On October 16 2011 10:34 Icky wrote: Not over yet, and all.. But I have to say, as a casual Starcraft 2 watcher, if Koreans keep winning MLGs I'm just going to stop bothering entirely.
Why, were you not entertained by that game?
Why does it matter where they come from? Was that game not intense and exciting? If a player's nationality is what prevents you from watching esports why even bother?
Some people doesn't enjoy seeing a tourney roster and knowing which players will finish top 6. It's his opinion, are you that intolerant?
There are more than 6 Koreans, and if pool play shows us anything it's that foreigners are more than capable of making it top 6 anyway. SC is about the games, not about where people are from.
You want SC2 to be an e-sport, right? Soccer is all about the games too, yet I don't cheer for barcelona because they are the best team in the world, I cheer for flamengo because they are the team from my country.
Soccer is a team sport, SC2 is more comparable to tennis or golf, Do you perhaps not root for Federer or Tiger Woods?
There's not much point in complaining about people cheering for their own country. The Koreans do the same and no one ever blames them. Like Tasteless was saying, Koreans won't even watch a sport unless Koreans are winning it.
Once again, I'm not complaining about people cheering for their own country, I have a problem with people saying "let anyone win but Korea". That's not cheering for your own country, that's cheering specifically against someone else's.
No it's cheering for the foreigner community which is perfectly fine.
On October 16 2011 10:33 Takkara wrote: MKP is breathlessly amazing. What a series. Just amazing. What an nerd baller. Bravo to him.
All he really did was get 3/3 on his marines. His macro was actually terrible but he had 3/3 marines to stim. The only reason he won is because of the power of marines.
This. 3-3 marines won him the game, nothing else. Macro was poor, not a single reactored barracks and he was banking 2k+ minerals the entire time. His micro wasn't even that good tbh. Simply won because marines are too damn good.
No he wasn't banking 2k minerals the entire time, he started banking once he started getting attacked from 2 sides, it's easier to attack than it is to defend most of the time.
Check the replay MKP was above 1500 minerals for the last 5min of the game and never went below 1k at any point and even floated above 2k at the very end. His highest supply was like 150 at some point, 0 reason for that, didnt even have a single reactor.
On your easier to attack then defend point. Idra never floated above like 500 minerals when defending both attacks perfectly. Idra outplayed him most of the game and then had a single bad engage at the end that lost him the game because 3-3 marines are godly good with 6 medivacs.
Idra was sniping all his depots. MKP was supply blocked for a huge span of time.
So you're blaming Idra for killing stray buildings? I'm really confused...
No, he's explaining why MKP's macro looked poor.
It didn't look poor, it was poor, simple as that. MKP's own fault for getting his supply depots constantly picked off.
hahaa yea you know theres a fanboy in the house when the other players problems are self inflicted and the the guy he supports lost because Terran op lolol.
MKP had little mirco at the end. The marines and scvs were just sitting under the cloud of medivacs when Idra lost all his units. Then at the end he moves his marines back once and loses half of them to banes. It wasn't micro that turned things around at the end. It was just the marines.
On October 16 2011 10:34 Icky wrote: Not over yet, and all.. But I have to say, as a casual Starcraft 2 watcher, if Koreans keep winning MLGs I'm just going to stop bothering entirely.
Why, were you not entertained by that game?
Why does it matter where they come from? Was that game not intense and exciting? If a player's nationality is what prevents you from watching esports why even bother?
Some people doesn't enjoy seeing a tourney roster and knowing which players will finish top 6. It's his opinion, are you that intolerant?
There are more than 6 Koreans, and if pool play shows us anything it's that foreigners are more than capable of making it top 6 anyway. SC is about the games, not about where people are from.
Huk won a pool with 3 code A/S rated Koreans. I don't know how you would have "predicted that"
lolwut
Only July is Code S. MC isn't even in Code A anymore.
Hero is A, MC is not code A anymore but is competitive, and plays like a beast.
HuK is Code S, and MC played so much like a beast he got knocked out by a relative nobody. I don't see how people didn't expect HuK to take 1st or 2nd place.
On October 16 2011 10:33 Takkara wrote: MKP is breathlessly amazing. What a series. Just amazing. What an nerd baller. Bravo to him.
All he really did was get 3/3 on his marines. His macro was actually terrible but he had 3/3 marines to stim. The only reason he won is because of the power of marines.
thats why he had 4 cc and 57 workers at 15min after idra killed 30
You're right shit macro
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¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Did you not notice how he was floating 2k minerals at the end of the game because he didn't remember to make reactors or more barracks?
he did make reactors, he didn't make them early game to focus those gas on upgrade. That was why he was able to afford all the upgrades and still tech to tank, medivac at the same time.
So you're going to blantantly lie because Day9 showed all 8 or so barracks with no addon at all.
On October 16 2011 10:33 Takkara wrote: MKP is breathlessly amazing. What a series. Just amazing. What an nerd baller. Bravo to him.
All he really did was get 3/3 on his marines. His macro was actually terrible but he had 3/3 marines to stim. The only reason he won is because of the power of marines.
This. 3-3 marines won him the game, nothing else. Macro was poor, not a single reactored barracks and he was banking 2k+ minerals the entire time. His micro wasn't even that good tbh. Simply won because marines are too damn good.
No he wasn't banking 2k minerals the entire time, he started banking once he started getting attacked from 2 sides, it's easier to attack than it is to defend most of the time.
Check the replay MKP was above 1500 minerals for the last 5min of the game and never went below 1k at any point and even floated above 2k at the very end. His highest supply was like 150 at some point, 0 reason for that, didnt even have a single reactor.
On your easier to attack then defend point. Idra never floated above like 500 minerals when defending both attacks perfectly. Idra outplayed him most of the game and then had a single bad engage at the end that lost him the game because 3-3 marines are godly good with 6 medivacs.
Idra was sniping all his depots. MKP was supply blocked for a huge span of time.
So you're blaming Idra for killing stray buildings? I'm really confused...
No I'm saying that's why MKP's money got so high. You said there was no reason for it and I'm pointing out a very obvious reason.
Of course there was a reason for it, MKP's poor macro/building placement. That shouldn't happen with a Top Tier player.
But ty for reinforcing my point that MKP did poorly.
What? Mutas can force through turrets once you get a good flock and kill depots no matter how good your building placement is.
Are you saying perfect building placement makes your base invulnerable to muta harass?
On October 16 2011 10:33 Takkara wrote: MKP is breathlessly amazing. What a series. Just amazing. What an nerd baller. Bravo to him.
All he really did was get 3/3 on his marines. His macro was actually terrible but he had 3/3 marines to stim. The only reason he won is because of the power of marines.
thats why he had 4 cc and 57 workers at 15min after idra killed 30
You're right shit macro
....
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Did you not notice how he was floating 2k minerals at the end of the game because he didn't remember to make reactors or more barracks?
he did make reactors, he didn't make them early game to focus those gas on upgrade. That was why he was able to afford all the upgrades and still tech to tank, medivac at the same time.
So you're going to blantantly lie because Day9 showed all 8 or so barracks with no addon at all.
Reactors on barracks in tvz is usually bad, especially when you're constantly being attacked.
On October 16 2011 10:42 Ciddass wrote: whoever claims that this was "brilliant play" ... it was the typical ZvT nowadays, terran does nothing, the zerg dominates for 25 minutes, wins 46 engagements, messes 1 up => loses.
Mmmm delicious Zerg Tears
any race can win 99% of the engagements during then game then screw up the one main battle and lose. Idra over committed forgot upgrades and got out micro'd and it cost him the game, end of story.
the *insert race* tears comments are not really helping any discussions i'd rather people wouldn't do that every time someone's arguing
MKP just had a plane: take idra down in lategame with 3-3 marines
then stuff happened, idra did some nice moves and in the end MKP killed him with the push he was planning for from the get go
that's good gameplay
he can float all the minerals he wants
he had a plan to win and executed it, you can debate how easy stuff is to execute it but to say he was worse in anyway is just silly
On October 16 2011 10:33 Takkara wrote: MKP is breathlessly amazing. What a series. Just amazing. What an nerd baller. Bravo to him.
All he really did was get 3/3 on his marines. His macro was actually terrible but he had 3/3 marines to stim. The only reason he won is because of the power of marines.
This. 3-3 marines won him the game, nothing else. Macro was poor, not a single reactored barracks and he was banking 2k+ minerals the entire time. His micro wasn't even that good tbh. Simply won because marines are too damn good.
No he wasn't banking 2k minerals the entire time, he started banking once he started getting attacked from 2 sides, it's easier to attack than it is to defend most of the time.
Check the replay MKP was above 1500 minerals for the last 5min of the game and never went below 1k at any point and even floated above 2k at the very end. His highest supply was like 150 at some point, 0 reason for that, didnt even have a single reactor.
On your easier to attack then defend point. Idra never floated above like 500 minerals when defending both attacks perfectly. Idra outplayed him most of the game and then had a single bad engage at the end that lost him the game because 3-3 marines are godly good with 6 medivacs.
Idra was sniping all his depots. MKP was supply blocked for a huge span of time.
So you're blaming Idra for killing stray buildings? I'm really confused...
No I'm saying that's why MKP's money got so high. You said there was no reason for it and I'm pointing out a very obvious reason.
Of course there was a reason for it, MKP's poor macro/building placement. That shouldn't happen with a Top Tier player.
But ty for reinforcing my point that MKP did poorly.
for anyone crying about idra game, idra want to finish the game without going any tech, constantly producing lings + muta + blings, if he does not finish MKP he will lose the game, MKP did not fall apart at all and defend well with 3 bases vs 3 bases of idra (4th base have no drone at all).
Idra should have gone higher tech and play macro, that is what marine king is trying to do, and by defend so well he win.
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