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Hryul
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Austria2609 Posts
December 06 2013 14:46 GMT
#561
haha. from 4/4 at the quarters to 0/2 at the semis. way to go with my liquibets.
Countdown to victory: 1 200!
foxmeep
Profile Joined July 2009
Australia2337 Posts
December 06 2013 14:46 GMT
#562
On December 06 2013 23:44 Hider wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 06 2013 23:43 foxmeep wrote:
On December 06 2013 23:41 TheDwf wrote:
On December 06 2013 23:40 foxmeep wrote:
On December 06 2013 23:38 juvenal wrote:
Mutas gonna get nerfed pretty soon i guess. Or it could be the WM nerf undone.


Not building any turrets doesn't exactly call for a muta nerf :/

Building 4+ Turrets per base isn't exactly healthy for your army count either.


You don't need 4+. You build 1 or 2 initially and that stops Zerg from raping you in the beginning (Soulkey raped Maru's main which had 0 turrets). That allows you to pressure the Zerg in return and keep his muta count from going out of control cause he has to spend gas on banes.


I don't think you understand how poor a job of turrets actually do. 1 turret is so easily sniped, you might as well not build any.


That's utter crap you need at least 9 mutas to kill a turret in the mineral line.
Fjodorov
Profile Joined December 2011
5007 Posts
December 06 2013 14:46 GMT
#563
On December 06 2013 23:43 VKCA wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 06 2013 23:40 Qwerty85 wrote:
On December 06 2013 23:38 Undead1993 wrote:
On December 06 2013 23:38 illidanx wrote:
maru does not even bother to split anymore

because he cant keep up the multitask


I feel like he can't keep up because he never has any turrets. Mutas are fast flying units so it is easier to harass with them than defend against them without any static defense. So he keeps too much attention on his base and then fails to control the army.

exactly what happened to bomber soulkey game four yesterday, bomber was ahead, way ahead in army supply, then soulkey just kept backstabbing and distracting bomber, and bomber would loose massive chunks of marines to banelings at the beginning of the fight.


Bombers knows that he is in huge trouble if his parade push is stopped. His idea is to force the zerg to require is mutas to be at home defending. Never ending pressure will do that but if the zerg manages to force the terran to regroup and macro up a little bit, then SK showed what will happen.
ZenithM
Profile Joined February 2011
France15952 Posts
December 06 2013 14:46 GMT
#564
I think you continously have to build turrets against mass mutalisk play. Even when you have already 4-5 per base, you continue building them like this is a part of your macro rotation. Otherwise the mutaball just goes in and one-shots everything. If I recall correctly that's what Taeja did his last tournament win.
Topin
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Peru10119 Posts
December 06 2013 14:47 GMT
#565
On December 06 2013 23:42 Kitaen wrote:
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On December 06 2013 23:40 Topin wrote:
On December 06 2013 23:39 deacon.frost wrote:
Why Maru doesn't build turrets and this kind of stuff? Any T to explain it to a dumb Protoss who hates mutalisks more than anything else?

the number of mutas is too high, turrets do shit


no, just build more turrets :-)

he could have afforded 50 turrets for what he lost

its simply dumb to not make turrets to stall the mutas a bit

you cant build that many turrets withouth killing yourself, i agree 1 turret per mineral line or maybe 2 is the way to go but still mutas will find another point to attack like reactors and other things while the numbres keep increasing. Soulkeys is just to good and Maru couldnt counter to stop him... T_T Maru
i would define my style between a mix of ByuN, Maru and MKP
SunflowerSeeds
Profile Joined December 2013
90 Posts
December 06 2013 14:47 GMT
#566
Maru didn't split much in that last game, thought he had some chance there, but pretty bad split, worse than bomber yesterday.

hipo
Profile Joined November 2010
France482 Posts
December 06 2013 14:47 GMT
#567
Well played Soulkey.
Best player of 2013 by far!
StarStruck
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
25339 Posts
December 06 2013 14:48 GMT
#568
On December 06 2013 23:44 Qwerty85 wrote:
Rain and Soulkey are good players but damn, I hate PvZ finals. Maybe PvZ with Hero in it, but otherwise, nay.


You sure it's because you aren't just bored of PvZ finals? Ha.
Hider
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Denmark9439 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-12-06 14:48:41
December 06 2013 14:48 GMT
#569
On December 06 2013 23:46 shadymmj wrote:
soulkey is the perfect player, getting better and better

but there is nothing to deny that terran SUCKED after the patch, period. tanks are still not seen as worth building, especially if you leave them abandoned in the middle of the map (cough bomber) lol.


Mines actually seems borderline useless atm. Honestly, I can't remember the last time I saw them giving the terrans a cost effective engagement. I think it might just be better to not build any at all and instead get Thors as a reponse to mass Mutas.
Paljas
Profile Joined October 2011
Germany6926 Posts
December 06 2013 14:48 GMT
#570
On December 06 2013 23:46 ZenithM wrote:
I think you continously have to build turrets against mass mutalisk play. Even when you have already 4-5 per base, you continue building them like this is a part of your macro rotation. Otherwise the mutaball just goes in and one-shots everything. If I recall correctly that's what Taeja did his last tournament win.

thats what i do too. but it helps that i have absolutly shit macro, so i always have the spare minerals to build the turrets.
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VKCA
Profile Joined September 2011
Canada391 Posts
December 06 2013 14:49 GMT
#571
On December 06 2013 23:46 Fjodorov wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 06 2013 23:43 VKCA wrote:
On December 06 2013 23:40 Qwerty85 wrote:
On December 06 2013 23:38 Undead1993 wrote:
On December 06 2013 23:38 illidanx wrote:
maru does not even bother to split anymore

because he cant keep up the multitask


I feel like he can't keep up because he never has any turrets. Mutas are fast flying units so it is easier to harass with them than defend against them without any static defense. So he keeps too much attention on his base and then fails to control the army.

exactly what happened to bomber soulkey game four yesterday, bomber was ahead, way ahead in army supply, then soulkey just kept backstabbing and distracting bomber, and bomber would loose massive chunks of marines to banelings at the beginning of the fight.


Bombers knows that he is in huge trouble if his parade push is stopped. His idea is to force the zerg to require is mutas to be at home defending. Never ending pressure will do that but if the zerg manages to force the terran to regroup and macro up a little bit, then SK showed what will happen.

yeah exactly, bomber/inno/mma, all those guys just win off the constant parade push, fou.sC style
vthree
Profile Joined November 2011
Hong Kong8039 Posts
December 06 2013 14:49 GMT
#572
On December 06 2013 23:45 Kitaen wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 06 2013 23:42 -Celestial- wrote:
On December 06 2013 23:41 TheDwf wrote:
On December 06 2013 23:40 foxmeep wrote:
On December 06 2013 23:38 juvenal wrote:
Mutas gonna get nerfed pretty soon i guess. Or it could be the WM nerf undone.


Not building any turrets doesn't exactly call for a muta nerf :/

Building 4+ Turrets per base isn't exactly healthy for your army count either.


With how much he was losing to those mutas though I can't help but feel that 4+ turrets per base would have been more cost effective than just saccing stuff.


absolutely, its not the biggest deal to make 10-15 turrets in the long run


Are you serious? Making that many turrets is a HUGE investment. It is like saying that Protoss don't need nexus cannons because if they made 10-15 regular cannons, they would be fine vs drops and aggression in PvT. Making that much static defense before your 3rd get saturated is a big investment.
VKCA
Profile Joined September 2011
Canada391 Posts
December 06 2013 14:49 GMT
#573
On December 06 2013 23:48 Hider wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 06 2013 23:46 shadymmj wrote:
soulkey is the perfect player, getting better and better

but there is nothing to deny that terran SUCKED after the patch, period. tanks are still not seen as worth building, especially if you leave them abandoned in the middle of the map (cough bomber) lol.


Mines actually seems borderline useless atm. Honestly, I can't remember the last time I saw them giving the terrans a cost effective engagement. I think it might just be better to not build any at all and instead get Thors as a reponse to mass Mutas.

taeja life dreamhack finals........
Topin
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Peru10119 Posts
December 06 2013 14:50 GMT
#574
On December 06 2013 23:46 ZenithM wrote:
I think you continously have to build turrets against mass mutalisk play. Even when you have already 4-5 per base, you continue building them like this is a part of your macro rotation. Otherwise the mutaball just goes in and one-shots everything. If I recall correctly that's what Taeja did his last tournament win.

idk man, those muta backstab aer a pain in the ass, turrets only gives you time to go back and defend but that is what the Z wants
i would define my style between a mix of ByuN, Maru and MKP
Keeemy
Profile Joined November 2012
Finland7855 Posts
December 06 2013 14:50 GMT
#575
Soulkey just securing his spot as the most consistent player of 2013. And possibly the best player of 2013 alltogether.
Hello
Hider
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Denmark9439 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-12-06 14:52:32
December 06 2013 14:50 GMT
#576
On December 06 2013 23:49 VKCA wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 06 2013 23:48 Hider wrote:
On December 06 2013 23:46 shadymmj wrote:
soulkey is the perfect player, getting better and better

but there is nothing to deny that terran SUCKED after the patch, period. tanks are still not seen as worth building, especially if you leave them abandoned in the middle of the map (cough bomber) lol.


Mines actually seems borderline useless atm. Honestly, I can't remember the last time I saw them giving the terrans a cost effective engagement. I think it might just be better to not build any at all and instead get Thors as a reponse to mass Mutas.

taeja life dreamhack finals........


I saw that finals and really didn't think Mines provided anything special. Not in battles at least. Indeed, it shut down a bit of counterharass opportunities by Life, however. But that's easily avoidable as Soulkey showed in this game, by not counterattacking with your entire force at once, but actually splitting it up. So against players of less caliber of Soulkey, Widow Mines may still have some utility at stopping counterattacks, but its only a matter of time before they become oboslete I believe.
VKCA
Profile Joined September 2011
Canada391 Posts
December 06 2013 14:50 GMT
#577
On December 06 2013 23:49 vthree wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 06 2013 23:45 Kitaen wrote:
On December 06 2013 23:42 -Celestial- wrote:
On December 06 2013 23:41 TheDwf wrote:
On December 06 2013 23:40 foxmeep wrote:
On December 06 2013 23:38 juvenal wrote:
Mutas gonna get nerfed pretty soon i guess. Or it could be the WM nerf undone.


Not building any turrets doesn't exactly call for a muta nerf :/

Building 4+ Turrets per base isn't exactly healthy for your army count either.


With how much he was losing to those mutas though I can't help but feel that 4+ turrets per base would have been more cost effective than just saccing stuff.


absolutely, its not the biggest deal to make 10-15 turrets in the long run


Are you serious? Making that many turrets is a HUGE investment. It is like saying that Protoss don't need nexus cannons because if they made 10-15 regular cannons, they would be fine vs drops and aggression in PvT. Making that much static defense before your 3rd get saturated is a big investment.

"in the long run"
he's not saying make 10-15 turrets before you get your third saturated, he's saying you should have made 10-15 turrets by the end of a 25 min game (replacing the ones you loose)
SunflowerSeeds
Profile Joined December 2013
90 Posts
December 06 2013 14:51 GMT
#578
On December 06 2013 23:46 ZenithM wrote:
I think you continously have to build turrets against mass mutalisk play. Even when you have already 4-5 per base, you continue building them like this is a part of your macro rotation. Otherwise the mutaball just goes in and one-shots everything. If I recall correctly that's what Taeja did his last tournament win.


Don't think that's mass muta play, that's just overall advantage, muta count just keeps growing, and still easily hold expansions without muta's help.
juvenal
Profile Joined July 2013
2448 Posts
December 06 2013 14:51 GMT
#579
lol wtf since when it tastosis encouraged to advertise WoT on official gomtv streams?
Michael Probu
RookUK
Profile Blog Joined August 2012
United Kingdom283 Posts
December 06 2013 14:51 GMT
#580
Soulkey just looks absolutely bulletproof when he's at his best (ie, usually). He forced so many micro mistakes out of Maru, and given their past history (Soulkey beat Maru twice in the Ro32 before he went on to win WCS Korea S1, and Maru has apparently never won a match against Soulkey) you can understand why he was pretty frightened of this match.

That said, it's still awesome that Maru has reached the semi-final in four top Korean tournaments in a row.
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