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On June 20 2014 08:28 Drake wrote:Show nested quote +On June 20 2014 08:02 Killmo wrote:
I didn't know that anyone on earth could go 6-1 against Polt. I mean, Polt wasn't on fire or anything, but he certainly didn't seem to be off of his game to me. Was just an amazing performance from Scarlett. its just that his tvz just isnt his strongest mu, and thats all he can bring for that. scarlett is just an amaaaazing zvt player
Polt's worst matchup is TvZ, but that is only because his TvP and TvT are insane. I was just thinking that if you put soO or Soulkey against Polt, they would end up winning with something more like a 6-2 or 6-3.. But maybe I am wrong.
EDIT: I worded that extremely horribly before.
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Grats to Scarlett. And thanks to Red Bull for an awesome event
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United States996 Posts
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Scarlett played out of her mind in these series well done and well deserved beating Polt in 3 best of 3's in a row is no small feat
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Wow I have a whole new respect for Scarlett. I know she is good, but sometimes she performs underwhelming. However, this time it was total domination. Losing only one map, but destroying Polt in all others nearly brought tears to my eyes.
Although I was rooting for Polt, I am deeply impressed by Scarlett today.
I hope she can keep this kind of performance in her next tournament.
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Scarlett maybe the best TvZ foreigners having beaten polt, bomber, Maru and sometimes Taeja, but the not really against other zerg and toss. But still I feel she improved so much these days. Hope she can win major tournament soon, would be a blast.
Not so surprise with the result. But like she says though, Polt reluctant to harass early game with Hellbat timing. I guess he's a bit late in practicing the build.
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United States43 Posts
Congratz Scarlett. I am a big fan, but I have to say Puckpalooza was what made the tournament for me!
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Wow. Polt is my hero but 6 - 1 in Scarletts favor is seriously impressing. Great work Scarlett 
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Sweden6061 Posts
Scarlett is quite good, that is an impressive feat!
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Poltuuu! 
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I can't wait for the vods. I hope they release replays, so I can study the shit out of these games.
I wonder why Polt didn't try to mix in early hellbat pressure though. I assume he had enough time to test these changes (a week at least I think) but who knows. Maybe he wasn't entirely confident with them, so decided to stick to his trusty arsenal of terran trickery.
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I think they need to take another look at the format for this. I think it's unfair that Puck won more series than HuK, MajOr, and Violet, but didn't get any prize money.
Grats to Scarlett
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Awesome TvZ play loved it. grats to scarlett love watching her play.
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United Kingdom1381 Posts
Id be interested if its possible to calculate the odds of winning for this tournament format.
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Polt should maybe have tried to mix it up, with some early cheese, proxys, or Gangnam Style Terran (float to gold) etc
not saying he would have taken a game off the BEST FOREIGNER, but atleast it wouldnt have made it so easy for the BEST FOREIGNER to read his moves every game
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Oh I know I want the vods so badly. did you watch any of them Angelias1234? If not, I suggest you start with game 2 of the second set.
Both of them played absolutely brilliant in that game, but also made mistakes.
It goes in my top 10 tvz matches to watch in 2014.
Lol you could put all 7 games in that list also!
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Scarlett has legionnaire level macro
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I think Polt didn't trust the hellbat just yet, so decided to stick to the bread and butter. He played it almost perfect in every game, but Scarlett seemed to be one step ahead most of the time.
I think Scarlett really studied Polt's game. She attacked several times just before 1/1 or 2/2 of Polt. She knew exactly when his upgrades would finish.
And her timings on the harass with those mutas!
Holy crap she poked every base with those mutas, and usually picked off 1-3 scv before backing away.
These seven games deserves to be studied lol, and I want to write part of it.
Edit-Also how many medivacs she picked off in mid-air! It made mutas look op vs terran. She shut down the drops most of the time.
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It should also be mentioned that those were 7 long, intense, macro-as-FUCK games! Scarlett admitted in her winners interview that she's pretty bad at holding off heavy early game aggression in TvZ but she expected to win because she knew Polt avoided that kind of play style in his TvZ.
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EPT
