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samaNo4
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Spain245 Posts
October 10 2011 22:59 GMT
#1
Starcraft 2 has come a long way in skill since it was born. It started being a blob vs blob game, but we have been seeing much more micro and smart-thinking as the game grew older. Of course, the skill level hasn't stagnated yet and it will grow even higher, we can see little flashes of it every now and then.

In this thread I'd like you to say which ones have you seen. I'll start with mine.

1. IMNestea vs IMMVP: Nestea is suffering high aggression from MVP with few marines, so he times his zerglings with his dying hatchery to kill the marines with the combined attack of zerglings and broodlings, great move. But MVP reads it and waits for the zerglings to pop out to kill them and then kills the hatchery, another great move.

2. I don't really remember the game. It was a TvP, the Protoss player has charge, so the Terran player sends one unit to activate the charge just before the engagement, great move. The Protoss player rapidly presses hold position on his zealots to avoid the activation of charge, another great move.

They might not seem so spectacular, but in those tension moments, you really need some awsome players to pull those moves off.

It's your time now!
And then do you know what happens all of a sudden? Trumpets!!
damod
Profile Joined March 2011
1106 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-10 23:04:07
October 10 2011 23:02 GMT
#2
Kiwikaki's Recall play against stephano in IPL3

The way he abused the fact that stephanos army was very immobile, and recalled his entire army in stephanos main base while Stephanos army is on the seond part of the map.

beautiful play.
EGHuK | EGJaeDong | EGMachine | EGiNcontroL | EGDemusliM | EGStephano <3
seiplo
Profile Joined June 2010
Sweden25 Posts
October 10 2011 23:03 GMT
#3
nr 2 looks pretty standard to me, Terran sends 1 marine to scout ur army insted of wasting a scan and protoss not wasting charge / showing that he has charge
im da bawz
Carras
Profile Joined August 2010
Argentina860 Posts
October 10 2011 23:04 GMT
#4
kiwips recall play ofcourse..
also nestea´s spine crawler rush!
Sandro
Profile Joined April 2011
897 Posts
October 10 2011 23:07 GMT
#5
Any time when Leenock's banelings burrow in the middle of a battle and connect with marines, never fails to impress me.
zyzq
Profile Joined February 2011
United States3123 Posts
October 10 2011 23:07 GMT
#6
MVP nuking TOP's entire base
Kashll
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
United States1117 Posts
October 10 2011 23:08 GMT
#7
I remember both of those moments you mentioned. Truly were flashes of inspiration.
"After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music." - Aldous Huxley
BrassMonkey
Profile Joined April 2011
Canada84 Posts
October 10 2011 23:09 GMT
#8
DRG and his muta retention.

Kid gets mutas so damn well but more importantly, manages to keep them alive while harrassing and scouting constantly with them
TOO EZ
slicknav
Profile Joined January 2011
1409 Posts
October 10 2011 23:09 GMT
#9
Nestea spine crawler pushing a FFE Protoss, I forget who the protoss was, but the move was brilliant.
blah blah blah...
LordOfDabu
Profile Blog Joined December 2003
United States394 Posts
October 10 2011 23:09 GMT
#10
On October 11 2011 07:59 samaNo4 wrote:

2. I don't really remember the game. It was a TvP, the Protoss player has charge, so the Terran player sends one unit to activate the charge just before the engagement, great move. The Protoss player rapidly presses hold position on his zealots to avoid the activation of charge, another great move.



Wouldn't it be easier to just turn off the autocast?
Think fast. Click faster.
Dominico
Profile Joined April 2011
Canada678 Posts
October 10 2011 23:09 GMT
#11
shit...i thought MVPGenius was switching games :O
DeadCell
Profile Joined April 2011
Canada256 Posts
October 10 2011 23:10 GMT
#12
On October 11 2011 08:07 zyzq wrote:
MVP nuking TOP's entire base


THIS

and NesTea's offensive spines against Anypro which was also previously mentioned.

Then again I'm almost always impressed with every game I see of NesTea


If it comes down to you or them, send flowers.
FrostedMiniWheats
Profile Joined August 2010
United States30730 Posts
October 10 2011 23:14 GMT
#13
On October 11 2011 08:09 slicknav wrote:
Nestea spine crawler pushing a FFE Protoss, I forget who the protoss was, but the move was brilliant.


Yea this, especially because other zergs were getting worked over by this shit back then.



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aebriol
Profile Joined April 2010
Norway2066 Posts
October 10 2011 23:15 GMT
#14
1. MvP vs Top GSL finalen game 1, insane attack on the main base.
2. KiwiKaki vs Stephano with recall, that was absolutely brilliant.
3. NesTea and ... everything he does. But especially the 4 hatch safe play with 80 drones vs Protoss forge expand, that overnight turned forge expand from a really hard build to play against, into a really easy zerg favored protoss opening. That build changed the matchup so much, with all his timings for evo chamber, spores, gas, queens, spines, perfected, to be safe vs anything.
Shellshock
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States97276 Posts
October 10 2011 23:16 GMT
#15
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oz ffe. Curious does roach ling all in. Right before lings hit wall curious floats an overlord in to absorb the first 2-3 cannon shots
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SoKHo
Profile Joined April 2011
Korea (South)1081 Posts
October 10 2011 23:18 GMT
#16
Has to be MKP's marine split in season 2(?). Pretty much standard in terran v zerg
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Stipulation
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States587 Posts
October 10 2011 23:19 GMT
#17
Code A final
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Anybody see Oz's micro in game 2 of the Code-a finals? His FFs were sick all game long.
barrykp
Profile Joined August 2010
Ireland174 Posts
October 10 2011 23:28 GMT
#18
TLO trapping an army by cutting off its retreat with called down mules.

Nerdgasm right there.
Lecture me some more on how to play please; I need help.
sYnRoscoe
Profile Joined April 2011
United States149 Posts
October 10 2011 23:30 GMT
#19
I hallucinated a bunch of units and my zerg opponent left.
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Rakasha
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada71 Posts
October 10 2011 23:33 GMT
#20
IdrA spine crawler push with hydra back in the day was a great strat for surviving that rush map.
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