On July 10 2011 22:12 Miah121 wrote: Has MC ever lost a BO7?
He lost 4-0 to Top in the Kaspersky invitational final in 2010 but that was after a grueling KoTH where MC destroyed Team Nestea in the gisado and won some other tournament on the same day.
in my own opinion I think MC plays too standard nowadays, he needs to put in some pure all-in's to keep opponents honest. don't get me wrong, its not that I dislike macro games, but it feels more like a series when there are different builds mixed in. Against Sen there were too many near identical eco-stargate openings. I liked it better (in terms of chances of him winning) when he did those fake nexus 4 gate all-in's like he did against July in GSL finals before. people seem to be taking advantage of this and playing pretty greedily against him as of late from what I've seen, and because of this he's always at a disadvantage heading into the early mid game.
On July 10 2011 22:16 Zealot Lord wrote: in my own opinion I think MC plays too standard nowadays, he needs to put in some pure all-in's to keep opponents honest. don't get me wrong, its not that I dislike macro games, but it feels more like a series when there are different builds mixed in. Against Sen there were too many near identical eco-stargate openings. I liked it better (in terms of chances of him winning) when he did those fake nexus 4 gate all-in's like he did against July in GSL finals before. people seem to be taking advantage of this and playing pretty greedily against him as of late from what I've seen, and because of this he's always at a disadvantage heading into the early mid game.
I agree. I posted this meme in his fan club and many agreed as well. If he tries those 1 gate FEs against Puma he will get punished.
On July 10 2011 21:46 Yaotzin wrote: lol people still saying MC is an alliner. He's played macro games almost every time, it's too much if anything. Puma has done more allins (but not alot either).
Not a lot? All I saw was all ins by puma today vs squirtle and july. He even pulled all his SCVs in first game vs squirtle. He bunker rushed ret twice.
He is just practicing his all ins for MC because that's the only way this b teamer will beat MC.
I missed the first couple games against July, but the latter 2 were standard. There was 1 allin vs Squirtle. Bunker rushing is standard TvZ, it's not remotely allin. He didn't even use several SCVs.
Calling him a b teamer is pretty ridiculous considering who he practiced with. He's extremely talented but has nerve problems. His record in BW is better than MC's.
I hope MC wins, his ego needs to grow to more epic proportions. Haven`t seen Puma play but I hear he is good, would not mind if he beat MC either, since that would give Ret more creds
On July 10 2011 22:34 Grend wrote: Go GSL! Oops, I mean NASL
I hope MC wins, his ego needs to grow to more epic proportions. Haven`t seen Puma play but I hear he is good, would not mind if he beat MC either, since that would give Ret more creds
Puma is a beast, many people in the korean scene have said that if we were to get past his nerve issues he could potentially be one of the best Korean Terrans. Sucks Ret had to face him in the first round.
On July 10 2011 21:01 Liquid`HuK wrote: if puma struggled against squirtle i really cant see how he will stand against mc, if so i would say 4-1 for mc
He dominated first game. Lost to a 7 gate allin on Crevasse with Hallucination as bait (warppism at his expo) as well as dropping the base of Squirtle so he didnt have enough to defend it.
Game 3 he got dt rushed and had 14 Scvs against 30+ Probes and still won. I'd say the games don't say that much.
Yep. If anything game 3 proves just how strong PuMa's fundamental mechanics and multi-tasking are, managing a win out of that position. If he doesn't make big mistakes and luck is on his side he definitely stands a chance. He did 4-1 Puzzle recently, an arguably Code S caliber protoss.
On July 10 2011 20:28 Ocedic wrote: I'm almost afraid of what 'musical act and ceremony' at NASL entails.
Oh no I hope they don't do some corny shit now. Anyway NASL has been ok so far, not great, just ok. People expected to advance did. Tastosis have been awesome, Gretorp and Incontrol will do, but need to do better. Looking forward to the finals!
MC's gonna crush PuMa, he won't stand a chance. Why? Because MC's so confidient he's gonna put up a ceremony and PuMa is gonna shit his pants, PuMa gonna be so nervous, so damn nervous.
On July 10 2011 22:26 Derrida wrote: so much for the NASL.
So much for the GSL...
Hah, good point, I have totally forgotten that it stands for Global Starcraft League, to me it just says Something Something Korean Star League. I do not mind watching them and having the Koreans dominating the scene, they are better and so on, but it is kind of hilarious when the North American Star League is dominated by them aswell.