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DrPandaPhD
Profile Joined November 2011
5188 Posts
August 07 2013 09:28 GMT
#901
Oh man Life out, hope Leenock at least makes it tomorrow otherwise I might commit sudoku : (
리노크 👑
Panozen
Profile Joined August 2013
248 Posts
August 07 2013 09:29 GMT
#902
On August 07 2013 18:17 bo1b wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 07 2013 17:10 lichter wrote:
On August 07 2013 17:08 FrostedMiniWheats wrote:
On August 07 2013 17:04 sc2holar wrote:
On August 07 2013 16:54 painkilla wrote:
On August 07 2013 16:49 sc2holar wrote:
Has anyone read an interview with Life post HoTS or something where he explains why he seems to struggle so much? he was looking like the next Bonjwa during the last days of WoL...


HoTS changes a lot of strategies and Life's style is no longer strong. Not just Life, it happens to many of the top WoL players.

i guess you are right, but i always thought players of that caliber were capable of adapting. i mean some kespa like players like Bogus could go directly from BW into HoTS and start dominating, changing your style from WoL to fit HoTS shouldnt be THAT hard for a top-tier player, especially in comparison to the BW>HoTS switch.


Life actually did go from WoL to HotS and dominate initially, he won MLG and qualified for the Asian Indoor Tournament (kicking Flash's ass twice).

No, I think there's something else wrong with Life.


Life fans will disagree but it is because everyone has caught up with his mechanics. During his reign he had the best mechanics and micro out of any zerg player. His zergling baneling micro was unparalleled. He was strategically naive doing whatever he wanted but he made it work because of his superior control. Now that everyone has caught up, he can't get by on his mechanics alone. He's playing the same way while everyone has improved.

I actually don't agree with that so much, though his micro was unquestionably better then every other zergs.



Well, you also have DRG rocking like 350+ APM (scgears says 400+lul) It's not as if only mechanics get you anywhere really. The differences between top Koreans in mechanics aren't THAT big really, if one would be truly inferior in terms of decision making he'd not dominate at all, even with superior mechanics
opterown *
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Australia54784 Posts
August 07 2013 09:30 GMT
#903
^ sounds like MKP
ModeratorRetired LR Bonjwa
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Olli
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
Austria24422 Posts
August 07 2013 09:31 GMT
#904
Sadly Bisu is the best example of that. His raw mechanics are only rivaled by people like Jaedong and Flash, his multitasking arguably by nobody but his decisionmaking is lagging waaaaay behind in sc2
Administrator"Declaring anything a disaster because aLive popped up out of nowhere is just downright silly."
bo1b
Profile Blog Joined August 2012
Australia12814 Posts
August 07 2013 09:36 GMT
#905
On August 07 2013 18:31 DarkLordOlli wrote:
Sadly Bisu is the best example of that. His raw mechanics are only rivaled by people like Jaedong and Flash, his multitasking arguably by nobody but his decisionmaking is lagging waaaaay behind in sc2

That's really only in bw, you compare the eapms of those three with some of the players in sc2 and it's suddenly less common then only 3. Still fucking uncommon though.
opterown *
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Australia54784 Posts
August 07 2013 09:36 GMT
#906
His sc2 mechanics are pretty unremarkable from what I've seen so far, nothing to write home about
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bo1b
Profile Blog Joined August 2012
Australia12814 Posts
August 07 2013 09:40 GMT
#907
On August 07 2013 18:36 opterown wrote:
His sc2 mechanics are pretty unremarkable from what I've seen so far, nothing to write home about

I think thats got everything to do with both the race he plays and his understanding of the game.
Ammanas
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Slovakia2166 Posts
August 07 2013 09:41 GMT
#908
herO, FUCK YEAH!!
JangBi forever <3 || Classic! herO! Rain! Zest! | Rogue! Hydra! Solar! | Fantasy! Cure! Reality! Sorry! Journey!
MasterOfPuppets
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Romania6942 Posts
August 07 2013 09:45 GMT
#909
And ByuN continues to disappoint...
"my shaft scares me too" - strenx 2014
RiZu
Profile Joined February 2012
Singapore5715 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-08-07 09:50:27
August 07 2013 09:49 GMT
#910
FCK YEA herO! CJ might actually have a player that can reach RO8 now. Coach PARK FIGHTING!
edgeOut
Profile Joined February 2013
United States945 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-08-07 09:58:38
August 07 2013 09:51 GMT
#911
On August 07 2013 18:49 RiZu wrote:
FCK YEA herO! CJ might actually have a player that won't disappoint in Code S now =( Effort T_T.


CJ instantly becomes a much better team with Coach park join within just weeks. They are breaking through in every fronts of Korean tournaments. Probably due to his skill of making players relax, both songduri and Hero said team atmosphere is much better right now after coach came.
Fuck you Zealously! For the fuck you give to those players.
Nomzter
Profile Joined March 2012
Sweden2802 Posts
August 07 2013 09:58 GMT
#912
Life (( fuck
Arceus
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
Vietnam8333 Posts
August 07 2013 10:00 GMT
#913
On August 07 2013 18:51 edgeOut wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 07 2013 18:49 RiZu wrote:
FCK YEA herO! CJ might actually have a player that won't disappoint in Code S now =( Effort T_T.


CJ instantly becomes a much better team with Coach park join within just weeks. They are breaking through in every fronts of Korean tournaments. Probably due to his skill of making players relax, both songduri and Hero said team atmosphere is much better right now after coach came.

I'll give it to Coach Park if he could somehow get Leta back in the lineups.
Big J
Profile Joined March 2011
Austria16289 Posts
August 07 2013 10:00 GMT
#914
On August 07 2013 17:10 lichter wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 07 2013 17:08 FrostedMiniWheats wrote:
On August 07 2013 17:04 sc2holar wrote:
On August 07 2013 16:54 painkilla wrote:
On August 07 2013 16:49 sc2holar wrote:
Has anyone read an interview with Life post HoTS or something where he explains why he seems to struggle so much? he was looking like the next Bonjwa during the last days of WoL...


HoTS changes a lot of strategies and Life's style is no longer strong. Not just Life, it happens to many of the top WoL players.

i guess you are right, but i always thought players of that caliber were capable of adapting. i mean some kespa like players like Bogus could go directly from BW into HoTS and start dominating, changing your style from WoL to fit HoTS shouldnt be THAT hard for a top-tier player, especially in comparison to the BW>HoTS switch.


Life actually did go from WoL to HotS and dominate initially, he won MLG and qualified for the Asian Indoor Tournament (kicking Flash's ass twice).

No, I think there's something else wrong with Life.


Life fans will disagree but it is because everyone has caught up with his mechanics. During his reign he had the best mechanics and micro out of any zerg player. His zergling baneling micro was unparalleled. He was strategically naive doing whatever he wanted but he made it work because of his superior control. Now that everyone has caught up, he can't get by on his mechanics alone. He's playing the same way while everyone has improved.


Uh, I haven't seen too many Life games lately, but I definitely disagree with this. Life was brutally good because his playstyle was deadly in WoL and in early HotS. But these days you cannot play this aggressive gameplay anymore and then fall back on infestors to hold your ground. If you lose an attack or just waste units too much, the counter kills the zerg in HotS. That's why the best Zergs in the world are all playing very turtly styles (with Build order attacks instead of searching for openings). And Life simply didn't adapted to that for a long time.
Wintex
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Norway16838 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-08-07 10:05:27
August 07 2013 10:04 GMT
#915
On August 07 2013 19:00 Arceus wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 07 2013 18:51 edgeOut wrote:
On August 07 2013 18:49 RiZu wrote:
FCK YEA herO! CJ might actually have a player that won't disappoint in Code S now =( Effort T_T.


CJ instantly becomes a much better team with Coach park join within just weeks. They are breaking through in every fronts of Korean tournaments. Probably due to his skill of making players relax, both songduri and Hero said team atmosphere is much better right now after coach came.

I'll give it to Coach Park if he could somehow get Leta back in the lineups.

Leta will be back. He will achieve greatness. (I so hope this... I want to be able to watch him, SSL or WCS.. same shit. If he finds Brood War to be his game, that is fine ^_^)

edit: Life... you have fallen since spores got buffed...

Happy for CJ. hero[join] is good.
The Bomber boy
lichter
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
1001 YEARS KESPAJAIL22272 Posts
August 07 2013 10:13 GMT
#916
Regarding Life's ZvP and ZvT, we can argue that his style just does not suit the current metagame. But his inability to adjust IS a sign of strategic naivete. He thinks he can still make it work but with Mamacore and mines early game Zerg aggression needs to be more well planned and timed. In WoL he was fortunate that his style worked but anyone who thinks it was a stroke of genius rather than good fortune in the metagane and superior mechanics that made him successful is in denial.

Look at his ZvZ. ZvZ has only slightly changed, the least of any matchup. He struggled to beat Scarlett 2-3 and looked worse i n that series with poor decision making and odd tactical moves. It was the same in his games against soO and hyvaa. Can't blame that on the game. People caught up to Life and he doesn't know how to adjust. Strategic naivete.
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sc2holar
Profile Joined October 2011
Sweden1637 Posts
August 07 2013 10:23 GMT
#917
But there is no denying that Life in his prime had unrivaled Zerg Micro and Positioning. His aggressive style worked out so well because he was able to squeeze out so much bang for the buck out of every unit due his micro and battle awareness, but it was only a matter of time until other Zerg players caught up learned to micro just as well. Zerg Micro was never that hard after all, but it took a while until the majority realized that you can actually focus fire and use ling dancing to contain your opponant.
you no take candle
bo1b
Profile Blog Joined August 2012
Australia12814 Posts
August 07 2013 10:25 GMT
#918
On August 07 2013 19:13 lichter wrote:
Regarding Life's ZvP and ZvT, we can argue that his style just does not suit the current metagame. But his inability to adjust IS a sign of strategic naivete. He thinks he can still make it work but with Mamacore and mines early game Zerg aggression needs to be more well planned and timed. In WoL he was fortunate that his style worked but anyone who thinks it was a stroke of genius rather than good fortune in the metagane and superior mechanics that made him successful is in denial.

Look at his ZvZ. ZvZ has only slightly changed, the least of any matchup. He struggled to beat Scarlett 2-3 and looked worse i n that series with poor decision making and odd tactical moves. It was the same in his games against soO and hyvaa. Can't blame that on the game. People caught up to Life and he doesn't know how to adjust. Strategic naivete.

I just think that life showed that focussing on micro as a zerg wasn't a waste of time, while mechanical monsters ala losira and drg simply overwhelmed there opponents, never really took damage from drops, and had better macro then everyone else. Drg was more successful then other people because his micro was above average and combined with his mechanics he was simply the best zerg on the planet.

Life though, had mediocre injects and creep spread and multi tasking relative to some other zergs, and instead blew everyone out of the water with his ling aggression and micro/muta micro back when people were playing scared of zerg, and it allowed him to get away with things other zergs just couldn't do.

Seriously think that jaedong is going to show the way again with better micro and macro and multi tasking then any other zerg, and win this terran and protoss heavy wcs. /fanboy off.
lichter
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
1001 YEARS KESPAJAIL22272 Posts
August 07 2013 10:27 GMT
#919
Life was one of the first zergs to control packs of lings when attacking a bio ball, attacking in waves than as a cone. He would separate groups of lings to attack different groups of bio instead of allowing all his units to aggro towards the front line. It made his lings soooo much more effective.

He was brilliant in that way. But strategically he is weak.
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Big J
Profile Joined March 2011
Austria16289 Posts
August 07 2013 10:27 GMT
#920
On August 07 2013 19:13 lichter wrote:
Regarding Life's ZvP and ZvT, we can argue that his style just does not suit the current metagame. But his inability to adjust IS a sign of strategic naivete. He thinks he can still make it work but with Mamacore and mines early game Zerg aggression needs to be more well planned and timed. In WoL he was fortunate that his style worked but anyone who thinks it was a stroke of genius rather than good fortune in the metagane and superior mechanics that made him successful is in denial.

Look at his ZvZ. ZvZ has only slightly changed, the least of any matchup. He struggled to beat Scarlett 2-3 and looked worse i n that series with poor decision making and odd tactical moves. It was the same in his games against soO and hyvaa. Can't blame that on the game. People caught up to Life and he doesn't know how to adjust. Strategic naivete.


That's not true. In WoL ZvZ you could do all sorts of stuff and then... fall back on infestors and sit behind a choke point, as infestors were a valuable ressource. Something that you can't do in HotS, where it is much more of a numbers game in ZvZ. You have enough roaches or mutas or whatever, or you don't. There is nothing to hold ground anymore apart from pure numbers which plays in the cards of a defensively macroing player or a plainly allinning one, over one that tries to force engagements and mechanically outmicro/outmultitask his opponent.

And yeah, it's strategic naivete. But I don't think his problem is that other people caught up in mechanics.
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