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ronpaul012
Profile Joined March 2011
United States769 Posts
September 18 2011 19:06 GMT
#31181
Come on, was it really Lucifron not putting turrets in the right position? No. It was his openings. When your playing a ZvT master like DRG, I feel as if the best thing to do is something crazy. Not opening up as standard as you can, which is what he did. A 2 rax and reactor hellion opening for the 2 games? I'm sure DRG has never seen those before and practiced exactly what to do...

I haven't watched enough Lucifron to say if he's good or bad, but his builds going into the game definitively seemed like a bad move to me.
I'm a gooner.
mikyaJ
Profile Joined April 2011
1834 Posts
September 18 2011 19:08 GMT
#31182
On September 18 2011 18:34 Torpedo.Vegas wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 18 2011 18:08 bokchoi wrote:
On September 18 2011 18:06 dAPhREAk wrote:
On September 18 2011 18:03 Hall0wed wrote:
SOTG atleast needs to talk about Jangbi saving ESPORTS at the very least. BW stories would be good but there is plenty to talk about this week actually. Pretty sure JP was trolling with the twitter though.

how did jangbi save esports?


By fulfilling the Legend of the Fall, denying a Terran champion, another b2b champion, and killing Flash and Fantasy (the best TvPers) in the process. There is hope.


Who made the legend in the first place?

Garimto beating BoxeR, and plus you forgot that Jangbi BROKE THE KONG LINE!!!!1!
MKP||TSL
Numy
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
South Africa35471 Posts
September 18 2011 19:09 GMT
#31183
On September 19 2011 04:06 ronpaul012 wrote:
Come on, was it really Lucifron not putting turrets in the right position? No. It was his openings. When your playing a ZvT master like DRG, I feel as if the best thing to do is something crazy. Not opening up as standard as you can, which is what he did. A 2 rax and reactor hellion opening for the 2 games? I'm sure DRG has never seen those before and practiced exactly what to do...

I haven't watched enough Lucifron to say if he's good or bad, but his builds going into the game definitively seemed like a bad move to me.


Why is opening up standard a bad move? If that's where a player plays his best then it is the best move. Standard is standard for that exact reason. It doesn't rely on gimmicks. It's purely how you play. Sure he could have gone for some gimmicky opening in order to try throw DRG off and gain an advantage that way but to say you have to be "different" in order to beat a player like DRG isn't really true. You just have to be up to his level in the standard.
PrObeLife
Profile Joined September 2011
Australia22 Posts
September 18 2011 19:13 GMT
#31184
What do you guys think bout POLT coming out and talking about reasons why are so many terrans in code S?
Micket
Profile Joined April 2011
United Kingdom2163 Posts
September 18 2011 19:13 GMT
#31185
On September 19 2011 04:06 ronpaul012 wrote:
Come on, was it really Lucifron not putting turrets in the right position? No. It was his openings. When your playing a ZvT master like DRG, I feel as if the best thing to do is something crazy. Not opening up as standard as you can, which is what he did. A 2 rax and reactor hellion opening for the 2 games? I'm sure DRG has never seen those before and practiced exactly what to do...

I haven't watched enough Lucifron to say if he's good or bad, but his builds going into the game definitively seemed like a bad move to me.

His builds were fine, but he got put behind early in both games by not doing what the builds are meant to do. 2 rax is meant to force lings or to kill the natural hatch, not to lose marines, scvs and bunkers for free. Watch Nada for how to excecute fake 2 rax and Marineking/SC for aggressive 2 rax. Reactor hellions are great for map control but if you ever lose the hellions without destroying a considerable amount of drones, then you are very far behind. Watch MVP vs DRG for the perfect use of hellions.
flowSthead
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
1065 Posts
September 18 2011 19:14 GMT
#31186
It seemed more like a lot of bad micro. I didn't see very good marine splitting, and the bunker pressure in the first game he lost all of his marines to something like 8 zerglings. There was poor stutter step there, if any stutter step at all. His openings seemed fine, but he was getting outclassed in the micro by a long shot.
"You can be creative but I will crush it under the iron fist of my conservative play." - Liquid`Tyler █ MVP ■ MC ■ Boxer ■ Grubby █
kuroshiro
Profile Joined October 2010
United Kingdom378 Posts
September 18 2011 19:22 GMT
#31187
On September 19 2011 04:13 PrObeLife wrote:
What do you guys think bout POLT coming out and talking about reasons why are so many terrans in code S?


link?
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aFganFlyTrap
Profile Joined May 2010
Australia212 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-18 19:29:54
September 18 2011 19:24 GMT
#31188
he normally opens reaper into blue flame and for some reason he opens a terrible 2 rax that does nothing and then the 2nd game he opened reactor hellion and just lost them for no major gains. these are huge/major mistakes. when he plays that poorly you cant say he was "outclassed" if he chose his normal builds and played to his potential the end result might of still been the same but it wouldnt of been because of DRG so called "outclassing by default". he killed himself basically
TheSubtleArt
Profile Joined May 2011
Canada2527 Posts
September 18 2011 19:27 GMT
#31189
On September 19 2011 04:09 Numy wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 19 2011 04:06 ronpaul012 wrote:
Come on, was it really Lucifron not putting turrets in the right position? No. It was his openings. When your playing a ZvT master like DRG, I feel as if the best thing to do is something crazy. Not opening up as standard as you can, which is what he did. A 2 rax and reactor hellion opening for the 2 games? I'm sure DRG has never seen those before and practiced exactly what to do...

I haven't watched enough Lucifron to say if he's good or bad, but his builds going into the game definitively seemed like a bad move to me.


Why is opening up standard a bad move? If that's where a player plays his best then it is the best move. Standard is standard for that exact reason. It doesn't rely on gimmicks. It's purely how you play. Sure he could have gone for some gimmicky opening in order to try throw DRG off and gain an advantage that way but to say you have to be "different" in order to beat a player like DRG isn't really true. You just have to be up to his level in the standard.

but stepping up to his level takes time and practice. At the moment they played, I'd agree Lucifron would have had a better chance of winning if he used more unorthodox builds.
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slicknav
Profile Joined January 2011
1409 Posts
September 18 2011 19:42 GMT
#31190
On September 19 2011 04:22 kuroshiro wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 19 2011 04:13 PrObeLife wrote:
What do you guys think bout POLT coming out and talking about reasons why are so many terrans in code S?


link?


This was said in the group selections for the next GSL. Basically Polt said that Terran is an easy race to play, and thats why there are so many of them in the GSL.
blah blah blah...
Hider
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Denmark9448 Posts
September 18 2011 19:52 GMT
#31191
On September 19 2011 04:06 ronpaul012 wrote:
Come on, was it really Lucifron not putting turrets in the right position? No. It was his openings. When your playing a ZvT master like DRG, I feel as if the best thing to do is something crazy. Not opening up as standard as you can, which is what he did. A 2 rax and reactor hellion opening for the 2 games? I'm sure DRG has never seen those before and practiced exactly what to do...

I haven't watched enough Lucifron to say if he's good or bad, but his builds going into the game definitively seemed like a bad move to me.


Eh. You probably have a good politican point of view, but you lack understanding of the game. If your good enough as terran you can definitely play very solid. You dont need to cheese. If you open reactor hellions and your better than your opponent you can win, its as simply as that.
aebriol
Profile Joined April 2010
Norway2066 Posts
September 18 2011 19:55 GMT
#31192
On September 19 2011 04:42 slicknav wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 19 2011 04:22 kuroshiro wrote:
On September 19 2011 04:13 PrObeLife wrote:
What do you guys think bout POLT coming out and talking about reasons why are so many terrans in code S?


link?


This was said in the group selections for the next GSL. Basically Polt said that Terran is an easy race to play, and thats why there are so many of them in the GSL.

... and some didn't deserve to be there, so he wanted to knock some of them down.
The KY
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United Kingdom6252 Posts
September 18 2011 20:09 GMT
#31193
On September 19 2011 04:55 aebriol wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 19 2011 04:42 slicknav wrote:
On September 19 2011 04:22 kuroshiro wrote:
On September 19 2011 04:13 PrObeLife wrote:
What do you guys think bout POLT coming out and talking about reasons why are so many terrans in code S?


link?


This was said in the group selections for the next GSL. Basically Polt said that Terran is an easy race to play, and thats why there are so many of them in the GSL.

... and some didn't deserve to be there, so he wanted to knock some of them down.


The group selections where they talk smack as a rule?

I don't think I'm gonna lose any sleep if I completely dismiss that one.
NonY
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
8751 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-18 20:20:31
September 18 2011 20:18 GMT
#31194
On September 19 2011 03:48 Medrea wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 19 2011 03:41 Liquid`Tyler wrote:
On September 19 2011 03:40 hugman wrote:
On September 19 2011 03:34 sereniity wrote:
On September 16 2011 01:26 MrCon wrote:
One thing I don't get is how the GSL format is responsible for having too much terrans.
Unless you change it to an invitational I don't know how any format can have an influence on the races. (btw, the invitationals keep inviting more korean terrans than every other race xD)
Too much terrans in code S, 2 terrans qualified in code A with 6 protoss and 6 zergs qualified in code A. How can a format change the results, race wise ?


This is off-topic I know but how the hell did MrCon get banned :O?


LR Thread:

On September 18 2011 02:44 MrCon wrote:
On September 18 2011 02:42 Jayrod wrote:
Really surprised to hear that TvP is someone's best matchup...

vP is every race's current best matchup, protoss included.
It's like vZ 10 months ago.

User was temp banned for this post.


Haha. Not a terrible comment, but zero tolerance on balance comments is a must for those live report threads.


I wouldn't even call it a balance whine. It's just a simple statistic really.

Ok, then don't call it a balance whine. It's still a comment on balance, which isn't allowed in live report threads. It's not a statistic, either. It's not even a fact. It's an exaggeration of a trend. It wouldn't be appropriate even if the thread in which it appeared was about balance.
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MrBitter
Profile Joined January 2008
United States2940 Posts
September 18 2011 20:36 GMT
#31195
On September 19 2011 04:24 aFganFlyTrap wrote:
he normally opens reaper into blue flame and for some reason he opens a terrible 2 rax that does nothing and then the 2nd game he opened reactor hellion and just lost them for no major gains. these are huge/major mistakes. when he plays that poorly you cant say he was "outclassed" if he chose his normal builds and played to his potential the end result might of still been the same but it wouldnt of been because of DRG so called "outclassing by default". he killed himself basically


This was my feeling as well.

DRG is the better player, clearly, but Lucifron just didn't play the kind of Starcraft I've come to know him for. Really disappointing.
Spicy_Curry
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States10573 Posts
September 18 2011 20:41 GMT
#31196
On September 19 2011 05:36 MrBitter wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 19 2011 04:24 aFganFlyTrap wrote:
he normally opens reaper into blue flame and for some reason he opens a terrible 2 rax that does nothing and then the 2nd game he opened reactor hellion and just lost them for no major gains. these are huge/major mistakes. when he plays that poorly you cant say he was "outclassed" if he chose his normal builds and played to his potential the end result might of still been the same but it wouldnt of been because of DRG so called "outclassing by default". he killed himself basically


This was my feeling as well.

DRG is the better player, clearly, but Lucifron just didn't play the kind of Starcraft I've come to know him for. Really disappointing.


Lucifron was probably quite intimidated knowing that he was playing one of the best ZvT's in the world at the moment. A lot of people choke when they play against someone they know is undoubtedly better than them.
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Krallman
Profile Joined February 2011
Sweden713 Posts
September 18 2011 20:43 GMT
#31197
I'd really prefer a episode where the pillars would go really deep into balance questions and the state of the actuall game, like match ups etc I think all sotg-fans would appreciate that!
Im better than Stefan
Oboeman
Profile Joined January 2011
Canada3980 Posts
September 18 2011 20:52 GMT
#31198
hey I just had an idea.

have you ever considered pursuing having Morrow as a guest on the show?

He could fill both T/Z gaps for a balanced discussion, and since he may have one of the best zvp in the world maybe he can teach the protoss a thing or two.

although the time zone difference sucks
SkimGuy
Profile Joined December 2010
Canada709 Posts
September 18 2011 21:49 GMT
#31199
On September 19 2011 04:08 mikyaJ wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 18 2011 18:34 Torpedo.Vegas wrote:
On September 18 2011 18:08 bokchoi wrote:
On September 18 2011 18:06 dAPhREAk wrote:
On September 18 2011 18:03 Hall0wed wrote:
SOTG atleast needs to talk about Jangbi saving ESPORTS at the very least. BW stories would be good but there is plenty to talk about this week actually. Pretty sure JP was trolling with the twitter though.

how did jangbi save esports?


By fulfilling the Legend of the Fall, denying a Terran champion, another b2b champion, and killing Flash and Fantasy (the best TvPers) in the process. There is hope.


Who made the legend in the first place?

Garimto beating BoxeR, and plus you forgot that Jangbi BROKE THE KONG LINE!!!!1!

Damn you guys for spoiling the OSL for me :/
darkscream
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Canada2310 Posts
September 18 2011 21:53 GMT
#31200
Player knocked out of tournament - Fans debate for hours and hours whether or not he sucks!

More at 11. This is SC2news.
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