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Sanguinarius
Profile Joined January 2010
United States3427 Posts
June 18 2011 19:54 GMT
#5561
Just watched the VODs. Man, Polt played really well. I didnt expect him to win, but he outplayed MMA.
Your strength is just an accident arising from the weakness of others -Heart of Darkness
Quesa
Profile Joined November 2010
United States304 Posts
June 18 2011 19:59 GMT
#5562
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.
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
annYeong(o11)
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
Canada784 Posts
June 18 2011 20:03 GMT
#5563
LOL longest BANELING MINNNNNE of all time
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Kamais_Ookin
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Canada4218 Posts
June 18 2011 20:05 GMT
#5564
Polt won 4-0 against MMA!? -_-
I <3 Plexa.
DyEnasTy
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States3714 Posts
June 18 2011 20:07 GMT
#5565
On June 19 2011 05:03 annYeong(o11) wrote:
LOL longest BANELING MINNNNNE of all time



hunh?
Much better to die an awesome Terran than to live as a magic wielding fairy or a mindless sac of biological goop. -Manifesto7
Draconicfire
Profile Joined May 2010
Canada2562 Posts
June 18 2011 20:11 GMT
#5566
sC vs DRG was sick, more entertaining than the actual finals IMO.

Polt played really well though, he tore MMA apart pretty hard.
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Zooper31
Profile Joined May 2009
United States5711 Posts
June 18 2011 20:19 GMT
#5567
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.
Asato ma sad gamaya, tamaso ma jyotir gamaya, mrtyor mamrtam gamaya
Greggle
Profile Joined June 2010
United States1131 Posts
June 18 2011 20:32 GMT
#5568
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.
Life is too short to take it seriously.
ravemir
Profile Joined April 2011
Portugal595 Posts
June 18 2011 20:33 GMT
#5569
On June 19 2011 05:19 Zooper31 wrote:
Show nested quote +
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.


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...
"more gg, more skill"
papaz
Profile Joined December 2009
Sweden4149 Posts
June 18 2011 20:40 GMT
#5570
On June 19 2011 05:03 annYeong(o11) wrote:
LOL longest BANELING MINNNNNE of all time


hehe wrong thread buddy
Carson
Profile Joined September 2010
Canada820 Posts
June 18 2011 20:51 GMT
#5571
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?
"You have to remember something: Everybody pities the weak; jealousy you have to earn." Arnold Schwarzenegger
gideel
Profile Joined January 2011
1503 Posts
June 18 2011 20:57 GMT
#5572
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.
Cyanocyst
Profile Joined October 2010
2222 Posts
June 18 2011 20:58 GMT
#5573
Wow, i went to bed after the 3rd Polt Mma game. I thought Polt would win. Though i didn't think that polt had what it would take to 4-0 MMA. Thought Mma would pull out a game and loose the series.

@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
Profile Joined September 2010
United States1485 Posts
June 18 2011 21:16 GMT
#5574
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.
As long as people believe in absurdities they will continue to commit atrocities.
Z3kk
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
4099 Posts
June 18 2011 21:18 GMT
#5575
Holy SHIT O___O

Another one-sided finals...but I thought it would go MMA's way one-sidedly...dang.
Failure is not falling down over and over again. Failure is refusing to get back up.
imkp
Profile Joined June 2011
United Kingdom139 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-18 21:18:55
June 18 2011 21:18 GMT
#5576
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).
Clog
Profile Joined January 2011
United States950 Posts
June 18 2011 21:47 GMT
#5577
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
Profile Joined June 2010
United States1131 Posts
June 18 2011 21:53 GMT
#5578
On June 19 2011 06:18 imkp wrote:
Show nested quote +
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).


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.
Life is too short to take it seriously.
Xova
Profile Joined November 2010
United States342 Posts
June 18 2011 22:00 GMT
#5579
So it polt changing his name to Optimus?
If you're a Starcraft fan, you're an Lim Yo Hwan fan.
SnipedSoul
Profile Joined November 2010
Canada2158 Posts
June 18 2011 22:05 GMT
#5580
Hope Polt now gets the recognition he deserves and can shake off his all in/cheesy reputation.
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