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Arbiter[frolix]
Profile Joined January 2004
United Kingdom2674 Posts
Last Edited: 2004-08-03 17:12:52
August 03 2004 17:03 GMT
#1
All hail the new champion. Congratulations to July Zerg on a fantastic victory over [Oops]Reach in Sunday's Gillette OSL Final in the southern city of Daegu. So the Ongamenet Starleague draws to a close, a Starleague that proved to be a rollercoaster ride from start to finish. From the moment Nal_Ra memorably, and perhaps foolishly, picked Iloveoov to join him in what was to become the group of death, to July Zerg's typically aggressive demolition of protoss legend Reach in the final, there has been non-stop drama.

The tournament opened with Nal_Ra selecting Oov, with Reach and Friend following them into the group. From the moment Ra lost his opening game to Oov he has been in decline, a pale shadow of the unbeatable pro of just six months ago. July Zerg started with a stunning win over a befuddled Zeus and just carried on knocking over opponents all the way to the final. His four-pool humiliation of Casy on live television will live long in the memory. Oov and Kingdom cruised through the group stage, while Reach also looked impressive despite his loss to the Gorilla Terran. Nada struggled to get out of his group, surviving a scare against GoRush. Silent_Control was also looking to make his mark.

As the tournament moved to the quarterfinal stage the pace of the action picked up. Oov's suicide squad frying of Zeus' nexus in the opening game of their match was nothing short of stunning, while both the eventual finalists found themselves on the verge of elimination after opening game losses, July Zerg going down to Xellos and an insipid Reach losing to Nada. Nevertheless, both players stormed back the following week and went on to take their matches with convincing wins in the final round. Shock of the round had to be Kingdom's inexplicable missteps against Control. After dominating the first game with his fourth successive win in the tournament, he folded and Control was through. Controversy raged in the TL forum, with allegations of fixed games. Zeus got a second chance in his game three against Oov when there was a disconnect as the terran was on the verge of victory. Oov got angry and got tough and took mere minutes to demolish Zeus in the replayed final game.

The semifinals provided never-to-be-forgotten Starcraft brilliance. July Zerg showed once again that he was setting the standard for all zerg players to follow with his relentlessly aggressive play against Oov. Never has Oov looked so bemused as he faced attacks from every side. It is fair to say that the 3 - 2 final scoreline flattered the terran player, as he was convincingly outplayed in the match. July set the pace and tone in every game and even looked like the better player in the two he lost.

In the second semi, Reach went down to a mass barracks, mass marines hit and run by Control in the first game but thereafter outplayed his wilting terran opponent. The deciding fifth game provided another of the tournament's most memorable moments as a shuttle-dropped zealot dragged a rogue spider mine into the middle of Control's own forces and obliterated the major part of the terran army. There was no coming back after that and Reach secured a final spot.

After a somewhat uninspiring 3rd/4th place match, with Oov securing qualification for the next Starleague, joining Challenge League champion Boxer, attention shifted to Daegu for the final.

Reach had showed flashes of his 2002 self in the previous rounds but in the final he decided that only the unorthodox and the unexpected would provide a realistic chance of defeating the supreme form of July Zerg. From building a scout (!) in the opening game and trying cannon rushes, early expansions and proxy gates in the later clashes, Reach tried a whole host of tricks to take down the relentless swarm. After putting in an imperious performance in game one, Reach never again threatened. July rolled over him three times in a row and the zerg finally had an OSL champion.

So, with July Zerg crowned champion, it only remains to detail the Gillette OSL TeamLiquid.net Awards.


The 'Garimto' Award for Player of the Tournament is honourably and respectfully bestowed upon...

July Zerg. The TeamLiquid site would have collapsed under the weight of protest posts if the swarm sensation had not picked up this richly deserved award. There really was no competition. July was impressive from the first game of the tournament to the last. His style of play was aggressive and ceaselessly entertaining as he dismantled one top class opponent after another. Here's what you had to say.

"JulyZerg, as if there was any doubt. First Zerg champion? Took down the 'unstoppable' Oov? Took the fight to his opponent every single game? Used a variety of strategies up to and including 4 pool? I think so." - Sir Alex.

"July, no contest. The only zerg player to make it into the OSL. Completely green, but rolls thru everything including the mighty oov..." - ToKoreaWithLove.

"JulyZerg :O I think he is the whole new type of Zerg..." - DoubleStormIII.


The 'Mumyung' Award for Worst Player is chucked unceremoniously at...

Doggi. He really did 'pull a Mumyung', somehow making it through the qualification stages only to be made to look like a Battle.net chobo in three straight games. His losses to Casy and Zeus were particularly embarrassing. Although he has failed to qualify for the next Starleague he did, in a strange twist of fate, still manage to put Nal_Ra out of the tournament as well.

"Doggi. He belongs in the challenge league. If even that." - Adamthegreat

"Doggi. Two time appearance in the OSL and a 0-6 rec to show for it. No one's done worse." - Make7UpYours.


The 'Boxer' Creativity/Inspiration Award is handed, in a state of awe and amazement, to...

July Zerg. The opinion of many TeamLiquidians was that July had redefined pro-level zerg with his endlessly aggressive and attacking style. Indeed, against Oov and Xellos he looked utterly dominant, outplaying the terran elite in a way rarely seen.

"July again. He showed everyone how to play zerg and win, and he pulled out just the right amount of unorthodox builds to terrify people (4 pool, proxy hatch, queens in the FINAL...)" - Sir Alex.


The 'Chojja' Missing in Action Award sits forlornly on the shelf waiting in vain to be picked up by...

Nal_Ra. After sweeping all before him in the previous league, reaching his second final in succession, looking unbeatable and picking Oov for the opening game, Ra's mojo suddenly left him. He never recovered from his loss to Oov, was outplayed by Reach and struggled to overcome Friend as he exited the league.


Game of the Tournament was clearly...

Silent_Control v [Oops]Reach, semifinal match game five. With everything on the line, Reach pulled off some golden moves and produced some scintillating moments to finally overcome a fading Control. And of course there was that mine moment...


The 'WTF!' Moment of the Tournament Award is handed carefully via an asbestos glove to...

Iloveoov's suicide frying of a staggered Zeus' nexus in game one of their quarterfinal match. Many of us will long remember the incredible sight of Oov's marine and firebat attack force circling under Requiem's central cross and scurrying unhindered into Zeus' main. Zeus withdrew his probes to safety as his dragoons retreated to snuff out the threat, only to see his nexus engulfed in an inferno by the terran army's last surviving firebat with his last sheet of flame. Truly incredible.

"A series that was expected to be a nail-biting back-and-forth fight to the death opened with a suicide run by Oov that missed interception by Zeus's army, went straight for the nexus, and destroyed it with literally the last shot from the last unit at the last second." - Make7UpYours.


The Player Most Likely to Win the Next Starleague Award is placed warily into the hairy hand of...

Iloveoov. Despite folding in a state of bewilderment to July Zerg in the semifinals, and scraping past Control in the third place match, the Gorilla Terran still commands the respect of the TeamLiquid community and is tipped to go all the way next time out.

Hope you enjoyed the Starleague as much as I did. Until next time...
We are vigilant.
Ace
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
United States16096 Posts
August 03 2004 17:10 GMT
#2
oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooov!

I hope Xellos wins the next Starleague
Math me up, scumboi. - Acrofales
Hydrolisko
Profile Blog Joined May 2004
Vanuatu1659 Posts
August 03 2004 17:22 GMT
#3
interesting! a couple suggestions... try not to give the same player 2 awards?.. Julyzerg was awsome.. but creativity?...

"The opinion of many TeamLiquidians was that July had redefined pro-level zerg with his endlessly aggressive and attacking style."

How many zergs sit and wait?.... I don't see the creativeness and redefinition in that.. I think he just was able to pull of some of the common zerg tasks flawlessly.

Just my 2 cents ^^

good job
hasuwar
Profile Joined April 2003
7365 Posts
August 03 2004 17:33 GMT
#4
I must have missed the report of that zeus/oov game..I bet the crowd roared when that happend
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Arbiter[frolix]
Profile Joined January 2004
United Kingdom2674 Posts
August 03 2004 17:42 GMT
#5
interesting! a couple suggestions... try not to give the same player 2 awards?.. Julyzerg was awsome.. but creativity?...


If someone deserves two awards I see no problem with it. The majority of those who voted thought the award should go to July.
We are vigilant.
ZyPhReX
Profile Joined January 2003
1192 Posts
August 03 2004 17:55 GMT
#6
Yeah, true that. I agree with the awards. I honestly gotta say this OLS was the most exciting I have ever seen.
Ghost Me
SonnyBlack
Profile Joined July 2004
Germany457 Posts
August 03 2004 18:01 GMT
#7
hm i agree with all awards i never heard july before that starleague
;-)
Gryffindor_us
Profile Blog Joined November 2002
United States5606 Posts
August 03 2004 18:24 GMT
#8
I've always loved this showcase, but I do disagree with one of the votes . NaDa will win the next starleague haha :D.
Remember 11-12-04. 이윤열 ~. |||| ZerO, IriS, JangBi, Stork, BackHo! Mah Jae Yoon is no longer a feared entity.
Hydrolisko
Profile Blog Joined May 2004
Vanuatu1659 Posts
August 03 2004 18:24 GMT
#9
On August 04 2004 02:42 Arbiter[frolix] wrote:
Show nested quote +
interesting! a couple suggestions... try not to give the same player 2 awards?.. Julyzerg was awsome.. but creativity?...


If someone deserves two awards I see no problem with it. The majority of those who voted thought the award should go to July.


I'm not trying to give you a hard time or anything, the article is interestingly written to say the least ^^ But, my point is that.. for example, a player is given the MVP award (most valuable player) in a basketball tournament, then he gets the Best Shooter award. The best player essentially and obviously means none other than "The best player" which would include the recognition of his excellence in every aspect of the game, giving him another award would seem redundant.. thus leading me to believe that the second award should be given to someone else. In the end tho, i guess i can't argue with the majority who voted for him.

chicken`
Profile Joined January 2004
Germany3478 Posts
August 03 2004 18:55 GMT
#10
memories coming back again... oov... firebat ... nexus ... poor zeus... :'(
buhuuuuuhuu
jeremy clarkson = god
Sir Alex
Profile Joined March 2004
United States159 Posts
August 03 2004 19:07 GMT
#11
Welllll, July as top player is pretty much obvious. One of the largest reasons I, for one, voted for July in the creativity category (even at the expense of giving him two awards) was that.... well, there just wasn't that much creativity in this OSL. Pretty much all of the games were either dead standard or common 'secondary' strats, like barracks TvP or mass wraiths TvT. Thinking back, I can't remember any really shocking, crazy strategies being used by non-July people except for Oov's and Control's infantry rushes, and of course Reach's attempts in the finals. However, everyone took note of a progamer 4 pooling, and July also made real, actual USE of proxy hatch and such. I definitely got the feeling that July was carefully saving and using unorthodox strats once in a while to rattle the other competitors. Nobody else even came close to this. So... *shrug* he earned it.
SoMuchBetter
Profile Blog Joined April 2003
Australia10606 Posts
August 03 2004 20:50 GMT
#12
haha... next time these awards come around ill actually vote
AUSSIESCUM
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GooDGaMe
Profile Joined August 2003
United States989 Posts
August 03 2004 22:25 GMT
#13
Nice Report, well done Arbiter[Frolix]! ;D
gl hf ~~
pooper-scooper
Profile Joined May 2003
United States3108 Posts
August 04 2004 00:00 GMT
#14
Man, great report, makes me want to see all the games... daggon 56.6 connection
Good...Bad... Im the guy with the gun
Purind
Profile Blog Joined April 2004
Canada3562 Posts
August 04 2004 01:27 GMT
#15
On August 04 2004 03:24 Gryffindor_us wrote:
I've always loved this showcase, but I do disagree with one of the votes . NaDa will win the next starleague haha :D.


AGREED! iloveovv is GOING DOWN
Trucy Wright is hot
ManaBlue
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
Canada10458 Posts
August 04 2004 02:19 GMT
#16
Although iloveoov is by no means a shoe-in for the next OSL, the thought that Nada would be the one to put him out is simply laughable. iloveoov is clearly the best TvT around right now. His TvP is good enough for top level play so expect him to pay particular attention to his TvZ after that spanking from July.

It seems that July's aggressive play was so successful since it was unexpected. I don't think he'll have as much effect next time around since he no longer has the luxury of being unknown. I look forward to seeing Zerg matches in the next OSL.

How will the Zerg players change their style? How will P/T players change their approach to the match-up?

This could alter what we consider to be "orthadox" play in the future.
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radar14
Profile Blog Joined December 2002
United States1437 Posts
August 04 2004 03:35 GMT
#17
gj
impatience is a virtue
vietnEMINEMese
Profile Joined June 2004
Canada34 Posts
August 04 2004 08:12 GMT
#18
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Red_Dragon
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
Croatia2861 Posts
August 04 2004 18:35 GMT
#19
On August 04 2004 10:27 Purind wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 04 2004 03:24 Gryffindor_us wrote:
I've always loved this showcase, but I do disagree with one of the votes . NaDa will win the next starleague haha :D.


AGREED! iloveovv is GOING DOWN


Next winner will be P player
Climbing walls of an endless circle
Gryffindor_us
Profile Blog Joined November 2002
United States5606 Posts
August 04 2004 21:44 GMT
#20
Yeah right, T will win this starleague. Also, "laughable" Mana? NaDa went 2-3 with ooV and the 4th game he did a fucking proxy BB.
Remember 11-12-04. 이윤열 ~. |||| ZerO, IriS, JangBi, Stork, BackHo! Mah Jae Yoon is no longer a feared entity.
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