Didnt he play more or less his normal style on blistering, meta and xel naga? Maybe his factory---> starport was a bit earlier then normal but the midgame plan seemed to be the same as it usually is? Correct me if Im wrong.

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the point is that MVP copied MKP's style of play, implying MKP's style is solid and not a gimmick that can be countered

Zozo

Brazil2579 Posts

January 29 2011 22:35 GMT

#42

I like most of the players, wouldn't mind seeing Moon there though, the 5th race should be code S. I'm sure we are gonna have a lot of upsets at the start, untill people get used to maps. Better creep spread and nydus worm to defend those far away bases might be needed for zergs to remain competitive, at least it's what we get to see in gisado's stream. Most of those zergs are macro fiends, so should be fun!

confusedcrib

United States1307 Posts

January 29 2011 22:40 GMT

#43

Love how last season Artosis was saying Leenock is one of the best. Predictions for next season: Jinro v Idra finals confirmed

zzdd

United States484 Posts

January 29 2011 22:49 GMT

#44

On January 30 2011 07:27 jalstar wrote:

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the point is that MVP copied MKP's style of play, implying MKP's style is solid and not a gimmick that can be countered

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MVP said that MKP gets marines and marauders so he got more marines to counter the marauders and marines. Also MKP pretty much suiciding his units every game says more about MKP's state of mind than MVP's play. MKP's style is clearly not solid if base trades are his go to move when behind.

Tritonus

Denmark125 Posts

January 29 2011 22:53 GMT

#45

If GLS continues to be this Terran heavy, expect impending doom.

Barbiero

Brazil5259 Posts

January 29 2011 22:55 GMT

#46

On January 30 2011 07:53 Tritonus wrote:
If GLS continues to be this Terran heavy, expect impending doom.

My hopes is that, with the map pool change incoming, if becomes close to the 1/3 next time.

hmunkey

United Kingdom1973 Posts

January 29 2011 22:59 GMT

#47

Booo 15 Terrans. TvT is incredibly boring to watch in my opinion and I'm really starting to tire of watching the same Terran rushes over and over.

Na_Dann_Ma_GoGo

Germany2959 Posts

January 29 2011 23:14 GMT

#48

Hmm I'm interested in how all these Zergs will do this time. Hope I can see as many Idra matches as possible, that guy's just a beast.

Leenock not being code s is still my biggest upset. I mean he didn't prepare well in his games against the terran all-ins by NextLiveForever but was obviously the better player.

And he's playing by far better than July_Zerg (in SC2, at the moment, don't hate me). Just watching the Up-Down matches of July made me cry. If he doesn't step up his game or just had a very, very bad time I can't see him advancing much further.

Slunk

Germany768 Posts

January 29 2011 23:28 GMT

#49

On January 30 2011 05:28 Zephirdd wrote:
What. Rain. what. wait. second. WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT.

FruitDealer is still in but Rain dropped?
mind=blown

Haha gotta love those trolls.

Pretty heavy on the terrans in my opinion. Those TvT from the semis on in both A and S really sucked.

On January 30 2011 08:14 Na_Dann_Ma_GoGo wrote:
And he's playing by far better than July_Zerg (in SC2, at the moment, don't hate me). Just watching the Up-Down matches of July made me cry. If he doesn't step up his game or just had a very, very bad time I can't see him advancing much further.

Yeah, July's games are painful to watch. Expectations are high of course, but come on, July, learn some early game stuff, use creep, make drones. You are the most recent golden mouse winner to play SC2, shove it up those nerds' asses!

blackbrrd

Norway477 Posts

January 29 2011 23:28 GMT

#50

Leenock is a very good, but not solid player. Loosing to rush builds twice in a row, especially on Jungle Basin with nearly a minute warning is really bad.

I think Leenock's style with fast infestors has quite a bit of merit, but his follow-up was less than stellar. I hope Nestea or Idra uses some of his build ideas and refines them into something awesome.

Did anybody stop to notice that there are two foreigners that got top-seeded? It's really sad that they don't get to play in the GSTL. I think both Idra's and Jinro's matches are fun to watch because of their playstyle.

eviltomahawk

United States11135 Posts

January 29 2011 23:59 GMT

#51

Sad to see Maka and Leenock fall down to Code A. Maka is capable of playing solidly and producing very entertaining games, and the same goes for Leenock. I think their demotion has more to do with their up-down groupings than their actual abilities.

I loved seeing Maka go mass Raven into mass orbitals into mass BCs in the Gisado KOTH. Leenock has convincingly taken games off of strong players like Clide, and I think he is definitely one of the stronger Zerg players out there even if he is not as solid as the top tier Zergs like FD, Idra, Nestea.

Hopefully, the second Code A tournament will have Leenock and Maka both be in the finals.

Onlinejaguar

Australia2823 Posts

January 30 2011 00:03 GMT

#52

So lol that Liveforever is still in code S.

xand

United States65 Posts

January 30 2011 00:08 GMT

#53

I'm interested to see how MC does next tournament. Had Jinro been able to take his game in the 2nd group stage vs MKP it would have been a very different tournament.

It sucked for MC because he was looking good all the way up to the point when Jinro when mech, which noone else is doing, and MC still almost managed to take him out.

Have MC and MVP played recently I'd be interested to see that matchup

Synche

United States1345 Posts

January 30 2011 00:10 GMT

#54

When are the Code B qualifiers for March? I was under the impression they were on Sunday. Which is like 12 hours from now? The offline qualifiers that Huk and Moonglade and Ret will all be taking part to get in Code A?

Promises

Netherlands1821 Posts

January 30 2011 00:11 GMT

#55

That said, I do think that MC is the only really capable Protoss of the bunch. I just don't see the likes of Tester/Genius/Inca beat people like MVP, MarineKing or even Nestea really...

shaunnn

Ireland1230 Posts

January 30 2011 00:14 GMT

#56

Is the code A up&down starting today?

huyNh

Canada366 Posts

January 30 2011 00:15 GMT

#57

they already played...

SwizzY

United States1549 Posts

January 30 2011 00:18 GMT

#58

lol, Rain in Code A.... I fucking knew it hahhahaha

Geovu

Estonia1344 Posts

January 30 2011 00:20 GMT

#59

The only decent/solid Toss is MC and Inca. Genius lost all of my respect after his utter failure against Idra. Choya is useless, Tester played terribly, Banbanssu is the snarftoss, HongUnPrime is crap, anyproPrime honestly played decently against Moon but that was mainly Moon playing like shit than anyproPrime's skill. SadZenith is sad.

Zenio, IdrA and NesTea are really the only solid Zerg's left. I am a massive Check + Cool fanboy but they haven't been playing too well.

Everyone else is Terran.

FFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-

Vehemus

United States586 Posts

January 30 2011 00:27 GMT

#60

On January 30 2011 09:10 SimDawg wrote:
When are the Code B qualifiers for March? I was under the impression they were on Sunday. Which is like 12 hours from now? The offline qualifiers that Huk and Moonglade and Ret will all be taking part to get in Code A?

They're supposed to begin at 10 AM Sunday, which is like a half hour from now.

Whether that actually means games begin or if that's just the deadline for showing up and getting placed into your brackets I do not know. Unfortunately I can't seem to find any current updates on these matches that should be starting very soon.