I hope. I was pretty disappointed when I saw Boxer playing SC last year (?) because he was so much more... standard. I hope he gets to pull of awesome strategies and plays since sc2 is still new right now.

Elroi

Sweden5595 Posts

October 01 2010 09:23 GMT

#502

Nice! That looked like a game of SCBW with the marine tank combo + Show Spoiler +

in half speed

robertdinh

803 Posts

October 01 2010 09:27 GMT

#503

I'm excited to see boxer do some work in sc2, but I do think people are hyping him a little too much.

Boxer was the man, now he isn't a top level bw player anymore. His skills have diminished some or he simply couldn't keep up with the evolution of bw mechanics.

Now he did some cute micro in this game vs idra, but obviously his macro wasn't there. Is this something that he can improve with practice? Of course... Has boxer been known for macro ever?

drlame

Sweden574 Posts

October 01 2010 09:40 GMT

#504

Omg IdrA is so solid, I can see why people want to cheese him his macro is just unbeatable. Also, I commend Boxer for playing so well, although he has ~700 games played. With that in mind I would've expected a bit more from "him" to be honest :S.

Shimeone

Belgium16 Posts

October 01 2010 09:40 GMT

#505

That was a very interesting game. Very fun to watch.

+ Show Spoiler +

However, and this is a real question from a newbie like me, i don't understand why IdrA didn't make any AA to prevent those medivacs droping everywhere on the map?

TedJustice

Canada1324 Posts

October 01 2010 09:42 GMT

#506

+ Show Spoiler +

It scares me how late he GG'd at the end. Does that mean he's made a comeback from that far behind in the past?

Cyber_Cheese

Australia3615 Posts

October 01 2010 09:43 GMT

#507

EPIC FIND
thankyou for the hookup

Amestir

Netherlands2126 Posts

October 01 2010 09:44 GMT

#508

On October 01 2010 18:40 Shimeone wrote:
That was a very interesting game. Very fun to watch.

+ Show Spoiler +

However, and this is a real question from a newbie like me, i don't understand why IdrA didn't make any AA to prevent those medivacs droping everywhere on the map?

Answer coming from another newb. Spoiler just in case.

+ Show Spoiler +

I think he didn't made any AA because he was broke almoste the whole game. He probably figured that he couldn't get the amounts of muta / hyrdas needed while keeping a strong ground army.

Highways

Australia6103 Posts

October 01 2010 09:45 GMT

#509

Game was not bad.

+ Show Spoiler +

But you kinda knew Idra was gonna win, since Artosis was casting it.

heishe

Germany2284 Posts

October 01 2010 09:53 GMT

#510

+ Show Spoiler +

seriously don't click this if you dont want to get spoilered+ Show Spoiler +

I think spoiler tags are overused. It makes reading a lot of posts pretty annoying. This is #1 not a major league game #2 the video was posted directly in this thread. anybody reading this thread should expect spoilers. please stop using spoiler tags so intensely.

if forum rules explicitly suggest otherwise I'm very sorry, forget my comment

T0fuuu

Australia2275 Posts

October 01 2010 10:07 GMT

#511

This game was pretty funny. I think his staying in the game despite losing shows a curiosity of how much damage a few medvacs and 20 food of infantry can do.

Yotta

United States270 Posts

October 01 2010 10:24 GMT

#512

THE BOXER + IdrA + Artosis casting - Low quality = Epic VOD, would download again!

Thurokiir

United States779 Posts

October 01 2010 10:25 GMT

#513

On October 01 2010 18:42 TedJustice wrote:
+ Show Spoiler +

It scares me how late he GG'd at the end. Does that mean he's made a comeback from that far behind in the past?

one of his most legendary wins came from never GGing and winning the game with 3-4 drop ships and 8~ goliaths.

frucisky

Singapore2170 Posts

October 01 2010 10:31 GMT

#514

You guys really thought that was a good game? He let Idra macro and creep spread for so long, followed by abusing to crap out of medivacs and marauders to snipe hatches. He didn't have amazing reaper, hellion or banshee control. And towards the end, he should have GGed rather than doing that gold level terran stuff. How does he expect to come back with no CCs and just 2 siege tanks >.<

Zeroes

United States1102 Posts

October 01 2010 10:31 GMT

#515

On October 01 2010 19:25 Thurokiir wrote:

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one of his most legendary wins came from never GGing and winning the game with 3-4 drop ships and 8~ goliaths.

I remember that

vanTuni

389 Posts

October 01 2010 10:39 GMT

#516

thanks alot for the vod!

anyways. tbh, I think we're all over-hyping Boxer's play a little here. Sure, his late-game harras was nice, and i liked the cliff-action alot. but idra could have just a-moved into his main once he crushed the cliff. no idea why he didnt do that.

Heimatloser

Germany1494 Posts

October 01 2010 10:39 GMT

#517

So he lost to Idra, we remember, a guy who didnt even make the round of 16 in the gsl.
what exactly is the point of this post?
even idra is higher ranked than him...

User was temp banned for this post.

tacrats

476 Posts

October 01 2010 10:43 GMT

#518

On October 01 2010 17:19 Qikz wrote:
Cool game, I can't believe nobodies ever thought of dropping tanks on those cliffs before, that'll be such a good spot to take in TvT.

The only thing I really don't get, is why Idra didn't build maybe a few spore crawlers or a few extra queens to take care of the drop ships, he could then of used the queens to heal his ultras too. Still, Idra's creep spreading is insane.

spore crawlers wouldn't kill any medivacs. boxer would just drop outside of their range. waste of minerals especially when idra had no hatches running.

Phanekim

United States777 Posts

October 01 2010 10:46 GMT

#519

i'm with the forum majority. stop hyping boxer up. idra had control of game for most part.