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city42
Profile Joined October 2007
1656 Posts
July 19 2014 02:56 GMT
#401
That was an amazingly low-level game considering the players involved. Zest played perfectly in game 1 prior to the engagement, and now he seems to have fallen apart.
RotterdaM
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Netherlands684 Posts
July 19 2014 02:56 GMT
#402
On July 19 2014 11:54 Videoboysayscube wrote:
Why didn't Zest just pull everything into his main? Ditch the natural and force field forever. Taeja had no economy left. Zest threw that game hard.


yeah if the nexus is dead then you may as well wait for a better moment and fight a bit later :D perhaps afraid of being bunker contained? I wonder if taeja would try to run up the ramp if zest would sit there, hard to say tbh I know taeja pulled all his workers but if he kills the natural and the mains are almost dry, i think he can send a bunch back and just contain with bunkers and turrets :D
Commentatorwww.instagram.com/RotterdaM08 for pictures of cute puppies.
stuchiu
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Fiddler's Green42661 Posts
July 19 2014 02:57 GMT
#403
On July 19 2014 11:56 RotterdaM wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 19 2014 11:54 Videoboysayscube wrote:
Why didn't Zest just pull everything into his main? Ditch the natural and force field forever. Taeja had no economy left. Zest threw that game hard.


yeah if the nexus is dead then you may as well wait for a better moment and fight a bit later :D perhaps afraid of being bunker contained? I wonder if taeja would try to run up the ramp if zest would sit there, hard to say tbh I know taeja pulled all his workers but if he kills the natural and the mains are almost dry, i think he can send a bunch back and just contain with bunkers and turrets :D


He could have even gone full Maru and use a PF contain.
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chipmonklord17
Profile Joined February 2011
United States11944 Posts
July 19 2014 02:57 GMT
#404
On July 19 2014 11:57 stuchiu wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 19 2014 11:56 RotterdaM wrote:
On July 19 2014 11:54 Videoboysayscube wrote:
Why didn't Zest just pull everything into his main? Ditch the natural and force field forever. Taeja had no economy left. Zest threw that game hard.


yeah if the nexus is dead then you may as well wait for a better moment and fight a bit later :D perhaps afraid of being bunker contained? I wonder if taeja would try to run up the ramp if zest would sit there, hard to say tbh I know taeja pulled all his workers but if he kills the natural and the mains are almost dry, i think he can send a bunch back and just contain with bunkers and turrets :D


He could have even gone full Maru and use a PF contain.



Woah woah woah. That happened?
Jazzman88
Profile Joined January 2012
Canada2228 Posts
July 19 2014 02:58 GMT
#405
On July 19 2014 11:56 Lorning wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 19 2014 11:55 stuchiu wrote:
On July 19 2014 11:54 Lorning wrote:
On July 19 2014 11:53 vult wrote:
+ Show Spoiler +
Poll: Recommend Zest vs. TaeJa, Game 2?

★★★★★- One of the best games this season (22)
 
76%

★★★- Good game (3)
 
10%

★★★★- Highly recommended game (2)
 
7%

★- Do not see this game no matter what (1)
 
3%

★★- Not recommended unless you have nothing better to do (1)
 
3%

29 total votes

Your vote: Recommend Zest vs. TaeJa, Game 2?

(Vote): ★- Do not see this game no matter what
(Vote): ★★- Not recommended unless you have nothing better to do
(Vote): ★★★- Good game
(Vote): ★★★★- Highly recommended game
(Vote): ★★★★★- One of the best games this season


vult > The_Templar, Darkhoarse and any other NA LR champ


I did an NA LR before, what am I?

You have a special place in my hart

A precious and beautiful place


A special place inside your male deer? That seems a little filthy... okay, I'll run with that.

He's prepping the room right next to the vena cava.
[UoN]Sentinel
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
United States11320 Posts
July 19 2014 02:58 GMT
#406
On July 19 2014 11:56 [UoN]Sentinel wrote:
Game 3 - Deadwing
(T)TaeJa 2 vs (P)Zest 0
0:00


TaeJa the Superior Korean Ubermensch spawns blue at bottom left
Zest the Simple StarCraft Slave spawns red at bottom right
Someone connected the speaker to the microphone again
Commercial plays
Half the LR thread is very happy
Other half of the LR thread is very angry
I am still rooting for a 3-0


3:00
PUT THE PRODUCTION TAB BACK ON I AM TRYING TO LIVE REPORT HERE
TaeJa opens with refinery before gas
Spider sense says reapers
Zest opens early
Identifies that TaeJa is in fact in the game and not AFK
Also some stuff about build orders or whatever
Factory down at 3
Zest 19 - 17 TaeJa
Нас зовет дух отцов, память старых бойцов, дух Москвы и твердыня Полтавы
stuchiu
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Fiddler's Green42661 Posts
July 19 2014 02:58 GMT
#407
On July 19 2014 11:57 chipmonklord17 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 19 2014 11:57 stuchiu wrote:
On July 19 2014 11:56 RotterdaM wrote:
On July 19 2014 11:54 Videoboysayscube wrote:
Why didn't Zest just pull everything into his main? Ditch the natural and force field forever. Taeja had no economy left. Zest threw that game hard.


yeah if the nexus is dead then you may as well wait for a better moment and fight a bit later :D perhaps afraid of being bunker contained? I wonder if taeja would try to run up the ramp if zest would sit there, hard to say tbh I know taeja pulled all his workers but if he kills the natural and the mains are almost dry, i think he can send a bunch back and just contain with bunkers and turrets :D


He could have even gone full Maru and use a PF contain.



Woah woah woah. That happened?


I've seen him do that 2 or 3 times in PL.
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chipmonklord17
Profile Joined February 2011
United States11944 Posts
July 19 2014 02:58 GMT
#408
On July 19 2014 11:58 stuchiu wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 19 2014 11:57 chipmonklord17 wrote:
On July 19 2014 11:57 stuchiu wrote:
On July 19 2014 11:56 RotterdaM wrote:
On July 19 2014 11:54 Videoboysayscube wrote:
Why didn't Zest just pull everything into his main? Ditch the natural and force field forever. Taeja had no economy left. Zest threw that game hard.


yeah if the nexus is dead then you may as well wait for a better moment and fight a bit later :D perhaps afraid of being bunker contained? I wonder if taeja would try to run up the ramp if zest would sit there, hard to say tbh I know taeja pulled all his workers but if he kills the natural and the mains are almost dry, i think he can send a bunch back and just contain with bunkers and turrets :D


He could have even gone full Maru and use a PF contain.



Woah woah woah. That happened?


I've seen him do that 2 or 3 times in PL.


I always wake up just when proleague ends
royalroadweed
Profile Joined April 2013
United States8301 Posts
July 19 2014 02:59 GMT
#409
On July 19 2014 11:57 stuchiu wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 19 2014 11:56 RotterdaM wrote:
On July 19 2014 11:54 Videoboysayscube wrote:
Why didn't Zest just pull everything into his main? Ditch the natural and force field forever. Taeja had no economy left. Zest threw that game hard.


yeah if the nexus is dead then you may as well wait for a better moment and fight a bit later :D perhaps afraid of being bunker contained? I wonder if taeja would try to run up the ramp if zest would sit there, hard to say tbh I know taeja pulled all his workers but if he kills the natural and the mains are almost dry, i think he can send a bunch back and just contain with bunkers and turrets :D


He could have even gone full Maru and use a PF contain.

That was one of the greatest things I've ever seen in a sc2 game. iirc didn't maru's missile turret kill a colossus at one point?
"Nerfing Toss can just make them stronger"
Jer99
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Canada8160 Posts
July 19 2014 02:59 GMT
#410
smells a bit like cheddar from taeja
StrategyTaeJa #1 || @TL_Jer99 || "seeker seeked out his seeking"
Circumstance
Profile Blog Joined March 2014
United States11403 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-07-19 03:01:39
July 19 2014 02:59 GMT
#411
At what point do we call Taeja's ability to make other players play badly a legitimate skill? Because the fact that it happens so consistently and winds up winning him so many tournaments, I've come to the conclusion that he actually has to be credited for it.

EDIT: Plurals don't have apostrophes, Circumstance.
The world is better when every background has a chance.
stuchiu
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Fiddler's Green42661 Posts
July 19 2014 03:00 GMT
#412
On July 19 2014 11:59 royalroadweed wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 19 2014 11:57 stuchiu wrote:
On July 19 2014 11:56 RotterdaM wrote:
On July 19 2014 11:54 Videoboysayscube wrote:
Why didn't Zest just pull everything into his main? Ditch the natural and force field forever. Taeja had no economy left. Zest threw that game hard.


yeah if the nexus is dead then you may as well wait for a better moment and fight a bit later :D perhaps afraid of being bunker contained? I wonder if taeja would try to run up the ramp if zest would sit there, hard to say tbh I know taeja pulled all his workers but if he kills the natural and the mains are almost dry, i think he can send a bunch back and just contain with bunkers and turrets :D


He could have even gone full Maru and use a PF contain.

That was one of the greatest things I've ever seen in a sc2 game. iirc didn't maru's missile turret kill a colossus at one point?


Yep
Moderator
[UoN]Sentinel
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
United States11320 Posts
July 19 2014 03:00 GMT
#413
On July 19 2014 11:58 [UoN]Sentinel wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 19 2014 11:56 [UoN]Sentinel wrote:
Game 3 - Deadwing
(T)TaeJa 2 vs (P)Zest 0
0:00


TaeJa the Superior Korean Ubermensch spawns blue at bottom left
Zest the Simple StarCraft Slave spawns red at bottom right
Someone connected the speaker to the microphone again
Commercial plays
Half the LR thread is very happy
Other half of the LR thread is very angry
I am still rooting for a 3-0


3:00
PUT THE PRODUCTION TAB BACK ON I AM TRYING TO LIVE REPORT HERE
TaeJa opens with refinery before gas
Spider sense says reapers
Zest opens early
Identifies that TaeJa is in fact in the game and not AFK
Also some stuff about build orders or whatever
Factory down at 3
Zest 19 - 17 TaeJa


6:00
Factoire
Nexus at 3:55
TaeJa still hasn't found Zest but skips cross position
CC down at 4:25
Hellions making
WG starts on time this time (Damn!)
I never even implied this LR would be unbiased
More gates and rax
Robo at 5:40
Hellions repelled
Taeja 39 - 33 Zest
Нас зовет дух отцов, память старых бойцов, дух Москвы и твердыня Полтавы
chipmonklord17
Profile Joined February 2011
United States11944 Posts
July 19 2014 03:00 GMT
#414
On July 19 2014 11:59 Circumstance wrote:
At what point do we call Taeja's ability to make other player's play badly a legitimate skill? Because the fact that it happens so consistently and winds up winning him so many tournaments, I've come to the conclusion that he actually has to be credited for it.



This was something started by HuK at the beginning of WoL. I forgot who originally coined it for him but it was done.
The_Templar
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
your Country52798 Posts
July 19 2014 03:00 GMT
#415
On July 19 2014 11:58 [UoN]Sentinel wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 19 2014 11:56 [UoN]Sentinel wrote:
Game 3 - Deadwing
(T)TaeJa 2 vs (P)Zest 0
0:00


TaeJa the Superior Korean Ubermensch spawns blue at bottom left
Zest the Simple StarCraft Slave spawns red at bottom right
Someone connected the speaker to the microphone again
Commercial plays
Half the LR thread is very happy
Other half of the LR thread is very angry
I am still rooting for a 3-0


3:00
PUT THE PRODUCTION TAB BACK ON I AM TRYING TO LIVE REPORT HERE

Infuriating isn't it?
ModeratorI am still alive, somehow
TL+ Member
mikumegurine
Profile Joined May 2013
Canada3145 Posts
July 19 2014 03:01 GMT
#416
On July 19 2014 11:59 Circumstance wrote:
At what point do we call Taeja's ability to make other player's play badly a legitimate skill? Because the fact that it happens so consistently and winds up winning him so many tournaments, I've come to the conclusion that he actually has to be credited for it.


Demoralizing Shout - Spell - World of Warcraft ?
Lorning *
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Belgica34432 Posts
July 19 2014 03:01 GMT
#417
On July 19 2014 11:56 mikumegurine wrote:
anyone know the song name of this which IEM have been playing quite a lot, and stream chat has been asking for the song name alot too?

http://www.twitch.tv/esltv_sc2/b/548285502?t=2h23m8s

2 hours 23 minutes 8 seconds of that video

Shazam can't find it
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[UoN]Sentinel
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
United States11320 Posts
July 19 2014 03:02 GMT
#418
On July 19 2014 12:00 [UoN]Sentinel wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 19 2014 11:58 [UoN]Sentinel wrote:
On July 19 2014 11:56 [UoN]Sentinel wrote:
Game 3 - Deadwing
(T)TaeJa 2 vs (P)Zest 0
0:00


TaeJa the Superior Korean Ubermensch spawns blue at bottom left
Zest the Simple StarCraft Slave spawns red at bottom right
Someone connected the speaker to the microphone again
Commercial plays
Half the LR thread is very happy
Other half of the LR thread is very angry
I am still rooting for a 3-0


3:00
PUT THE PRODUCTION TAB BACK ON I AM TRYING TO LIVE REPORT HERE
TaeJa opens with refinery before gas
Spider sense says reapers
Zest opens early
Identifies that TaeJa is in fact in the game and not AFK
Also some stuff about build orders or whatever
Factory down at 3
Zest 19 - 17 TaeJa


6:00
Factoire
Nexus at 3:55
TaeJa still hasn't found Zest but skips cross position
CC down at 4:25
Hellions making
WG starts on time this time (Damn!)
I never even implied this LR would be unbiased
More gates and rax
Robo at 5:40
Hellions repelled
Taeja 39 - 33 Zest


9:00
More hellions!
Bunker down and finishing around 7:30
Zest can break down the rocks beside TaeJa's base unseen
TAEJA IS NOT SEEING THIS HAPPEN
observer coming fomr the other side
More stalkers
TaeJa hears the rocks being broken down
TaeJa prepares his butthole for shrek in the form of 12 stalkers
Stalkers focusing down marauders
Bunker finishes
Zest making nothing but stalkers
Нас зовет дух отцов, память старых бойцов, дух Москвы и твердыня Полтавы
geokilla
Profile Joined May 2011
Canada8255 Posts
July 19 2014 03:03 GMT
#419
Taeja's defense! Wow.
vult
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
United States9400 Posts
July 19 2014 03:04 GMT
#420
God damn, his micro is impeccable.
I used to play random, but for you I play very specifically.
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