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05-28-2017 , 07:32 PM
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Originally Posted by sixfour
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it does help that he scanned right where the guardians were morphing, and with the failed early pressure SK had few options other than what he tried
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it wasn't a coincidence that flash scanned there

his opponent was a zerg on 2 gas with a fast hive. he may or may not have seen the greater spire but guardians were easy to expect in any case

idk what soulkey could have done but maybe fast defilers could secure a 3rd. he probably loses from that position no matter what he does

maybe the 9 pool speed was the real bad decision. at least a 4 pool has a good chance of getting there before your opponent can defend. 9 pool speed hurts the zerg's economy and isn't even hard for the terran to defend
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05-29-2017 , 11:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Sun Tzu
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it wasn't a coincidence that flash scanned there

his opponent was a zerg on 2 gas with a fast hive. he may or may not have seen the greater spire but guardians were easy to expect in any case

idk what soulkey could have done but maybe fast defilers could secure a 3rd. he probably loses from that position no matter what he does

maybe the 9 pool speed was the real bad decision. at least a 4 pool has a good chance of getting there before your opponent can defend. 9 pool speed hurts the zerg's economy and isn't even hard for the terran to defend
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While flash may have expected it, it might have turned out different if he spotted it a few seconds later. I think he killed two or three morphing ones.

Also 9 pool is probably ok, flash was fortunate to have the second scouting scv spot the lings in time to block the ramp. Dunno.


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05-30-2017 , 03:59 PM
There was a third place playoff game today, rarely watch them as they're usually completely pointless, nothing was missed. Game 2 I guess was OK but both players seemed to be mailing it in
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06-02-2017 , 04:22 PM
I think Flash/Shine is tomorrow, would be interested in putting $10 or so on Shine to win a map if someone wants to take Flash 3-0, not sure what a fair line would be though, would guess around evens?
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06-02-2017 , 05:26 PM
What time is the match?
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06-03-2017 , 01:09 AM
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Originally Posted by aK13
What time is the match?
I think it's 1am pst
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06-03-2017 , 08:23 PM
GSL Group D spoiler, on the subject of TvZ:

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Maru had to play 9 TvZ maps and until the very last one where he opened normally, went 3 rax reaper or proxy 2rax marines every single map! And in case you were wondering, no, there's really no way for Zerg to punish someone who plays so predictably (or if there is, Soo and Dark didn't figure it out given that all series went to 3 games and Dark ultimately lost both of his)
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06-04-2017 , 05:41 AM
That game 1 was an interesting strategy

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but I think it was too late even if it wasn't scouted, flash was more or less up to vessels and tanks by the time shine even was ready to drop the lunkers
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06-04-2017 , 02:53 PM
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Originally Posted by sixfour
That game 1 was an interesting strategy

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but I think it was too late even if it wasn't scouted, flash was more or less up to vessels and tanks by the time shine even was ready to drop the lunkers
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Yea I don't get how that was going to work, just can't get enough out with such a weak economy. Even if shine gets into the main and drops endless lings with the mineral only, it still seems weak? Dunno.
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06-07-2017 , 06:55 AM
watching gsl, tvt is so silly having watched nothing but bw this past year or more
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06-07-2017 , 07:52 AM
game 3 of byun/maru is worth watching, if only for tastosis ignoring the game for 10 minutes and going off on a complete tangent
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06-09-2017 , 02:22 AM
Game 4 of Rogue vs Soo was pretty crazy
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06-17-2017 , 01:55 PM
Rly good stephano v some guy ive never heard of before on right now in wcs
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06-19-2017 , 01:01 AM
starcraft is a hard game.
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06-19-2017 , 05:37 PM
GSL ro4 spoiler

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SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO with a THRASHING

A record 6 finals! Will he finally win one?!
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06-20-2017 , 09:27 AM
Race before country.

I'm fairly certain that Neeb intentionally threw in order to keep the WCS finals more competitive. One does not simply forget to research Charge in a zealot heavy comp. One does not simply forget to build any warp prisms when going for an early push and victory. Especially after not completely dismantling your opponents in games prior. However, winning the finals 4-0 in a round of stomps is bad for optics.

Those losses were almost as bad as the players' attempt to pretend they were drinking out of whatever sponsored beverage container that was EVERY time the camera panned to them.

Control room: Camera 3, GO! Alright, Neeb, give us a sip out of your clearly empty container. Try to get that label toward the camera. Good ****, son. Now, go throw this game three because we have another 45 minutes to fill.
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06-22-2017 , 07:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Inso0
One does not simply forget to research Charge in a zealot heavy comp.
I've watched an arbiter fly in to an opponent's base in the last ASL and do nothing because they forgot to research recall, it happens
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06-24-2017 , 06:52 PM
GSL final was that editing then?
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06-29-2017 , 07:40 PM
Assuming you meant "exciting" - it was decent

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but I think any finals that Soo loses will be underwhelming, until he ever wins one
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06-29-2017 , 07:57 PM
GSL S3: somehow five (!!) foreigners qualified this season

- Major 2-0'd Seed twice to advance (Has lost to Alive and Seed to get knocked out of that group, RIP GOAT cannon rusher)
- In perhaps the most insane qualifying result in history, Scarlett and Time (Chinese Terran) qualified out of the same group, beating out Zest (!!!) and Myungsik
- Elazer qualified by beating some no-name Korean Protoss, losing 2-1 to Hero, then beating the no-name guy again (super weak group)
- In a group that also featured PtitDrogo losing every single map, NoRegret qualified by beating Impact 2-1, losing 2-0 to Innovation and then beating Impact 2-1 again

In other results:
- Neeb came 1 game short of qualifying, losing 2-1 to Hurricane twice including in the qualifying loser's match
- Tails is still around and beat Billowy before losing to sOs
- Byul failed to qualify, 2-0'd Jim before losing 2-0 to Dear and 2-1 to Forte

So, groups:

Group A (7/5 Euro time):

Gumiho vs. Elazer
Keen vs. Rogue

Group B (7/8 US time):

Ryung vs. Hurricane
Scarlett vs. Innovation

Group C (7/12 EU time):

Soo vs. Hush
Leenock vs. Alive

Group D (7/15 US time):

Stats vs. Forte
Losira vs. Byun

Group E (7/18 EU time):

Maru vs. Jjakji
Patience vs. Solar

Group F (7/19 EU time):

Hero vs. NoRegret
Trap vs. Dark

Group G (7/20 EU time):

Classic vs. Time
Dear vs. Bunny

Group H (7/22 US time):

TY vs. Major
Curious vs. sOs


Hard to imagine any of the foreigners making it out.
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06-29-2017 , 11:50 PM
It blew my mind when I learned NoRegret actually legitimately qualified for Code S.
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07-08-2017 , 01:01 AM
Scarlett is playing right now and game 1 vs innovation is pretty amazing
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07-08-2017 , 11:18 PM
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Originally Posted by goofyballer
Assuming you meant "exciting" - it was decent

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but I think any finals that Soo loses will be underwhelming, until he ever wins one
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I thought it was incredible. Soo losing again was hilarious (sad for him though ) but also GuMiho (GUMIHO) winning a GSL was fantastic, especially with all the wild builds he showed.
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07-09-2017 , 02:44 AM
re: ^

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I'm too biased, I can never enjoy watching my favorite Zergs get beat up like that even if the games are objectively great

Like, G7 of Warriors-Cavs last year was one of the most epic finishes ever but as a Warriors fan it just made me mad
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07-09-2017 , 04:10 AM
The simple pleasures in life: when you sacrifice a base and theoretically should be way behind to the point of being dead, but just have a feeling that your opponent sucks and will **** it up for you



lol resource banks but I won this game after he killed my 3rd and was up 30 supply lol
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