Whenever these two meet it means money
Shinhan 1 OSL was suppose to be something great. Boxer was in the midst of a 13 game winning streak vs Zerg and owned his group 3-0 (JJu, Shinhwa, Pusan). Yellow on the other hand was showing signs of his former dominance 3-0 his group as well (Iris/Midas/Stork).
Boxer's 13 game winning streak
The way the bracket was structured meant that if Yellow and Boxer won their respective games, they would meet in the Ro8. Yellow went up against Goodfriend - who he dispatched of easily 2-0. Boxer on the other hand went up against Shinhwa - who he had already beaten in the group games.
Game 1
Game 2
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Boxer spawns at 7 (bottom)
Shinhwa at 1 (top)
Shinhwa opens with a 9pool speedling against boxers 1rax tech. Boxer's scout manages to delay Shinhwa's nat expo for awhile untill lings arrive to chase it away. By the time the lings arrive boxer has about 2 marines and 5 scvs on the ramp. By some miracle Shinhwa breaks the ramp and gets inside Boxer's base and procedes to wreck havoc. By the time the lings are cleared and Boxer has secured his main he is severely behind and Shinhwa is on lair tech. Shinhwa applies more ling pressure and breaks boxer once again. Boxer cant get a stable stream of Marines coming due to the pressure. So despite boxer gaining some more scans through a (retarded) double scanner (2 comsats at his main cc, one above the other). Lurkers rape boxer and he concedes
Boxer spawns at 7 (bottom)
Shinhwa at 1 (top)
Shinhwa opens with a 9pool speedling against boxers 1rax tech. Boxer's scout manages to delay Shinhwa's nat expo for awhile untill lings arrive to chase it away. By the time the lings arrive boxer has about 2 marines and 5 scvs on the ramp. By some miracle Shinhwa breaks the ramp and gets inside Boxer's base and procedes to wreck havoc. By the time the lings are cleared and Boxer has secured his main he is severely behind and Shinhwa is on lair tech. Shinhwa applies more ling pressure and breaks boxer once again. Boxer cant get a stable stream of Marines coming due to the pressure. So despite boxer gaining some more scans through a (retarded) double scanner (2 comsats at his main cc, one above the other). Lurkers rape boxer and he concedes
Game 3
Fuck you Shinhwa
There is kinda of a happy end i guess. Yellow went on to win 2-1 over Shinhwa (and went on to grab 3rd place). And ever since Shinhwa has done jack shit in progaming.
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