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14th MBCgame Survivor Tournament Group D
Canata < Loki II > 
YoonJoongRuBy < Loki II > 
FlowerWinners Game < Zodiac >
Losers Game < Zodiac >
Final Game < Blue Storm >
I haven't seen anybody else make one of these, so here goes. This post guaranteed to be 100% non-original formatting. I think. To all the people that did the actual work coming up with images, and stuff like that: Thank You
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Canata < Loki II > YoonJoong![[image loading]](http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/7750/picture7da6.png)
YoongJoong, faceless no longer
YoonJoong has never played a televised PvT game, so he has he advantage of an unknown style. Initially, I thought that it might give him the advantage over Canata, so I wagered a valuable liquibet point on the picture-less, but potentially proficient protoss. Purely in the interests of science, I went and watched a VOD of YoonJoong (the only one in the TLPD database). He managed to win against the bird toss in a PvP, but he didn't look that great doing so. Maybe I shouldn't have wagered a whole liquibet point on an unknown over Canata.
![[image loading]](http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/8919/picture8ug7.png)
Please lose so that I win my liquibet.
Canata, on the other hand, is, um, Cantata. I really don't know anything about Canata, so I won't even try. According to TLPD stats, vP is his weakest MU. He's probably going to win it anyway though.
RuBy < Loki II > Flower![[image loading]](http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/2051/picture9tb2.png)
Does anyone know why the hell his tongue is sticking out like that? WTF?
In spite of Ruby looking like a retard, he is probably going to win this. His strongest MU is vZ, with recent wins over a Luxury and a slumping Savior. In addition, the map favors Terran over Zerg 8 wins to 4. I'm confident that my liquibet points are safe in his hands.
![[image loading]](http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/8960/flowernk1.png)
I swear to you, this is actually what he looks like in real life. And he's supposed to be behind a computer, but I sort of screwed that up.
Despite being on one of the best 2v2 teams in this season's proleague, he still sucks 1v1. If you don't believe me, I have one thing to say to you: he lost to BackHo. Hell, I'm only a D- and I can lose to BackHo too! That means I'm just as good as Flower is!
Winners Game < Zodiac >
Unfortunately for my liquibet, this will probably be Canata vs Ruby. Yes, that means a TvT. Maybe I should go make a peanut butter sandwich, just to prepare. Anyway, TvT is Canata's strongest MU, statistically. He's had some fairly recent wins over opponents such as Flash, and Upmagic. Ruby, on the other hand, has only won 33.3% of his TvT's. His wins weren't exactly against tough opponents either--Tossgirl, Justin (or whatever the hell his nickname is these days) and Hiya. Looking back at this, I wonder what I was smoking when I voted Ruby and YoonJoong to advance. I'd say pot, but that probably isn't strong enough to account for that. Fuck.
Losers Game < Zodiac >
Going by my assumptions, this will be YoonJoong vs. Flower. It's hard to call this one, especially because each of these players only have 2 televised games each. I guess it'll probably be YoonJoong, at least he's never lost to Backho. Using my amazing analytical powers, I decided to flip a coin, and say that Flower would be heads, and that YoonJoong would be tails. I got heads.
Final Game < Blue Storm >
This should be Ruby vs. Flower. Or maybe it won't be, I really don't even know what I'm talking about. If, by some strange chance it IS Ruby vs. Flower, I think Ruby will probably take it, even though it's blue storm. Sorry flower!
+ Show Spoiler [results] +
Canata > YoonJoong
Ruby > Flower
Canata > Ruby
Flower < YoonJoong
Ruby < YoonJoong
Canata and YoonJoong qualify for MSL!
+ Show Spoiler [game descriptions] +
Game 1:
Canata makes 2 proxy rax, and rushes YJ with marins and like 5 SCV's. YJ sees it coming at the last minute, and makes a shield battery, but it doesn't help him much. After pulling is probes to fight it off, and losing all of them, Canata makes a bunker next to YJ's gateway, YJ GG's soon after.
Game 2:
Flower goes for a quick hive into guardians, then tries for guardians backed up with hydra. Ruby scans, or guesses the greater spire, and makes 2 port wraiths. Because Flower's overlords aren't speed upgraded, Ruby kills about half (maybe more) of the guardians before Flower makes it to detection. Ruby's wraiths backed up with m&m charge into Flower's nat. After losing all of his defenses and units, Flower GG's.
Winner's Game:
Ruby expands to his natural, and Canata harasses the expansion with a few vultures and marines. It's fended off, but he gets a bit of economic damage done. Ruby gets factories, and Canata expands to his natural, while making two wraiths and upgrading cloak. Canata harasses excellently with the wraiths, getting something like 15 kills (from SCV's and marines) While Ruby is trying to fend it off, Canata starts building facts, and starts producing dropships. Canata expos to the island expansion, while Ruby mines up the middle of the map. Ruby pushes out into the middle, destroying Canata's force there, but Canata drops his undefended main. Ruby GG's.
Loser's Game:
Flower opens with 9 pool speedling, blocking his ramp so YJ can't scout it. Meanwhile, YoonJoong FE's and starts teching to standard 1gate sair. In a hilariously ballsy move, Flower kills his own extractor, and then lets YJ in to scout. Of course, his scouting probe eventually sees the speed upgrade finish, but it's awesome anyway. Flower eventually goes all-in lings, and deals a lot of damage to YJ's nat, but he doesn't kill it. Flower sneaks a couple lings into YJ's main, sees templar tech, and cannons, and GG's.
Final Game:
YJ goes standard 1 gate + cybernetics core, and Ruby goes for 1fact cc. YJ expands quickly too, and a minor skirmish occurs outside Ruby's nat, and YJ pulls back. YJ gets a robo bay and support, and loads up a reaver into a shuttle, upgrading speed, and adding gateways. Ruby is adding factories, and has only a few tanks out. YJ comes in with about a dozen zealots, with dragoon backup, and rapes Ruby hard. Ruby bends over, takes it in the butt, and GG's.
