EPT[GSL 2019] Season 3 - Semi Finals Day 2 - Page 10
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SamirDuran
Philippines895 Posts
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WombaT
Northern Ireland27230 Posts
On September 21 2019 15:57 BerserkSword wrote: Trap gave him no room Trap played ridiculously good. I didn't think I'd ever see someone play Protoss better than stats in LotV I do think it’s maybe the best I’ve seen for quite some time. Especially with the luxury of watching FPVs of this series too It was this weird synthesis of almost herO levels of aggression, while being resolutely solid defensively and transitioning really well too. The finals could be weird, Rogue looked ropey against Zest to say the least, but equally I feel it’s extremely hard to kill elite Zergs in a bo7 in the current meta. They seem to have got wiser to many of the pages in the great Protoss book of Bullshit and the ovie speed cost buff makes their scouting that bit harder to bluff. Trap even against Maru can have his various builds and openers with the goal of getting him into a macro game in good shape, vs Zergs you cannot really approach it like that. Despite the loss I thought he played pretty well against Dark last finals so he’s not a million miles away anyway. Rogue maybe showed some Ro4 nerves against Zest having broken his ceiling, perhaps his first final may have that be a factor. | ||
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lolfail9001
Russian Federation40190 Posts
Did we ever have a good final with such premise? | ||
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sneakyfox
8217 Posts
Maru on the other hand is clearly very far from top form. That has to be some of the worst disruptor splits I have seen from him. At the lack of liberators was puzzling. Overall another Code S season of underwhelming play from him (although it was obviously better than season 2)v | ||
Nakajin
Canada8990 Posts
Should be a good match up in the final for him, if he can keep his cool | ||
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Elentos
55589 Posts
On September 21 2019 20:13 lolfail9001 wrote: PvZ teamkill in a grand final? Did we ever have a good final with such premise? For Code S, Rogue vs Trap is just the 3rd team kill PvZ finals. It follows in the footsteps of DRG vs Genius and Classic vs soO. | ||
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sparklyresidue
United States5524 Posts
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Xain0n
Italy3963 Posts
Trap is the underdog, but he's been playing extremely well and teamkills are indeed a greater source of upset. GO TRAP! | ||
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Lexender
Mexico2661 Posts
On September 21 2019 18:24 Xain0n wrote: Coincidentally, Trap was also the last player to beat Maru in a bo7 or more(5-3, Onpoong Ultimate Battle #11 in January 2018), and he is the one who could stop Maru in Code S playoffs after more than two years(the last was Gumiho 4-2 and it was S2 2017). I am so glad that Trap won, he truly became a top player in 2019(the doubters labeled him as a patchtoss after the Protoss Spring...he's in a Code S final again now); I would love to see Trap win Code S as a reward to the insane consistency he had this year, not to mention eight seasons have past since we had our last Protoss champion. On a side note, Trap made sure the G5L trophy stays where it is meant to be(just outside of Mvp's grasp), and avoided(for now, at least) TL's forum to be swarmed by Maru fans declaring him GOAT and savior of Sc2. Concerning TvP on Aligulac: Protoss are lagging behind, every matchup has its lowest scores vP on average; the highest Protoss is just above 2700 while there are multiple Zerg and Terran player beyond 2800, ratings in TvP being lower than in TvZ is just a logical consequence. To say anything about balance one should offset the rating differential, I guess. That seems to be more a result of PvZ where zerg are doing more than fine, unless a new playstyle appears as a result of the new patch I suspect TvP ratings to stay the same. | ||
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IshinShishi
Japan6156 Posts
The entire series Trap pounced on any advantage he had or could force and kept going till either him or Maru died, that almost cost him the last game which was the one he was ahead the most eco-wise, but Maru didnt capitalize (90 vs 50 army supply at one point) and went back to his base, his play seemed either too cautious or too slow, I can't tell. | ||
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Nakajin
Canada8990 Posts
On September 21 2019 21:17 sparklyresidue wrote: Who remembers the PvZ teamkill between Genius and DRG? Hoping for a better series. Classic vs soO was a terrible one too | ||
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stilt
France2755 Posts
Aside soO vs Zest and Parting vs Life was there any good zvp in finals ? July vs Mc was terrible, inca vs nestea might be the worst ever, soO vs Dear wasn't great either... | ||
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Elentos
55589 Posts
On September 21 2019 23:06 stilt wrote: Aside soO vs Zest and Parting vs Life was there any good zvp in finals ? July vs Mc was terrible, inca vs nestea might be the worst ever, soO vs Dear wasn't great either... Most GSL finals aren't good regardless of the match-up. | ||
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Fango
United Kingdom8987 Posts
On September 21 2019 14:58 tigon_ridge wrote: There isn't a single top20 Terran that has TvP as their best MU, according to their ratings. Ouch... Assuming a balanced state the odds of this happening are 0.03% Sometimes I wish Maru wasn't a thing so people would see how just badly terran does in these tournaments  | ||
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dysenterymd
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Z3nith
485 Posts
On September 21 2019 23:49 dysenterymd wrote: Torn between wanting Trap to win because he deserves it or lose so another kong dynasty is born. Nah only Zergs and marineking can be kongs. | ||
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TentativePanda
United States800 Posts
On September 21 2019 19:13 SamirDuran wrote: I would like maru to win but trap deserved it after demolishing maru and giving a blueprint on how to beat the new emp How to beat the new EMP: play better and win before EMP upgrade finishes | ||
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ZigguratOfUr
Iraq16955 Posts
On September 21 2019 23:45 Fango wrote: Assuming a balanced state the odds of this happening are 0.03% Sometimes I wish Maru wasn't a thing so people would see how just badly terran does in these tournaments That's assuming a static balance state though. Aligulac has a ton of inertia to its ratings; even if the recent patch had made TvP slightly terran favoured it would take ages before the ratings fully reflected this. | ||
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brickrd
United States4894 Posts
On September 22 2019 00:08 TentativePanda wrote: How to beat the new EMP: play better and win before EMP upgrade finishes no? disruptors | ||
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