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August 17th, 2012 01:10 GMT

Table of Contents




Losers R2: Day 1
Recap


Losers R2: Day 2
Preview


Players, brackets, and schedules on Liquipedia



Losers R2: Day One Recap

by Fionn

Results from Live Report Thread by Probe1.
+ Show Spoiler [Results] +
TAiLS vs. herO[jOin]
(P)TAiLS <Antiga Shipyard 1.2> (P)herO[jOin]
(P)TAiLS <ESV Ohana RE> (P)herO[jOin]
(P)TAiLS <ESV ClouD Kingdom> (P)herO[jOin]

(P)herO[jOin] wins 2-1!

GuMiho vs. EffOrt
(T)GuMiho <ESV Ohana RE> (Z)EffOrt
(T)GuMiho <Crux Daybreak> (Z)EffOrt
(T)GuMiho <> (Z)EffOrt

(Z)EffOrt wins 2-0!

Reality vs. Happy
(T)Reality <Crux Daybreak> (T)Happy
(T)Reality <ESV ClouD Kingdom> (T)Happy
(T)Reality <Entombed Valley> (T)Happy

(T)Reality wins 2-1!

Genius vs. Jaedong
(P)Genius <Antiga Shipyard 1.2> (Z)Jaedong
(P)Genius <ESV Ohana RE> (Z)Jaedong
(P)Genius <ESV ClouD Kingdom> (Z)Jaedong

(Z)Jaedong wins 2-1!


Elephantopolis
- With four wins on Thursday, KeSPA extends its winning streak to 10.

This. Means. War.

At the start of the WCS Korea, the storyline was light and fun: KeSPA was allowed to invite six of their best Proleague players into the tournament. With how terribly they did in the preliminaries, only Reality being able to get out of the sixteen qualifying groups, not much was expected from the KeSPA players in this tournament. It was a fun idea to think that they might make an impact, but the best you could see is maybe one or two of the players making it into the top sixteen before meeting their death at the hands of the real GomTV players.

Things went as expected in the first round of the tournament. The first five players tried their best, but were either not able to keep up in the late-game against their opponent or simply outmatched in skill. This was followed by some uplifting back-to-back victories by the KHAN players Reality and Roro, but most of their force was still on the chopping block in the loser's bracket. Those two would get into the second round of winner's bracket, where Reality narrowly lost to Puzzle, and Roro picked up the first gigantic major upset for his faction by upsetting Leenock who had beaten MC the night before.

From there, the elephants were off to the races. Be it black magic, the GOM players being scared of elimination at the hands of players with two years less experience, or the KeSPA players rapidly improving their in-game decision making and skills, but we can now mark down ten straight victories for KeSPA players over their GomTV rivals.

Now, with only twenty players left in the tournament, we are left with seven KeSPA players and thirteen GOM players. What appeared to be a clean sweep for GOM at the start of the tournament has now been flipped on its head, and the GOM players left can't take their games lightly any longer. With each loss, the community backlash for them and the players who have been playing the game for the past two years becomes larger and larger.

Now, let's check our handy dandy Elephant Meter and see how well the KeSPA players ranked last night.

herO[join] vs. Tails:
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(1/5)

For his third straight match-up, we can't properly say how good KeSPA's Hero is. With two PvP's now under his belt and coming out of it with a 3-3 record overall and beating down a frightened YuGiOh, we can't say how well he matches up with his peers and the GOM players. He looked good for a second time in PvP, but all three games were cheeses by Tails who seemed to try and break BitByBit's record for most games in a row with all-ins. Tails, for the second series in a row, was able to pull out a victory in the second set, but couldn't make his all-in attempt in third gain him a victory.

Tails proved that he either has been too busy playing with the MVP League of Legends squad, or he really thought that going all-in game after game would get him to Shanghai. Up next for not-liquid Hero will be a match with his teammate Effort who looked atrocious in the ZvP match-up earlier in the tournament against Liquid`Hero. With a victory over his teammate, he will have at least clinched a spot in the consolation matches for a chance to get to the Asian finals.

Effort vs. Gumiho:
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(4.5/5)

He might ride low in his chair and look three feet tall when playing, but Effort is the scariest KeSPA player still left in this tournament. No offense to Roro who still hasn't lost and is playing Squirtle in the winner's bracket on Monday, but Effort has now beaten two of the best players GomTV hard to offer in consecutive series. His win against DongRaeGu with an electrifying third set was already enough to earn him praise, but he followed it up with an even more impressive 2-0 win against Gumiho, a player who was on a roll coming into the tournament.

For the second straight match in a row, Effort hits a strong 4.5 on the Elephant Meter. He not only showed that he had strong defense in the first game, stopping Gumiho's proxy two rax, but also that he had steel nerves going for a 10 pool on Daybreak to take the series. Effort has now provided us proof that his ZvZ and ZvT are at a level that could make him one of the top Zergs in the world, but we still have to wonder about his ZvP. He hasn't been good in Proleague in the match-up, and he looked the worst of the KeSPA Seven in the first round when Liquid's Hero embarrassed him. He gets a chance for a bit of redemption next round, thought against a different kind of Hero in his teammate hero[join].

Reality vs. Happy:
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(3/5)

Happy is still a mystery. It's not like he played a terrible series against Reality, but his TvT and overall presence lately has been that of a fringe Code A player. He first came into the GSL with the momentum of something with a lot of momentum, and reached the semifinals in his first Code S season. After that, he's only been a disappointment, never coming close to that achievement ever again.

Reality kept on trucking. His win against Happy is solid without being particularly notable, and he continues as the most decorated player statistically when it comes to beating GOM players so far. Now with a hit list of Shine, Symbol, Heart, YuGiOh and Happy, he has beaten four players who have gotten into Code S and one who is in the Up-and-Down matches for next season in Shine. He won't be getting the same talking up from the fans that Jaedong or Effort will, but he continues to roll with only loss being a close one to Puzzle.

You could say he got lucky that Mvp forfeited and didn't have to face the greatest player in SC2 history, but after getting through so many top tier players in a row, you can say he deserved a bit of a break before possibly facing Liquid's Hero in the next round in another TvP.

Jaedong vs. Genius:
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(4.5/5)

Genius was supposed to be the savior. No one should ever bet on Tails, Gumiho has a streak of inconsistency, and Happy's stock is going down fast. But Genius was supposed to be the guy the GOM side could rely on. Yeah, he's lazy and doesn't practice as much as his counterparts, but when motivated, he is one of the most dangerous players in the world. He was in a final only a few months ago, and he was going up against a player who has only faced KeSPA Protosses so far in his career.

The first game went as you would think. Genius went for one of his all-ins, broke down Jaedong, and brought the world back into order. The best GOM players were still the best, and Jaedong, even as great as he is, would not be able to breakdown a player who is one of the best PvZ'ers in the world and one of the main faces when it comes to the GSL. Yeah, they beat DongRaeGu, but he's slumping heavily and GOM can get a pass on that. Genius was here to save the day and bring order back to the world.

Then he lost the next two games. Jaedong did a fake third into an aggressive ling attack that effectively ended the second set when Genius had no defense to stop the oncoming onslaught. The third game was Genius either being too confident against a player with less experience, or he got simply outplayed by a guy who is one of the hardest workers in e-sports. With a gigantic crowd of fan girls cheering him on, Jaedong secured the sweep for his brethren on the night and gained his second straight win in a row.

The same as Effort, this ranks as a 4.5/5 on the Elephant Meter. Genius is a great player and a victory over him is nothing but outstanding for a player with the experience Jaedong has in Starcraft 2, but to reach a 5/5 one of the KeSPA players will have to get deep into the tournament and pull an upset in the late stages. For example, if Roro can defeat Squirtle on Monday, we might feel the whole earth shake as the elephants stomp on.



Losers Round 2: Day Two Preview



by Waxangel

(Z)FXOLeenock vs (P)SKTelecom_Rain

"It's a trap!" yells my internal Admiral Ackbar. Surely, Leenock's loss to RorO last week was a ZvZ fluke, and the Code S class, former MLG Providence champion MUST crush this KeSPA upstart?

But when you look closer, Rain comes in with a 7 – 2 record against KeSPA Zergs, and Leenock enters with reputation for poor ZvP that has yet to be fully cleared. He has one victory over a great player in recent games, as he beat MC in an earlier round of this tournament. But for fairness' sake, if we're saying that Effort's win over Gumiho was highly improbably, underdog win, shouldn't we apply the same criteria to Leenock's win as well? His ZvP may yet be susceptible.

Against KeSPA players so far, Rain lost 0 – 2 to Curious and beat Horror 2 – 1. Unfortunately, it doesn't tell us too much about his level. Curious is one of the best ZvP players around right now, with series wins against Puzzle, Creator, and Squirtle in the last few weeks, and he was a massive favorite to beat Rain. On the other hand, Horror was the worst player in all of WCS, so stomping on him didn't prove much of a point for Rain, either.

Overall, we'll give Leenock the edge here. His victory against MC was a definite upset, but he showed much better all-in defense and a general feel for ZvP than he did before. It was a small sample, but we have enough faith in the former champion, and hugely talented young player to think that it was real progress and not just a flash in the pan.

Prediction: Leenock 2 – 0 Rain


(P)Liquid`HerO vs (Z)Woongjin_Soulkey

Jaedong > Genius wasn't a huge surprise, given that Genius is a bit of an oddball player with strange motivations. But Effort's 2 – 0 hit on Gumiho was a big deal – not a game changer but something that makes us wonder if we seriously need to reassess KeSPA player chances against Code S opposition in non-mirrors. Originally, we thought that HerO's insane multi-tasking and micro would overwhelm Soulkey if the game went to the later phases, but Effort's win over the chaotic Gumiho gives us room for pause.

...but then again, it's silly to lump all KeSPA players into one group, since the only blanket quality they really possess across the board is putting a little extra pressure on the Gom players. Maybe Effort handled Gumiho soundly, fending him off in an impressive comeback win, but the Soulkey we've seen so far is a player who had trouble dealing with drops and multi-prong attacks once he became weighed down with lumbering brood lords. While those games were all against Terran (MMA, Gumiho, TaeJa), the principles apply to some degree in late game PvZ. With HerO being a player who really loves to warp prism harass in the late game, Soulkey could have some serious problems.

We can keep an open mind to KeSPA players being better than originally expected, but for now, we'll just chalk up Effort's win as a nice victory for the underdog player, and say that the Code S class GomTV players are still favored in these match-ups.

Prediction: HerO 2 – 1 Soulkey


(T)FnaticRC aLive vs (T)LG-IM_dreamertt

After peaking somewhere in GSL Season One this year, aLive's TvT has ceased being super-impressive. He played some of the best mech TvT games we ever saw, and then reverted to being a fairly run of the mill, Code S TvT player. That should be enough to take care of Dreamertt, though, whose biggest impact on this tournament so far was convincing us to never say anything nice about BBoongBBoong ever again.

Prediction: aLive 2 – 0 Dreamertt


(Z)SlayerS_Miya vs (T)ST_Hack

After showing us poor ZvZ in his first two WCS showings, Miya will finally get a chance to play his supposedly 'godly' match-up in ZvT. However, since Miya has built a reputation for being more of a huge choker than anything else so far, wehave fairly low expectations. The last time Miya got to play his best match-up in a high pressure situation, it was against aLive in the GSTL, where he got crushed in a game where he didn't look good at all.

Hack isn't the best pressure situation player either, and on top of that his TvZ takes a backseat to his strong TvP ability. But he doesn't take as bad a hit from playing in the studio as Miya does, who still only has one single win in the GomTV studio, while Hack has a nearly break-even record over a few dozen games. If Miya suddenly gets over the hump and shows those ZvT skills his teammates keep hyping up, then maybe we'll have an upset on our hands, but if things go as they have so far, Hack should take this easily.

Prediction: Hack 2 – 1 Miya


Writers: Fionn and Waxangel
Graphics: HawaiianPig and shiroiusagi.
Editor: Waxangel
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GolemMadness
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Canada11044 Posts
August 17 2012 01:20 GMT
#2
Not sure how much faith I have in Sun here, but time to liquibet some more Kespa players! :D
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Probe1
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States17920 Posts
August 17 2012 01:20 GMT
#3
I want Miya to win so he gets his own TLPD picture Prolly won't happen though. Cute elephant scale, I'm going to steal that for the bottom of LR pages ♥
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United States625 Posts
August 17 2012 01:22 GMT
#4
JAEDONG HWAITING!
psillypsybic!
Lovedoll
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Japan540 Posts
August 17 2012 01:25 GMT
#5
I lol'd at the Elephantometer.
Spread your eggs until they crack!
Ribbon
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United States5278 Posts
August 17 2012 01:25 GMT
#6
Nice write-up!

I'm really digging the KeSPA vs GOM angle we're getting.
Dakure
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United States513 Posts
August 17 2012 01:26 GMT
#7
SKTRain is Protoss, not Terran. Just saying.
Bibbit
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Canada5377 Posts
August 17 2012 01:27 GMT
#8
Just thought I'd point out the front page description says "[...]taking down Genius and Effort in some of the [...]"

Probably meant to be Gumiho! But this is great as always, of course. Highlights include tiny elephants :D
Romitelli
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Brunei Darussalam566 Posts
August 17 2012 01:30 GMT
#9
Well, this is an unexpected turn of events...

Jaedong hwaiting!
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United States6012 Posts
August 17 2012 01:35 GMT
#10
Gogo soulkey! more upsets please
Jaedong :3
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August 17 2012 01:37 GMT
#11
gogo leenock!
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August 17 2012 01:41 GMT
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Jaedong!!!
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August 17 2012 01:54 GMT
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#1 herO[join] fan!
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August 17 2012 01:57 GMT
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I wonder how Hero's nerves will hold up; hopefully he plays well.
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Last Edited: 2012-08-17 02:00:14
August 17 2012 01:59 GMT
#15
There's a typo during the second sentence on Effort vs. Gumiho

He might ride low in his chair and look three feet tall when playing, but Effort is the scariest KeSPA player still left in this tournament. No offense to Roro who still hasn't lost and is playing Squirtle in the winner's bracket on Monday, but Effort has now beaten two of the best players GomTV had to offer in consecutive series.

The Final Boss
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Last Edited: 2012-08-17 02:00:27
August 17 2012 01:59 GMT
#16
Genius vs Jaedong reminds me of this old saying a coach used to tell me: when talent doesn't work hard...
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Jaedong kills him.
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August 17 2012 02:01 GMT
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August 17 2012 02:04 GMT
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I still believe that Miya can pull it off... Genius is so weird sometimes )
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August 17 2012 02:15 GMT
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HerO better win!
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August 17 2012 02:15 GMT
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I thought Liquid hero was giving up his loser brackets to go to Raleigh?
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