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How to watch
- The games will be live on the Daum player (guide).
- Yaoyuan offers a live stream, with delay to the Daum stream.
Use Internet Explorer and install the TVAnts plugin (download).
- Click here for a stream.
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Here's to hoping that this goes on for a few hours!
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aah! i've been waiting on this thread! JULY HWAITING
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These tie-breakers are heart wrenching for me. I love all 3 of these players.
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On September 28 2008 11:31 d(O.o)a wrote:
These tie-breakers are heart wrenching for me. I love all 3 of these players.
Yea, well, it was the group of death that had more titles than the other 3 put together, so of course all the players deserve to be here.
I like the 12:00 Korean time. It's very convenient PST.
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On September 28 2008 11:33 thunk wrote:Show nested quote +On September 28 2008 11:31 d(O.o)a wrote:
These tie-breakers are heart wrenching for me. I love all 3 of these players. Yea, well, it was the group of death that had more titles than the other 3 put together, so of course all the players deserve to be here. I like the 12:00 Korean time. It's very convenient PST.
To think of it, the other groups have a total of 2 titles.
GGplay and Mind.
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Any predictions? July has quite the impeccable PvZ XD
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I hope to see Much comes out of this group; I want to see more of his scrappy, cheesy, awesome play! He's the reason I'm excited to watch this.
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hope bisu makes this a quick 2-0
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Ez for the PvZ of July =$
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These matches should be good. Interesting maps and an awesome line-up. I hope Bisu pulls through but something tells me he will fall short...
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I dunno, predicting these are really hard. The maps are bad for July, and as Plexa said, if a second round is needed July will have an advantage because he got though the first round on disadvantageous maps.
Truthfully, all of them could go 2-0. And all of them could go 0-2.
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This looks exciting. I guess I'm hoping for July to advance, although some of much's recent builds have been sick. Hmmm. I wish they held all of their games at this time- that would make it much easier for met to watch.
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plasma's a bad map for Z?
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On September 28 2008 11:48 thunk wrote:
I dunno, predicting these are really hard. The maps are bad for July, and as Plexa said, if a second round is needed July will have an advantage because he got though the first round on disadvantageous maps.
Truthfully, all of them could go 2-0. And all of them could go 0-2.
July will have a better chance imo the less preperation that much and bisu have.
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I'm so glad there's no liquibet for this.
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Hoping for a 2:0 for Bisu's sake, but I would not be surprised if Much pulls through.
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Man I hate having to root against Much or July, but I really want the revolutionist to go through.
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I'm trying to watch it with the TVAnts plugin, but it's saying preparing, I wonder how long it takes.
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is everyone else's YY loading? mine seems to be stuck at "preparing channel YY live"
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Go July! Not enough zerg qualifying for anything this year. 
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god I hate daum, I can rarely figure out where to go...any help?
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thank you day[9].
oh btw is there a way of lowering quality to speed up my stream?
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United States12607 Posts
HERE WE GO BISU
Make it FOUR SK Telecom T1 players in the OSL Ro8....how sick would that be
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On September 28 2008 12:03 [Fin]Vittu wrote:
is everyone else's YY loading? mine seems to be stuck at "preparing channel YY live"
not loading too
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gogo let the roflbreakers start, erm tiebreakers 
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day9 your link just give me a "can not be found" page
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My daum stream is superb laggyyy 
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omg i love you. where did you find that?
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YY just crashed on me. use the link day[9] posted.
instead of copy and pasting, click the link lol.
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thanks for link paradox- no lag too! Amazing.
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On September 28 2008 12:07 ScarFace wrote:
day9 your link just give me a "can not be found" page
make sure you click "paste link location" instead of highlighting
the thing auto-shortened it
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WOw, very nice, thanks <3
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I read Mandarin and they posted on the TVAnts page.
Enjoy all!
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daum is laggy and audio is non existent sometimes...
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LOL @ july´s mouse! its like an american football´s ball
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Intro playing! Mmmm... Neapolitan ice cream.
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july hwaiting!! show them how much you are better now that you are out of SKT1!!!
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Doesn't Kim Yaekyong just look so cute?
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help... i got the audio track on the stream but not the video!
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not for me
edit: LOL: I was talking about the link you posted at first. Ninja edit owned me.
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United States17042 Posts
mines lagging like sin *crosses fingers and waits*
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july getting in zlings behind bisu's base through the temple trick..
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July trying to sneak lings in through the min patches at the temple
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is there a way to make the link full screen?
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I'm just getting intermittant streaming here. But it looks like July went for zerglings before 2nd hatch and has snuck 2 zerglings through the back temple thing into Bisu's base. 1 probe down.
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United States17042 Posts
On September 28 2008 12:16 krazymunky wrote:
is there a way to make the link full screen?
Don't think so...
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A couple of zerglings do pretty decent harassing. Bisu has a stargate up, making a corsair.
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July gathered troops in front of Bisu natural, trying to break the front
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bisu is getting it taken to him
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United States17042 Posts
July is showing off some good hydra micro- about a control for july, 2 cannons left, 2 cannons warping. Bisu needs to build a new forge to build more cannons- just got one up in his main >.>
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hydralisks take down the forge at the front door, zealots probes and cannons holding them at bay
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oooh nice!! Bisu uses fake forge to prevent other cannons from going down.
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bisu SURVIVES a hydra push
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United States17042 Posts
3 cannons, 1 more warping in. 4 zeals at front, 2 sairs for bisu. July is at... about 6 hydra at front, about 10 breaking back entrance (pyrmid)
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On September 28 2008 12:16 krazymunky wrote:
is there a way to make the link full screen?
Right click and click zoom and full screen.
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Does anyone know how many stacked, up-armored temples there are? >_>
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Bisu is holding, barely. July teching to lair.
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Hah, I never realized there were multiple temples on that ramp.
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How many temples do they have stacked there?
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United States17042 Posts
July is teching to lurker- already has lair tech. Bisu is still scouting with sairs, about a control of zeals (not sure if they have speed)
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wow, the temple is invincible
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It's above 3, certainly. Lings killed one, hydras killed one, killing another now... Whoops, here comes the +1 speed push >_>
... Which July pwns, of course.
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At least two have been destroyed so far, could be more.
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you can tell that july is very crisp, his decision making, macro, everything. He has medusa zvp down to a t.
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SPEEEEDLOTS
oh shit htey get shredded by nice hydra dance
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... Another temple goes down.
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United States17042 Posts
about 1.5 control of zeal against about 12 hydra and 2 lurk. July is showing off some good control against the 6 zeals remaining, and is using the 2 lurkers ot hold off reinforcements.
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Wow, it's the July timing again. The same one he used against Much, except without the cannon rush. Seems to be very effective because templar feel kind of late.
Hydra seem like an idea unit to break temples, though. They do a lot of damage.
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Few drones go down for July, but he's stabilizing.
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On September 28 2008 12:20 Carefree Me wrote:
How many temples do they have stacked there?
Would a nuke damage them all?
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Final temple goes down! (4th one?)
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temple finally goes down lol.
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Edit: WTF, Bisu won? I had no idea what went on there.
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WHAT!?!?!?!
edit: SERIOUSLY!?! WHAT?!
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the invincible temple is finallly down, although a dt is killling units as they go up the ramp that the temple was at. About 1.5 comtrol of hydra and 1 lurk against 4 cannons? bisu sees the threat and moves all of his units to defend. And JULY GG's after his backdoor atk breaks down and fails
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WHY DOESNT HE JUST PLAY STRAIGHT UP :[
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how many temples are stacked on that? holy shit.
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i don't really get it though, why'd july give in so soon
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I didnt even catch the gg--- I was looking back here. My god that came..unexpectedly. I can understand why though, it was two base to two base, he cut drones for his push. Still, I expected July to go tooth and nail- and win.
But I'm happy.
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On September 28 2008 12:24 MidnightGladius wrote:
gg from July. >_>
On September 28 2008 12:24 thunk wrote:
Bisu's screwed.
haha
although I didn't see it coming either
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July had like 12 drones back at his base, his lurkers died, and his hydras were trapped in a corner.
No chance for him to win. So he GGs.
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I think he sacrificed economy to get that timing push, once he realize it wont work against Bisu he is screwed in the long term.
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wtf was that?!
couldn't july have played on and regroup troops with OL?????
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His economy was terrible and he was relying on his backdoor break to do major damage but it got repelled easily.
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Because he went all in and it failed, and bisu was ahead after his dt's were out. Man this stream is baller compared to the normal daum stream.
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On September 28 2008 12:24 kramus wrote:
i don't really get it though, why'd july give in so soon
july barely had an eco, bisu was loaded with 2 full nexus. His hydras were going to die, no way to reinforce.
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On September 28 2008 12:24 Day[9] wrote:
WHY DOESNT HE JUST PLAY STRAIGHT UP :[
BECAUSE HE SUCKS
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Does July always go for some sort of all-in timing push? He seems to do that often lately. Is it his signature style?
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On September 28 2008 12:25 [Fin]Vittu wrote:
wtf was that?!
couldn't july have played on and regroup troops with OL?????
July had about 7 drones man...this game was over the second the bust at Bisu's front door failed.
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On September 28 2008 12:26 jwd241224 wrote:Show nested quote +On September 28 2008 12:24 Day[9] wrote:
WHY DOESNT HE JUST PLAY STRAIGHT UP :[ BECAUSE HE SUCKS
ITS BEEN 2 MONTHS MAN SUCK IT.
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I guess me thinking Bisu gg's serves me right for coming in halfway through the game...
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United States17042 Posts
On September 28 2008 12:26 p4fn2w wrote:
Does July always go for some sort of all-in timing push? He seems to do that often lately. Is it his signature style?
He's known for being really agressive and having pretty good small unit control (as his strengths)
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Now beat that Much chump, and go on and win both the OSL and MSL and get back where u belong Bisu!!
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Now i wanna see Much cheese the hell out of Bisu
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I think all in timing pushes make games more intense to watch. More players should do that .
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On September 28 2008 12:28 Oystein wrote:
Now beat that Much chump, and go on and win both the OSL and MSL and get back where u belong Bisu!!
qft
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Destroying the temple while BISU knows that is not a wise choice. Why didnot he switch to luker after the very first failure of mass hyd
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United States17042 Posts
This should be much's "prepared" game. Let's see what he can come up with. Good thing bisu's pvp isn't amazing. And much probably used up all of his awsome zvp on his last game against july
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Because he was depending on the mass hydra to break his ramp in the first place, after that the game was over unless he did something, and he wasn't going to break the front...
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On September 28 2008 12:26 QuietIdiot wrote:Show nested quote +On September 28 2008 12:24 kramus wrote:
i don't really get it though, why'd july give in so soon july barely had an eco, bisu was loaded with 2 full nexus. His hydras were going to die, no way to reinforce.
ooh k, thanks, didn't realize he had committed that much to the push
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Bisu's PvP was alright when he was dominating. But Much's has been good overall.
edit: take that back, actually checked, he's average too.
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On September 28 2008 12:28 p4fn2w wrote:I think all in timing pushes make games more intense to watch. More players should do that .
July lost becuase his timing push didn't work though. The timing pushes are really exciting when they work, but when they don't, they lose like july did. HIs was especially all in as well, which ended up not working in his favor
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My take is that Bisu has defended well, and that July was way too invested in that push that didn't work.
There was a short 2 seconds where they showed the line of cannons on the ramp that goes to the back of the base. Seeing it made it pretty obvious Bisu was ahead, while July's lings were still pounding on the temples.
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On September 28 2008 12:28 economist_ wrote:
Destroying the temple while BISU knows that is not a wise choice. Why didnot he switch to luker after the very first failure of mass hyd
Probably not enough econ- when his timing break failed july was in a lot of trouble. Lurkers require a lot of gas.
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I wonder if protoss has any strong timing pushes too, other than the +1 zlot rush. I would want to play all my MU's centered around aggressive timings. Would appreciate it if anyone makes a guide :D.
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yeah man
Bisu >>>>>>>>> July
hahahaha
go bisu, go and let much down :D
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oh god, please fucking do it bisu. i really. for all the past months and year. i really want you to come back.
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On September 28 2008 12:32 proA.June91 wrote:
yeah man
Bisu >>>>>>>>> July
hahahaha
go bisu, go and let much down :D
Bisu lost his last game against july if i remember correctly (just to get the facts right, not to argue who is better)
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breaking those 5 temples stacked is fucking patient July, you didnot make any suprise at all to bisu by doing that though
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let's see another scout battle
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I kinda want Much to win, the July > Much, then we do it all over again.
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United States17042 Posts
bisu 55.8% in pvp (24-19), much is 54.3% (25-21)
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On September 28 2008 12:30 waterdragon wrote:Show nested quote +On September 28 2008 12:28 p4fn2w wrote:I think all in timing pushes make games more intense to watch. More players should do that . July lost becuase his timing push didn't work though. The timing pushes are really exciting when they work, but when they don't, they lose like july did. HIs was especially all in as well, which ended up not working in his favor
Thats true, but it still was intense. So much pressure was put to the defender, and the line that separated the winner for the loser was hair-thin. It makes things more interesting for both the viewers and the players playing them (you gotta admit, if you are in that game whether you are the aggressor or the defender you would be sweating your balls to the walls the whole time!).
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what was with bisu beating off
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On September 28 2008 12:30 nevake wrote:
Bisu's PvP was alright when he was dominating. But Much's has been good overall.
edit: take that back, actually checked, he's average too. Alright isn't fair- he beat stork 3-2 in a tense and long series. I mean, he wasn't dominating in the match up, but alright is really cutting him short.
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much bottom bisu top [duh]
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United States17042 Posts
Match is starting soon- I love the intro btw- all these guys either kinda sorta are legends or they seriously have the chance to be the legend. I'm a believer in the new qualifying format btw lol.
anyone catch the colors//starts? (i'm noob)
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Someone has 2 manner pylons going up... I have no clue who
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Much is green, bottom left. He got manner pylon'd
(I believe)
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United States17042 Posts
purple manner pylon's green twice. Purple still has the probe in green's base, and could manner pylon again i suppose >.>
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manner pyloning is something that Much, not Bisu would do. But I have no idea who threw those up.
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Bisu mannered Much. It didn't seem especially effective, though.
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Green is Much.
Purple is Bisu.
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I am guessing last picture I had that left (could be green is Much because he sits left booth and he is allied)
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Much goes Gate-Core-Gate. Bisu goes Gate-Core-Robo.
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United States17042 Posts
Thanks qrs
robo goes up for bisu before second gate (less goons for bisu).
much gets his second gate before his robo
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Bisu has obs going up, while Much's robo isn't done yet.
edit: obs going up for much too.
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Much with semi-contain. 2 zealots, 4 goons.
Bisu has gone observatory.
Much building robo support bay before observatory.
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Much moving out! ~8 goons, 2 zealots, and 1 reaver in shuttle. Bisu reatreating, has his own reaver in shuttle.
Bisu with superior goon numbers, drives off Much.
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United States17042 Posts
first major battle- much down to 2 goons, bisu has 2 reavers and 4 goons. Much has an expo going up though- not going to be much use if he can't keep/hold it
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bisu loses a LOT in a middle clash because his reavers weren't firing for a lot of the fight- much loses everything, though.
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OMG BISU RAPES with two reavers
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bisu's 2 reaver > much's 1
much shakes head in disapproval
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Bisu reavers laugh in the face of Much reavers... this looks over.
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major battle, Bisu wins it
edit: I'm behind
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United States17042 Posts
bisu is reaver hrass with 1- got like 4-6 probes with first shot.
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Bisu reaver drops much, Much loses ~6,7 probes.
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Bisu gets 2nd reaver up. Engages with Much again. Much loses all but 2 goons and reaver. Bisu still has 6 goons left. Moves out to Much's base.
Reaver drop by Bisu!
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Looks like in the war of 2 gate reavers, Bisu won. He threw up a third gate before his expo, an interesting counter to the 2 gate reavers. And Much tried to Expo, but now has to cancel it. I don't know if Bisu's actually expanded though.
And Much loses a lot of probes.
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BISU IS BACK MOTHER FUCKERS
im way ahead of you guys much is trying to harrass bisu with reavers
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6-ish probes lost by Much. Bisu now containing in Much's natural with 6 goons, 2 reavers.
Much going to reaver drop Bisu...
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United States17042 Posts
much had to cancel his expo, while bisu looks likehe's going to keep his. Much moves out with 1 reaver, 1 shuttle. He needs to do damage with it, but it looks like bisu has 4 goons to protect against reaver harass. We'll see if much decides to try it anyway
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Bisu's expo is up and he has goons awaiting Much's reaver harass. It looks over.
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LOL almost loses reaver and does NO damage to ANYTHING
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much trying to break bisus contain
fails like the chobo he is
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Much reavers categorically failing in every regard. What else is new?
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july, im not even going to watch anymore need pron to lift my spirits
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4 goons waiting in Bisu's base. Much drops anyways, gets good reaver damage on the goons before retreating. No probes lost.
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United States17042 Posts
Much neeeds to break out before bisu gets too far ahead. Bisu has 3 reavers at the bottom of much's ramp.
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Much still contained, his reaver drop attempt stopped.
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Aotearoa39261 Posts
disappointing result imo
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That actually was pretty good micro by Much not losing the reaver or the shuttle.
Do reavers fire on ramps? I've been having some trouble with that and it looks like Much has some trouble with it here.
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much dropping men away from contain bisu sees
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much loses the goons+reavers he ferried out
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Much ferrying troops out, bisu sees.
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Much attempting to ferry troops via 1 shuttle out of his base. Loses everything to Bisu after he's spied by observer. He's dead.
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On September 28 2008 12:48 Plexa wrote:disappointing result imo
best possible result actually :>
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MUCH TRYING TO BREAK LOSES
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Much better have some freaking awsome reaver micro
I think that reavers are glitchy on ramps >.> especially the scarab pathing
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Much tries to elevator his troops out but gets caught. And destoryed.
Bisu's not taking care of his reavers. He needs shuttle speed.
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BISU BREAKING THE RAMP
MUCH GG'S BISU WINS
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On September 28 2008 12:48 Plexa wrote:disappointing result imo
could not agree more
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Bisu wins! (He's purple right?)
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much looks like he sound have gone carrier- after bisu breaks ramp. gg from much!!!
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Bisu kills both of Much's reavers when Much tries to break out again. Only goons defending for Much now. Bisu in Much's base. gg by Much.
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Much is hanging on as long as possible because it's his last game before he bows out of this OSL.
And Bisu's A2. SKT1 lost no players through the group stages.
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BISU ADVANCES TO OSL ROUND OF 8
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do july and much still play? i wanted to see that game
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fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck
man that was depressing, shit series, shit games.
Why'd you have all-in july..WHY
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Wow, Bisu never shows emotion. If I had just walked in and saw the end, I would've thought Much had won.
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Bisu looks like he didn't even work up a sweat taking out 2 excellent players. Much clearly disappointed, pulling on his jacket slowly.
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Bisu won because he had obs and much didnt
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On September 28 2008 12:51 Danka wrote:
do july and much still play? i wanted to see that game
No reason to.
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Bisu lookin sad nowadays. Or maybe he saw that one picture of him smiling.
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United States12607 Posts
GOGO BISU
Incruit SK Telecom OSL
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Bisu looks in form- hopefully he learned his lesson after playing against flash
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Only one Z qualified, because of fucking plasma I guess
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YEAH MAN!!! GOGOGOGO BISU FTW!!!!!
4 SKT Ro8 :D
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FUCKIN BISU YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
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That was disappointing. I was hoping for less mirror matches in the upcoming rounds (I wish July advanced).
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nice work, boy :X
I <3 Kim Taek Yong
I <3 Bisu[Shield]
:X :X
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who is bisu going up against in the ro8?
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fw
Korea (South)1201 Posts
flash vs ggplay
fantasy vs mind
midas vs best
stork vs bisu
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On September 28 2008 12:59 fw wrote:
flash vs ggplay
fantasy vs mind
midas vs best
stork vs bisu
Oh holy crap, BeSt has to play Midas?? This is tragic, I hope it doesn't cause any grief in the T1 house
edit: BISU VS. STORK HOLY EPICNESS
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On September 28 2008 12:48 Plexa wrote:disappointing result imo
typo?
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Korea (South)1201 Posts
if the winner of A and B play in semi, we'll see lots of TvT and PvP, then TvP final
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midas vs best should be interesting
Bisu vs Stork holy epicness indeed
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Yes Bisu, finally. Way to turn shit around after that dissappointing Flash loss. Bisu for power rank!
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some nice match-ups in there
flash vs ggplay - daum semi-finals anyone?
midas vs best - in-house grudge anyone?
stork vs bisu - gom s2 finals anyone?
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god i want bisu to destroy stork so bad
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iNfeRnaL
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After having the toughest of all groups Bisu now is stuck with arguably still the Best PvP in the world (best yet has to win stork in anything that matters before he can fully claim the title) after he had to practice lots of PvZ's for July... ouch... just ouch ^^
As nice as this OSL was for SKT1 now, only Midas or Best makes one sure Ro4 SKT1 member... Bisu probably has 30-40% to make it, Fantasy will have a tough time vs Mind as well.. ;;
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flash vs ggplay a nice matchup?
will be a raaaaaaaape
t_t
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fw, if you don't mind my asking, how did you get that star? I can't remember ever seeing your TL ID before.
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iNfeRnaL
Germany1908 Posts
Are u so sure about that Kacas?
Just look and see what Yellow done to him.
tbh I don't really think Yellow is so much better than GGplay. Actually before the Flash games 90% thought its GGplay > Yel rather than vice versa.
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awesome. bisu deserved that after flash. I hope he wins it now (he wont..)
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On September 28 2008 12:59 fw wrote:
flash vs ggplay
fantasy vs mind
midas vs best
stork vs bisu
Ohhhhh wow, thats a sick line up cept for ggplay, flash'll put him in his place
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On September 28 2008 13:09 iNfeRnaL wrote:
Are u so sure about that Kacas?
Just look and see what Yellow done to him.
tbh I don't really think Yellow is so much better than GGplay. Actually before the Flash games 90% thought its GGplay > Yel rather than vice versa.
And han knocked Jaedong out of the OSL, but I'm not counting on the next Protoss to beat him.
Prove me wrong, free!
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I think the Best/Midas/Stork/Bisu side of the bracket is going to be really cool.
I think on the other side, Flash is the clear favorite while everyone else has to show what they've got.
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On September 28 2008 13:07 iNfeRnaL wrote:
After having the toughest of all groups Bisu now is stuck with arguably still the Best PvP in the world (best yet has to win stork in anything that matters before he can fully claim the title) after he had to practice lots of PvZ's for July... ouch... just ouch ^^
As nice as this OSL was for SKT1 now, only Midas or Best makes one sure Ro4 SKT1 member... Bisu probably has 30-40% to make it, Fantasy will have a tough time vs Mind as well.. ;;
Yeah...Best does not have to beat Stork in order to claim that title. Stork was playing lackluster pvp for months now- he barely beat Backho for example. You don't need to directly defeat the old beast in order to be declared the new one.
Anyways, predictions:
Fantasy>Mind 60/70% chance
Flash> GGplay 99.99999999% chance
Midas> Best 55% chance
Stork< Bisu 40% chance [yes I am predicting Bisu will win even though I admit he probably wont!]
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Actually think that it would be kinda cool to see ggplay upset flash. GGplay has an exciting style he's just never been jesus zerg.
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I think Flash vs GGplay will be interesting. Flash has lost a couple of recent TvZ's, I wanna see how he matches up in a BO series against a Zerg.
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On September 28 2008 13:27 thunk wrote:
Actually think that it would be kinda cool to see ggplay upset flash. GGplay has an exciting style he's just never been jesus zerg.
GGplay beat flash in the semifinals in his epic zvt run during his osl win. It was a pretty exciting series that went the full 5 games. I hope to see a repeat. (I think that was when flash got owned by stork in the 3rd place match, but he is a hell of a lot better now).
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Sigh...
Much can't seem to handle the best PvPers, - Best,Stork,Bisu. =( Grandpa~~~ cmon.
I believe in next time for Much.
Midas vs Best -_-;; Sick, puke, vomit, barf, gag, balrehalwhgfldfghahgl;j. WHY SO EARLY.
I can't believe I have to choose between one. .... ..... omg, tragedy. Sigh.. my heart is heavy. I.. do I really have to go against Midas?? ... O T1, the tragedy. Who is SKTT1's Best??
I want GGplay to beat Flash, GGplay made it past another ro16 and he really needs to sharpen up and show that he deserved that trade off to CJ -_-;; I am hoping for some nice old form from our ex-champion. And fuck KTF players, KTF is such an uninspiring team. Represent CJ and Zerg well GGplay, REPRESENT REPRESENT!!!
Bisu vs Stork.. Classic, fun, we'll see who comes out on top this time. I am hoping for SKT1 obv - -;; but no one doubts either players ability to win vs anyone in PvP... so that's cool.
Fantasy vs Mind... Revenge for Nada?!! or Revenge for chzing Midas? This will be fun with both players playing what I assume is their forte match up. But more and more SKT1 is good for me~~
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Flash please rape his GGass for revenge (couple OSL ago).
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Dang it, I don't want either Midas or BeSt to lose. :[
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On September 28 2008 13:38 RivetHead wrote:Show nested quote +On September 28 2008 13:27 thunk wrote:
Actually think that it would be kinda cool to see ggplay upset flash. GGplay has an exciting style he's just never been jesus zerg. GGplay beat flash in the semifinals in his epic zvt run during his osl win. It was a pretty exciting series that went the full 5 games. I hope to see a repeat. (I think that was when flash got owned by stork in the 3rd place match, but he is a hell of a lot better now).
Yea, I remember that third place match. If I remember the exact wording of the news post, it was something along the lines of "Flash sucks against carriers". Look how he's grown.
GGplay has been playing considerably worse since then though. We can hope though.
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god ggplay v flash looks like such a miss match and hes the only zerg , its going to be an incomprehensible rape i strongly advise 4 pool every game
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flash > ggplay
fantasy > mind
midas <best
stork < bisu
pew pew
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Bisu eliminating July from another tiebreaker! And all is right in the world. :d
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i didn`t realize that the match is on 12 korean time
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Oh god Bisu won, fucking yes. <3
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Oh my god
When i went to the homepage, i saw the new TLFE saying CJ noon, making me believe that much won
and i get the nicest surprise that bisu wins
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Half of the Ro8 is SKT territory... -_-
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Lol, I love how people ask "JULYYY, why did you go all in.." every time and forget how many games July won with that all-in hydra push gayness. BEEESUIT <3.
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This is so fucking awesome!!!!
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I am so glad that Bisu won. I really hope he can reach the semi's of the OSL/MSL.
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Eat that, bitches.
 Bisu fans unite!
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On September 28 2008 14:23 Kuja900 wrote:god ggplay v flash looks like such a miss match and hes the only zerg , its going to be an incomprehensible rape i strongly advise 4 pool every game
have you seen flash play tvz recently, he hasn't looked great at all
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doubleupgradeobbies!
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On September 28 2008 17:38 Naib wrote:Eat that, bitches. Bisu fans unite!
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On September 28 2008 17:43 doubleupgradeobbies! wrote:
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three of my favourites only one could advance that sucks.
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this was a small Revolution right there ! BISU <3 <3 <3
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Plasma has a little Neo Arkanoid in it, going to hope for a 9 base GGPlay demonstration.
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On September 28 2008 13:23 ScarFace wrote:
Anyways, predictions:
Fantasy>Mind 60/70% chance
Flash> GGplay 99.99999999% chance
Midas> Best 55% chance
Stork< Bisu 40% chance [yes I am predicting Bisu will win even though I admit he probably wont!]
Fantasy > Mind (50/50 I'd go with Fantasy cause I dont like Mind)
Flash > GGplay (Flash's been too shaky lately but GGplay's been even worse)
Best > Midas (Midas is playing great atm but not enough to stop Best)
Bisu > Stork (No more silvers for you Mr, he's the favourite but who cares, he's done anyway)
it's Bo3 right?
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why are all july fan-boys crying about tushin going all-in? when was the last time july teched to hive in a ZvP game? Well I think it was game3 in the finals vs BeSt but still his style is so agressive in the early to mid game, he is always trying to finish off the toss before he gets his HTs. Thou july mastered this strat to perfection I think he is extremely predictable, there so many other ways to play this MU and a S-class player like july should try to be more...clever. And as for the Bisu vs Stork encounter , damn I really cant wait, I think whoever wins will become the clear favorite for the title... ah shit, BeSt's PvP
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Nice job Bisu, your the men !! :D
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BISU YEAHHHHHH ! Whaooo these scrubs cant do nothing to u ! But ure next match will be so hard ! If u can go through Stork u could claim the title
In another note :
4 SKT member in ro16 ---> 4 SKT member in Ro8
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KIM TAEK YONG!!!!!!!!!!111111111111
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DAMNIT JULY
first you win the goddamn osl then you don't make it out of the groups I dont get you at all
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On September 28 2008 23:27 Frits wrote:
DAMNIT JULY
first you win the goddamn osl then you don't make it out of the groups I dont get you at all
well this was a ridiculously difficult group...id say flash+bisu+much together are harder than the opponents he fought for the last OSL...
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damn, i wanted to see 4x SKT in the ro4 also =( bisu vs best/midas would be awesome tho, or is that not a possible finals scenario?
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Sure is SKT1 around here
I wanna see a best vs flash final, please dont fuck up TvZ flash
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On September 28 2008 17:38 Hot_Bid wrote:Show nested quote +On September 28 2008 14:23 Kuja900 wrote:god ggplay v flash looks like such a miss match and hes the only zerg , its going to be an incomprehensible rape i strongly advise 4 pool every game have you seen flash play tvz recently, he hasn't looked great at all
i wouldnt bet on ggplay against an iccup terran
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On September 28 2008 23:44 ray1234 wrote:Show nested quote +On September 28 2008 23:27 Frits wrote:
DAMNIT JULY
first you win the goddamn osl then you don't make it out of the groups I dont get you at all well this was a ridiculously difficult group...id say flash+bisu+much together are harder than the opponents he fought for the last OSL...
Haha that is so true.
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On September 29 2008 01:53 Kuja900 wrote:Show nested quote +On September 28 2008 17:38 Hot_Bid wrote:On September 28 2008 14:23 Kuja900 wrote:god ggplay v flash looks like such a miss match and hes the only zerg , its going to be an incomprehensible rape i strongly advise 4 pool every game have you seen flash play tvz recently, he hasn't looked great at all i wouldnt bet on ggplay against an iccup terran
people tend to forget zerg players are streaky as fuck, they can come out super weak or super strong on any given day
do you remember GGPlay going through Hwasin Flash and Iris to win an OSL? probably one of the most impressive ZvT run in OSL history (of course, Savior's Midas - Iris - Nada is up there)
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Random question: Could someone point me or let me know of this OSL bracket was determined? Was it a group selection again like the last ones, or did Incruit want high ratings early by putting Flash, Bisu, July, and Much in the same group?
Thanks
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Hot_Bid, GGPlay won't beat Flash. He's looked so bad lately and Flash is playing (kinda) brilliant TvZ. And then theres the maps...
If he wins, you get +3 points at life.
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damn bisu vs stork is going to be haaawt!!
good luck to everyone!
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Everyone calling out a complete rape from Flash vs GGplay must already have forgotten about the way the odds were stacked when Flash went up against Luxury last OSL.
How did that end?
Say again?
0-2?
edit: Remember, this is the guy who brought you one of the best OSL Finals in memory, crowned with his game 5 against Iris.
Don't diss GGplay just yet!
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On September 28 2008 17:38 Naib wrote:Eat that, bitches. Bisu fans unite!
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Omg my main man, I can clearl see you prepared to destroy july first, and the mofo BIsu caught you off guard ;_;
There is always next OSL
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On September 28 2008 17:38 Naib wrote:Eat that, bitches. Bisu fans unite!
Now that Sea is out of the OSL, I guess I turn to my old favorite.
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On September 29 2008 04:15 GinNtoniC wrote:
Everyone calling out a complete rape from Flash vs GGplay must already have forgotten about the way the odds were stacked when Flash went up against Luxury last OSL.
How did that end?
Say again?
0-2?
edit: Remember, this is the guy who brought you one of the best OSL Finals in memory, crowned with his game 5 against Iris.
Don't diss GGplay just yet!
At the time when Luxury beat Flash 2-0, Luxury was almost up there with Jaedong in ZvT. Even then, GGplay is not even close to the level of skill of those 2 zerg players. Flash lost because his zerg opponent gotten a lot better at ZvT. Did GGplay's got better? His recent ZvT shows otherwise. Not to mention these maps aren't very good ZvT. However, GGplay's best chance is to kill off Flash before his macro kicks in.
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I was suprise seeing July doing an allin in sudden death matchup. I thought his zvp and the zerg trend has improved enough to beat Bisu straightup. I guess July wasn't confident in his own skill to beat Bisu in a long game.
Hopefully Bisu will finally win an OSL title.
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I think Bisu sort of forced July to do the all in with his well defended choke. Unless you are talking about the 9-pool opening to begin with.
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just an observation- in both game Bisu played rather safe and passive and let his opponents make their first step. In the first game he pretty much predicted the hole scenario of the game and put down like 3 cannons at his choke even without scouting the 2 hatch hydra tech. In game 2 much was way to...dunno nervous perhaps and went for an attack without scouting with an obs first, so he pretty much didnt knew what bisu was having. The way the Revolutionist played the games reminds me of Flash
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On September 29 2008 19:32 [X]Ken_D wrote:
I was suprise seeing July doing an allin in sudden death matchup. I thought his zvp and the zerg trend has improved enough to beat Bisu straightup. I guess July wasn't confident in his own skill to beat Bisu in a long game.
Hopefully Bisu will finally win an OSL title.
I am pretty sure it has nothing at all to do with julys confidence, on the contrary his confidence in big macro zvps should be great considering his track record in games like that.
I think he plays the game the way he does because he enjoys it, there is a reason why he has won 3 OSLs over such a long time frame. And I would guess that is because he still thinks it is a whole lot of fun to micro zerglings.
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On September 29 2008 19:32 [X]Ken_D wrote:
I was suprise seeing July doing an allin in sudden death matchup. I thought his zvp and the zerg trend has improved enough to beat Bisu straightup. I guess July wasn't confident in his own skill to beat Bisu in a long game.
Hopefully Bisu will finally win an OSL title.
Has July ever beat Bisu without doing some kind of allin/hydra break?
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I'm a dumbfuck.
And I fail.
Edit #n: uhh, I guess this post kinda looks bad here so I should post something contributing...
I really hope Bisu can win against Stork now in the Ro8, it's been forever that I kept sticking to him, he really, really, really should come back now! It's your time Kim Taek Yong!
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On September 29 2008 04:15 GinNtoniC wrote:
Everyone calling out a complete rape from Flash vs GGplay must already have forgotten about the way the odds were stacked when Flash went up against Luxury last OSL.
How did that end?
Say again?
0-2?
edit: Remember, this is the guy who brought you one of the best OSL Finals in memory, crowned with his game 5 against Iris.
Don't diss GGplay just yet!
The bad thing is that ggplay's been pretty bad lately.
To beat Flash you need much more than this.
Don't mess out Luxury who had (and still has) a pretty solid and one of the strongest zvt around.
Ggplay's zvt was good and now is no more than mediocre.
Flash is still top notch player with a deadly tvz.
The result is pretty clear - ggplay will be smashed like a bug.
Actually I'd like him winning but I simply dont see it happening.
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Wow Bisu has won a game vs a Zerg... That hasn't happaned a lot lately Hope we gets a bit further in his groups then before...
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On September 29 2008 20:37 disciple wrote:
just an observation- in both game Bisu played rather safe and passive and let his opponents make their first step. In the first game he pretty much predicted the hole scenario of the game and put down like 3 cannons at his choke even without scouting the 2 hatch hydra tech. In game 2 much was way to...dunno nervous perhaps and went for an attack without scouting with an obs first, so he pretty much didnt knew what bisu was having. The way the Revolutionist played the games reminds me of Flash
Actually, it's interesting, because against Much Bisu went 3 gate goon/reaver, as opposed to the 2 gate goon/reaver. I don't know whether he chose to throw that gate down blindly or what but he won because of his unusual b/o choice.
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