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On September 21 2012 00:52 WigglingSquid wrote:Show nested quote +On September 21 2012 00:45 Zealously wrote:On September 21 2012 00:29 freeshooter wrote: Are you kidding? I'm glad Seed is out. His GSL title is a total fluke. He won a GSL by having Byun pull SCVs for... no reason at all, a roll dice matchup in PvP and Symbol just let his season go right by him.
Symbol's victory must be sweet as... honey for him. His clutch performances in IPL TAC and WCS Korea (debatable) were also flukes, I take it? Getting out his Ro32 group, too. Hell, now that you say it everything he's done since making his first splash on the scene has pretty much been a fluke here, a freak performance there. Silly Seed, why so bad. Am I doing this right? People forget that even mantaining a godly 75% winrate ultimately means losing one match out of four.
Yup, that is why everyone in BW is over rated except Jangbi.
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On September 21 2012 01:01 kyllinghest wrote:Show nested quote +On September 21 2012 00:51 MuazizTremere wrote: 2 gas at 6, roach warren + evo at 7 has been used almost exclusively in the past 3 months, tell me what early harass works against that? Evo + queens blocks air play, roaches block zealot timings and warpgate timings. Evo also block DT play. What early timings work as Protoss anymore?
I see 2-base Immo all-ins winning vs Z all the time. But really, in all fairness, the game's probably as balanced as it could have gotten given the units and two years, but it's just frustrating to watch. Broodlord / Inferstor is completely ridiculous and the whole TvZ and PvZ matches revolve around not allowing Z to get there before they are already dead. TvP is similar where T has to win before 4/5 base scenario's. ZvZ and TvT are probably the least frustrating games to watch, although TvZ is alright too until Hive. I agree with this, and I feel that both terran and protoss have the tools to dismantle the zerg before they get that critical mass. The problem with pvz compared to tvz, in my opinion, is that while terran can chip away at the zerg constantly, and slowly wear them down, protoss kinda has to do their "thing" in one swoop. I am not sure if this is a problem with the game, or a problem with the gamers. I suspect its a mix of the two.
I am pretty sure progamers play the way that gives them the highest chance of winning. Which usually means they will use the unit comps that are most 'powerful' and which they are the most comfortable with. Even strategies like all-ins are included in this in that the player feels he has a good chance of catching their opponent off guard.
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On September 20 2012 23:56 red4ce wrote: Seed is the jjakji of protoss. He got his 1 GSL but the future belongs to Creator, Squirtle, Hero and whichever Kespa protoss emerge from the pack. Are you serious? And you still don't know which Kespa toss has emerged from the pack?
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On September 21 2012 00:35 TheBB wrote:That would be nice. We've had every other matchup but this one.
LosirA vs Nestea
Been there done that.
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On September 21 2012 01:27 MCDayC wrote:Show nested quote +On September 20 2012 23:56 red4ce wrote: Seed is the jjakji of protoss. He got his 1 GSL but the future belongs to Creator, Squirtle, Hero and whichever Kespa protoss emerge from the pack. Are you serious? And you still don't know which Kespa toss has emerged from the pack? It all depends on will he stay in. Streaks don't make good players. Consistency does.
Also, ye, Ro8 with 4 zergs in looks quite possible. I do hope TaeJa will take it this season(hell, the guy deserves it), but most likely it will be a PvZ.
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Ca we all agree that PvZ is an absolutely retarded matchup? Protoss has a lead in the early/midgame with their insanely strong timings, for example the immortal all in, which often cannot be stopped even upon scouting them. But if Zerg gets Broodlords out while still having a decent economy, and does not screw up entirely by letting them get caught by a vortex, it's over. The game cannot be won by Protoss at this point, because everything on the ground melts and Protoss air units are shit in an actual engagement. I really hope HotS is gonna change this matchup because it's just stupid atm.
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On September 21 2012 02:17 DidYuhim wrote:Show nested quote +On September 21 2012 01:27 MCDayC wrote:On September 20 2012 23:56 red4ce wrote: Seed is the jjakji of protoss. He got his 1 GSL but the future belongs to Creator, Squirtle, Hero and whichever Kespa protoss emerge from the pack. Are you serious? And you still don't know which Kespa toss has emerged from the pack? It all depends on will he stay in. Streaks don't make good players. Consistency does. Also, ye, Ro8 with 4 zergs in looks quite possible. I do hope TaeJa will take it this season(hell, the guy deserves it), but most likely it will be a PvZ.
Rain is already in Ro8
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On September 20 2012 20:58 Wudu wrote:Seed won last season, the rule says that he must fall to code A
And the curse strikes again hrrrr
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Just saw the recent matches and there was excellent late-game play by both Seed and Symbol. With regard to the Final Match, Set 2, I think Tasteless was right in saying that Seed should not have engaged into the wall of Infested Terrans. While the outcome may not have been all too different and the Infestor energy will simply regenerate, it's better to stall rather than needlessly lose units. Also, the bank for Symbol was considerably less while Seed could have put out more units and prepare for the next engagement.
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On September 21 2012 02:27 geekoid32 wrote: Just saw the recent matches and there was excellent late-game play by both Seed and Symbol. With regard to the Final Match, Set 2, I think Tasteless was right in saying that Seed should not have engaged into the wall of Infested Terrans. While the outcome may not have been all too different and the Infestor energy will simply regenerate, it's better to stall rather than needlessly lose units. Also, the bank for Symbol was considerably less while Seed could have put out more units and prepare for the next engagement. he was out of gas he had a huge mineral bank tho
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the only champion left is mvp? wow
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Lategame PvZ is stagnant because the openings have stagnated it. FFE is basically a way to dodge the early game because you perceive it to be heavily Zerg-favored, but you'll miss out on some opportunity to do damage and pretty much guarantee seeing lategame. If you feel more confident in early game than lategame, you might experiment with somedifferent openings. I'm not saying any of them will work, but generally if something seems really difficult to beat, it's a good time to at least try to innovate or see if previously written off openings work in the new metagame to at least keep Z honest. And as for complaining about balance, didn't Seedand Symbol split matches at 1-1, and split maps at 3-3? They're literally dead even.
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On September 21 2012 02:21 SharkStarcraft wrote: Ca we all agree that PvZ is an absolutely retarded matchup? Protoss has a lead in the early/midgame with their insanely strong timings, for example the immortal all in, which often cannot be stopped even upon scouting them. But if Zerg gets Broodlords out while still having a decent economy, and does not screw up entirely by letting them get caught by a vortex, it's over. The game cannot be won by Protoss at this point, because everything on the ground melts and Protoss air units are shit in an actual engagement. I really hope HotS is gonna change this matchup because it's just stupid atm. yeah, i can agree with this. SharkStarcraft for president
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On September 21 2012 02:21 SharkStarcraft wrote: Ca we all agree that PvZ is an absolutely retarded matchup? Protoss has a lead in the early/midgame with their insanely strong timings, for example the immortal all in, which often cannot be stopped even upon scouting them. But if Zerg gets Broodlords out while still having a decent economy, and does not screw up entirely by letting them get caught by a vortex, it's over. The game cannot be won by Protoss at this point, because everything on the ground melts and Protoss air units are shit in an actual engagement. I really hope HotS is gonna change this matchup because it's just stupid atm.
Agreed. It's not even an argument about balance, just the game design of zergs being able to keep building crawlers for an impenetrable late-game defense, and the synergy between infestors + brood lords and the ability to spam corruptors reactively vs carrier compositions. Only if the protoss can hide the carriers for long enough and hit a timing when the zerg has over-made brood lords and doesn't have enough infestor energy+spines to hold the counter then the protoss can win the game. Otherwise it all comes down to a lucky vortex. Just a very frustrating and stale lategame if you ask me.
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On September 21 2012 01:27 MCDayC wrote:Show nested quote +On September 20 2012 23:56 red4ce wrote: Seed is the jjakji of protoss. He got his 1 GSL but the future belongs to Creator, Squirtle, Hero and whichever Kespa protoss emerge from the pack. Are you serious? And you still don't know which Kespa toss has emerged from the pack? He probably thinks Rain is TSL/Fnatic Rain.
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Yes!! Symbol advances and knocks out Seed!? Revenge complete!
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On September 21 2012 03:36 iKill[ShocK] wrote: the only champion left is mvp? wow
The true champ~
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MVP for 5th term president.
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On September 21 2012 00:35 Bam Lee wrote:Show nested quote +On September 21 2012 00:34 TheDougler wrote: Wow, Life is seriously on a roll these days holy cow... Yeah pretty hard to figure him out i guess. He mixes up his play a lot. Also his micro is pretty good
That is the thing that I like about him, he doesn't really have a 'style' - effortlessly switches between outright cheese to macro. He's fun to watch, no doubt.
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