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Homeless Zerg at MLG tears through Open Bracket

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Siphonn
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States298 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-28 11:01:02
August 28 2012 05:54 GMT
#1
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I have known Harry (MaSsan) for a while now, we have been teammates in the past, and have been good friends for over a year. He just recently graduated from Georgia Tech a couple months ago, and has since........ been homeless. He has been living on his friends couch basically, thinking about what he is going to do. Harrys friends had already planned going to MLG months ago, and it is something he couldn't not go to, because it is his passion and he loves gaming and playing SC2. If you know Harry, you will know how good of a person he is, and how much he makes you smile (even if he doesn't realize it). He is a big inside joke among his group of friends, because of all the crazy shit he says and does (WWHD - What would Harry do?). Now without having a home and much time to practice, he decided it would be fun to go to MLG with all of his friends and just have fun and get his mind off everything going on, so that he did.


Starting off in the daunting open bracket, there was not much expectation that he would go far because of how tough the bracket is, even though he is a ridiculously good and unorthodox player, and has a unique style to his gameplay that many players won't be used to, but boy, did he exceed those expectations. After smashing through the first three rounds of the six round winners bracket, he played vs and won convincingly 2-0 over the WCS United States of America runner up zerg Daisuki in WBR4, and narrowly lost to GosuIcecream (oGsIllusion) in close games 2-1 on the main stage in WBR5.

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Right after winning game one versus Icecream.


After that, he was dropped down to the losers bracket round 6, where he played coLRyze and defeated him 2-0, and then his biggest upset of the tournament, defeated EG's newest Zerg Suppy 2-1 in close games.
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Picking his vetoes right before playing versus Suppy on the raised stage



Massan and rest of Georgia Tech CSL team posing at MLG
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5th from left in orange jacket, giving the troll face


In LBR8, one round before Championship bracket, he was defeated 2-0 by FXOasd. Even though the score was 2-0, MaSsan showed he can keep up with the best of the best, by showing good games.

Massans stream - www.twitch.tv/MassanSC

GIVE THIS MAN THE RECOGNITION HE DESERVES, check out the bracket on Liquidpedia http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/2012_MLG_Pro_Circuit/Summer/Championship/Open_Bracket

****
ReMiiX
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States338 Posts
August 28 2012 06:22 GMT
#2
5 Star, MaSsan and GT Fighting!
GaTech CSL fighting!
LeafMeAlone
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States301 Posts
August 28 2012 06:27 GMT
#3
5/5

Hope he does well!
~_~
Demonhunter04
Profile Joined July 2011
1530 Posts
August 28 2012 06:30 GMT
#4
I hope he finds a way to support himself (or maybe get picked up by a team with a house). Impressive results for a homeless player lol.
"If you don't drop sweat today, you will drop tears tomorrow" - SlayerSMMA
Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33494 Posts
August 28 2012 06:42 GMT
#5
is this Anda? somehow managed to be streamed as many times as Stephano this weekend :o
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FinestHour
Profile Joined August 2010
United States18466 Posts
August 28 2012 06:55 GMT
#6
Wow thats hella cool props to beating some big names
thug life.                                                       MVP/ex-
Siphonn
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States298 Posts
August 28 2012 07:14 GMT
#7
On August 28 2012 15:42 Waxangel wrote:
is this Anda? somehow managed to be streamed as many times as Stephano this weekend :o


He bought the pass under AnDa's name, so it showed up as AnDa when MLG reported the scores and stuff, but his actual ID is MaSsan :D
netherDrake
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Singapore1831 Posts
August 28 2012 07:30 GMT
#8
i remember FGmassan on NA ladder.... friendly guy and good player.
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ArcticRaven
Profile Joined August 2011
France1406 Posts
August 28 2012 08:55 GMT
#9
Zerg successs stories everywhere these days :D

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AnachronisticAnarchy
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States2957 Posts
August 28 2012 10:20 GMT
#10
That's actually really awesome.
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bITt.mAN
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Switzerland3693 Posts
August 28 2012 10:33 GMT
#11
Well thanks a lot for pointing it out, otherwise we would've just thought he was Anda. Soooooo, has he signed a progaming contract yet?
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docvoc
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States5491 Posts
August 28 2012 13:35 GMT
#12
Holy crap, thats an amazing story :D. Maybe he can get sponsored? MasSan hwaiting~~.
User was warned for too many mimes.
thurst0n
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States611 Posts
August 28 2012 13:39 GMT
#13
I had already looked a bit into him because I saw his tear through the tournament and was like WTF (who the f...) is that?

I did not realize he is homeless. Someone get this man a home!
P.S. I'm nub. If you'd like you can follow me @xthurst but its not worth it ill be honest
imPermanenCe
Profile Joined July 2011
Netherlands595 Posts
August 28 2012 14:56 GMT
#14
get him in Ministry of Win? Sounds like a good place to live ;D
Micro at its best is like an elegant dance between two people trying to achieve a similar end.
MasterAsia
Profile Joined November 2009
United States170 Posts
August 28 2012 15:51 GMT
#15
Good luck MaSsan.
TARane
Profile Joined August 2011
United States17 Posts
August 28 2012 17:32 GMT
#16
King of Qiong
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Metafour
Profile Joined November 2011
United States137 Posts
August 28 2012 17:50 GMT
#17
Very cool read and I hope everything works out for him. I hope he finds a way to keep playing the game. Great win over Suppy.
"As you think, so shall you become." @JayJackson94
Soloturtle
Profile Joined February 2011
Canada333 Posts
August 29 2012 02:31 GMT
#18
Really cool to see no named players rise and be recognised by going on such runs in big tournaments.
Hopefully we can see much more from him in upcoming MLG and other tounaments.
Cool
AnDa1120
Profile Joined January 2011
Canada472 Posts
August 29 2012 05:06 GMT
#19
Area 51 Fighting!
http://www.twitch.tv/area51_anda | @ahandyhoang | areaAnDa.751 | Terran | NaDa ♥
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