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StaplerPhone
United States813 Posts
On November 26 2011 13:42 Telcontar wrote: Oh good lord only 2 terrans? I'll be supporting them then. Go Puma & Naama! And WTF happened to Kas? He had a group where he only needed to concentrate on vP, went 0-3 Kinda dropped the ball there.. | ||
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Darpa
Canada4413 Posts
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Inky87
United States533 Posts
On November 26 2011 12:30 forsooth wrote: I've been preaching this for a while now. Terran is not nor has it been imbalanced, it's merely been a case in Code S of a few elite Terrans who were actually just that much better than everyone else making it look like Terran was too strong. Nowhere else, even in Code A or GSTL, has Terran been dominant. People just like to blame everything but themselves for their struggles, which is the exact opposite of the mindset you should have when gaming competitively. Always blame yourself when you lose, and then look for ways to fix what you did wrong. You'll develop a safer, more conservative style of play with a better sense of when you can take risks and suddenly you'll find that the game wasn't imbalanced, you were just crying because the other player wasn't letting you get away with stuff you shouldn't expect to get away with every time. That's because foreigner terrans don't have the mechanics to play the race to its potential and make incredibly poor decisions consistently. Things like unsieging all at once, throwing drops away from not paying attention, letting macro fall behind. It's no wonder why they're not winning. Mechanically, it's easier to use warp gates or hold down the D key than it is to keep a watch on all your barracks/factories/starports. As for the matchups themselves, terran has many opportunities to be aggressive. Early siege tanks against protoss are very good and force them into playing a less optimal way. They're still not using ravens against zerg and protoss for whatever reason either. Personally, I'm of the opinion the game is pretty balanced overall and you can't say the game is wrong when so many people aren't playing the game correctly. So I guess what I'm saying is I agree with you 100% =) | ||
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ComusLoM
Norway3547 Posts
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Dodgin
Canada39254 Posts
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Cel.erity
United States4890 Posts
WhiteRa vs Naama: I think WhiteRa is slightly favored, but it's close. Naniwa vs DRG: Naniwa beat Nestea twice, and DRG's worst matchup is ZvP, so this shouldn't be too tough. I think Naniwa is slightly favored. Genius vs PuMa: Really tough, but Genius is scrappy so who knows. HerO vs Sheth: HerO easily favored. MaNa vs Nerchio: Too close to call. ToD vs Ret: The hardest P win of the bunch, I don't know how ToD gets past Ret here. This match and the Genius/PuMa match make an all-P Ro8 almost impossible. But come on guys, we've gotta have hope! You know it would bring a smile to your face. | ||
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dooraven
Australia2820 Posts
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Chicane
United States7875 Posts
On November 26 2011 14:44 Cel.erity wrote: Naniwa vs DRG: Naniwa beat Nestea twice, and DRG's worst matchup is ZvP, so this shouldn't be too tough. I think Naniwa is slightly favored. He also beat DRG at MLG... so that might be a better indication of how he will do against him. :O | ||
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LuckyFool
United States9015 Posts
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Packawana
United States1081 Posts
On November 26 2011 14:30 Dodgin wrote: Looking good for a protoss victory. It's almost Code S level of racial imbalance. Almost? This is practically the same proportions as GSL October.  | ||
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Cel.erity
United States4890 Posts
On November 26 2011 14:44 dooraven wrote: On that note why is it that only forgien Protoss players have stayed in Korea consistently for a long time (Huk, Naniwa, Sase, ToD etc ) wheras almost no Terrans (Sjow, Thorzain all were in Korea for about a month) and almost no zergs except Idra (Sheth, Ret, Haypro were there for a while). How come no Terran or Zerg players have decided to go to Korea and stay there? Aiur has 9 moons. Take the value of the letters in the word Seoul (72) and subtract the value of the letters in the word Aiur (49). You will be left with the number 23. 23 is the 9th prime number. Now do you have your answer? | ||
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Dexington
Canada7276 Posts
NightEnd vs Sase DongRaeGu vs Naniwa Puma vs Genius Seiplo vs Huk Sheth vs Hero Nerchio vs Mana Ret vs ToD White-ra vs NightEnd DongRaeGu vs PuMa Huk vs Hero Mana vs Ret WhiteRa vs DongRaeGu Hero vs Mana DongRaeGu vs MaNa | ||
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Larryx
Poland148 Posts
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MrCon
France29748 Posts
01:15 AM 1002 Naama +1.5 1.704 3.390 Sat 11/26 1003 NIGHTEND 2.360 01:15 AM 1004 SaSe 1.625 Sat 11/26 1005 DongRaeGu 1.556 01:15 AM 1006 Naniwa 2.530 Sat 11/26 1007 Puma -1.5 1.962 1.377 01:15 AM 1008 Genius +1.5 1.893 3.200 Naniwa still underrated, great value. Sase has an ok value too. It's funny, that's exactly the same odd as nani vs drg@MLG last weekend. | ||
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Isaac
United States810 Posts
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AndAgain
United States2621 Posts
On November 26 2011 14:44 dooraven wrote: On that note why is it that only forgien Protoss players have stayed in Korea consistently for a long time (Huk, Naniwa, Sase, ToD etc ) wheras almost no Terrans besides Jinro (Sjow, Thorzain all were in Korea for about a month) and almost no zergs except Idra (Sheth, Ret, Haypro were there for a while). How come no Terran or Zerg players have decided to go to Korea and stay there? There was some recent interview with Naniwa where he said that protoss benefits more from practice on the Korean ladder than zerg does (didn't say anything about terran.) So that might be the reason. Or... it's pure coincidence. | ||
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michielbrands
Netherlands1146 Posts
fnatic.NightEnd vs Quantic.SaSe coL.MvP.DongRaeGu vs coL.MvP.NaNiWa EG.PuMa vs coL.MvP.Genius Ai.Seiplo vs EG.HuK liquid.TLAF'Sheth vs liquid.TLAF'HerO acer.Nerchio vs mouz.MaNa liquid.TLAF'Ret vs fnatic.ToD Tt.White-Ra Vs. Quantic.SaSe coL.MvP.NaNiWa Vs. EG.PuMa EG.HuK Vs. liquid.TLAF'HerO acer.Nerchio Vs. liquid.TLAF'Ret Quantic.SaSe Vs. coL.MvP.NaNiWa liquid.TLAF'HerO Vs. liquid.TLAF'Ret Quantic.SaSe Vs. liquid.TLAF'Ret | ||
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diarsenic
United States385 Posts
On November 26 2011 14:54 Cel.erity wrote: Aiur has 9 moons. Take the value of the letters in the word Seoul (72) and subtract the value of the letters in the word Aiur (49). You will be left with the number 23. 23 is the 9th prime number. Now do you have your answer? Can't argue with that logic. White-Ra>Naama Sase>Nightend Naniwa>DRG Puma>Genius HuK>Seiplo HerO>Sheth Nerchio>MaNa Ret>ToD Sase>White-Ra Naniwa>Puma HuK>HerO Nerchio>Ret Naniwa>Sase HuK>Nerchio HuK>Naniwa My opninion :3 | ||
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Aurious
Canada1772 Posts
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RPR_Tempest
Australia7795 Posts
FnaticMSI.NightEnD vs QIMSaSe: I'll be utterly shocked if SaSe loses. MvPDongRaeGu vs coL.NaNiWa: Could go either way, but after taking out NesTea, I'm favoring NaNiWa. EGPuMa vs MvPGenius: Genius is inconsistent to say the least, but if he plays to the level he is capable he should beat PuMa. Ai.Seiplo vs EGHuK: Yeah. HuK. LiquidSheth vs LiquidHerO: These two are really evenly matched. Even though they seem to meet up all the time and HerO always wins, Sheth will win this time. He has the power. He has the potential. He can do it. Acer.Nerchio vs mouz.MaNa: Could go either way, but I think Nerchio is favored about 70/30. LiquidRet vs FnaticMSI.ToD: This is a chance for ToD to show how good he really is. But, I think Ret will squash that chance and advance to the next round. | ||
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