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On October 16 2011 10:58 corpsepose wrote:Show nested quote +On October 16 2011 10:56 youngminii wrote:On October 16 2011 10:56 NuclearJudas wrote:On October 16 2011 10:54 TooN wrote: update on incontrol? still winless? Pretty sure he went 0-5. Going up against Polt in the Championship Bracket, so he's going to get crushed. Not hating, I like Inc, but Polt is a TvP monster. No, Polt is a TvT monster. Even so, he doesn't need to be a monster to beat Inc. polt's tvp is statistically his highest matchup on tlpd korea... by a looong shot He's only lost three games to Protoss, all to Killer. He's essentially Puma but . . . . better.
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On October 16 2011 10:56 youngminii wrote:Show nested quote +On October 16 2011 10:56 NuclearJudas wrote:On October 16 2011 10:54 TooN wrote: update on incontrol? still winless? Pretty sure he went 0-5. Going up against Polt in the Championship Bracket, so he's going to get crushed. Not hating, I like Inc, but Polt is a TvP monster. No, Polt is a TvT monster. Even so, he doesn't need to be a monster to beat Inc.
No, hes right.
Polt's TvP was one of the most fearsome in Korean. He was hovering just under 90% winrates at one point.
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Mkp/Polt/Bomber top 3, calling it now.
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Why would you cheer against Koreans? they are the best and most fun to watch
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On October 16 2011 10:59 minhbq299 wrote:Show nested quote +On October 16 2011 10:57 FryktSkyene wrote:On October 16 2011 10:56 hitpoint wrote:On October 16 2011 10:53 JoeSchmoe wrote:On October 16 2011 10:50 TazzDingo wrote:On October 16 2011 10:42 JohnnyBanana wrote:On October 16 2011 10:42 RogerChillingworth wrote:On October 16 2011 10:39 Shurayuki wrote:On October 16 2011 10:39 MCDayC wrote: That's gonna go down as another amazing ZvT that Idra should have won. and then the other guy was better and won instead? Idra should have won it. But then Marineking outplayed Idra and won it instead. Today I learned: It's too hard for 90% on TL.net to understand that winning a match does not mean outplaying the opponent. Sheesh... First Huk-Hero, then IdrA-MKP... Unforced errors should not happen but they do happen sometimes. Has nothing to do with being outplayed... srsly guys. outplayed. simple as that. poor engagements by idra, no upgrades. these are fundamental mistakes. 2-0 mutas 2-1 lings vs 3-3 marines. I count 5 upgrades for idra, 6 for mkp. Yea HUGE difference. Thats actually quite huge... it is 1-0 muta and 2-0 lings it is actually 6 vs 3 on upgrades and both on 3 bases with the same workers count, idra 4th never has any drones. And if you guys notice, marineking stay with the same supply through out the game, he has never been behind.
marineking was 3-3 on marines AND 2-0 on mech, so...
lack of upgrades killed idra. we can move on now.
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On October 16 2011 11:00 mordk wrote:Show nested quote +On October 16 2011 10:58 corpsepose wrote:On October 16 2011 10:56 youngminii wrote:On October 16 2011 10:56 NuclearJudas wrote:On October 16 2011 10:54 TooN wrote: update on incontrol? still winless? Pretty sure he went 0-5. Going up against Polt in the Championship Bracket, so he's going to get crushed. Not hating, I like Inc, but Polt is a TvP monster. No, Polt is a TvT monster. Even so, he doesn't need to be a monster to beat Inc. polt's tvp is statistically his highest matchup on tlpd korea... by a looong shot Polt is probably the best Bio TvT player. That means he can't play against any decent mech player, but against other terrans he usually fares well. That said, historically his TvP is crazy good.
He can beat most mech terrans. The only mech terrans I've seen that can successfully hold off his harass time and time again are MvP and Bomber (TOP is iffy).
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Championship Round 2 Tonight!!!!
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On October 16 2011 11:00 Asymmetric wrote:Show nested quote +On October 16 2011 10:56 youngminii wrote:On October 16 2011 10:56 NuclearJudas wrote:On October 16 2011 10:54 TooN wrote: update on incontrol? still winless? Pretty sure he went 0-5. Going up against Polt in the Championship Bracket, so he's going to get crushed. Not hating, I like Inc, but Polt is a TvP monster. No, Polt is a TvT monster. Even so, he doesn't need to be a monster to beat Inc. No, hes right. Polt's TvP was one of the most fearsome in Korean. He was hovering just under 90% winrates at one point.
yep polt/bomber are pretty much the two strongest players in tvp
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On October 16 2011 11:00 Zalitara wrote: I hate watching White-Ra play a dozen games every MLG he particepates in just to lose the game before he get's out of the open bracket. Also he is just so fucking unlucky with his opponents... I know it's by seed and random, so I am not saying MLG is out to get him, but the gaming god sure as hell is.
Hopefully next year he'll get a seeded in pool play.
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On October 16 2011 10:58 Soulish wrote:Show nested quote +On October 16 2011 10:56 hitpoint wrote:On October 16 2011 10:53 JoeSchmoe wrote:On October 16 2011 10:50 TazzDingo wrote:On October 16 2011 10:42 JohnnyBanana wrote:On October 16 2011 10:42 RogerChillingworth wrote:On October 16 2011 10:39 Shurayuki wrote:On October 16 2011 10:39 MCDayC wrote: That's gonna go down as another amazing ZvT that Idra should have won. and then the other guy was better and won instead? Idra should have won it. But then Marineking outplayed Idra and won it instead. Today I learned: It's too hard for 90% on TL.net to understand that winning a match does not mean outplaying the opponent. Sheesh... First Huk-Hero, then IdrA-MKP... Unforced errors should not happen but they do happen sometimes. Has nothing to do with being outplayed... srsly guys. outplayed. simple as that. poor engagements by idra, no upgrades. these are fundamental mistakes. 2-0 mutas 2-1 lings vs 3-3 marines. I count 5 upgrades for idra, 6 for mkp. Yea HUGE difference. can't just add upgrades like that lol. Does 1/1 ling + 1/1 roach + 1/2 muta beat 3/3 marines?
I agree. 3/3 marines completely rape anything with lower upgrades, and equal upgrades even. My point is that Idra was keeping up with upgrades, he just has to split them between units while mkp didn't. So I think mkp's upgrades were far better, but it wasn't for lack of idra upgrading - it's because marines are absurd.
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On October 16 2011 10:56 FrostedMiniWheats wrote:Show nested quote +On October 16 2011 10:52 JohnnyBanana wrote:On October 16 2011 10:50 Zooper31 wrote:On October 16 2011 10:48 Rebs wrote:On October 16 2011 10:46 Zooper31 wrote:On October 16 2011 10:45 Mordiford wrote:On October 16 2011 10:45 Zooper31 wrote:On October 16 2011 10:42 hitpoint wrote:On October 16 2011 10:41 Zooper31 wrote:On October 16 2011 10:38 TYJ.Aoy wrote: [quote] 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. Yes I'm a fanboy of Idra's, doesn't change the fact that MKP played poorly and only won because of that last engage. Your fanboism is clearly showing. Sure you may think that MKP played poor, but what matters is that Idra played worse. Suicide units 2-3 at a time into a tank line with medivacs and marines all around... Yeah, MKP completely outplayed Idra that game. Were you watching another game? completely outplay would be clearly having the upper hand the majority of the game and not sustaining much yourself. You are a step ahead. His win was due to idra's sloppiness towards the end and not maintaining upgrades. That's just how it is with zerg, things can quickly go down the shitter. It's far less forgiving.
I hate this idiotic attitude. This is not an unique pattern to Zerg.
Every race and matchup has situations where 1) a crucial fight determines the game 2) things get out of control quickly. In TvZ, any prolonged 2 base because of good positioning by Z is a straight beeline to having no control against a massive muta count. There isn't recovering from that. Go look at Boxer v Idra games - slow 3rd bases against Z are a disaster for bio builds. If MKP had lost his 3rd, it would be equally unforgiving.
But people enjoy pretending they are the victims.
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On October 16 2011 10:58 corpsepose wrote:Show nested quote +On October 16 2011 10:56 youngminii wrote:On October 16 2011 10:56 NuclearJudas wrote:On October 16 2011 10:54 TooN wrote: update on incontrol? still winless? Pretty sure he went 0-5. Going up against Polt in the Championship Bracket, so he's going to get crushed. Not hating, I like Inc, but Polt is a TvP monster. No, Polt is a TvT monster. Even so, he doesn't need to be a monster to beat Inc. polt's tvp is statistically his highest matchup on tlpd korea... by a looong shot
especially if you take out his losses to killer who he seems to struggle with.
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Polt running through an EG- TL gauntlet if he keeps winning at least until round 7 and maybe 8 too if Ret wins.
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On October 16 2011 10:57 minhbq299 wrote:Show nested quote +On October 16 2011 10:50 Zooper31 wrote:On October 16 2011 10:48 Rebs wrote:On October 16 2011 10:46 Zooper31 wrote:On October 16 2011 10:45 Mordiford wrote:On October 16 2011 10:45 Zooper31 wrote:On October 16 2011 10:42 hitpoint wrote:On October 16 2011 10:41 Zooper31 wrote:On October 16 2011 10:38 TYJ.Aoy wrote:On October 16 2011 10:36 Zooper31 wrote: [quote]
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. Yes I'm a fanboy of Idra's, doesn't change the fact that MKP played poorly and only won because of that last engage. Point out how was MKP playing poorly, he defends well against a 3 base zerg(4th base have no drones) when MKP just take his 3rd. Idra lost because he invest in mass units to attack, have nothing to fall back on (hive tech, infestors, no upgrades) => that's why he lose when he cant finish MKP. I will not comment on this match anymore but anyone who think idra is better player and MKP is not outplaying idra in that last game is delusional fanboyism and do not understand the game at all. MKP get Idra to cancel his 3rd. Idra then snipes all MKP's tanks, constantly harrasses, taking out scvs, depots, and denying more expansions.
MKP gets 3-3 marines, a bunch of medivacs and wins.
It's hard to say he out played him when MKP was losing a lot and manages to win due to a handful of marines.
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On October 16 2011 10:56 hitpoint wrote:Show nested quote +On October 16 2011 10:53 JoeSchmoe wrote:On October 16 2011 10:50 TazzDingo wrote:On October 16 2011 10:42 JohnnyBanana wrote:On October 16 2011 10:42 RogerChillingworth wrote:On October 16 2011 10:39 Shurayuki wrote:On October 16 2011 10:39 MCDayC wrote: That's gonna go down as another amazing ZvT that Idra should have won. and then the other guy was better and won instead? Idra should have won it. But then Marineking outplayed Idra and won it instead. Today I learned: It's too hard for 90% on TL.net to understand that winning a match does not mean outplaying the opponent. Sheesh... First Huk-Hero, then IdrA-MKP... Unforced errors should not happen but they do happen sometimes. Has nothing to do with being outplayed... srsly guys. outplayed. simple as that. poor engagements by idra, no upgrades. these are fundamental mistakes. 2-0 mutas 2-1 lings vs 3-3 marines. I count 5 upgrades for idra, 6 for mkp. Yea HUGE difference.
did you just sum up all the upgrades Idra had and disregarded the insane upgrade lead that MKP had?
Just how delusional can you people get?
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On October 16 2011 10:58 Fionn wrote: I was talking to Probe1 on MSN last night and said I had a vision where Polt went on a gigantic run and then lost to Incontrol.
Now he's facing Incontrol.
Scary.
There's only one thing for it...
A random MLG executive comes up to you with a briefcase and says a million dollars is inside. He says that if Polt beats Incontrol, you win a million dollars. If he loses, you will be killed right there and then.
Poll: Would you take the million dollar death bet?Yes (63) 89% No (8) 11% 71 total votes Your vote: Would you take the million dollar death bet? (Vote): Yes (Vote): No
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On October 16 2011 10:57 Redox wrote:Show nested quote +On October 16 2011 10:55 FryktSkyene wrote: Is it worth it to buy the 4 stream thing? Hae you guys been able to see good games? Like top player games not just open bracket noobs.
Also, how much was it? It it's really worth I will be getting it for next MLG.
Thanks Are you serious about "open bracket noobs"? There were as least as many top players in the open bracket than in the pools. And yes there were great games so far on the beta streams.
But they said there was 250 players or something stupidly high like that?
So maybe 70 'good' players? I don't want to watch a goswser player tbh even if he did beat polt.
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On October 16 2011 11:00 Zalitara wrote: I hate watching White-Ra play a dozen games every MLG he particepates in just to lose the game before he get's out of the open bracket. Also he is just so fucking unlucky with his opponents... I know it's by seed and random, so I am not saying MLG is out to get him, but the gaming god sure as hell is.
Ya it is very unfortunate, but on the other hand it is fortunate that MLG realized the problem and will change the format next season to favor players who go through the open bracket much more than they do now. Perhaps they will have 6-8 groups instead, for more spots to get into from the open bracket, or maybe they will just give more points to players who go through the open bracket than they currently do.
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On October 16 2011 10:57 Yaotzin wrote:Show nested quote +On October 16 2011 10:55 dmnum wrote:On October 16 2011 10:50 TazzDingo wrote:On October 16 2011 10:42 JohnnyBanana wrote:On October 16 2011 10:42 RogerChillingworth wrote:On October 16 2011 10:39 Shurayuki wrote:On October 16 2011 10:39 MCDayC wrote: That's gonna go down as another amazing ZvT that Idra should have won. and then the other guy was better and won instead? Idra should have won it. But then Marineking outplayed Idra and won it instead. Today I learned: It's too hard for 90% on TL.net to understand that winning a match does not mean outplaying the opponent. Sheesh... First Huk-Hero, then IdrA-MKP... Unforced errors should not happen but they do happen sometimes. Has nothing to do with being outplayed... srsly guys. The way I see the game went like a match of chess: Idra was picking picking bishops, towers and knights left and right while managing to lose a few peons. Then he just threw his king at marineking and lost. It was more like Idra was picking off bishops/towers/knights while MKP had a few pawns heading up to be promoted (3-3 marine/medivac). Idra couldn't stop MKP before his pawns arrived, and MKP promoted some queens and roflstomped.
Great analogy, MKP played for the long game and slowly weathered the storm until he had an overwhelming upgrade advantage then moved in with a crushing blow.
It's amazing how people obsess over build orders and unit composition while, completely not grasping or understand the basic over arching strategy.
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On October 16 2011 11:00 usethis2 wrote: Well Geez. Does anyone doubt that MKP wouldn't have been able to kill Idra on Metalopolis with 2-rax/bunkers? Be glad that Idra actually showed his skills because MKP let him. If the series were a GSL one MKP would not have gone the same way and would have ended the game much quicker.
I understand peoples need to try and shit on Idra but don't spit on MKP and tarnish him by saying crap like this. He went into that game with that build believing it would win
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