On October 08 2011 10:06 _Mittens wrote: Why are HD and Painuser talking about how impossible of a game that was for idra.... Did I miss something? Yeah he lost his third..... but he was fine.... wtf?
On October 08 2011 10:06 RJGooner wrote: Happy IdrA won but I guess I still don't understand why protosses insist on trying to end the game after killing the third. why not just pull back, take a third and continue probe production?
hard decision to make considering if you take a third you know 50 roaches will come and attack your third, and with the way the maps are third bases aren't easy to defend.
Not to mention white-ra was down 20 workers even after he killed the third.
Wouldn't say his decisions were terrible but its a tough spot to be in.
White-ra made a big mistake by keeping up the attack after he killed idra's third. He could have been way ahead if he had just pulled back and macroed up.
On October 08 2011 10:07 minhbq299 wrote: I dont know if painuser is pro or not but Idra never have to comeback in that game LOL. he is never behind much even when the 3rd hatch is lost It is still equal, his supply and drones are still more than whitera
Painuser is a Grandmaster lvl terran player, he came in third at MLG Dallas last year. As far a casters playing the game he is one of the best players
On October 08 2011 10:04 Juanald wrote: anyone else notice how much idra has improved sense he moved into the eg practice house with incontrol machine and axslav.
yeah, especially with incontrol machine and axslav. Not so much with Puma or Demuslim
On October 08 2011 10:04 Juanald wrote: anyone else notice how much idra has improved sense he moved into the eg practice house with incontrol machine and axslav.
This game isn't indicative of anything. Whitera allined, idra was never in a bad spot, held it off and won. If anything, he definitely isn't as good as he was in korea.
dunno man, he might've just ragequit after losing his 3rd like 3 months ago
White-ra's army was quite strong for the deciding engagement, that's just the magic that a zerg flank can do. Took out all the sentries and White-ra never got any forcefields at all down in the rear. It's good to see Idra improving his play rather than whining about not being able to win a head on engagement.
On October 08 2011 10:04 Juanald wrote: anyone else notice how much idra has improved sense he moved into the eg practice house with incontrol machine and axslav.
yeah, especially with incontrol machine and axslav. Not so much with Puma or Demuslim
well those guys are trash. Puma and demuslim just haven't posted results. I guess you can attribute it a bit towards terran being super underpowered though.
On October 08 2011 10:06 _Mittens wrote: Why are HD and Painuser talking about how impossible of a game that was for idra.... Did I miss something? Yeah he lost his third..... but he was fine.... wtf?
No you didn't miss anything. Idra pretty much had that the whole game. I don't think he was even down in supply at any point; even when the "huge ball" of white-ra attacked he was up like 30 supply mostly lings.
On October 08 2011 09:41 Luckbox wrote: Here's boxer vs huk game 2 if anyone wants to watch it during the downtime:
Pardon my brood war ignorance. Why did boxer try and kill all of his workers? Just to let huk have a chance? Or was it a floating away to the island tactic?
On October 08 2011 10:06 RJGooner wrote: Happy IdrA won but I guess I still don't understand why protosses insist on trying to end the game after killing the third. why not just pull back, take a third and continue probe production?
hard decision to make considering if you take a third you know 50 roaches will come and attack your third, and with the way the maps are third bases aren't easy to defend.
Not to mention white-ra was down 20 workers even after he killed the third.
Wouldn't say his decisions were terrible but its a tough spot to be in.
I never liked Protoss insistence on killing the 3rd then ending the game either, but I'm not a pro so I'll trust their judgement until a Protoss shows a better way to play and just say I was right all along =p.