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The_Red_Viper
Profile Blog Joined August 2013
19533 Posts
March 31 2018 20:53 GMT
#181
On April 01 2018 05:52 Fango wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 01 2018 05:48 nath wrote:
On April 01 2018 05:44 Fango wrote:
Innovation was playing so much better from a positional and micro perspective it's unreal. But it doesn't matter because Special's economy was too much.

Reminds me of that TY vs kelazur game from last year.
give innovation's battle micro tips to special and it woulda ended far earlier

That seems like a pointless comment. Put them in an equal economic position in either game and Inno would have destroyed him?

It's just as pointless as yours though, both start the game with equal economic positions :O
Major played better and won
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 |
nath
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States1788 Posts
March 31 2018 20:57 GMT
#182
On April 01 2018 05:52 Fango wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 01 2018 05:48 nath wrote:
On April 01 2018 05:44 Fango wrote:
Innovation was playing so much better from a positional and micro perspective it's unreal. But it doesn't matter because Special's economy was too much.

Reminds me of that TY vs kelazur game from last year.
give innovation's battle micro tips to special and it woulda ended far earlier

That seems like a pointless comment. Put them in an equal economic position in either game and Inno would have destroyed him?

yes it does, since you took away about 75% of the comment (and the main point of the comment)
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Gurbak
Profile Joined January 2017
France622 Posts
March 31 2018 20:58 GMT
#183
On April 01 2018 05:53 The_Red_Viper wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 01 2018 05:52 Fango wrote:
On April 01 2018 05:48 nath wrote:
On April 01 2018 05:44 Fango wrote:
Innovation was playing so much better from a positional and micro perspective it's unreal. But it doesn't matter because Special's economy was too much.

Reminds me of that TY vs kelazur game from last year.
give innovation's battle micro tips to special and it woulda ended far earlier

That seems like a pointless comment. Put them in an equal economic position in either game and Inno would have destroyed him?

It's just as pointless as yours though, both start the game with equal economic positions :O
Major played better and won

special was lucky and innovation was jetlagged
Fango
Profile Joined July 2016
United Kingdom8987 Posts
March 31 2018 20:59 GMT
#184
On April 01 2018 05:53 The_Red_Viper wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 01 2018 05:52 Fango wrote:
On April 01 2018 05:48 nath wrote:
On April 01 2018 05:44 Fango wrote:
Innovation was playing so much better from a positional and micro perspective it's unreal. But it doesn't matter because Special's economy was too much.

Reminds me of that TY vs kelazur game from last year.
give innovation's battle micro tips to special and it woulda ended far earlier

That seems like a pointless comment. Put them in an equal economic position in either game and Inno would have destroyed him?

It's just as pointless as yours though, both start the game with equal economic positions :O
Major played better and won

That's my point, making comments like "if Special had Inno's superior control he would have won easier". Well yh but he doesn't that's why he didn't win that easily.

Besides I still think Inno played better, even if it's an unpopular opinion. SpeCial got seriously lucky with the economic advantages that he gave despite his gameplay being worse. I said the same for the Kela vs TY match last year.
Zest, sOs, PartinG, Dark, and Maru are the real champs. ROOT_herO is overrated. Snute, Serral, and Scarlett are the foreigner GOATs
Fango
Profile Joined July 2016
United Kingdom8987 Posts
March 31 2018 21:01 GMT
#185
On April 01 2018 05:57 nath wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 01 2018 05:52 Fango wrote:
On April 01 2018 05:48 nath wrote:
On April 01 2018 05:44 Fango wrote:
Innovation was playing so much better from a positional and micro perspective it's unreal. But it doesn't matter because Special's economy was too much.

Reminds me of that TY vs kelazur game from last year.
give innovation's battle micro tips to special and it woulda ended far earlier

That seems like a pointless comment. Put them in an equal economic position in either game and Inno would have destroyed him?

yes it does, since you took away about 75% of the comment (and the main point of the comment)

Because I was refering to that particular line not the rest of it.....
Zest, sOs, PartinG, Dark, and Maru are the real champs. ROOT_herO is overrated. Snute, Serral, and Scarlett are the foreigner GOATs
Shathe
Profile Joined July 2017
Hungary422 Posts
March 31 2018 21:04 GMT
#186
Completely outplayed on all levels. Special so good.


Disagree.

I was quite amazed actually with both Inno and Soo, how they made crazy good engagement with a lot less army.
Special built up a great lead, which is nice and won him the games. Also nice multiprong harrass.
The_Red_Viper
Profile Blog Joined August 2013
19533 Posts
March 31 2018 21:05 GMT
#187
On April 01 2018 05:59 Fango wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 01 2018 05:53 The_Red_Viper wrote:
On April 01 2018 05:52 Fango wrote:
On April 01 2018 05:48 nath wrote:
On April 01 2018 05:44 Fango wrote:
Innovation was playing so much better from a positional and micro perspective it's unreal. But it doesn't matter because Special's economy was too much.

Reminds me of that TY vs kelazur game from last year.
give innovation's battle micro tips to special and it woulda ended far earlier

That seems like a pointless comment. Put them in an equal economic position in either game and Inno would have destroyed him?

It's just as pointless as yours though, both start the game with equal economic positions :O
Major played better and won

That's my point, making comments like "if Special had Inno's superior control he would have won easier". Well yh but he doesn't that's why he didn't win that easily.

Besides I still think Inno played better, even if it's an unpopular opinion. SpeCial got seriously lucky with the economic advantages that he gave despite his gameplay being worse. I said the same for the Kela vs TY match last year.

Yes and i think your "special got lucky" is just as pointless (that's what i meant the first time already).
Major won 2 games fair and square, there isn't more to it than that. Unless you literally mean that in game rng decided the games there is no point to find "ifs" in this case (playing same server, etc).
Did Innovation play his position strong after he failed and got behind? Yeah sure but that's irrelevant.
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 |
Fango
Profile Joined July 2016
United Kingdom8987 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-03-31 21:10:03
March 31 2018 21:09 GMT
#188
On April 01 2018 06:05 The_Red_Viper wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 01 2018 05:59 Fango wrote:
On April 01 2018 05:53 The_Red_Viper wrote:
On April 01 2018 05:52 Fango wrote:
On April 01 2018 05:48 nath wrote:
On April 01 2018 05:44 Fango wrote:
Innovation was playing so much better from a positional and micro perspective it's unreal. But it doesn't matter because Special's economy was too much.

Reminds me of that TY vs kelazur game from last year.
give innovation's battle micro tips to special and it woulda ended far earlier

That seems like a pointless comment. Put them in an equal economic position in either game and Inno would have destroyed him?

It's just as pointless as yours though, both start the game with equal economic positions :O
Major played better and won

That's my point, making comments like "if Special had Inno's superior control he would have won easier". Well yh but he doesn't that's why he didn't win that easily.

Besides I still think Inno played better, even if it's an unpopular opinion. SpeCial got seriously lucky with the economic advantages that he gave despite his gameplay being worse. I said the same for the Kela vs TY match last year.

Yes and i think your "special got lucky" is just as pointless (that's what i meant the first time already).
Major won 2 games fair and square, there isn't more to it than that. Unless you literally mean that in game rng decided the games there is no point to find "ifs" in this case (playing same server, etc).
Did Innovation play his position strong after he failed and got behind? Yeah sure but that's irrelevant.

I'm not denying that SpeCial won or deserved to win. I'm saying he got lucky and won despite his play being on a lower level that his opponent for the majority of the gametime.

And SpeCial did get lucky here. I'm not saying it was a diceroll build or rng determined or anything like that. I just think the advantages he got in the game were not what would happen in the majority of games. Nor is it something that's reliant on pure skill.
Zest, sOs, PartinG, Dark, and Maru are the real champs. ROOT_herO is overrated. Snute, Serral, and Scarlett are the foreigner GOATs
The_Red_Viper
Profile Blog Joined August 2013
19533 Posts
March 31 2018 21:34 GMT
#189
On April 01 2018 06:09 Fango wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 01 2018 06:05 The_Red_Viper wrote:
On April 01 2018 05:59 Fango wrote:
On April 01 2018 05:53 The_Red_Viper wrote:
On April 01 2018 05:52 Fango wrote:
On April 01 2018 05:48 nath wrote:
On April 01 2018 05:44 Fango wrote:
Innovation was playing so much better from a positional and micro perspective it's unreal. But it doesn't matter because Special's economy was too much.

Reminds me of that TY vs kelazur game from last year.
give innovation's battle micro tips to special and it woulda ended far earlier

That seems like a pointless comment. Put them in an equal economic position in either game and Inno would have destroyed him?

It's just as pointless as yours though, both start the game with equal economic positions :O
Major played better and won

That's my point, making comments like "if Special had Inno's superior control he would have won easier". Well yh but he doesn't that's why he didn't win that easily.

Besides I still think Inno played better, even if it's an unpopular opinion. SpeCial got seriously lucky with the economic advantages that he gave despite his gameplay being worse. I said the same for the Kela vs TY match last year.

Yes and i think your "special got lucky" is just as pointless (that's what i meant the first time already).
Major won 2 games fair and square, there isn't more to it than that. Unless you literally mean that in game rng decided the games there is no point to find "ifs" in this case (playing same server, etc).
Did Innovation play his position strong after he failed and got behind? Yeah sure but that's irrelevant.

I'm not denying that SpeCial won or deserved to win. I'm saying he got lucky and won despite his play being on a lower level that his opponent for the majority of the gametime.

And SpeCial did get lucky here. I'm not saying it was a diceroll build or rng determined or anything like that. I just think the advantages he got in the game were not what would happen in the majority of games. Nor is it something that's reliant on pure skill.

This goes too deep into the more philosophical area of what people even consider skill, luck, etc in a game with imperfect information, so i won't bother right now to start that debate on principles.
But can you tell me what you think was so lucky about major's wins here? I guess for the second game you consider it pure luck how they ended up after the basetrade?
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 |
kaykoose
Profile Joined February 2014
United States2302 Posts
March 31 2018 23:40 GMT
#190
How come we can't let Special and Mexico just have this win? Why does it always need to be luck when a Korean loses to a non-Korean? It's so hard to stomach these posts.
AUGcodon
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Canada536 Posts
April 01 2018 00:50 GMT
#191
On April 01 2018 08:40 kaykoose wrote:
How come we can't let Special and Mexico just have this win? Why does it always need to be luck when a Korean loses to a non-Korean? It's so hard to stomach these posts.


Then we'd lose 50% of posts on teamliquid, kappa
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neutralrobot
Profile Joined July 2011
Australia1025 Posts
April 01 2018 02:15 GMT
#192
On April 01 2018 09:50 AUGcodon wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 01 2018 08:40 kaykoose wrote:
How come we can't let Special and Mexico just have this win? Why does it always need to be luck when a Korean loses to a non-Korean? It's so hard to stomach these posts.


Then we'd lose 50% of posts on teamliquid, kappa


Nah, there's always balance whine.

I just watched these games. Game 6 especially was great! Too bad we have yet another crab apple of a discussion following it!

= D
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-Kyo-
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Japan1926 Posts
April 01 2018 05:23 GMT
#193
wow just saw the results, gotta go back and watch this one. amazing
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sashamunguia
Profile Joined February 2011
Mexico423 Posts
April 01 2018 05:47 GMT
#194
On April 01 2018 11:15 neutralrobot wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 01 2018 09:50 AUGcodon wrote:
On April 01 2018 08:40 kaykoose wrote:
How come we can't let Special and Mexico just have this win? Why does it always need to be luck when a Korean loses to a non-Korean? It's so hard to stomach these posts.


Then we'd lose 50% of posts on teamliquid, kappa


Nah, there's always balance whine.

I just watched these games. Game 6 especially was great! Too bad we have yet another crab apple of a discussion following it!

= D


This were AWESEOME games, and major won defeated 4 top koreans in a row. That's it

All on the same time zone and server, things may be different tomorrow, but Special played great and won four games...
"only the need for meaning changes how you feel about what you see" "he who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life" "being a Rebel is as stupid as to be completely Obedient"
opisska
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Poland8852 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-04-01 07:47:26
April 01 2018 07:46 GMT
#195
If this was Innovation alone without a revive vs. all the other players, I would still favor Innovation.

edit: and I would have been wrong, because this thing already happened and Mexico won wtf?!
"Jeez, that's far from ideal." - Serral, the king of mild trashtalk
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BaneRiders
Profile Joined August 2013
Sweden3630 Posts
April 01 2018 08:01 GMT
#196
On April 01 2018 16:46 opisska wrote:
If this was Innovation alone without a revive vs. all the other players, I would still favor Innovation.

edit: and I would have been wrong, because this thing already happened and Mexico won wtf?!


I missed the first two games that Korea won, but luckily I came back from family duties just when Special's first match had started. Boy am I glad I did, what incredibly exiting games! Of course, the result alone makes Special a SC2 living legend right there. People will talk about this for a long time.
Earth, Water, Air and Protoss!
Elentos
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
55561 Posts
April 01 2018 08:11 GMT
#197
Korea was all-killed by MarineLorD in NW3, by Scarlett in NW4 and now by SpeCial in NW5. The thing the Korean teams had in common? INnoVation. He was the weakest link all along.
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Durnuu
Profile Joined September 2013
13322 Posts
April 01 2018 08:18 GMT
#198
On April 01 2018 17:11 Elentos wrote:
Korea was all-killed by MarineLorD in NW3, by Scarlett in NW4 and now by SpeCial in NW5. The thing the Korean teams had in common? INnoVation. He was the weakest link all along.

Scarlett didn't all-kill, Semper beat Zest the slumpest before she triple killed the rest.
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Mun_Su
Profile Joined December 2012
France2063 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-04-01 08:19:29
April 01 2018 08:18 GMT
#199
People are overeacting I think, it was awesome the first time when MarineLord pulled it but now we can see that in tha format koreans aren't so dominant (even if in two full participations they got a 1st and 2d place, not bad uh)

What was really mesmerising was Stephano's performance at the 2012 GSL world championship. Offline 4 wins in a row, Eyes fixed on screen. good ol' time.

On April 01 2018 17:18 Durnuu wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 01 2018 17:11 Elentos wrote:
Korea was all-killed by MarineLorD in NW3, by Scarlett in NW4 and now by SpeCial in NW5. The thing the Korean teams had in common? INnoVation. He was the weakest link all along.

Scarlett didn't all-kill, Semper beat Zest the slumpest before she triple killed the rest.



He's trying to spread fake news.
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BaneRiders
Profile Joined August 2013
Sweden3630 Posts
April 01 2018 08:51 GMT
#200
On April 01 2018 17:11 Elentos wrote:
Korea was all-killed by MarineLorD in NW3, by Scarlett in NW4 and now by SpeCial in NW5. The thing the Korean teams had in common? INnoVation. He was the weakest link all along.


Except of course, when Serral had brought Finland to a 3-0 lead and Innovation turned the table with an all-kill.
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