On May 12 2012 07:13 ticklishmusic wrote: Flash was god in the dimension of SC1-- all-powerful and all-knowing. However, SC2 is a different dimension where he is, as of now, mortal.
Err, well. You get the idea.
Rofl, you don't realise what sort of creature Flash is when it comes to RTS...
On May 12 2012 05:22 Befree wrote: 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?
The BW vs. SC2 talk in this thread is just mad/butt hurt BW fans venting their anger and frustration that their archaic BW is in getting replaced by SC2, and their God, Flash, enjoys SC2.
that was pretty good. nice efficiency, not too much spamming. no overly impressive micro. just plain solid tvt. can't wait for him to get fully into sc2. #flashsc1sc2bonjwa
On May 12 2012 07:26 larse wrote: Well, after less than 1 month, Flash is now ranked higher than Jinro and close to Huk in this ladder. I'm speechless.
lets just join, starcraft2 players want it to grow and become good too, we can all just join our wishes.
We all want micro, we all want macro, we all would love to see moving shots, air units stacking and patrol attacks, dropship/prism plays and so on.
and we all can do this, together, blizzard will understand it, we got 2 expansions coming, lets make it so that STAR2 will become a real sucessor do BW, the easier UI will make its way into the Hard mechanics to master! we gotta try
On May 12 2012 07:35 Alaiz wrote: GOD DAMN !!!!!!! HOLY SHIT !! I couldn't stop grinning like a fucking retard, but DAMN ! His SO impressive ! Destroying a TOP GM KR like Apocalypse who have played TONS of games since the beta... Well it's only one game, but still !! Holy shit, great game Flash. Impressive mechanics btw !!! Can't wait for him holy crap !
It was a solid TvT sure, but there's nothing "SO impressive!" about his play. He's the best broodwar player, is it really that amazing that his mechanics are translating over to a similar RTS? Absolutely nothing in that game to freak out about
On May 12 2012 07:26 larse wrote: Well, after less than 1 month, Flash is now ranked higher than Jinro and close to Huk in this ladder. I'm speechless.
On May 12 2012 07:26 larse wrote: Well, after less than 1 month, Flash is now ranked higher than Jinro and close to Huk in this ladder. I'm speechless.
On May 12 2012 07:26 larse wrote: Well, after less than 1 month, Flash is now ranked higher than Jinro and close to Huk in this ladder. I'm speechless.
The skin between Flash's pinky and ring finger on his keyboard hand use to tear when reaching the higher numbers. This hopefully will no longer happen.
On May 12 2012 07:53 Fruitality wrote: isnt his mouse a 400 dpi mouse ? how can he play with such a low dpi =? :D
The mouse is a dummy. They implented a special RTS control device into his wrist (do you really think his wrist was actually hurting? KT is know for playing dirty...). You can clearly see two pointers in the video.
also im pretty sure that player was not apocalypse.. i saw a link to the guys profile and he was only low masteres with barely 50% win ratio.... looking at flash's strategy and decision making that game. someone like apocalypse would have absolutely wrecked the floor with him... you can't go late upgrades in tvt like he did and do pressure.. you get absolutely shit wrecked because faster medivacs in tvt isn't worth a jack shit.. so the pressure he applied made little sense outside the fact that he thought he could out macro his opponent..but pros like apocalypse dont miss production cycles and certainly understand the importance of early upgrades.
On May 12 2012 07:26 larse wrote: Well, after less than 1 month, Flash is now ranked higher than Jinro and close to Huk in this ladder. I'm speechless.
On May 12 2012 07:53 Fruitality wrote: isnt his mouse a 400 dpi mouse ? how can he play with such a low dpi =? :D
Because dpi is something "gaming" mice companies use as a way of selling their product to people that Have NO IDEA what dpi is. Anything over 1000 dpi is unnecessary.