It's really a shame that nal_ra didn't play better. The "holy war" was pretty disappointing. If he had time to practice, he wouldn't have made mistakes like letting zerglings nearly take his nexus out because of a badly placed cannon, nor would he have lost the assimilator. Also, losing like 7 templars for a few zerglings or so was a really bad move.

But Tossgirl really surprised me. After her surprise win against Reach, I was shocked at her good decision making and her suddenly powerful macro. I was also shocked at how good her wraith micro was, although Boxer's decision to proxy his starport was a game-saving move, as he said. If she had more time to practice, she might have been able to beat him, even though he is the Terran Emperor.

Thanks for the translations Kona.

ryuu_

United States1266 Posts

July 21 2009 19:40 GMT

#22

Tossgirl tries hard and its starting to pay off, she's doing surprisingly well in games, even when she loses. Savior seems to be playing great so far and I hoped for more in the holy war too, but let's see if it ends up being a Savior vs Boxer final(even though Nada's gonna have something to say about that).

mucker

United States1120 Posts

July 21 2009 21:22 GMT

#23

i can't imagine a player's performance varying more over the course of a week than tossgirl's has. i hated her for taking up a spot in this tournament after the yellow game, but i'm really interested in her after the boxer game.

i get the feeling that she is the kind of person that has to have external challenges to motivate herself. she should get herself transferred to a team with less depth. i bet she could be trained up to snipe a specific race on a specific map in the proleague with the right coaching/training, especially given the psychological pressure her presence exerts on her opponents.

it's so great getting to see boxer play again. damn shame about oov.

mikeymoo

Canada7170 Posts

July 21 2009 21:28 GMT

#24

Thx kondorara
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<3 konadora

icystorage

Jollibee19350 Posts

July 21 2009 21:58 GMT

#25

boooooxerrr *jizzez pants*
boxer will nostalgically roll yellow.
but im hoping no bunker rush, it wouldve been epic and lame at the same time.

Mykill

Canada3402 Posts

July 21 2009 21:59 GMT

#26

We have been living together for around 8 months

mmhmmmm Reach is a Mantoss

Last Romantic

United States20667 Posts

July 21 2009 22:43 GMT

#27

Group A
3-0 BoxeR
2-1 YellOw
1-2 Anytime
1-2 Tossgirl
1-3 Reach

Group B
3-0 sAviOr
3-0 NaDa
2-2 Nal_rA
1-3 Kingdom
0-4 iloveoov

BoxeR v YellOw
Anytime v Tossgirl
sAviOr v NaDa

If BoxeR wins and Anytime wins, YellOw and Anytime will tie at 2-2. YellOw won their game against one another, so theoretically he should advance, but they might have a tiebreaker. If BoxeR wins and Tossgirl wins, it is the same situation.

If YellOw wins, regardless of the other game, then he and BoxeR advance, Kong as A1 and BoxeR as A2. Naturally, everyone should hope for a YellOw win as it is the safest way to put the two most interesting players into the next round.

As for the other group, sAviOr and NaDa are advancing as predicted. It's just a question of who gets the first seed and who gets the second.

Overall a BoxeR/YellOw/sAviOr/NaDa Ro4 is probably the objective 'best' outcome. So I hope that's what happens.

Jackpeng

Korea (South)1 Post

July 21 2009 22:54 GMT

#28

savior fighting!

Smix

United States4549 Posts

July 22 2009 08:58 GMT

#29

Hahha "leaves an impact for 7 years".
Awesome translations

Thank you Kona!

Count9

China10928 Posts

July 22 2009 11:29 GMT

#30

Haha, tossgirl wrecking lives, don't lose this Anytime.

foeffa

Belgium2115 Posts

July 22 2009 11:38 GMT

#31

WeSt

Portugal918 Posts

July 22 2009 11:47 GMT

#32

I sense yellow raping after a failed proxy/cheese/all in by boxer.

genryou

Malaysia390 Posts

July 22 2009 11:53 GMT

#33

On July 22 2009 20:47 WeSt wrote:
I sense yellow raping after a failed proxy/cheese/all in by boxer.

I doubt Boxer gonna cheese. He no longer use most of his technical cheese style and instead adapt to a Terran modern strategies.

konadora

Singapore66366 Posts

July 22 2009 11:55 GMT

#34

On July 22 2009 20:53 genryou wrote:

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I doubt Boxer gonna cheese. He no longer use most of his technical cheese style and instead adapt to a Terran modern strategies.

This is Lim-Jin-Rok we're talking about here.

Anything can happen.

bao235

Norway97 Posts

July 22 2009 12:11 GMT

#35

Thanks for the translation. So is Boxer through to the next round even if he loses the last match?

konadora

Singapore66366 Posts

July 22 2009 12:16 GMT

#36

On July 22 2009 21:11 bao235 wrote:
Thanks for the translation. So is Boxer through to the next round even if he loses the last match?

Yes, so is Savior iirc

Jonvvv

Norway1530 Posts

July 22 2009 12:45 GMT

#37

BoxeR < Nostalgia > (Z)

YellOw
Hype!!
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unknown.sam

Philippines2701 Posts

July 22 2009 12:50 GMT

#38

great stuff
thanks for sharing

Zzoram

Canada7115 Posts

July 22 2009 23:02 GMT

#39

I wouldn't be surprised if Boxer did a bunker rush for old times sake. He is advancing no matter what, so he might as well send Yellow into a deep depression. If it starts to look bad, he can transition into mech or something, since bunker rush is a viable opening for some mech builds.

Besides, it will make Anytime vs Tossgirl more interesting, because there's an outside chance that she can beat him and tie with Yellow if he loses to Boxer.

I really hope the Boxer vs Yellow match isn't first. It would be anticlimactic if Yellow won, securing both of them a spot in the Ro4, and making Anytime vs Tossgirl pointless by the time it starts.

OmgIRok

Taiwan2699 Posts

July 23 2009 02:28 GMT

#40

yellow brings out storm during outdoor game

-crowd goes wild-