[Spoiler GSL] Winner GSL1 RO4 Semi A - Page 8

On September 30 2010 06:42 zonic wrote:
i thought cool is with TSL? is he flying solo?

On September 30 2010 05:51 Creep wrote:
I hope he goes all the way!

I know it doesn't prove zerg isn't underpowered if cool wins the gsl but i really hope he does just so idra and other zergs who want to switch races look like asses.

On September 30 2010 05:51 Creep wrote:
I hope he goes all the way!

On September 30 2010 03:49 awesomoecalypse wrote:
You know how Blizzard reps are always saying that "The Zerg race needs to Flank"?

Cool is I think the player who has taken that advice most to heart. His macro is decent, but not mindblowing. His unit micro is very good...but I think I've seen better (e.g. Dimaga).

But Cool is better at positioning than any other Zerg I've ever seen. It seems like in every major battle, he manages to get perfect flanking/surrounds...and the difference it makes is monumental.

Its notable that he's been more successful with better flanking/surrounds than IdrA has been with his masterful macro. It suggests on some level to me that Zerg isn't as much of a macro-oriented race as everyone has assumed...but rather, its a positioning oriented race. There have been a lot of Cool's matches where a pivotal battle went down, and had it not been for his perfect flanking he'd have lost, and had he lost no amount of macro brilliance would have saved him from being steamrolled by his Terran opponent. But he got the surround, which helpd him win or draw in those pivotal battles, which ultimately allowed him to get the win. I know everyone likes to focus on flashy stuff like the surprise 6-pool, the Baneling carpet bombing, the Fungal Growthed medivacs, etc. But I think those things are secondary to Cool's extraordinary ability to arrange the battlefield in exactly the right way for him to get a flank/surround at the exact moment he needs it.

I really hope he wins, because I feel like Cool is helping to demonstrate how potent Zerg can actually be. Yes, they are the most difficult race, just as T and Z were more difficult than P in BW. And they may even be slightly UP. But when played at the highest level, they have the potential to be devastatingly effective, and I think the surface is just being scratched. And while everyone obsesses over build orders, the number of expansions you have, etc. Cool is showing that you don't need some genius build order no one's ever conceived of, you don't need to be a macro god with a 5 base advantage. You can actually just play in such a way that you outposition your opponent, win battles straight up, and that can ultimately be the key to victory.

Rock on Cool, you're an inspiration.

On September 30 2010 07:02 awesomoecalypse wrote:
Guys like Ensnare and ITR are arguably the best Terrans in the world.If Cool does manage to beat them, then doesn't that prove that the Zerg race, if played to its full potential and at the most elite level is fully competitive with Toss and Terran?