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On May 12 2012 02:45 Seldentar wrote:Show nested quote +On May 12 2012 02:41 MisterTea wrote:On May 12 2012 02:37 wbirdy wrote: In the second video he outmacro-ed Apocalypse on equal bases, and crushed him by pushing edges and barely winning each engage. If that isn't impressive I don't know what is. on equal bases without any mules u might add . was awesome That actually is really impressive... I thought he was playing a random high masters player but Apocalypse is really good. I've seen Apocalypse take games off Thorzain so..
If i remember correct. Apocalypse has won Gumiho 3-0 and IMMvp 2-1.
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On May 12 2012 05:00 Alpino wrote:Show nested quote +On May 12 2012 04:55 aksfjh wrote:On May 12 2012 04:42 FakeDeath wrote:On May 12 2012 04:25 canikizu wrote:On May 12 2012 04:14 lastshadow wrote:On May 12 2012 04:10 canikizu wrote: People seems to forget that although Flash beat Apocalypse, but it's only one game there. In overall picture, Flash account only has 55% win rate, that's pretty mediocre. He's not gonna dominate the scene for at least 6 months, or a year, even he said so. Sorry to burst your bubble, 50% winrate at high-masters on Korea is absolutely not mediocre lol. For you, yes, but for people who is actually playing the game competitively, 55% is pretty normal. For all the hype he got, this early vods is quite underwhelming. Are you dumb or what? BW players are practicing both SC2 and SC1:BW and do you know how damn tough it is to focus on 2 games that are so different in terms of graphics,gameplay and strategy. Even IMMVP said that it is unfair for BW players because they have to focus on both BW and SC2 for the upcoming Proleague. Don't be naive and speak some sense please. Flash getting a 55% winrate is pretty good for someone who just started playing the game recently and practicing both BW and SC2. Don't make excuses for him. We all know 55% is nothing for a pro SC2 player. Maybe we'll see better in the coming months, but hailing him as a god already just makes you a blind BW fanboy. http://sc2ranks.com/kr/1475901/IMNesTeaI'm really looking forward to what you're gonna say now. Nestea never takes ladder serious. He used builds such as proxy hatch at MC third on Cloud Kingdom and slow push with spine crawlers and stuffs....
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On May 12 2012 05:05 sjh wrote:Show nested quote +On May 12 2012 05:01 omgimonfire15 wrote:Flash's efficiency is what really impressed me. If you look at his resources bar, he is almost always finding ways to spend his gas and minerals. He also beat apocalypse, and seems to be on the road to domination. Also, I don't know why people keep complaining that he is too slow... Although Flash was originally known for having superb macro mechanics, he is not a particularly fast player (APM in the low 300s). Rather, Flash's decision making is a more pressing reason why many players try not to get into a protracted macro game with him. Flash's timing, builds, and ability to detect cheese, all reflect a deep understanding of the game -Liquidpedia
I'm not sold on his efficiency. He had a ton of units cued up from the raxs and starports.
I think that's definitely something that he could improve on based on the current SC2 pros. In general, pretty much all current SC2 pros seem to have quite a lot of unused resources at mid and lategame. (even before they get 200/200).
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I would do just about anything to see a Huk vs. Flash replay
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On May 12 2012 05:14 canikizu wrote:Show nested quote +On May 12 2012 05:00 Alpino wrote:On May 12 2012 04:55 aksfjh wrote:On May 12 2012 04:42 FakeDeath wrote:On May 12 2012 04:25 canikizu wrote:On May 12 2012 04:14 lastshadow wrote:On May 12 2012 04:10 canikizu wrote: People seems to forget that although Flash beat Apocalypse, but it's only one game there. In overall picture, Flash account only has 55% win rate, that's pretty mediocre. He's not gonna dominate the scene for at least 6 months, or a year, even he said so. Sorry to burst your bubble, 50% winrate at high-masters on Korea is absolutely not mediocre lol. For you, yes, but for people who is actually playing the game competitively, 55% is pretty normal. For all the hype he got, this early vods is quite underwhelming. Are you dumb or what? BW players are practicing both SC2 and SC1:BW and do you know how damn tough it is to focus on 2 games that are so different in terms of graphics,gameplay and strategy. Even IMMVP said that it is unfair for BW players because they have to focus on both BW and SC2 for the upcoming Proleague. Don't be naive and speak some sense please. Flash getting a 55% winrate is pretty good for someone who just started playing the game recently and practicing both BW and SC2. Don't make excuses for him. We all know 55% is nothing for a pro SC2 player. Maybe we'll see better in the coming months, but hailing him as a god already just makes you a blind BW fanboy. http://sc2ranks.com/kr/1475901/IMNesTeaI'm really looking forward to what you're gonna say now. Nestea never takes ladder serious. He used builds such as proxy hatch at MC third on Cloud Kingdom and slow push with spine crawlers and stuffs....
Flash has as good winratio as HuK,MC,JookTo,GanZi,ForGG for example I think Flash is doing good.
Edit: And as far as i know they ladder pretty seriously except MC maybe
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That was pretty interesting to watch. It's fun to see the old habits and other odd things some new players bring over. Sometimes it brings a nice fresh perspective. Though, I think he'll soon have to figure out that medivacs are not like medics and you can't just waste stimpacks anymore. I remember that was such a problem with lots of players earlier in SC2. I guess we gotta accept the newer ones will take a little bit to learn the lesson too.
He definitely has some practice ahead of him, though. He's good, but there were still lots of mistakes which if this were an average pro players stream, users would be spamming in chat over (with things like "omg use your energy on your orbital!!" "wow wasted stim" "move your cc!").
He certainly can't compete on a GSL level at the moment so let's not go to over the top with our praise, but he's sure made a lot of progress in little time considering he just started playing the game. I can't wait to see how much he improves by the end of the year.
Also I'm kind of baffled by this BW vs SC2 pro talk. Aren't SC2 korean pros almost exclusively made up of BW pros, or at least amateurs? If they're almost all BW pros, what are we comparing them to exactly?
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Very impressed I wish i was that good right when i picked up sc2 his macro is so solid
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he is already 6°, in the video was 11°, rotfl
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Wow...there are already flashes (no pun intended) of brilliant bio micro, especially in that second vod. ohmygodOhMyGodOHMYGOD!
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On May 12 2012 05:14 canikizu wrote:Show nested quote +On May 12 2012 05:00 Alpino wrote:On May 12 2012 04:55 aksfjh wrote:On May 12 2012 04:42 FakeDeath wrote:On May 12 2012 04:25 canikizu wrote:On May 12 2012 04:14 lastshadow wrote:On May 12 2012 04:10 canikizu wrote: People seems to forget that although Flash beat Apocalypse, but it's only one game there. In overall picture, Flash account only has 55% win rate, that's pretty mediocre. He's not gonna dominate the scene for at least 6 months, or a year, even he said so. Sorry to burst your bubble, 50% winrate at high-masters on Korea is absolutely not mediocre lol. For you, yes, but for people who is actually playing the game competitively, 55% is pretty normal. For all the hype he got, this early vods is quite underwhelming. Are you dumb or what? BW players are practicing both SC2 and SC1:BW and do you know how damn tough it is to focus on 2 games that are so different in terms of graphics,gameplay and strategy. Even IMMVP said that it is unfair for BW players because they have to focus on both BW and SC2 for the upcoming Proleague. Don't be naive and speak some sense please. Flash getting a 55% winrate is pretty good for someone who just started playing the game recently and practicing both BW and SC2. Don't make excuses for him. We all know 55% is nothing for a pro SC2 player. Maybe we'll see better in the coming months, but hailing him as a god already just makes you a blind BW fanboy. http://sc2ranks.com/kr/1475901/IMNesTeaI'm really looking forward to what you're gonna say now. Nestea never takes ladder serious. He used builds such as proxy hatch at MC third on Cloud Kingdom and slow push with spine crawlers and stuffs....
Yeah and guess in general you should not take ladder games seriously as a measure of how good some player is. As i've understood it most pro players just use ladder as a way to try out builds to see how well they go against random cheese and just test thing out. Tournament results are the true measure of how good someone is or isn't.
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Flash has as good winratio as HuK,MC,JookTo,GanZi,ForGG for example I think Flash is doing good.
Edit: And as far as i know they ladder pretty seriously except MC maybe
Exactly. If he has that winrate using the non-optimal strats and not knowing the meta-game well, then he can only be successful from here. Same as in firebathero's videos. FBH only made zealots, archons and observers and won the game through constant pressure. These guys are going to do great things.
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FBH video? i want to see that!!!
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On May 12 2012 05:30 Snoodles wrote:Show nested quote + Flash has as good winratio as HuK,MC,JookTo,GanZi,ForGG for example I think Flash is doing good.
Edit: And as far as i know they ladder pretty seriously except MC maybe
Exactly. If he has that winrate using the non-optimal strats and not knowing the meta-game well, then he can only be successful from here. Same as in firebathero's videos. FBH only made zealots, archons and observers and won the game through constant pressure. These guys are going to do great things.
??? Stop teasing us. Post that vid!!
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On May 12 2012 05:34 Garmer wrote: FBH video? i want to see that!!!
There's two replays of him on tl.net
Nothing spectacular .
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On May 12 2012 01:45 Comeh wrote:Show nested quote +On May 12 2012 01:43 Anktious wrote:On May 12 2012 01:35 darkness wrote: It might be just me, but it seems Flash still needs tons of practice. He didn't seem very fast either. Flash has never really been known for his super fast speed. His decision making, skill, and critical thinking are what got him to the top of the BW food chain. "super fast" in terms of broodwar. His apm in broodwar usually floated around 350 apm, versus someone like Jaedong who had 400 apm typically. Its still really high (and higher than most foreigners)
I don't think you can argue JD was faster than FlaSh using the line of thinking your using. APM doesn't equal speed or multitasking but it does correlate. For instance, Bisu was typically "only" in the low 300's and yet he was arguably the fastest pro gamer (possible exception: BaBy). The reason: redundancy. Bisu was usually 200-250 eapm depending on the game and MU, which is only like 20-25% redundancy. JD was usually high 300's or into the 400's but usually had 40-50% redundancy. FlaSh is interesting because he was definitely fast, especially when he wanted/needed to be. There would be games where he would be plugging along 350apm/180-200eapm and then all of a sudden decide he needed to do a bunch of shit and he would climb up to higher 300apm and OVER 300 EAPM at times.
Bottom line, all of TBLS (except Stork) are really, really fast though Bisu is the best multitasker amongst them.
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On May 12 2012 04:17 HQuality wrote:Show nested quote +On May 12 2012 04:10 canikizu wrote: People seems to forget that although Flash beat Apocalypse, but it's only one game there. In overall picture, Flash account only has 55% win rate, that's pretty mediocre. He's not gonna dominate the scene for at least 6 months, or a year, even he said so. Virus have 55%, Bomber have 62%, Maru have 51%. Nestea have 57% Dunno what to say more here
I personally know people that were between 50-55% high masters on Kor last season and all of them were above 70% high GM on NA last season. I'm not saying that NA is hard or whatever but in comparison to KR i'm just saying that when you match top Code B/Code A/Code S every second game having anything over 50% is really fucking good. People who say otherwise have no idea about the KR ladder
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On May 12 2012 05:03 setzer wrote:As well as Naniwa, JYP and Puma if those are their real accounts.
and he is already higher than jinro. i don't get it. this guy will be a monster in a few days ahh months...
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I think people over analyse his takes against protoss a bit too much, as MvP has proven, it's damn possible if you're good enough. Cheesy strats or not. Really though, flash is known for liking to go for the lategame, he's probally had to be used to the early aggression which is apparently required in TvP nowadays. Take the balance whine with a grain of salt, the interview asked him about it and I doubt that there's alot of korean pros who actually think that the game is balanced (even in BW, players talking about balance would be pretty normal, though the balance in BW was determined by maps and not patches)
Give it a rest, people.
To those who has access to info regarding BW players going sc2, is there any kind of info on how many's going to try out for GSL, how many goes overseas, if there's any who's looking for foreign teams and the internal rankings, all seem more interesting than Flash's brief balance whine. Do note, that Flash has said that if he could've changed his race in BW, he would've chosen zerg in hindsight since they "had good advantage vs toss, and didnt do so bad vs terran either".
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