• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EDT 09:09
CEST 15:09
KST 22:09
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
[ASL22] Finals Preview: Sweet Victory!9[ASL22] Ro4 Preview: Mirror Mirror6[ASL22] Ro8 Preview: Within Reach5[ASL22] Ro8 Preview: In A Tizzy11[ASL22] Ro16 Preview: Holy Diver5
Community News
[$1250] International ShieldBattery League19Weekly Cups (October 5-11): Farewell to 5.0.162Rollback Netcode in Brood War1205.0.17 Patch Notes - October 7, 202624Weekly Cups Results (Sep 28-Oct 4)0
StarCraft 2
General
Server Blocker Terran AddOns placement SCII needs to put more weight on strategy and tact How do you feel about the mass reverts in the 5.0.17 PTR? Team Liquid Map Contest #22: Results and Winners
Tourneys
Sparkling Tuna Cup - Weekly Open Tournament Master Swan Open (Global Bronze-Master 2) $3,500 WardiTV Not-Summer Championship Stellar Fest TWO the Moon (Dec 16-20) ISSL (IntoTheTV x SOOP SC2 League): Premier
Strategy
[H] ZvP Mid-Late Game: Stalkers Collossi HT
Custom Maps
[G] How to playtest arcade maps [A] Nemrods 1/4 players [M] (2) Sweltering Sands [M] (2) Frigid Storage
External Content
The PondCast: SC2 News & Results Mutation # 547 Temple Of Terror Mutation # 546 Catch the Train Mutation # 545 And Drops and Rifts
Brood War
General
Rollback Netcode in Brood War [Megathread] Daily Funny Videos [Recap] Hive ZvZ in MonstarZ vs Dreams [ASL22] Finals Preview: Sweet Victory! Bot on ladder
Tourneys
[$1250] International ShieldBattery League [ASL22] Grand Finals 2v2v2v2 Tournament Small VOD Thread 2.0
Strategy
Cliff Jump Revisited (1 in a 1000 strategy) Simple Questions, Simple Answers Replay Review Process - What do you do?
Other Games
General Games
Dawn of War IV Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread Nintendo Switch Thread General RTS Discussion Thread
Dota 2
Dota 2 Champions League Season 3 Begins April 25!
League of Legends
[TL LoL EUW IHs] Teemo shall perish
Heroes of the Storm
Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Deck construction bug
TL Mafia
TL Mafia Community Thread
Community
General
US Politics Mega-thread Russo-Ukrainian War Thread Artificial Intelligence Thread The Chess Thread Things Aren’t Peaceful in Palestine
Fan Clubs
Serral Fan Club
Media & Entertainment
Movie Discussion! [Manga] One Piece
Sports
MLB/Baseball 2023 Football (Soccer) Thread TeamLiquid Health and Fitness Initiative For 2023
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
Computer Build, Upgrade & Buying Resource Thread
TL Community
Recent Gifted Posts
Blogs
The Link Between Gaming and …
TrAiDoS
[ASL22] Ro4 Day1 Ticket Giv…
bITt.mAN
38 yo Retired SWE loo…
PurE)Rabbit-SF
Can Bots Beat Pros?? Starcr…
namkraft
[meme] I finally understa…
LUCKY_NOOB
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 8481 users

ESWC 2011 Grand Finals - Page 101

Forum Index > StarCraft 2 Tournaments
Post a Reply
Prev 1 99 100 101 102 103 289 Next
HaXXspetten
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Sweden15718 Posts
October 22 2011 10:39 GMT
#2001
that's Spoon Killer for you :D
greatZERG
Profile Joined June 2011
Australia755 Posts
October 22 2011 10:40 GMT
#2002
Awesome match, Khaldo+Doa are awesome casting duo
stu >)
vdale
Profile Joined June 2010
Germany1173 Posts
October 22 2011 10:40 GMT
#2003
On October 22 2011 19:39 TRAP[yoo] wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 22 2011 19:39 vdale wrote:
is darkforce out of the tournament if he loses this game?

nope just a groupstage game

but it's the last groupstage game and he lost a ZvZ
Asha
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United Kingdom38257 Posts
October 22 2011 10:40 GMT
#2004
On October 22 2011 19:37 Asha` wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 22 2011 19:33 Asha` wrote:
On October 22 2011 19:29 Asha` wrote:
On October 22 2011 19:25 Asha` wrote:
On October 22 2011 19:22 Asha` wrote:
On October 22 2011 19:18 Noam wrote:
Official rules @ http://data.eswc.com/rules/2011/en/ESWC_2011_STARCRAFT2_REGULATION_EN_1_01.pdf

Any LR on Darkforce vsThorzain game3 ??


DF went for early roach pressure vs TZain's hellion double expo.

Killed enough workers to be able to take a fast third safely himself and went through midgame with a decent advantage.

DF won the first big engagement of the game pretty decisively, but Thorzain dropped his fourth at the same time and DF was slow to defend so lost quite a few drones there.

Thorzain on 4 base with great upgrades (3/3 bio +2 air, not sure on mech), vikings and ghosts on the way. DF on 5 bases with good upgrades (3/3 on the way), Hive tech ready, adrenal glands up, and he's now starting some Nydus play.


Max vs Max dance starting out in the middle of the map

Khaldor: "Thorzain is sniping the shit out of those mutalisks"

Multiple Nydus' going up but Thorzain spots both and reacts in time, DF forces an engagement in the centre while Thorzain is distracted, Tzain is well set up and it's a very short engagement before both pull back.

Good ghost usage, great emp on the infestors.

Thorzain about to hit 6 bases, +3 air attacks, +2 mech.

DF only on 5 bases.

Neither can really push through the centre of the map right now, DF researching neural.

Both players are doing an amazing job of shutting down the others harass attempts


This is pretty tense, Thorzain's ghost use is really good but Darkforce is constantly doing a good job of not overcommitting and keeping most of his infestors out of the way so only a few get emp'd at once.

DF finally has a sixth up, Thorzain pressuring the fifth, but DF defends.

TZain going to be getting nukes!

TZain finishes off the fifth and is dropping the fourth.

Darkforce trying to push the issue in the middle of the map but Thorzain is so well set up.

For the first time in a long time it looks like one playeris making their advantage count, Thorzain has taken a lead and great position to deny the forward hatches.


Just passed the half hour mark, Darkforce saving his sixth with good broodlord positioning.

Thorzain has got so much infastructure set up and almost a 4k/4k bank.

DF with 22 infestors o_O

Thorzain trying to push the sixth still but DF holding convincingly to swing back into the supply lead (for a second before TZain's macro catches him back up almost instantly)

Nukes falling like rain, explosions shaking hatcheries and forcing troops back.

Darkforce now forced into a worse engagement due to losing positions to nukes, still able to hold his sixth though and both are still maxed.


Thorzain is pretty much 3/3 on everything.

A couple more starports going down, Doa wondering if we could possibly see some Seeker Missiles but no sign yet.

Darkforce with some good ling runby action now, taking his seventh at the 6'o'clock expo.

DF gets a nydus up finally near TZain's nat, but Tzain works out exactly where it is and denies the lings from getting into his main straight away.

Thorzain scouts the seventh when he tries to land his own CC there.

TZain takes out both the fifth and the seventh base of Darkforce

Darkforce holding on but he's being steadily whittled down, retaking his fifth and taking a new seventh at 12.

TZain resuming nuke production, the resource count tells the tale. TZain back to a 4k/4k bank and DF under 1k on both.


HUuuuuuuuuge engagement finally, and as expected Thorzain comes out on top (I should note that he sacced so many SCV's that he's been running off about 20 + mules for ages now so his army size has been huge).

DF does land a few fungals but vikings + snipe rules the day.

DF does still have a ton of infestors but they've either been emp'd or blown their energy on spells.

TZain barrels though and is taking out expansions, units, and everything in between.

The difference is over 100 supply now with TZain remaxing incredibly fast and DF being resource starved.

More bases go down, and DF taps out.

Thorzain wins 2-1
Itsmedudeman
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States19229 Posts
October 22 2011 10:40 GMT
#2005
"so the spoon killer getting to the bottom of the bowl" possibly the wittiest thing i've ever heard doa say
FrostedMiniWheats
Profile Joined August 2010
United States30730 Posts
October 22 2011 10:40 GMT
#2006
Thorzain always entertains :p

best game I've seen of this tournament
NesTea | Mvp | MC | Leenock | Losira | Gumiho | DRG | Taeja | Jinro | Stephano | Thorzain | Sen | Idra |Polt | Bomber | Symbol | Squirtle | Fantasy | Jaedong | Maru | sOs | Seed | ByuN | ByuL | Neeb| Scarlett | Rogue | IM forever
Gigaudas
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Sweden1213 Posts
October 22 2011 10:40 GMT
#2007
He pretty much never let an Infestor through to get a good fungal. Sick play.
I
Mouzone
Profile Joined April 2011
3937 Posts
October 22 2011 10:40 GMT
#2008
On October 22 2011 19:38 Zeon0 wrote:
zerg lacks a counter to mass ghosts


Didn't see him try to sneak up fungals on that huge group of ghosts.
HolydaKing
Profile Joined February 2010
21254 Posts
October 22 2011 10:40 GMT
#2009
On October 22 2011 19:39 TRAP[yoo] wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 22 2011 19:39 vdale wrote:
is darkforce out of the tournament if he loses this game?

nope just a groupstage game

doesn't only top2 in the group advance? then DF is out indeed most likely
Ragoo
Profile Joined March 2010
Germany2773 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-22 10:41:44
October 22 2011 10:41 GMT
#2010
3/3 mass Ghosts kinda looking ridiculous in Thorzain vs Darkforce.

But also the map I guess. The middle and thus all your expansions are too easy to hold, every counterattack attempts too easily shut down. On a more dynamic map like Tal'Darim or Daybreak that would be different.

edit: Also games like these with super long stand-offs are just extremely boring and stupid. Maps that are easily split just suck.
Member of TPW mapmaking team/// twitter.com/Ragoo_ /// "goody represents border between explainable reason and supernatural" Cloud
Amornthep
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
Singapore2605 Posts
October 22 2011 10:41 GMT
#2011
Ghosts are kinda good. ;(
Well played by Darkforce tho, taking it up to the 40 minute mark.
polybios
Profile Joined December 2010
Czech Republic111 Posts
October 22 2011 10:41 GMT
#2012
On October 22 2011 19:35 hrvoje07 wrote:
I dont understand why does he still try to fight air vs air


he needs to protect his overseers, doesn't he?
WaSa
Profile Joined October 2011
Sweden749 Posts
October 22 2011 10:41 GMT
#2013
I think cracklings are a legitimate counter to mass ghosts. But Idk really as I've never faced it myself.
najreteip
Profile Joined December 2010
Belgium4158 Posts
October 22 2011 10:41 GMT
#2014
On October 22 2011 19:37 Vira wrote:
Any update between Aures and Haypro? they play for 2nd place.

Haypro 2-0 Aures
I have no quote!
CutthroatCollapse
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany309 Posts
October 22 2011 10:41 GMT
#2015
Can someone explain quickly: this is supposed to be a big event, but DOA and Khaldor sitting in some lonely room casting it. Who are the live casters? And why arent these two allowed to cast directly at the event?
I tink, MC so sterong
greatZERG
Profile Joined June 2011
Australia755 Posts
October 22 2011 10:41 GMT
#2016
On October 22 2011 19:40 HolydaKing wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 22 2011 19:39 TRAP[yoo] wrote:
On October 22 2011 19:39 vdale wrote:
is darkforce out of the tournament if he loses this game?

nope just a groupstage game

doesn't only top2 in the group advance? then DF is out indeed most likely


Yep, only top 2 advance from the pool stage
stu >)
ThisGS
Profile Joined October 2011
Germany255 Posts
October 22 2011 10:42 GMT
#2017
is mana out?
bigs, syz, mana all 3-2

they all beat each other 2-0

bigs 7-5 maps, syz and mana 6-4 :D
AxionSteel
Profile Joined January 2011
United States7754 Posts
October 22 2011 10:42 GMT
#2018
Yeah DarkForce is pretty much eliminated. LiveZerg only needs to win his last game, and he's up against a guy who is 0-8 so far.
greatZERG
Profile Joined June 2011
Australia755 Posts
October 22 2011 10:42 GMT
#2019
On October 22 2011 19:41 CutthroatCollapse wrote:
Can someone explain quickly: this is supposed to be a big event, but DOA and Khaldor sitting in some lonely room casting it. Who are the live casters? And why arent these two allowed to cast directly at the event?


As far as I know there are no live casters at the event or at least no English live commentary. Thankfully Doa+Khaldor and TB are doing a good job though
stu >)
grs
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Germany2339 Posts
October 22 2011 10:42 GMT
#2020
Why do Socke and Sjow having to play a tie-break?
Prev 1 99 100 101 102 103 289 Next
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
WardiTV Invitational
20:00
WardiTV Not-Summer Championshi
ByuN vs SHIN
ByuN vs herO
SHIN vs herO
WardiTV862
IntoTheiNu 839
TaKeTV 259
Liquipedia
CranKy Ducklings
19:00
Master Swan Open #108 (SHIN Mod Edition)
CranKy Ducklings73
LiquipediaDiscussion
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
Lowko415
ByuN 325
EmSc Tv 24
StarCraft: Brood War
Britney 34381
Soulkey 4630
Shuttle 1036
Horang2 935
Larva 668
FanTaSy 598
Rush 386
BeSt 323
Mini 319
actioN 282
[ Show more ]
Hyun 266
ggaemo 257
firebathero 188
Zeus 125
Last 99
Shinee 68
Mind 68
Sharp 58
Barracks 56
910 53
Bishop 48
Aegong 39
HiyA 36
ToSsGirL 27
Free 21
Noble 20
ajuk12(nOOB) 18
scan(afreeca) 16
Sacsri 15
soO 15
yabsab 14
Icarus 5
Rock 4
Dota 2
Gorgc7934
Dendi1162
syndereN111
Counter-Strike
byalli586
zeus325
Other Games
singsing2280
B2W.Neo1038
DeMusliM385
crisheroes258
Beastyqt221
Pyrionflax206
Khaldor200
Mlord74
MindelVK13
Chillindude9
Organizations
StarCraft 2
EmSc Tv 24
EmSc2Tv 24
[ Show 11 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• CranKy Ducklings SOOP9
• Response 4
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• intothetv
• Kozan
• IndyKCrew
• Migwel
StarCraft: Brood War
• Michael_bg 8
• BSLYoutube
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
Upcoming Events
AI Arena Tournament
2h 51m
BSL Open Qualifier
5h 51m
Sparkling Tuna Cup
20h 51m
OSC
23h 51m
IPSL
1d 2h
BSL Open Qualifier
1d 5h
WardiTV Weekly
1d 21h
IntoTheTV X SOOP
2 days
PiGosaur Cup
3 days
The PondCast
3 days
[ Show More ]
Kung Fu Cup
3 days
IntoTheTV X SOOP
4 days
FEL
6 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

Super Anchor Qualifying S3
Blizzard Classic Cup 2026
Copium Cup

Ongoing

Acropolis #5
KCM Race Survival 2026 Season 4
Acropolis #5 - GSC
HCC Season 3
Thunderpick World Champ. '26
ESL Pro League Season 24
Stake Ranked Episode 4
1win Private Club #1
Logitech G Play Connect 2026
SL StarSeries Fall 2026
FISSURE Playground #3
BLAST Open Fall 2026
Esports World Cup 2026

Upcoming

BSL Season 23
SC4ALL II: Brood War
BSL 23: Non-Korean Championship
HSC XXX
Stellar Fest 2: Lunar Cup
SC4ALL II: StarCraft II
Kung Fu Cup 2026 Grand Finals
RSL Offline Finals
eXTREMESLAND 2026
PGL Major Singapore 2026
Stake Ranked Episode 6
BLAST Rivals Fall 2026
IEM Beijing 2026
Stake Ranked Episode 5
PGL Masters Bucharest 2026
1win Private Club #2
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2026 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.