With special, too good to be true commentary by Han Seungyeon, ex-MSL Break hostess! + Show Spoiler +
Light Team: MBCGame HERO Last 10 Games: 5-5 Win rate since the start of Proleague R2: 64.81% Win rate vP since the start of Proleague R2: 43.75%
The Winners League beast who gave Flash a run for his money with his 27-9 record and three all-kills, Light has a problem. No, he doesn't drink excessively, nor does he take an inordinate interest in children. Light's problem is Protoss. No decent man can in the same round all-kill SKT then lose a Bo3 to PerfectMan. That was without a doubt Light's low point this round, and he still hasn't made up for it -- his last games vP were losses against free and Violet on Match Point. Once again, Light is up against a Protoss on the same map. Will Light find a way out of this progaming Groundhog Day?
HSY sez: Light doesn't have a hefty bank account, a shiny expensive car or even good looks, but he's got THREE ALL-KILLS! That's got to count for something ^^ Pure Team: WeMade FOX Last 10 Games: 6-4 Win rate since the start of Proleague R2: 54.55% Win rate vT since the start of Proleague R2: 55.56%
Pure is perhaps the ultimate Protoss: the good looks of a Bisu coupled with the sloppiness of a Jaehoon. The only thing missing is the strategic mind of a BackHo. This misunderstood bonjwa barely scraped through the OSL Ro36 after a sad series against Special. Yet he trounced Calm -- who was admittedly in the grip of his alter ego -- in the Ro16 with a nice sair/reaver and zealot followup. Is this a sign that Pure has finally sexified his play?
HSY sez: Hmmmm so hot! Almost as hot as Bisu. Ahhh, Kim Taekyong, when you put your hand on my brow... Calm Team: STX SouL Last 10 Games: 5-5 Win rate since the start of Proleague R2: 62.16% Win rate vP since the start of Proleague R2: 85.71%
Hips don't lie but stats sure do. Calm's last victories vP were against washed out players like Anytime and Much, inconsistent ones like Violet and mediocre ones like SangHo. His recent rematch against Pure ended in embarassing defeat. Now he's up against free, a high caliber toss who has Kwanro and ZerO to practice with, not to mention neo-bonjwa Soulkey. Later on, Calm may have to face Pure once again. Will Calm defeat his own Tyler Durden and whip somes tosses like Zergs are meant to?
HSY sez: Calm is kinda cute and moody ^^ But Clam? Ewww. That guy creeps me out. free Team: Woongjin Stars Last 10 Games: 7-3 Win rate since the start of Proleague R2: 62.07% Win rate vZ since the start of Proleague R2: 56.25%
Surprisingly enough, even with the boisterous Kwanro and the wicked Zero on his team, free has managed to hold his own during the Winners League, pummeling MBC in the playoffs. That is, until he decided to defuse mines with dragoons for the lulz. These are the trying times that we live in, when the great dragons of the past can still put up an excellent showing, then fall prey to basic mistakes. Has free decided that, in the end, it's funnier to win than to watch your goons pop?
HSY sez: Don't rag on free because of those goons! It was so funnyyyy! kekeke You guys take this way too seriously.
Nice work. I hope Free and Light will get out of this group. Never thought of Calm as S-class, ever. And I totally agree that Pure needs some more Backho into his blood. When he fails, he does not fail spectacularly. That kinda defeats the purpose of failing in a spectator sport.
On April 06 2010 13:23 strontium wrote: Light, Calm, Pure, and Free? What is this, some kind of a yoga group? Buddhist monks? New Age spiritual movement group?
On April 06 2010 13:23 strontium wrote: Light, Calm, Pure, and Free? What is this, some kind of a yoga group? Buddhist monks? New Age spiritual movement group?
On April 06 2010 13:23 strontium wrote: Light, Calm, Pure, and Free? What is this, some kind of a yoga group? Buddhist monks? New Age spiritual movement group?
Ahahahas, I didn't notice it! I support Light. :-)
haha i heard seungyeon said that because when her group debuted, they wasn't doing well. Although they wanted to sing, she had no choice and had to go onto every show she was offered instead of performing as a singer. Guuess she jus wanted to say that they had a rough start.
Anyway i really like this group cause of the players' name xD i'll be rooting for light and calm
Videos of KARA member Han Seungyeon, VJ-ing for a gaming program suddenly became one of the most watched since the article broke out about Seungyeon talking about their hardships on SBS's Strong Heart. Debuting in 2007, the same year as the debut of Wonder Girls and Girls Generation, KARA initially had a hard time gaining popularity, and till the first half of 2008 the group was considered as failures in comparison to other more successful groups.
The reason why the group has earned the name of 'Economic Idols' and even the harsher 'No money, poor idols' is because instead of protecting their idol image, the members, most noticeably Han Seungyeon, went on different cable programs and even outdoor events to stay in the consciousness of people. The hard work shown by Seungyeon earned the group the nickname of 'Economic Idols'.
Many were not aware of this period for KARA, and new fans were surprised to see the old clips. Although the videos are about 2 years old, netizens were able to dig up the old files and watched a younger Seungyeon host the cable program all by herself. Many netizens said they teared up while watching the old clips, noticing how far the group has come from their 'failure' days.
Others wrote 'Now that KARA has succeeded, Seungyeon must feel proud.', 'If not for Han Seungyeon, there would be no KARA today', 'No matter what other people say, Seungyeon is still the "Face" of KARA'.
It isn't surprising though, that show was pretty dumb.
On April 06 2010 17:12 T.O.P. wrote: Many netizens said they teared up while watching the old clips, noticing how far the group has come from their 'failure' days.
Bastards. Where's the fabled overlap between SC and kpop fangirls? Don't they all want to be fondled by Bisu?
they are still sort of a fail-group, because even after two or so years, they've failed to establish a huge fanbase (to rival the other girl groups), therfore lagging behind snsd/wg and even newbies like t-ara.
On April 06 2010 19:57 Kwanroller wrote: Holy shit marines crush interceptors.
When Sea (yum bo sung) came on TL-Attack one of the foreigners tried a carrier strat. He made like 5 rax and just raped the interceptors. Was pretty sweet.
I like how the MSL intro plays up the fact that they still have Jaedong and Bisu involved, unlike the OSL. It's like making puppy eyes to potential sponsors.
On April 06 2010 20:04 snowdrift86 wrote: I like how the MSL intro plays up the fact that they still have Jaedong and Bisu involved, unlike the OSL. It's like making puppy eyes to potential sponsors.
hahaha
can't wait to find out who this 'potential sponsor' is.
CLAM has had his third base broken. Oh, lings come out and it looks like he'll be able to hold the attack off. Still lost mining time + some Drones + Sunk.
oh come on pure, he built his hatch towards the center instead of backyard expo, you KNOW it will be a hydra break, especially when you FREAKING SAW THAT HYDRA DEN.
On April 06 2010 20:39 konadora wrote: oh come on pure, he built his hatch towards the center instead of backyard expo, you KNOW it will be a hydra break, especially when you FREAKING SAW THAT HYDRA DEN.
ill hold with my 2 zeals,goon and probes till my robo,support bay and reaver finishes yo.
See, this is why I can't understand why protoss players on TL keep talking about terran/zerg imba. Pure knew scourge were there since his shuttle was parked right next to one and he decides to fly into them.
On April 06 2010 20:44 Kwanroller wrote: See, this is why I can't understand why protoss players on TL keep talking about terran/zerg imba. Pure knew scourge were there since his shuttle was parked right next to one and he decides to fly into them.
On April 06 2010 20:44 Kwanroller wrote: See, this is why I can't understand why protoss players on TL keep talking about terran/zerg imba. Pure knew scourge were there since his shuttle was parked right next to one and he decides to fly into them.
Its not imba, protoss players are just bad.
what the fuck does that have to do with anything how about you consider what to write, then write it
On April 06 2010 20:44 Kwanroller wrote: See, this is why I can't understand why protoss players on TL keep talking about terran/zerg imba. Pure knew scourge were there since his shuttle was parked right next to one and he decides to fly into them.
Its not imba, protoss players are just bad.
what the fuck does that have to do with anything how about you consider what to write, then write it
On April 06 2010 20:44 Kwanroller wrote: See, this is why I can't understand why protoss players on TL keep talking about terran/zerg imba. Pure knew scourge were there since his shuttle was parked right next to one and he decides to fly into them.
Its not imba, protoss players are just bad.
Yes, Protoss players as a whole have essentially become Kwanro. It just hurts to watch sometimes
On April 06 2010 20:44 Kwanroller wrote: See, this is why I can't understand why protoss players on TL keep talking about terran/zerg imba. Pure knew scourge were there since his shuttle was parked right next to one and he decides to fly into them.
On April 06 2010 20:54 lazz wrote: GOD PROTOSS IS SO STUPID PROOTSS PLAYERS SO DUMB LODFsnjdafkadsl;jfkrfqwr
Pure is probably one of the least intelligent Protoss players out there. He got great mechanical skills, but he his decision making is generally very poor. If any Toss makes it out of this group I hope it's Free
On April 06 2010 21:09 opsayo wrote: what the fuck
didnt it seem like light had that won to anyone else? take out expo nexus, grind out at least one more gateway, pump? wtf
he pulled like all of his scvs and must have cut them massively beforehand anyways, he would have been massively behind in tech and economy even with that nexus down.
yeah i guess, but it seemed like he really rushed pushing into toss's base, when he could have been content sitting where the bunker was and taking out the pylon and then 3 gateways
Yeah going for the Nexus would not be a smart idea - the point of this rush is to win it or lose. He cut SCVs so if this attack failed, Light basically lost. Attacking Nexus = waste of time.
Yea, well, if his vP is bad enough to lose to PerfectMan in 2 straight games, then its not really surprising that he lost to free+Pure....(unfortunately D; )
On April 06 2010 21:23 Mystlord wrote: Eh am I missing something here? Did 3 gate suddenly spell a cheese or something? I thought you could support 4 gate off of 1 base :X
it allows you to get a goon count advantage while not being fully all-in-ish.
Haha free maynarded a bit too early there. Pure pushing out! Nice job by free, backs off, killing more goons than he loses, keeping his goons safe from reaver fire.
On April 06 2010 21:23 Mystlord wrote: Eh am I missing something here? Did 3 gate suddenly spell a cheese or something? I thought you could support 4 gate off of 1 base :X
it allows you to get a goon count advantage while not being fully all-in-ish.
like now.
Yeah ok. I was just surprised by how excited the commentators were at the 2 gate
Pure now taking his nat... Chasing free's retreating goons.
On April 06 2010 21:23 Mystlord wrote: Eh am I missing something here? Did 3 gate suddenly spell a cheese or something? I thought you could support 4 gate off of 1 base :X
it allows you to get a goon count advantage while not being fully all-in-ish.
like now.
Yeah ok. I was just surprised by how excited the commentators were at the 2 gate
Pure now taking his nat... Chasing free's retreating goons.
they were screaming pure should immediately get reaver instead of shuttle, cancel expo and pull all his goons up.
On April 06 2010 21:23 Mystlord wrote: Eh am I missing something here? Did 3 gate suddenly spell a cheese or something? I thought you could support 4 gate off of 1 base :X
it allows you to get a goon count advantage while not being fully all-in-ish.
like now.
Yeah ok. I was just surprised by how excited the commentators were at the 2 gate
Pure now taking his nat... Chasing free's retreating goons.
they were screaming pure should immediately get reaver instead of shuttle, cancel expo and pull all his goons up.
:< Hokay I was more pointing to the 3 GATEUUUU??? But it makes more sense now :D
WOW Pure being SUPER aggressive with his reavers... Surprised he didn't end up losing one or something.
free's goons retreat from reavers as soon as the shuttle/goon brigade appears. free's got a reaver at his base now with more goons... still hasn't lost too much stuff.
On April 06 2010 21:23 Mystlord wrote: Eh am I missing something here? Did 3 gate suddenly spell a cheese or something? I thought you could support 4 gate off of 1 base :X
it allows you to get a goon count advantage while not being fully all-in-ish.
like now.
Yeah ok. I was just surprised by how excited the commentators were at the 2 gate
Pure now taking his nat... Chasing free's retreating goons.
they were screaming pure should immediately get reaver instead of shuttle, cancel expo and pull all his goons up.
:< Hokay I was more pointing to the 3 GATEUUUU??? But it makes more sense now :D
WOW Pure being SUPER aggressive with his reavers... Surprised he didn't end up losing one or something.
Very close game.
yeah haha they were like "IT'S 3 GATE!!! PURE SHOULD (what i said early)"
Pure JUST LOST BOTH REAVERS TO 2 REAVER SHOTS OH FUCK
Here comes the big battle! free charging into Pure... SHUTTLE DOWN! OHH FREE'S REAVER GETS BOTH OF PURE'S IN ONE SHOT! free wins with two dragoons and two injured reavers!
free pushing into the nat! This looks over for Pure! Reaver crawling... can it help? Probes are pulled back to the main after a significant number are killed. GG FROM PURE! free advances!
On April 06 2010 21:49 tomatriedes wrote: Light's out of both leagues. After 3 all-kills. Very strange indeed.
Light will take up Sea's mantle as MBC's proleague bonjwa.
Sea can go rape up individual leagues with his free time.
MBC's been over-relying on Sea for so long. Preparing for proleague took up so much of his practice time. I hope Sea achieves something with indiv leagues this season, he deserves it!
Game 1 was sexy. It was kind of like MVP vs Best in the sense that it was an unorthodox response to 14nex but it was even weirder because + Show Spoiler +
deep 6 is just a biomech timing push, but this game was 3 base biomech + vessels
EPT
Light < Match Point > 
Pure
Calm < Fighting Spirit > ![[image loading]](http://img.youtube.com/vi/D5gJFjNhz5s/0.jpg)
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Mayhaps I'll leave the stream on and sleep when I get tired.
