On July 15 2020 17:49 dbRic1203 wrote: I expect TY Special but I put my Liquibets on Scarlett Special instead, because this year is absolutly awfull in that regard for me anyways
doesn't the normality of Liquibets sucking give some comfort in this awful year?
Don't know why subtitles were on but youtube tried to create some English from Korean, weird stuff, it's rather quick to understand it's not English though, only subbed a few sentences.
On July 15 2020 19:00 Ej_ wrote: Petition to take away the #1 seed swap
it's really bad...
guaranteeing a bottom 4 GSL player to reach the RO8
Well Scarlett was just TY's regular player pick.
And bottom 4 GSL player? Pretty sure they were eliminated in the Ro24.
yeah, I don't think Wax meant bottom 4. But basically yeah none of DRG / SpeCial / Scarlett would have been considered top 1-8 in this ro16 yet one is guaranteed to get in the top 8. I understand how this can annoy some.
On July 15 2020 19:00 Ej_ wrote: Petition to take away the #1 seed swap
it's really bad...
guaranteeing a bottom 4 GSL player to reach the RO8
Well Scarlett was just TY's regular player pick.
And bottom 4 GSL player? Pretty sure they were eliminated in the Ro24.
But yeah, there is no reason to have the swap other than group nomination hilarity.
It makes ro16 Group A always really underwhelming since it's a freebie for the champion, aside of guaranteeing one of the 3 or 4 worst players in the ro16 to make ro8.
On July 15 2020 19:00 Ej_ wrote: Petition to take away the #1 seed swap
it's really bad...
guaranteeing a bottom 4 GSL player to reach the RO8
Well Scarlett was just TY's regular player pick.
And bottom 4 GSL player? Pretty sure they were eliminated in the Ro24.
But yeah, there is no reason to have the swap other than group nomination hilarity.
It makes ro16 Group A always really underwhelming since it's a freebie for the champion, aside of guaranteeing one of the 3 or 4 worst players in the ro16 to make ro8.
Yeah I get it, and I agree. But Scarlett would have gone here regardless of the swap. So you haven't seen anything yet that you wouldn't also have seen without the swap.
On July 15 2020 19:00 Ej_ wrote: Petition to take away the #1 seed swap
it's really bad...
guaranteeing a bottom 4 GSL player to reach the RO8
Well Scarlett was just TY's regular player pick.
And bottom 4 GSL player? Pretty sure they were eliminated in the Ro24.
But yeah, there is no reason to have the swap other than group nomination hilarity.
It makes ro16 Group A always really underwhelming since it's a freebie for the champion, aside of guaranteeing one of the 3 or 4 worst players in the ro16 to make ro8.
Yeah I get it, and I agree. But Scarlett would have gone here regardless of the swap. So you haven't seen anything yet that you wouldn't also have seen without the swap.
indeed. Since Scarlett chose Special then if DRG plays at a high enough level the pick won't have changed much.
That has to be so frustrating to lose in that game for Scarlett as she barely made a mistake. She just lost a marginally few too many units in the one fight and the game is just over immediately.
I don't think the 2 base spire build is that good against the early stim/2nd rax build. It's mostly effective against hellion-based greedy macro builds like the classic 3cc reactor hellions opener.
On July 15 2020 19:11 Circumstance wrote: Who looked worse in that moment: Scarlett for rally pointing the Mutas over the Marines, or TY for not picking them off?
If you watched the FPV you could see that this happened exactly when the mutas hit the main and TY moved the camera there to micro.
On July 15 2020 19:10 sudete wrote: See if Prince was here he would have given a shorter but more entertaining series
come on g1 didn't entertain you ? I thought it was a hell of a lot of fun
I thought it was more frustrating than anything else. Watching Scarlett refuse to make an Overseer against Tunneling Claws Widow Mines, and try and transition into Hydralisks which lacked any upgrades while TY just took over the map.
All Scarlett had going for her was her runbys which honestly didn't mean much because of how far ahead he was the entire game in army supply.
I only just noticed it, that photo of Special in the intermission is quite well-taken. I think the Terrans got a better photographer, their poses work better.
On July 15 2020 19:11 Vindicare605 wrote: Pretty underwhelming series honestly. Tastetosis was making that first game sound a lot more competitive than it was.
I don't really think so. Ty had very few SCV's on a two base mining economy for quite a while in the game. Scarlett only lost toward the end when she took some bad fights and let TY macro a little too easily behind it.
On July 15 2020 19:11 Vindicare605 wrote: Pretty underwhelming series honestly. Tastetosis was making that first game sound a lot more competitive than it was.
I don't really think so. Ty had very few SCV's on a two base mining economy for quite a while in the game. Scarlett only lost toward the end when she took some bad fights and let TY macro a little too easily behind it.
Two base mining economy when one of those bases was gold. =/= "only a two base economy"
On July 15 2020 19:00 Ej_ wrote: Petition to take away the #1 seed swap
it's really bad...
guaranteeing a bottom 4 GSL player to reach the RO8
Well Scarlett was just TY's regular player pick.
And bottom 4 GSL player? Pretty sure they were eliminated in the Ro24.
But yeah, there is no reason to have the swap other than group nomination hilarity.
It makes ro16 Group A always really underwhelming since it's a freebie for the champion, aside of guaranteeing one of the 3 or 4 worst players in the ro16 to make ro8.
Yeah I get it, and I agree. But Scarlett would have gone here regardless of the swap. So you haven't seen anything yet that you wouldn't also have seen without the swap.
indeed. Since Scarlett chose Special then if DRG plays at a high enough level the pick won't have changed much.
I really hate the swap mechanic as well and if TY didnt have the swap SpeCial wouldn't have been available for Scarlett to chose. SpeCial was only left unpicked becuase players feared TYs swap.
On July 15 2020 19:10 sudete wrote: See if Prince was here he would have given a shorter but more entertaining series
come on g1 didn't entertain you ? I thought it was a hell of a lot of fun
I thought it was more frustrating than anything else. Watching Scarlett refuse to make an Overseer against Tunneling Claws Widow Mines, and try and transition into Hydralisks which lacked any upgrades while TY just took over the map.
All Scarlett had going for her was her runbys which honestly didn't mean much because of how far ahead he was the entire game in army supply.
Well, I believe when them mines happened Scarlett was pretty starved on gas. I am at work so maybe I missed some stuff.
On July 15 2020 19:11 Vindicare605 wrote: Pretty underwhelming series honestly. Tastetosis was making that first game sound a lot more competitive than it was.
I don't really think so. Ty had very few SCV's on a two base mining economy for quite a while in the game. Scarlett only lost toward the end when she took some bad fights and let TY macro a little too easily behind it.
Two base mining economy when one of those bases was gold. =/= "only a two base economy"
Sort of. He only had 11 SCV's and Scarlett had like 40-50 drones or so for quite a while. She wasn't really that far behind.
The linchpin of her loss was just several bad fights with some unfortunate widow mine hits and a correlated harass
On July 15 2020 19:00 Ej_ wrote: Petition to take away the #1 seed swap
it's really bad...
guaranteeing a bottom 4 GSL player to reach the RO8
Well Scarlett was just TY's regular player pick.
And bottom 4 GSL player? Pretty sure they were eliminated in the Ro24.
But yeah, there is no reason to have the swap other than group nomination hilarity.
It makes ro16 Group A always really underwhelming since it's a freebie for the champion, aside of guaranteeing one of the 3 or 4 worst players in the ro16 to make ro8.
Yeah I get it, and I agree. But Scarlett would have gone here regardless of the swap. So you haven't seen anything yet that you wouldn't also have seen without the swap.
indeed. Since Scarlett chose Special then if DRG plays at a high enough level the pick won't have changed much.
I really hate the swap mechanic as well and if TY didnt have the swap SpeCial wouldn't have been available for Scarlett to chose. SpeCial was only left unpicked becuase players feared TYs swap.
yeah probably. It indeed affects player picks so it's hard to gauge. I have already said that I agree the swap shouldn't be a thing.
On July 15 2020 19:11 Vindicare605 wrote: Pretty underwhelming series honestly. Tastetosis was making that first game sound a lot more competitive than it was.
I don't really think so. Ty had very few SCV's on a two base mining economy for quite a while in the game. Scarlett only lost toward the end when she took some bad fights and let TY macro a little too easily behind it.
Two base mining economy when one of those bases was gold. =/= "only a two base economy"
Sort of. He only had 11 SCV's and scarlett had like 40-50 drones or so for quite a while. She wasn't really that far behind
I missed the game and have just rewound on youtube. The game is over when TY has 9 workers and they are even in overall supply. Scarlett can't do anything about TY mass expanding while running circles around her.
On July 15 2020 19:11 Vindicare605 wrote: Pretty underwhelming series honestly. Tastetosis was making that first game sound a lot more competitive than it was.
I mean that s their job right? They ve never realy tried to point out how early- (mid-) game advantages translate into mid (late-) game and always make it seem like both players are even until one is super dead. Wich is good in terms of excitement but often times leads some more casual viewers to just blame balance, when in reality the losing player was slacking behind from the beginning, because of bad opener/ build order counter/ early damage/ whatever
On July 15 2020 19:11 Vindicare605 wrote: Pretty underwhelming series honestly. Tastetosis was making that first game sound a lot more competitive than it was.
I don't really think so. Ty had very few SCV's on a two base mining economy for quite a while in the game. Scarlett only lost toward the end when she took some bad fights and let TY macro a little too easily behind it.
Two base mining economy when one of those bases was gold. =/= "only a two base economy"
Sort of. He only had 11 SCV's and scarlett had like 40-50 drones or so for quite a while. She wasn't really that far behind
I missed the game and have just rewound on youtube. The game is over when TY has 9 workers and they are even in overall supply. Scarlett can't do anything about TY mass expanding while running circles around her.
On July 15 2020 19:06 Ej_ wrote: So jokes aside, 211 is the best build in the game vs 2 base muta.
On July 15 2020 19:06 sudete wrote: You can see what TY thinks of Scarlett based on his decision to go for 2-1-1 twice in a row
It's actually a very good read since it's a freebie against mutalisk builds and roach all-ins.
IIRC Lambo said that 3CC is the best response to 2base muta.
Yeah but that one struggles vs roach all-in builds (rax CC fact CC actually just dies). The best best build vs 2h muta is CC rax CC rax fact starport (3cc 211). Regular 211 is still a massive BO advantage since it takes away all advantages and timing windows 2h muta has over a Terran.
On July 15 2020 19:32 deacon.frost wrote: Is Arty biased towards Special? Like yeah, those corruptors were useless, but the muta switch was after forcing Special into anti-ground army IMO.
I normally give them a pass most nights, but they've been badly misreading these games tonight so far, very uncharacteristically.
On July 15 2020 19:32 RPR_Tempest wrote: Did Special see DRG shit on the proxy rax last round? There aren't many people I'd be more confident in to hold a 3 rax
On July 15 2020 19:35 [PkF] Wire wrote: so far the series doesn't fit too well into the "this group is still competitive in spite of the swap !" narrative
On July 15 2020 19:32 RPR_Tempest wrote: Did Special see DRG shit on the proxy rax last round? There aren't many people I'd be more confident in to hold a 3 rax
RIP
Haha he actually had it and was holding it super well, then just chased too far and lost his drones
On July 15 2020 19:38 Ej_ wrote: Yo this is not that good for the Zerg
Juanito chasing those drones instead of going for the natural was the best possible move he could have made there to get maximum value after getting spotted
On July 15 2020 19:45 RPR_Tempest wrote: I don't really understand the decision to go for roaches instead of pure ling/bane. As proven by that engagement, roaches are...not really the best.
On July 15 2020 19:45 RPR_Tempest wrote: I don't really understand the decision to go for roaches instead of pure ling/bane. As proven by that engagement, roaches are...not really the best.
On July 15 2020 19:45 RPR_Tempest wrote: I don't really understand the decision to go for roaches instead of pure ling/bane. As proven by that engagement, roaches are...not really the best.
...
Think about how much easier it would have been if it was that much supply of ling/bane instead.
On July 15 2020 19:46 sneakyfox wrote: Yeah to me it seems that DRG is quite a bit above Scarlett and Special, even if he would be the weakest Ro8 player
On July 15 2020 19:46 sneakyfox wrote: Yeah to me it seems that DRG is quite a bit above Scarlett and Special, even if he would be the weakest Ro8 player
I can't wait for him to lose to a 12pool in the final game of the night.
On July 15 2020 19:46 sneakyfox wrote: Yeah to me it seems that DRG is quite a bit above Scarlett and Special, even if he would be the weakest Ro8 player
I can't wait for him to lose to a 12pool in the final game of the night.
you think Scarlett beats Special ? I can picture what you describe but I'm unsure about the losers match
On July 15 2020 19:45 RPR_Tempest wrote: I don't really understand the decision to go for roaches instead of pure ling/bane. As proven by that engagement, roaches are...not really the best.
...
Think about how much easier it would have been if it was that much supply of ling/bane instead.
1) he would have had a lot less supply cuz its not inflated like RR 2) off creep ling bane vs tanks and walls..
I am hoping for some of the dank builds like 2 base nydus SH or lurker drop for scarlett vs special :D
On July 15 2020 19:47 serralfan18 wrote: Great play. Reminds me of them DRG would 6 minute roach max against Protoss.
Good news is no mirror matches.
Hoping DRG beats TY... doubt it though
This sounds like most nostalgic comments about Stephano, except the roach max timing has somehow decreased to a point that it can only be explained by having a 24 worker start.
On July 15 2020 19:46 sneakyfox wrote: Yeah to me it seems that DRG is quite a bit above Scarlett and Special, even if he would be the weakest Ro8 player
I can't wait for him to lose to a 12pool in the final game of the night.
If Scarlett plays like she did vs TY she won't make it to the final match.
On July 15 2020 19:46 sneakyfox wrote: Yeah to me it seems that DRG is quite a bit above Scarlett and Special, even if he would be the weakest Ro8 player
I think Special is better but he made weird desicions in games 1 and 3, he was very ahead in game 1 and the muta switch took him by surprise.
All this speculation is interesting but we all know that the decider match will see Scarlett and DRG 12 pooling each other in the last game. The person who sends the first overlord earlier loses
On July 15 2020 19:46 sneakyfox wrote: Yeah to me it seems that DRG is quite a bit above Scarlett and Special, even if he would be the weakest Ro8 player
I think Special is better but he made weird desicions in games 1 and 3, he was very ahead in game 1 and the muta switch took him by surprise.
I think the speed of the transition took him by surprise rather than the mutas themselves. He was clearly preparing for mutas. He was just like 20 second too late.
On July 15 2020 19:58 SamirDuran wrote: man if soo has just won all of this finals then there would be no discussion on who is the greatest of all time...
I mean, the final vs Zest was the only one where he had a fighting chance.
On July 15 2020 19:58 SamirDuran wrote: man if soo has just won all of this finals then there would be no discussion on who is the greatest of all time...
I mean, the final vs Zest was the only one where he had a fighting chance.
Well he is looking relentless on all of his games that is not finals. I was so sad back then when he is not winning. Then I cried when he finally won IEM.
maybe we'll get that Special - TY grudge match after all. Even if TY was far from perfect this game, I'm very excited to see DRG able to make him bleed.
On July 15 2020 20:22 [PkF] Wire wrote: btw I hate to say it but TY doesn't look like someone who'll be able to beat Serral or Reynor in the upcoming season finals.
Yeah, good thing he only has T and P in his group. But this does seem like a bit of an off day, hopefully he'd be in better shape for the weekend.
On July 15 2020 20:24 Ej_ wrote: Is this the best proxy rax holder in the world here?
yeah I probably don't know about all the intricacies and maybe his 6 drones pull works very well in other situations but T players seem to have this answer easily mapped out
On July 15 2020 20:22 [PkF] Wire wrote: btw I hate to say it but TY doesn't look like someone who'll be able to beat Serral or Reynor in the upcoming season finals.
Yeah, good thing he only has T and P in his group. But this does seem like a bit of an off day, hopefully he'd be in better shape for the weekend.
I can indeed picture a world where he somehow dodges them but this shape doesn't look sufficient
On July 15 2020 20:22 [PkF] Wire wrote: btw I hate to say it but TY doesn't look like someone who'll be able to beat Serral or Reynor in the upcoming season finals.
Ye of little faith!
Depends how he encounters them IMO. If he’s got some prep time to plan a series I give him a shot. If it’s a gauntlet and a wide range of potential opponents and TY has to go toe to toe with either of those in a bo7 I share your concerns.
On July 15 2020 20:22 [PkF] Wire wrote: btw I hate to say it but TY doesn't look like someone who'll be able to beat Serral or Reynor in the upcoming season finals.
Ye of little faith!
Depends how he encounters them IMO. If he’s got some prep time to plan a series I give him a shot. If it’s a gauntlet and a wide range of potential opponents and TY has to go toe to toe with either of those in a bo7 I share your concerns.
I always have faith in TY, he's probably my favorite player ^^
but I find his recent form a bit concerning by his (incredible) standards, be it Douyu Cup or this
On July 15 2020 20:22 [PkF] Wire wrote: btw I hate to say it but TY doesn't look like someone who'll be able to beat Serral or Reynor in the upcoming season finals.
Ye of little faith!
Depends how he encounters them IMO. If he’s got some prep time to plan a series I give him a shot. If it’s a gauntlet and a wide range of potential opponents and TY has to go toe to toe with either of those in a bo7 I share your concerns.
I always have faith in TY, he's probably my favorite player ^^
but I find his recent form a bit concerning by his (incredible) standards, be it Douyu Cup or this
On July 15 2020 20:22 [PkF] Wire wrote: btw I hate to say it but TY doesn't look like someone who'll be able to beat Serral or Reynor in the upcoming season finals.
Ye of little faith!
Depends how he encounters them IMO. If he’s got some prep time to plan a series I give him a shot. If it’s a gauntlet and a wide range of potential opponents and TY has to go toe to toe with either of those in a bo7 I share your concerns.
I always have faith in TY, he's probably my favorite player ^^
but I find his recent form a bit concerning by his (incredible) standards, be it Douyu Cup or this
Post-championship slumps aren't a new thing.
ofc
say what you want about TY's form though, DRG looks more and more promising
On July 15 2020 20:41 Andi_Goldberger wrote: did he just abduct a single marine lmao
So efficient. Makes absolute use of what energy he’s got
DRG is really playing bloody well today. Between him and the flashes we’ve seen from TaeJa Code S has a brother future than I’d have thought a few months ago.
On July 15 2020 20:45 sneakyfox wrote: This just confirms what we already know tbh. DRG read the LR before the match and got pissed at all the people trash talking him here
DRG is pretty good at English and has done TL.net stuff since 2011, maybe it's true
On July 15 2020 20:45 sneakyfox wrote: This just confirms what we already know tbh. DRG read the LR before the match and got pissed at all the people trash talking him here
DRG is pretty good at English and has done TL.net stuff since 2011, maybe it's true
Of course it's true, it's always true. DRG being the only (?) Korean progamer who actually writes on TL is just icing on the cake
On July 15 2020 20:49 swarminfestor wrote: TY must be so regretful right now.
Eh he's still likely to advance and he probably wouldn't have had an easier Ro8 opponent if he got first anyway. I think he'll be alright with his teammate getting out before him.
On July 15 2020 20:45 sneakyfox wrote: This just confirms what we already know tbh. DRG read the LR before the match and got pissed at all the people trash talking him here
DRG is pretty good at English and has done TL.net stuff since 2011, maybe it's true
Of course it's true, it's always true. DRG being the only (?) Korean progamer who actually writes on TL is just icing on the cake
Really? Now he's even more cool than I thought! A GSL champ writing on TL!
Watching DRG's swarms of units overrunning opponents ... good times. Awesome plays! Brings me back to first hearing about DRG when he played against QXC in GSL quals or something.
On July 15 2020 20:45 sneakyfox wrote: This just confirms what we already know tbh. DRG read the LR before the match and got pissed at all the people trash talking him here
DRG is pretty good at English and has done TL.net stuff since 2011, maybe it's true
Of course it's true, it's always true. DRG being the only (?) Korean progamer who actually writes on TL is just icing on the cake
Really? Now he's even more cool than I thought! A GSL champ writing on TL!
Sure, you can write him in his fan club, he responds once in a while.
Either TY took a page out of Maru's book and figured the group was easy enough that he didn't bother practicing, or has he just not been trying at all since his win?
On July 15 2020 21:16 Fango wrote: Either TY took a page out of Maru's book and figured the group was easy enough that he didn't bother practicing, or has he just not been trying at all since his win?
Well, the latest day-in-the-life video on his Youtube says he's been playing Maplestory with Rogue
(don't take this too seriously, he's been playing maple story for like 10 years)
On July 15 2020 21:16 Fango wrote: Either TY took a page out of Maru's book and figured the group was easy enough that he didn't bother practicing, or has he just not been trying at all since his win?
I don't know. TY has always had a tendency to have off-days, but it's just not very often in GSL groups.
On July 15 2020 21:16 Fango wrote: Either TY took a page out of Maru's book and figured the group was easy enough that he didn't bother practicing, or has he just not been trying at all since his win?
I think he just took things a bit too easy because... well the group is easy. Not the first time.
On July 15 2020 21:16 Fango wrote: Either TY took a page out of Maru's book and figured the group was easy enough that he didn't bother practicing, or has he just not been trying at all since his win?
Well, the latest day-in-the-life video on his Youtube says he's been playing Maplestory with Rogue
(don't take this too seriously, he's been playing maple story for like 10 years)
On July 15 2020 21:16 Fango wrote: Either TY took a page out of Maru's book and figured the group was easy enough that he didn't bother practicing, or has he just not been trying at all since his win?
I don't know. TY has always had a tendency to have off-days, but it's just not very often in GSL groups.
He doesn't usually look this bad though. He's only lost like two (?) GSL groups in the 13 seasons of LotV
On July 15 2020 21:16 Fango wrote: Either TY took a page out of Maru's book and figured the group was easy enough that he didn't bother practicing, or has he just not been trying at all since his win?
I don't know. TY has always had a tendency to have off-days, but it's just not very often in GSL groups.
He doesn't usually look this bad though. He's only lost like two (?) GSL groups in the 13 seasons of LotV
Yeah, that's what makes it strange. Maybe he only practiced TvT because he's so pissed at Special
On July 15 2020 21:23 pvsnp wrote: I haven't seen splits that bad since aLive was around.
Special's harass is really good but his big fights are awful.
it's fine;
the best version of SpeCial is always gonna be some form of GuMiho; amazing strats, bad micro, heavy focus on multi-prong attacks. That was good enough to win GuMiho a championship so no complaints ;o
On July 15 2020 21:23 pvsnp wrote: I haven't seen splits that bad since aLive was around.
Special's harass is really good but his big fights are awful.
it's fine;
the best version of SpeCial is always gonna be some form of GuMiho; amazing strats, bad micro, heavy focus on multi-prong attacks. That was good enough to win GuMiho a championship so no complaints ;o
On July 15 2020 21:23 pvsnp wrote: I haven't seen splits that bad since aLive was around.
Special's harass is really good but his big fights are awful.
it's fine;
the best version of SpeCial is always gonna be some form of GuMiho; amazing strats, bad micro, heavy focus on multi-prong attacks. That was good enough to win GuMiho a championship so no complaints ;o
Gumiho was wise enough to go mech.
I actually think the mech-bio ratio for SpeCial is pretty similar to GuMigod
On July 15 2020 21:23 pvsnp wrote: I haven't seen splits that bad since aLive was around.
Special's harass is really good but his big fights are awful.
it's fine;
the best version of SpeCial is always gonna be some form of GuMiho; amazing strats, bad micro, heavy focus on multi-prong attacks. That was good enough to win GuMiho a championship so no complaints ;o
Gumiho was wise enough to go mech.
I actually think the mech-bio ratio for SpeCial is pretty similar to GuMigod
When Gumiho won the korean zergs didn't seem to know how to play vs mech though. Not until Rogue started smashing it in the later season. He also had better TvT and some miraculous bracket luck
On July 15 2020 21:23 pvsnp wrote: I haven't seen splits that bad since aLive was around.
Special's harass is really good but his big fights are awful.
it's fine;
the best version of SpeCial is always gonna be some form of GuMiho; amazing strats, bad micro, heavy focus on multi-prong attacks. That was good enough to win GuMiho a championship so no complaints ;o
Gumiho was wise enough to go mech.
I actually think the mech-bio ratio for SpeCial is pretty similar to GuMigod
Maybe, but Gumiho won his GSL with mech. Against soO, admittedly.
On July 15 2020 21:35 Alucen-Will- wrote: Interesting to note that Eternal Empire hasn't been chosen thus far in this series. I think it might be the first time this entire Code S
On July 15 2020 21:23 pvsnp wrote: I haven't seen splits that bad since aLive was around.
Special's harass is really good but his big fights are awful.
it's fine;
the best version of SpeCial is always gonna be some form of GuMiho; amazing strats, bad micro, heavy focus on multi-prong attacks. That was good enough to win GuMiho a championship so no complaints ;o
Gumiho was wise enough to go mech.
I actually think the mech-bio ratio for SpeCial is pretty similar to GuMigod
I really doubt that. Special is more meta and mindgame adjusted. Gumi tried making it work when nobody else really was.
On July 15 2020 21:23 pvsnp wrote: I haven't seen splits that bad since aLive was around.
Special's harass is really good but his big fights are awful.
it's fine;
the best version of SpeCial is always gonna be some form of GuMiho; amazing strats, bad micro, heavy focus on multi-prong attacks. That was good enough to win GuMiho a championship so no complaints ;o
Gumiho was wise enough to go mech.
I actually think the mech-bio ratio for SpeCial is pretty similar to GuMigod
I really doubt that. Special is more meta and mindgame adjusted. Gumi tried making it work when nobody else really was.
Dunno mang, SpeCial (and TY) have been pretty mech obsessed in supposedly bad metas!
On July 15 2020 21:23 pvsnp wrote: I haven't seen splits that bad since aLive was around.
Special's harass is really good but his big fights are awful.
it's fine;
the best version of SpeCial is always gonna be some form of GuMiho; amazing strats, bad micro, heavy focus on multi-prong attacks. That was good enough to win GuMiho a championship so no complaints ;o
Gumiho was wise enough to go mech.
I actually think the mech-bio ratio for SpeCial is pretty similar to GuMigod
I really doubt that. Special is more meta and mindgame adjusted. Gumi tried making it work when nobody else really was.
Dunno mang, SpeCial (and TY) have been pretty mech obsessed in supposedly bad metas!
On July 15 2020 21:23 pvsnp wrote: I haven't seen splits that bad since aLive was around.
Special's harass is really good but his big fights are awful.
it's fine;
the best version of SpeCial is always gonna be some form of GuMiho; amazing strats, bad micro, heavy focus on multi-prong attacks. That was good enough to win GuMiho a championship so no complaints ;o
Gumiho was wise enough to go mech.
I actually think the mech-bio ratio for SpeCial is pretty similar to GuMigod
I really doubt that. Special is more meta and mindgame adjusted. Gumi tried making it work when nobody else really was.
Dunno mang, SpeCial (and TY) have been pretty mech obsessed in supposedly bad metas!
Has that ever worked out for them though? I don't really remember TY winning any high profile matches with mech.
On July 15 2020 21:23 pvsnp wrote: I haven't seen splits that bad since aLive was around.
Special's harass is really good but his big fights are awful.
it's fine;
the best version of SpeCial is always gonna be some form of GuMiho; amazing strats, bad micro, heavy focus on multi-prong attacks. That was good enough to win GuMiho a championship so no complaints ;o
Gumiho was wise enough to go mech.
I actually think the mech-bio ratio for SpeCial is pretty similar to GuMigod
I really doubt that. Special is more meta and mindgame adjusted. Gumi tried making it work when nobody else really was.
Dunno mang, SpeCial (and TY) have been pretty mech obsessed in supposedly bad metas!
On July 15 2020 21:23 pvsnp wrote: I haven't seen splits that bad since aLive was around.
Special's harass is really good but his big fights are awful.
it's fine;
the best version of SpeCial is always gonna be some form of GuMiho; amazing strats, bad micro, heavy focus on multi-prong attacks. That was good enough to win GuMiho a championship so no complaints ;o
Gumiho was wise enough to go mech.
I actually think the mech-bio ratio for SpeCial is pretty similar to GuMigod
I really doubt that. Special is more meta and mindgame adjusted. Gumi tried making it work when nobody else really was.
Dunno mang, SpeCial (and TY) have been pretty mech obsessed in supposedly bad metas!
Has that ever worked out for them though? I don't really remember TY winning any high profile matches with mech.
He's had some really high profile throws with mech tho
On July 15 2020 21:23 pvsnp wrote: I haven't seen splits that bad since aLive was around.
Special's harass is really good but his big fights are awful.
it's fine;
the best version of SpeCial is always gonna be some form of GuMiho; amazing strats, bad micro, heavy focus on multi-prong attacks. That was good enough to win GuMiho a championship so no complaints ;o
Gumiho was wise enough to go mech.
I actually think the mech-bio ratio for SpeCial is pretty similar to GuMigod
I really doubt that. Special is more meta and mindgame adjusted. Gumi tried making it work when nobody else really was.
Dunno mang, SpeCial (and TY) have been pretty mech obsessed in supposedly bad metas!
Has that ever worked out for them though? I don't really remember TY winning any high profile matches with mech.
He's had some really high profile throws with mech tho
Hmm I think you're getting him mixed up with John Sun now
On July 15 2020 21:23 pvsnp wrote: I haven't seen splits that bad since aLive was around.
Special's harass is really good but his big fights are awful.
it's fine;
the best version of SpeCial is always gonna be some form of GuMiho; amazing strats, bad micro, heavy focus on multi-prong attacks. That was good enough to win GuMiho a championship so no complaints ;o
Gumiho was wise enough to go mech.
I actually think the mech-bio ratio for SpeCial is pretty similar to GuMigod
I really doubt that. Special is more meta and mindgame adjusted. Gumi tried making it work when nobody else really was.
Dunno mang, SpeCial (and TY) have been pretty mech obsessed in supposedly bad metas!
Has that ever worked out for them though? I don't really remember TY winning any high profile matches with mech.
He's had some really high profile throws with mech tho
That's what I was thinking. Blizzcon 2017 would have been a free win if he didn't lose two mech games in a row to Rogue in the ro4
edit: thinking about it that actually happened a lot in 2017. In the ro8s of Code S seasons 1 and 2 he went up 2-0 then tried to play mech and lost
If Scarlett could ever get full mana on her Vipers she could plausibly han-bang the terran army again, but these tempo™ plays are really wearing her down
On July 15 2020 21:54 geokilla wrote: Scarlett with the mediocre creep spread and weird unit composition. Why are so many pros trying to use Lurkers now?
On July 15 2020 21:54 geokilla wrote: Scarlett with the mediocre creep spread and weird unit composition. Why are so many pros trying to use Lurkers now?
On July 15 2020 21:54 geokilla wrote: Scarlett with the mediocre creep spread and weird unit composition. Why are so many pros trying to use Lurkers now?
reynor won with it
Reynor also is confident in playing with that strategy and looked quite a bit stronger with his lurker style.
Can anybody explain to me what is going on in the Afreeca TV adverts?
whats the hotsix one about with the guys on the computer and the couple are sat on the other side? I've seen these so many times and have NO idea whats going on!
would love a breakdown of the scripts in each of them!
On July 15 2020 21:54 geokilla wrote: Scarlett with the mediocre creep spread and weird unit composition. Why are so many pros trying to use Lurkers now?
Because every other Zerg unit sucks vs mech
Okay but nobody is playing mech in the lurker games
On July 15 2020 22:41 deacon.frost wrote: lulzwat? those upgrades are huge in cyclone v cyclone, isn't it?
Nah lock on is a spell.
They changed it? I was getting armors againt them xD I missed the change then
It's always been a spell.....
Maybe you're thinking of old cyclones which had a really fast autoattack and a shitty lock on. Current cyclones have a shitty autoattack and a really strong lock on.
On July 15 2020 22:41 deacon.frost wrote: lulzwat? those upgrades are huge in cyclone v cyclone, isn't it?
Nah lock on is a spell.
They changed it? I was getting armors againt them xD I missed the change then
It's always been a spell.....
there was that cylcone version with a low dmg high attack speed attack vs ground but that was in the game for like 1 yr only, armor upgrades rule vs that but not vs current/original one
On July 15 2020 22:41 deacon.frost wrote: lulzwat? those upgrades are huge in cyclone v cyclone, isn't it?
Nah lock on is a spell.
They changed it? I was getting armors againt them xD I missed the change then
It's always been a spell.....
Maybe you're thinking of old cyclones which had a really fast regular attack and a shitty lock on.
I am pretty sure somebody with much higher knowledge than me recommended armor upgrades against cyclone mech. Not sure if it was the In Depth show or where did I hear it, but it was GM on Youtube. Screw that source whoever they are. probably so.
On July 15 2020 22:41 deacon.frost wrote: lulzwat? those upgrades are huge in cyclone v cyclone, isn't it?
Nah lock on is a spell.
They changed it? I was getting armors againt them xD I missed the change then
It's always been a spell.....
there was that cylcone version with a low dmg high attack speed attack vs ground but that was in the game for like 1 yr only, armor upgrades rule vs that but not vs current/original one
Yeah, I think I caught mostly that version and it sticked with me.
Today was what an off day looks like for TY. Nevertheless depending on who he draws in the ro8 I think he should bring a better performance in the next round. TY thrives in longer prep-based series.
For the winner of the group; I might be failing to reocgnize DRG's current impressive form, but I expect him to knocked out in the next round. He will probably be the weakest player in a longer series if you look at the final three groups lineup. All of the players liable to make it out are Code S champions or S tiers players as is. His performance today thrives in part on some of the weaknesses of his opponents as much as it does stellar form on his own part. Even if this seems too pessismistic considering his play today, making it to the quarterfinals of code s is always an indicator of a certain level of play.
On July 15 2020 22:49 pvsnp wrote: Special somehow manages to keep getting advantages and then throwing them away.
He looked so good during many stages of the game, but he lost track of parts of his army multiple times, I guess he got outmultitasked in the end.
Special is the king of looking great and then making dumb mistakes. It’s really frustrating to watch when he’s your favorite player haha.
The games vs DRG and Scarlett looked pretty bad. Then he looked overall very good against TY, but it’s TY.
I’d be excited for him in the season finals since his TvT was looking good and half the players are T, but unfortunately the Terran in his group is Maru lol
Ultimately I think DRG is the only one who really managed to show his best today. The others only managed to show glimpses of that, especially Scarlett. And the TvT was fun, would have liked more of that.
Loved the games from DRG! Especially when he said he is a bit greedy and wants to go to RO4 now... I do hope that he makes it into the finals, although Group B is pretty insane
Sad about Scarlett and Special though at the same time, the games were all pretty good so can't complain about that!
On July 15 2020 22:53 Fuell wrote: 25 years of starcraft, foreigners still kind of suck
Wise words, true story.
Sometimes I do wonder why though... Hasn't Scarlett and Special been in Korean for a few years now? I believe SC to be a skills-based game (or games), you'd have thought that they would have better showing than that? (or over the years in GSL?)
That being said though, DRG and TY today are more than worthy advancers
(Actually that all being said, you'd wonder how well would someone like Serral do in GSL, don't you? Would love for that to happen )
On July 15 2020 22:53 Fuell wrote: 25 years of starcraft, foreigners still kind of suck
Wise words, true story.
Sometimes I do wonder why though... Hasn't Scarlett and Special been in Korean for a few years now? I believe SC to be a skills-based game (or games), you'd have thought that they would have better showing than that? (or over the years in GSL?)
That being said though, DRG and TY today are more than worthy advancers
(Actually that all being said, you'd wonder how well would someone like Serral do in GSL, don't you? Would love for that to happen )
You misunderstand me, it was sarcasm; Fuell here just spat out a senseless clichè. Scarlett and Special went to the ro16 of Code S, that alone is appreciable and shouldn't be regarded as "sucking"; you also have to take into consideration they are far from being the best foreigners.
As for Serral, how would someone with 70% + wr in maps and 82% wr in series against koreans since 2018 perform in Code S in your opinion?
Scanning through DRG vs TY. Did I just watch TY fly an orbital and handful of scvs halfway across the map? I’m sure that’s happened before but I haven’t seen it (at least when it’s your third)
On July 16 2020 00:59 TentativePanda wrote: Scanning through DRG vs TY. Did I just watch TY fly an orbital and handful of scvs halfway across the map? I’m sure that’s happened before but I haven’t seen it (at least when it’s your third)
yeah, the orbital moved a bit further than it needed to, 5 scvs camped right in front of creep
On July 15 2020 22:53 Fuell wrote: 25 years of starcraft, foreigners still kind of suck
Wise words, true story.
Sometimes I do wonder why though... Hasn't Scarlett and Special been in Korean for a few years now? I believe SC to be a skills-based game (or games), you'd have thought that they would have better showing than that? (or over the years in GSL?)
That being said though, DRG and TY today are more than worthy advancers
(Actually that all being said, you'd wonder how well would someone like Serral do in GSL, don't you? Would love for that to happen )
You misunderstand me, it was sarcasm; Fuell here just spat out a senseless clichè. Scarlett and Special went to the ro16 of Code S, that alone is appreciable and shouldn't be regarded as "sucking"; you also have to take into consideration they are far from being the best foreigners.
As for Serral, how would someone with 70% + wr in maps and 82% wr in series against koreans since 2018 perform in Code S in your opinion?
Well, that's hard to judge. I think a GSL is - purely from the format - a dfferent story than most other tournaments. Today, Scarlett didn't play very well unfortunately. DRG on the other side was impressively strong. I wonder how far he can get this tournament.
As for Serral, how would someone with 70% + wr in maps and 82% wr in series against koreans since 2018 perform in Code S in your opinion?
Can you do that in alligulac?
Would be a cool feature. Create a virtual tournament. You could take the runner up from last GSL, find out all the opponents he played, match serral against all the same opponents, and then see the overall chance of him getting through to the final, and of course winning that final match :D.
On July 15 2020 22:53 Fuell wrote: 25 years of starcraft, foreigners still kind of suck
Wise words, true story.
Sometimes I do wonder why though... Hasn't Scarlett and Special been in Korean for a few years now? I believe SC to be a skills-based game (or games), you'd have thought that they would have better showing than that? (or over the years in GSL?)
That being said though, DRG and TY today are more than worthy advancers
(Actually that all being said, you'd wonder how well would someone like Serral do in GSL, don't you? Would love for that to happen )
You misunderstand me, it was sarcasm; Fuell here just spat out a senseless clichè. Scarlett and Special went to the ro16 of Code S, that alone is appreciable and shouldn't be regarded as "sucking"; you also have to take into consideration they are far from being the best foreigners.
As for Serral, how would someone with 70% + wr in maps and 82% wr in series against koreans since 2018 perform in Code S in your opinion?
Rogue has 3 world chmapionship titles with much worse stats while Serral has epic 1. Maybe the map stats and match stats are useless in the terms of judging a player. And it's not like Serral didn't participate in them tournaments. Actually Rogue won both Katowice titles while Serral was there The 2nd IEM WC title with SErral having them statsorz!!!
On July 15 2020 22:53 Fuell wrote: 25 years of starcraft, foreigners still kind of suck
Wise words, true story.
Sometimes I do wonder why though... Hasn't Scarlett and Special been in Korean for a few years now? I believe SC to be a skills-based game (or games), you'd have thought that they would have better showing than that? (or over the years in GSL?)
That being said though, DRG and TY today are more than worthy advancers
(Actually that all being said, you'd wonder how well would someone like Serral do in GSL, don't you? Would love for that to happen )
You misunderstand me, it was sarcasm; Fuell here just spat out a senseless clichè. Scarlett and Special went to the ro16 of Code S, that alone is appreciable and shouldn't be regarded as "sucking"; you also have to take into consideration they are far from being the best foreigners.
As for Serral, how would someone with 70% + wr in maps and 82% wr in series against koreans since 2018 perform in Code S in your opinion?
Rogue has 3 world chmapionship titles with much worse stats while Serral has epic 1. Maybe the map stats and match stats are useless in the terms of judging a player. And it's not like Serral didn't participate in them tournaments. Actually Rogue won both Katowice titles while Serral was there The 2nd IEM WC title with SErral having them statsorz!!!
First, I'll step down to answer you that none of the perceived GOATs have won a single World Championship. Of course map and match stats are useful to understand the caliber of a player(it's not like Serral has been a choker and he hasn't won titles, either).
On topic, what was this pointless bait? The point is that foreigners definitely do not suck in 2020 and that Serral would have performed in Code S like the star player he is, without any doubt.