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Season 13
LotV started off kind of strange... The GSL Pre-season matches were full of upsets and surprises. Players that were dominating in HotS all of a sudden could not produce the same kind of results in LotV. And players that were kind of invisible in HotS all of a sudden became the center of attention. (ByuN and aLive anyone? Oo;; ) Of course, now that some time has passed, the old dominant players are definitely starting to come back into the spotlight. (
Zest and 
Maru holy crap...)![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/yRmXxQu.png)
WCS: Unfortunately, the new format makes it pretty darn impossible to do liquibets for WCS now. RIP WCS Premier/Challenger. But major congratulations and props to ShoWTimE, 
Nerchio, and Snute for kicking ass. (Sorry Polt, you don't count because we all already know just how good you are)![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/9eqZgMw.png)
SPL: The interesting thing about SPL so far is that there isn't a single team out there right now that can be called the "New Prime". MVP and Afreeca Freecs looked like they were sort of going to take over that role, but they always manage to pull off some sick wins when it matters the most. And on top of all that, there is no one team that is completely dominant. SKT seemed like they were heading in that direction with their Round 1 victory, and then showed everyone that they too, were indeed mortal with their Round 2 performance. Speaking of Round 2, major props to both KT and Jin Air for bossing it up this round. And major respect to CJ's herO for carrying his team like such a baller. I hope everyone else is just as excited for the final remaining round as I am.![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/ty8yUQK.png)
GSL and ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/u0HIAVO.png)
SSL: Congratulations to Dark for finally getting out of that dreaded and infamous kong line! Unfortunately however, his rise to prominence may be short lived because Korean protoss players are just dominating the scene left and right right now... (Proleague Round 2 playoffs results were: Classic: 4 kills, Stats: 6 kills, sOs: 3 kills and Zest: 1 kill) Absolutely ridiculous... Speaking of Zest, taking that GSL championship like such a baws was riveting. Granted, as a terran player I would have loved to see TY win it all, but there was never any second of doubt in my mind that Zest wasn't going to win another GSL. If things keep going at this rate, we're in store for some seriously amazing SC2 action.So now, with all that's been said and done, let's go ahead and take a look at this season's Top 10 for liquibets:
(NOTE: In my opinion, I think I should have won this thing. The fact that I didn't means there's definitely some unfair black magic voodoo stuff going on around here.)
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- 1 167 WigglingSquid
2 167 kell234
3 167 Voltrik
4 166 Kaizor
5 165 stuchiu
6 165 Seeker
7 165 Jaramir
8 164 The_Red_Viper
9 164 showstealer1829
10 164 valas991
Link to SC2 Liquibets Season 13 Rankings
I kid you not, not in a million years would I have expected an ending like this. kell234 was DOMINATING like crazy on the liquibet rankings. He was constantly leading by double digits between first and second place spots with no sign of slowing down.
I'm not sure what happened, but all I know is this: Persistence and diligence does pay off when it comes to liquibets. Because not only did two other people catch up to kell234, they grabbed first place spots and forced out a 3-WAY TIE!!! (First time ever in TL history!) I don't think kell234 himself could have also foreseen such an ending. I'm pretty darn sure he was expecting to take this one by himself. But dang, Voltrik and WigglingSquid, congratulations to the both of you. You two never gave up and now you're co-liquibet Season 13 champions!
So without further ado, CONGRATULATIONS to WigglingSquid, kell234, and Voltrik!!!
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Thank you very much to everyone who participated for Season 13. Season 14 should be starting up soon so stay tuned and get those bets ready! (j/k it's already started. For once, R1CH beat the recap
)Previous Recaps:
Season 5 and 6 Recaps
Season 7 Recap
Season 8 Recap
Season 9 Recap
Season 10 Recap
Season 11 Recap
Season 12 Recap
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