I think what made his games better for me is that.. He is Glade! Our very own SEA talent! This pride made me enjoy (and maybe imagine?) the games to be more exciting
Thanks for the link! I'll be watching them when I get home for sure
Watched the first two games vs huk on stream and just watched the replay for the 3rd - crazy game. Being a protoss player I loved how relentlessly huk was harassing glade with his stalkers, but the roaches regenerating health whilst burrowed didn't make it a huge impact for glade.
Rewatching the Glade V Huk games I think the commentary skewed my perceptions quite a bit. The third game was of a much higher standard than most are giving it credit for, game was on a knife's edge the whole way through.
What I thought was timidity on the stream now seems like patience and good game sense.
Game 1 against Tarson was interesting - no idea what Tarson was thinking with that weird reaper expand. It's countered so effectively by Glade's textbook bling bust style. Game 2 was awesome, Tarson was so well prepared for Glade's muta harrass but nowhere near prepared for the inevitable brood lords!
Whenever I 2 rax fast expand vs. a good zerg I feel behind the whole game (unless I seriously luck out and do more damage than I should), and I think the same was true for Tarson in that game.
Glade handled his predictable follow up very well nad took map control. Glade sealed the deal with his mid game counter attack that was very cost efficient and bought him all the time he needed.
Lets start with the WOOT MOONGLADE FIGHTING!
I didnt get to see all the matches but like many said Huk was not at his best. How ever I get the feeling Moonglade actually did a good job at pushing Huk to not play at his best. I think the loss to Moonglade actually was a significant factor in Huk's other losses. Like I said in the stream Chat box Moonglade is a world class player if you dont bring your A game thats not his fault he beats you.
Watching his play last night was like watching a born again zerg. His play was so similar to what we know and love yet so much more powerful. Good to see him playing well. Even his ZvZ looked strong not perfect but a lot stronger than it has in the past.
Will be cheering again for Moonglade! Really hope he wins the tournament. The games between him and Huk had my heart at my mouth and I thought huk had it but moonglade pulled through and took the win.
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