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To think that because of the way the bracket works, we're not only robbed of a Dark vs Rogue finals but ALSO of a Dark vs Rogue Bo7 because they changed superior Bo7 semis to Bo5  Oh apparently not, winner of Rogue vs Creator plays Trap no matter what. Huh EDIT2: artosis lied to me
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cheering for creator because he's the tragic underdog
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Disruptors gone, and so are Creator's hopes to win this game
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Canada8989 Posts
Thinking about this match was a lot more fun than watching it 
Edit: Like I was saying, this is the best match in GSL history
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leaving the Collossus there like 'here, kill it'
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if he protected the Collossus he might have won right there
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Guess it's back to the good old ling/bane/ravager that kills everything on the ground
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I like how both players are just sitting there. They have no idea who has the advantage
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The stream jumped 30 seconds and suddenly Creator wins
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Rogue rly fucked that up.
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Creator, best Protoss in the world. wat
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Creator will become the Protoss bonjwa and carry the race to finally win many tournaments. Serral? Maru? Rogue? These names will soon be forgotten in the wake of destruction that Creator will leave.
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On April 25 2022 19:10 darklycid wrote: Rogue rly fucked that up. were Mutas the wrong choice? Or should he have tried to baserace instead of defending the push?
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On April 25 2022 19:12 Charoisaur wrote:were Mutas the wrong choice? Or should he have tried to baserace instead of defending the push? He shouldnt have sacced an army for a cancel on the 4th imo. That's why the counter hit him so hard i think.
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I guess rogue is tilted now?
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so difficult to judge how hard the Zerg commits to Mutas and not under- or overpreparing
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I think you just have to put more pressure on the Zerg so he can't just make 16 Mutas at once
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On April 25 2022 19:25 Charoisaur wrote: so difficult to judge how hard the Zerg commits to Mutas and not under- or overpreparing For sure. Though I think you should make a Fleet Beacon no matter what (Creator didn't and that was his key mistake there imo), without range you have no shot if commits hard and if he doesn't commit hard you're better off for lategame anyway since it opens up Carriers (or even void ray speed if he goes corruptors)
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Yeah this would've been hard to hold no matter what but when you scout it only as the queens drop on your third and as your void rays are on the other side of the map, it's not gonna work
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Good try, Creator. Hopefully he can take either Ragnarok or DRG so that we can have a confirmed PvZ again in the final.
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Have a sinking feeling that whoever grabs the next spot will upset Trap and then be steamrolled by Dark/Rogue
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Canada8989 Posts
Anyone here hasthe slightess bit of investment in DRG-Ragnarok?
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On April 25 2022 19:47 Nakajin wrote: Anyone here hasthe slightess bit of investment in DRG-Ragnarok? If they keep playing boring games like this, I won't have any
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Golden Wall might be interesting, but I won't get my hopes up considering who is playing EDIT: it wasn't bad, but unfortunately it's as good as over at this point  EDIT2: OR IS IT
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Just watched Rogue - Creator. Impressed by Creator. Always love seeing Rogue play Muta. It feels like his mutas never stand still for a second.
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On April 25 2022 19:47 Nakajin wrote: Anyone here hasthe slightess bit of investment in DRG-Ragnarok?
Absolutely none. Possibly the worst possible matchup that could've come out from both RO10 groups.
Maybe I'll turn back the stream later just to catch the last match.
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Northern Ireland25331 Posts
On April 25 2022 20:05 Ciaus_Dronu wrote: Just watched Rogue - Creator. Impressed by Creator. Always love seeing Rogue play Muta. It feels like his mutas never stand still for a second. Yeah Creator played pretty well, Rogue is just well, Rogue
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On April 25 2022 20:10 WombaT wrote:Show nested quote +On April 25 2022 20:05 Ciaus_Dronu wrote: Just watched Rogue - Creator. Impressed by Creator. Always love seeing Rogue play Muta. It feels like his mutas never stand still for a second. Yeah Creator played pretty well, Rogue is just well, Rogue
People often underrate Rogue and downplay his success until he's going up against their favorite player
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My man DRG is really gonna not use either of his spires, huh And with how terrible broodlords are in ZvZ it's really quite a waste of money
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Still not sold on the Creator hype. Yes, he's played quite solid and sharp so far. But he lacks the clutchness to take down the truly top players (Rogue, Dark and Trap). Would've been more exciting if hero had advanced. Although still rusty, hero has the Zest-like clown fiesta chaos style that could really squash bugs.
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2 spires into 0 mutas into lose against mutas?
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On April 25 2022 20:18 RKC wrote: Still not sold on the Creator hype. Yes, he's played quite solid and sharp so far. But he lacks the clutchness to take down the truly top players (Rogue, Dark and Trap). Would've been more exciting if hero had advanced. Although still rusty, hero has the Zest-like clown fiesta chaos style that could really squash bugs.
He beat Maru in the RO10. And although he's not quite the same level as Dark / Rogue, beating Solar before that was also pretty good.
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Okay that was a pretty cool move by Ragnarok.
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On April 25 2022 20:18 RKC wrote: Still not sold on the Creator hype. Yes, he's played quite solid and sharp so far. But he lacks the clutchness to take down the truly top players (Rogue, Dark and Trap). Would've been more exciting if hero had advanced. Although still rusty, hero has the Zest-like clown fiesta chaos style that could really squash bugs. While I don't disagree, the Creator hype mostly comes from the fact he was a massive (and i mean MASSIVE) punching ball in GSL for the past 7+ years, and now he's actually looking like a good protoss, even though he's probably not the protoss savior either. It's an insane improvement considering how bad he was looking in those 7+ years.
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On April 25 2022 20:18 RKC wrote: Still not sold on the Creator hype. Yes, he's played quite solid and sharp so far. But he lacks the clutchness to take down the truly top players (Rogue, Dark and Trap). Would've been more exciting if hero had advanced. Although still rusty, hero has the Zest-like clown fiesta chaos style that could really squash bugs. going from being the ro32 punching bag to 'not quite able to beat the championship tier players' is a significant step up though. enough to get me hyped at least
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Northern Ireland25331 Posts
Aye I’d echo that it’s not really a Creator hype train as just it being nice to see the guy playing some good Starcraft again.
Plus on the Protoss scale he’s a pretty straight up macro player, so stylistically I’ve been liking some of his play.
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On April 25 2022 20:24 Charoisaur wrote:Show nested quote +On April 25 2022 20:18 RKC wrote: Still not sold on the Creator hype. Yes, he's played quite solid and sharp so far. But he lacks the clutchness to take down the truly top players (Rogue, Dark and Trap). Would've been more exciting if hero had advanced. Although still rusty, hero has the Zest-like clown fiesta chaos style that could really squash bugs. going from being the ro32 punching bag to 'not quite able to beat the championship tier players' is a significant step up though. enough to get me hyped at least I was gonna say "Last year he didn't even make ro32" but then I remembered that Code A was the real ro32 anyway
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I do understand the nostalgia and narrative behind Creator. And if he peaks, he can be the next Stats.
Unfortunately, a Stats-like Toss will just get slaughtered by Zergs in the current meta (as in the last 2-3 years). So yes, I'm all for Aiur, but I'm just slightly peeved that he's standing in the way of other Toss bros that stand a better chance in breaking the Toss GSL drought (Trap, hero, Classic).
Nothing personal, just being pragmatic.
Edit: in other words, he's just not the hero that Aiur needs right now.
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Those players are no fun, they keep vetoing Nautilus and Golden Wall
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And once again, we see ling/bane/ravager just killing everything protoss has on the ground
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Creator with a nice win. Genuinely liking his play this whole GSL.
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Good control on that fight. GG.
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opterown
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I'm impressed at how Creator's supply can roughly keep up with Zergs'
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On April 25 2022 20:47 Durnuu wrote:And once again, we see ling/bane/ravager just killing everything protoss has on the ground  And again...
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Don't like that Creator pushed in so far from maxout
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I assume Creator doesn't like storm
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I'm surprised by the heavy stalker usage though. Most Protoss don't want them in PvZ except emergency stalkers to defend mutas
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opterown
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Took 10 archons to kill a tier one army supported by 4 broods, phew the game is balanced finally
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oh my god, he has done it. With a new PvZ style
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so nice to see Creator happy. ♥
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PHEW!!! Hell yes. GG Creator.
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On April 25 2022 21:34 Durnuu wrote: Took 10 archons to kill a tier one army supported by 4 broods, phew the game is balanced finally tiers are pretty meaningless in sc2. Ravagers and Banes are extremely gas intensive, so it's not like it's a cheap army either
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United States33388 Posts
On April 25 2022 21:34 Durnuu wrote: Took 10 archons to kill a tier one army supported by 4 broods, phew the game is balanced finally
u know he completely annihilated that army
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On April 25 2022 21:37 Waxangel wrote:Show nested quote +On April 25 2022 21:34 Durnuu wrote: Took 10 archons to kill a tier one army supported by 4 broods, phew the game is balanced finally u know he completely annihilated that army  He was actually fairly close to losing, his archons were extremely low on shields at the end. If Ragnarok had taken the fight in a better spot and not where Creator could get a 180 surround like this, Creator probably would have lost the fight.
On April 25 2022 21:35 Charoisaur wrote:Show nested quote +On April 25 2022 21:34 Durnuu wrote: Took 10 archons to kill a tier one army supported by 4 broods, phew the game is balanced finally tiers are pretty meaningless in sc2. Ravagers and Banes are extremely gas intensive, so it's not like it's a cheap army either Well Ragnarok had about 10 ravagers which is 1000 gas, which leaves room for 80 banelings to equal the gas cost of archons. That's not counting immortals and stalkers, of course. It's massively cheaper than Creator's army, let's be real.
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opterown
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Who's favoured Trap vs. Creator and Dark vs. Rogue?
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On April 25 2022 21:42 opterown wrote: Who's favoured Trap vs. Creator and Dark vs. Rogue? I don't know. All I know is that we will have a 4:0 finals
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Canada8989 Posts
Holly shit, hope is still alive! Congrats to Creator, the biggest baller in all of Starcraft!
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On April 25 2022 21:44 Charoisaur wrote:Show nested quote +On April 25 2022 21:42 opterown wrote: Who's favoured Trap vs. Creator and Dark vs. Rogue? I don't know. All I know is that we will have a 4:0 finals
Close enough. But 4-1 seems more likely because: (a) Rogue is Bane - enjoys giving his enemies false hope; or (b) Dark is Joker - enjoys playing with his food.
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Protoss ground army looking great....until they face top Zerg with superior army control and tech, Ragnarok has lots of chance to transition into Lurker/Viper during the game on Blackburn, but he sticked with Roach Ravager Lingbane for the entire game, then the ggLord are made too late.
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Canada8989 Posts
On April 25 2022 22:01 RKC wrote:Show nested quote +On April 25 2022 21:44 Charoisaur wrote:On April 25 2022 21:42 opterown wrote: Who's favoured Trap vs. Creator and Dark vs. Rogue? I don't know. All I know is that we will have a 4:0 finals Close enough. But 4-1 seems more likely because: (a) Rogue is Bane - enjoys giving his enemies false hope; or (b) Dark is Joker - enjoys playing with his food.
Yes but Creator is Batman... or at least like Robin
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Such a joy to watch creator's run this season!! Guy has always played with his heart on his sleeve, impossible not to cheer for him especially given his wretched past 9 years. God I hope he makes the final
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France12883 Posts
Creator confirmed top 4, that's awesome! Rogue and Dark are the two favorites but one of them is going down so there is still a bit of hope for any of Trap / Creator but we might have another G5L candidate pretty soon
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If Creator wins Im considering him an honorary royal roader.
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I think trap might have a better shot against rogue than dark. Like maybe 15 percent v rogue and 10 percent v dark.
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I hope Trap can finally clutch a GSL trophy this time round.
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Creator to end the drought! \0/
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On April 26 2022 02:32 angry_maia wrote: I think trap might have a better shot against rogue than dark. Like maybe 15 percent v rogue and 10 percent v dark. That sound like a difference between a 4-0 and 4-1 to me.
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Trap is favored against Rogue lol. People still don't recognize how bad Rogue is at ZvP in the last two years?
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Bisutopia19239 Posts
On April 26 2022 05:32 Pandain wrote: Trap is favored against Rogue lol. People still don't recognize how bad Rogue is at ZvP in the last two years? How about the winrate of PvZ in the GSL finals over the past 7 years?
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On April 26 2022 05:32 Pandain wrote: Trap is favored against Rogue lol. People still don't recognize how bad Rogue is at ZvP in the last two years?
If you think a non-Zerg is favoured to win any big tournament, at all, you've been living under a rock for, what, the last 6 years?
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On April 26 2022 06:05 BisuDagger wrote:Show nested quote +On April 26 2022 05:32 Pandain wrote: Trap is favored against Rogue lol. People still don't recognize how bad Rogue is at ZvP in the last two years? How about the winrate of PvZ in the GSL finals over the past 7 years?
I'm sure Dark will be favored vs either but trap has like a 65% win rate vs rogue in the last two years. That's an insane statistic, and they've played a lot
On April 26 2022 07:27 SharkStarcraft wrote:Show nested quote +On April 26 2022 05:32 Pandain wrote: Trap is favored against Rogue lol. People still don't recognize how bad Rogue is at ZvP in the last two years? If you think a non-Zerg is favoured to win any big tournament, at all, you've been living under a rock for, what, the last 6 years?
That's not what I said.
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Bisutopia19239 Posts
On April 26 2022 09:00 Pandain wrote:Show nested quote +On April 26 2022 06:05 BisuDagger wrote:On April 26 2022 05:32 Pandain wrote: Trap is favored against Rogue lol. People still don't recognize how bad Rogue is at ZvP in the last two years? How about the winrate of PvZ in the GSL finals over the past 7 years? I'm sure Dark will be favored vs either but trap has like a 65% win rate vs rogue in the last two years. That's an insane statistic, and they've played a lot Show nested quote +On April 26 2022 07:27 SharkStarcraft wrote:On April 26 2022 05:32 Pandain wrote: Trap is favored against Rogue lol. People still don't recognize how bad Rogue is at ZvP in the last two years? If you think a non-Zerg is favoured to win any big tournament, at all, you've been living under a rock for, what, the last 6 years? That's not what I said. We are playing the odds that the GSL curse against Protoss far out weighs any statistics supporting Trap. You bring up a great point if this was anything but the GSL finals.
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On April 26 2022 09:16 BisuDagger wrote:Show nested quote +On April 26 2022 09:00 Pandain wrote:On April 26 2022 06:05 BisuDagger wrote:On April 26 2022 05:32 Pandain wrote: Trap is favored against Rogue lol. People still don't recognize how bad Rogue is at ZvP in the last two years? How about the winrate of PvZ in the GSL finals over the past 7 years? I'm sure Dark will be favored vs either but trap has like a 65% win rate vs rogue in the last two years. That's an insane statistic, and they've played a lot On April 26 2022 07:27 SharkStarcraft wrote:On April 26 2022 05:32 Pandain wrote: Trap is favored against Rogue lol. People still don't recognize how bad Rogue is at ZvP in the last two years? If you think a non-Zerg is favoured to win any big tournament, at all, you've been living under a rock for, what, the last 6 years? That's not what I said. We are playing the odds that the GSL curse against Protoss far out weighs any statistics supporting Trap. You bring up a great point if this was anything but the GSL finals.
I don't put much stock in curses (even though they're fun to joke about), my concern for Trap is more how badly he played in his last GSL final against Dark. He went from winning most clashes with Dark in the few months leading up to the finals to looking hopelessly outmatched. Trap has shown some great mental strength and clutch performances in other grand finals (DHM Last Chance against Serral in 2020 and TSL7 against Reynor), but not in a GSL finals.
Trap is also pretty weak to Zerg cheese and I can see Rogue exploiting the hell out of that.
Still, I think Trap could beat Rogue or even Dark. I wouldn't bet on it but I don't think it's super unlikely. But if Trap loses, it'll be a 4-0 or a 4-1.
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Excellent play from Creator today wowza. I think in a rematch he could best Rogue with some luck. Otherwise I'm going to have to go with Trap beating either Zerg 4-2
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Cheering for Rogue, but what a run from Creator. Going to catch up on the games later today.
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Happy for Creator. But such a dilemma on which Toss bro to root for next! Trap has experience and deserves to break the GSL Kong curse. Creator is the classic underdog with momentum but more likely to be swept in finals due to nerves. Tough one!
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