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GSL Season 3 Ro4 Foreigner Special: Liquid`Jinro
By Xxio and Hot_Bid
By Xxio and Hot_Bid
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P7 Game 1 - Steppes of War T1
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Jinro opened 12 barracks, MC 12 gateway followed by 18 core. At 19 food Jinro hid a proxy factory in a nook near MC's ramp. MC chrono boosted a zealot out of his first gateway and sent it straight into Jinro's base just as a bunker started. 3 marines chased the zealot away but only took 13 health from it and not before the scv making the bunker was killed. A second zealot joined the first and MC sent both back up the ramp. Jinro defended with 2 scvs and 4 marines while building the bunker and sent the 1 surviving marine into the bunker as soon as it finished. A stalker joined the zealots and the units walked past the bunker to attack the barracks. Jinro pulled all his scvs and tried to hold as his marines built 1 at a time. In MC's base Jinro harassed the probes with a hellion but as soon as it was destroyed Jinro typed out.
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P1 Game 2 - Xel'Naga CavernsT7
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Jinro and MC both made their first unit producing structure at 12 food. Jinro took his gas at 13 food, MC his at 15 before building a cybernetics core as soon as his gateway finished. At 30 food MC warped in two more gateways while Jinro, done researching concussive shell, produced marines and marauders out of 1 tech lab barracks and 1 reactor barracks. At 35 food he began building a 2nd command center in his main. Of MC's first 7 units, 6 were sentries. Around 38 food he started his 2nd nexus. At 45 food Jinro made 2 more barracks and 2 bunkers at the front of his natural. With 3 zealots, 6 stalkers, 7 sentries, and a forward pylon to reinforce, MC used guardian shield and attacked into Jinro's natural, just before stim finished researching.
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Using a total of 12 force fields MC split Jinro's units, prevented the bunkers from being repaired, and destroyed Jinro's 2nd command center. MC put a force field on Jinro's ramp and retreated back to his natural. 40 supply behind, Jinro pulled his units together and attacked. Jinro's infantry slipped by the force fields but they were not enough. Jinro conceded the game.
P11 Game 3 - Shakuras PlateauT5
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MC opened 12 gateway, gas, cybernetics core. Jinro opened 12 barracks, 13 gas. Jinro added a tech lab to his barracks and immediately began researching concussive shell. MC made a sentry, then zealot as his first two units while, at 24 food, Jinro started his 2nd command center in his natural. Close to 30 food MC warped in a stargate. Jinro began two more barracks and scouted MC's base with a reaper, though missing the stargate. Jinro added a 2nd bunker to the top of the ramp at his natural but MC attacked before it finished. Scvs were blocked from repairing the full bunker with force fields as marines on highground shot at the 2 voidrays. Force fields on Jinro's ramp kept the Terran units split and Jinro soon gg'd.
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P11 Game 4 - Jungle BasinT5
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Jinro and MC built their barracks and gateway at 12 food. Jinro took his gas at 13 supply, MC his at 15. At 18 food Jang Min Chul built his cybernetics core as Jinro built a reactor and 2nd barracks at 16 food. MC made a zealot before sentry and Jinro, as soon as his 2nd barracks and reactor finished, built a proxy factory next to MC's natural and took his 2nd gas. MC started a 2nd gateway and twilight council at 27 food. At 23 food Jinro cancelled a tech lab he had just started on his 2nd barracks and began to build an armory. Seconds later, at 36 food MC warped in his dark shrine. 7 minutes into the game Jinro pulled half of his scvs and with 1 thor and 9 marines attacked into MC's main.
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MC warped 2 dark templar into the back of Jinro's base with a pylon next to the destructible rocks. 3 zealots and 1 sentry ran from Jinro's units as he stomped over a force field and into MC's main. Jinro immediately targeted the lone pylon powering MC's 2 warpgates, destroying it before additional dark templar could be warped in. Jinro started an engineering bay and bunker in MC's base while destroying the nexus and running his scvs from the dark templar to his units. MC destroyed Jinro's command center and built a nexus at Jinro's natural. Jinro did not have enough minerals to make a new command center and as soon as he scouted MC's base he gg'd.
TLAF-Liquid`Jinro Semifinals: The Aftermath
Today certainly didn't go as you planned it. What are you going after to get your mind off the disappointing result?
I was going to hit the gym and just do everything else Ive been too busy to do, but they asked if I wanted to go clubbing so I'm doing that instead.
How would you describe what happened today?
What Minchul always tells me: "You early game chobo, late game gosu." Also, I thought I'd need to take economic risks to get ahead macro wise, but it turns out vs what he had planned I'd been better off being super safe... oh well.
Were you expecting him to play less aggressive?
I expected him to cheese maybe a couple of times but generally play safe, yes.
Game four was very close. What are your thoughts about it?
Everything that could go wrong went wrong. I wanted to cancel the second barracks, with the rationale that him seeing two rax would cause him to make more sentries with whatever FE I expected him to do. Instead I missed the probe and it scouted everything. So I thought, whatever, he sees 2 gas fast he will think I'm faking for Banshee or something and make robo.... which is what he did in ro64 vs a fake 2 rax banshee... but he went DT. I knew going in this build auto lost to DT so it was frustrating.
Even though you lost this round, did you feel you accomplished something this GSL?
I guess so - all the people who came up to me after the game certainly made me feel like maybe I did. It was very nice and definitely made me feel better.
You did very well for your first GSL, making semifinals and achieving Code S. What are your goals for the next season?
Winning.
You said you would stay in Korea as long as you achieved Code S and could compete in the GSLs. Does this result help motivate you?
Yeah, but it will be more so motivating in a few days than it is right now. I don't like losing.
You were defeated by your teammate oGsMC. Are you going to help him practice this next week for the finals?
Yeah I cant imagine a scenario where he doesn't get everyones practice time. I told him he'd better win, or else
.Will you be taking a break after this next week?
A few days break where I do everything I havent been able to do, catch up on shows, and I can finally switch equipment. I bought a new mouse that I've put off using for a month now. Gym!
You made the GSL very exciting for a lot of the international community. Any last words for your supporters? There were a lot of words of encouragement on the forums despite your loss.
I really appreciated the kind words and everyone who came up to me after the games today, it really made me feel better. It was surprising to see sooo many Swedes there, I really wasn't expecting it and it felt good - I'll do better next time. Thanks for everyone who helped me prepare, sorry it didn't go better. I owe at least some of them some sam gyeob sal.
GSL3 Foreigner Postscript
Even though TLAF-Liquid`Jinro was eliminated yesterday, this season has been very successful for "foreigners" overall. A record number of international players attended qualifiers, and four succeeded in advancing to the Round of 32. We also saw the first ever non-Korean to reach the semifinals. With the addition of more foreigner team houses, we may see a repeat of Jinro's run in the near future. This concludes the Foreigner Special for GSL Season 3 -- keep an eye out for us when the GSL resumes in 2011.
