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Karakaxe
Profile Joined August 2010
Sweden585 Posts
April 23 2011 22:19 GMT
#6381
Hmmm, that last game, it wasn't even an all-in right? Thorzain had secured his 3rd, and he still just rolled with 1 attack.. amazing...
Sword of Omens, give me sight beyond sight.
jester-
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Canada547 Posts
April 23 2011 22:19 GMT
#6382
On April 24 2011 07:17 sjschmidt93 wrote:
I have to say it wouldn't be close if not for lag.

MC relies a lot on his micro and it was clearly weak in that series. The forcefeidls and storms were hilariously bad at some points.


There needs to be like a ban filter for shit like this.
Arise, chicken sandwich.
dnosrc
Profile Joined May 2009
Germany454 Posts
April 23 2011 22:20 GMT
#6383
On April 24 2011 07:17 sjschmidt93 wrote:
I have to say it wouldn't be close if not for lag.

MC relies a lot on his micro and it was clearly weak in that series. The forcefeidls and storms were hilariously bad at some points.


mc and thor both played in europe on eu-server ...
Niruz
Profile Joined October 2010
Sweden169 Posts
April 23 2011 22:21 GMT
#6384
On April 24 2011 07:17 sjschmidt93 wrote:
I have to say it wouldn't be close if not for lag.

MC relies a lot on his micro and it was clearly weak in that series. The forcefeidls and storms were hilariously bad at some points.

MC played in europe, and he played like shit, Thorzain is god.
mholden02
Profile Joined October 2010
387 Posts
April 23 2011 22:21 GMT
#6385
oGsMC does not need anyone making excuses for him. He played great. MC had plenty of time, and all the replays he needed from Thorzain's match with Tyler to study Thorzain's TvP, as well as the "THOR BUILD."

Thorzain didn't use any gimmicky strats, or special unknown builds. 3 games he used standard BIO builds. 1 game he tried a 1 base Rine/Tank/banshee build, and the last game he used his patented Thor build, that MC must have studied, or deserved to lose for lack of preperation.

Lets not downgrade Thorzain's performance with pettiness. He played very standard TvP, and simply outplayed MC. He exhibited mechanics the equal of MC, and enough variety to not be a 1 trick pony. His victory was Impressive, and will go down as one of the greatest matches thus far in SC2 history.

Congratulations to both for giving TSL a thoroughly exciting match, with amazing skill and excitment.
Fralse
Profile Joined April 2011
Sweden44 Posts
April 23 2011 22:21 GMT
#6386
On April 24 2011 07:18 Infernus wrote:
Can't wait for the VODs to come out! Can't believe I missed it today


well thats bad! great about the vods tho some epic games tonight for sure, dont wanna miss them
Azarkon
Profile Joined January 2010
United States21060 Posts
April 23 2011 22:21 GMT
#6387
On April 24 2011 07:19 Karakaxe wrote:
Hmmm, that last game, it wasn't even an all-in right? Thorzain had secured his 3rd, and he still just rolled with 1 attack.. amazing...


Mech play is all-innish because if you lose your army it takes forever to get them back and you can't really retreat with slow Thors. But I'd say that Thorzain was planning ahead and could afford to since his build is gas-heavy and floats a lot of minerals.
Daozzt
Profile Joined July 2010
United States1263 Posts
April 23 2011 22:22 GMT
#6388
On April 24 2011 07:16 dubRa wrote:
Thorzain's next step: 14cc double armory 2+2 timing attack.

This sounds familiar... oh shi!



No need for that, carriers suck in SC2.
Endorsed
Profile Joined May 2010
Netherlands1221 Posts
April 23 2011 22:23 GMT
#6389
Technically because there is no LAN. There was actually lag. This explains all!....
Dante08
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
Singapore4199 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-23 22:26:27
April 23 2011 22:25 GMT
#6390
Boxer the only Korean left, who'd have thought of that :p
Go boxer!
d(O.o)a
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Canada5066 Posts
April 23 2011 22:25 GMT
#6391
On April 24 2011 06:40 OneOther wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 24 2011 06:37 jalstar wrote:
On April 24 2011 06:35 OneOther wrote:
I hate how people like jalstar are derailing this thread away from what Thorzain has done and how entertaining the series was. Shut up dude. Nobody cares whether you think MC is a better player, or how badly Thorzain is going to lose to Kas. Jesus.


Stop overhyping players who have done nearly nothing that completely underhyped players (MKP, Polt) have done as well. The pro-foreigner bias is crazy.

Are you fucking serious? Why can't you appreciate the fact that a relatively unknown foreign player takes out two former GSL champions in FruitDealer and MC through extremely entertaining games? What is wrong with hyping this? Back in the days we couldn't even fathom with the idea of even the best foreigner beating a top Korean. Thorzain is doing something truly special, and I really don't get what your problem is. It deserves the hype. He has earned it.


I wonder if he would've talked like this back when foreigners took games off of koreans in bw, the community these days makes me sad.
Hi.
MrSexington
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States1768 Posts
April 23 2011 22:26 GMT
#6392
On April 24 2011 07:17 sjschmidt93 wrote:
I have to say it wouldn't be close if not for lag.

MC relies a lot on his micro and it was clearly weak in that series. The forcefeidls and storms were hilariously bad at some points.


They were both in Europe when they played. Your thoughts are irrelevant.
tdt
Profile Joined October 2010
United States3179 Posts
April 23 2011 22:26 GMT
#6393
On April 24 2011 07:21 mholden02 wrote:
oGsMC does not need anyone making excuses for him. He played great. MC had plenty of time, and all the replays he needed from Thorzain's match with Tyler to study Thorzain's TvP, as well as the "THOR BUILD."

Thorzain didn't use any gimmicky strats, or special unknown builds. 3 games he used standard BIO builds. 1 game he tried a 1 base Rine/Tank/banshee build, and the last game he used his patented Thor build, that MC must have studied, or deserved to lose for lack of preperation.

Lets not downgrade Thorzain's performance with pettiness. He played very standard TvP, and simply outplayed MC. He exhibited mechanics the equal of MC, and enough variety to not be a 1 trick pony. His victory was Impressive, and will go down as one of the greatest matches thus far in SC2 history.

Congratulations to both for giving TSL a thoroughly exciting match, with amazing skill and excitment.

This is so true. MC's I think took Thor to lightly - seems to be a reoccurring problem with him and probably didn't study, but then again can't win them all, and Thor played fantastic.
MC for president
Bluedraqy
Profile Joined April 2010
Denmark496 Posts
April 23 2011 22:26 GMT
#6394
On April 24 2011 07:25 Dante08 wrote:
Who would have thought boxer would be the only Korean left at this point

Yeah, he was considered the second weakest korean in the tournament, but he's shown vast improvements throughout the duration of this tournament, but we will see
Orpheusz
Profile Joined August 2010
Australia210 Posts
April 23 2011 22:26 GMT
#6395
On April 24 2011 07:21 Azarkon wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 24 2011 07:19 Karakaxe wrote:
Hmmm, that last game, it wasn't even an all-in right? Thorzain had secured his 3rd, and he still just rolled with 1 attack.. amazing...


Mech play is all-innish because if you lose your army it takes forever to get them back and you can't really retreat with slow Thors. But I'd say that Thorzain was planning ahead and could afford to since his build is gas-heavy and floats a lot of minerals.


Pretty much the same concept as toss deathballs then, I wouldn't really call it allinish for that reason.
Qaatar
Profile Joined January 2011
1409 Posts
April 23 2011 22:27 GMT
#6396
On April 24 2011 07:21 mholden02 wrote:
oGsMC does not need anyone making excuses for him. He played great. MC had plenty of time, and all the replays he needed from Thorzain's match with Tyler to study Thorzain's TvP, as well as the "THOR BUILD."

Thorzain didn't use any gimmicky strats, or special unknown builds. 3 games he used standard BIO builds. 1 game he tried a 1 base Rine/Tank/banshee build, and the last game he used his patented Thor build, that MC must have studied, or deserved to lose for lack of preperation.

Lets not downgrade Thorzain's performance with pettiness. He played very standard TvP, and simply outplayed MC. He exhibited mechanics the equal of MC, and enough variety to not be a 1 trick pony. His victory was Impressive, and will go down as one of the greatest matches thus far in SC2 history.

Congratulations to both for giving TSL a thoroughly exciting match, with amazing skill and excitment.


- No he didn't.

- Not hard to do.

No one other than idiots are trying to denigrate Thorzain's accomplishments. HE played great - that's all there is to it. Using words like "amazing skill" and "one of the greatest matches thus far in SC2 history" to describe this, however, is going a bit too far.

Reminds me of all of the fawning Boxer is getting for simply winning these days, while exhibiting laughably bad mechanics at times.
Zane
Profile Joined January 2011
Romania3916 Posts
April 23 2011 22:28 GMT
#6397
On April 24 2011 07:26 Bluedraqy wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 24 2011 07:25 Dante08 wrote:
Who would have thought boxer would be the only Korean left at this point

Yeah, he was considered the second weakest korean in the tournament, but he's shown vast improvements throughout the duration of this tournament, but we will see

"Don't be a heretic" in 2 steps:
1. Never count The Emperor out
2. Never, ever count The Emperor out
Dawn11
Profile Joined October 2010
73 Posts
April 23 2011 22:30 GMT
#6398
so only 1 invitee in the tournament? gotta love this invite system ;-)
nihlon
Profile Joined April 2010
Sweden5581 Posts
April 23 2011 22:30 GMT
#6399
Thorzain had weeks to prepare against MC. Kas got a few hours in todays lan. That's the biggest difference, not the "LAN is so much more meaningful because of the increased pressure on the players."
Banelings are too cute to blow up
Bluedraqy
Profile Joined April 2010
Denmark496 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-23 22:31:12
April 23 2011 22:30 GMT
#6400
On April 24 2011 07:28 Zane wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 24 2011 07:26 Bluedraqy wrote:
On April 24 2011 07:25 Dante08 wrote:
Who would have thought boxer would be the only Korean left at this point

Yeah, he was considered the second weakest korean in the tournament, but he's shown vast improvements throughout the duration of this tournament, but we will see

"Don't be a heretic" in 2 steps:
1. Never count The Emperor out
2. Never, ever count The Emperor out


I regret ever doubting the emperor, my head shall be chopped off by dawn, for my blasphemy
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