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slowbacontron United States7722 Posts March 02 2017 10:29 GMT #601 I've only been back to following StarCraft for a few weeks, and it's awesome to see that my favorite player ever is still going at it. Stayed up past 9AM (T.T) watching jjakji get past the Ro64; that was a grueling run but well-fought! Good luck in the group stage jjakji, you can do it :D Edit: looks like the option to have NSH flair is gone T_T RIP

slowbacontron United States7722 Posts March 10 2017 21:46 GMT #602 jjakji lost in the group stage at IEM and also in the Ro16 of the Ting Open unfortunately, but there's still WardiTV Weekly and SSL Challenge to look forward to! gogo E: also VSL!

slowbacontron United States7722 Posts March 12 2017 01:24 GMT #603 jjakji went 0-6 in his WardiTV Weekly group He didn't look awful, but almost every time something like an engagement or harassment happened he seemed to come out behind in supply. Things just seemed to not work out. Have to hope he can bounce back with the creativity and aggression we're used to seeing from him.

slowbacontron United States7722 Posts March 24 2017 00:49 GMT #604 jjakji plays in the SSL Challenge division tonight/tomorrow morning! He'll play against ByuN, which…um…well, ByuN pretty much never loses on the ladder. But it'll be interesting to see what jjakji can bring! Fighting

slowbacontron United States7722 Posts March 25 2017 08:39 GMT #605 Unsurprisingly but still sadly, jjakji lost 0-2 to ByuN. There were a few parts of each game where if things had gone jjakji's way, he would been on more even footing with ByuN. In g1, ByuN's early cyclone/marines push narrowly managed to kill jjakji's natural and the cyclone barely survived, and jjakji's proxy banshee reached ByuN's base 10 seconds before cloak, rendering it as well as later banshees much less effectual. Game 2 ended after jjakji pushed out with his force at an unfortunate timing that allowed ByuN to swoop in and wreak havoc on his natural. But having control over those small, crucial moments in the game is part of what separates great players from good players, and helped ByuN show why he is an elite quarterback Terran. jjakji plays in VSL Group D in 5 days, going up against Stats, Trust, and Impact!

slowbacontron United States7722 Posts March 31 2017 06:15 GMT #606 jjakji took a map off Stats, as he usually does, but couldn't close out the series. He beat Trust and lost to Impact to fall out of his VSL group. Not sure what the soonest next match for him is, but he does play Dear for SSL Challenge in two weeks.

[16thSq] Kuro 1219 Posts April 04 2017 17:31 GMT #607 JJAKJI will be the guest of DankShrine - live interview / AMA show http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/starcraft-2/518643-dankshrine-weekly-sc2-talk-show?page=3#60

slowbacontron United States7722 Posts April 05 2017 06:12 GMT #608 Thanks for this! Looks like it'll be fun. Edit: Had a good time and learned quite a bit about jjakji! Vod: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/133734774

slowbacontron United States7722 Posts April 13 2017 07:31 GMT #609 jjakji tied for 3rd in BTSL S3 W2. He went 2-1 against Byun, which is probably exciting but wasn't broadcasted on the main BTTV stream so I don't know how it went down He lost to Patience 0-2, even though at one point in game 2 he was wreaking havoc almost everywhere on the map. Just didn't have the economy to follow up, it seems. jjakji's SSL Challenge match against Dear is on the 15th! Should be a good one.

slowbacontron United States7722 Posts April 16 2017 11:08 GMT #610 jjakji lost 1-2 to Dear in SSL Challenge. IMO he played very well, and it must be frustrating for him to lose that, but I guess it happens sometimes. In G1, he started off with a proxy reaper that quickly got scouted and did well to transition into a more normal game after it was clear the reaper would not accomplish anything. jjakji had a strong push that killed Dear's 3rd base, but Dear countered by using adept shades to get a great position surrounding jjakji's army. The midgame was pretty tightly contested, while jjakji's liberators definitely helped out both with harassment and in shooting down overly brazen adepts. Neither player focused too intensely or too laxly on economy, so army size mattered, and jjakji took good enough engagements to pose a serious threat in Dear's base and force the gg. G2 also started with a proxy reaper, and this one did more damage than in the first game, but for reasons I'm not sure of (maybe jjakji didn't commit enough to either growing a powerful economy or building a solid defense?) Dear built up a force and killed jjakji relatively quickly. G3 was won with a proxy stargate from Dear that jjakji just missed out on scouting with his reaper. jjakji held about as well as one could without having been able to prepare for a proxy air attack, but that's just not enough. Scouting can be a tricky game in itself sometimes.

[16thSq] Kuro 1219 Posts April 17 2017 17:01 GMT #611 Text summary for the DankShrine interview is up http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/starcraft-2/518643-dankshrine-weekly-sc2-talk-show?page=4#77

slowbacontron United States7722 Posts April 22 2017 01:55 GMT #612 jjakji played in the round 1 of the VSTL as part of Team Zest, and started the series out strong by beating the captain of the opposing team, Impact. He then lost to Patience so his overall effect on the series was pretty much neutral. Team Zest lost the match 2-4, but can still slug it out to win the tournament if it doesn't drop any more series! In 11 hours from now, jjakji will continue to play in the SSL Challenge Division against herO as part of an effort to qualify for the next season's Premier Division. jjakji lost his first two series against ByuN and Dear, so it's pretty important that he win as much as possible to make it into the second stage of Challenge!

sudete Singapore3054 Posts April 22 2017 13:40 GMT #613 Fingers crossed that jjakji will do well today

AshC United States328 Posts April 22 2017 17:46 GMT #614 Boy, herO murdered him with his aggressive builds again. Good game #2 though. Solid defense.

slowbacontron United States7722 Posts April 23 2017 00:07 GMT #615 Welp, that seems to have eliminated jjakji from SSL Challenge this season. Game 1 featured some early adept and Stargate aggression from herO that netted him enough of an advantage to kill jjakji with mass adept shortly after. Game 2 was really nicely done by jjakji, pushing out with a small group of marines at a timing that managed to catch herO off-guard in the midst of putting down a ton of gateways. herO could only send in a few adepts at a time to take on jjakji's marine force, which meant jjakji was able to trade quite efficiently and really weaken the gateway push that was to come, as well as give himself time to prepare for it. jjakji defended decently and also sent a drop into herO's main, taking down the Tasteless pylon powering some of the gates and threatening to destroy Artosis birthday pylon before herO tapped out. Game 3 was about as close as the first, or worse, as herO had an easy read on jjakji going CC first on Newkirk Precinct and simply chrono'd out a zealot while adding on stargate units to overwhelm jjakji's defenses.

slowbacontron United States7722 Posts April 28 2017 01:37 GMT #616 jjakji played in VSTL Losers' Round 1, where ByuN started out for Team Zest winning 3 maps. Solar strongly threatened to pull off a reverse all-kill by beating ByuN and Zest, and jjakji was next in line. Their game was crazily sick, with jjakji behind pretty much the whole time but staying very active and aggressive, to the point of nearly nullifying Solar's large worker and base advantages. jjakji was whittled down to literally 0 workers, but took good enough trades to have an army that was somewhat close to Solar's in size and also limit Solar's income severely by sniping hatches and a few tech structures. jjakji's buildings were getting ravaged by zerglings while his army was in Solar territory, but he didn't opt to lift very many of them. His army eventually was unable to sustain its presence in Solar's base and he tapped out for a loss well fought. Luckily, Classic managed to close out the series against Solar in another impressively played game, so Team Zest lives on to fight another day, facing next Team Impact in the Losers' Final of VSTL. jjakji's next match will be in the SSL Challenge division against Gumiho! He's already eliminated for the season, so it's unclear with what mindset he'll approach this match. Still, hope he plays well. Fighting! VSTL Update: Team Zest ended up winning two more series to take the whole tournament! However, it was basically a carry job by ByuN and Zest, with ByuN winning 3 games in each series and Zest winning 1 game in each series. jjakji went 0-1 on that day, losing to Bunny. It was a similar situation to his game against Solar, where Team Zest was one win away from taking the series, but the last player from the other team refused to go gentle into that good night, and jjakji was once again a casualty. jjakji's overall record of 1-3 for the season is less than ideal, but it's nice that his team won.

slowbacontron United States7722 Posts May 06 2017 20:14 GMT #617 jjakji won his SSL Challenge match against Gumiho 2-1! The first game was favorable for jjakji from the beginning, as he got off some fortunate scouts that allowed him to prepare for all the early harassment Gumiho sent his way. jjakji continued to stay on top of things and rode out his advantage to the victory. Game 2 also had a notable advantage gained early on, but by Gumiho this time as jjakji displayed some carelessness with his reapers, losing them too easily. I waited way too long to write this post and so I've forgotten how the rest of the game went, but Gumiho had a ~20 supply lead for most of it and secured the win. Game 3 was very back and forth, but again I don't remember the details because it's been too long, so might as well link the TL News article that described it. I've got a bit of catching up to do with SC2!

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