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JacobShock
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Denmark2485 Posts
July 21 2012 20:21 GMT
#1401
Axslav is so fucking smart. It makes complete sense to max out your army a bit more, if your opponent maxes out on lower tech units. I love his analysis.
"Right on" - Morrow
kakaman
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States1576 Posts
July 21 2012 20:21 GMT
#1402
Only player that stands a chance vs. Stephano is Goody, his revolutionary mech play > all
FairForever
Profile Joined February 2011
Canada2392 Posts
July 21 2012 20:21 GMT
#1403
On July 22 2012 05:19 Exarl25 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 22 2012 05:18 FairForever wrote:
On July 22 2012 05:16 wildstyle1337 wrote:
On July 22 2012 05:14 Benjamin99 wrote:
Stephano so fucking good his battle control is one of a kind. He just wait for Oz to make a mistake and then its bye bye


i dont understand, oz missed dorciefields and stephano just a moved with tons of lings


Wasn't a-move... that's the amazing thing about Stephano's play... he has a 200/200 army and still focus fires down sentries and whatnot with the right number of units. I wish I could do that *sigh*


Did you even watch the damn game? That attack was simply Stephano running his units in, Oz missed his forcefields and it was GG right there. Stephano did absolutely nothing impressive in that engagement, he didn't have to, it's all on the Protoss.


Then why can't anyone else do what Stephano does? Stephano doesn't have great macro (although his inject itming is good) - it's his decision making as well as unit control that is so exceptional, particularly because Zergs typically have crap unit control.

Put another zerg in that position and there's a good chance the fourth base is lost.
Kevan
Profile Joined April 2011
Sweden2303 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-07-21 20:22:29
July 21 2012 20:21 GMT
#1404
So Axslav said that Oz would have lost that battle even with perfect forcefields due to the reinforcements because he attacked a bit prematurely when Steph had low tech units? I didn't listen too closely.
SC2, rip in pepperinos
ProxyKnoxy
Profile Joined April 2011
United Kingdom2576 Posts
July 21 2012 20:21 GMT
#1405
On July 22 2012 05:18 Aeroplaneoverthesea wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 22 2012 05:17 Medrea wrote:
MLG getting game critiques from TL again.


The LR genuinely does understand the game better than casters. Now obviously Artosis and Day9 probably do realise that Oz was ahead and threw the game away with shit forcefields but for whatever reason they seem to think everyone wants to be lied to so they talk about bullshit like how well Stephano played or other random nonsense when forcefields were the only part of the game which mattered.


The ffs weren't the only thing that mattered, even with good forcefields that push was doomed to fail. Once the sentries are gone via fungal, stalker/immortal will get demolished by ling/infestor. Stephano delayed his tech quite a lot, I'm not sure if he was expecting this push but it seemed like he was because delaying the tech meant he built a lot of low tier units that allowed him to crush it.
"Zealot try give mariners high five. Mariners not like high five and try hide and shoot zealot"
Aeroplaneoverthesea
Profile Joined April 2012
United Kingdom1977 Posts
July 21 2012 20:21 GMT
#1406
Oz's build is pretty cool but he keeps completely fucking it up in the mid game. I want to see him do it without bronze league forcefields and see how good it is then.
nojok
Profile Joined May 2011
France15846 Posts
July 21 2012 20:21 GMT
#1407
On July 22 2012 05:18 Shiori wrote:
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On July 22 2012 05:17 nojok wrote:
On July 22 2012 05:14 Whoranzone wrote:
standard pvz lings and infestors into gg.

What? This was not standard at all, Oz opening led stephano to make lot of useless lings but then Stephano put just the right amount of pressure to take the harvester advantage from 41vs47 harvesters to 84vs57 then the game went standard. Stephano's engagements are his strength & no zerg is close to him in this aspect of the game.

The opening from Oz was nonstandard, but everything Stephano did was completely standard. He didn't change up his play 1 bit from what we saw at NASL.

Lol. Are Zerg players really impressed by focus firing? Do they not watch TvP?

Stephano managed to make standard the game vs hero on antiga when his 3rd was denied I guess...
"Back then teams that won were credited, now it's called throw. I think it's sad." - Kuroky - Flap Flap Wings!
Chytilova
Profile Joined December 2011
United States790 Posts
July 21 2012 20:21 GMT
#1408
On July 22 2012 05:20 TheDougler wrote:
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On July 22 2012 05:12 -TesteR- wrote:
I feel like stephano just guns it and relies on his opponents mistakes... then it just works out for him


i feel like you're wrong and that stephano micros more in his battles than 90% of zergs out there.


I totally agree, but it's hard to argue he didn't just gun it against Oz and get a little lucky.
NeonFox
Profile Joined January 2011
2373 Posts
July 21 2012 20:21 GMT
#1409
On July 22 2012 05:18 Derez wrote:
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On July 22 2012 05:15 NeonFox wrote:
On July 22 2012 05:14 Coal wrote:
'''i don't know how he managed to find the break in the armour'' /day9

Not that good forcefields from Oz and a-move from Stephano...


Saying Stephano of all zergs a-moves is the wrongest thing you could say. He's one of the only that micros his "non-micro" units like lings and roaches that well.

Its basicly an a-move without even presplitting that decided the game. I honestly can't see interesting micro in that engagement from the Z side.

(It was a terrible timing from Oz also)


Yes Oz messed up, but fire up a replay from Stephano in ZvP, get the speed down to normal and watch what units he selects. You'll see him constantly repositioning small group of roaches and splitting packs of lings during the battle. Most of the zergs will just maybe bring in the roaches closer or try to surround with all their lings.
Otolia
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
France5805 Posts
July 21 2012 20:22 GMT
#1410
Stephano's ZvP, or the harvest of tasty tears in LR thread.

I should make of scrapbook of your whining.
Toorgr
Profile Joined July 2012
54 Posts
July 21 2012 20:22 GMT
#1411
Why is there such a long time between games? Also this analysis thing is annoying
Aeroplaneoverthesea
Profile Joined April 2012
United Kingdom1977 Posts
July 21 2012 20:22 GMT
#1412
On July 22 2012 05:21 ProxyKnoxy wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 22 2012 05:18 Aeroplaneoverthesea wrote:
On July 22 2012 05:17 Medrea wrote:
MLG getting game critiques from TL again.


The LR genuinely does understand the game better than casters. Now obviously Artosis and Day9 probably do realise that Oz was ahead and threw the game away with shit forcefields but for whatever reason they seem to think everyone wants to be lied to so they talk about bullshit like how well Stephano played or other random nonsense when forcefields were the only part of the game which mattered.


The ffs weren't the only thing that mattered, even with good forcefields that push was doomed to fail. Once the sentries are gone via fungal, stalker/immortal will get demolished by ling/infestor. Stephano delayed his tech quite a lot, I'm not sure if he was expecting this push but it seemed like he was because delaying the tech meant he built a lot of low tier units that allowed him to crush it.


Give MC that army in that position and it's gg.
MarcH
Profile Joined January 2011
United Kingdom362 Posts
July 21 2012 20:22 GMT
#1413
On July 22 2012 05:18 Koshi wrote:
Fuck, so sexy replay analys. I love it.


Yep it is awesome but I feel that rather than having people stood in front of a screen they should be sat at a computer with a mouse so that they can really show what they want to and have their diagrams etc full screen so that the analysts don't block the action and they will have more control over what they are trying to show.
Ksquared
Profile Joined July 2011
United States1748 Posts
July 21 2012 20:22 GMT
#1414
Axslav knows whats up
eSports for life.
-TesteR-
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada1165 Posts
July 21 2012 20:22 GMT
#1415
On July 22 2012 05:20 TheDougler wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 22 2012 05:12 -TesteR- wrote:
I feel like stephano just guns it and relies on his opponents mistakes... then it just works out for him


i feel like you're wrong


well clearly you are a stephano fanboy and didn't actually watch the game?
Pandain
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States12989 Posts
July 21 2012 20:22 GMT
#1416
On July 22 2012 05:20 Asha` wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 22 2012 05:18 Pandain wrote:
With Oz's build you can't play like the traditional ZvP.

Just like how you don't play the immortal sentry zvp vs two base muta.

Different strategies require different reactions, and a different mindset to play with.

In other news, MLG is fucking awesome.


I see no reason that Oz can't transition into a typical stalker/sentry/immortal composition when his opponent tries the usual roach ling pressure. The only difference at that point is that Oz is in a better position than normal since his pressure play kept Stephano's drone count firmly in check.

The build put him in a great position against what Stephano was doing, he just completely fucked up and missed his forcefields and lost the game as a result.

But we're used to seeing Oz mess up under pressure by now =(


Oh definitely, I was just giving an example to the "different strats equal different reactions".

Stephano was playing roach ling, so OZ's strat was right, his mindset wasn't. He needed to wait until maxed and then push, maybe even with a couple collusus.
Aeroplaneoverthesea
Profile Joined April 2012
United Kingdom1977 Posts
July 21 2012 20:22 GMT
#1417
On July 22 2012 05:21 nojok wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 22 2012 05:18 Shiori wrote:
On July 22 2012 05:17 nojok wrote:
On July 22 2012 05:14 Whoranzone wrote:
standard pvz lings and infestors into gg.

What? This was not standard at all, Oz opening led stephano to make lot of useless lings but then Stephano put just the right amount of pressure to take the harvester advantage from 41vs47 harvesters to 84vs57 then the game went standard. Stephano's engagements are his strength & no zerg is close to him in this aspect of the game.

The opening from Oz was nonstandard, but everything Stephano did was completely standard. He didn't change up his play 1 bit from what we saw at NASL.

Lol. Are Zerg players really impressed by focus firing? Do they not watch TvP?

Stephano managed to make standard the game vs hero on antiga when his 3rd was denied I guess...


You mean the game Hero had won and basically did the one thing which could completely throw it away?
ProxyKnoxy
Profile Joined April 2011
United Kingdom2576 Posts
July 21 2012 20:22 GMT
#1418
On July 22 2012 05:21 JacobShock wrote:
Axslav is so fucking smart. It makes complete sense to max out your army a bit more, if your opponent maxes out on lower tech units. I love his analysis.


I know right haha? It makes so much more sense when someone else says it
"Zealot try give mariners high five. Mariners not like high five and try hide and shoot zealot"
paintfive
Profile Joined September 2011
785 Posts
July 21 2012 20:22 GMT
#1419
Oz screwed his FFs but he should never have been out there in the first place. Half the engagement was on creep :/ Assert map control as Protoss? What were you thinking Oz?
Wingblade
Profile Joined April 2012
United States1806 Posts
July 21 2012 20:23 GMT
#1420
On July 22 2012 05:20 mycro wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 22 2012 05:18 Wingblade wrote:
Stephano simply doesn't lose a PvZ. He's so incredible, I cant understand why he won't join the GSL. He would win a ton of money if he competed, he really should try it.


He's going there in August, I think.


In a recent interview I think I heard that he would only play in GSTL for TSL since they parterned with Millenium. Maybe if he sees and experiences the studio and atmosphere he might change his mind.
PartinG fanboy to the max, Rain/Squirtle/Dear/Scarlett/Bbyong are cool too. I don't always watch Dota2 but when I do I have no clue what's going on. GOGO POWER RANGERS
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