41 Starleague Season 2

Match 1: Killer [W] vs Jaehoon [L] - <Map : Fighting Spirit >
Match 2: hero [L] vs sSak [W] - <Map : Fighting Spirit >
Winners' Match: Killer [L-L] vs sSak [W-W] - <Map : Circuit Breaker - New Heartbreak Ridge >
Losers' Match: Jaehoon [L-L] vs hero [W-W] - <Map : Circuit Breaker - New Heartbreak Ridge >
Final Match: Killer [W-W] vs hero [L-L] - <Map : Circuit Breaker - New Heartbreak Ridge >

sSak and Killer advance to Round of 8!

Match 1: HoGiL [W] vs Sky [L] - <Map : Fighting Spirit >
Match 2: HiyA [W] vs Pure [L] - <Map : Fighting Spirit >
Winners' Match: HoGiL [W-L-W] vs HiyA [L-W-L] - <Map : Circuit Breaker - New Heartbreak Ridge - Fighting Spirit >
Losers' Match: Sky [W-W] vs Pure [L-L] - <Map : Circuit Breaker - New Heartbreak Ridge >
Final Match: HiyA [L-L] vs Sky [W-W] - <Map : Circuit Breaker - New Heartbreak Ridge >

HoGiL and Sky advance to Round of 8!

Match 1: Larva [W] vs Lazy [L] - <Map : Fighting Spirit >
Match 2: Sea [L] vs Cola [W] - <Map : Fighting Spirit >
Winners' Match: Larva [L-L] vs Cola [W-W] - <Map : Circuit Breaker - New Heartbreak Ridge >
Losers' Match: Lazy [W-L-L] vs Sea [L-W-W] - <Map : Circuit Breaker - New Heartbreak Ridge - Fighting Spirit >
Final Match: Larva [L-L] vs Sea [W-W] - <Map : Circuit Breaker - New Heartbreak Ridge >

Cola and Sea advance to Round of 8!

First hero gets eliminated in the Ro16, now Larva...

If only all of Larva's match-ups were ZvP...

Cola very impressive, 75% ZvZ win rate in SOSPA

sSak
Killer
HoGiL
Sky
Cola
Sea
Shuttle
Mind (No longer a Protoss )

Mind should be a Terran, not a Protoss.

Cola is such a surprising one. He beat sea with muta micro (though Sea botched it early on lol) and then 2-0'd larva, crazy >.> Also, losing hiya and hero is rough. HoGiL is also a surprise, same with Sky. Sky's 2nd game vs pure had me laughing to death. Such a cheesy/unorthodox protoss play in that game XD

Match 1: Mini [W] vs ZerO [L] - <Map : Fighting Spirit >
Match 2: Shuttle [W] vs Mind [L] - <Map : Fighting Spirit >
Winners' Match: Mini [L-L] vs Shuttle [W-W] - <Map : Circuit Breaker - New Heartbreak Ridge >
Losers' Match : ZerO [L-L] vs Mind [W-W] - <Map : Circuit Breaker - New Heartbreak Ridge >
Final Match : Mini [L-W-L] vs  Mind [W-L-W] - <Map : Circuit Breaker - New Heartbreak Ridge - Fighting Spirit >

Shuttle and Mind advance to Round of 8!

sky 3-0 ssak
that was unexpected
Sick scarab at game 3 tho

Sky vs Killer
Mind vs Shuttle

Match 1: sSak 0 – 3 Sky
Set 1 : sSak < Sky  - < Map : Circuit Breaker >
Set 2 : sSak < Sky  - < Map : New Heartbreak Ridge >
Set 3 : sSak < Sky  - < Map : Neo Electric Circuit >


Match 2: Cola 0 – 3 Mind
Set 1 : Cola < Mind  - < Map : Circuit Breaker >
Set 2 : Cola < Mind  - < Map : New Heartbreak Ridge >
Set 3 : Cola < Mind  - < Map : Neo Electric Circuit >

Sky and Mind advance to the semifinals!

Match 1: HoGiL 2 – 3 Killer
Set 1:   HoGiL > Killer - <Map : Circuit Breaker >
Set 2: HoGiL < Killer  - <Map : New Heartbreak Ridge >
Set 3:   HoGiL > Killer - <Map : Neo Electric Circuit >
Set 4: HoGiL < Killer  - <Map : Match Point >
Set 5: HoGiL < Killer  - <Map : Fighting Spirit >


Match 2: Shuttle 3 – 1 Sea
Set 1: Shuttle < Sea  - <Map : Circuit Breaker >
Set 2:   Shuttle > Sea - <Map : New Heartbreak Ridge >
Set 3:   Shuttle > Sea - <Map : Neo Electric Circuit >
Set 4:   Shuttle > Sea - <Map : Match Point >

Killer and Shuttle advance to the semifinals!

Fall of the mighty Terrans

first sSak, now Sea

Curse you protoss players! lol. Having said that, odd seeing as Sea dismantled Shuttle 3-0 in their BCTV SL games >.>

Killer was terrific, although it was disappointing to see Sky not being able to survive neither relatively straight forward Hydra pushes (game 2) nor Zergling runbys (game 3) at this level. Guess I'm too used to seeing Shuttle and Bisu with their continuous PvZ harass. Wonder what good games we would have seen out of a Killer vs sSak Bo7, instead

Surprised Shuttle opted for Carriers time and time again, with the first game failing... Mind played like a beast though, aggressive expansions

Match 1: Killer 4 – 0 Sky

Set 1 : Killer vs Sky - <Map : Circuit Breaker >
Set 2 : Killer vs Sky - <Map : New Heartbreak Ridge >
Set 3 : Killer vs Sky - <Map : Neo Medusa >
Set 4 : Killer vs Sky - <Map : Neo Electric Circuit >


Match 2: Mind 4 – 2 Shuttle

Set 1 : Shuttle vs  Mind  - <Map : Circuit Breaker>
Set 2 :  Shuttle  vs Mind - <Map : New Heartbreak Ridge>
Set 3 : Shuttle vs  Mind  - <Map : Neo Medusa >
Set 4 :  Shuttle  vs Mind - <Map : Neo Electric Circuit >
Set 5 : Shuttle vs  Mind  - <Map : Match Point >
Set 6 : Shuttle vs  Mind  - <Map : Destination >

Killer and Mind advance to the Final Match! Shuttle and Sky will play in the 3rd/4th Place Match.

Congratulations to Sky for the strong play, despite the many attempts at cheese (attempting proxy gateways or DT rush in 3 of the 5 games!) All relatively short games, with the subtle timing differences (e.g. earlier Reavers) resulting in slim victories.

Terrific championship match. Mind really exerted himself in preventing Killer from going macro Zerg with continuous pressure -- game 1 with strong SK Terran, game 4 with several M&M drops and multi-base attacks, game 5 M&M with tanks before Defiler tech.

Mind mixed it up in game 6 with early Mech and constant vulture harassment, despite Killer's ~6-7 bases. Mines and vultures really forced Killer to change strategies in going heavy Hydra. Impressive win -- I'll make a note of it in Stratos' recommended SOSPA games thread

I dunno. tbh, I felt that the TvZ games were a bit lacking. More so on Killer's end than Mind's. On Neo electric circuit, Killer had almost 3 more bases than Mind yet he somehow lost two around the same time due to a double drop+army from Mind. Felt like a bad showing though I chuck it up to Killer having a weak ZvT game. The destination game was impressive by Mind but mech is strong on that map. Loved the stop lurkers on Neo Medusa though. The proxy rax by mind was hilarious as well lol. Other than that, enjoyed it but found it odd that Mind stayed on 2 base for most of his games. If this was Flash, he would've taken the whole map while Killer was being passive lol.