Some replays I found today from Elfi.
Replay pack http://drop.sc/replays?player=%23190048
Also this game he uploaded today while streaming http://www.2shared.com/file/B8XcoXjt/Cloud_Kingdom_LE__60_.html
Thanks Elfi!
For all Replay Packs I have posted just click this replays Label, other Labels can be found in Label cloud at left side of Blog, and also at bottom left of every post.
If your looking for something specific on my Blog, Google is the best way to find it, just cut and past my Blog's name Cliff's Esport Corner, into Google, and add whatever keywords your looking for, I am still looking for better ways to organize data here, it would help a lot if it was possible to build array with Labels, ie "Catz" + "replays"
Unfortunately Blogger doesn't support that yet T_T
Showing posts with label Elfi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Elfi. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Elfi Streaming SC2
Stream: http://www.twitch.tv/elfi/
Makes me happy, he is one of my favorite Toss, and I have a LOT of work to do, but I like having a good stream going (I don't listen to music normally while working).
Makes me happy, he is one of my favorite Toss, and I have a LOT of work to do, but I like having a good stream going (I don't listen to music normally while working).
Friday, September 28, 2012
Elfi Streaming
Watching Elfi Stream while searching the interwebs, don't know how I ever got by with just a single screen in the past ^_^
http://www.twitch.tv/elfi
http://www.twitch.tv/elfi
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Elfi Streaming
http://www.twitch.tv/elfi
Love watching Elfi stream, he is one of the more creative Protoss IMO
Look at this post with VOD of Elfi vs Ret to get an idea why I like Elfi's play,
http://cliffsesportcorner.blogspot.com/2011/12/starcraft-2-thoughts-option-play-elfi.html
Love watching Elfi stream, he is one of the more creative Protoss IMO
Look at this post with VOD of Elfi vs Ret to get an idea why I like Elfi's play,
http://cliffsesportcorner.blogspot.com/2011/12/starcraft-2-thoughts-option-play-elfi.html
Saturday, June 9, 2012
Elfi vs Daisy
I don't care for mirror matchups much, but this was an interesting game, my comments, with spoilers below the VOD.
I am a fan of Phoenix openings, but I think they are best suited to large maps, the larger the better, that is because IMO in the early game Phoenix are best used for scouting and harassing mineral line.
They are a mana/spell unit, so when mana is out they are much weaker till it regenerates, and in the early game you can have very many Phoenix, so they will not be able to lift many units.
Also you will only be able to kill low HP light units, like Workers (SCV/Drone/Probe), efficiently until you build up to a critical number of Phoenix.
Elfi defended the first push fairly well, but Daisy timed it very well, and Elfi had not made an Immortal (I think Immortal would have allowed Elfi to defend the first push easily, 3 Phoenix can't really do much to Immortal other than lift it, which would leave Sentry/Stalkers to keep fighting) and was relying on Sentry + Forcefields to defend, and the Phoenix + Gateway unit mix was designed to hard counter a Sentry defense.
If Daisy would have expanded or teched after winning the first engagement he probably would have won the game, but he didn't and Elfi managed an impressive come back.
I need to watch this game a few more times to understand exactly when & why the balance tipped in Elfi's favor, I think it was the fact that he had higher or better tech with the Twilight Council into Blink, while Daisy didn't transition out of Phoenix + Gateway at all, he didn't take his Natural or Tech or anything, just kept doing more of the same.
But flash has been buggy for me since last update this week, and VOD keeps crashing on me T_T so it might be a while before I can watch this game in enough detail to be sure.
I am a fan of Phoenix openings, but I think they are best suited to large maps, the larger the better, that is because IMO in the early game Phoenix are best used for scouting and harassing mineral line.
They are a mana/spell unit, so when mana is out they are much weaker till it regenerates, and in the early game you can have very many Phoenix, so they will not be able to lift many units.
Also you will only be able to kill low HP light units, like Workers (SCV/Drone/Probe), efficiently until you build up to a critical number of Phoenix.
Elfi defended the first push fairly well, but Daisy timed it very well, and Elfi had not made an Immortal (I think Immortal would have allowed Elfi to defend the first push easily, 3 Phoenix can't really do much to Immortal other than lift it, which would leave Sentry/Stalkers to keep fighting) and was relying on Sentry + Forcefields to defend, and the Phoenix + Gateway unit mix was designed to hard counter a Sentry defense.
If Daisy would have expanded or teched after winning the first engagement he probably would have won the game, but he didn't and Elfi managed an impressive come back.
I need to watch this game a few more times to understand exactly when & why the balance tipped in Elfi's favor, I think it was the fact that he had higher or better tech with the Twilight Council into Blink, while Daisy didn't transition out of Phoenix + Gateway at all, he didn't take his Natural or Tech or anything, just kept doing more of the same.
But flash has been buggy for me since last update this week, and VOD keeps crashing on me T_T so it might be a while before I can watch this game in enough detail to be sure.
Saturday, February 25, 2012
ASUS ROG Tournament ASSEMBLY Winter 2012 Finals: Stephano vs Polt, who will win?
I am rooting for Stephano, I have been a fan of his for some time now, though I was really looking forward to the series between Elfi and Stephano.
And that was a good series, Elfi took the second game off of Stephano in the whole tournament so far, we will soon see if Polt can do better.
I have no idea if Polt or Stephano will win, I am sure it will be an awesome series though.
I am really looking forward to seeing how Stephano deals with Polt's 2 Rax openings, I think that will be one of the deciding factors of the series.
I think early pressure that doesn't let up, or some really unusual timing attacks are the only things likely to be successful vs Stephano.
That is what Elfi did, more or less, was a 2 base timing with heavy Sentry with a few Immortals, and Stalker reinforcement.
And once he started the pressure he didn't let up.
For links & etc for this event see ASUS ROG Tournament ASSEMBLY Winter 2012
And that was a good series, Elfi took the second game off of Stephano in the whole tournament so far, we will soon see if Polt can do better.
I have no idea if Polt or Stephano will win, I am sure it will be an awesome series though.
I am really looking forward to seeing how Stephano deals with Polt's 2 Rax openings, I think that will be one of the deciding factors of the series.
I think early pressure that doesn't let up, or some really unusual timing attacks are the only things likely to be successful vs Stephano.
That is what Elfi did, more or less, was a 2 base timing with heavy Sentry with a few Immortals, and Stalker reinforcement.
And once he started the pressure he didn't let up.
For links & etc for this event see ASUS ROG Tournament ASSEMBLY Winter 2012
Saturday, December 17, 2011
Elfi vs Goody
This game is from a few months ago, but I have been looking for games from Elfi vs Terrans, if anyone knows about more recent Efli games let me know please, either through Twitter @CliffsEsport or in comments section.
Cast by Crota from http://www.youtube.com/user/MachinimaRealm
Cast by Crota from http://www.youtube.com/user/MachinimaRealm
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Starcraft 2 Thoughts: Option Play, Elfi vs Ret
Thanks to Totalbiscuit for casting this game!
Elfi is an interesting player, he has some very strong ideas for PvZ, see this Elfi vs Idra game. I think his concepts could be applied against Terran, but I have not seen many games with Elfi facing a Terran player, so I am not sure on how his style of play works vs Terran.
My comments (Spoiler Alert) below the VOD.
This game was carefully planned by Elfi, the first poke he does at ~7:09 looks to me like complete feint, I think he is doing it to cover his Natural that is warping in, only timings I see, are the Nexus about half done, and Hallucination was timed to be half done when Elfi's units reached the edge of creep or Choke leading towards Ret's Natural!
I think besides covering the Natural going up, it was a complex scouting maneuver to force a reaction from Ret. Doesn't look to me like he planned for the Pylon to finish, unless there were no units at all for defense perhaps.
By Poking out, and dropping a forward Pylon, Elfi forces Ret to make a decision on how he is going to defend with the push if Elfi follows through, committing to a tech path, in this case Roaches. Perfectly timed with Hallucination being finished, as the units return to Elfi's Natural, and he immediately creates a Hallucinated Phoenix to see what tech path Ret has chosen. Letting Elfi pick precise Offensive plan he wants to use against that Zerg army. Brilliant!
I suspect if there was nothing more than a couple of lings for defense, Ret likes to Macro hard, Elfi might have canceled Hallucination, and let the forward pylon finish. Following through with Zealot/Sentry attack on Hatch at Natural while force fielding the ramp.
I am certain though, that he had two or more specific plans already in mind, and picked one based on the tech path/army composition Ret committed to. This is called, in NFL Football, an Option Play, were you have more than one offensive plan ready (and prepared for with supporting elements), but decide which one to use based on what enemy does or seems to be doing.
At ~11:57 he moves out, with a very carefully planned push, he had scouted and faked a push earlier, now he pushes out, and carefully puts a forward Pylon just inside the Xel Naga Tower's vision, so later in the game if Ret trys a backstab or counter attack now, Elfi will be able to see it.
This push is really what gives Elfi the winning edge in the game, and I believe it was carefully planned out, for the reasons described above. But also note how thoroughly the creep was cleared out, in addition to all the damage that was done to Ret's Gold Base & units!
Elfi uses the Warp Prism to build on, or exploit, the advantage he achieved with his Option play in the early game. For a small mineral investement he is able to keep pressuring the workers at Ret's 4th, which Clears the Defense, for attacks on Ret's Tech at his main, as well as another attack on Ret's Gold base.
Very elegant strategy IMO.
GL HF
~Cliff
Elfi is an interesting player, he has some very strong ideas for PvZ, see this Elfi vs Idra game. I think his concepts could be applied against Terran, but I have not seen many games with Elfi facing a Terran player, so I am not sure on how his style of play works vs Terran.
My comments (Spoiler Alert) below the VOD.
This game was carefully planned by Elfi, the first poke he does at ~7:09 looks to me like complete feint, I think he is doing it to cover his Natural that is warping in, only timings I see, are the Nexus about half done, and Hallucination was timed to be half done when Elfi's units reached the edge of creep or Choke leading towards Ret's Natural!
I think besides covering the Natural going up, it was a complex scouting maneuver to force a reaction from Ret. Doesn't look to me like he planned for the Pylon to finish, unless there were no units at all for defense perhaps.
By Poking out, and dropping a forward Pylon, Elfi forces Ret to make a decision on how he is going to defend with the push if Elfi follows through, committing to a tech path, in this case Roaches. Perfectly timed with Hallucination being finished, as the units return to Elfi's Natural, and he immediately creates a Hallucinated Phoenix to see what tech path Ret has chosen. Letting Elfi pick precise Offensive plan he wants to use against that Zerg army. Brilliant!
I suspect if there was nothing more than a couple of lings for defense, Ret likes to Macro hard, Elfi might have canceled Hallucination, and let the forward pylon finish. Following through with Zealot/Sentry attack on Hatch at Natural while force fielding the ramp.
I am certain though, that he had two or more specific plans already in mind, and picked one based on the tech path/army composition Ret committed to. This is called, in NFL Football, an Option Play, were you have more than one offensive plan ready (and prepared for with supporting elements), but decide which one to use based on what enemy does or seems to be doing.
At ~11:57 he moves out, with a very carefully planned push, he had scouted and faked a push earlier, now he pushes out, and carefully puts a forward Pylon just inside the Xel Naga Tower's vision, so later in the game if Ret trys a backstab or counter attack now, Elfi will be able to see it.
This push is really what gives Elfi the winning edge in the game, and I believe it was carefully planned out, for the reasons described above. But also note how thoroughly the creep was cleared out, in addition to all the damage that was done to Ret's Gold Base & units!
Elfi uses the Warp Prism to build on, or exploit, the advantage he achieved with his Option play in the early game. For a small mineral investement he is able to keep pressuring the workers at Ret's 4th, which Clears the Defense, for attacks on Ret's Tech at his main, as well as another attack on Ret's Gold base.
Very elegant strategy IMO.
GL HF
~Cliff
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