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On June 20 2011 05:45 Stanlot wrote: *siiigh* a great tournament and a great weekend of starcraft ruined by the fact that the final matches are held during a work day T_T
WHYYYY.
well its in Europe... we have to watch MLG finals at 3 am in the morning of monday too
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On June 20 2011 05:43 Bergys wrote: For the people that are unable to think beyond food counts:
170 supply vs 112 (Unsure of exact food counts but point still stands). Both players have 65ish drones. Idra has 3-4 queens? That leaves MC with an army supply of 48 and idra with and army supply of 94.
Roach Cost = 75/25 Roach total minerals = 3525 Roach Total Gas = 1175 Stalker Cost = 125/50 Stalker total Minerals = 3000 Stalker total Gas = 1200 Idra also had a higher supply = extra overlords so that factors in aswell.
MC had +2 while idra only had +1. Stalkers are also strong vs roaches since they do +damage to armor. MC also had blink and idra did not have any infestors or similar to counter it. Idra still had a stronger army value, but nowhere near as 170 supply vs 112 makes it sounds.
precisely. people don't 'get' that roach is supposed to be a supply-heavy unit for what it is. that's one of its costs..
edit: also, sorry to get dragged into balance whine, some ggs today very good fun. weird so few terrans, and so many at end of GSL super tournament...
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On June 20 2011 05:31 SC2Phoenix wrote: 120 food of one unit>190 food Roach/Hydra O.o?
Well, the Hydra' only came into the second battle... when it was more 120 - 150... and what? 7 Hydras? it was practically mass +2 Blink Stalker + 1 Immortal vs mass burrow-tunneling claw Roaches with a few hydras... great comeback from MC though, doubt there' another P would could have pulled that out...
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On June 20 2011 05:41 Chicane wrote:Show nested quote +On June 20 2011 05:38 Doppelganger wrote: I am very disappointed in this format. There are way too many matches going on at once and the breaks on the stream are at the same time so that you will miss 4 out of 5 machtups and then you will have an hour long brake with nothing going on. Ya I don't understand why they don't have some games start at X:30 and others start at X:00 as they do now. It would be a huge difference, and there would likely always be a game going on. I was wondering a lot too - but I guess it also increases the interest. It's a mind trick, leaving you with more than you can handle, so you want moar, moar. Compare with GSL or NASL, where you sometimes watch much better games, but all are presented in a row, with plenty of time to watch them all, and then the level of interest is never that high, people fall asleep even etc.
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I hope Naniwa pulls off a miracle or this is going to be one boring tournament again.
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On June 20 2011 05:44 shabinka wrote:Show nested quote +On June 20 2011 05:42 Rayansaki wrote:On June 20 2011 05:39 spacer wrote: according to all idra haters, massing 1 unit(roaches)=bad play so idra sucks. But massing 1 unit(stalkers)=good play. wow massing one unit (stalkers) aganinst 1 unit (roaches) IS good play. Massing roaches vs Stalkers IS bad play. Or... you know.. he had Hydras too...
And it is still not the proper response! Hydras was a bad call. Zerglings and Roaches would have been a lot better (with the potential follow up from Infestor play).
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On June 20 2011 05:42 eot wrote: I'm not angry that IdrA lost (I was cheering for MC) but does anyone agree that maybe Stalkers should be 3 supply? I just think that if you max out on upgraded Stalkers it's a bit too strong, you get too many of them.
Then all the Protoss would die. I've seen plenty of stalker balls get taken care of with baneling carpet bombing.
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On June 20 2011 05:45 Casta wrote:Show nested quote +On June 20 2011 05:40 ZapRoffo wrote: Did anyone notice that there was a red blob under idra's ramp to his 3rd base, also that of the 9 hydra reinforcement only like 5 of them were in the battle? I feel like he forgot a whole bunch of units at his 3rd base rally. Yea I did, suprised more people aren't commentating this instead of just instantly arguing about stalker vs roach imbalancement. I want to see a replay of that.
this. people should just watch the replay and see what idra could have done better.
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Congratz to all who made it to the quarter finals. I like the fact that koreans seem slowly start to dominate foreigners. That makes Korean-Foreigner Games more tense in the future. And one word to idra: "...haha..."
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Koreans once again rolling another tournament Even with top EU/US player its the same story
Anyway socke>huk sen>july bomber>mc moon>naniwa
And MC owns everyone. even sen..
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Idra is starting to remind me of a golfer who can bomb it off the tee, but once he gets to the green, can't putt worth crap.
That said, MC played really really well.
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On June 20 2011 05:39 ElFuego wrote: Dear blizzard. Give zerg another unit that excels at being microed besides mutas. Protoss can do crazy micro w/ blink and deny micro with FF. Terrans can do crazy things with stim and drop play. Zerg players want to have fun too...
Also, marauders and immortals own stalkers. Zerg only has units that are ok against stalkers. Give zerg a unit that's good against stalkers even if you make it higher tier.
This post is jokes, have you ever heard about the infestor? And you mention terran drop play but completely ignore overlord drops? What kind of hypocrite are you?
Learn to build infestors they are probably the best unit in the game.
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On June 20 2011 05:43 Bergys wrote: For the people that are unable to think beyond food counts:
170 supply vs 112 (Unsure of exact food counts but point still stands). Both players have 65ish drones. Idra has 3-4 queens? That leaves MC with an army supply of 48 and idra with and army supply of 94.
Roach Cost = 75/25 Roach total minerals = 3525 Roach Total Gas = 1175 Stalker Cost = 125/50 Stalker total Minerals = 3000 Stalker total Gas = 1200 Idra also had a higher supply = extra overlords so that factors in aswell.
MC had +2 while idra only had +1. Stalkers are also strong vs roaches since they do +damage to armor. MC also had blink and idra did not have any infestors or similar to counter it. Idra still had a stronger army value, but nowhere near as 170 supply vs 112 makes it sounds. this is probably where people are finding it kinda ridiculous tbh, but idk idra should have built a bunch of zerglings insted to tank more insted of hydras idk
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On June 20 2011 05:42 eot wrote: I'm not angry that IdrA lost (I was cheering for MC) but does anyone agree that maybe Stalkers should be 3 supply? I just think that if you max out on upgraded Stalkers it's a bit too strong, you get too many of them.
No, I don't get how people still don't understand
+2 attack upgrade vs +1 attack upgrade Stalkers are very good against roaches because of +damage against armoured, and idra had a bit of a late hydra den no infestors or even lings.
Attacking 5 secs before tunneling claws has finished, pulling back and unnecessarily losing several roaches and a couple of lings
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i would've put money the stream would've reached 100k during mc v idra, 85K+ is still awesome.
oh Idra i just want to see good games, but you fall into these scripted defeats that you either don't see coming, or you just keep trying the same thing hoping it will work.
I've been watching some awesome neural parasite play lately ... game 1 all Idra had to do was neural the colossus at MC's 3rd. at 2 separate occasions MC only had 2 colossus at the base, a perfect situation for np. with the roaches to buffer for the infestors or maybe even a fungal growth, gg from MC. the last engagement was like 4-5 colossus, but still fungals and np's would've had the chance to succeed where roach and a few hydra/corruptor didn't.
what happened to the Idra that 2-0'd MC at MLG?
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On June 20 2011 05:42 Stratos_speAr wrote:Show nested quote +On June 20 2011 05:41 Primal666 wrote:On June 20 2011 05:36 Stratos_speAr wrote:On June 20 2011 05:35 wei2coolman wrote:On June 20 2011 05:32 shaman6ix wrote:go ahaid brainwashed idra minions, whine about balance despite idra playing painfully bad 70 food lead = bad play? oh, wow, idra haters are just as bad as idra lovers. Massing pure Roach = bad play. I'm sorry that IdrA can't win with one unit. MC can *Trollface* MC made two. Your forgot Sentries. Then IdrA made 3 and MC also made 3.
Zerglings, Hydras, Roaches
Sentries, Stalkers, Immortal(s)
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On June 20 2011 05:45 darmousseh wrote: Amazing, not a single upset in the round of 16. That's kinda crazy.
ro8 predictions
Huk 2-1 socke July 2-0 Sen Bomber 2-1 mc Naniwa 2-1 moon
This is the round where i'm not sure who's going to win really though. There are no more "clear winners". MC bomber could go any way. July sen really is dependent on how agressive july is. Good luck to everyone!
Same predictions except I think sen will pull through considering how bad july's zvz is.
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On June 20 2011 05:45 rpgalon wrote:Show nested quote +On June 20 2011 05:31 Clog wrote:On June 20 2011 05:30 Sacro wrote: Idra shows really poor army control... No. He had poor army comp. There is a difference. You don't micro roaches against blink stalkers much at all one roach burrow micro (like blink micro) is actually very good, but idra don't like micro
yeah try microing roaches with burrow when you got an observer right above them...
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On June 20 2011 05:39 Namu wrote: idra just played bad that game... his early game was very good, putting those spores down in perfect positions, but apparently he thought he was SO ahead that it warranted him going pretty much pure roaches. that does NOT work against a protoss player, especially a player like MC whose control is just out of the world. idra could've wont he game easily if he had gotten hydras sooner, or even speedlings, or infestors..
That's pretty strong argument to throw in after MC lost 2 colossi to 20 roaches surging in and out because he just didn't pay attention on the first game.
Truly AMAZING unit control. Out of this world bro.
MC went for 1 base cheese, failed as hard as you can, 0 damage dealt by getting countered by an evo + 2 spores.
MC was 70 supply and 1 fully saturated base behind. Idra wanted to end the game before he gets the colossi count up and starts securing 3rd + deathballing.
MC didn't win because he was a better player, he won because even when you are 70 supply behind zerg can't make a single mistake when engaging but he has to engage to prevent the death ball.
I know Idra should have got drop, i know he should have engaged in a different way, but honestly... When you are 70 supply ahead, 1 full base ahead and both still on same tier of units and got burrow + movement to fight against FF you shouldn't autlose if you don't engage in a perfect angle.
TL;DR FF needs T2 counter. Unborrowing beneath a FF should break it, banelings should destroy them or they should just have a health bar.
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On June 20 2011 05:43 grobo wrote:He's getting outclassed by Naniwa tomorrow
I'm sure before he played Whitera most people would have said/did say the same thing. Shame Moon crushed Whitera tho. Yes naniwa is better than whitera but don't act like this is a given.
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