On November 27 2010 18:30 rainei wrote: Game One was Stats taking advantages here and there with small groups of zealots, and hyvaa trying to counter attack with a lurker / hydra bust. Seemed hyvaa's macro was lacking, as he was eventually overrun by a midsized protoss ball. didnt help much that he made lots of scourge, but never amounting to much.
On November 27 2010 18:17 nodule wrote: Seems like MnM would be pretty good against reavers with Foxer-like marine spreading. (Of course, it's all over when templar arrive...)
Game One was Stats taking advantages here and there with small groups of zealots, and hyvaa trying to counter attack with a lurker / hydra bust. Seemed hyvaa's macro was lacking, as he was eventually overrun by a midsized protoss ball. didnt help much that he made lots of scourge, but never amounting to much.
My bet is he doesn't care if he qualifies or not. Don't get me wrong, his play is unorthodox and entertaining-surely he's getting more fans by the minute but...it's just not viable to win. Not even against average players like Stats...
Did he even practice any of these builds before he came today? The point of unexpected builds is to surprise your opponent... not yourself in the middle of the game.
Did he even practice any of these builds before he came today? The point of unexpected builds is to surprise your opponent... not yourself in the middle of the game.
Did he even practice any of these builds before he came today? The point of unexpected builds is to surprise your opponent... not yourself in the middle of the game.
But that was pretty fun to watch.
I'm pretty sure he practiced the build he used against miso. He used the exact same strategy against soulkey recently and it worked.
Hiya was probably expecting the zerg to expand at the back expansion and he was too stubborn to change his gameplan. Maybe...
Did he even practice any of these builds before he came today? The point of unexpected builds is to surprise your opponent... not yourself in the middle of the game.
But that was pretty fun to watch.
I'm pretty sure he practiced the build he used against miso. He used the exact same strategy against soulkey recently and it worked.
Hiya was probably expecting the zerg to expand at the back expansion and he was too stubborn to change his gameplan. Maybe...
AH, you are right; he did in fact have something planned. However, I do think that the foundations of his build were just lackluster. He may have relied on that drop a bit too much, even when he did scout an absent expansion behind the eggs with his SCV. Hiya just did not have a contingency plan up his sleeve. It pretty much was an all-in. Granted, if things would have gone Hiya's way, it would have been quite a spectacular win. I also think he overcommitted with the wraiths after he spent time and resources on the drop. He did very little damage with them. I would actually have preferred for Hiya to build a few wraiths, and assume Miso would overhaul his scourge production. A few to fly around harassing overlords, keeping future mutas off his base would probably work in Hiya's favour, in conjunction with the delayed MnM force. His marine production didn't even begin until way, way late. By the final battle it looked like the muta numbers equaled to that of the marines.
Also, I did not actually see the recent Soulkey-Hiya games, so I do not know what worked for Hiya that time. I'll definitely check them out.
On November 27 2010 23:40 revy wrote: Omg... a KT player not Flash has made it through a round in the individuals! Is Stats the first KT to actually advance so far?
Action qualified 2-1, beating Tyson and BByong.
Still going to be a long season ahead for us KT fans Until winner's league, that is. Can't wait for winner's league.
On November 27 2010 23:40 revy wrote: Omg... a KT player not Flash has made it through a round in the individuals! Is Stats the first KT to actually advance so far?
Action qualified 2-1, beating Tyson and BByong.
Still going to be a long season ahead for us KT fans Until winner's league, that is. Can't wait for winner's league.
KTFlash and JaedongOz ought to score lots of win in the Winner's League rounds to stand a chance of going to the playoffs.
On November 27 2010 23:40 revy wrote: Omg... a KT player not Flash has made it through a round in the individuals! Is Stats the first KT to actually advance so far?
Action qualified 2-1, beating Tyson and BByong.
Still going to be a long season ahead for us KT fans Until winner's league, that is. Can't wait for winner's league.