[GSL] Jan Up/Down Matches D2 - Page 173

On December 21 2011 04:36 SeaSwift wrote:


I think he meant that Ryung and Tassadar both worked their way through Code A to get to Up/Downs, whereas Morrow was invited straight to Up/Downs.

The "opportunity" he is talking about is Morrow given direct access to Up/Downs, not just being in the Up/Downs at all.

On December 21 2011 05:16 Tachion wrote:
Does anyone else find this format exceptionally boring and tedious? I haven't managed to find the endurance to finish either up/down night, which is extremely odd for me because I sit through every GSL match.

On December 21 2011 02:06 Steel wrote:
Poor morrow. Sucks for him. He loses against protoss because zerg can only scout once against forge FE. There's actually no way to stop double stargate from doing enough damage if you don't scout it.

Next game, he scouts an all-in, gets the right unit comp for it (it still would of been close of killer would have all-ined) and then killer just expands so Morrow is behind. Considering its pretty much impossible to pressure on antigua as zerg, I don't see how it's fair, but I guess that's just the current map pool. What could he really have done against Killer's 3 base army if he lost that badly even with superior upgrades? The answer is about 10 broodlords, which he couldn't afford because he had to make roaches and infestors (huge investment for nothing) in the mid game. He took ZERO damage the entire game, yet didn't have to income for hive tech because he had to get defenses to defend the threat of an all-in. It's REALLY hard to defend blink all-in, even with infestors, so he HAD to get these units. Really trying to figure out what he did wrong. I really don't see how you can beat a lategame protoss army if you had to make a midgame investment yielding nothing. Even if you're two bases ahead.

Still, sucks to see Morrow lose for such ridiculous reasons. His last game... well BO losses are going to happen as Zerg.

On December 21 2011 04:05 Chicane wrote:
I did not realize Morrow was going to be in these up and downs. O_O In any event, with Lucky going up yesterday, and Bomber and Gumiho today, I think all the people who really deserve to be there got into code S. I suppose Ryung not being in is unfortunate, but obviously it was impossible. I'm happy with the results. :D

On December 21 2011 07:02 CokeFTW wrote:
Ryung always looked shakey in TvP TvZ but he has some top tier TVT

On December 21 2011 04:55 Mohdoo wrote:


Right, but all he was referring to were his results. I also think that people need to consider how much more excitement and interest foreigners in GSL generates. The GSL is hugely comprised of really well performing Koreans, but throwing in some top foreigners keeps things exciting and makes a lot of people watch, whom may not have watched otherwise. Its not like the entire sanctity of the GSL has been compromised from Morrow going 1-3.

On December 21 2011 06:55 vnlegend wrote:
Ah the, good old EZ Strategy to Beat Foreigners:

Step 1. cheese and be constantly aggressive.
Step 2. wait for them to mess up in micro, macro, decision-making.
Step 3. ez wins.

Poor Ryung, he, apparently, didn't know about the strategy.

On December 21 2011 06:55 vnlegend wrote:
Ah the, good old EZ Strategy to Beat Foreigners:

Step 1. cheese and be constantly aggressive.
Step 2. wait for them to mess up in micro, macro, decision-making.
Step 3. ez wins.

Poor Ryung, he, apparently, didn't know about the strategy.

On December 21 2011 08:48 tuho12345 wrote:

idk what to say about u lol.
step 1: if foreigners are too slow and can't handle pressures like others Koreans then they deserved to lose from here.
step 2: Is that a obvious reason to win in every game? I mean if everyone plays perfectly and no mistake whatsoever then who'd win anyway?

On December 21 2011 06:55 vnlegend wrote:
Ah the, good old EZ Strategy to Beat Foreigners:

Step 1. cheese and be constantly aggressive.
Step 2. wait for them to mess up in micro, macro, decision-making.
Step 3. ez wins.

Poor Ryung, he, apparently, didn't know about the strategy.

On December 21 2011 07:25 1Eris1 wrote:



Maybe for you, but when they start inviting people based solely off reputation I actually watch less of the GSL