That was some very tight play by both players, but I felt that Cloud really dropped the ball with his army control. In every battle G5 had a sexy concave outside Cloud's clumped units. I think this was a decisive factor in his victory.

Still, a very nice showing by both players. What a nice first couple of games in these TSL qualifiers.

CoOl]1st[

United States243 Posts

January 07 2010 07:08 GMT

#26

G5 i can't wait to see you face a T. I'd love for you to knock idra out

(if at all possible with brackets)

Ronald_McD

Canada807 Posts

January 07 2010 07:11 GMT

#27

It's too bad G-5 attacked right before Cloud's storms came in on game 1. He lost everything after that.

Cloud lost the second game to superior positioning and micro, G5 played a great defense for a while there.

AtlaS

United States1001 Posts

January 07 2010 07:13 GMT

#28

Really impressed with G5's play in game 1. Even though he said he didn't know the 3rd came up and he attacked about 15 seconds before storm finished for cloud, you gotta think that G5 just had a better grasp of the game and he was on a roll. Everything went in G5's his favor for that battle. Plus, that concave was sexy. Cloud just looked awkward for most of the time with only a few glimpses of brilliance sprinkled throughout the series.

GG to both players and I'm glad to see you advance G5, I was definitely pulling for you in this match.

ProTech_MediC

United States498 Posts

January 07 2010 07:19 GMT

#29

I definately wanted ClouD to win, but it sounds like G5 has been practicing very hard for some time now... so its a well deserved win. I also enjoyed reading his interview.

If it was a best of 5, it may have been another story. Both games had some very fortunate battle micro situations work out for G5

vx70GTOJudgexv

United States3161 Posts

January 07 2010 07:31 GMT

#30

GJ G5, and better luck next time ClouD.

As pretty much everyone has said, these two are both solid players and either one of them deserves to advance. It's a shame that they had to end up matched up so early on. On that note with the group, it's a shame that these three [G5, ClouD & ret] ended up in the same group together, as I feel all three of them could've had success in the Ro16.

Still, GG guys and congrats to G5.

Guilty

Canada812 Posts

January 07 2010 07:31 GMT

#31

congrats to G5, well played series.
Too bad i liquibetted cloud...lol

merz

Sweden2760 Posts

January 07 2010 07:36 GMT

#32

+ Show Spoiler +

Wow I can't believe Cloud lost Game 2. He was up on supply and +1 Expo. T_T Carlo!

IdrA

United States11541 Posts

January 07 2010 07:38 GMT

#33

g5 so amazazazing

Whiplash

United States2929 Posts

January 07 2010 07:56 GMT

#34

Gratz G5, and awesome that you were able to get advice from some of the top tosses :D

404.Delirium

United States1190 Posts

January 07 2010 08:02 GMT

#35

If only storm was finished in game one before G5 hit the third. 4 HT's of storm would've made a significant difference.

All speculation though. Congrats G5, and sorry go ClouD (Was rooting for you <3)