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20Nation
Profile Joined February 2005
United States258 Posts
May 19 2012 18:57 GMT
#7261
I think the reason game 5 was so entertaining was partly situational. It partly told the story of the amazing comeback squirtle was putting on. Nobody believed he had a shot when he was down 0-3, and nobody believed he'd be able to kill all those battle cruisers. That game was amazing because squirtle blew our minds with the W.
genius_man16
Profile Joined February 2011
United States749 Posts
May 19 2012 19:03 GMT
#7262
Is it possible to watch the VODs if we didn't get a ticket before the finals?
Dyrus | Vooby | Balls | Meteos | WildTurtle | Bjergsen | Cop | sexPeke | Xpecial | Aphromoo | Scarra |
how2TL
Profile Joined August 2010
1197 Posts
May 19 2012 19:04 GMT
#7263
On May 20 2012 03:50 neoghaleon55 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 20 2012 03:38 Bashion wrote:
This is was by far the best GSL finals. Even as a protoss fan boy, i was amazed by MVP's play.

Of course im sad cause a protoss didnt win (again), but the better player deserved the victory.


wow protoss hasn't won a GSL in over a year.
I'm really interesting on how Squirtle and Parting will develop in the following months.




FWIW Zerg didn't win an OSL for the first 4 years and between mid 2005 to mid 2011 Protoss only won one OSL. Keep in mind OSL's occurred less frequently than GSL's and of course balance complaints existed in BW too. It's still the most competitive and balanced RTS of all time.
BenKen
Profile Joined August 2009
United States860 Posts
May 19 2012 19:09 GMT
#7264
On May 20 2012 04:03 genius_man16 wrote:
Is it possible to watch the VODs if we didn't get a ticket before the finals?

yes. If you buy a season ticket you get the entire season's VODs.
I deadlift for Aiur
SharkStarcraft
Profile Joined April 2011
Austria2226 Posts
May 19 2012 19:16 GMT
#7265
I was rooting for squirtle after game 5 and then MVP did this all-in.... I am a terran player but i genuinely think squirtle is the better player so sad he lost
Cogito, ergo Toss
Quotidian
Profile Joined August 2010
Norway1937 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-05-19 19:19:15
May 19 2012 19:18 GMT
#7266
On May 19 2012 21:48 Archybaldie wrote:
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On May 19 2012 21:39 Lightspeaker wrote:
On May 19 2012 21:33 Adreme wrote:
On May 19 2012 21:29 Lightspeaker wrote:
On May 19 2012 21:25 Blazinghand wrote:
On May 19 2012 21:23 Adreme wrote:
On May 19 2012 21:20 torm3ntin wrote:
On May 19 2012 21:16 Shadow_Dog wrote:
BCs, new late game TvP standard now? I thought they were pretty effective.


also wondering the same lol


I might be wrong but I just cant see them staying. Squirtle seemed like that game he was just improving things to do to deal with what MVP was doing. For example that recall to snipe the island was clearly not planned out or he would have had a better way to get back. However the archon toilot, despite not being terribly well executed (2 more archons in there and those BCs dont even need to get stormed) it still decimated that style hard and in a way that I think might lend itself to dominating it in the future.


I actually wonder about the archon toilet. In PvZ it's uniquely good because Z has no feedback/EMP. Against Terran I wonder how useful it can be-- it seems much more hit and miss, so to speak.


Tbh it's pretty much a massive gamble because you're relying on avoiding an AoE energy drain coming from a cloaked unit.

Self-evidently can be effective, but it's pretty much as volatile as the HT/Ghost relationship without the advantage of being able to have multiple units you can split (only one Mothership).


Yes its still a gamble but the archons werent even the most important part of it. What I believe helped him most was that he got half of the BCs out of the fight so that he could kill other half. Unless you go MVP style full turtle (which is kinda awesome on rare occaions he brings it out) you arent going to have an insane ghost count compared to your opponents HT count which nullify yamato fairly well and storm which is hard for BCs to move out of and even the archon splash which I think is more effective to just take than to try and split but I dont have much to go on for that.


It was a hell of a smart positioning on where he dropped the Vortex, agreed.

I think MVP's problem at that point was he didn't know what to do about the vortex. When half your BC army gets vortexed like that do you want to throw everything in it and hope you got enough or try to pull back until the rest of your army is released? I mean...how many times does terran even have to make that kind of decision? It's not like BC play is exactly massively explored.

I think MVP might have even been better off keeping those Vikings honestly. Might have sniped the mothership.



If this becomes the "lategame" TvP go-to situation i think it could be quite intresting to see the potential ways it can be fleshed out for terran.

After a few tests,
1: To emp a mothership the hitbox is quite large so unlike mutalisks you dont have to hit right on the small dot you can actually just hit near-ish the edge of the mothership. In that exact situation an emp on the mothership was probabaly a guarenteed win for MVP
2: In that engagement a ton of feedbacks went off, is there an arguement for terran emp'ing their own battlecruisers before the engagement to nullify the feedbacks.
3: Zerg have faced this situation many times. However Corruptors are 6 range vikings are 9 range. How would that range difference affect the engagement with a few vikings.
4: If going for that similar situation as a terran, will it become a "requirement" to be liberal with scans just to get information on the positioning of the mothership for possible snipe/emp.

That seemed like an engagement where both players wernt really sure the specifics of what would happen or what response was needed, whether or not it becomes a staple of the matchup i do quite hope that situation gets fleshed out over the next few weeks..


I know people like to hate on Avilo around here, but he already has highlighted how to make a mass BC switch work on maps that can be easily split in two. There's really no mystery to it, the gameplan has already mostly been figured out, we just need to see more top terrans try it. The obvious candidate to make this work is Thorzain, imo

here's the Avilo video



So basically what MVP was missing was 1) nuke harass 2) Ghosts on recall prevention duty 3) money EMPs
McFeser
Profile Joined July 2011
United States2458 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-05-19 19:20:26
May 19 2012 19:19 GMT
#7267
On May 20 2012 03:56 IMoperator wrote:
I went to bed after the first game squirtle won lol, too bad I missed all of the actual good games :/

Yeah, when MVP was 3 games up I thought there was no way Squirtle could win so I went to sleep.
Edit: ^ No offense to Avilo, but I'm sure MVP knows better.
Promethelax still hasn't changed his quote
m3rciless
Profile Joined August 2009
United States1476 Posts
May 19 2012 19:19 GMT
#7268
just watched the vods. Sickest finals. That bc game MVP really fucked up. he should have been throwing down far more yamatos then he was in every little skirmish, and he didnt need to stack his cruisers, they're much faster than gglords.
White-Ra fighting!
Young Terran
Profile Joined April 2012
United Kingdom265 Posts
May 19 2012 19:22 GMT
#7269
Same i watched the vods Lets keep gsl trending ^^ AWESOME FINALS MVP BEST PLAYER IN THE WORLD!
Quotidian
Profile Joined August 2010
Norway1937 Posts
May 19 2012 19:24 GMT
#7270
On May 20 2012 04:19 McFeser wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 20 2012 03:56 IMoperator wrote:
I went to bed after the first game squirtle won lol, too bad I missed all of the actual good games :/

Yeah, when MVP was 3 games up I thought there was no way Squirtle could win so I went to sleep.
Edit: ^ No offense to Avilo, but I'm sure MVP knows better.



MVP is a better player, that doesn't mean he has a better understanding of BCs in the lategame. One example of how Avilo has it more figured out is, with how Avilo suggests to place ghosts in key positions to prevent recalls, Squirtle would never have been able to penetrate MVP's base like he did.
Whatson
Profile Blog Joined January 2012
United States5356 Posts
May 19 2012 19:27 GMT
#7271
HOLY FUCK IMMVP
4TH GSL CHAMPIONSHIP
¯\_(シ)_/¯
Tobon
Profile Joined March 2011
United States372 Posts
May 19 2012 19:29 GMT
#7272
Best. Finals. Ever.

I loved how the last 3 games were all amazing, and tense, and close, and all in completely different ways.
Fenrax
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States5018 Posts
May 19 2012 19:36 GMT
#7273
This was an awesome series. Holy cow game 5.
ROOTheognis
Profile Blog Joined January 2006
United States4482 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-05-19 19:41:24
May 19 2012 19:41 GMT
#7274
On May 20 2012 04:24 Quotidian wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 20 2012 04:19 McFeser wrote:
On May 20 2012 03:56 IMoperator wrote:
I went to bed after the first game squirtle won lol, too bad I missed all of the actual good games :/

Yeah, when MVP was 3 games up I thought there was no way Squirtle could win so I went to sleep.
Edit: ^ No offense to Avilo, but I'm sure MVP knows better.



MVP is a better player, that doesn't mean he has a better understanding of BCs in the lategame. One example of how Avilo has it more figured out is, with how Avilo suggests to place ghosts in key positions to prevent recalls, Squirtle would never have been able to penetrate MVP's base like he did.


MVP did take some damage with that recall but definitely wasn't game ending. I think the patrolling ghost is brilliant though and how he compared it with the science vessel vs arbiter.
MVP just missed his emp on the flanking mothership T_T Lol. It was so painful to watch as a terran player.
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Slangen
Profile Joined August 2011
Sweden1166 Posts
May 19 2012 19:54 GMT
#7275
started webbrowser and say that mvp won in my LB.. went to check it out, after 3 games i thought "typical GSL finals".
That would prove not to be the case o_o
Fnatic - TSM - EG
ElephantBaby
Profile Joined November 2011
United States1365 Posts
May 19 2012 20:06 GMT
#7276
On May 20 2012 04:24 Quotidian wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 20 2012 04:19 McFeser wrote:
On May 20 2012 03:56 IMoperator wrote:
I went to bed after the first game squirtle won lol, too bad I missed all of the actual good games :/

Yeah, when MVP was 3 games up I thought there was no way Squirtle could win so I went to sleep.
Edit: ^ No offense to Avilo, but I'm sure MVP knows better.



MVP is a better player, that doesn't mean he has a better understanding of BCs in the lategame. One example of how Avilo has it more figured out is, with how Avilo suggests to place ghosts in key positions to prevent recalls, Squirtle would never have been able to penetrate MVP's base like he did.


MVP building BCs is a habit from BW. His BCs in BW is too strong. He sure need to rethink BCs strategy in SC2 lategame.
the_business_og
Profile Joined April 2012
United States167 Posts
May 19 2012 20:09 GMT
#7277
On May 20 2012 04:41 QuanticTheognis wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 20 2012 04:24 Quotidian wrote:
On May 20 2012 04:19 McFeser wrote:
On May 20 2012 03:56 IMoperator wrote:
I went to bed after the first game squirtle won lol, too bad I missed all of the actual good games :/

Yeah, when MVP was 3 games up I thought there was no way Squirtle could win so I went to sleep.
Edit: ^ No offense to Avilo, but I'm sure MVP knows better.



MVP is a better player, that doesn't mean he has a better understanding of BCs in the lategame. One example of how Avilo has it more figured out is, with how Avilo suggests to place ghosts in key positions to prevent recalls, Squirtle would never have been able to penetrate MVP's base like he did.


MVP did take some damage with that recall but definitely wasn't game ending. I think the patrolling ghost is brilliant though and how he compared it with the science vessel vs arbiter.
MVP just missed his emp on the flanking mothership T_T Lol. It was so painful to watch as a terran player.

i agree the recall didnt do much... also just because avilo makes a vlog in english that goes over it step by step does not mean hes the source for knowledge... im sure many koreans have fiddled with it before just lack an effective way to broadcast their thoughts to the masses.
shanti
ashLoo
Profile Joined April 2011
United States202 Posts
May 19 2012 20:10 GMT
#7278
DAMN, squirtle fought so hard, I was really rooting for him ~:{

grats to MvP such a close series just the way it should be!
sneep
vorxaw
Profile Joined April 2011
Canada245 Posts
May 19 2012 20:25 GMT
#7279
Sick finals, I guess from the way the games went we know that it's much easier to play well when you have nothing too lose than when you have someone to win, and only MVP was able to do the latter.

Overall I dont think it could have gone better for GSL, epic finals and 4th time champion. It creates so much more lore and mythology and hype etc for a league to have an undisputed champion, rather than a royal roader. Years on, royal roader might be something you have to search the back of your head or liquipedia to remember, but a 4time champion will never be forgotten.

Also I don't think royal roaders are good for the league generally, sure its cool, but kind of delegitimizes the work/pain others have gone through for the title.
Grampz
Profile Joined November 2010
United States2147 Posts
May 19 2012 20:38 GMT
#7280
WOW U FUCKING SERIOUS? I went to bed after 3-0 MVP and that shit happens? WTF
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