I hope Destiny does well in this and starts doing well in tournements if only to show that he's not someone to just be dismissed.

A lot of people appear to think that he just does lots of gimmicky builds when really he has his infestor build that he will constantly refine. It's just that the refinements tend to be 'Hrm... more infestors.' or to not mess up the micro in the way he did. Or to not wait until the 15 minute mark to get zergling speed

. I would love to see him in tournements display that he's been practicing traditional zerg builds as well as a few of the real gimmicky builds to make him less predictable.

Tuczniak

1561 Posts

July 27 2011 09:12 GMT

#144

Oh you make infestors instead of mutas. It's so gimmicky. O.o

There are lot of refiments, expand timigs, upgrade timings, pushes etc. I used to do his build, i turned his stream on week later and he was doing something completely different. Just look more closely.

Also some Koreans doing something similar. Even it maybe only fast transition into Broodlords in ZvT.

PS: he is working on some other builds to make him less predictable. But on ladder there is no reason to use them.

Krimancer

Sweden150 Posts

July 27 2011 09:23 GMT

#145

Should be interesting games. Would hope for destiny to take it home but as long as we get to see some good games I won't complain.

-Archangel-

Croatia7457 Posts

July 27 2011 11:13 GMT

#146

On July 26 2011 22:50 Bagi wrote:

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Beats one korean -> instantly favored against any korean.

Oh, fanboys...

He beat Bomber and Ace in Bo3. And he beat Huk and Puzzle on his stream.

Kireak

Sweden358 Posts

July 27 2011 18:02 GMT

#147

It has a lot to do with adaptation to Destinys unusual style. Rain has met Destiny on the ladder, so the element of surprise is gone.
I think there will be some even games but rain will sadly edge out a victory.

CosmicSpiral

United States15275 Posts

July 27 2011 18:12 GMT

#148

On July 27 2011 16:13 Ktk wrote:
Regardless of bias, you don't just beat Nestea BO5. Coupled with a highly predictable zerg?

Rain.

Whoa dude, didn't know it was 2010. ;P

lunchforthesky

United Kingdom967 Posts

July 27 2011 18:16 GMT

#149

On July 28 2011 03:02 Kireak wrote:
It has a lot to do with adaptation to Destinys unusual style. Rain has met Destiny on the ladder, so the element of surprise is gone.
I think there will be some even games but rain will sadly edge out a victory.

He also lost to a bucket load of Koreans too, but you're not mentioning that.

Ucs

264 Posts

July 27 2011 18:26 GMT

#150

Destiny vs KOREA... Then I saw Rain...LOL! Trolls are trolling...

Anyway go rain! I am rooting for u!

Shiladie

Canada1631 Posts

July 27 2011 18:36 GMT

#151

I really support this show-match idea, and can't wait to see how Destiny does matched up against top korean pros. This is simply because his style is so unique that a lot of them probably don't know how to counter it effectively, like we saw in his games vs Bomber. I really hope Destiny does well, as he has been trying hard to improve a lot recently.

Everize

Poland176 Posts

July 27 2011 18:40 GMT

#152

Destiny has nothing to lose but everything to gain, If Rain loses he will be flamed so bad in foreign community for losing to him(or rather being called bad), no choice but for Rain to win.

DotADeMoN

United States517 Posts

July 27 2011 18:41 GMT

#153

On July 27 2011 15:22 Adsee wrote:

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Really, ZvT is Destiny's best? I always thought his ZvP was his stronger one.

Anyways, I want Destiny to take the series, he's been playing really well as of recent.

His ZvT is weak early, so Rain will definitely cheese a game, maybe two off of him. But late game I've never seen Rain do anything special, and Destiny is solid once he can get through the early phases.

Asha

United Kingdom38255 Posts

July 27 2011 18:48 GMT

#154

I didn't realise Destiny was from the Netherlands.

Hopefully Rain smashes him, he probably should if anyone at fnatic gave him a heads up on the kind of infestor (ab)use he's likely to face.

JoeAWESOME

Sweden1080 Posts

July 27 2011 18:49 GMT

#155

I agree. Destiny have improved a lot lately. Hopefully he can start putting out results in big tournaments

Flavalanche

United States164 Posts

July 27 2011 18:56 GMT

#156

In the picture in OP's post, did anyone else see a french flag instead of the USA colors?

BilltownRunner

United States229 Posts

July 27 2011 19:04 GMT

#157

Rain going to destroy Destiny. Won't be close.

wei2coolman

United States60033 Posts

July 27 2011 19:08 GMT

#158

I never quite understood why infestors were considered gimicky but muta's weren't? Building 20+muta's is considered okay, but building 20+ infestors isn't? Am I wrong in saying that I think infestors are actually more solid than mutas?