[WCS] Global Finals 2014 Day 1 - Page 325

Zest

Zest kind of made WCS look easy. I mean just look at his graph for the year.

He was actually over 99% for more than half the year. He has 5,800 WCS Points, by far the most WCS Points of any GSL player, with soO in 2nd place (lol) down by 2,150 WCS Points.
Let's review how he got to being the #1 GSL player for the year.

Chances January
(No WCS Points graphs for January since I wasn't saving the data back then)

In January he qualified for Code A by beating Impact and Creator, after losing to his nemesis Cure. Then on January 22nd in Code A, he beat Innovation and Stork, taking him up to ~ 11.8 % Blizzcon Chances.

Chances February
WCS Points February

On February 7th, he won his Code S ro32 group beating Trap and Leenock 4-1, going up to ~ 21.1 % Blizzcon Chances.

On February 26th I added the full year of WCS simulations, putting Zest at ~ 28.9 %.

Chances March
WCS Points March

In his Code S ro16 group, on March 6th he lost to Maru and then beat Soulkey and Dear, with a 5-4 score overall, going up to ~ 39 %.
Then in the quarterfinals he beat sOs 3-0 to go up to ~ 53 % on March 19th.
On March 26th in the semifinals he beat Rain 4-2 to get him into the finals and up to ~ 73 % Blizzcon Chances.

Chances April
WCS Points April

April 5th was the GSL finals, Zest vs soO. At this point, Zest was at ~ 78.9 % Blizzcon chances. With a ~ 66 % chance to win the match that was expected to put him at ~ 99.3 % if he won, and only ~ 37.6 % had he lost.
soO won the 1st game, and then they traded games back and forth until it was 3-3, and Zest won the final game to take the 1st place 4-3. This shot Zest up to ~ 99.3 %, and he would not fall below 97% for the rest of the year. Meanwhile soO fell down to ~ 14.5 %, showing just how big the difference is between 1st and 2nd place in terms of WCS Points.

April 15th I added Copenhagen Games Spring and 5 Placeholder tournaments, putting Zest at ~ 98.1 %.

On April 24th, Zest began his run in the GSL Global Championship, which he was seeded into for his GSL finals appearance. To continue his streak he went 2-0 over Parting and 2-1 over MMA, putting him at ~ 99.1 %.
On April 26th, the GSL Global Championship concluded with Zest going 3-2 over soO in the semifinals, and 4-3 over Parting in the finals, after being down 1-3. This puts Zest at ~ 99.7 % chances, and a minimum WCS Points of 2450.

April 30th he started the 2nd season of GSL for the year, beating TAiLS and Dark both 2-0, putting him at ~ 99.9 %.

Chances May
WCS Points May

May brought down his chances a little with the announcement of the player lists for HomeStoryCup and DreamHack Summer, since Zest was attending neither, putting him at ~ 98.3 % for the end of the month. But he kept the same 2550 minimum WCS Points for the whole month.

Chances June
WCS Points June

On June 6th the GSL continues with Zest in the ro16, advancing with a 2-0 over Innovation and a 2-1 over Soulkey, putting Zest way up at ~ 99.99%, and a minimum WCS Points of 2900.
On June 13th, Zest's streak finally comes to an end as he loses in the quarterfinals to TRUE 1-3.

Chances July
WCS Points July

On July 7th I added Red Bull Atlanta, IEM Shenzhen, Gfinity G3, and the DreamHack Valencia player list, bringing Zest down to ~ 99.3 %.

On July 17th in the IEM Shenzhen ro16 group, Zest beat jjakji 2-1 and San 2-0. Then on the 19th he lost to TaeJa in the quarterfinals 0-3, putting Zest at ~ 99.9 % chances.

Chances August
WCS Points August

In August, GSL Season 3 started up again. On the 14th, Zest beat Hurricane 2-0, lost to Rain 1-2, and beat Rogue 2-0 to advance from his round of 32 group.
Then on the 27th in the round of 16, he beat Soulkey 2-0, lost 1-2 to Cure, and then beat Soulkey 2-1 to advance to the quarterfinals yet again, securing his ~ 100 % chances which would remain for the rest of the year, with a minimum WCS Points of 3925.

In IEM Toronto, on the 29th he advanced from his ro16 group, first losing to Taeja, but then beating Polt and Bunny. Then on the 31st he beat Yoda 3-0, then Life 3-1 in the semifinals, before finally losing to Flash in the finals 1-4, giving Zest a minimum WCS Points of 4300.

Chances September
WCS Points September

In the KeSPA Cup from September 11th to the 14th, he beat Pigbaby 3-0, sOs 3-2, Classic 3-1, and then won in the finals 4-1 over CJ herO to bring his minimum WCS Points up to 5550.

Back in GSL, he played the quarterfinals against Rain on the 19th and won 3-0. Then he played against soO again in the semifinals on the 24th, but soO was finally able to beat Zest 4-3 after Zest was up 3-1. With this loss Zest ended his year with 5800 WCS Points and a #3 seed overall. He will be facing Life in the first round of the WCS Global Finals on November 1st-2nd.

Come back tomorrow for the next retrospective!

Here are the chances and WCS Points graphs in super-wide form for the full year.
Super Wide Overall Chances Graph http://i.imgur.com/b4pU4Ge.png
Super Wide Overall WCS Points Graph http://i.imgur.com/LCLulh0.png
And here's Zest's page where you can zoom the graphs as you please http://sc2.4ever.tv/?page=player&player_id=1658