Group A (starts in ) g0rynich Ziggy Gosudark Cryoc
g0rynich vs Ziggy -> Eclipse [bo1] Gosudark vs Cryoc -> Eclipse [bo1] Match 3: Winners match -> Reap the Storm [bo1] Match 4: Elimination match -> Optimizer [bo3] Match 5: Advancement match -> Optimizer [bo3]
Group B (starts in ) Dewalt Tech cRoSs Sziky
Dewalt vs Tech -> Eclipse [bo1] cRoSs vs Sziky -> Eclipse [bo1] Match 3: Winners match -> Reap the Storm [bo1] Match 4: Elimination match -> Optimizer [bo3] Match 5: Advancement match -> Optimizer [bo3]
g0rynich has wonderful crisis management. He duct taped a boat and sailed across the ocean vs Cryoc. His muta's- did nothing, he threw away 7 mutas as greater spire finished to kill zero tanks and then defends like a badger in a ditch. Oh and he has incredible defiler-swarm micro and judgement.
Very impressive to get to watch him pull that off in a tournament condition. Hell yea.
Thanks for a great cast and an awesome tournament.
Sziky looked like a beast against Cross. And that must have been TR16? I find Reap The Storm pretty hard ZvP... Protoss are allowed to stay back and defend 4 bases and then just smash maxed armies into the Zerg over and over. I think Zerg tech is more important to get cost effective trades a tad bit earlier than your average macro map.
However I am not reading a lot into that one loss. Go Sziky champion!