Retrospect GSL Open Season 3 - Page 2

On September 11 2013 13:26 Rain wrote:
Prologue
Episode 1
Episode 2

What's up guys and girls(maybe) I'm back with more interesting stories.
and thanks for reading my previous stories!

back in the days, I actually didn't get along with other players save ,except for TSL.GuineaPig.
besidesTSL.GuineaPig, Most of them were older than me.
and I was so young at that moment(age:16) I seldom talked with other players and I got warnings because of my misbehavior

And I didn't practice a lot.
One day I was trying to sleep and I heard some few players are talking about me
It wasn't like trash talk or something but they were talking about my gaming skills and they said it's so so.

after hearing those things, I thought I should qualify for GSL open Season 3 then and prove them wrong.
my match was at Day 3 and Guineapig's match was at Day 2. and I heard the good news that he qualified
Gunieapig and I used to say something like "Hey I'll see you in the Final" for as a joke. we used to motivate each other.

And It was my turn to qualify. my group was latest the last and I went there with Coach Lee, Revival and Trickster. Trickster and Revival were in the same group and my group wasn't tough.

But I had a dangerous moment.
I was playing against some unknown protoss and he was playing colossus and phoenix.
It was xelnaga cavern I made a 200 supply army then attacked. Meanwhile, Alive was watching the game. and During the fight I thought I won and I raised my both hands and Shouted "Yeah!" + Show Spoiler +
but suddenly my army got destroyed and I felt some bad sensation then I looked back
and Coach Lee was watching my whole game DAMN and he said "WTF are you doing you raise your hands from the keyboard and the mouse during the game?"
If I couldn't qualify I would have be kicked out of the team.

the other games were hard as well but I made it in to the final.
The time was pretty late + Show Spoiler + and I had like 10 minutes break time so coach lee said "Lets get something to drink" then we went to the top floor and the guard said "The mall is about to close so you are not allowed to enter here" then coach lee said "My player is in the Final which prize money is one hundred million Won If my player loses are you going to take all the responsibilities?"
and the guard shouted "Why should I" they started to bickering+ Show Spoiler +. eventually we go in there and get coffee (coach lee is so funny sometimes it was the Final for the qualifier LOL)
And My Final matches were easy and I made it into the GSL open 3
so Guineapig , Fruitdealer, Clide and I made it into + Show Spoiler + GSL 3
after qualifying guineapig and I went out for a drink with another friend. I drank when I was 16 LOL
+ Show Spoiler + very weird look with shabby hairstyle

I practiced really hard for the tournament and my first opponent was Dreamizer , a Zerg player.
Actually I didn't CHEESE a lot in ladder games but at this moment CHEESE was kinda of a strong strategy. I cheesed him and easily win won the first game. then second match I played macro and I showed nice micro controls. http://www.gomtv.net/2010gslopens3/vod/1346

But the second match was + Show Spoiler + a very very tough player. NEXGenius was the best Protoss at that moment everyone expected that NEXGenius will rape me because he won the blizzcon.
so I needed a very nice strategy to beat this guy.

The First map was Jungle basin which was really terrible for Terran.
I practice nearly 100 games to synchronize all the timings perfectly.
Game one. + Show Spoiler +
you can see my SCV hide for a moment and then go into his base then I send another one and let it get killed on purpose for to making ensure him I didn't hide my SCV.
However he scouted his natural for some reason I can't never understand. + Show Spoiler +
You killed my SCV and are looking for a SCV? and I thought I might am going to lose this game.+ Show Spoiler +
but I got lucky and I killed him with my CHEESE

Second map was metalopolis I 1/1/1ed + Show Spoiler + Him and I me won I also practiced 100 times to make my 1/1/1 perfect but, some people who have a bad point of view about on cheese they just think I didn't practice any and Cheese equals free win. It is totally wrong.
Round 32 was so Important in the former GSL because the prize bounced to 4times

Round 64 : $300
Round 32 : $500
Round 16 : $2000

My next opponent for Ro.16 was Startale.Squirtle
the first map was blistering sands this map was good for protoss.
the second map was Shakuras and the last one was Delta something..

In the First match I Lost a big army near my base and was raped by a DT and GGed
I barely heard people shouting when I lost my army and I starting to feel embarrassed
because I was playing shitty.
and during the second match I tried to concentrate as much as possible but because of the first match I couldn't I played too defensive and I was slowly losing the game.
However, miraculously I hit the huge EMP into the sentries and Psionic storm was about to finish
Storm was completed after I killed almost all of his units and I won the second match.

The Third match was Delta !@#!@# ( I don't know the name in English )
at the GSL Open 2 TSL.Killer lost to MKP by due to this strategy + Show Spoiler +
and I thought this is very very strong. I practiced this strategy over and over And my micro was nearly perfect with this strategy. It's: build 1 barracks + Show Spoiler + in the main base and proxy another barracks and make marauders. unless you are not prepared and trained for this strategy it was is + Show Spoiler + nearly impossible to hold. and I could feel he wasn't ready for this strategy and I won the game and I made it in to the quarter-final.

Frankly speaking, Terran was strong at this moment and CHEESE was very strong as well
but I practiced Cheese a 100 games and my opponents usually practiced 1 or 2 games to hold it off
This can explain why my CHEESE was strong.

After winning against Nestea I said "I had personal problems so I didn't have much time to practice"
in an interview. I think it was between Dec. 3~6 and at this moment Guineapig had arguments with the team and he decided to leave the team. And Dec 4th was also my birthday so I went to incheon (which is an hour away from the team house) to convince him to comeback.
I drank until 5 AM then woke up at 9 and started to practice with hung-over because I spent most of the time convincing him. The Quarter-Final was a best of 5 I cannot could not practice every map especially blistering sands. so I decided to put 1 All in there because I didn't like the map.

Actually I didn't prepare 3 All-ins
I prepared 4 Macro strategies and 1 All-in

The First map was Lost temple ; a Macro game I lost.

The Second map was Steppes of War this map was impossible to beat against Terran.
15hat = CHEESE never can defensed. I was surprised when nestea was going for 15hatch
because probably he knows it's impossible to hold. so I instantly pulled all my SCVs and Killed him

The Third map was Shakuras. I played macro aswell but his macro skills were way better than mine so I lost again.

The Fourth map was blistering sands I prepared my 4rax Cheese All-in (During the practice All the zerg playeres said It won't work out besides revival) and It worked out in that game.

The Last match was played onXelnaga Cavern I prepared 12/14 rax and macro.
I just pulled 2~3 SCVs to get some advantage with my micro however, unintentionally I almost finished the game with this. That's the reason people think I prepared 3 CHEESES to beat nestea

After beating Nestea I got blamed by so many people Actually I didn't care a lot but I was intimidated like what if some crazy guy can could kill me in the street or something lol.
so I said in an interview I will come back with more macro games for the Semi-Final.

The Semi-Final was against Hongun.Prime. His play style was unexpected and he had a lot of secret strategies he also was decent in macro games. I played 40~45 games in a day I think I've never practiced like this before.

I lost the first game and the Second game was on Xelnaga Cavern. I played 2rax 1 reactor 1 tech lab then CC I lost my army on his lramp + Show Spoiler + I pulled back and suddenly my monitor turned off. so I paused the game and asked to check my monitor again. (some people said that I intentionally paused the game to distract hongun and make my own time to think that was so hilarious LOL) I hold the voidray stuff it wasn't a big deal I was pretty good at holding those stuff.

I won the 3rd game and the 4th game I CHEESED him he went 4 gate which can counter cheese but he couldn't hold it off. and after that some people said "hey you said you won't cheese again!"
I was like WTF I said I will show more macro games, I didn't say I won't use Cheese.

I lost game 5 and won the last game and I made it into the Final
After the match Coach Lee hugged me saying "Good Job" and he was crying.
and he said don't tell other players that I cried because it's embarrassing
now I can say this! because Coach Lee left the e-sports <3

Ah I clicked the preview and It's very long.
Thank you so much if you read the whole things
Any grammatical corrections would be sincerely appreciated :D

Thanks for reading and I will come back with stories about the Final !

On September 12 2013 10:41 Rain wrote:
How about emphasis the letter?

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