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United States23455 Posts
On March 28 2012 09:20 bittman wrote:
Jjakji beating Polt gives me more hope for his GSL group and vs Taeja. I still worry about his TvT though =S
Taeja and Polt pretty much play exactly the same TvT. But none of the Polt/Jjakji games really went to the mid-game since Jjakji did rushes/all-ins that Polt kept expanding fast against. I think Jjakji can beat Taeja, but it'll be tough if it gets into the later stages. Jjakji does have some sweet TvT timings, though.
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Ironsquid group c kicks off today, first match for Jjakji is vs MMA, games are broadcasted every wednesday/sunday starting today.
The other players in his group are: Life, Mana, Stephano and MMA, definitely gonna be a tough group, but i think he can make it.
Oh wow, cant believe i missed the fact that jjakji plays his code s group tomorrow, his first match is against Taeja, thestc and drg is also in his group though.
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United Kingdom38255 Posts
Man, watching that ironsquid series from Jjakji made me feel like I did watching MVP's last ironsquid series.
painful to see one of your favourites playing that far below his normal level TT
hopefully not a sign of things to come in his GSL group tomorrow.
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On March 29 2012 06:35 Asha` wrote:
Man, watching that ironsquid series from Jjakji made me feel like I did watching MVP's last ironsquid series.
painful to see one of your favourites playing that far below his normal level TT
hopefully not a sign of things to come in his GSL group tomorrow.
I have Jjakji going 2-0, he better not disappoint me! ^_^
I'm backing him against Taeja because it's code s and not the weekly :p. I was not all that impressed by DRG's zvt at mlg so I think jjakji stands a really good chance if he faces him. Going to be a great group regardless.
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turns out his terrible series against MMA was indeed a precursor to him throwing away games today.
blargh, was in such good positions in so many games and just doesn't seem to know what to do with them.
Never thought I'd say it, but shame he didn't get to play DRG. He'd have crushed him ><
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At least he didn't get last place, I still think we'll see him back in Code S again next season. He'll make it. The real unfortunate thing is his opponents in Code A, he either plays JYP or Seal. That's so unfortunate, because I'd love both Seal and Jjakji to tear through their brackets and achieve Code S directly. If JYP gets through, Jjakji should beat him although JYP improved quite a bit in PvT. I'd rather have Jjakji and Seal in Code S, so let's just hope Seal wins which would pretty much guarantee sick, sick games between the two - I love Jjakji's TvZ as well as Seal's ZvT. After that, Jjakji (or Seal) would be up against the winner of sC/Symbol/Seed, which won't be easy but is doable, or he'll have to go through the painful experience that is the Up & Down stage.
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Ironically, Jjakjji never played against the one person he could have a real shot at beating, DRG. Instead he went down in 2 TvT's XD
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TT Wish he would have gotten to play against DRG, his TvT is still looking shaky.
He is still alive in the mlg arena qualifier qualifier though, along with 3 other NSHoseo players.
Also tonight he will be playing in the IPL ToC WR3 against thorzain, if he wins he will be in winner bracket finals and has a good shot a making it to IPL 4, which would really be good for him now that he is out of GSL, i feel like he could do really well in that kind of an event, as he has proven to be good in online events (iccup/esv weeklies and finals). The same mentality pretty much applies to open bracket of and ipl/mlg style event where you cant really play against the player, but rather just play the matchup.
Edit: Weird that the schedule on ipl's site says Thorzain vs Gumiho, i guess it's just a typo as Gumohi is in loser bracket.
http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/IPL_Tournament_of_Champions
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Jjakji moves on to winners final in the IPL ToC and is guaranteed atleast 2000$, the champion will get 5k $ and a paid trip to ipl 4 next weekend, so jjakji is just 2 wins away from vegas! Creator is waiting for him in the winners finals.
as for the games themselves, they werent really spectacular, jjakji won 2 easy games with some clean agression builds, it was pretty much just jjakji having tighter builds than thorzain. He lost game 3 with a pretty sloppy opening, but closed it out in game 4 during the mid-game.
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United States7483 Posts
Why am I not on this list?
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United Kingdom38255 Posts
Jjakji vs Creator should be sick, he can definitely win that too.
Glad to see him netting himself a bit of cash guaranteed, if he can make it to IPL that would be even more awesome.
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Add me to the list please.
Hoping for Jjakji to win over Creator
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Last time i saw Jjakji vs Creator, it was in IPL TaC and it was freaking epic.
Hyped for a rematch.
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Jjakji vs life and jjakji vs mana are being broadcasted tonight in the ironsquid tournament, he really need to win all his matches now concidering that he lost against MMA in the opening match.
Also winners finals in IPL ToC later tonight, against creatorprime.
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Jjakji playing for NSHS right now vs MVP.
but it's vs Protoss on Crossfire so...we shall see >_<
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Jjakji wins. Nice 2 base marine/tank contain to get a good advantage, takes a third behind it. Manages to hold a 2 base colossus/archon all in attempt.
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Now playing Sniper's zerg on Daybreak.
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Jjakji completely crushes him in a nice macro game, never once looked in trouble. (now 5-4 nshs)
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vs Keen now on Bel'shir (MVP trying to prey on some TvT weakness?), if he wins this NSHS win.
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Jjakji does his almost trademark marine/hellion pressure and follows up with a 1 base marine/tank push. Handles Keens cloaked banshees easily and then crushes him when he attacks.
Jjakji goes 3-0 and carries NSHS to victory.
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jjakji crushing though MVP in the last 3 games
Hope JJakji wins the IPL tournement tho
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Great to see some Jjakji games that are played live, looked pretty sharp today, lets hope that carries on!
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United Kingdom38255 Posts
Nice nice.
Jjakji wins both his iron squid series, bit shaky against Life but kinda crushed Mana.
Jjakji's fate is in his own hands, if he beats Stephano he advances.
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That last game vs life......holy crap i thought he was dead so many times.
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