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Game
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
3191 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-06 22:26:34
October 05 2011 01:21 GMT
#1
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My lords! My ladies -- and everybody else here NOT sitting on a cushion:

Today, today, you find yourselves equals...
For you are all equally blessed.
For I have the pride, the privilege, nay, the pleasure
Of introducing to you two Zergs,
Two Zergs who can trace their lineage back beyond Char,
Who will do battle before you all, until one is the victor, the other defeated.

The first I met atop a mountain,
Where he defeated the mighty Pro7ect
and later ravished
the dreadful Protoss Sneazel

His homeland is Hungary
representing both sas and the Zerg race
The One, The Only
Sziky!

The other was the undoing manifest
of the manly Moustachezerg
He became the bane of banes
of the Comeback Kid

I give to you
The first ISL's runner-up
The Sniper Zerg
Ace!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DafMvYYmIBg



INTERVIEWS



       Sziky
Q: Looking back at your run through ISL, did you think you could make it this far? Who was your toughest opponent?
Sziky: Can't say that i knew i'd make it to the finals, but i also couldn't imagine being dropped out. (I would have probably smashed everything starting with my keyboard and mouse :D) My toughest opponent was sneazel. He varied his builds and play, i prepared the most against him as i feared him the most.

Q) How has your practice been going? Are you confident in your ZvZ?
Sziky: I can't prepare as much as i want, it's difficult because of work. Still, i'd say im the old myself except for zvz, in which im not too confident t.t Although that might be because i used to play a different style in zvz. I tried to change it by now with more ore less success.

Q) Are you confident in your match against Ace? Do you think you can win?
Sziky: If i looked at our previous matches, i'd say yes, i'm confident and i'll win, but anything can happen. I've lost to worse players than Ace before, so never say never.

Q) Any words to your fans?
Sziky: Thank you to everyone who has been cheering for me, keep on! And everyone should come back to bw!! :D

       Ace
Q: Looking back at your run through ISL, did you think you could make it this far? Who was your toughest opponent?
Ace: Well, I made the Finals in ISL1, so I knew that I'm gonna do it again. My toughest opponent was Bakuryu on my way. I practiced only ZvZ's for so many hours before the playday, also in the Ro16 I had really though time against UltrA (Patrrron, ed.). My hands were frozen, I didn't play well, and UltrA managed to come back twice, and I could win only with a score of 3-2.

Q) How has your practice been going? Are you confident in your ZvZ?
Ace: ZvZ is really hard, ling micro is like all or nothing, if you make one mistake, you'll fail. I think I'm more and more confident. I have really good practice partners, friends who can help me to practice as much as I need. I hope I can surprise Sziky this time.

Q) Are you confident in your match against Sziky? Do you think you can win?
Ace: Sziky and me are good friends, and we play some ZvZ's every week. He wins 4 times out of 5 games. If the games were played on the same day as the semifinals, I wouldn't have had any chance to win. Now I know the maps, I know what will I do on every map. I think it's should be enough. I hope for close results. 2-4, 3-4 or 4-3

Q) Any words to your fans?
Ace: huk, the last used shootout: GOGO SAS, GOGO HUNGARY!


POLL



Poll: Who are you cheering for?

Sziky (32)
 
57%

Ace (24)
 
43%

56 total votes

Your vote: Who are you cheering for?

(Vote): Sziky
(Vote): Ace




FORMAT


The show kicks off on October 8th, 2011 at 19:00 CEST where we'll begin with the match for third place:

Sneazel versus Kashu

after this, we continue to the main event: The ISL2 Grand Finals:

Sziky versus Ace

The 3rd/4th place match will enjoy the same format as the Semifinal's games, while the Grand Finals will be a Best of 7 on the following starting maps:

(Wiki)Destination, (Wiki)Rush Hour III, (Wiki)Colosseum II

Where loser's pick from:
Sin Peaks of Baekdu, La Mancha, Othello, Tau Cross 1.1, Blue Storm, Holy World SE, Icarus, Neo Beltway

The cast, as always, will be provided by
Sayle


We wish the players the best of luck and hope the rest of you enjoy the event!





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Sponsors: KaalVeiten, TwitchTV.com, EleGant[AoV], rUSKIG, Trap, Megashira[AoV], NoisE[AoV], mesochobo
Organizer: LRM)Game
CAT Team: Hakurei[AoV], LRM)nOoNe, Sayle, LRM)Glory, KaalVeiten, LRM)Game, JoeKim, zimp
Caster: Sayle and EleGant[AoV]
Referee: LRM)Game, LRM)Glory, JoeKim
Graphics: HawaiianPig
Videos: Supernovamaniac, Dan1870220133262
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YT channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/KaalISL



Text by Pholon
Graphics by disciple & HawaiianPig


SC is like sex. You should play often, but never too hard. And you should only try hard when it matters.
Game
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
3191 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-05 08:22:35
October 05 2011 01:21 GMT
#2
Dat vid!!!
SC is like sex. You should play often, but never too hard. And you should only try hard when it matters.
eton7410
Profile Joined December 2009
Canada261 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-05 02:06:31
October 05 2011 02:02 GMT
#3
ZVZ final... hope its not gonna be boring...
Live English Caster of Korean BW Scene
Game
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
3191 Posts
October 05 2011 02:12 GMT
#4
On October 05 2011 11:02 eton7410 wrote:
ZVZ final... hope its not gonna be boring...

With a video like that? Impossible that it'd be boring.
SC is like sex. You should play often, but never too hard. And you should only try hard when it matters.
Phyrigian
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
New Zealand1332 Posts
October 05 2011 02:23 GMT
#5
--- Nuked ---
LuMiX
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
China5757 Posts
October 05 2011 04:21 GMT
#6
going to have to go w/ sziky bc he's a zvz monster. sorry ace <3
nFteamAce
Profile Joined January 2011
Hungary72 Posts
October 05 2011 04:36 GMT
#7
On October 05 2011 13:21 Metal[x] wrote:
going to have to go w/ sziky bc he's a zvz monster. sorry ace <3


np.

btw really cooly video, thanks for it, and also thanks for the whole tournament! I hope i could participate in other great tournament too in the future!
"szaggatafasz"
LML
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
Germany1794 Posts
October 05 2011 06:24 GMT
#8
gogo Ace, this time you get your gold!
LML
HeaDStrong
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Scotland785 Posts
October 05 2011 08:36 GMT
#9
Not a big fan of mustaches I guess... And Sziky is just amazing in his control and other aspects of the game.
Sayle
Profile Joined October 2010
United Kingdom3685 Posts
October 05 2011 08:51 GMT
#10
Uuuuuuullllrich von Lichtensteiiiiinnnn!!!!
Black[CAT]
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Malaysia2589 Posts
October 05 2011 08:52 GMT
#11
Wait, Ace got 2nd place in the first ISL?
You mean ESPORTS isnt a synonym for SC2? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ -Proud owner of a Filco Majestouch 2 with Cherry Blue Switches- BW or SC2? Why not both?
Game
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
3191 Posts
October 05 2011 08:56 GMT
#12
On October 05 2011 17:52 Black[CAT] wrote:
Wait, Ace got 2nd place in the first ISL?

Yeah. First ISL Finals Thread
SC is like sex. You should play often, but never too hard. And you should only try hard when it matters.
Djagulingu
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Germany3605 Posts
October 05 2011 09:00 GMT
#13
No offense to either player but I find Ace's ZvZ inferior to Sziky's with Sziky having a lot better mutalisk control and stuff. Ace is better strategy-wise, but control wins more games than strategy in ZvZ.
"windows bash is a steaming heap of shit" tofucake
Probe.
Profile Joined May 2009
United States877 Posts
October 05 2011 09:02 GMT
#14
On October 05 2011 11:12 Game wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 05 2011 11:02 eton7410 wrote:
ZVZ final... hope its not gonna be boring...

With a video like that? Impossible that it'd be boring.


Yes plus did you see how sexy those zerg players are?? This will be an amazing finals!!!
meow
Black[CAT]
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Malaysia2589 Posts
October 05 2011 09:02 GMT
#15
On October 05 2011 17:56 Game wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 05 2011 17:52 Black[CAT] wrote:
Wait, Ace got 2nd place in the first ISL?

Yeah. First ISL Finals Thread


Thanks game
I got a funny thought in my head hearing that just now (related to Yellow)
You mean ESPORTS isnt a synonym for SC2? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ -Proud owner of a Filco Majestouch 2 with Cherry Blue Switches- BW or SC2? Why not both?
Game
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
3191 Posts
October 05 2011 09:03 GMT
#16
On October 05 2011 18:02 Black[CAT] wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 05 2011 17:56 Game wrote:
On October 05 2011 17:52 Black[CAT] wrote:
Wait, Ace got 2nd place in the first ISL?

Yeah. First ISL Finals Thread


Thanks game
I got a funny thought in my head hearing that just now (related to Yellow)

lol I laughed at the YellOw reference, sorry Ace
SC is like sex. You should play often, but never too hard. And you should only try hard when it matters.
Prof. Protoss
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
Germany744 Posts
October 05 2011 10:06 GMT
#17
sick video, sick tournament, sick hungarian zergs
Don't mess the fess!
XsebT
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Denmark2980 Posts
October 05 2011 10:27 GMT
#18
Siiick vid! sick hype!
Can't wait for this!!
화이팅
tree.hugger
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Philadelphia, PA10406 Posts
October 05 2011 10:32 GMT
#19
Sziky fighting!
ModeratorEffOrt, Snow, GuMiho, and Team Liquid
PiKe
Profile Joined July 2005
Poland181 Posts
October 05 2011 10:39 GMT
#20
GL both !
ggnore
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