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meshfusion
Profile Joined June 2014
Russian Federation232 Posts
August 25 2014 11:41 GMT
#2381
i dont understand why taeja decided to do such aggressive/coinflip builds,. i think if he played defensively he could have easily go past the early game and kill polt
[F_]aths
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Germany3947 Posts
August 25 2014 12:30 GMT
#2382
On August 25 2014 07:58 jakethesnake wrote:
TvT can give us amazing games like Bbyong vs Flash, and then disappointing finals like this.....

Why disappointing? Should every final consists of long, complicated macrogames? Why not sometimes a quick 3-0 sweep with smart early pushes?
You don't choose to play zerg. The zerg choose you.
The_Templar
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
your Country52797 Posts
August 25 2014 12:38 GMT
#2383
On August 25 2014 21:30 [F_]aths wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 25 2014 07:58 jakethesnake wrote:
TvT can give us amazing games like Bbyong vs Flash, and then disappointing finals like this.....

Why disappointing? Should every final consists of long, complicated macrogames? Why not sometimes a quick 3-0 sweep with smart early pushes?

Polt won game 3 with a hellion. That wasn't smart, more like TaeJa screwed up
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Foreverkul
Profile Joined March 2014
United States1649 Posts
August 25 2014 12:45 GMT
#2384
On August 25 2014 21:38 The_Templar wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 25 2014 21:30 [F_]aths wrote:
On August 25 2014 07:58 jakethesnake wrote:
TvT can give us amazing games like Bbyong vs Flash, and then disappointing finals like this.....

Why disappointing? Should every final consists of long, complicated macrogames? Why not sometimes a quick 3-0 sweep with smart early pushes?

Polt won game 3 with a hellion. That wasn't smart, more like TaeJa screwed up

It was more a battle of who could better micro in 2 places at once. What Polt and Taeja were doing was insanity, but Polt managed to survive with less damage in each case.
Dingodile
Profile Joined December 2011
4139 Posts
August 25 2014 12:50 GMT
#2385
On August 25 2014 21:30 [F_]aths wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 25 2014 07:58 jakethesnake wrote:
TvT can give us amazing games like Bbyong vs Flash, and then disappointing finals like this.....

Why disappointing? Should every final consists of long, complicated macrogames? Why not sometimes a quick 3-0 sweep with smart early pushes?

i didnt watch the games but grandfinal and 3maps LR from page 99 to 107 (only 9 pages long) sounds not exciting. I remember we had a tournament some weeks or months ago we had already ~300 pages even before tournament started.
Grubby | ToD | Moon | Lyn | Sky
The_Templar
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
your Country52797 Posts
August 25 2014 13:01 GMT
#2386
On August 25 2014 21:50 Dingodile wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 25 2014 21:30 [F_]aths wrote:
On August 25 2014 07:58 jakethesnake wrote:
TvT can give us amazing games like Bbyong vs Flash, and then disappointing finals like this.....

Why disappointing? Should every final consists of long, complicated macrogames? Why not sometimes a quick 3-0 sweep with smart early pushes?

i didnt watch the games but grandfinal and 3maps LR from page 99 to 107 (only 9 pages long) sounds not exciting. I remember we had a tournament some weeks or months ago we had already ~300 pages even before tournament started.

That was proleague finals, with 120 pages not 300
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The_Red_Viper
Profile Blog Joined August 2013
19533 Posts
August 25 2014 13:02 GMT
#2387
On August 25 2014 22:01 The_Templar wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 25 2014 21:50 Dingodile wrote:
On August 25 2014 21:30 [F_]aths wrote:
On August 25 2014 07:58 jakethesnake wrote:
TvT can give us amazing games like Bbyong vs Flash, and then disappointing finals like this.....

Why disappointing? Should every final consists of long, complicated macrogames? Why not sometimes a quick 3-0 sweep with smart early pushes?

i didnt watch the games but grandfinal and 3maps LR from page 99 to 107 (only 9 pages long) sounds not exciting. I remember we had a tournament some weeks or months ago we had already ~300 pages even before tournament started.

That was proleague finals, with 120 pages not 300

I guess he talks about Blizzcon
IU | Sohyang || There is no God and we are his prophets | For if ‘Thou mayest’—it is also true that ‘Thou mayest not.” | Ignorance is the parent of fear |
sharkie
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Austria18584 Posts
August 25 2014 13:06 GMT
#2388
oh my god Polt seriously qualified for RB Washington?

Now that's almost like a fairy taile :o
y0su
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
Finland7871 Posts
August 25 2014 13:25 GMT
#2389
On August 25 2014 21:50 Dingodile wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 25 2014 21:30 [F_]aths wrote:
On August 25 2014 07:58 jakethesnake wrote:
TvT can give us amazing games like Bbyong vs Flash, and then disappointing finals like this.....

Why disappointing? Should every final consists of long, complicated macrogames? Why not sometimes a quick 3-0 sweep with smart early pushes?

i didnt watch the games but grandfinal and 3maps LR from page 99 to 107 (only 9 pages long) sounds not exciting. I remember we had a tournament some weeks or months ago we had already ~300 pages even before tournament started.

My school year started so I was sleeping.

Watched VODs now. Not the most epic of finals, but definitely an awesome display of skill for Polt to win each time. (Yes, some did feel like Taeja bombing.)
cheekymonkey
Profile Joined January 2014
France1387 Posts
August 25 2014 13:55 GMT
#2390
Twitch is so annoying. In the middle of the second game in the grand finals it skips right to the award ceremony spoiling the outcome. Twitch skips all the time for me, am I the only one? Someone should tell twitch. Is there a fix to this?
y0su
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
Finland7871 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-08-25 14:08:41
August 25 2014 14:08 GMT
#2391
On August 25 2014 22:55 cheekymonkey wrote:
Twitch is so annoying. In the middle of the second game in the grand finals it skips right to the award ceremony spoiling the outcome. Twitch skips all the time for me, am I the only one? Someone should tell twitch. Is there a fix to this?

It's terribly inconsistent for me... I can't even attempt to watch my own vods, but these worked fine.
imrusty269
Profile Joined January 2014
United States1404 Posts
August 25 2014 20:00 GMT
#2392
On August 25 2014 08:10 stuchiu wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 25 2014 08:09 imrusty269 wrote:
Polt broke 300k earning with this win. He is the terran MC!


Fun fact. In his first televised match he eliminated MC with a 1-1-1.


Interesting to see if Polt can surpass Mvp's earning. I think he will.
Bbyong | MMA | Polt | Dream | Maru | Mvp
Shellshock
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States97276 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-08-25 20:03:04
August 25 2014 20:01 GMT
#2393
On August 26 2014 05:00 imrusty269 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 25 2014 08:10 stuchiu wrote:
On August 25 2014 08:09 imrusty269 wrote:
Polt broke 300k earning with this win. He is the terran MC!


Fun fact. In his first televised match he eliminated MC with a 1-1-1.


Interesting to see if Polt can surpass Mvp's earning. I think he will.

He should have a good shot at it since he plays in a lot of tournaments and Mvp is a rarity these days. As long as Polt just keeps showing up and getting decent placings he'll build up the money count even more and pass him eventually although he has "only" made about $43k this year from tournament earnings and still has a little more than $90k to go to catch Mvp
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imrusty269
Profile Joined January 2014
United States1404 Posts
August 25 2014 20:11 GMT
#2394
On August 26 2014 05:01 Shellshock wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 26 2014 05:00 imrusty269 wrote:
On August 25 2014 08:10 stuchiu wrote:
On August 25 2014 08:09 imrusty269 wrote:
Polt broke 300k earning with this win. He is the terran MC!


Fun fact. In his first televised match he eliminated MC with a 1-1-1.


Interesting to see if Polt can surpass Mvp's earning. I think he will.

He should have a good shot at it since he plays in a lot of tournaments and Mvp is a rarity these days. As long as Polt just keeps showing up and getting decent placings he'll build up the money count even more and pass him eventually although he has "only" made about $43k this year from tournament earnings and still has a little more than $90k to go to catch Mvp


He still have a lot of tournaments to play in : IEM, WCS, Blizzcon, Redbull. If things go well in Blizzcon then he can even do it this year.
Bbyong | MMA | Polt | Dream | Maru | Mvp
[F_]aths
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Germany3947 Posts
August 26 2014 00:02 GMT
#2395
On August 25 2014 21:38 The_Templar wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 25 2014 21:30 [F_]aths wrote:
On August 25 2014 07:58 jakethesnake wrote:
TvT can give us amazing games like Bbyong vs Flash, and then disappointing finals like this.....

Why disappointing? Should every final consists of long, complicated macrogames? Why not sometimes a quick 3-0 sweep with smart early pushes?

Polt won game 3 with a hellion. That wasn't smart, more like TaeJa screwed up

If you watch the complete series, you see a good story (Polt owning Taeja) and good, though rather short, games with smart decision making from Polt's side.

It is true that Taeja messed up a bit, but I didn't perceive his play as failing. It was just that Polt was better this time.
You don't choose to play zerg. The zerg choose you.
Cmon
Profile Joined August 2010
38 Posts
August 26 2014 00:15 GMT
#2396
where's the review about this tourney?
Daswollvieh
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
5553 Posts
August 26 2014 07:24 GMT
#2397
Absolutely loved the grand finals. Exciting from start to finish. Polt is such a beast.
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