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stuchiu
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Fiddler's Green42661 Posts
November 30 2013 19:15 GMT
#2241
On December 01 2013 04:12 75 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 01 2013 04:10 Qwerty85 wrote:
On December 01 2013 04:06 samurai80 wrote:
On December 01 2013 04:03 Rinny wrote:
On December 01 2013 03:52 Shikyo wrote:
How on earth does a bo3 benefit "a style"?



Consider the following, there are two starcraft players X and Y, X is slightly better at starcraft and he wins 60% of the games he plays against Y leaving Y to win only 40% . It is entirely possible for Y to play a set number of games with X and win more than him, but if X and Y were to play a million games of starcraft the probability that Y would win more games than X is VERY close to 0 like .000000001% . However if they were to play a 3 games (as in a bo3) the probability that Y would win more games is like 32 percent.

Most of the time playing cheesy doesn't result in a win rate of >50% in starcraft II (the exception being in the early days when tournaments were dominated by 1 base scv pulls) because as the game gets figured out and some of those strategies are patched out they lose their effectiveness. But even without a >50% winrate it's totally possible to beat superior opponents.

TL;DR Lower amounts of games in a series mean it is more likely for inferior opponents to advance.

Which benefits inferior players that is protoss. Is that what you mean ?


More like it benefits the player with more opening options. Protoss have much more builds that just straight up kill you if caught by surprise.

why is having more builds better in bo3 than ,lets say, bo7


I don't think there is good sound theory about how to play a bo7 perfectly. We'd have to ask Mvp.
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Snijjer
Profile Joined September 2011
United States989 Posts
November 30 2013 19:16 GMT
#2242
LOL naniwa !?
ScrambledX
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
Finland296 Posts
November 30 2013 19:16 GMT
#2243
rofl life :D
http://sircom.blogspot.com/
Yrr
Profile Joined June 2012
Germany805 Posts
November 30 2013 19:16 GMT
#2244
Does twitch lag for you right now?
MMR decay is bad, m'kay? | Personal Hero: TerranHwaiting
liberate71
Profile Joined October 2011
Australia10252 Posts
November 30 2013 19:16 GMT
#2245
hahahahaha Life <3
Minelord Stimfestor, also known as karma.
Seiniyta
Profile Joined May 2010
Belgium1815 Posts
November 30 2013 19:16 GMT
#2246
What did Life say? I didn't catch it.
Pokemon Master
liberate71
Profile Joined October 2011
Australia10252 Posts
November 30 2013 19:16 GMT
#2247
On December 01 2013 04:16 Seiniyta wrote:
What did Life say? I didn't catch it.


Naniwa
Minelord Stimfestor, also known as karma.
JustPassingBy
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
10776 Posts
November 30 2013 19:16 GMT
#2248
On December 01 2013 03:46 Tobblish wrote:
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On December 01 2013 03:45 JustPassingBy wrote:
On December 01 2013 03:44 Keeemy wrote:
30min break D::: nuuuuu


So, any suggestions what to do in this break? Apart from starting to drink because every damn player I have been cheering for loses!!!


Do you like Dota2 or CS?


Ah sorry, saw this too late. I was playing some sc2.
Swiipii
Profile Joined January 2012
2195 Posts
November 30 2013 19:16 GMT
#2249
On December 01 2013 04:12 75 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 01 2013 04:10 Qwerty85 wrote:
On December 01 2013 04:06 samurai80 wrote:
On December 01 2013 04:03 Rinny wrote:
On December 01 2013 03:52 Shikyo wrote:
How on earth does a bo3 benefit "a style"?



Consider the following, there are two starcraft players X and Y, X is slightly better at starcraft and he wins 60% of the games he plays against Y leaving Y to win only 40% . It is entirely possible for Y to play a set number of games with X and win more than him, but if X and Y were to play a million games of starcraft the probability that Y would win more games than X is VERY close to 0 like .000000001% . However if they were to play a 3 games (as in a bo3) the probability that Y would win more games is like 32 percent.

Most of the time playing cheesy doesn't result in a win rate of >50% in starcraft II (the exception being in the early days when tournaments were dominated by 1 base scv pulls) because as the game gets figured out and some of those strategies are patched out they lose their effectiveness. But even without a >50% winrate it's totally possible to beat superior opponents.

TL;DR Lower amounts of games in a series mean it is more likely for inferior opponents to advance.

Which benefits inferior players that is protoss. Is that what you mean ?


More like it benefits the player with more opening options. Protoss have much more builds that just straight up kill you if caught by surprise.

why is having more builds better in bo3 than ,lets say, bo7

Because gimmicky playstyle won't work past the surprise? -_- (it's kind of the point of playing like that ffs)
Weavel
Profile Joined January 2010
Finland9224 Posts
November 30 2013 19:16 GMT
#2250
On December 01 2013 04:16 Seiniyta wrote:
What did Life say? I didn't catch it.
Naniwa
Life/Seed//Mvp/NaNiwa fighting! ZeNEX forever!
Elite_
Profile Joined June 2012
United States4259 Posts
November 30 2013 19:16 GMT
#2251
On December 01 2013 04:16 Seiniyta wrote:
What did Life say? I didn't catch it.

NaNiwa.
andilaama
Profile Joined December 2012
Finland192 Posts
November 30 2013 19:16 GMT
#2252
Life xD
Heartland is an "Expert" "Expert".
DiuLaSing
Profile Joined August 2011
Hong Kong225 Posts
November 30 2013 19:16 GMT
#2253
what was the question life being asked?
"You just abuse idiocy" - bad boy
Shikyo
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Finland33997 Posts
November 30 2013 19:16 GMT
#2254
On December 01 2013 04:15 stuchiu wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 01 2013 04:12 75 wrote:
On December 01 2013 04:10 Qwerty85 wrote:
On December 01 2013 04:06 samurai80 wrote:
On December 01 2013 04:03 Rinny wrote:
On December 01 2013 03:52 Shikyo wrote:
How on earth does a bo3 benefit "a style"?



Consider the following, there are two starcraft players X and Y, X is slightly better at starcraft and he wins 60% of the games he plays against Y leaving Y to win only 40% . It is entirely possible for Y to play a set number of games with X and win more than him, but if X and Y were to play a million games of starcraft the probability that Y would win more games than X is VERY close to 0 like .000000001% . However if they were to play a 3 games (as in a bo3) the probability that Y would win more games is like 32 percent.

Most of the time playing cheesy doesn't result in a win rate of >50% in starcraft II (the exception being in the early days when tournaments were dominated by 1 base scv pulls) because as the game gets figured out and some of those strategies are patched out they lose their effectiveness. But even without a >50% winrate it's totally possible to beat superior opponents.

TL;DR Lower amounts of games in a series mean it is more likely for inferior opponents to advance.

Which benefits inferior players that is protoss. Is that what you mean ?


More like it benefits the player with more opening options. Protoss have much more builds that just straight up kill you if caught by surprise.

why is having more builds better in bo3 than ,lets say, bo7


I don't think there is good sound theory about how to play a bo7 perfectly. We'd have to ask Mvp.

The more builds you can use, the better longer series are.

In a Bo1 or Bo3, you can perhaps get away with the same macro build. Not so much in a Bo7.
League of Legends EU West, Platinum III | Yousei Teikoku is the best thing that has ever happened to music.
rinnnedor321
Profile Joined August 2013
53 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-11-30 19:18:01
November 30 2013 19:16 GMT
#2255
On December 01 2013 04:14 vthree wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 01 2013 04:05 rinnnedor321 wrote:
On December 01 2013 04:02 opisska wrote:
On December 01 2013 03:59 rinnnedor321 wrote:
i hope flash will soon invent a build that gets a thor in a decent amount of time to shut down all the blink builds

thors are 300-200 and have such high dps they decimate stalkers and zealots and sentrys.

1-2 thors nicely timed to supplement a bio build to make them immune to blink

the PROBLEM with blink is actually the forcefields. if there was no forcefields terrans could just go bio normally vs blink and be fine. thors are mostly to solve the forcefield problem

blink costs like 150/150 for the upgrade 150/100 for the twilight. thors 150/100 for the armory then 300/200 per thor. imo the cost could probably be worth it considering if you go a standard bio build into a few thors you dont need to spend 600 minerals on bunkers that you otherwise would need to get if you scout blink

getting a few thors in there imo is the best plan to combat the stupid blink stuff which put innovation behind 1000 minerals just cuz he scouted blink and tried to prepare for it


hope flash discovers the right way to everything soon!


Probably the right reaction to this is to abandond the build on the first sight of the Thor (while continuing to fake pressure) and then laugh about the two medivacs the terran misses for each Thor.


thors combat stats are not that bad at all. their DPS is worth the cost. spending 600/400 to be immune to blink, and being behind 4 medivacs, while having tons of DPS instead, isnt that bad considering you are allowed to do a standard bio build and essentially not have to worry about blink ever again

paying a 600/400 insurance policy to do bio while not worrying about bios stupidest counter (blink)

the plan is just do normal bio but then somehow get the thors in there when blink would normally screw around with you.

sacrifice the first 4 medivacs to be immune to blink. then get more medivacs after that. its a trade off sure but you wouldnt need to worry about blink


4 huge issues

1) Thors are too slow. If you mix 2 Thors in your army, your army is now much less mobile.

2) upgrades, over time, your Thor just get weaker and weaker due to no upgrades.

3) getting your medivacs late means you can't drop until p has Templars. Not a good plan

4) it is common misconception that gateway units don't trade well vs bio. They don't trade we'll vs stimmed bio with medivac support. Therefore, no having medivac support is the early mid game means p can trade with their gateway units while they tech to AoE tech.


correct. going the 2thor plan would mean terran has 0 offensive drop options against protoss and the protoss can tech to whatever he wants

but so can the terran

this is bad assuming terran has no lategame counter to protoss. that may be true, im hoping flash proves us all wrong in the future though
JustPassingBy
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
10776 Posts
November 30 2013 19:16 GMT
#2256
What was the question to which Life answered Naniwa?
CCa1ss1e
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada3231 Posts
November 30 2013 19:17 GMT
#2257
On December 01 2013 04:16 JustPassingBy wrote:
What was the question to which Life answered Naniwa?


who's the most handsome progamer @ dreamhack.
~ The Ultimate Weapon
Salteador Neo
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Andorra5591 Posts
November 30 2013 19:17 GMT
#2258
Patience making it far for the brotoss council
Revolutionist fan
Elite_
Profile Joined June 2012
United States4259 Posts
November 30 2013 19:17 GMT
#2259
On December 01 2013 04:16 DiuLaSing wrote:
what was the question life being asked?

Who is the most handsome progamer at DreamHack Winter?
Weavel
Profile Joined January 2010
Finland9224 Posts
November 30 2013 19:17 GMT
#2260
On December 01 2013 04:16 DiuLaSing wrote:
what was the question life being asked?
Who is the most handsome progamer at Dreamhack?
Life/Seed//Mvp/NaNiwa fighting! ZeNEX forever!
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