While we await SSL11 and other large tournaments, another smaller online tournament brings together most of the strong field from the recent Terror SL.
The 16 player Draemong Starleague (DSL) will be hosted by Afreeca caster KDS, who frequently hosts show-matches and clan leagues, with sponsorship by Draemong, a Korean drama/media firm.
Participants:
Format & Map Pool: Ro16 dual-tournament group stage Ro8 single elimination bracket
This may be controversial, but I don't miss Bisu when he's not there. He's obviously a top player, but somehow he's just not engaging. Does anyone else know what I mean?
This may be controversial, but I don't miss Bisu when he's not there. He's obviously a top player, but somehow he's just not engaging. Does anyone else know what I mean?
not quite, what do you mean when you say hes not 'engaging'?
I think if Bisu joins all these tournaments, he'll get 1st place in at least half of them (cautious estimate). He gets so much balloons from "bububu" anyway. I'm a Bisu fan but I think it's better when he shares the wealth with all the other streamers rather than hogging all of it.
I want Sea.KH to win at to advance but he has some pretty tough competition to do that. However, I can see him upset free (tendency of PvP) and Sea (Sea playing his weakest mu). Maybe hero too.
This may be controversial, but I don't miss Bisu when he's not there. He's obviously a top player, but somehow he's just not engaging. Does anyone else know what I mean?
Yes totally. Also when he participates to a tournament we all know who will be the champion.
This may be controversial, but I don't miss Bisu when he's not there. He's obviously a top player, but somehow he's just not engaging. Does anyone else know what I mean?
Yes totally. Also when he participates to a tournament we all know who will be the champion.
He got owned in KSL though. It's obvious that Bisu is probably a favorite to win any tournament that he enters, but favorites don't always win...
I think part of the reason why Bisu doesn't enter all these smaller tournaments is that he wants to keep the image of the best player. Because even if he is the best player currently, it only takes two games to be out of a tournament which can taint your image.
I want Sea.KH to win at to advance but he has some pretty tough competition to do that. However, I can see him upset free (tendency of PvP) and Sea (Sea playing his weakest mu). Maybe hero too.
That'd be neat, and I think he's got it in him. He beat hero in the SBENU Starleague. I suppose you could argue that perhaps hero underestimated him a bit and spent too long using just hydra/ling, but Sea.KH showed great control and army engagement. I'm a fan.
Predictions: Group A -- 1st Last // 2nd Mong Group B -- 1st Mind // 2nd HiyA Group C -- 1st free // 2nd Sea.KH Group D -- 1st sSak // 2nd ZerO
I was watching as well. I missed the opening series between Last and EffOrt, but I saw the rest of today's games. GuemChi is his own worst enemy. And yeah, that last game was good. Mong is just so solid.
Well you are most likely missing out on the destruction of hiya, unless he can work some counter-attack magic with his paperplanes
Its still 2base vs 2base and although the wraiths have killed a lot of drones hiya cannot mine from his expansion at all and just got hydras and lurkers dropped in his main. Siege tanks can hold the main but its not looking very good. Paperplanes still alive and starting to kill a lot of drones again ! Hm, could still win I guess
Hiya finally starts mining at his expansion again and one minute earlier larva lost 5-6 lurkers and overlords while attempting to drop on top of marines. Still 2base vs 2base.
Siege tanks in hiya's main have not moved in 5 minutes and spores protect the expansions against wraiths for some time now. Both move out at the same time now !
that dropship harass made jaehoon neglect his goons at the frontline to get raped by mines, making the tank push succeed in killing the third. nice move by hiya
I'm doing the commentary as the VODs are becoming available so there will be downtime between VODs but here's the first game so far. I'm lowering the background commentary because I think it was a bit too loud.
Looks like KDS just uploaded group C VODs, no idea why A and B are incomplete. Left him a message on his Afreeca and he said he's working on it -- fortunately, Connor has most of those groups uploaded and I can add the rest to Youtube/LP
tvz at its finest must watch, both players on top of their games
piano's mass drop style+BC on fs would have completely messed up any other zerg but zero was on top of almost everything mitigating his losses. then he had enough of pianos shit and just countered him
tvz at its finest must watch, both players on top of their games
piano's mass drop style+BC on fs would have completely messed up any other zerg but zero was on top of almost everything mitigating his losses. then he had enough of pianos shit and just countered him
KIM MYUNG WOON
Basically, this!
Also, reminder that ssak is the best player at bw right now.
On May 22 2015 00:30 amazingxkcd wrote: fucking carrier switches man, that shit is op
shuttle was way ahead economically after destroying piano's 2base push without much probe loss, shuttle could have done anything he wants, carriers are the best choice in a map full of narrow ass chokes and ridges
On May 21 2015 21:37 Probemicro wrote: number one power rank indeed ssukkkkk
to be fair those games were odd from ssak.
opening mech on FS and that turret placement on CB.
hiya had success with a mech push on FS against Larva. though that was larva and he went for some shitty 3 hatch ling all in.
also, shuttle losing 1-4 to terrans just shows how bad he is. knocked out in draemong and ssl by terrans. gg shuttle
also im glad ZerO won. would have been stale with another all terran/toss lineup. hope zero goes all the way for his zerg hope. maybe he'll show me something and prove he belongs at that 4 spot. (still skeptical)
shuttle won the last game against piano and went through to ro8... someone recorded the result table incorrectlyzzz or was someone salty and did that on troll purpose
Looks like some exciting quarterfinals next week, Last/Jaehoon & SSL 10 third place rematch with HiyA/Mong -- if any of you fine folks want to do an LR thread, feel free, I'd be glad to add the CSS to enable the Liquipedia content, etc
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SSL11 and other large tournaments, another smaller online tournament brings together most of the strong field from the recent 
