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ShoWTime vs Lilbow - Stalker vs Mothershipe Core
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LastManProductions
United States252 Posts
vs Lilbow. Lilbow went for the basetrade with his probes while managing to get out a mothership core. In the end it came down to ShoWTime's stalker vs Lilbow's Mothership Core. Here's the finish: + Show Spoiler + | ||
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Fryryx
France7 Posts
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Tzela
Canada48 Posts
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FrostedMiniWheats
United States30730 Posts
One of those super rare scrappy games like Gumiho vs Losira | ||
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Ej_
47656 Posts
I can't believe Lilbow lost this | ||
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NeThZOR
South Africa7387 Posts
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Arnstein
Norway3381 Posts
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Yorbon
Netherlands4272 Posts
I was wondering though, wouldn't at 3:00 buying time with like 3 probes and the mothership core give you enough time to get a better shot? @arnstein, I think the range of the msc is too short for that, isn't it? | ||
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Arnstein
Norway3381 Posts
On January 24 2015 07:24 Yorbon wrote: @arnstein, I think the range of the msc is too short for that, isn't it? Probably, since he didn't do it  | ||
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KalWarkov
Germany4126 Posts
On January 24 2015 07:24 Arnstein wrote: Couldn't he have the mothership core on the highground by the assimilator? Then he would be able to defend without the stalker being able to hit it! then the stalker just goes around a bit? mothership core has really low range oO | ||
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[PkF] Wire
France24202 Posts
Seriously, everybody should watch it. Such a nail-biter, even when you know how it's going to end ! | ||
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Blargh
United States2103 Posts
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TRaFFiC
Canada1448 Posts
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Ramiz1989
12124 Posts
On January 24 2015 08:07 [PkF] Wire wrote: WHAT A FINISH !!!! Seriously, everybody should watch it. Such a nail-biter, even when you know how it's going to end ! If I was watching this online, and was a Lilbow fan, I would probably do a /head-desk or punch myself in the face from the sheer stupidity of this ending. | ||
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Boucot
France15997 Posts
On January 24 2015 09:18 Ramiz1989 wrote: If I was watching this online, and was a Lilbow fan, I would probably do a /head-desk or punch myself in the face from the sheer stupidity of this ending. My heart was beating so fast, you can't imagine. But in the end, I wasn't even mad. Sad yes but the fact that Lilbow survived the double proxy gate was impressive enough to make the ending more acceptable. | ||
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SetGuitarsToKill
Canada28396 Posts
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Ramiz1989
12124 Posts
On January 24 2015 09:23 SetGuitarsToKill wrote: I just watched this.... WHY LILBOW WHY YOU HAD THE WIN!???!!! No, he had 5 Probes and Mothership Core against 1 half dead Stalker. In his book, that isn't enough I guess. | ||
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HolydaKing
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MrMotionPicture
United States4327 Posts
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Deleted User 3420
24492 Posts
On January 24 2015 09:42 HolydaKing wrote: It was Showtimes game to lose imo, that stalker could have killed 50 probes and the MSC if microed well. Though the base race made it very exciting. no way. with shields, if lilbow micros his probes back, he could stall that stalker literally forever. all he needed was to do that to defend his assimilator and use 1 probe to kill the buildings | ||
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Faefae
2203 Posts
On January 24 2015 09:45 travis wrote: no way. with shields, if lilbow micros his probes back, he could stall that stalker literally forever. all he needed was to do that to defend his assimilator and use 1 probe to kill the buildings Yup, at the end of the game it was an easy win for Lilbow :/ Poor guy... This game could have been legendary, had the casters bring more hype than they did... | ||
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Boucot
France15997 Posts
On January 24 2015 09:49 Faefae wrote: Yup, at the end of the game it was an easy win for Lilbow :/ Poor guy... This game could have been legendary, had the casters bring more hype than they did... Oh you're talking about the english stream I guess | ||
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Faefae
2203 Posts
On January 24 2015 10:02 Boucot wrote: Oh you're talking about the english stream I guess yeah  | ||
NonY
8748 Posts
On January 24 2015 09:45 travis wrote: no way. with shields, if lilbow micros his probes back, he could stall that stalker literally forever. all he needed was to do that to defend his assimilator and use 1 probe to kill the buildings I agree. I think the stalker could start winning if he trades some of his shields to chase down probes, but if there's energy for a time warp when he does that, he's 100% dead. So it's a no go. | ||
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KingAlphard
Italy1705 Posts
Also I'm pretty sure that with better micro he could have used a time warp and surrounded the stalker with his probes immediately. | ||
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LongShot27
United States2084 Posts
On January 24 2015 09:49 Faefae wrote: Yup, at the end of the game it was an easy win for Lilbow :/ Poor guy... This game could have been legendary, had the casters bring more hype than they did... You must have had it muted because they were doing nothing less than make it sound like the most amazing moment in SC2 history | ||
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Procurer
United States9 Posts
User was warned for this post | ||
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Blargh
United States2103 Posts
Personally, I think the stalker player was technically favored here. Given perfect micro, I imagine the stalker player would come out ahead, as the range and movement speed would allow for much better "trades". But I definitely believe there were moments where Lilbow could have won it. His probe micro was less than stellar, especially during his timewarps. The TW's are such a critical part of the micro engagements. | ||
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astray71
United States325 Posts
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The_Templar
your Country52797 Posts
On January 24 2015 14:07 astray71 wrote: Pretty sure Showtime could have just kept the MSC and a few probes at the top of the ramp so vision was denied and used 1 or 2 probes to just slowly take down the buildings... You mean Lilbow? He would still lose, he has to protect the assimilator. | ||
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vult
United States9400 Posts
Crazy finish though, I would be shitting my pants in either of their shoes. | ||
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The_Templar
your Country52797 Posts
On January 24 2015 14:22 vult wrote: I think that Lilbow would have won if he had just sent 1-2 probes to attack the pylon/gate and use the msc and 3 probes to defend the assimilator. That all comes down to patience, which got the best of Lilbow in the end :o Crazy finish though, I would be shitting my pants in either of their shoes. He was doing that, but then he lost patience and tried to kill the gateway | ||
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ZenithM
France15952 Posts
On January 24 2015 07:45 KalWarkov wrote: then the stalker just goes around a bit? mothership core has really low range oO I don't know what you two are talking about exactly, but if Arnstein thought of using the high ground so that the MS can shoot at the stalker safely then it just doesn't work that way. Air units are revealed when they attack from a high ground and units in the low ground can shoot them (unlike ground units attacking from high ground). So there is no spot on the map where a MS can shoot at a stalker and not the other way around (and btw, stalker has obviously more range than the MS). You can probably use the high ground to hide temporarily provided you don't shoot, to recharge shields maybe or something, but that's about it. I honestly think like Blargh that in this situation, the stalker player is maybe theoretically slightly advantaged, but any player could have won this because someone's bound to make a bad decision or miscontrol his units. I think Lilbow's best bet was to camp the ramps with some probes and the MS and try to mindgame the stalker to block his path for as long as possible, while using the rest of the probes to kill the buildings. And also, at the end, trying to race the stalker was definitely a bad idea, Lilbow could have figured it out earlier ;D | ||
Ragnarork
France9034 Posts
Definitely should've gone the way of Lilbow there, no need to leave the stalker alone while probe could bring down the gate. | ||
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RaiKageRyu
Canada4773 Posts
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SCguineapig
Netherlands289 Posts
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Makro
France16890 Posts
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Quateras
Germany867 Posts
Lilbow was like down to 5 probes, some of them with low health, if Showtime gets to kill just 1 or 2 more Probes, he can easily outmicro the rest of the Probes + Mothership core with less risky movements and reduce chance of surround a lot and then lilbow is a dead. Especially since it would be a lot easier for Showtime who has to focus on only his Stalker micro and nothing else. No way 3 probes and a MSC would have been enough to defend that assimilator without losing all probes. | ||
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grigorin
Austria275 Posts
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lord_nibbler
Germany591 Posts
And they were almost constantly switching between the assimilator and the gate at the end. There was something like 15 HP left on the gate when the stalker made his last shot, I think. | ||
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