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Itsmedudeman
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States19229 Posts
June 23 2011 23:03 GMT
#4141
On June 24 2011 08:01 1Eris1 wrote:
Really questionable decisions by Slayer's coaches. DRG just beat one of the top 5 terran in the world in a bo5 and then lost to a mediocre (compared to code S players) protoss in the GSL qualifiers, but slayers decides to throw terran players at him instead of protoss players. Idk, MMA obviously could beat him, but I think a protoss would have been a much better decision then ganzi

except ganzi most definitely should have won that game

they have like 2 protoss and both are way, way worse than ganzi
PET
Profile Joined May 2010
Romania430 Posts
June 23 2011 23:04 GMT
#4142
Is it worth the 25$ price tag? I said I woun't pay that much but ... no NASL so I have nothing to watch.

Thanks
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Miragee
Profile Joined December 2009
8505 Posts
June 23 2011 23:11 GMT
#4143
On June 24 2011 08:01 1Eris1 wrote:
Really questionable decisions by Slayer's coaches. DRG just beat one of the top 5 terran in the world in a bo5 and then lost to a mediocre (compared to code S players) protoss in the GSL qualifiers, but slayers decides to throw terran players at him instead of protoss players. Idk, MMA obviously could beat him, but I think a protoss would have been a much better decision then ganzi


Hero isn't bad. He is much better than the protoss players of slayers, except for Alicia but he was out already. See could have sent out Min but DonRaeGu stated that his ZvZ is as good as his ZvT, so their decisions were the right ones. Maybe they shouldn't have sent Alicia out first, but that's it.
WindCalibur
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
Canada938 Posts
June 23 2011 23:14 GMT
#4144
I will be honest and say that I personally think MMA is overrated.

Go watch his MLG replays and watch him get supply blocked again and again. His mechanics are weak and though his apm is high, most of it is probably spam. His "drop" play is a hindrance. Let me explain why:

1. Drops are used to be cost in effective in the sense that you disrupt economy or pick off weak points that you can't access otherwise. When you try to do this, you must try to pinpoint weak points. MMA skips this step and just drops at locations that are not only predictable, but aren't the zerg's weakpoints. In addition, even when mutas are out and the zerg has complete map control, he still drops. MMA is banking on the opponent to make mistakes, in which is not dependant on MMA's skills, but rather his opponent's skills to react.

2. His style usually gets him a fast 3rd. Dropping leaves him open to aggression. Watch July vs him on metropolis where july abuses a strong timing where MMA is extremely weak. Though July lost that game, MMA was behind after the aggression.

So his strategies rely on his opponent to "not know" what he is doing in addition to the opponent making mistakes. His play is hardly what you call solid.
KanoCoke
Profile Joined June 2011
Japan863 Posts
June 23 2011 23:19 GMT
#4145
On June 24 2011 08:01 1Eris1 wrote:
Really questionable decisions by Slayer's coaches. DRG just beat one of the top 5 terran in the world in a bo5 and then lost to a mediocre (compared to code S players) protoss in the GSL qualifiers, but slayers decides to throw terran players at him instead of protoss players. Idk, MMA obviously could beat him, but I think a protoss would have been a much better decision then ganzi


Problem is, they brought Alicia as the vanguard. Frozen would have probably wilted to the pressure if he took over Ganzi's place, and Ganzi was doing a way better job than both MMA and BoxeR, keeping DRG trapped in two bases. Ganzi would have won the match for SlayerS if he didn't slip up on the tank and marine positions during that critical moment when DRG rolled in his zerglings, roaches and banelings, and he knows it, which is why he was so upset when the match ended.

MMA might have been able to win if he took down the spire with drops as soon as he noticed DRG was opting for mutalisks (he tried with a multi-drop counter-attack while DRG was flying his mutalisks all over the place, but obviously it was too late as there were too many mutalisks out to begin with).

Eitherway it was a very close match, much like last season's finals, but with DRG pulling the win at the ace match instead of the otherway around. Props to DRG for the reverse-allkill, but I still want SlayerS to win this.
Will always cheer for: MMA Bomber Taeja Curious Life herO Zest
Zatric
Profile Joined June 2011
United States5 Posts
June 23 2011 23:35 GMT
#4146
Yeah I was sort of surprised Alicia wasn't saved as a sniper for DRG since ZvP is his weaker match up.
Skipton
Profile Joined December 2010
United States707 Posts
June 23 2011 23:46 GMT
#4147
On June 24 2011 08:04 PET wrote:
Is it worth the 25$ price tag? I said I woun't pay that much but ... no NASL so I have nothing to watch.

Thanks


Team leagues are always amazing and this one looks pretty damn good so far. If you don't want to pay the 25$ for the team league, the regular league is starting up soon for 10$. I'd recommend either one considering GOM does starcraft 2 better than anybody.
babysimba
Profile Joined November 2010
10466 Posts
June 24 2011 00:01 GMT
#4148
On June 24 2011 08:14 WindCalibur wrote:
I will be honest and say that I personally think MMA is overrated.

Go watch his MLG replays and watch him get supply blocked again and again. His mechanics are weak and though his apm is high, most of it is probably spam. His "drop" play is a hindrance. Let me explain why:

1. Drops are used to be cost in effective in the sense that you disrupt economy or pick off weak points that you can't access otherwise. When you try to do this, you must try to pinpoint weak points. MMA skips this step and just drops at locations that are not only predictable, but aren't the zerg's weakpoints. In addition, even when mutas are out and the zerg has complete map control, he still drops. MMA is banking on the opponent to make mistakes, in which is not dependant on MMA's skills, but rather his opponent's skills to react.

2. His style usually gets him a fast 3rd. Dropping leaves him open to aggression. Watch July vs him on metropolis where july abuses a strong timing where MMA is extremely weak. Though July lost that game, MMA was behind after the aggression.

So his strategies rely on his opponent to "not know" what he is doing in addition to the opponent making mistakes. His play is hardly what you call solid.


His high apm comes from constantly cycling of production buildings. His late game macro (once >3 bases, not adding any more supply depots and production buildings) is close to perfect. I remember seeing his replay against july. He constantly switches to raxes to produce more marines while controlling 2 drops and moving his main army at the same time. While he was cleaning up july's remaining army at the final moments, he was still adding more rines in his raxes while his rines are being microed back to kite banelings -_-

His drops do not bank on the opponent making mistakes. He is definitely the best terran out there who utilise drops. You do not see him dropping just for the sake of forcing his oppoenent into a game of multi-tasking. Everytime he does multi-pronged drops, he will force zerg's army to split up, allowing his main army to move to clean up creep tumours and push up the tank line in a very safe manner. He will continue to drop til his main army manages to set up a semi-contain, forcing zerg to attack it in a very non-cost effective way. Not to mention, with his great multi-tasking, all his marines drops will be focus firing on banelings and mutas, to keep the muta count low. Why do you think so many zergs have fallen to him when they already knew his preferred tactics in mid-late game. The only ways zerg can stop him is to first have a large enough economic advantage, either start being aggressive with its higher food count and pin MMA back into his base preventing his forces from spreading thin, or invest in static defences that do not require food thus allowing zerg army to concentrate its forces to slow down advance of terran's army.
RaiKageRyu
Profile Joined August 2009
Canada4773 Posts
June 24 2011 00:02 GMT
#4149
No0o0o. I banked too much on Slayers and MMA.
Someone call down the Thunder?
Arccotangent
Profile Joined October 2010
519 Posts
June 24 2011 00:13 GMT
#4150
This was definitely worth staying up for an extra 7 hours to watch. GGs, fairly even as far as the final score goes.
"Taste the zombie's drug, now you want more."
Sixes
Profile Joined July 2010
Canada1123 Posts
June 24 2011 00:14 GMT
#4151
On June 24 2011 08:04 PET wrote:
Is it worth the 25$ price tag? I said I woun't pay that much but ... no NASL so I have nothing to watch.

Thanks


The first day was worth it alone. This format with the 7 different matchups every time is so much more exciting than a Bo3 or 5 with the same players. Absolutely worth it.
Kamikiri
Profile Joined October 2010
United States1319 Posts
June 24 2011 00:18 GMT
#4152
On June 24 2011 08:04 PET wrote:
Is it worth the 25$ price tag? I said I woun't pay that much but ... no NASL so I have nothing to watch.

Thanks


Gom does starcraft 2 better than anyone else so yes 25$ is worth it, the GSTL lasts 2 and a half months,for 25$ that is worth it and fair.
Vehemus
Profile Joined November 2010
United States586 Posts
June 24 2011 00:25 GMT
#4153
It's probably around 100 hours of content for $25. Probably worth it, although I still feel it should have been $19.99.
This space for rent.
MCDayC
Profile Joined March 2011
United Kingdom14464 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-24 00:26:24
June 24 2011 00:25 GMT
#4154
What races GuineaPig get in his games?
I didn't watch this, but it seemed obvious that Alicia should of been the DRG sniper. Opening Protoss does seem to be a strong choice, but DRG is so good versus Terran and Slayers only has 1 good Protoss so Alicia really should have been played for the snipe. Failing that, they should have thrown Min in there and hoped for one of those famed "Coin Flip" losses that Zerg's have been harping on about. First major tactical error from Cella I've seen since the GSTL has been running.

On the plus side, I properly love these tactical discussions about this format. It's really interesting, and has a lot of depth as to being clever. I think it is perfectly possible to win a team league match with a less than superior team through the right strategy.
VERY FRAGILE, LIKE A BABY PANDA EGG
WindCalibur
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
Canada938 Posts
June 24 2011 00:37 GMT
#4155
On June 24 2011 09:01 babysimba wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 24 2011 08:14 WindCalibur wrote:
I will be honest and say that I personally think MMA is overrated.

Go watch his MLG replays and watch him get supply blocked again and again. His mechanics are weak and though his apm is high, most of it is probably spam. His "drop" play is a hindrance. Let me explain why:

1. Drops are used to be cost in effective in the sense that you disrupt economy or pick off weak points that you can't access otherwise. When you try to do this, you must try to pinpoint weak points. MMA skips this step and just drops at locations that are not only predictable, but aren't the zerg's weakpoints. In addition, even when mutas are out and the zerg has complete map control, he still drops. MMA is banking on the opponent to make mistakes, in which is not dependant on MMA's skills, but rather his opponent's skills to react.

2. His style usually gets him a fast 3rd. Dropping leaves him open to aggression. Watch July vs him on metropolis where july abuses a strong timing where MMA is extremely weak. Though July lost that game, MMA was behind after the aggression.

So his strategies rely on his opponent to "not know" what he is doing in addition to the opponent making mistakes. His play is hardly what you call solid.


His high apm comes from constantly cycling of production buildings. His late game macro (once >3 bases, not adding any more supply depots and production buildings) is close to perfect. I remember seeing his replay against july. He constantly switches to raxes to produce more marines while controlling 2 drops and moving his main army at the same time. While he was cleaning up july's remaining army at the final moments, he was still adding more rines in his raxes while his rines are being microed back to kite banelings -_-

His drops do not bank on the opponent making mistakes. He is definitely the best terran out there who utilise drops. You do not see him dropping just for the sake of forcing his oppoenent into a game of multi-tasking. Everytime he does multi-pronged drops, he will force zerg's army to split up, allowing his main army to move to clean up creep tumours and push up the tank line in a very safe manner. He will continue to drop til his main army manages to set up a semi-contain, forcing zerg to attack it in a very non-cost effective way. Not to mention, with his great multi-tasking, all his marines drops will be focus firing on banelings and mutas, to keep the muta count low. Why do you think so many zergs have fallen to him when they already knew his preferred tactics in mid-late game. The only ways zerg can stop him is to first have a large enough economic advantage, either start being aggressive with its higher food count and pin MMA back into his base preventing his forces from spreading thin, or invest in static defences that do not require food thus allowing zerg army to concentrate its forces to slow down advance of terran's army.


Overlord spread and mutas counter drops. You are banking on the fact that the zerg does not see the drop or does not split his forces correctly. His macro being perfect? Watch some sc1 for perfect macro. No one in sc2 has remotely close to perfect macro. I hardly see someone like bomber drop down supplies but people like MMA does. So if MMA has perfect macro, someone like bomber, who has better macro, must be god? Doesn't make sense to me.

Drop play is good, sure, but what if the zerg pinpoints your drops with good map awareness and responds perfectly? Do you still think his drops will be nearly as effective? People were underestimating Polt and saying that Polt will get 4-0ed thinking that MMA's play is flawless. But guess what, Polt was the one who analyzed MMA well and completely steamrolled MMA. Give some zerg time to study MMA's style for a while and I can almost assure you that his drop play won't be nearly as effective or great as many people think.
Misanthrope
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States924 Posts
June 24 2011 00:44 GMT
#4156
I'm a bit confused about FXO's situation. Will Sheth be competing? I noticed FXO left for SK shortly before Sheth did his charity stream run.
Resolve to perform what you ought. Perform without fail what you resolve. - Benjamin Franklin
zor.au
Profile Joined August 2010
Australia270 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-24 01:02:13
June 24 2011 01:00 GMT
#4157
DRG is just a beast - his macro + micro just seems so good as well as his decision making.

Its a pity he didn't make code a (& code S). I would love to see more of his games. His baneling landlines are just as good as Nesteas (not just his games last night but vs scforu in the special tournament).

wow
Sixes
Profile Joined July 2010
Canada1123 Posts
June 24 2011 01:04 GMT
#4158
On June 24 2011 10:00 zor.au wrote:
DRG is just a beast - his macro + micro just seems so good as well as his decision making.

Its a pity he didn't make code a (& code S). I would love to see more of his games. His baneling landlines are just as good as Nesteas (not just his games last night but vs scforu in the special tournament).



How did he get knocked out from the Code A run? Cheesed by toss or is his ZvP weak?
namedplayer
Profile Joined June 2010
844 Posts
June 24 2011 01:07 GMT
#4159
On June 24 2011 10:04 Sixes wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 24 2011 10:00 zor.au wrote:
DRG is just a beast - his macro + micro just seems so good as well as his decision making.

Its a pity he didn't make code a (& code S). I would love to see more of his games. His baneling landlines are just as good as Nesteas (not just his games last night but vs scforu in the special tournament).



How did he get knocked out from the Code A run? Cheesed by toss or is his ZvP weak?


knocked out by oGsHero who is code a++ material.
You know what I'm talking about
namedplayer
Profile Joined June 2010
844 Posts
June 24 2011 01:08 GMT
#4160
ST vs FXO... oh 4:0 I call it.
You know what I'm talking about
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