Stars vs Ace will be a meh luckluster scraping the bottom of the barrel games SKT vs CJ will be a epicfest with both teams bringing it to each other to determine who is the better team
And guess what: Stars vs Ace bring an epic games that was exciting from start to finish. SKT vs CJ made me sleepy.
On February 12 2012 15:35 ArvickHero wrote: I'd say the problem was the Lurkers. They were fairly useless, for the most part, and took away precious gas from what could've been Mutas, upgrades or what-not
Yes, because pure hydra can't just be 1a2a3a-ed by Zealots with stormsupport.
because instead of Lurkers, it should've been Mutas to keep sniping HT .. critical mass Hydras will roll the protoss army without storm support, as we clearly saw in the first huge engagement
Sniping HT-s isn't cost-effective with so few bases. 12 mutas is 1200 gas, he got 2 HT-s worth 300 gas. Protoss can just retreat and rebuild, Zerg can only take advantage if they have a decent flank to use that hydraforce. Lurkers weren't a mistake.
its not really about cost as it is about sniping the HT. sure it'll be 11k gas you spend, but honestly with the same larva number and cost, no other unit can fulfill the role of reliably sniping HT like the Muta can. (and later on, Best's Dragoon count was never as high as it was in the first huge engagement, so the Mutas would've survived much longer in future attempts)
Lurkers can't fulfill the same function at all because they need to be in good numbers to control space, which directly conflicts with the point of mass Hydra strategy. Effort was already strained on gas, and if you watch the game the Lurkers only accomplished minimal harass and taking out the neutral building, when Effort REALLY needed to just keep HT count low so he can take more bases, and crush the Protoss army.
Mutas are expensive yes, but once the HT are gone Protoss has no power against mass Hydras. Again, refer to 09-10 ZvP to see why sacking 11 mutas for just a few HT is worth the cost. Shine in particular played that style very well
On February 12 2012 15:58 yepenaxa wrote: SKT vs CJ made me sleepy.
What
For KT fans, boring is fun and fun is boring. Why do you think they like Flash so much?
If you mean boring in terms of steam rolling every player out there . Than sure I don't care if it's call boring or whatever I have fun watching flash play his game .
I guess its KT, KHAN, SKT , Woonjin for top 4. I think KT and KHAN are basicly qualified for the playoffs but the last 2 spots are up for grabs for everyone except ACE and probably CJ who are in terrible form. Easy LB for today 2-0.