At 12:41 game time you can see herO has 200 energy on his Mothership Core just as his attack begins. herO has 78 army supply to Life's 118. herO has 45 workers to Life's 51.
At 13:11 game time herO has killed 21 drones. herO's army supply has decreased to 58 vs Life's 102. herO has 45 workers, Life has 31. herO has spent nearly all, if not all, of his forcefield energy and his army is effectively surrounded at the bottom of Life's ramp.
At 13:28 herO's mothership core dies with 200/200 energy. It had never used a timewarp. herO's army supply is down to 24 against Life's 74. herO has 45 workers to Life's 27. herO's remaining forces in Life's base are crushed and Life goes on to win easily.
Why did herO allow 17 seconds to go by without recalling, when he knew (1) he had inflicted crippling economic damage, (2) his army was surrounded by a vastly superior zerg force and (3) he had enough energy, even after recalling, for a Nexus cannon at his 3rd, where there was also a cannon to provide detection against burrowed roaches?
It looks like herO was trying to move up the ramp into Life's main but:
(1) Life pulled drones from his main to block this, causing him to lose even more drones but effectively trapping herO's army where it could be killed, and
(2) A group of about 17 roaches and one hydra got through herO's forcefields and was trading with herO's army - herO apparently thought he could trade with this - he even threw down 4 more forcefields to cut these roaches off, but the AI on his voidrays caused them to attack the hydras rather than the roaches, leaving 16 stalkers and 6 sentries to trade inefficiently with the roaches. herO kills about 10 roaches but loses 8 stalkers, 4 sentries and 3 voidrays. Interesting that herO's MS Core was target firing the Roach Warren even as a queen was focusing down his MS Core.
If herO uses those 4 forcefields to split that group of roaches apart instead of sealing them in, pulls his voidrays back, and focuses down the queen, he probably gets up the ramp, kills all the probes in Life's main and possibly even the Lair, and it's GG.
On April 28 2015 03:04 BlackZetsu wrote: It looks like herO was trying to move up the ramp into Life's main but:
(1) Life pulled drones from his main to block this, causing him to lose even more drones but effectively trapping herO's army where it could be killed, and
(2) A group of about 17 roaches and one hydra got through herO's forcefields and was trading with herO's army - herO apparently thought he could trade with this - he even threw down 4 more forcefields to cut these roaches off, but the AI on his voidrays caused them to attack the hydras rather than the roaches, leaving 16 stalkers and 6 sentries to trade inefficiently with the roaches. herO kills about 10 roaches but loses 8 stalkers, 4 sentries and 3 voidrays. Interesting that herO's MS Core was target firing the Roach Warren even as a queen was focusing down his MS Core.
If herO uses those 4 forcefields to split that group of roaches apart instead of sealing them in, pulls his voidrays back, and focuses down the queen, he probably gets up the ramp, kills all the probes in Life's main and possibly even the Lair, and it's GG.
On April 28 2015 03:04 BlackZetsu wrote: It looks like herO was trying to move up the ramp into Life's main but:
(1) Life pulled drones from his main to block this, causing him to lose even more drones but effectively trapping herO's army where it could be killed, and
(2) A group of about 17 roaches and one hydra got through herO's forcefields and was trading with herO's army - herO apparently thought he could trade with this - he even threw down 4 more forcefields to cut these roaches off, but the AI on his voidrays caused them to attack the hydras rather than the roaches, leaving 16 stalkers and 6 sentries to trade inefficiently with the roaches. herO kills about 10 roaches but loses 8 stalkers, 4 sentries and 3 voidrays. Interesting that herO's MS Core was target firing the Roach Warren even as a queen was focusing down his MS Core.
If herO uses those 4 forcefields to split that group of roaches apart instead of sealing them in, pulls his voidrays back, and focuses down the queen, he probably gets up the ramp, kills all the probes in Life's main and possibly even the Lair, and it's GG.
So whats your point? That herO fucked up?
It's impossible for a progamer to mess up in g7 of the Ro4 in the most prestigious league in Korea even though he has a history of choking /sarcasm
Like when hero first attacked, he has 2 spores ready, and immediately has the confidence to burrow through hero's forcefield while pulling drones. He actually temporarily fights with half his army just so that hero has to relinquish his FF position on the ramp of life's third. Life retreats with his roaches when hero casts a second layer of FF, thus blocking him from life's ramp, and then he goes for full engage with plenty of roaches left, hydras killling voids, and drones + reinforcement coming in from 3 angles.
I mean yeah hero prolly could of won if he hadn't choked, but nevertheless he wouldn't even have had an opportunity to choke if it wasn't for life's beautiful engagement
It was the minute that decided GSL, with the best zerg and the best protoss throwing beautiful mind games against each other:
First, herO lures Life's entire army away with his oracle. While herO loses the oracle, Life's entire army is out of position, giving herO an open path to Life's natural and main.
Then Life pulls all the drones at his natural to keep herO from either (1) sniping his Roach Warren and Hydralisk Den or (2) walking up the ramp to Life's main, where herO could have killed the Lair plus every drone and a queen. Instead, Life chooses to sacrifice 21 drones.
Finally after herO has taken a 14 worker advantage and simply needs to recall and turtle on 3 bases, Life throws more drones from his main plus peels off half his roaches. herO takes the bait and stays to fight the roaches. With the help of the AI dragging herO's voidrays into Life's hydras and herO not noticing his MS core getting focused down by the queen in Life's main, herO loses his army and the season.