didn't you try to build hydra den as soon as he started attacking? You could have had a lot of hydras for his last push. You were killed by FF, hydras could have helped with this (even with no range upgrade).
Liquid`Ret
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
Netherlands4514 Posts
December 29 2010 16:42 GMT
#990
you die to forcefields + whatever unit
Team Liquid
SagaSan
Profile Joined December 2010
France64 Posts
December 29 2010 16:43 GMT
#991
I've seen a few ZvP from Ret before, but this one... Is MC that strong compared to others?
Faze.
Profile Joined November 2010
Canada285 Posts
December 29 2010 16:43 GMT
#992
On December 30 2010 01:40 majordoh wrote:
btw, what u think of mc's style, especially the cannons in game 1 and 3, lots of ppl whine about it on tl


I'm trying to think about who would watch tournament and go like "OMG AWESOME YES!" when a cannon rush happens, but all my mind can do right now is puke until it drowns in its own vomit.
D:
Influ
Profile Joined September 2010
Germany780 Posts
December 29 2010 16:43 GMT
#993
On December 30 2010 01:39 Liquid`Ret wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 30 2010 01:37 gnutz wrote:
On December 30 2010 01:34 Liquid`Ret wrote:
On December 30 2010 01:33 gnutz wrote:
Honestly, it seems like Ret has no really well-thought-out build orders in ZvP. Ret could have easily had the second game.

And if MC sees Speedlings & Spines, it should be clear that he is going for a 5/6-Gate Push, to kill a Muta Tech.

But LOL @ Blizzards design for maps in game 3, it seems like close air is still so close that All-Ins are WAY to powerful.


he went for 6 gate before he saw anything you silly silly guy, hence why i took aLL drones off gas and never made a damn mutalisk lol

but honestly i gave up the game when i saw his probe


but you made no roaches ... dont want to argue, but a 6 Gate zealot with +1 obviously also counters only speedlings.


yes, but you dont play this game at high level, close pos metal i cant win with roaches vs MC so i took the huge gamble with spire and +1 lings hoping for a robotics, as soon as it wasnt a robotics i knew i lost, this game isnt clear and cut as you think, theres a lot of mind games involved as well

when you lose 80% of your zvps on ladder that doesnt help with confidence either


it looked like you put down the spire in the exact moment when you scouted 4 gates in his main which confused me like hell
Numy
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
South Africa35471 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-12-29 16:45:40
December 29 2010 16:44 GMT
#994
On December 30 2010 01:42 -Archangel- wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 30 2010 01:39 Liquid`Ret wrote:
On December 30 2010 01:37 gnutz wrote:
On December 30 2010 01:34 Liquid`Ret wrote:
On December 30 2010 01:33 gnutz wrote:
Honestly, it seems like Ret has no really well-thought-out build orders in ZvP. Ret could have easily had the second game.

And if MC sees Speedlings & Spines, it should be clear that he is going for a 5/6-Gate Push, to kill a Muta Tech.

But LOL @ Blizzards design for maps in game 3, it seems like close air is still so close that All-Ins are WAY to powerful.


he went for 6 gate before he saw anything you silly silly guy, hence why i took aLL drones off gas and never made a damn mutalisk lol

but honestly i gave up the game when i saw his probe


but you made no roaches ... dont want to argue, but a 6 Gate zealot with +1 obviously also counters only speedlings.


yes, but you dont play this game at high level, close pos metal i cant win with roaches vs MC so i took the huge gamble with spire and +1 lings hoping for a robotics, as soon as it wasnt a robotics i knew i lost, this game isnt clear and cut as you think, theres a lot of mind games involved as well

when you lose 80% of your zvps on ladder that doesnt help with confidence either

Why didn't you try to build hydra den as soon as he started attacking? You could have had a lot of hydras for his last push. You were killed by FF, hydras could have helped with this (even with not range upgrade).


Again, he took all off gas just to survive till that point. If he had drones on gas and hydra den going he would have never stopped that first push anyway. You can't just look at a game and go "maybe should have done this" because the whole game would be changed and you would never know what MC would do. Just saying "if he got x unit for last push would have been fine" yet ignoring what would happen before that is straight bad.
Uncultured
Profile Joined September 2010
United States1340 Posts
December 29 2010 16:44 GMT
#995
Raoches just straight up die to stalker sentry with a 6gate. UNLESS they get burrow. And then it's a tossup which requires tons of work on the zergs part. MC's forcefields are superb, and forcefield pretty much counter roaches.
Don't you rage when you lose too? -FruitDealer
TiBe
Profile Joined November 2009
Mexico200 Posts
December 29 2010 16:44 GMT
#996
On December 30 2010 01:40 majordoh wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 30 2010 01:34 Liquid`Ret wrote:
On December 30 2010 01:33 gnutz wrote:
Honestly, it seems like Ret has no really well-thought-out build orders in ZvP. Ret could have easily had the second game.

And if MC sees Speedlings & Spines, it should be clear that he is going for a 5/6-Gate Push, to kill a Muta Tech.

But LOL @ Blizzards design for maps in game 3, it seems like close air is still so close that All-Ins are WAY to powerful.


he went for 6 gate before he saw anything you silly silly guy, hence why i took aLL drones off gas and never made a damn mutalisk lol

but honestly i gave up the game when i saw his probe

btw, what u think of mc's style, especially the cannons in game 1 and 3, lots of ppl whine about it on tl


Do you really need Ret to talk about that? Just check the last PTR (aka pylon block "disabled")..
About the 3rd game, I think that what killed Ret is the hatch first in close positions..
Thezzphai
Profile Joined October 2010
Germany1145 Posts
December 29 2010 16:44 GMT
#997
On December 30 2010 01:38 village_idiot wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 30 2010 01:37 KWest wrote:
Should of done the hydra all in with no speed, but that is the definition of a risky build. I think zerg needs at least 1 all in that isn't a 100% risky.

How can it be all-in if it isn't risky?

That's exactly the point. SC2 needs less risky all-ins.

Wait...
gnutz
Profile Joined November 2010
Germany666 Posts
December 29 2010 16:45 GMT
#998
On December 30 2010 01:39 Liquid`Ret wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 30 2010 01:37 gnutz wrote:
On December 30 2010 01:34 Liquid`Ret wrote:
On December 30 2010 01:33 gnutz wrote:
Honestly, it seems like Ret has no really well-thought-out build orders in ZvP. Ret could have easily had the second game.

And if MC sees Speedlings & Spines, it should be clear that he is going for a 5/6-Gate Push, to kill a Muta Tech.

But LOL @ Blizzards design for maps in game 3, it seems like close air is still so close that All-Ins are WAY to powerful.


he went for 6 gate before he saw anything you silly silly guy, hence why i took aLL drones off gas and never made a damn mutalisk lol

but honestly i gave up the game when i saw his probe


but you made no roaches ... dont want to argue, but a 6 Gate zealot with +1 obviously also counters only speedlings.


yes, but you dont play this game at high level, close pos metal i cant win with roaches vs MC so i took the huge gamble with spire and +1 lings hoping for a robotics, as soon as it wasnt a robotics i knew i lost, this game isnt clear and cut as you think, theres a lot of mind games involved as well

when you lose 80% of your zvps on ladder that doesnt help with confidence either


okay that makes things more clear ... i know the mind games. i'm not THAT newbie.


At least they patch the cannon-wall-in, but i clearly cannot see a zerg ever (only if they get highly overpowered) winning a tournament anymore with this mappool.
Sain
Profile Joined November 2010
Lebanon25 Posts
December 29 2010 16:45 GMT
#999
Hydras should be T1 unit and maybe slightly cheaper on gas, would make them a lot more viable and prevent most cheeses
arew
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
Lithuania1861 Posts
December 29 2010 16:45 GMT
#1000
On December 30 2010 01:35 Faze. wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 30 2010 01:33 gnutz wrote:
Honestly, it seems like Ret has no really well-thought-out build orders in ZvP. Ret could have easily had the second game.

And if MC sees Speedlings & Spines, it should be clear that he is going for a 5/6-Gate Push, to kill a Muta Tech.

But LOL @ Blizzards design for maps in game 3, it seems like close air is still so close that All-Ins are WAY to powerful.


Every single map in the SC2 pool are too small, no exception.


Yeah, make it bigger and go play every single game for 20minutes, rofl.

Some maps are to small, yes, but saying that about every single map just makes me laugh. The problem is not really about the maps.
750/750 emotions fully stacked
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