A unique behind the scenes look at how Hydra prepared for BlizzCon 2015, including his plans, builds, map choices, and opponents + interviews before and after matches.
Behind the scenes: ROOT.Hydra's road to Blizzcon
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ROOTCatZ
Peru1226 Posts
A unique behind the scenes look at how Hydra prepared for BlizzCon 2015, including his plans, builds, map choices, and opponents + interviews before and after matches. | ||
GreenMash
Norway1746 Posts
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DusTerr
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On December 30 2015 06:30 GreenMash wrote: Nice video! Wish there were more of this Here's one of Lilbow's practice and prep! | ||
The_Templar
your Country52796 Posts
For a second I thought you hadn't linked a video. That would have been funnier. | ||
GreenMash
Norway1746 Posts
i giggled | ||
TRaFFiC
Canada1448 Posts
Wait? Never gonna give you up? He dropped that B* like a ton of bricks. Only watched few min, but will watch the rest. Hydra is such a character. MOAR. | ||
DusTerr
2520 Posts
On December 30 2015 07:01 The_Templar wrote: For a second I thought you hadn't linked a video. That would have been funnier. I thought about it... but I wanted to give the false hope that there might be something worth watching. | ||
Heartland
Sweden24562 Posts
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[PkF] Wire
France24187 Posts
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y0su
Finland7871 Posts
I've always loved GSL (and first few rounds of Blizzcon) for the amount that a player's preparation can really shine! I certainly hope this is going on in other foreigner teams, even if there's no tournaments that really let you know your opponents in advance.. tangent: This really makes me think an active coach at tournaments could be so valuable helping a player pick strategies before each opponent/map. | ||
ejozl
Denmark3169 Posts
Also I thought Snute came up with the Burrow Roach cancel hatch vs 2 Rax? JaeDong is a Snute fan and when he did that build vs Bomber I was like, COOL BEANS! More content from Root is always appreciated, we want MOAR! | ||
ROOTCatZ
Peru1226 Posts
On December 30 2015 21:22 ejozl wrote: Really enjoyed this one. We haven't really gotten insight on these sort of things before and although I'm not really a Hydra fan it almost made me one. Only finals would've made me satisfied! Also I thought Snute came up with the Burrow Roach cancel hatch vs 2 Rax? JaeDong is a Snute fan and when he did that build vs Bomber I was like, COOL BEANS! More content from Root is always appreciated, we want MOAR! I remember sharing the strategy when I came up with it with Zanster, Miniraser Petranus and a few other europeans + teammates, I think Snute was one of those people, but I am not sure, what I do remember was Zanster was hard to convince to switch because he's super stubborn and I distinctly remember he mentioned he was doing the Snute response, so I asked him about it, [5:00:07 AM] Paulo "CatZ" Vizcarra: you remember when I started doing the burrow roaches vs proxy rax [5:00:28 AM] Paulo "CatZ" Vizcarra: and I told you about it a long time ago, at that time you were doing 'the snute response' [5:00:50 AM] Paulo "CatZ" Vizcarra: do you remember what the snute response was? [5:01:14 AM] anton dahlström: yea he made a Queen from the hatch in the nat and made a tumor with it [5:01:21 AM] anton dahlström: and 3 spines after the hatch died If Snute started doing that, it was probably later. As far as Jaedong is concerned, I talk to him on skype and for the Blizzcon match against bomber I told him about this build (and a couple others) and send him multiple replays, I was tweeting live during the series spoiling what he might do, even. So I'm certain that came from me, at least as far as JD's concerned. | ||
ejozl
Denmark3169 Posts
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Heyoka
Katowice25012 Posts
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Cluster__
United States328 Posts
Boooom! got me! hahah | ||
xtorn
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RKC
2847 Posts
It's also interesting that as much as we see Hydra's mind-gaming side, the video also reveals how much his opponents tried to do the same. I watched his games versus Dream (who tried to be clever - maybe too clever - by switching away from his standard macro play) during Blizzcon. Ultimately, Hydra's strategy worked against Dream, but fell short against Rogue. We should have more videos like this! Maybe hard for KeSPA players to reveal their hands, so we should try to get the likes of Parting, Rain, Polt, etc instead perhaps. 5 stars! | ||
aRyuujin
United States5049 Posts
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deacon.frost
Czech Republic12116 Posts
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BigRedDog
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