EPT[IEM 2020] Katowice - Round of 76 - Day 2 - Page 3
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sudete
Singapore3054 Posts
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Olli
Austria24422 Posts
That first time he poked at Clem's third base with just charge and storm was one of those, for example. Wardi and Rotti are right to question that move usually, it makes zero sense to expose your army like that while you're expanding and teching - usually. But Hurricane realized if he gives Clem the breathing space to take that third easily while he himself tries to catch up on tech and economy, he just dies a few minutes later. Instead he teched, expanded AND attacked at the same time which, because he didn't lose too much, kept Clem off the third for much longer. These are risks of course but from the spot Hurricane was in there isn't a way he wins without taking these. And he made so many smart decisions on when to take which risks and how to get back in. Very impressed. | ||
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Aeromi
France14461 Posts
On February 25 2020 20:34 Olli wrote: I think Hurricane did things there that a lot of players don't. Sometimes you get into positions where the usual RTS logic of when to attack or defend doesn't apply anymore. That first time he poked at Clem's third base with just charge and storm was one of those, for example. Wardi and Rotti are right to question that move usually, it makes zero sense to expose your army like that while you're expanding and teching - usually. But Hurricane realized if he gives Clem the breathing space to take that third easily while he himself tries to catch up on tech and economy, he just dies a few minutes later. Instead he teched, expanded AND attacked at the same time which, because he didn't lose too much, kept Clem off the third for much longer. These are risks of course but from the spot Hurricane was in there isn't a way he wins without taking these. And he made so many smart decisions on when to take which risks and how to get back in. Very impressed. Wonderful copy pasta : > | ||
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Harris1st
Germany7090 Posts
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Olli
Austria24422 Posts
Thanks! | ||
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Xain0n
Italy3963 Posts
On February 25 2020 20:36 Harris1st wrote: The gap Even taking into consideration Katowice's voodoo magic, the gap just can't be wider than ever: last year two non koreans advanced from the offline qualifiers and we are already at that number right now. | ||
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Durnuu
13322 Posts
On February 25 2020 20:39 Xain0n wrote: Even taking into consideration Katowice's voodoo magic, the gap just can't be wider than ever: last year two non koreans advanced from the offline qualifiers and we are already at that number right now. I wonder why, surely it can't be because even more koreans retired this year  | ||
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Harris1st
Germany7090 Posts
On February 25 2020 20:39 Xain0n wrote: Even taking into consideration Katowice's voodoo magic, the gap just can't be wider than ever: last year two non koreans advanced from the offline qualifiers and we are already at that number right now. At this point I don't expect we will get more than those 2 and this with a rapidly declining Korean rosters... | ||
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Penev
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Don't get me wrong they're not great, the ones I've seen, but not really of pristine silly quality either, disappoint | ||
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Akio
Finland1838 Posts
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Akio
Finland1838 Posts
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Sif_
Brazil3106 Posts
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Penev
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Schelim
Austria11528 Posts
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BerserkSword
United States2123 Posts
On February 25 2020 20:54 Sif_ wrote: polt vs harstem g2 was great Bcs are ruining pro sc2 for me | ||
Poopi
France12909 Posts
This is a nightmare :x | ||
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Akio
Finland1838 Posts
I remember when Maru pulled out the BC opener vs z in GSL like a year+ ago and Tastosis were like "he's meming lol" If they only knew | ||
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ilax30
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Penev
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Xain0n
Italy3963 Posts
On February 25 2020 20:40 Durnuu wrote: I wonder why, surely it can't be because even more koreans retired this year It would be much better if there were more korean progamers and less korean biased Sc2 fans, for sure. Katowice's foreign presence has been declining throughout the years, in 2017 7 out of 12 players coming out of the offline bracket were non koreans; that has nothing to do with korean retirements and it is openly in contrast with the results we can observe in any other cross region tournament. I can't see how the "Katowice is the only tournament with open bracket" argument can be any relevant, players get seeded to Katowice's open bracket just like they get seeded to BlizzCon's groups; once they are there, foreign players perform better when they have to get out of groups with the top 8 koreans than when they have to qualify through brackets where there mostly weaker koreans(given the majority of the stronger ones already qualified online). | ||
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