EPT[GSL] Super Tourney Finals - Page 279
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Sanguinarius
United States3427 Posts
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Quesa
United States304 Posts
On June 19 2011 03:51 Nflguy33 wrote:It was very cool to see Polt find a way to combat that by showing a super aggressive terran attack play similar to JulyZerg's non-stop harass. This is how Polt's gotten the majority of his wins in the last Code S season and the super tournament. Obviously he's shown more than early heavy pressure (especially with his ability to micro against the hellions and banshees that guarantee the game doesn't reach the mid game), but anyone who tried any sort of tech or FE opening against him pretty much got over run. I'd have preferred to see some kind of silly TLO style mass rax opening against him than a tech one, sigh. | ||
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annYeong(o11)
Canada784 Posts
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Kamais_Ookin
Canada4218 Posts
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DyEnasTy
United States3714 Posts
On June 19 2011 05:03 annYeong(o11) wrote: LOL longest BANELING MINNNNNE of all time hunh? | ||
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Draconicfire
Canada2562 Posts
Polt played really well though, he tore MMA apart pretty hard. | ||
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Zooper31
United States5710 Posts
On June 19 2011 05:05 Kamais_Ookin wrote: Polt won 4-0 against MMA!? -_- And here we are getting owned by MMA at MLG. | ||
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Greggle
United States1131 Posts
To be honest I feel like MMA exhausted the matchup, we can only expect him to pull so many strategies out, and I think all of his cards were on the table long before the finals. With a week to prepare, MKP and all the replays of MMA Polt was in good shape compared to MMA who has been going nonstop for nearly a month. Not saying Polt didn't play well or that he didn't deserve it, but under different circumstances we would have had a much better show. | ||
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ravemir
Portugal595 Posts
On June 19 2011 05:19 Zooper31 wrote: And here we are getting owned by MMA at MLG. Don't forget this is the same guy that blew up his own command center...who know's how he would've reacted if he actually lost that game... | ||
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papaz
Sweden4149 Posts
On June 19 2011 05:03 annYeong(o11) wrote: LOL longest BANELING MINNNNNE of all time hehe wrong thread buddy | ||
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Carson
Canada820 Posts
Is it just the GSL finals curse? Or are foreigners really starting to lag behind Koreans that badly? | ||
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gideel
1503 Posts
Polt did his god damn homework, studied his opponent and schooled him. Seems like if a finals isint a 200/200 macro fest or a game 7 nail biter nobody is satisfied. Disgusting. Learn to appreciate all the things these players have to do outside of just these 4 games. | ||
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Cyanocyst
2222 Posts
@Carson. I dont believe that Polt would have done significantly better at MLG than MMA. I Think Polt grew a lot during this tournament, Though he probably didn't get as much credit as he should have early on. | ||
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Voltaire
United States1485 Posts
On June 19 2011 05:57 gideel wrote: How can all of you be SOOOO disrespectful to the players and just say it was a horrible finals? Polt did his god damn homework, studied his opponent and schooled him. Seems like if a finals isint a 200/200 macro fest or a game 7 nail biter nobody is satisfied. Disgusting. Learn to appreciate all the things these players have to do outside of just these 4 games. People are just disappointed because every GSL finals excluding code A and team league has been pretty one sided. The closest so far was MKP - MVP in the world championship or July vs MC in GSL March. | ||
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Z3kk
4099 Posts
Another one-sided finals...but I thought it would go MMA's way one-sidedly...dang. | ||
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imkp
United Kingdom139 Posts
On June 19 2011 05:32 Greggle wrote: Polt really had everything going for him in terms of preparation. MMA played 5 TvTs to get where he was and had a wealth of games from MLG as well, including several TvTs from MLG. Polt had a huge wealth of games to study to gain an understanding of MMA's play. In addition he had one of the best Terrans in the world MKP on his team seeking vengeance after losing to him in the previous round. To be honest I feel like MMA exhausted the matchup, we can only expect him to pull so many strategies out, and I think all of his cards were on the table long before the finals. With a week to prepare, MKP and all the replays of MMA Polt was in good shape compared to MMA who has been going nonstop for nearly a month. Not saying Polt didn't play well or that he didn't deserve it, but under different circumstances we would have had a much better show. You can also see it in a different light and say MMA has had an advantage vs his opponents most of the tournament considering he's only had to practice one match up. Where as both MarineKing and Polt had to play all three races(not just their strongest matchup, like MMA). | ||
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Clog
United States950 Posts
On June 19 2011 05:51 Carson wrote: So if Polt 4-0'd MMA, who tore through every foreigner at MLG, what would happen if Polt came to the next MLG? Is it just the GSL finals curse? Or are foreigners really starting to lag behind Koreans that badly? IDK man maybe a little of both. I don't want to sound like a Polt hater or anything (I'm not) but all those games but Game 2 really felt a bit "build order loss" - ish as some might say. I just really hate watching those, as I don't feel skill plays much of a part in it, rather preparation. But Polt winning Game 2 handily (pretty legit win) makes me feel like the proper player won. And he definitely prepared his builds better, which counts for something, even though I hate hate hate watching those. | ||
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Greggle
United States1131 Posts
On June 19 2011 06:18 imkp wrote: You can also see it in a different light and say MMA has had an advantage vs his opponents most of the tournament considering he's only had to practice one match up. Where as both MarineKing and Polt had to play all three races(not just their strongest matchup, like MMA). It certainly helped that he only had to play TvT, but without questioning whether or not one had an easier road to the finals the huge library of MMA TvTs certainly worked to Polts advantage. It's not like MMA is bad at TvP or TvZ though, IMO his TvZ is his best and he's taken down MC before. I think they both belonged there in the finals, but I gotta wonder how much of an influence MKP/all the TvTs was on their performances. | ||
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Xova
United States342 Posts
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SnipedSoul
Canada2158 Posts
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