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On March 27 2021 23:34 Elentos wrote:Show nested quote +On March 27 2021 16:30 sneakyfox wrote:On March 27 2021 15:46 Husyelt wrote: Why does TY, the greatest SC2 strategist of all time not have maxed out tactics score? His recent performance at Katowice against PartinG did not exactly ooze tactical brilliance. Strategy and tactics are also not the same thing They are nearly interchangeable for me when it comes to RTS, and even if so, TY is easily the best at both. Where as Maru can brute force his way into comebacks, TY can do the same with half the effort all due to his decision making.
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On March 29 2021 00:21 Husyelt wrote:Show nested quote +On March 27 2021 23:34 Elentos wrote:On March 27 2021 16:30 sneakyfox wrote:On March 27 2021 15:46 Husyelt wrote: Why does TY, the greatest SC2 strategist of all time not have maxed out tactics score? His recent performance at Katowice against PartinG did not exactly ooze tactical brilliance. Strategy and tactics are also not the same thing They are nearly interchangeable for me when it comes to RTS, and even if so, TY is easily the best at both. Where as Maru can brute force his way into comebacks, TY can do the same with half the effort all due to his decision making. Pretty sure decision making is getting filed under game sense in these hexagons
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On March 29 2021 00:21 Husyelt wrote:Show nested quote +On March 27 2021 23:34 Elentos wrote:On March 27 2021 16:30 sneakyfox wrote:On March 27 2021 15:46 Husyelt wrote: Why does TY, the greatest SC2 strategist of all time not have maxed out tactics score? His recent performance at Katowice against PartinG did not exactly ooze tactical brilliance. Strategy and tactics are also not the same thing They are nearly interchangeable for me when it comes to RTS, and even if so, TY is easily the best at both. Where as Maru can brute force his way into comebacks, TY can do the same with half the effort all due to his decision making.
There is nothing better than TY in term of tactics or strategy. But I havent seen TY done much comeback in 2020 at all. Most of the time, TY jump ahead because of his great early game. He can do alot of different combination of Bio/Mech/Medivac harrassment that throw the opponent off guard and can never recover from it. But if TY couldnt do those things and actually fell behind, its unlikely or him to comeback as his micro/macro is not the best in the game. Maru is the type of guy that can turtle hard when fall behind, and then just make a push to win the game. We have seen he done a lot of that, or almost won the game from that position, in all the matchup.
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On March 29 2021 00:25 Elentos wrote:Show nested quote +On March 29 2021 00:21 Husyelt wrote:On March 27 2021 23:34 Elentos wrote:On March 27 2021 16:30 sneakyfox wrote:On March 27 2021 15:46 Husyelt wrote: Why does TY, the greatest SC2 strategist of all time not have maxed out tactics score? His recent performance at Katowice against PartinG did not exactly ooze tactical brilliance. Strategy and tactics are also not the same thing They are nearly interchangeable for me when it comes to RTS, and even if so, TY is easily the best at both. Where as Maru can brute force his way into comebacks, TY can do the same with half the effort all due to his decision making. Pretty sure decision making is getting filed under game sense in these hexagons But I want that maxed out as well
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On March 29 2021 01:17 Husyelt wrote:Show nested quote +On March 29 2021 00:25 Elentos wrote:On March 29 2021 00:21 Husyelt wrote:On March 27 2021 23:34 Elentos wrote:On March 27 2021 16:30 sneakyfox wrote:On March 27 2021 15:46 Husyelt wrote: Why does TY, the greatest SC2 strategist of all time not have maxed out tactics score? His recent performance at Katowice against PartinG did not exactly ooze tactical brilliance. Strategy and tactics are also not the same thing They are nearly interchangeable for me when it comes to RTS, and even if so, TY is easily the best at both. Where as Maru can brute force his way into comebacks, TY can do the same with half the effort all due to his decision making. Pretty sure decision making is getting filed under game sense in these hexagons But I want that maxed out as well He has that maxed out
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On March 29 2021 00:05 Xain0n wrote:Show nested quote +On March 28 2021 23:26 Argonauta wrote:On March 27 2021 23:11 Xain0n wrote:On March 27 2021 06:25 deacon.frost wrote:On March 27 2021 05:59 dbRic1203 wrote:On March 27 2021 05:44 deacon.frost wrote: Ehm, I don't want to be mean to Lambo, but if any Zerg is on my tactics and strategy watch lists it's actually Dark. Followed by Serral. Yeah sure, Lambo is only the guy behind the tactics of the IEM Katowice winner, 3 points in tactics is about right Yeah sure. Dark is only the guy who actually won multiple titles, who gathered multiple second places and all of this in spite of what the master tactician Lambo says about his strategy. I don't know Kev, probably Dark is just bad at strategy and can bend space and time Oh man, that would be cool if Dark could do that. If he can do that Lambo can keep his puny tactics superiority. Dark won his titles in 2019 mostly by playing better than his opponents; he "outstrategized" Serral in TSL by going for mutas almost every game the way Maru was doing at a certain point in 2018 when he proxied 24/7, relying on his opponents not having an answer for the strategy. Not surprisingly, when presented with reliable counters played by strong opponents both lost very important series. Dark surely isn't lacking in strategy and tactics but I wouldn't say it's the reason he is a top player; I would prefer Lambo over him every day if I had to ask for a strategical advice, Dark is just a stronger player overall. I also don't think Serral's main selling point is his strategic prowess. That is plainly wrong. People is trying to build the narrative that Dark won vs Serral at TSL pure on BO wins and if you look a the games well truth is different. Dark may won just one of those games by BO win, then again, is ZvZ. The rest were just plain better play. Second, Maru 2018 was not just in the back of proxying. Yeah sure he proxy a lot but even after his proxies got completely blind counter he was able to recover and win. To the point that I looked like proxing was just an opening for him, and honestly still is by looking at some of his games. I watched that series and there was one map out of four in which Dark outplayed Serral, the last; the rest were either bo wins or reckless, risky tactical decisions that paid out(unlike the series they played at IEM in which, I have to say, Dark played better); in general, tho, Dark doesn't stand out for his strategic prowess. I am not saying Maru's victories in 2018 were all due to proxying but towards the end of the season he became fixated with it to the point his strategic plan became kinda obvious to everyone(and in the end sOs punished for that at BlizzCon).
Sure, but your examples are wrong, even if you overall statement is true. Dark and Maru dont shine by shinny strats. Mostly because standard play is enough for them to win championships and why risking it playing smart? When a bullet proof macro game can carry you to the win? Also Maru style in 2015 by dropping maruders into colos was quite unique, and he popularize 2018 mass raven, so its not that they are incapable of making innovations.
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On March 29 2021 06:39 Argonauta wrote:Show nested quote +On March 29 2021 00:05 Xain0n wrote:On March 28 2021 23:26 Argonauta wrote:On March 27 2021 23:11 Xain0n wrote:On March 27 2021 06:25 deacon.frost wrote:On March 27 2021 05:59 dbRic1203 wrote:On March 27 2021 05:44 deacon.frost wrote: Ehm, I don't want to be mean to Lambo, but if any Zerg is on my tactics and strategy watch lists it's actually Dark. Followed by Serral. Yeah sure, Lambo is only the guy behind the tactics of the IEM Katowice winner, 3 points in tactics is about right Yeah sure. Dark is only the guy who actually won multiple titles, who gathered multiple second places and all of this in spite of what the master tactician Lambo says about his strategy. I don't know Kev, probably Dark is just bad at strategy and can bend space and time Oh man, that would be cool if Dark could do that. If he can do that Lambo can keep his puny tactics superiority. Dark won his titles in 2019 mostly by playing better than his opponents; he "outstrategized" Serral in TSL by going for mutas almost every game the way Maru was doing at a certain point in 2018 when he proxied 24/7, relying on his opponents not having an answer for the strategy. Not surprisingly, when presented with reliable counters played by strong opponents both lost very important series. Dark surely isn't lacking in strategy and tactics but I wouldn't say it's the reason he is a top player; I would prefer Lambo over him every day if I had to ask for a strategical advice, Dark is just a stronger player overall. I also don't think Serral's main selling point is his strategic prowess. That is plainly wrong. People is trying to build the narrative that Dark won vs Serral at TSL pure on BO wins and if you look a the games well truth is different. Dark may won just one of those games by BO win, then again, is ZvZ. The rest were just plain better play. Second, Maru 2018 was not just in the back of proxying. Yeah sure he proxy a lot but even after his proxies got completely blind counter he was able to recover and win. To the point that I looked like proxing was just an opening for him, and honestly still is by looking at some of his games. I watched that series and there was one map out of four in which Dark outplayed Serral, the last; the rest were either bo wins or reckless, risky tactical decisions that paid out(unlike the series they played at IEM in which, I have to say, Dark played better); in general, tho, Dark doesn't stand out for his strategic prowess. I am not saying Maru's victories in 2018 were all due to proxying but towards the end of the season he became fixated with it to the point his strategic plan became kinda obvious to everyone(and in the end sOs punished for that at BlizzCon). Sure, but your examples are wrong, even if you overall statement is true. Dark and Maru dont shine by shinny strats. Mostly because standard play is enough for them to win championships and why risking it playing smart? When a bullet proof macro game can carry you to the win? Also Maru style in 2015 by dropping maruders into colos was quite unique, and he popularize 2018 mass raven, so its not that they are incapable of making innovations.
I think we have the same opinion here. I just want to point out that since they don't especially shine for their strategy, their "tactics" score should reflect that.
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Czech Republic12125 Posts
On March 29 2021 06:39 Argonauta wrote:Show nested quote +On March 29 2021 00:05 Xain0n wrote:On March 28 2021 23:26 Argonauta wrote:On March 27 2021 23:11 Xain0n wrote:On March 27 2021 06:25 deacon.frost wrote:On March 27 2021 05:59 dbRic1203 wrote:On March 27 2021 05:44 deacon.frost wrote: Ehm, I don't want to be mean to Lambo, but if any Zerg is on my tactics and strategy watch lists it's actually Dark. Followed by Serral. Yeah sure, Lambo is only the guy behind the tactics of the IEM Katowice winner, 3 points in tactics is about right Yeah sure. Dark is only the guy who actually won multiple titles, who gathered multiple second places and all of this in spite of what the master tactician Lambo says about his strategy. I don't know Kev, probably Dark is just bad at strategy and can bend space and time Oh man, that would be cool if Dark could do that. If he can do that Lambo can keep his puny tactics superiority. Dark won his titles in 2019 mostly by playing better than his opponents; he "outstrategized" Serral in TSL by going for mutas almost every game the way Maru was doing at a certain point in 2018 when he proxied 24/7, relying on his opponents not having an answer for the strategy. Not surprisingly, when presented with reliable counters played by strong opponents both lost very important series. Dark surely isn't lacking in strategy and tactics but I wouldn't say it's the reason he is a top player; I would prefer Lambo over him every day if I had to ask for a strategical advice, Dark is just a stronger player overall. I also don't think Serral's main selling point is his strategic prowess. That is plainly wrong. People is trying to build the narrative that Dark won vs Serral at TSL pure on BO wins and if you look a the games well truth is different. Dark may won just one of those games by BO win, then again, is ZvZ. The rest were just plain better play. Second, Maru 2018 was not just in the back of proxying. Yeah sure he proxy a lot but even after his proxies got completely blind counter he was able to recover and win. To the point that I looked like proxing was just an opening for him, and honestly still is by looking at some of his games. I watched that series and there was one map out of four in which Dark outplayed Serral, the last; the rest were either bo wins or reckless, risky tactical decisions that paid out(unlike the series they played at IEM in which, I have to say, Dark played better); in general, tho, Dark doesn't stand out for his strategic prowess. I am not saying Maru's victories in 2018 were all due to proxying but towards the end of the season he became fixated with it to the point his strategic plan became kinda obvious to everyone(and in the end sOs punished for that at BlizzCon). Sure, but your examples are wrong, even if you overall statement is true. Dark and Maru dont shine by shinny strats. Mostly because standard play is enough for them to win championships and why risking it playing smart? When a bullet proof macro game can carry you to the win? Also Maru style in 2015 by dropping maruders into colos was quite unique, and he popularize 2018 mass raven, so its not that they are incapable of making innovations. I believe Maru made Innovation and won in one of the fastest BO7 ever (2013?)
To be fair, Maru isn't exactly innovative player, but at the same time Maru isn't copied either while he plays rather unique styles. I wouldn't call his playstyle standard as if you wanna learn how to play Terran - sure, go watch Maru. Then forget what you've seen because this implies you understand the game, you have flawless macro while you micro on 2 - 4 different screens. No one else can do that, that's why play like Maru become the meme so easily.
In other words - c'mon, Meomaika. It's the perfect example why Maru isn't a standard Terran. It seems to me Maru likes the thrill of playing on the edge of losing. That's why when he defended those all ins he just went - fuck it, it's time to be aggressive. Standard Terran would just stayed at home and would get more ahead and didn't leave with 90 % of the army to do questionable damage at best.
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On March 29 2021 01:28 Elentos wrote:Show nested quote +On March 29 2021 01:17 Husyelt wrote:On March 29 2021 00:25 Elentos wrote:On March 29 2021 00:21 Husyelt wrote:On March 27 2021 23:34 Elentos wrote:On March 27 2021 16:30 sneakyfox wrote:On March 27 2021 15:46 Husyelt wrote: Why does TY, the greatest SC2 strategist of all time not have maxed out tactics score? His recent performance at Katowice against PartinG did not exactly ooze tactical brilliance. Strategy and tactics are also not the same thing They are nearly interchangeable for me when it comes to RTS, and even if so, TY is easily the best at both. Where as Maru can brute force his way into comebacks, TY can do the same with half the effort all due to his decision making. Pretty sure decision making is getting filed under game sense in these hexagons But I want that maxed out as well He has that maxed out Don’t quote me, I apparently cannot read or be trusted on this issue. I retire from this thread.
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I love these! Now let's argue until the end of time.
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Funny how Lambo criticizes Dark who is one of the most succesful and consistent elite player of all time. The truth is Dark can beat 90 % of the pros fairly easy even if he choses suboptimal strats, he is just that much better in every other aspect. I think Lambo should keep quiet about this, Dark is on an other levelcompared to him.
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Northern Ireland23313 Posts
On March 29 2021 09:59 Shathe wrote: Funny how Lambo criticizes Dark who is one of the most succesful and consistent elite player of all time. The truth is Dark can beat 90 % of the pros fairly easy even if he choses suboptimal strats, he is just that much better in every other aspect. I think Lambo should keep quiet about this, Dark is on an other levelcompared to him.
I’m pretty sure Lambo had his tongue firmly in his cheek there, what with the EU v Kr ZvZ meme too. No point doing the Hexagons of power if you’re not able to have the players have a bit of fun with it.
I’m not sure if any exist, or did exist given the lack of information and of course team houses don’t exist anymore.
I’m pretty sure you could produce an elite player in that environment who was a mechanical monster and just grinded out the game with a coach, but who if you talked to them didn’t have many great insights or deep understanding of the game. Obviously not Dark who is just pretty good at everything.
Part of what makes SC2 a great competitive game is no player is good enough to be above the rest of the field in all areas, even the best have some relative weaknesses and distinctive strengths.
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Lambo is obviously just messing around bro, chill. Nobody takes these graphics Seriously. Like it shows MaxPax as just straight up better stats than Lambo lol. They're just for fun
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United States32977 Posts
updated with day 3 :0
Zest getting perfect micro score is probably the most objectionable thing so far
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On March 29 2021 12:20 Waxangel wrote: updated with day 3 :0
Zest getting perfect micro score is probably the most objectionable thing so far
If you look at the series he played against Clem it checks out (except that he'd need to be in the negatives for 'game sense'). Zest is just lucky there's no macro corner.
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Nobody get a 5 in Mentality other than Inno and XY over others. I dont know much about XY as a player to tell it, but Inno probably always has a cool robot-like face, never feel like he has any emotion during the games whatsoever. Thats probably why its a 5?
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i need more heaxgon updates! Btw Dream-Gon is a small version of Maru-Gon
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Czech Republic12125 Posts
On March 29 2021 12:20 Waxangel wrote: updated with day 3 :0
Zest getting perfect micro score is probably the most objectionable thing so far You can look at Zest as a single thread CPU which tries to run 2 processes - macro and micro. And, well, since he's unable to run them at the same time, he has to use some scheduling. So when is the time to micro - Zest is usually impeccable. But his macro stands still. And vice versa.
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What does the color indicate?
I feel someone should make a card game out of this ^^
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Czech Republic12125 Posts
On March 29 2021 16:37 Harris1st wrote: What does the color indicate?
I feel someone should make a card game out of this ^^ in-game color?
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