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United States33325 Posts
First really is a match-up nightmare for Prime.
He is an elite PvP and PvT player with very shaky, perhaps even straight out bad PvZ.
However Prime only has an average Zerg player themselves in B4, who happens to have his worst match-up in ZvP.
Basically, they have no way to force First to play a "bad" match-up
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On September 27 2012 12:35 Waxangel wrote:First really is a match-up nightmare for Prime. He is an elite PvP and PvT player with very shaky, perhaps even straight out bad PvZ. However Prime only has an average Zerg player themselves in B4, who happens to have his worst match-up in ZvP. Basically, they have no way to force First to play a "bad" match-up 
Funny thing is. His Korean TLPD actually shows that his best matchup is vZ and worse is vT. Of course, the number of games is very low so even 1 or 2 Bo3 will change the results drastically.
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On September 27 2012 12:43 vthree wrote:Show nested quote +On September 27 2012 12:35 Waxangel wrote:First really is a match-up nightmare for Prime. He is an elite PvP and PvT player with very shaky, perhaps even straight out bad PvZ. However Prime only has an average Zerg player themselves in B4, who happens to have his worst match-up in ZvP. Basically, they have no way to force First to play a "bad" match-up  Funny thing is. His Korean TLPD actually shows that his best matchup is vZ and worse is vT. Of course, the number of games is very low so even 1 or 2 Bo3 will change the results drastically. I wouldn't say he's terrible at PvZ, but I would say that it's his weakest matchup after watching his games versus a few zergs at MLG. The scary thing is I believe that YongHwa is one of the better PvZ players out there, he's got an arsenal of timings and really good late-game army control. So the two really complement each other.
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Silly, First loses in RO48 of Code A but all-kills Prime. That amount of randomness is somewhat annoying.
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On September 27 2012 13:08 Hall0wed wrote: Silly, First loses in RO48 of Code A but all-kills Prime. That amount of randomness is somewhat annoying. Code A is nothing but a nightmare of competition these days, gotta give him that much
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LG-IM on the warpath. About god damn time, too. All that booth experience Coach Kang's given to the lesser known players is really paying off, haha.
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Damn son, IM Protosses All-Killing everything.
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LG-IM's Protoss are way too good lately
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oh fuck it......................... first too good....
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On September 27 2012 13:08 Hall0wed wrote: Silly, First loses in RO48 of Code A but all-kills Prime. That amount of randomness is somewhat annoying.
So we can understand how cruel GSL is. And that's why GSL champion is considered the most convincing champion.
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Korea should start taxing First, because he´s owning everything.
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It's funny how all of a sudden the IM protoss trifecta(Seed, Yonghwa and First) has become the most powerful part of IM when for such a long time IM's only performers were it's terran(MVP, Happy and Yoda somewhat) and zergs(Nestea and Losira).
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On September 27 2012 15:32 snafoo wrote: It's funny how all of a sudden the IM protoss trifecta(Seed, Yonghwa and First) has become the most powerful part of IM when for such a long time IM's only performers were it's terran(MVP, Happy and Yoda somewhat) and zergs(Nestea and Losira).
Players in a house of one race are typically a thing.
Some other applications we've probably seen include: - IM Terran: MVP, Happy, Yoda - MVP Zerg: DRG, Sniper, Monster - oGs Terran: Nada, TOP, Supernova - Prime Terran: MKP, Byun, Maru - SlayerS Terran: MMA, Ryung, Taeja, Ganzi - ST Protoss: Squirtle, Parting, Ace - TSL Zerg: Symbol, Hyun, Shine, Revival
There have probably been a lot more 'lines' through the couple of years of sc2. Makes a lot of sense, and sometimes we see it in small terms. Currently IM and ST appear to be the only teams with a devastatingly strong Protoss lineup. Maybe SlayerS though I'm worried for Puzzle =(
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On September 27 2012 15:53 bittman wrote:Show nested quote +On September 27 2012 15:32 snafoo wrote: It's funny how all of a sudden the IM protoss trifecta(Seed, Yonghwa and First) has become the most powerful part of IM when for such a long time IM's only performers were it's terran(MVP, Happy and Yoda somewhat) and zergs(Nestea and Losira). Players in a house of one race are typically a thing. Some other applications we've probably seen include: - IM Terran: MVP, Happy, Yoda - MVP Zerg: DRG, Sniper, Monster - oGs Terran: Nada, TOP, Supernova - Prime Terran: MKP, Byun, Maru - SlayerS Terran: MMA, Ryung, Taeja, Ganzi - ST Protoss: Squirtle, Parting, Ace - TSL Zerg: Symbol, Hyun, Shine, Revival There have probably been a lot more 'lines' through the couple of years of sc2. Makes a lot of sense, and sometimes we see it in small terms. Currently IM and ST appear to be the only teams with a devastatingly strong Protoss lineup. Maybe SlayerS though I'm worried for Puzzle =(
I know, I wasn't specifically talking about a certain race doing well, but more that the IM protoss were for such a long time such a weak part of IM with 0 of them being in GSL. All of a sudden we've had Seed win Code S and multiple allkills and good performances in other tournaments from the other two.
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my god... IM...
feels like they have about 6 players that can allkill any team
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On September 27 2012 15:53 bittman wrote:Show nested quote +On September 27 2012 15:32 snafoo wrote: It's funny how all of a sudden the IM protoss trifecta(Seed, Yonghwa and First) has become the most powerful part of IM when for such a long time IM's only performers were it's terran(MVP, Happy and Yoda somewhat) and zergs(Nestea and Losira). Players in a house of one race are typically a thing. Some other applications we've probably seen include: - IM Terran: MVP, Happy, Yoda - MVP Zerg: DRG, Sniper, Monster - oGs Terran: Nada, TOP, Supernova - Prime Terran: MKP, Byun, Maru - SlayerS Terran: MMA, Ryung, Taeja, Ganzi - ST Protoss: Squirtle, Parting, Ace - TSL Zerg: Symbol, Hyun, Shine, Revival There have probably been a lot more 'lines' through the couple of years of sc2. Makes a lot of sense, and sometimes we see it in small terms. Currently IM and ST appear to be the only teams with a devastatingly strong Protoss lineup. Maybe SlayerS though I'm worried for Puzzle =( Made me remember the original Prime trio: Polt, Maka and MarineKing.
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opterown
Australia54784 Posts
On September 27 2012 22:59 antilyon wrote:Show nested quote +On September 27 2012 15:53 bittman wrote:On September 27 2012 15:32 snafoo wrote: It's funny how all of a sudden the IM protoss trifecta(Seed, Yonghwa and First) has become the most powerful part of IM when for such a long time IM's only performers were it's terran(MVP, Happy and Yoda somewhat) and zergs(Nestea and Losira). Players in a house of one race are typically a thing. Some other applications we've probably seen include: - IM Terran: MVP, Happy, Yoda - MVP Zerg: DRG, Sniper, Monster - oGs Terran: Nada, TOP, Supernova - Prime Terran: MKP, Byun, Maru - SlayerS Terran: MMA, Ryung, Taeja, Ganzi - ST Protoss: Squirtle, Parting, Ace - TSL Zerg: Symbol, Hyun, Shine, Revival There have probably been a lot more 'lines' through the couple of years of sc2. Makes a lot of sense, and sometimes we see it in small terms. Currently IM and ST appear to be the only teams with a devastatingly strong Protoss lineup. Maybe SlayerS though I'm worried for Puzzle =( Made me remember the original Prime trio: Polt, Maka and MarineKing. not that that got anywhere in team leagues, haha
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On September 27 2012 22:59 antilyon wrote:Show nested quote +On September 27 2012 15:53 bittman wrote:On September 27 2012 15:32 snafoo wrote: It's funny how all of a sudden the IM protoss trifecta(Seed, Yonghwa and First) has become the most powerful part of IM when for such a long time IM's only performers were it's terran(MVP, Happy and Yoda somewhat) and zergs(Nestea and Losira). Players in a house of one race are typically a thing. Some other applications we've probably seen include: - IM Terran: MVP, Happy, Yoda - MVP Zerg: DRG, Sniper, Monster - oGs Terran: Nada, TOP, Supernova - Prime Terran: MKP, Byun, Maru - SlayerS Terran: MMA, Ryung, Taeja, Ganzi - ST Protoss: Squirtle, Parting, Ace - TSL Zerg: Symbol, Hyun, Shine, Revival There have probably been a lot more 'lines' through the couple of years of sc2. Makes a lot of sense, and sometimes we see it in small terms. Currently IM and ST appear to be the only teams with a devastatingly strong Protoss lineup. Maybe SlayerS though I'm worried for Puzzle =( Made me remember the original Prime trio: Polt, Maka and MarineKing.
And the best of them all, BbB
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On September 27 2012 23:00 opterown wrote:Show nested quote +On September 27 2012 22:59 antilyon wrote:On September 27 2012 15:53 bittman wrote:On September 27 2012 15:32 snafoo wrote: It's funny how all of a sudden the IM protoss trifecta(Seed, Yonghwa and First) has become the most powerful part of IM when for such a long time IM's only performers were it's terran(MVP, Happy and Yoda somewhat) and zergs(Nestea and Losira). Players in a house of one race are typically a thing. Some other applications we've probably seen include: - IM Terran: MVP, Happy, Yoda - MVP Zerg: DRG, Sniper, Monster - oGs Terran: Nada, TOP, Supernova - Prime Terran: MKP, Byun, Maru - SlayerS Terran: MMA, Ryung, Taeja, Ganzi - ST Protoss: Squirtle, Parting, Ace - TSL Zerg: Symbol, Hyun, Shine, Revival There have probably been a lot more 'lines' through the couple of years of sc2. Makes a lot of sense, and sometimes we see it in small terms. Currently IM and ST appear to be the only teams with a devastatingly strong Protoss lineup. Maybe SlayerS though I'm worried for Puzzle =( Made me remember the original Prime trio: Polt, Maka and MarineKing. not that that got anywhere in team leagues, haha But what about the friendship? D=
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