It's worth mentioning that SN is severely behind after that not-too-wise tank assault on the nat. Then he suddenly runs a troop in and almost takes the game with bio's terrible terrible damage.
Now you tell me whats the equivalent of that?

The tank attack was actually really smart, Dear was just fortunate enough to blind counter it by opening with Phoenixes.

It was everything thereafter that -_-...

StarStruck

25339 Posts

August 31 2013 02:12 GMT

#23

Players should see it coming considering how often Terrans try to push for that position. The proxy should be common practice when it comes to pressuring them. Anyway, we have a lot of sick Protoss players making it to the round of 16. Be ready because they be coming.

Cricketer12

United States13990 Posts

August 31 2013 03:40 GMT

#24

im 6 for 6, and i am very happy with that reality, now if DRG could make it to ro16...

painkilla

United States695 Posts

August 31 2013 03:51 GMT

#25

On August 31 2013 01:07 Arceus wrote:

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Nah, SN was ahead. Dear's natural wasn't mining for like 5 minutes. The tank assault paid off. Dear spent a lot of rescources on his air too.

painkilla

United States695 Posts

August 31 2013 03:57 GMT

#26

On August 31 2013 03:08 kinsky wrote:
Protoss seems quite strong right now. I wonder why no toss-player is able to grab one of those big trophies...

They prefer choking to grabbing

lichter

1001 YEARS KESPAJAIL22272 Posts

August 31 2013 04:27 GMT

#27

On August 31 2013 12:57 painkilla wrote:

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They prefer choking to grabbing

Haha 10/10 would read again

scsnow

Slovenia515 Posts

August 31 2013 06:04 GMT

#28

On August 31 2013 03:08 kinsky wrote:
Protoss seems quite strong right now. I wonder why no toss-player is able to grab one of those big trophies...

http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/2013_StarCraft_II_World_Championship_Series/Standings ... protoss yea.

r691175002

249 Posts

September 01 2013 06:44 GMT

#29

I feel that terran is the race which allows player to most strongly differentiate themselves with skill.

This is why terran has the most champions, despite not always having the highest winrate or largest representation. The top level terrans players are nearly undefeatable, but if the terran race gets balanced around the best two or three players their representation in foreigner play vanishes (not that it is particularly strong ATM anyways).
You can tell that blizzard identified this issue because they tried to introduce the warhound - giving terran an a-move unit while protoss and zerg both got casters.

This isn't a matter of balance per say, but an observation on the current game design, and I'm not sure that one more patch is enough to fix this issue.

Protoss suffers from the opposite affliction because there are really no useful APM dumps and it is hard to differentiate your control when the army is always a deathball.

Protoss has never really had a true leader for their race since the days of MC.

coldnitess

United States57 Posts

September 01 2013 10:09 GMT

#30

sad zealots rejoice ;/

GumBa

United Kingdom31935 Posts

September 01 2013 11:38 GMT

#31

I just get this feeling a toss is going to win this season

Prove them wrong INnoVation and Flash!

Deawesome1

United States14 Posts

September 02 2013 15:28 GMT

#32

I hope Innovation does well o.O

Hollandrock

United Kingdom158 Posts

September 02 2013 16:31 GMT

#33

First up Maru, then two really stacked groups.

Flash hopefully will be able to get out of his. I'm slightly pessimistic about INnoVation though. His results against absolutely top opposition haven't been that great recently.

goody153

44236 Posts

September 02 2013 16:36 GMT

#34

so many protoss .. i hope a protoss wins this season .. please flash make it out

boxerfred

Germany8360 Posts

September 03 2013 11:10 GMT

#35

I'm pretty much hating sOs. I do not have any true arguments why. But he's the player I really want to see losing. Even RoRo doesn't create those feelings in me Oo