On June 28 2015 16:06 Alucen-Will- wrote: So he was trying to metagame Byul into thinking he was playing a super defensive game and then go all-in?
That was very odd
I agree. That's an all-in that isn't optimal, but is intended to succeed through surprise. A gambit of sorts.
It's not this all-in isn't optimal, it just got scouted : Byul see 3 gates to the ramp when he sends his ovie, and 2 on wall of the natural with second ovie. He knows early he must cut drone, and builds army asap, as a big gateway timing come. At his level, byul shouldn't really lose.
Not optimal probably wasn't the right words to use. What I meant is that this all-in isn't in favour right now, since it isn't one of the better ones. For such all-ins getting scouted early is a death knell as you've said.
On the other hand, if not scouted, this all-in is a freewin, but in this game it was scouted, so as a result ^^
On June 28 2015 16:06 Alucen-Will- wrote: So he was trying to metagame Byul into thinking he was playing a super defensive game and then go all-in?
That was very odd
I agree. That's an all-in that isn't optimal, but is intended to succeed through surprise. A gambit of sorts.
It's not this all-in isn't optimal, it just got scouted : Byul see 3 gates to the ramp when he send his ovie, and 2 on wall of the natural with second ovie. He know early he must cut drone, and build army soon, as a big gateway timing come. At his level, byul shouldn't really lose.
Yeah, Rain needed to hide the gateways if he wanted to have a chance of that build working. It seems that he had absolutely no confidence playing on that map
I think it's smart to do that sort of thing when you're up a series and just won in a big macro game. Byul will be twice as scared to do something like a spire rush or even ling/hydra openings now, even though he held.
Sure. I don't disagree with the philosophy. Especially in a bo7 you have to be prepared to do something off-beat and less likely to work than straight macro to keep your opponent honest, thereby increasing your win rate overall. I didn't like that particular build much though.
On June 28 2015 16:06 Alucen-Will- wrote: So he was trying to metagame Byul into thinking he was playing a super defensive game and then go all-in?
That was very odd
I agree. That's an all-in that isn't optimal, but is intended to succeed through surprise. A gambit of sorts.
It's not this all-in isn't optimal, it just got scouted : Byul see 3 gates to the ramp when he send his ovie, and 2 on wall of the natural with second ovie. He know early he must cut drone, and build army soon, as a big gateway timing come. At his level, byul shouldn't really lose.
Yeah, Rain needed to hide the gateways if he wanted to have a chance of that build working. It seems that he had absolutely no confidence playing on that map
I think it's smart to do that sort of thing when you're up a series and just won in a big macro game. Byul will be twice as scared to do something like a spire rush or even ling/hydra openings now, even though he held.
Sure. I don't disagree with the philosophy. Especially in a bo7 you have to be prepared to do something off-beat and less likely to work than straight macro to keep your opponent honest, thereby increasing your win rate overall. I didn't like that particular build much though.
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