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DeadVessel

United States6269 Posts

June 15 2008 05:19 GMT

Please ignore this post. I put this here for personal reference.

WeMade

WeMade FOX is a breeding ground for champions. It’s home to NaDa, Mind, and Casy, all previous StarLeaguers with NaDa being the most decorated of the three. Granted Casy won his OSL while playing for OGN this is still a great environment for producing potential StarLeaguers. The new faces of WeMade show an amazing amount of potential. Pure has amazing mechanics and game sense; BaBy, while not having many games in Proleague and not having gotten into any leagues yet, is still very young and has time to break into the scene; HerO, who isn’t quite as strong as Pure but is still a common face on WeMade’s Proleague roster, has been pulling in some results lately and is finally showing some potential to rise above mediocrity; and finally Rock, I know some of you are thinking “Rock? He’s not a new face.” well Rock has recently been playing very well and has a shot at winning an OSL this time (It’s a very small shot considering the OSL has Flash, Luxury, JangBi, and BeSt but still a shot) and if he keeps performing we might see him in Proleague 1v1s again instead of being exclusively 2v2.

With all of this WeMade has become a force to be reckoned with in ProLeague with such a strong line-up and is starting to field more players in MSL/OSL (Casy, NaDa, Mind, and Rock made it into the OSL and Mind, NaDa, and HerO made it into the MSL).

The Lineup

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Pure

Pure has been very impressive lately with 11-3 results, a drastic improvement from his 9-10 results in '07. Going 11-3 is impressive regardless of opponents and Pure hasn’t been playing scrubs. He has won against Stork, who is widely considered the best PvPer in the world at the moment, Anytime, Iris, and LuCifer. Pure’s only loses have come from Bisu, YoonJoong, and GuemChi (funnily all on Katrina SE).

Pure has great mechanics, game sense, and does not give up as seen in this game vs. go.go.
+ Show Spoiler +

After pulling in such strong results I don’t think it’s a stretch to say we’ll be seeing Pure in the next OSL or MSL.

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Mind

To put it bluntly, Mind is a beast--but only occasionally. When he’s on he steam rolls through anyone but,when he’s off he loses to nearly everybody. He showed great play vs. a top form Jaedong and beat the rising star BeSt but then lost to HiyA. Despite making a fast exit in the OSL and MSL and ok results in ProLeague (8-7) he is still a dominating force in the scene although, an inconsistent one.

+ Show Spoiler [Notable Games] +

+ Show Spoiler [ vs. Jaedong] +

+ Show Spoiler [ vs. BeSt] +

FireFist

FireFist always impresses me despite him not having really anything to show for. He stats don't do him justice. He's taken down some strong players: Ruby, Anytime, and Kal. For the longest time he's had an even W/L ratio showing that he's somewhat consistant. I'm hoping he'll break out and become a starter on WeMade's PL roster.

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HerO

HerO_V_ isn’t exactly the caliber of NaDa, Mind, or Pure but he is a consistent player on WeMade’s PL roster and manages to keep an roughly even Win/Loss record for PL and managed to make MSL this time around. He’s similar to GoodFriend in the fact that he doesn’t really lose to scrubs but he can’t beat top players. If his game vs. Flash in the recent WeMade vs. KTF PL match has any weight we might be seeing a new level of play from HerO_V_.

+ Show Spoiler [Notable Games] +

Look for the Flash vs. HerO game!

Rock

Rock isn’t a Bisu, or an Anytime, but Rock consistently qualifies for MSL and OSL and has pretty good PvT but his PvZ and PvP is mediocre at best but he still manages to advance in MSL and OSL. Rock may not be pretty but in he brings in results. Occasionally, he will show some decent play like taking down Sea a couple times but for the most part Rock is just a consistent MSL/OSL face and WeMade’s 2v2 player.

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BaBy

There isn’t much to say about By.Baby, he’s 1-1 in PL, beating DaezanG and losing to Jaedong, making him seem not even noteworthy. But, it’s his results in Minor League that are interesting. He’s currently 5-6 but he beat Effort who is the number #1 ranked player in ML. So there is hope that BaBy will improve and become a force to reckon with like Bisu and Flash.

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Casy

Casy sucks right now, he’s been sucking for a while but, occasionally he pulls out a great TvZ win or beats someone down in TvT. But, right now he‘s just not doing anything. Maybe he will come out of his slump and start getting some play time but at the moment he’s just another name on WeMade‘s roster. Casy’s biggest problem is his TvP and that’s what seems to be holding him back. Maybe with all NaDa getting out of his slump Casy will too.

I’d like to finish this on a happy note so I’ll end this NaDa

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NaDa

NaDa has always been a common face in programming, periodically disappearing only to return and dominate for a time. NaDa is the winner of 3 OSL pins and a multitude of other podiums. Recently we hadn’t seen much of NaDa, but he’s started to impress by playing very well vs. 815 in ProLeague improving his PL Stats to 6-4. While statistically these do not say much for NaDa, but in the majority of his games he has played strong players and has played well.

I think FakeSteve describes it best in the June Power Rank
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NaDa made it to the round of 16 in both major leagues. And though he lost to Hwasin in a close series in MSL, and though his advancement in OSL is in jeopardy, NaDa has managed to once again look like a strong overall contendor. For the winningest player of all time, coming out of a slump is neither impossible nor a new experience. By watching NaDa play, I see entirely modern trains of thought that show me he is still adapting and learning new things. Things are looking up for the original golden boy.

+ Show Spoiler [Notable Games] +

+ Show Spoiler [Game 1 vs. Hwasin] +

+ Show Spoiler [Game 2 vs. Hwasin] +

Note: The 815 game hasn’t been uploaded yet, but keep looking for it.

Thanks for taking the time to read this.

fusionsdf

Canada15390 Posts

June 15 2008 05:23 GMT

eh? havent I seen this before?

il0seonpurpose

Korea (South)5638 Posts

June 15 2008 05:27 GMT

Nice, whats up with title

DeadVessel

United States6269 Posts

June 15 2008 05:27 GMT

Last week Jaedong and Much faced off in the Semifinal A of the Arena MSL. Jaedong, being the ZvP powerhouse he is with a previous victory over Much in proleague, seems to be the most likely victor of this series. Both players, however, are playing some of their best Starcraft,which should lead to an exciting series of games.

Game 1

The first map was Athena, a three player map that is relatively untested with only two ZvPs played on it.

The first set begins with Much warping in at 6 O’clock while Jaedong spawns at 2 O’clock. The game looks to be a standard one with Much opening with FE and a 12 pool from Jaedong.

Much, scouting the 12 pool, opts to warp in a forge before his nexus to help defend against any early game zergling aggression. Knowing that his nexus will be late due to early forge/cannons Much begins to harass Jaedong’s drone at his natural to prevent a hatchery being laid down. Jaedong is eventually forced to place his hatchery off to the side.

Shortly after the hatchery is placed Jaedong’s zerglings pop from their eggs and proceed to kill Much’s scouting probe and Jaedong lays down his third hatchery at its proper place at his natural.

Jaedong repeatedly denies Much’s scouting with his zerglings which allows him to tech to lair without Much's knowledge. Once his lair pops Jaedong immediately lays down a spire and sends a drone to expand at 12 O'clock and shortly after to the main at 8 O'clock

Meanwhile, Much has teched to a stargate and has his first corsair roaming around hunting overlords. Much also scouts the spire tech and quickly lays down cannons to defend and continues to pump corsairs.

While defending against potential mutalisks Much sends out a two dark templars to scout for expansions and hopefully deal some damage. Soon Much finds Jaedong's 12 O'clock expansion and proceeds to kill the extractor and a couple Zerglings with two DTs before being forced to run away by a sunken.

About now Jaedong's mutalisks have popped and he begins to harras Much's main dealing little damage and eating a couple storms. In response to Jaedong's mutalisk harass Much warps in a dark archon in hopes of maelstroming the mutalisks. And that's exactly what he does as he moves out with a large Dragoon/Zealot/HighTemplar army to kill 12 O'clock.

After dealing with the mutalisk harass Much proceeds to raze both expansions at 12 O'clock. Eventually Jaedong cleans up the the remnants of Much's force but is left with only 3 bases to Much's 2 and a warping in 3rd.

Noticing Much's 3rd being created Jaedong hurries to stop it and takes out the main pylon disabling all the cannons. Jaedong then proceeds to deal more damage with his harass in Much's main by sniping high templars and another dark archon.

While Jaedong is destroying his expansion Much decides to move out but with some excellent harass Jaedong snipes the high templars in Much's army allowing him to attack it head on when Much begins to attack Jaedong's 8 O'Clock expansion. Jaedong quickly takes down Much's army then rushes to stop Much's second attempt to take a 3rd base.

Much begins to flounder and panic and begins sending out small forces in hopes of killing one of Jaedong's expansions, but due to the mobility of the mutalisks and Jaedong's quick reactions, each small attack is quelled before it can do anything severe.

Much tries one last ditch effort to get back in this game and attacks 8 O'clock again but Jaedong is on top of this and with another impressive bit of mutalisk micro snipes the high templar and then cleans up Much's army.

Much realizing he's defeated GGs.

(Z)

Jaedong 1-0 (P)

Much[gm]

Game 2

The second set was on two player map, Tiamat. Like Athena, it is a map that has been relatively untested. Jaedong was one of only two Zerg players that had ZvPed here and he had walked away with a victory over YoonJoong.

The second set begins with Jaedong spawning at bottom right while Much warps in at top left. Immediately Much opts to FE again and Jaedong decides to go a 12 pool/speed build. Much scouting this lays down a forge to defend against the zerglings.

Jaedong, realizing he won't be able to do much damage against Much, decides to deny scouting and tech towards a 2 hatch lair build. Much still expecting a zergling attack lays down a 3rd cannon and places probes to defend against this.

As Much begins his core, Jaedong's lair pops and Jaedong promptly lays down a spire. Soon after Much's core finishes, he places a Stargate in his main.

Much sensing something dastardly afoot starts a cannon at his main and natural but Jaedongs mutalisks arrive right as it finishes and kill it quickly.

Not being able to defend his main against Jaedong's mutalisks Much types out.

(Z)

Jaedong 2-0 (P)

Much[gm]

Game 3

The third set was on Colosseum, a 4 player map, which statsitically favors zerg. Jaedong having gone 2-0 previously on this map was once again the favorite in this set.

The third set begins with Much warping in at top left while Jaedong spawns at bottom left. Much opens with 1 gate at his choke while Jaedong opts for a 12 hatch at his natural. Once Much's gateway finishes he immediately begins a zealot that he sends out when it has finished to pressure Jaedong.

Much's harass proves to be ineffective and Jaedong quickly dispatches Much's zealot. Meanwhile Jaedong had taken his 3rd with his 3rd hatchery giving him immediate access to three gases.

Now both players settle down for a little and get their macro on. Much decides to tech towards a +1 zealot speed build while Jaedong starts a lair.

Once Jaedong's lair pops he lays down a spire and realizing what Much is doing proceeds to mass zerglings and add a couple sunkens to defend against the +1 attack.

After defeating Much's first attack Jaedong then sends his mutalisks to Much's main in hope of wreaking some havok but Much's cannons and archons prevent Jaedong from doing much damage.

Soon after deflecting Jaedong's harass Much moves out with an army consisting of three archons a hand full of zealots and a dragoon. Much immediately pushes towards Jaedong's base in hopes of inflicting some damage but is promptly turned away by a large force of sunkens, hydra, zergling, and mutalisks.

After deflecting the attack Jaedong proceeds to set up a lurker contain at Much's 3rd base. The high ground and amount of units Jaedong had on the ramp spelled trouble for Much but with some great storms and impressive observer management Much cut a path through the contain.

After breaking out Much takes his 3rd base but by now Jaedong was on 4 bases and had teched to Hive. With swarm and a decent sized army of lurker/ling Jaedong was able to stop Much from killing his 4th base.

After cleaning up the remnants of Much's army Jaedong sets up a contain outside the back door to Much's 3rd and the takes bottom right's main and natural. But Much totally ignoring the contain runs around it to kill Jaedong's 4th base and is successful.

Despite killing Jaedong's 4th, Much was in trouble because his natural and main were mined out leaving him with only 1 active mining base.

Much hoping to even the base count some heads to bottom right and manages to kill the main's hatchery before losing his army.

Despite this small victory Much was about to be in a world of hurt only having 1 mining base compared to Jaedong's 5 and recently started 6th.

Much in an act of desperation sends out a small army to hopefully kill the bottom right bases, but Jaedong, deciding it's worth trading those expansions for Much's main, counters and begins to raze Much's main.

After losing his last army trying to kill Jaedong's 4th Much realizes he's lost and types out.

(Z)

Jaedong 3-0 (P)

Much[gm]

Final Notes:

Despite it being a 3-0 victory for Jaedong I think Much showed some impressive play and did very well considering he was facing the #1 ZvPer at the moment.

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Thanks for reading and thanks to those that helped me with editing and such.