Puma is already down. Also, it's not like you can add them up.

I wonder who's ace. I feel like Idra might wind up coming out, his ZvZ is beastly of late.

Orome

Switzerland11984 Posts

October 17 2012 01:21 GMT

#247

On October 17 2012 10:13 PhoenixVoid wrote:
This is such a scrappy game. It goes back and forth constantly. If only Monster had made BLs earlier.

His build was completely aimed towards overpowering mech in midgame, he can't just switch to a lategame focused build at will.

Thorzain's early hellions decided that game imo. This switching back and forth between roaches and mutas vs mech is an old and strong way of dealing with mech, but it's very momentum-based. If you ever let the T stabilise, you're stuck with mediocre upgrades and bad tech vs a maxed mech army. You don't really have the time to get your drone count back up, then continue with the attack and you don't have the larvae for it either.

I missed early game, but it seems odd Monster would continue with 2/2 ling upgrades while going roach muta. Lings help out a lot, but they're not the main component of that style.

Larkin

United Kingdom7161 Posts

October 17 2012 01:21 GMT

#248

On October 17 2012 10:20 Corrosive wrote:
whos gonna be ace? cant be huk right?

Why not?

If not, then it'll probably be Idra. That'll be interesting.

Or Incontrol will take it with his token cannon rush into mass void ray.

Or Demuslim, who has a habit of beating top Koreans and losing to randoms. Or Machine, who is Machine. Or LzGamer, who I'm not even sure is registered for IPL.

PhoenixVoid

Canada32748 Posts

October 17 2012 01:22 GMT

#249

On October 17 2012 10:18 Flonomenalz wrote:
Oh yeah, MVP still has DRG.

Lol well GG EG. Thorzain better pull out his best cheese, because no way he beats DRG in a macro game.

You just got your wish.

Scarlett`

Korea (South)2399 Posts

October 17 2012 01:23 GMT

#250

thorZain donk build no trouble drg

e ;wut ?

Laryleprakon

New Zealand9496 Posts

October 17 2012 01:24 GMT

#251

DRG on metropolis, poor poor thorzain

Vega62a

946 Posts

October 17 2012 01:24 GMT

#252

What an awkward failed 2 rax.

Vega62a

946 Posts

October 17 2012 01:24 GMT

#253

On October 17 2012 10:23 Scarlett` wrote:
thorZain donk build no trouble drg

e ;wut ?

This.

I think?

Probasaur

United States461 Posts

October 17 2012 01:25 GMT

#254

Love this Sonic the Hedgehog-esque music. Much more original and fun than boring ol' dubstep all the time. Not that dubstep is bad, just every single background music nowadays around esports is dubstep. So this is cool. And anything that reminds me of Sonic is all about awesome.

Love how Thorzain and Stephano, EG's top two foreigner hopes, are the ones owning all the koreans. JYP and Puma are deadweight. I never see them win anything anymore even in team leagues.... Puma wins every now and again, but when is the last time JYP won? Even in MCSL I see them losing to really good foreigners, not top tier foreigners tho.

I hope teams take this as precedent and realize that... Korean doesn't always equate to better. Especially when they're players who win quite a bit for a short period of time like JYP. I just hope they aren't paying out the ass for JYP and Puma.... because frankly they don't bring in much hype compared to the other EG heavy hitters.

Whatson

United States5357 Posts

October 17 2012 01:25 GMT

#255

On October 17 2012 10:24 Vega62a wrote:
What an awkward failed 2 rax.

It was worthwhile enough

PhoenixVoid

Canada32748 Posts

October 17 2012 01:26 GMT

#256

On October 17 2012 10:24 Vega62a wrote:
What an awkward failed 2 rax.

Did a decent amount of economic damage despite killing barely anything. Forced Lings instead of Drones.

Vega62a

946 Posts

October 17 2012 01:26 GMT

#257

On October 17 2012 10:25 Whatson wrote:

Show nested quote +

It was worthwhile enough

Remains to be seen. He did no damage, and the "soft damage" of the 5 whole drones that weren't made isn't enough to offset the absurdly late expo and tech. In addition, Thorzain now has no map control, so DRG can drone to his heart's content if he wants.

Larkin

United Kingdom7161 Posts

October 17 2012 01:26 GMT

#258

On October 17 2012 10:25 Probasaur wrote:
Love this Sonic the Hedgehog-esque music. Much more original and fun than boring ol' dubstep all the time. Not that dubstep is bad, just every single background music nowadays around esports is dubstep. So this is cool. And anything that reminds me of Sonic is all about awesome.

Love how Thorzain and Stephano, EG's top two foreigner hopes, are the ones owning all the koreans. JYP and Puma are deadweight. I never see them win anything anymore even in team leagues.... Puma wins every now and again, but when is the last time JYP won? Even in MCSL I see them losing to really good foreigners, not top tier foreigners tho.

I hope teams take this as precedent and realize that... Korean doesn't always equate to better. Especially when they're players who win quite a bit for a short period of time like JYP. I just hope they aren't paying out the ass for JYP and Puma.... because frankly they don't bring in much hype compared to the other EG heavy hitters.

JYP did pretty well in Code S. If you consider getting Ro16 good, but in this Code S that's like winning an EU tournament.

Whatson

United States5357 Posts

October 17 2012 01:27 GMT

#259

On October 17 2012 10:26 Vega62a wrote:

Show nested quote +

Remains to be seen. He did no damage, and the "soft damage" of the 5 whole drones that weren't made isn't enough to offset the absurdly late expo and tech.

lol any time you force 10 lings and don't actually lose anything, I count that as a win.