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[MSL] Arena 2008: Round of 32 Group A, May 1st

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Aesop
Profile Joined October 2007
Hungary11291 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-05-01 12:24:24
April 30 2008 16:34 GMT
#1
[image loading]
Credits to pachi for this sweet banner, will replace once I get the proper one.

This group deserves some hype, so I decided to put something up! If you had content prepared, feel free to post and I will blend it in! This preview even has preparatory Vods linked.

Arena MSL 2008 - Round of 32 Group A

Matchups

(Z)Jaedong < Othello > (P)Bisu
(T)Hwasin < Athena > (T)FrOzean
Winner's Match < Tiamat >
Loser's Match < Tiamat >
Play Offs < Colosseum >


Prelude
A BLOODBATH OF RIVALRY

It was only a week ago that the groups for this MSL, sponsored by Arena, were decided in a nerve-racking draft. Would Savior be playing against Firebathero, would he be playing against Hwasin, would he be playing Nada? The second to last player to switch, Kal, moved FBH against himself. The last to pick and the first to play in this MSL switched him back: Ladies and Gentlemen, presenting the current MSL champion, Jaedong.

However, there was one change a lot earlier in the ceremony. Grandpa Protoss Much had chosen to be matched up against the Legend Killer Jaedong, but the Revolutionist Bisu himself chose to take his place. In this MSL, we therefore have a rematch: Bisu meets Jaedong in one of the pre-groups AGAIN, and AGAIN only one of them is going to leave the arena alive. Whoever watched their first encounter will know what a tense game it was.

But Bisu vs. Jaedong is not the only rivalry we are about to witness here. This whole group is a barrel of gunpowder, and it can go off any second!

Frozean is the Terran that always wins at the wrong time. Take his recent game in the OSL against Anytime. Anytime was a sure winner in most books, being terrific vs. T and showing relatively consistent play lately. Frozean surprised him with a bionic build and forced him to fight for survival in the loser's match against Mind. As we all know, Anytime did not make it out alive. Frozean vs. Lecaf is surely a special history. Dubbed "sacrifical lamb", or "50%", Frozean had the starting match against Jaedong in the recent Proleague Grand Final. While everyone was scratching their heads, saying "he won't go for breaking those four sunkens, nobody does that", that was exactly what Frozean did. He broke the sunkens, he broke the natural expansion, maybe he even broke Jaedong's invincible feeling. Since that game, JD is 7-7 against Terran and on a 0-3 streak, admittedly with strong opponents, but real dominance does not know strong opponents.

Hwasin was the upcoming Terran of 2007. He continually improved his game, but in the end he always stood against a foe he could not defeat: Bisu. His sets against Bisu were legendary, I specifically remember the third set in the GOM3 series, when Hwasin just stomped over Bisu's forces, took down an expansion - only to meet a newly produced army, perfectly balanced to counter his force, taking him out and dropping him out of the competition. Being picked earlier by Bisu for his Daum OSL group, being called "insurance", and losing painfully to Scouts only puts more explosives between these two.

Recently, Hwasin also made life miserable for Jaedong, beating him in a proleague match which was the second step in a 3-0 takedown of the current champions Lecaf by the underdogs STX.

If there is a single group in this MSL, loaded with recent progaming history up to the brim, this is it. I can't wait to watch.

+ Show Spoiler [Games Mentioned] +
+ Show Spoiler [Jaedong vs. Bisu, GOM4] +

+ Show Spoiler [Frozean vs. Jaedong, PL 2007 Grand Fin…] +

+ Show Spoiler [Frozean vs. Anytime, EVER OSL 2008] +

+ Show Spoiler [Bisu vs. Hwasin, GOM3, Game 3] +

+ Show Spoiler [Bisu vs. Hwasin, Daum OSL 2007] +

+ Show Spoiler [Hwasin vs. Jaedong, PL 2008] +


+ Show Spoiler [Predictions] +
Jaedong < Bisu
Hwasin > Frozean
Bisu > Hwasin
Jaedong > Frozean
Hwasin > Jaedong

+ Show Spoiler [Results] +
Jaedong > Bisu
Hwasin > Frozean
Jaedong < Hwasin --> (T)Hwasin advances to RO16
Bisu > Frozean
Jaedong > Bisu --> (Z)Jaedong advances to RO16


How to watch
  • Yaoyuan should work, with some delay to the GOM stream. Works only in IE and requires the TVAnts plugin (dl here)
  • If you have a good connection, use the GOM player (Korean version available at: http://app.gomtv.com/gompack/GOMPACKSETUP.EXE); For me it has been working well.
ModeratorNon veritas sed auctoritas facit legem. | Liquipedia: Don't ask me, I'm retired.
Bazse
Profile Joined August 2007
Hungary582 Posts
April 30 2008 16:43 GMT
#2
Wow, very nice writeup. I am hoping very much for a Bisu vs. Hwasin match, in either one of the sets, that rivalry was really fiery last year.

Question: Does GOM still broadcasts MSL?
joohyunee
Profile Blog Joined May 2005
Korea (South)1087 Posts
April 30 2008 17:23 GMT
#3
BOOM
Pepsicolaone
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
United States967 Posts
April 30 2008 17:24 GMT
#4
i really hope JD and Bisu advances
I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equal.
ShAsTa
Profile Joined November 2002
Belgium2841 Posts
April 30 2008 17:43 GMT
#5
I hope Bisu crushes everyone
If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate.
soudo
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
603 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-04-30 19:20:18
April 30 2008 19:17 GMT
#6
Hopefully, it will go this way:

Bisu and Hwasin advance; Bisu starts to show that he can still compete after his switch to SKT1, and Hwasin shows that there's more to him then just potential.

Jaedong drops out, but destroys the Proleague, leaving hope that he's still dominant.

+ Show Spoiler +
[Edit] My hopeful predictions:

Jaedong > Bisu
Hwasin > Frozean
Hwasin > Jaedong
Bisu > Frozean
Bisu > Jaedong
Vasoline73
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States7801 Posts
April 30 2008 19:20 GMT
#7
Is GOM broadcasting this? I thought they were done doing the MSL.

And I wish that Hwasin, Bisu, and Jaedong would all advance. I feel like Jaedong is going to lose vs Bisu and get cheesed vs the other terrans though :/...

Bisu and Jaedong FTW
LosingID8
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
CA10828 Posts
April 30 2008 19:28 GMT
#8
i want hwasin and jaedong to advance
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Algid
Profile Joined March 2008
Korea (South)5 Posts
April 30 2008 19:28 GMT
#9
is this only watchable live????
^.^
3 Lions
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States3705 Posts
April 30 2008 19:45 GMT
#10
On May 01 2008 04:28 Algid wrote:
is this only watchable live????

no, there will be vods by baezzi afterwards showing jaedong destroying this group
LJD FIGHTING!
TheTyranid
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
Russian Federation4333 Posts
April 30 2008 19:49 GMT
#11
You stole my thread, noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
GeneralStan
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
United States4789 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-04-30 19:53:29
April 30 2008 19:53 GMT
#12
Nice write up Aesop!

Bisu > JD
Insurance > Chump
Bisu > Insurance
JD > Chump
JD > Insurance

I am so excited for this group. I still feel strongly that Bisu v Jaedong will reward us with one of the finer P v Zs ever, I just wish it was a BO5.

Still, if they both come out, a Bisu v Jaedong final is still possible!
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Kyuki
Profile Joined February 2008
Sweden1867 Posts
April 30 2008 19:53 GMT
#13
I CANT WAIT!

I have faith in JD, and I truly belive he will obliterate this group. He's hungering, I can feel it...
Mada Mada Dane
Sigrun
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
United States1654 Posts
April 30 2008 19:54 GMT
#14
I can't wait!
Graphics
Pyrthas
Profile Joined March 2007
United States3196 Posts
April 30 2008 20:09 GMT
#15
On May 01 2008 04:28 LosingID8 wrote:
i want hwasin and jaedong to advance

maybenexttime
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
Poland5556 Posts
April 30 2008 20:38 GMT
#16
JD > bisu
Hwasin >frozean
JD > Hwasin
bisu > frozean
Insurance > bisu
zincsterio
Profile Joined March 2008
119 Posts
April 30 2008 21:38 GMT
#17
I really hope Hwasin pummels Bisu. Need to get some revenge for the bad manner shown by Bisu in the past.
Aesop
Profile Joined October 2007
Hungary11291 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-04-30 21:50:02
April 30 2008 21:49 GMT
#18
On May 01 2008 04:20 Vasoline73 wrote:
Is GOM broadcasting this? I thought they were done doing the MSL.

GOM has it on their program. So I can only assume: Yes, they will. I am quite happy about that, as GOM always worked better for me than the Daum player.

On May 01 2008 04:49 TheTyranid wrote:
You stole my thread, noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

Feel free to contribute what you want . Will add it to the OP then.
ModeratorNon veritas sed auctoritas facit legem. | Liquipedia: Don't ask me, I'm retired.
EvoChamber
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
France2505 Posts
April 30 2008 21:50 GMT
#19
Awesome write-up, this definitely needed more than a thread made five minutes before the match starts. I really hope both Jaedong and Bisu make it out of this group alive.
That's not awful writing, DAMMIT. It's perfectly sensical english construction.
Deleted User 31060
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
3788 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-04-30 21:57:04
April 30 2008 21:52 GMT
#20
TAKE HIM DOWN LIKE YOU DID LAST YEAR, JAEDONG

Hwasin deserves to advance as well

Edit: link to last year's thread: here


Edit2: Oh my god. I just realized that I wrote that on the day of my Oberlin audition, and recently I was admitted as the only saxophone performance major in the country for this fall. Wow.
Peaked at C- on ICCUP and proud of it! @Sunyveil
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