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[KSL] Ro16 Preview - And It Was All Yellow

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HungryApp Starz League with Kongdoo

Kongdoo Starz League



Table Of Contents

  • Behind The Starz League

  • Group Selection Highlights

  • Map Analysis

  • Round of 16 Preview

  • (Wiki)KSL on Liquipedia




Alongside SSL 10, another major offline tournament has arrived on the scene. Featuring the most prominent players active today and substantial prize money, the inaugural HungryApp Starz League with Kongdoo, or Kongdoo Starz League (KSL) for short, welcomes the Brood War community to the new year with the opening round of 16 on January 3, 2015. With the likes of Bisu, Sea, and more, the KSL will be broadcast on the HungryApp streaming channel as organized by Kongdoo, YellOw's influential e-Sports management agency.

Read on to learn more about Kongdoo and the organization of the Starz League, all the happenings at the group selection ceremony, the two new maps and Ro16 format, and what to expect in the round of 16.





Behind The Starz League


by Stratos

Hosting a Starleague was YellOw's wish since his progaming days. He was aiming to operate one when he retired but back then he had little influence. After becoming more popular through his broadcasting activities, he teamed up with Monsterzym to host his pilot event, the nostalgic and well received StarCraft: Final Four.

StarCraft Final Four

StarCraft Final Four:
TerranGoodfriend,
ZergYellow,
ProtossReach,
ProtossNal_rA

Shortly after the successful event, ZergYellow joined forces with an enthusiastic StarCraft fan and programmer (not a typo!) by the name of Lee Doo Hee whom he met through a show called The Genius. Seeing that over 80% of retired progamers end up streaming on Afreeca and that there is more hunger for Brood War among the fans than Sonic alone can hope to alleviate, the two friends founded a new an e-Sports management agency called Kongdoo in March, 2014; 'Kong' of course coming from YellOw's famous nickname and 'Doo' from Lee Doo Hee's name.

Meanwhile, having first-hand experience with the stress that comes with retirement, YellOw's long time friend and former MBCGame HERO progamer ZergShark was acting solo and contracting retired progamers for his broadcasts and to help them get over the difficult and uncertain stage in their lives. Seeing the two parties shared similar goals, Shark was soon enough invited to join Kongdoo.

Shark, Lee Doo Hee and YellOw
Shark, Lee Doo Hee and YellOw

Kongdoo's office is currently situated in a western district of Seoul called Songpa-gu and its core consists of at least seven full-time employed people. The company offers management services and support for both active and retired progamers. Most notably, Kongdoo advertises Afreeca streamers and produces gaming events. In the center of Kongdoo is YellOw as the senior CEO, Shark takes care of production planning and contracting players while Lee Doo Hee develops Kongdoo's webpage and solves technical difficulties and logistics.

Among the active Afreeca streamers contracted by Kongdoo are: TerranMong, TerranHiyA, ZergKiller, Zerghero, ZergZerO, ProtossPusan, ProtossBisu, TerranSea, ProtossJaehoon and ProtossMovie. The only active progamer contracted is ZergJaedong. Besides promoting players and supporting them financially in times of need, the agency also helps them generate alternative means of income, as evidenced in Bisu's recent dubbing and photoshoot for a mobile game facilitated by the agency. Besides supporting players, Kongdoo also oversees the players and makes sure they don't step out of the line. For example, after Jaehoon was caught stream cheating, he was taken from Kongdoo's page for a period of time. StarCue was also previously punished and according to Shark, this troublemaker category also included Sea and Pusan, without revealing specifics.

With the company all set, Kongdoo Starz Party aka Final Six, the second nostalgic themed event featuring ZergYellow, ProtossNal_rA, TerranSilent_Control, ZergChoJJa, ProtossRainBOw and TerranSync, arrived some four months later and this time without Monsterzym who were busy preparing for another esports league. With the only two other possibilities being SPOTV and OGN, the event was broadcasted on OGN which received the idea positively. The third and by far the biggest event was the spectacular WikiPLU 2014 Starz Party in China, a joint Sino-Korean festival dedicated to Brood War. Co-hosted with the Chinese PLU gaming community, over $114 000 were spent on the event, with the Chinese refusing to air any advertisment or promote any sponsors. Having recently cooperated with HungryApp, a company specialized in mobile game development and broadcasting, on the WikiHEL Special Matches, Kongdoo decided to prolong the collaboration by working together to stream the monstrous event live from Shanghai.

Yoo Dae Hyun, Shark, Kim Chul Min & Park Sang Hyun, IntoTheRain, Lee Seung Won
Yoo Dae Hyun, Shark, Kim Chul Min & Park Sang Hyun, IntoTheRain, Lee Seung Won

Our trip ends after three months of silent preparations with Kongdoo announcing their first Starleague held jointly together with HungryApp's broadcasting team. With Sonic's SSL larger in scale and aired on OnGameNet, the OSL/MSL analogy was only solidified when a casting team composed solely of former MBCGame commentators was announced for the KSL. The following two teams will rotate: caster Kim Chul Min joined by Yoo Dae Hyun and Shark for commentary and caster Park Sang Hyun with Lee Seung Won and ProtossIntoTheRain.

As for ZergTerror, who was originally supposed to be playing in the Starleague but was replaced on short notice by ZergKwanro, the official statement merely says he couldn't attend group selection due to scheduling problems. The fact that Terror has become a father on the very day probably played a part in this decision but whether his daughter's birth is all there was to it will likely remain in the domain of speculations considering Kwanro couldn't attend the group selection either.

Awaken my child, and embrace the glory that is Brood War.
Awaken my child, and embrace the glory that is Brood War.

Finally, after two rounds of public contest, the two stargirl positions were filled by the beautiful racing model Cheon Bo Yong which may you remember from 9th Sonic Starleague and a new face in singer Ah Yool (Park Seohwi, girl group LGP) who not only also has previous experience with moderating esport events but even has some first-hand experience, having participated as a Protoss in a female StarCraft 2 league.





Group Selection Ceremony


by BigFan

The group selection ceremony played out on December 27th. The night started off with each player getting a chance to introduce themselves to the audience followed by a quick question from the commentators. The fans got to choose who they thought would win KSL then the group selection ceremony took place. Just like MSL, players got to make their own groups with the leading player allowed to make a single swap after groups were made.

KSL

First up was Mind who stated that he changed his style and is going to try his best. Free's mindset revolved around enjoyment which fell in line with Rock, the hanbang toss, who showed interest in being an entertainer for the fans by giving us quite the laugh with his own opening act. All this while holding up his own movie star dream in the process! PianO played the modesty card by saying that his own skills are in the middle of the progamer pack while Teacher Movie stunned the commentators with his amazing English language by saying hi! Truly fascinating how helpful a speech academy can be!

hero kept his silence only commenting that things are looking a bit better for Zergs when asked. Mong followed his example only stating Mong Hwaiting while Jaehoon refused to give up the player's name who he feared keeping it a secret. In contrast, Hiya made a shocking revelation, that his own girlfriend does not believe he can win KSL so no expectations at all! Pusan showed us a fan sign made by wife claiming his goal is the Ro8. He also went on to claim that the reason he lost his recent game against Bisu was due to his wife watching him! Then it happened! Patriotic Sea came in! With the South Korean anthem playing in the background, Sea declared that he's angry at himself for losing a recent finals to Pusan after preparing for it. He was in it to win it!

KSL

Killer decided on a fresh start disposing off all his gear with his goal of making the Ro4. ZerO showed his baller status by stating that he does not concern himself with looks when asked by commentators how he still looks the same despite being 27 years old now. Larva, showing his confident side, revealed his previous interest in gambling but decided against it to avoid criticism. However, he'll be willing to gamble for us all. He wanted Bisu! On the other hand, Bisu stated that he didn't know who to pick though Larva was not on his mind. He also indirectly agreed with the comment that he's naturally skilled which is why he's able to keep up despite practicing less these days. With Terror having scheduling problems, Kwanro took his place as the last player however he was not in the vicinity and was contacted later in the night.

KSL

With player introductions finished, the fans got to voice their favorite to win the KSL with Bisu coming in first place and Rock, in last place, with a grand total of 1 contributed by a lady fan in the audience. Bisu was the first to pick for Group A. Despite being touched by Larva's wish for battle, Bisu chose the Rock ignoring Movie's offer, that he'll knock out the other two players so that both him and Bisu advance. When it came Rock's turn to pick, everyone wanted to join the group since he was considered an easy player (i.e. tasty food). Pusan went on to call Rock a trashy/easy player and got his wish to join the group though he also stated that he didn't want any Zergs in the group! To ensure his advancement after Bisu, Pusan picked PianO stating that he doesn't care about anyone else. Despite being stuck in the worst group possible, PianO showed his confidence by stating that he doesn't care whose is in the group.

In Group B, Mind wanted to exact some revenge on well known Afreeca broadcasters so he chose Larva as his first victim. Larva, after deducing that Terran players picked Zergs because they are considered as freebies, decided to mix things up and picked Free who he considered a freebie despite the skill difference between them during their progamer days (Free never did dishes while Larva did for two years). He was confident that he'll advance in first place since the two players will just duke it out. After consulting his group and considering his desire of wanting to play against a strong player, Free went on to pick Mong to complete the group.

KSL

Things took an interesting turn in Group C as Hiya picked hero so that he can 'share a meal with him'. Many started speculating as to the history of these two though hero saw the positive side of this, an opportunity to advance in first place if he managed to get more Protosses in the group to knock Hiya out. Considering his best matchup, ZvP, hero decided to pick a Protoss eying both Movie and Jaehoon who tried to out-bribe each other to avoid getting picked. Jaehoon started off with 2 meals which was upped to 4 meals by Movie. Having no money, Jaehoon said that he would pay hero's transportation fees while Movie stated that he will definitely win if he is picked. Such scare tactics! In the end, Movie prevailed as hero ended up choosing Jaehoon opting for the 4 cheap (1000 won) kimbap meals and avoiding Movie who he considered scarier. With only two players left, Killer and ZerO, Jaehoon decided to chose ZerO because Killer is his sleeping buddy!

KSL

In Group D, Sea wasted no time in picking another Zerg, Kwanro, because he was not present. When asked about why he didn't bother to pick Pusan, Sea said that Pusan is good at PvT and that Sea has lost to Pusan even after that final spoken about earlier so he held the psychological advantage. Right before Kwanro was called, PianO, Mong, Movie and Killer all expressed interest in being chosen. Movie even offered to buy him a meal with the money he will make advancing over him while Mong tried to reassure Kwanro by telling him that he'll take it easy on him. ZerO was the only player who did not want to be picked due to past proleague trauma. In the end, Kwanro picked Movie stating that he wanted 100% insurance from Bisu that he'll be swapped into group A. The fourth player ended up being Killer since no other player was left.

Group A: Bisu > Rock > Pusan > PianO


Group B: Mind > Larva > Free > Mong


Group C: HiyA > hero > Jaehoon > ZerO


Group D: Sea > Kwanro > Movie > Killer

With the groups finished, now to the fun part, the swaps! Both Mong and Larva started by saying that Group D was easy and wanted a swap into it but after Mind from Group B stated that he won't counter-swap, Larva's plan was revealed and he backed out. Sea went on to swap Mong out of group B with Killer in group D. For Group C, Hiya decided to just keep the group as is. In group B, Mind contemplated his choices and decided to swap Free for Movie to punish Larva. The poor Zerg could not get a break tonight as it also seems that both Sea and Movie had plans to bring him to Group D to knock him out but Larva was not concerned with facing Protoss players.

Now, it was time for the final swap by Bisu. This was the one swap that can offset the balance of all groups! Larva chimed in first offering to wash dishes and provide transportation for Bisu if he was swapped for PianO. PianO stated that he liked that the group had only Protoss players though he would not mind it if he was switched for Movie. Rock was against having another Protoss player because who wants to watch that many PvPs? Pusan also did not want another Protoss player because it ruins broadcasts, go figure! With Bisu still contemplating his choices, PianO added that he does not want to be swapped with Kwanro however Bisu had other plans as he destroyed everyone's dreams and gave himself the easiest group by switching Kwanro in for PianO. With this move, PianO and Larva both got royally screwed ending up or staying in groups where they have a higher chance of elimination!

KSL

Of note is that Yellow loved seeing the fans come out and considered playing a game against the winner of KSL. Aside from a fun night, the fans were rewarded with pizza and 100% soy milk! With the groups all set, the ceremony came to an end. It was a great night that gave us a lot of insight into the players. BW fighting! ~

KSL





Map Analysis


by prech

The Starz League organizers have opted for a mix of new and old for the map selection. These were Fighting Spirit, Circuit Breaker, La Mancha, WikiDemian, and WikiAvalon, thus representing one map each from five different tilesets. The old includes Fighting Spirit and Circuit Breaker, two of the most commonly played maps in the current post-KeSPA scene and likely familiar to most readers. Alongside, La Mancha is in many ways a desert tileset version of Fighting Spirit, with their largely shared expansion locations and elevations, similar number and position of choke points, and shared vulnerability of mineral lines. Demian and Avalon are the two new maps in the Starz League, with further discussion below.

The round of 16 format is most likely a round-robin format, with best-of-one matches, as indicated by the six dates, or three games per player, scheduled for the group stage and based on the English interpretation of the Korean terminology used. The order of maps to be played was selected by random draw at the group selection ceremony. With their opponents and maps known ahead of time, it will be interesting to see how players prepare for and approach each best-of-one match.

On to further discussion of the two new maps:

Demian

Demian Demian Analyzed

Native map on the left. The right panel features analysis: Demian's three player territories are divided into various areas of focus

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Demian, a 128x128 badlands tileset, is in in many ways a three-player version of familiar maps like Lost Temple or Fighting Spirit. The main and natural are located on two elevations and are interconnected by a small ramp. The third expansion is elevated and connected to the rest of the map via two ramps and located just beyond the natural, like Fighting Spirit. Meanwhile, a fourth is nestled between cliffs of the main base and a neighboring elevated base, similar to Lost Temple.

The main bases, particularly at 5 and 11 o'clock, feature exposed mineral lines that are open to opponent air harassment as well as drop attacks; at the same time, these mineral lines feature large spaces behind them that enable substantial room for anti-air defense structures like photon cannons or turrets. The 3 o'clock starting position, however, features a less vulnerable mineral line with minimal space behind it; concurrently, the left hand side of the main is exposed, where buildings and infrastructure are rendered vulnerable to ranged units as well as drop attacks, including units being elevator'ed from the lower ground.

The third expansions at 1, 5, and 9 o'clock are the most exposed to to attack with a wide ramp connecting them to the lower ground. Meanwhile, all three are on higher elevation and vulnerable to ranged air attacks from the neighboring lower ground, although their mineral lines are just out of range from ranged ground units like siege tanks. Finally, the fourth expansion located counter-clockwise of each main base is seemingly easier to defend; although it is located farther from the main base than the third, it features only one choke point connecting it to the remaining lower ground.

Altogether, like many three-player maps, the three positions and territories are somewhat asymmetric, with some regions being easier to defend than others. Progamers should become easily familiarized with Demian as it being so similar to maps like the aforementioned Fighting Spirit, as well as not featuring too many peculiarities.

The large flat center battle ground likely favor Protoss in PvT and bio Zerg in TvZ. The multiple expansion opportunities likely favor Protoss in PvT and Zerg in the TvZ match-up, but the third and fourth are farther away from the main base than on FS, so they may very well be more difficult to defend, providing a risk versus reward decision for aggressively expanding players looking to macro. Siege tanks and harassing mutalisks will likely benefit from the many cliffs, combined with moderate to narrow choke points in several locations; thus Terran will be favored in a Terran mech TvZ and Terran in TvP in battles at these locations. Overall, the map features are likely not substantial enough to cause significant imbalances.

Avalon

Avalon Avalon Analyzed

Native map on the left. The right panel features analysis: Avalon's four player territories are divided into various areas of focus

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Avalon brings us a 128x128 ice map, a rare tileset in the current competitive scene. Although Avalon's configuration of bases and wide use of ramps does not quite resemble any of the commonly played maps, its four starting positions in the four corners surrounded by expansion sites with a large flat center area will be familiar to most progamers and fans.

Notable features include a perimeter of interconnected expansion sites, only separated by a series of the Xel'Naga Temple (5000 HP), including a mineral-only third located behind the main base. These temples are reminiscent of those in Neo Electric Circuit, a commonly-played map in the current era, where temples also serve to impeded movement through a ramp of a potential expansion site. Even without destroying the temples, these nested expansion sites are sufficiently vulnerable to attack as they are quite open to the center battleground, with only a ramp choke point slowing down opponents and reinforcements.

The expansion sites located behind each main base is reminiscent of maps such as Return of the King or Gorky Island, where these expansion are somewhat secluded from land attack, but readily open to air and drop attacks. Furthermore, reinforcements will likely be delayed as unit rally points will likely be near the natural expansion, which is located relatively far from this mineral only expansion. Notably, the presence of such bases behind the main causes these main bases to feature substantial space behind the mineral lines which, while enable air attack or drop harass, also provide much land for anti-air defense structures.

Interestingly, the map features a large number of ramps to separate the three elevations, thus constricting ground troops in many instances. As such, ranged air attacks, particularly carriers and guardians, will likely have an advantage on Avalon, particularly if they can be aptly controlled. The many narrow ramps, however, will likely favor siege tank play, on both offense and defense in both TvP and mech TvZ, but will be advantageous to lurker defenses in ZvP and against bio Terran. Overall, the map features are likely not substantial enough to cause significant imbalances.





Round of 16 Preview


by BisuDagger


"Do not repeat the tactics which have gained you one victory, but let your methods be regulated by the infinite variety of circumstances." – Sun Tzu

Group A:
ProtossBisu,
ProtossRock,
ProtossPusan,
ZergKwanro

Bisu versus Rock will be leading the charge as the KSL goes underway. Bisu has a ridiculous PvP record since the Sonic era has begun. This is quite surprising considering how weak he was at the end of the KeSPA era. Now he must take on the enigma of the entire tournament, Rock. Rock got his nickname for Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and entertains Starcraft fans equally as much. With such grand accomplishments such as his winning record against Jaedong, a victory in the first game will surely be enough to shock the world.

Pusan versus Kwanro will be the following day. It’s a twelve year veteran pitted against the most successful cheeser in the current pool of progamers. Let’s be real, we all know Flash was the most successful cheeser of the KeSPA era. Kwanro definitely has a huge advantage though. Having two new maps in added to the pool will allow him the opportunity to discover new exploits he can utilize on his opponent. Even if Pusan and Kwanro have a straight up game the victor would be hard to predict.

This is a Protoss dominated group. It would be foolish to presume a top 3 player worldwide wouldn’t advance from this group (of course several OSL qualifiers led fans to have this same attitude for Bisu). Pusan and Kwanro will put up a good battle for second place while Rock remains a wild card. Based on the results of SSL9 the final verdict is...

Prediction: ProtossBisu and ZergKwanro.

Group A Yugioh Cards:

Bisu
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Yugioh Card: Beetron
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You can send 1 face-up Spell/Trap Card you control to the Graveyard to target 1 Level 4 or lower Insect-Type monster in your Graveyard; Special Summon that target in face-up Defense Position. The effect of "Beetron" can only be used once per turn.

Rock
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Yugioh Card: Raging Earth
http://i.tcgplayer.com/25678.jpg

When this card is destroyed and sent to Graveyard as result of Battle, destroy all face-up monsters on the field outside of Earth attribute monster.

Pusan
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Yugioh Card: Sonic Duck
http://i.tcgplayer.com/26415.jpg

A duck which can walk at a sonic speed. Sometimes, he cannot deal with his incredible pace and loses control.

Kwanro
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Yugioh Card: A Major Upset
http://i.tcgplayer.com/33203.jpg

Activate by Tributing 1 face-up Attack Position level 2 or lower monster you control. Return all face-up level 7 or higher monsters on the field that were Special Summoned to their respective hands.

Group B:
TerranMind,
ZergLarva,
ProtossMovie,
ZergKiller

Group B opens up with Mind versus Larva. Mind should play to his strengths and prepare heavily for TvZ. His high win rate versus Zerg should pay off here as Larva and Killer will most likely play straight up games versus Mind. Larva on the other hand may be the most loved player of the new Brood War era. Larva also once believed he was a cat after surviving a fall from a two story building. In order to advance, Larva should focus on aggression. Larva is a top four player on the Fish server. He has the talent to take down the three titans he's been paired against. Larva looks his best when he goes for aggressive strategies and is constantly attacking (JulyZerg style). It is important he prevents any of these players from feeling comfortable in the game.In the end, a win here doesn’t mean the road gets any easier.

Movie and Killer face off on Sunday. Removing Bisu from the picture, Movie has been by far the best protoss on the scene. He has taken high results in numerous tournaments since the Sonic era. Movie's Protoss reign is now challenged by Snow and Bisu. Winning out this group will surely mark his resurgence. As the second most successful player of the last two years, Killer has finally grown out of the title "minidong" and gone full "dong". Representing seven golds and seven Silvers in that time period, this is Killer's only tournament remaining. Killer must win if he hopes to start the 2015 year with yet another medal.

Mind has proven that his skill is climbing and so are his results each tournament. Movie and Killer have not been impressive for quite sometime. For Movie, Taking a third base in PvZ is a must. Both Killer and Larva will pound at the natural until Movie crumbles. Using either reavers effectively or defensive Sair/DT, if Movie can secure a third base his macro will take him to victory.Meanwhile Killer must embrace the inner dong. Seriously, Killer needs to remind himself that he is the scariest player in the group. Confidence and mental preperation is what's most important as his tournament life is on the line, Larva is the underdog of this group. Unfortunately I won't be predicting this underdog.

Prediction: TerranMind and ZergKiller.

Group B Yugioh Cards:

Mind
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Yugioh Card: Mind over Matter
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When a monster would be Normal or Special Summoned, OR a Spell/Trap Card is activated: Tribute 1 Psychic-Type monster; negate the Summon or activation, and if you do, destroy that card.

Larva
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Yugioh Card: Cyber Larva
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If this face-up card is targeted for an attack: You take no battle damage for the rest of this turn. When this card is destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard: you can Special Summon 1 "Cyber Larva" from your Deck.

Movie
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Yugioh Card: Morphtronic Videon
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*While in Attack Position: This card gains 800 ATK for each Equip Card equipped to it. *While in Defense Position: This card gains 800 DEF for each Equip Card equipped to it.

Killer
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Yugioh Card: Killer Needle
http://i.tcgplayer.com/22123.jpg

A huge bee with exceptional strength that''s particularly dangerous in a swarm.

Group C:
TerranHiyA,
Zerghero,
ProtossJaehoon,
ZergZerO

Group C might pose the best games of this round of 16. Hiya versus Hero should be game of the night. Known as the Fish King, HiyA has recently slain the brother of the dark prince, Bisu, in a best of 5. HiyA is fresh out of his slumber sporting three golds and one bronze in 2014 and looks to challenge the title of best Terran, which is currently up in the air.While Hiya should expect a victory to start the group off, things aren’t over for hero. hero may be a ZvP specialist, but hero was also close to becoming the #1 player world wide. However, his terrible record against Terran and Zerg caught up to him in tournamet boX series. Still, with 6 silvers and 2 bronze medals, hero had a very succesful 2014 and looks to exhibit consistency going into 2015.

Jaehoon versus Zero will resume games for this group on Sunday. Did you know Jaehoon already has earned a gold in 2014? In the 2014 HoSic BJ Starleague, Jaehoon went 3-1 against HiyA and 15-6 against Protoss opponents. Let's just say group A is very lucky to not have him. On the other hand, Zero is yet another player who wishes they landed in group A. ZerO was very consistent when playing for Woongjin Stars. Lately, it is ZerO's vP that keeps him alive. Winning the Zeus BJ Starleague was a very nice accomplishment for him being so fresh on the scene. ZerO looks to return as a top three Zerg in 2015.

Hiya's recent success makes him the favorite to advance from this group. With Jaehoon's terrible PvZ, it looks like an epic ZvZ showdown will determine who else advances. Is it time to say hello.ZerO, bye.hero?

Prediction: TerranHiyA and Zerghero.

Group C Yugioh Cards:

HiyA
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Yugioh Card: Tin Goldfish
http://i.tcgplayer.com/57328.jpg

When this card is Normal Summoned: You can Special Summon 1 Level 4 monster from your hand.

hero
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Yugioh Card: Destiny hero - Fear Monger
http://i.tcgplayer.com/33054.jpg

If this card is destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard, Special Summon 1 Destiny Hero monster from your Graveyard (except a Destiny Hero - Fear Monger) during your next Standby Phase.

Jaehoon
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Yugioh Card: Dicephoon
http://i.tcgplayer.com/57753.jpg

Roll a six-sided die. If the result is 2, 3 or 4, destroy 1 Spell/Trap Card on the field. If it is 5, destroy 2 Spell/Trap Cards on the field. If it is 1 or 6, you take 1000 damage.

Zero
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Yugioh Card: ZerO Force
http://i.tcgplayer.com/39327.jpg

Activate when a face-up monster you control is removed from play. The ATK of all face-up monsters on the field becomes 0.

Group D:
TerranSea,
TerranPianO,
Protossfree,
TerranMong

The final group is filled with three of the greatest Terrans in the game. The first will kick off with Sea versus Piano. Sea was godlike in 2013 and quietly won two golds and a silver in 2014. The decrease in SRTs might be to blame for this. Ranked third overall in Elo, many question whether Sea is the best in the world or even a top Terran. PianO is in the running for best new Terran this 2014. His strength in TvZ cannot be shown here, but it should make every TvT fan giddy knowing he's in this group with Sea and Mong.

The last of this weekends games is between Free and Mong. Free is the silent crusader of this group. Only having to prepare against Terrans would be a gift if it weren't against such great Terran players. Free's best accomplishment of 2014 was going a whole year without calling himself pretty. The cuddliest player(Mong) in the pro scene draws a tough group. TvT has been his weakness for years now. His best tournament run ended in a loss to sSak during the semifinals. Advancing from this group will immediately surmount all his accomplishments of 2014.Mong cannot lose to free. Verus terran he must defend, defend, and defend. Mong needs to deny drops, runbys, and cloaked wraiths at all cost. Winning max army versus max army engagements is his best shot. Playing a turtle style and expanding instead of attacking is the key to success.

TvTvTvT round robin we go. Will Free be suffocated out of this group or cause chaos? Will Mong survive the great mech battles of 2015? Statistics say nay and so do I.

Prediction: TerranSea and TerranPianO.

Group D Yugioh Cards:

Sea
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Yugioh Card: Sea Koala
http://i.tcgplayer.com/91765.jpg

Once per turn, if you control another Beast-Type monster, you can reduce the ATK of 1 monster your opponent controls to 0 until the End Phase.

PianO
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Yugioh Card: Dice Jar
http://i.tcgplayer.com/71777.jpg

FLIP: Both players roll a six-sided die once. The player with the lowest result takes Direct Damage equal to his/her opponent''s result X 500 Life Points. However, if a winner''s result is 6, the loser takes 6000 points of Direct Damage. If the results are the same, both players roll again.

Free
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Yugioh Card: Ojama Yellow
http://i.tcgplayer.com/23088.jpg

This card can be used as any Token.

Mong
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Yugioh Card: Hungry Burger
http://i.imgur.com/ksMX1sw.png

This monster can only be Ritual Summoned with the Ritual Magis Card, Hambueger Recipe. You must also offer monsters whose total Level Stars equal 6 or more as a Tribute from the field or your hand.



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Writers: BisuDagger, prech, BigFan, Stratos
Graphics: v1
Editors: 2Pacalypse-, kjwcj
Photos: dailyesports

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danbel1005
Profile Joined February 2008
United States1319 Posts
January 02 2015 04:57 GMT
#2
WOW im speechless, this is beautiful, it is great that its happening, happy new year btw!
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January 02 2015 05:13 GMT
#3
Nice work, all involved! Pizza and soy milk all around

Almost every group would be the group of death in another league

until the action begins.
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January 02 2015 05:15 GMT
#4
Beautiful writeup!
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Canada1270 Posts
January 02 2015 05:20 GMT
#5
There's gonna be some sick TvZs here but I'm still looking forward to group D the most. I wanna see a 50 min TvT!
N.geNuity
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States5112 Posts
January 02 2015 05:35 GMT
#6
I think free has a good shot. He only has to go up vs T, and, well, Piano has struggled in that area.

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not to mention free vs Piano is in ssl too ^.^


I would bet that group is going to have tiebreakers. I don't see any of them going 3-0.
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United States10668 Posts
January 02 2015 06:16 GMT
#7
This is LOVE, all LOVE......Amazing picture too! Bisu in the middle makes it all that much better...This is so amazing to see man, makes me have goose bumps!!! I LOVE BW!
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January 02 2015 06:46 GMT
#8
Really impressed with all the Brood War stuff lately, this is awesome!
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Profile Blog Joined November 2009
United States988 Posts
January 02 2015 07:25 GMT
#9
long live broodwar! are these vods going to be on youtube somewhere? seems like nevake channel is dead
Long live BroodWar!
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January 02 2015 07:33 GMT
#10
statistics mean nothing to the Afreeca Flash
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January 02 2015 07:43 GMT
#11
This is without a doubt the best report I've read on TL in a long time. Thanks for this, and seeing the Rock play again makes me so happy haha.

It's gonna be a good year!
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January 02 2015 07:54 GMT
#12
On January 02 2015 15:16 GGzerG wrote:
This is LOVE, all LOVE......Amazing picture too! Bisu in the middle makes it all that much better.

Just like in pop music group, the prettiest and most popular ones stand in the middle
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January 02 2015 08:12 GMT
#13
Very excited for this! I also love the fact that the league is kicking off with Bisu! It's nice to have a reason to get back in to BW!

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Germany1065 Posts
January 02 2015 08:18 GMT
#14
i will watch this league just for the ICE MAP, because why not
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France1911 Posts
January 02 2015 08:37 GMT
#15
That is a sick writeup, thanks a lot !
Can't wait !
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United States1768 Posts
January 02 2015 09:59 GMT
#16
Amazing work! And I was afraid you guys wouldn't find enough staff.

Cmon Zergs!
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Japan11286 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-01-02 10:37:17
January 02 2015 10:37 GMT
#17
Avalon has the feel of Outsider. While Demian is 3-player FS. Great writeup, also LOL at the yu-gi-oh cards. Zero force, Killer Needle, Fish Rain and Mind over Matter are the best. Thanks guys!!

On January 02 2015 16:25 HaruHaru wrote:
long live broodwar! are these vods going to be on youtube somewhere? seems like nevake channel is dead

Unless Kongdoo releases their own VODs on YT, you can look here. ^_^
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January 02 2015 10:41 GMT
#18
This is literally the best thing ever! Yellow Reach NalRa GF <3
Underwhelming nostalgia
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Korea (South)3809 Posts
January 02 2015 10:54 GMT
#19
This is an excellent write-up, thank you
: o )
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Profile Joined July 2010
New Zealand2434 Posts
January 02 2015 11:37 GMT
#20
Beesuit back in the ring, so hyped for this tournament.

Love the write up btw. I had no idea about the background of Kongdoo, so thanks for the education.
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Profile Blog Joined August 2013
19533 Posts
January 02 2015 12:02 GMT
#21
This is an awesome writeup, thanks guys!!
The only active progamer contracted is Jaedong.


Huh interesting, i wonder what the benefits are for him atm?


I think ZerO will advance over hero in group C. Didn't see much of Sea recently, so i just predict he won't make it^^
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January 02 2015 12:18 GMT
#22
Gogo Bermuda protoss!!

So nice to see BW doing well.
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Canada6166 Posts
January 02 2015 12:58 GMT
#23
will we have someone casting this in english on a second stream?
n_n
c3rberUs
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January 02 2015 13:01 GMT
#24
On January 02 2015 21:58 FaCE_1 wrote:
will we have someone casting this in english on a second stream?

Bisudagger said he'll cast this with someone.
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January 02 2015 14:33 GMT
#25
On January 02 2015 22:01 c3rberUs wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 02 2015 21:58 FaCE_1 wrote:
will we have someone casting this in english on a second stream?

Bisudagger said he'll cast this with someone.

As long as my voice is at least 10% functional. Currently lost my voice and been sick for a week
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January 02 2015 14:45 GMT
#26
Amazing coverage, can't wait for tomorrow!
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Canada5776 Posts
January 02 2015 14:52 GMT
#27
Description for the Fish Rain is wrong!
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Profile Joined May 2012
51 Posts
January 02 2015 15:34 GMT
#28
On January 02 2015 13:33 prech wrote:
ZerO showed his baller status by stating that he does not concern himself with looks when asked by commentators how he still looks the same despite being 27 years old now.

[image loading]
This confused me during the broadcast as well, ZerO is 24 according to naver and liquipedia i think they might have been talking about Piano
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United States223 Posts
January 02 2015 16:11 GMT
#29
BW Saving e-sports
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January 02 2015 16:13 GMT
#30
I wanna learn how to play brood war.
it all matters
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China4409 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-01-02 16:20:02
January 02 2015 16:18 GMT
#31
SSL is the new OSL but using the old MSL group stage format and the KSL is the new MSL but using the old OSL format. Why does this bother me, I really need to get myself a life.

Anyway all the groups look fun. starting at the Ro16 stage ensures stacked groups and exciting games straight away. I hope we get some really good games from this tournment.

edit: Where are my manners? Thank you everyone involved with the Broodwar coverage for the great work you are doing and bringing that extra bit of build up and excitment to the great events inside going on inside Korea at the moment.
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Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States5112 Posts
January 02 2015 16:52 GMT
#32
On January 03 2015 00:34 yukidesu wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 02 2015 13:33 prech wrote:
ZerO showed his baller status by stating that he does not concern himself with looks when asked by commentators how he still looks the same despite being 27 years old now.

[image loading]
This confused me during the broadcast as well, ZerO is 24 according to naver and liquipedia i think they might have been talking about Piano


Nono, you have to count in zerg years

Everyone knows they age from zerglings in first decade, to hydras second decade, to mutalisks third decade...

Hexagons also have a pretty rigid structure, should keep zero good for years
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January 02 2015 17:48 GMT
#33
First chance I have had to watch a Brood War Tournament live, it has been fun so far. Looking forward to seeing more games!
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United States10321 Posts
January 02 2015 18:39 GMT
#34
BOXER VS YELLOW?!

BOXER COME BACK
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Korea (South)1411 Posts
January 02 2015 19:20 GMT
#35
Sick. Imma watch!
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Philippines940 Posts
January 02 2015 19:53 GMT
#36
Wow! So hyped up!
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Bisutopia19224 Posts
January 02 2015 20:06 GMT
#37
Are the new maps downloadable anywhere?
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United States6722 Posts
January 02 2015 20:26 GMT
#38
Only way this could be better is if Fantasy and Flash came back
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Czech Republic6104 Posts
January 02 2015 20:32 GMT
#39
On January 03 2015 05:06 BisuDagger wrote:
Are the new maps downloadable anywhere?

here: http://www.kongdoo.com/bbs/board.php?bo_table=news&wr_id=22&page=0&sca&sfl&stx&sst&sod&spt=0
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HaRuHi
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
1220 Posts
January 02 2015 21:23 GMT
#40
This makes me soo happy! HypE!
purakushi
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United States3300 Posts
January 02 2015 21:28 GMT
#41
omg, an amazing preview~

Koreans be jealous and want translations ><
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Mozambique16569 Posts
January 02 2015 21:55 GMT
#42
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January 02 2015 22:07 GMT
#43
On January 03 2015 06:55 krndandaman wrote:
nice preview

btw the groups in red text are kinda messed up

it says group a is bisu pusan rock piano (instead of kwanro)

Those are the groups before the swaps happened.
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Fanatic-Templar
Profile Joined February 2010
Canada5819 Posts
January 02 2015 22:21 GMT
#44
Holy shit, new maps. That's great. Map stagnation had always been one of the major factors in my disinterest for post-death Brood War.
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Mozambique16569 Posts
January 02 2015 22:41 GMT
#45
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lemmata
Profile Blog Joined October 2013
468 Posts
January 02 2015 23:11 GMT
#46
It seems really exciting.

One thing that puzzled me. The casters mentioned "Neo Circuit Breaker"...is there such a map? As far as I know, there is a Neo Electric Circuit but no Neo Circuit Breaker.
stefan16
Profile Joined June 2014
103 Posts
January 02 2015 23:27 GMT
#47
So much BW content lately. Does the Koreans finally had enough with Blizzard intervention and decide they would go back the old way? -we want our bonjwa!-
icystorage
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Jollibee19343 Posts
January 03 2015 00:41 GMT
#48
new maps?

Wow Bisu what a pussy
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Profile Joined April 2010
United States6795 Posts
January 03 2015 03:12 GMT
#49
nice to see those faces on frontpage more often
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United States109 Posts
January 03 2015 04:41 GMT
#50
Is there a way to be informed about the matches when they start? Do the English casters have a twitter or twitch or something?
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United States460 Posts
January 03 2015 05:23 GMT
#51
This is making me so excited :D. i honestly can't believe that my prediction is coming true!!! Broodwar for life!!!!
also what was that little tid-bit about jaedong?
How we will win in the period ahead.
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Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Canada3324 Posts
January 03 2015 06:42 GMT
#52
Tin goldfish has wrong picture
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January 03 2015 07:32 GMT
#53
(Korean) Starsz League Live in http://www.azubu.tv/hungryapptv 7PM(KST)
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United States13143 Posts
January 03 2015 09:39 GMT
#54
On January 03 2015 13:41 utelektr wrote:
Is there a way to be informed about the matches when they start? Do the English casters have a twitter or twitch or something?

Keep an eye on the calendar in the top right of TL. In particular, keep an eye out for the upcoming events tab.
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Freakling
Profile Joined October 2012
Germany1526 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-01-03 10:01:24
January 03 2015 09:58 GMT
#55
Wow. Finally some new Korean maps that I actually really really like.

Demian is great, even if very standard:
- seems very well done, in all respects
- nice layout, that makes sense
- 3 player map, always need more of these!

what's there not to like? Unless some surprise majour imbalance jumps out from behind a tree, this is probably the best three spawn map that came out of Korea for years and definitely the best map ever to be introduced since the end of the Kespa leagues.

Avalon is, at very least, verty interesting. An ice map, even using actual ice (and snow) terrain, I like how this league actually seems to care about maps having a unique look. However, I expect it to not last for long because of majour imbalances. My best model maps at this point would be (Wiki)Central Plains and (Wiki)Outlier, which in essence means the map will suck terribly for terran because, despite all the tight chokes and paths allegedly being good for terran, they will just succumb to their inability to react in time to decentralized attacks (ling raids, recalls etc...)

It should maybe also be pointed out, because it is wrongly described in the map analysis, that the map only has two terrain levels, because ice is the same low terrain level as the surrounding snow (so those ramps do not present the same vision and it chance impairments as normal ramps, they are essntially just tight, unbuildable even-ground choke points)
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Profile Joined February 2014
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Last Edited: 2015-01-03 10:05:04
January 03 2015 10:04 GMT
#56
On January 03 2015 18:58 Freakling wrote:
which in essence means the map will suck terribly for terran because, despite all the tight chokes and paths allegedly being good for terran, they will just succumb to their inability to react in time to decentralized attacks (ling raids, recalls etc...)


dat terran hate :o
pangolin123
Profile Joined July 2009
China25 Posts
January 03 2015 10:40 GMT
#57
can`t believe this everybody up!!
kiryah
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Korea (South)65 Posts
January 04 2015 03:42 GMT
#58
Will this not be shown on On Game Net anymore? If it is, does anyone know the time KST?
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GRAND OLD AMERICA16375 Posts
January 04 2015 04:06 GMT
#59
On January 04 2015 12:42 kiryah wrote:
Will this not be shown on On Game Net anymore? If it is, does anyone know the time KST?


this is different league, starts in 6 hours.

SSL is the OGN affiliated one
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moopie
Profile Joined July 2009
12605 Posts
January 04 2015 04:44 GMT
#60
Omg hype!
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United States15034 Posts
January 04 2015 08:12 GMT
#61
Im scared for my life that bw is coming back.
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Profile Joined January 2015
Korea (South)46 Posts
January 04 2015 08:56 GMT
#62
today's HSL (Hungryapp Starsz League) Live info 7pm(KST) In http://www.azubu.tv/hungryapptv :D
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Stratos
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Czech Republic6104 Posts
January 04 2015 08:59 GMT
#63
On January 04 2015 17:56 Hungry_Ghost wrote:
today's HSL (Hungryapp Starsz League) Live info 7pm(KST) In http://www.azubu.tv/hungryapptv :D

Are you from HungryApp? We have the games in the calendar on the right under [KSL] btw. ^^
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TAKK.borg
Profile Joined December 2013
Croatia93 Posts
January 04 2015 18:44 GMT
#64
Guys, where can I find all VODs from this tournament?
Stratos
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Czech Republic6104 Posts
January 04 2015 18:58 GMT
#65
On January 05 2015 03:44 TAKK.borg wrote:
Guys, where can I find all VODs from this tournament?

here are the official VODs for the first day: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/brood-war/402419-small-vod-thread-20?page=32#624

So far Hungryapp have been good at uploading VODs on the following day so hopefully tomorrow there will be more. You can subscribe to the thread or find links on liquipedia.
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Jukado
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
805 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-01-04 23:27:07
January 04 2015 21:45 GMT
#66
These 2 new maps are a lovely gust of fresh air; one up from a breath.

Regarding Demian:
Love it.
Something important, siege tanks can hit the natural building from behind the wall. This affects TvT rax expand and also PvT (zvt too but a bit less).
Gunna be some good fights around that area with shuttle bombs and reavers dropped onto the high ground thirds etc.
This also makes the bottom spawn slightly weaker for Protoss in PvT (especially when Terran spawns at the top) cus the shuttle cant access the high ground third from as many angles. Not problematically though, just mentioning it.

For Terran in TvP, the thirds are far away, require defense of several wide entrances, and are positioned in a straight line from the main and nat.
Its a bit tricky for Terran. Latin Quarter thirds are quite tough too though.
Ofcourse this affects PvZ as well.

I like the shape of the high ground terrain that leads into the thirds from the thin ramp. Its nicely sculpted in all 3 spawns. Will be fun to fight there, microing around it and choosing how to position tanks there etc. Its quite windy and slow for reinforcements, but will be fun to watch the pros controlling that.

Note the small gap in the cliff behind the nats which weaken mutas a little; helping to smooth out the strength boost that mutas get on 3 player maps through more exposed mains(generally)(and nats too etc).

teal main (right) might get recalled more often. Mains that are vulnerable to air is the nature of 3 player maps though.

Very excited to watch the pros playing it.
Havent written about Avalon yet.
Fantastic write up guys!
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syst
Profile Blog Joined March 2003
United States247 Posts
January 05 2015 15:00 GMT
#67
Awesome! Thanks for the write up.
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Profile Joined January 2015
58 Posts
January 06 2015 03:38 GMT
#68
I'm not sure if it was this article but I remember reading on team liquid and it said something like Sea being warned/ his Kondoo sponsor is keeping an eye on him. Not sure if anyone else asked previously so I decided to ask as I'd like to know more about this issue if possible.
READY TO ROLL OUT
CursOr
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States6335 Posts
January 06 2015 03:53 GMT
#69
On January 04 2015 17:12 DoctorHelvetica wrote:
Im scared for my life that bw is coming back.

The signs are everywhere, you just gotta look for em.
CJ forever (-_-(-_-(-_-(-_-)-_-)-_-)-_-)
Freakling
Profile Joined October 2012
Germany1526 Posts
January 06 2015 11:52 GMT
#70
The wiki article on Demian allegedly has a link to an interview with the map maker. Could some one translate this?
Freakling
Profile Joined October 2012
Germany1526 Posts
January 20 2015 14:27 GMT
#71
Does any one have the updated versions of the new maps yet which are currently being used in the KSL?
Probemicro
Profile Joined February 2014
3708 Posts
January 20 2015 14:59 GMT
#72
There are DL links for the maps on the hungryapp ksl main page
Freakling
Profile Joined October 2012
Germany1526 Posts
January 20 2015 18:10 GMT
#73
Those are outdated versions.
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