On May 09 2020 13:24 chipmonklord17 wrote: it looked more like Solar gave up than anything else
I mean, he just got BO countered. What can you do
Go back into his nydus and play the game out from behind instead of choosing to insta lose?
He already insta lost, whether he wants to drag it out or not is up to him but he was more than just "behind".
When you're already down 0-1 you may as well play it out instead of sending yourself to the lower bracket
It's only worth playing it out if you have some sort of chance of winning. In this case Solar was just behind in every way with nothing to make TY's job of converting the position into a win in the slightest complicated.
On May 09 2020 13:24 chipmonklord17 wrote: it looked more like Solar gave up than anything else
I mean, he just got BO countered. What can you do
Go back into his nydus and play the game out from behind instead of choosing to insta lose?
He already insta lost, whether he wants to drag it out or not is up to him but he was more than just "behind".
When you're already down 0-1 you may as well play it out instead of sending yourself to the lower bracket
He didn't send himself down, he literally just gambled incorrectly and lost the game. What tangible benefit do you get from playing out that game and still losing, he had nothing going for him to make that a competitive game. May as well leave and get ready for the next series.
On May 09 2020 13:24 chipmonklord17 wrote: it looked more like Solar gave up than anything else
I mean, he just got BO countered. What can you do
Go back into his nydus and play the game out from behind instead of choosing to insta lose?
He already insta lost, whether he wants to drag it out or not is up to him but he was more than just "behind".
When you're already down 0-1 you may as well play it out instead of sending yourself to the lower bracket
He s playing another T eventually, so why should he reveal more of his preperation?
That makes no sense. Obviously the prep is the all in build. Anything beyond that is free wheeling. There's no reason to not keep playing in that case. Sure he's losing 99 times out of 100, but its better than just running your army in and quitting
On May 09 2020 13:25 Fango wrote: TY really needs to win here. Second place would be suicide for any of these guys against Dark in the ro8.
If TY gets the win i can definitely see him beating PartinG/soO in the ro4
Dark has hardly been invincible in ZvT recently. Dark is favoured against TY/Cure, but the upset wouldn't be that surprising.
not to mention caster could come up with some incredible dank proxies
Yeah, but I don't think he necessarily needs those dank proxies. Sure I'd be surprised if TY pulled out a performance like INno's in NEXT against Dark, but he's more than capable of playing like Dream did a month ago:
i d say one game in case caster loses one long macro game to Dark i can see he would 2 rax his way to the round of 4
Not trying to sound too Illuminati Confirmed, but it will be interesting to see how many of these technical delays are legit after it's all said and done. Can see it being used as a mind game, particularly against someone who doesn't do as well in offline like Cure.
On May 09 2020 13:24 chipmonklord17 wrote: it looked more like Solar gave up than anything else
I mean, he just got BO countered. What can you do
Go back into his nydus and play the game out from behind instead of choosing to insta lose?
He already insta lost, whether he wants to drag it out or not is up to him but he was more than just "behind".
When you're already down 0-1 you may as well play it out instead of sending yourself to the lower bracket
He s playing another T eventually, so why should he reveal more of his preperation?
That makes no sense. Obviously the prep is the all in build. Anything beyond that is free wheeling. There's no reason to not keep playing in that case. Sure he's losing 99 times out of 100, but its better than just running your army in and quitting
He should have waited until his last building fell down !
On May 09 2020 13:42 Latr02 wrote: Not trying to sound too Illuminati Confirmed, but it will be interesting to see how many of these technical delays are legit after it's all said and done. Can see it being used as a mind game, particularly against someone who doesn't do as well in offline like Cure.
Pretty sure if you have to get admins involved, it would look very suspicious if you can't show evidence of an issue. I'm not saying it's impossible but I feel like it's equally an interruption for both players in most scenarios.
On May 09 2020 13:42 Latr02 wrote: Not trying to sound too Illuminati Confirmed, but it will be interesting to see how many of these technical delays are legit after it's all said and done. Can see it being used as a mind game, particularly against someone who doesn't do as well in offline like Cure.
Pretty sure if you have to get admins involved, it would look very suspicious if you can't show evidence of an issue. I'm not saying it's impossible but I feel like it's equally an interruption for both players in most scenarios.
There are much easier ways to do that sort of dumb mindgame if you really want to. Just pause the game and fix your hotkeys 20 seconds in like what herO did.
On May 09 2020 13:42 Latr02 wrote: Not trying to sound too Illuminati Confirmed, but it will be interesting to see how many of these technical delays are legit after it's all said and done. Can see it being used as a mind game, particularly against someone who doesn't do as well in offline like Cure.
Pretty sure if you have to get admins involved, it would look very suspicious if you can't show evidence of an issue. I'm not saying it's impossible but I feel like it's equally an interruption for both players in most scenarios.
There are much easier ways to do that sort of dumb mindgame if you really want to. Just pause the game and fix your hotkeys 20 seconds in like what herO did.
For sure.
Also I love greedy drilling claws openings in TvP. This is like how souL plays in Europe.
On May 09 2020 13:42 Latr02 wrote: Not trying to sound too Illuminati Confirmed, but it will be interesting to see how many of these technical delays are legit after it's all said and done. Can see it being used as a mind game, particularly against someone who doesn't do as well in offline like Cure.
Pretty sure if you have to get admins involved, it would look very suspicious if you can't show evidence of an issue. I'm not saying it's impossible but I feel like it's equally an interruption for both players in most scenarios.
There are much easier ways to do that sort of dumb mindgame if you really want to. Just pause the game and fix your hotkeys 20 seconds in like what herO did.
For sure.
Also I love greedy drilling claws openings in TvP. This is like how souL plays in Europe.
It feels like souL almost always gets ahead with them too (though he has been iffy on capitalizing on that advantage such as against MaNa in the TSL qualifiers).