On June 27 2011 14:08 bittman wrote: Was that a 9 pool?
Yup. Pretty common on tal'darim. Very good against forge expands. Forces the opponent to react by cutting probes, not going nexus first and walling off asap. Also has a chance to kill if it goes unscouted.
Puts you in a little better position than if the toss can safely nexus first (at least I believe it does... not sure).
More zergs should 9 pool on this map and Shakuras because of the prevalence of forge expands. The 9 pool absolutely won't kill but it will delay the nexus significantly and the zerg can get a fast queen out, return to drones and then get a relatively fast natural up which puts them in a better place than if the protoss could get the nexus up immediately and not worry about closing the wall off.
On June 27 2011 14:07 drgonzhere wrote: hey ummm where are the sponsors?
Wow good point. Shouldn't the casters be thanking them?
Like seriously I love the GSL I want to see them do well and get like a million sponsors, I hope that they can find some for this season, or that they have found some.
On June 27 2011 14:11 NickelMail wrote: Any reason why GOM hasn't hired permanent Code 'A' casters? Are they planning to rotate for the foreseeable future?
Casters make a big difference.
Haven't found anyone they think is good enough? Or maybe they have but it's taking some time for that person(s) to get over to korea?