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I'm surprised no one has made a thread yet.
(Stolen from HonestTea's thread, thanks  )
Sept. 26 Tuesday 18:40 (all times Korean time)
Pringles Season 2 MSL
Round of 8:
Group A: Yellow[Name] (Z, OGN) vs Jju (Z, Samsung) on Longinus
Group A: Xellos (T, CJ) vs Nal_Ra (P, KTF) on Arcadia II
Group B: Silver (Z, Pantech) vs Kingdom (P, SKT) on Arcadia II
Group B: Daezang (P, Hanbit) vs Savior (Z, CJ) on New Peaks of Baekdu
I'll try reporting if nobody minds and my connection doesn't suddenly die. This time I'll try typing in complete sentences but the updates may not be as frequent.
Edit: fapcon92 is up at afreeca.co.kr/fapcon92
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Group A: Yellow[Name] (Z, OGN) < Jju (Z, Samsung) on Longinus
Group A: Xellos (T, CJ) > Nal_Ra (P, KTF) on Arcadia II
Group B: Silver (Z, Pantech) < Kingdom (P, SKT) on Arcadia II
Group B: Daezang (P, Hanbit) < Savior (Z, CJ) on New Peaks of Baekdu
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quick match gogogo
nal ra vs xellos
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And the broadcast starts!
1st match Yellow vs Jju!
All-time statistics 0:2 (?)
XellOs vs rA
All-time 2:6
Silver vs Kingdom
All-time 0:0
Daezang vs Savior
All-time 1:1
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Yellow vs Jju!
Crazy vs Straight!
The plaers are getting ready now.
Yellow sporting a 61.5% win record
vs T 5-2
vs Z 2-3 (40%)
vs P 1-0
Jju with a 50.9% win record
vs T 6-6
vs Z 12-12 (50%)
vs P 9-8
Map is Longinus
TvZ 6:1
ZvP 3:1
PvT 4:3
Not like that matters -_-
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CRAZY zerg vs STRAIGHT zerg coming up
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A White Yellow at 11
A Purple Jju at 3
No 4 pools for either of them. Everything looks normal. Both are scouting in the wrong direction.
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just in time
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Jju looks like he is going 9 pool
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Same for yellow.
Nice poster for Yellow[Arnc].
Straight! poster for Jju.
Extractor morphing for Jju...and Yellow.
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6 lings being morphed for Jju, 6 for Yellow.
The lings hatch for Jju, and also for Yellow.
A clash is imminent!
But it seems yellow's lings take another route to Jju's base!
Jju has completely missed yellow's lings! But they quickly retreat.
Jju's lings now in Yellow's base and likewise for Yellow in Jju's base.
Both easily kill off each other's lings.
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Both have lairs morphing...but Jju's is slightly slower.
Spire tech for Yellow.
Jju constantly producing lings. He just started his spire. Yellow patrolling the outside of Jju's base with lings so he can't leave.
Jju's lings overwhelm Yellow's and now are running towards Yellow's base.
A creep colony being made for yellow now.
But it seems yellow has enough lings to stave the threat at his base now.
Jju kills 2...3 drones...or is it 4!
1 muta out for Yellow
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1 muta out for Jju as well...a creep colony for Jju as well.
Yellow's lings now kill Jju's drones.3 drones dead before Jju kills all the lings. 2 pairs of scourge for Jju now.
Yellow has NO drones mining minerals now.
Yellow manages to kill all of Jju's mutalisks and scourge, but another mutalisk spawns and slowly kills off Yellow's damaged muta.
Yellow tries to kill all the drones of Jju...and kills 2 more. Now Jju has 2 drones mining minerals.
Both players' scourge annihilate eaech other.
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A very low economy game being played right now.
Pure scourge for Yellow...only 1 mutalisk for Jju.
Yellow has more drones mining minerals now.
Scourge flying around the map now.
Jju trying to kill off Yellow's scourge.
Yellow's scourge spots Jju's mutalisk which was hiding a bit below Yellow's main!
Will he kill it?!?
Jju's mutalisk is hit by one scourge and is at red health now!
Some lings of Jju run towards Yellow's base.
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Lings now harrassing Yellow's base.
Both players have a nice amount of drones again.
Jju's red health muta finally dies.
4 scourge for Jju now. Jju has expoed to his natural as well.
Now Jju's scourge is chasing Yellow's red-health muta.
Yellow's spire is at yellow life due to the ling harrass. Yellow's single muta finally dies.
Yellow making a 2nd hatch next to his main hatch.
2 scourge of Yellow catch a muta off-guard and kill it.
6 lings for yellow now running around the map.
Yellow kills the scourge hovering over his hatch
2 mutas for Jju attacking Yellow's drones!
Killing 3 drones so far. Jju also sends quite a few zerglings to attack.
Situation looks dire for Yellow now.
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Yellow's spire dies to lings! He tries to counterattack but to no avail. No drones mining for yellow again.
GG from Yellow after he attempts a final assault on Jju's main but is more than evenly matched.
Jju wins! He seems relieved.
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Kang Min vs So Jin Hoon coming up!
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Im impressed by your live reports.
edit: very impressed
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The commercials finally end, and the endless talking starts again.
And now what I think is the highlight match of the evening...
Seo Ji Hoon vs Kang Min!
Both players are getting ready now.
Perfect vs Dreamer
XellOs on the left.
53.3% win ratio
vs T 17-11
vs Z 17-15
vs P 6-9 (40%) <--where it counts
rA on the right.
65.4% win ratio
vs T 27-15 (64.3%) <--take that xellos!
vs Z 8-8
vs P 16-4 (wow)
The map is Arcadia II
TvZ 4:11
ZvP 4: 7
PvT 3:2
So far balanced for PvT...so no one blames the map!
Both sporting cool hairstyles 
thanks superjoppe btw
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On September 26 2006 03:15 superjoppe wrote:
Im impressed by your live reports.
edit: very impressed
Actually I am shocked how good are your live reports.
<3 !
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"He is First, Best, and...Last terran in MSL" Perfect Xellos
"No Pain, No Gain" Nal_rA
nice posters
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Yeah jcccf you rule, keep it up.
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Simple single-tone poster for XellOs
"He is First, Best, and...Last Terran in MSL"
For rA's poster,
"No pain, No gain"
And millions of interceptors and carriers.
I can't read korean 
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The opening rolls by...
Yellow Xellos at 1
Purple rA at 7
No cheese from rA
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nal_ra going 14 nexus @ his min only
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rA 7 pylons at his ramp but doesn't scout.
Xellos builds his supply next to his gas and also hasn't scouted.
Xellos starts his rax and is scouting now.
rA also now sends his probe out to scout...or not...he expos at his mineral-only.
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On September 26 2006 03:28 jcccf wrote:No cheese from rA
Well a really fast expo!
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lol, xellos didnt scout the 14 nexus
he checked the nat but slid right past the min only
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1 Gateway for rA and assimilator warping as well.
2nd supply depot for xellos, and 1st factory building.
Gateway is done for rA. Cycore now warping for rA.
2 rines blocking Xellos' ramp.
Xellos' scv scouting rA's base...3 marines noving out now.
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xellos was faking a bunker rush, nal_ra has a zealot out
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vulture moving out to harass, got intercepted by the goon
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nal_ra going 3 gate / robo
xellos keeps harassing with vultures/mines
xellos also took expo, getting his 3rd fact
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The Marines retreat. 1 zealot out for rA now, an SCV at Xellos' gas natural presumably to expo as well.
Machineshop running for Xellos now.
1 goon out for rA
1 vulture out for Xellos.
Both marines are at red health because of the lone Zealot.
A vulture kills a probe.
2 mines at rA's choke now.
Xellos trying to contain rA with vultures and mines.
RoboBay building for rA.
Constant harrass for Xellos.
Kills 1 probe, but the vultures die.
Xellos mining like crazy.
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xellos building 4th fact
nal_ra takes his natural expand
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xellos taking 2nd expand, nal_ra breaks out of his mine contain now that he has obs
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3rd factory for Xellos now.
Observatory for rA now.
4th factory for Xellos.
Xellos just floating his rax.
rA expoes again to his gas natural.
3 gates for rA. He has about 6 goons.
A few vultures take out a zealot at red life before retreating.
Xellos now expoes to his mineral-only.
Engineering bay and academy for Xellos now.
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xellos going for a contain, sieges up with 3 tanks/3 vultures/ couple scvs/marines
(sieges at nal_ra's natural expand)
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nal_ra counters at xellos's expos
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Xellos now moving out with some vultures, marines and 3 tanks...presumably to tank rA's natural. He's making a turret now.
A shuttle out for rA now.
More gateways for rA and more zealots as well. Total gateways should number 6 now after they finish warping.
Xellos is slowly pushing into rA's base from the side.
rA's many goons now attack Xellos's undefended main base.
SCVs run to defend now.
2 tanks that were defending got taken out by zealots.
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xellos defends from dragoons/shuttle with all his scvs and some vultures
nal_ra is still contained
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nal_ra was breaking out of the contain
more reinforcements from xellos
nal_ra's natural expo down
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Interestingly some scvs are stuck at Xellos' ramp because of a bug.
Templar archives for rA now.
Many zealots for rA now.
rA clears all the tanks outside his nat but more tanks siege up a bit further away.
DTs out for rA, but they are killed because of a quick scan.
Looks quite bad for rA unless he can break out soon.
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looking pretty bad for nal_ra, xellos has both his expands up and is going into macro mode
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nal_ra tried to break out of his expand, but failed, he's contained even worse than before
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nice reports =)
any chan for afreeca?
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nal_ra TT _
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looks bleak for kang min =(
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5 factories for Xellos now.
A lone shuttle now flying outside Xellos's base (probably has 4 zealots).
rA tries to break out unsuccessfully again using that shuttle to flank. He loses almost everything.
The tanks inch closer again.
Starport out for Xellos. Armory for Xellos also.
5 tanks tanking rA's choke now. rA tries a last ditch effort with many zealots and a DT but fail to kill any tanks.
rA looks quite helpless The tanks keep sieging closer and closer.
rA ggs.
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GG, perfect play from xellos
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<3 xellos
jcccf thx for your reports!
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On September 26 2006 03:41 Totoro wrote:
any chan for afreeca?
search for "live"
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what's wrong with Kang Min
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After XellOs successfully defended rA's counterattack and got his newly-made tanks to his contain setup before rA could clear all the mines, rA was basically screwed.
Perfect terran play by XellOs though, congrats to him.
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So that means that either rA or Yellow won't make it furter. Correct?
Edit: Of course, there's possibility they both won't make it further ...
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"The group of 8 play is slightly more complicated. The first two games will be played a best of one. Those who win will be sent to a best of three Winner's Match and the losers will be sent to a best of three Loser's Match. Then there will be a best of three Tiebreak Match for the loser of the Winner's and the winner of the Loser's."
From jkillashark's thread about Pringles
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On September 26 2006 03:48 jcccf wrote:
It's a BO3, the first game of which is being played today. If rA/Yellow lose next week's match, they're out.
Hmm are you sure? If the format hasn't changed from last MSL then the first match of the current round is bo1 (and we'll have Xellos vs JJu and Ra vs Yellow next week, bo3).
edit: oh, then next week's games would be bo1 as well.
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Really? I didn't know...sorry for the misinformation. I didn't read the MSL posts properly...I assumed it was like last season's OSL. 
Tournament formats require especially careful reading -_-
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Kingdom and Silver now preparing for their game.
M.V.P vs Devil
Kingdom sitting on the left.
Win ratio 55.4%
vs T 20-15
vs Z 9-6 (60%) <--not bad
vs P 7-7
Silver on the right.
Win ratio 50%
vs T 5-10
vs Z 8-5
vs P 6-4 (60%) <--oh well
Map is Arcadia II again.
ZvP 4-7
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no liquibets for these, right?
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1.. 2.. 3.. KINGDOM FIGHTING!
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The third in a series of four matches start.
Silver looks upbeat, Kingdom is expressionless.
5,4,3,2,1,go!
An orange Kingdom at 1
A blue Silver at 7
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Kingdom sends his sixth probe out. He pylons in the middle!
Silver scouting towards 11 now.
Kingdom starts his 1st gateway in the center. Silver is expoing now with his drone and is 12 hatching -_-.
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Hi. Can somebody please tell me how to watch these games live???? :D...
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2 gates for Kingdom now...and is Silver hasn't scouted the center gateways...
A spawning pool just up for Silver...the 1st zealot is out for Kingdom and heads towards Silver's main.
2 zealots for kingdom now
1 Gateway next to silver's expo hatchery. It looks like this:
[Minerals][Pylon][Hatch][Gateway]
3 zealots for kingdom now.
3 gateways total. 1 creep colony goes up for silver, his six lings are building.
The lings are out.
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Not lame, just devil protoss.
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That was 100% Kingdomish. <3
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Silver's drones are attacking the zealots but the zealots kill off all the lings and the sunken colony.
Silver is using his remaining 5 drones to attack the 3 zealots.
GG from silver.
Add yet another instance of a Protoss successfully cheesing a Zerg.
The 3rd gateway next to Silver's expo hatch seemed unnecessary and bm > devil toss
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hahahaha, silver looks very unhappy
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long time since Z did win vs protoss on this map... every protoss makes that 2 gateway opening...
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Hi. Can somebody please tell me how to watch these games live???? :D...
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On September 26 2006 04:12 Kroc. wrote:
Hi. Can somebody please tell me how to watch these games live???? :D...
http://afreeca.pdbox.co.kr/
i have my own username though i think nolexx/1234 works
download their player, and find a channel that shows broodwar
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Daezang allways looks intimidating, let's hope for a good game -,-
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The last match of the night now is Daezang vs Savior.
Will Daezang continue mowing down Zergs like Bisu or an in-shape rA or be stopped by the godly Savior?
Captain vs Maestro!
Daezang on the left.
Win ratio 100%
vs T 3-0
vs Z 3-0 (100%) <--wow so far
vs P 0-0
That is seriously impressive. But I must see his PvP.
Savior on the right.
Win ratio 68.6%
vs T 17-6
vs Z 14-12
vs P 17-4 (81%) <--also equally scary, perhaps more so.
Map is New Peaks of Baekdu
TvZ 17:18
ZvP 7: 7
PvT 5:3
Very balanced map
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edit: jcccf was faster
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daezang got his nickname changed from RAIDER to CAPTAIN?
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daezang looks frightening
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And the last match commences.
"Let's fight a real duel!"
Daezang and Savior are both expressionless.
CJ_sAviOr at 1 in Teal
Daezang at 7 in Red
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On September 26 2006 04:25 superjoppe wrote:
daezang looks frightening
Yea allmost like Percy Nilegård "management by fear".
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On September 26 2006 04:24 Lukeeze[zR] wrote:
New peaks is 7-7 PvZ
thats pretty damn good
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omg, drone blocked ramp but that lame probe got up
On September 26 2006 04:27 SayTT wrote:
[removed quote within quote]
Yea allmost like Percy Nilegård "management by fear".
lol
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Savior scouting in the right direction (surprise!).
Daezang pylons beside his nexus. 1 gate for Daezang now and Daezang is scouting with a probe now.
Pool for Savior, but after overlord. A lone drone blocks the ramp from a probe but somehow the probe gets up and sees the relatively fast pool.
Savior hatches in his main.
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oo savior is making hatch on natural expand and hydra den in main.
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4gate, thats something new.
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1 zealot working towards Savior's base now, 6 lings out for Savior though.
Savior expoes at his natural.
Cycore for Daezang now and he's mining gas.
A zealot blocks the center choke from lings and retreats at red life before it dies.
Savior kills the dying zealot and scouts Daezang's main.
Hydralisk den for Savior now.
1 goon and 1 zealot for Daezang in total now
A drone blocks the way into Savior's main again. The probe can't get in this time.
2 zealots and 1 dragoon blocking Daezang's ramp
A probe mining minerals from Daezang's 2nd ramp.
The probe gets in with red life and sees the hatch and morphing lair.
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HonestTea
5007 Posts
Can I just say I love Kingdom?
I love Kingdom
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4 gate for Daezang without expoing!
This may prove fatal for Savior if he doesn't realize in time.
THe zealots use the cleared 2nd ramp to exit, and Savior's lings are unaware!!!
Speed is done for the zealots!!!
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DAEZANG PLEASE FATHER MY CHILDREN.
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1 sunken at Savior's expo now.
Many many zealots attacking now!
Both players microing like crazy!
Drones come to defend.
4 more zealots come to attack!
1 dragoon as well!
More lings for savior, but more zealots for daezang as well!
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Aotearoa39261 Posts
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oh man
i love this guy
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saviours micro is very good -_-;;
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Perfect defense from Savior though.
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Creep colony morphing for savior again, 2 zealots in Savior's main.
4 more zealots waiting to attack just outside Savior's expo.
Savior clears the zealots but he's in a very bad position now having his mining delayed for very long already.
A single ling of savior's kills 1 probe in Daezang's main.
Savior is trying his best to defend and does so so far, but he's still behind, and Daezang keeps sending more and more zealots.
Daezang sends a few probes as well now.
It seems that Savior STAVES OFF THE THREAT!
WOW MICRO from savior.
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Poor Daezang, not much he can do at this point.
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meh, fuck you saviour -_-
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2 zealots get into savior's main again and kill 2 drones but eventually die to lings after getting off some hits on drones.
Daezang continuing to mass zealots, and some exit through the 2nd ramp again.
Savior looks to have the advantage now with his expo running.
Daezang needs to do some damage now or lose.
Many zerglings delaying Daezang's zealots
4 Sunkens at Savior's expo now, so he's safe for now.
Daezang attacks again with 10ish zealots but gets destroyed as Savior blocks the ramp to his main with lings and the sunkens and more lings flank and eliminate his zealots.
GG from Daezang.
Savior wins with his awesome ling micro and crisis management.
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savior is fucking good at only MBC
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Awesome game. Kingdomish play from Daezang but pure flawlessness in defense from Savior.
Kingdom vs Savior next week should be a good one.
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Updated the 1st post with the results.
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what the fuck just happened? I refuse to believe savior had no idea daezang was doing a 4 gate rush and held it off with one sunken good micro only.
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On September 26 2006 04:42 zulu_nation8 wrote:
what the fuck just happened? I refuse to believe savior had no idea daezang was doing a 4 gate rush and held it off with one sunken good micro only.
He had lots of speedlings and a few hydras when Daezang went in for the first time. Plus a sunken.
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I am awed at how Savior survived the rush as well...
Many Zerg players would have eventually lost to that rush.
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I hope Kingdom will beat the crap out of savior next week
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On September 26 2006 04:44 jcccf wrote:
I am awed at how Savior survived the rush as well...
Many Zerg players would have eventually lost to that rush.
Well he's a pro They're supposed to be extra good.
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I doubt most other pro Zergs would have defended that properly. But you can expect that level of control from the top-tier zergs.
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fuck sAviOr is a monster ;; enuff said
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sAviOr vs Kingdom will be awesome
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nice,JJu beat fakeyellow!!
kang min T_T
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i wouldve been 3/4
tho it's very sad rA lost, but i'm really happy Xellos is in a good TvP shape
edit: and thanks a lot jcccf, awesome reports!
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Netherlands19133 Posts
SAvviorrrrrrrrrr <333333333333
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JCCCF,you rock
Almost Like
THE DEVIL TOSS <3
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~_~ Kingdommmmmmmm~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Man I woulda got a full 4 points in liquibet T.T
Xellos and Kingdom all the way~...
Although Honestly, watching proleague, and watching MSL... I think Savior is the most perfect zerg to ever exist. I simply do NOT get how he is so good. I honestly think Boxer will lose badly to Savior in the CJ superfight but I hope to god he wins. Boxer is a big underdog in the upcoming fight ~_~
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Superjong whats this CJ superfight? I thought Boxer was in the army?
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On September 26 2006 10:09 fig_newbie wrote:
Superjong whats this CJ superfight? I thought Boxer was in the army?
Not yet, read THAT for more infos
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well...holy shiiiit *salivates*. Thx much !
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savior is the biggest fucking cheater ever
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I just saw the vod.
savior is...pawn.
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we can all see now that savior is god. as seen in all his games
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Once he grabs an OSL title, I will concede that Savior is the greatest Zerg ever.
Til then, July still sits atop that Xtra double wide Throne.
Do not dismiss July... Evar~
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well savior holds as much title to the MSL as july does to the OSL doesn't he?
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OSL's Prestige > MSL Prestige.
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Savior is the best player atm so ...
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On September 26 2006 13:03 puLs.ReADy wrote:Savior is the best player atm so ...
Best player of the year imo, with consistent ownage in proleague and MSL, though a bit odd that he hasn't qualified for OSL starleagues, but that has probably to do with zvz games. The ODT qualifiers seem a bit random anyway.
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DO THE LOSERS GET A 2nd CHANCE? PLZ PLZ PLZ TELL ME THEY'RE NOT OUT OMG!
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YES THE 2 LOSERS OF EACH GROUPS PLAY EACHOTHER IN A BO3
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Netherlands19133 Posts
Can someone upload the Savior vs Daez game somewhere? I cant use torrents atm (uni :/) and Id love to see it since im a big savior fan .
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On September 26 2006 07:57 SuperJongMan wrote:
~_~ Kingdommmmmmmm~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Man I woulda got a full 4 points in liquibet T.T
Xellos and Kingdom all the way~...
Although Honestly, watching proleague, and watching MSL... I think Savior is the most perfect zerg to ever exist. I simply do NOT get how he is so good. I honestly think Boxer will lose badly to Savior in the CJ superfight but I hope to god he wins. Boxer is a big underdog in the upcoming fight ~_~
That's _exactly_ what I wanted to say. :O
Although I think Boxer has a fair chance if he doesn't fe.
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On September 26 2006 14:21 Knickknack wrote:
Hum i was wrong, seems daezang plays ra next. I rmember him losing to ra some time ago, forget if it was a series or not. Supposedly in some game he was ahead, but failed to catch ra's hidden expo. Anyway i give him pretty good chances vs ra.
It said at the end that the next match ups for losers would be Ra vs yellowname and Silver vs Daezang. ooa
On September 26 2006 15:59 Wasabi wrote:
holy hell, just watched dazeang vs. savior.
daezang got really close.
if he went reavers when he failed the zealots rush, it would've been gg.
He wasnt mining gas so I dont see how that would have been possible. full reaver tech takes at least 3-4 minutes anyway(From robo to actual reaver out on the ground).
I thought it was a good strat though all-in.. If he woulda just microed a bit differently(Focusing more on pulling out then attacking and working the expansion down) I think he would have won. /bwcoach off :D
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That game was amazing play by Savior. How the hell does he have such good intuition? I know I know, every zerg could have felt an all in strat coming from those initial zeals, but it seems like he always has the PERFECT amount of lings/sunkens. Any more, any less and he woulda been dead. How's he do it?!!
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On September 28 2006 17:37 Purind wrote:
That game was amazing play by Savior. How the hell does he have such good intuition? I know I know, every zerg could have felt an all in strat coming from those initial zeals, but it seems like he always has the PERFECT amount of lings/sunkens. Any more, any less and he woulda been dead. How's he do it?!!
His lucky dangly earing.
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United States5262 Posts
Remember that thread on which race is the manliest race?
DaezanG answered that with a bold Protoss. It's a shame that he had to run into IPX though. I bet any other Zerg would've gotten run over.
Some of the PvZ games as of late have been completely whack. P's are making P look imba against Z.
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On September 28 2006 18:35 jkillashark wrote:
Remember that thread on which race is the manliest race?
DaezanG answered that with a bold Protoss. It's a shame that he had to run into IPX though. I bet any other Zerg would've gotten run over.
Some of the PvZ games as of late have been completely whack. P's are making P look imba against Z.
100% agreed. p's can be strong with tech switching in late game or tech combining.
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There is only 1 T, but 3 Ps and 4 Zs in the final 8. Woohaaa ~~
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Well, consider the new maps guys.
Peaks is a very good Protoss Map. It has many island like characteristics and EZ expo D.
Longinus is a lost brother of RH and Hunters... Hunters is like P map #1.
And... Blitz is for fags... like I said months ago when it was first released.
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