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[Up/Down] Group C Preview/Group B recap (S1)

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[Up/Down] Group C Preview/Group B recap (S1)

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Graphics byshiroiusagi
May 29th, 2013 19:00 GMT

2013 GSL Season 2

WCS Korea Season II - Up/Downs



Up/Down Group B Recap
Fantasy and Savage advance


Up/Down Group C Preview
First, TRUE, MarineKing, Hurricane, Bang


Brackets and standings on Liquipedia

Up/Down: Group B Recap

by Waxangel

Results from Live Report Thread by Yello.
+ Show Spoiler [Overall Results] +
(Z)Golden <Atlas> (P)Trust
(T)YoDa <Bel'Shir Vestige> (T)FanTaSy
(Z)Golden <Red City> (Z)Savage
(T)FanTaSy <Whirlwind> (P)Trust
(T)YoDa <Star Station> (Z)Savage
(T)FanTaSy <Daybreak> (Z)Golden
(P)Trust <Akilon Wastes> (Z)Savage
(T)YoDa <Akilon Wastes> (Z)Golden
(T)FanTaSy <Atlas> (Z)Savage
(T)YoDa <Red City> (P)Trust




(Z)Golden: 0-3
(P)Trust: 1-2
(T)YoDa: 0-2
(T)FanTaSy: 3-0
(Z)Savage: 3-0



Fantasy and Savage advance to Code S!


Fantasy and Savage make short work of Group B

It didn't take long for the two best players in Group B to emerge, as (T)SKT_FanTaSy and (Z)8th_Savage managed to end the proceedings with just seven games played out of a potential ten. Both players quickly accumulated 3 - 0 records, with Zerg-Protoss-Terran triple kills against (Z)ST_Golden, (P)CJ_Trust, and IEM World Champion (T)LG-IM_YoDa. This removed the necessity for the final three matches of the night that had been scheduled, including a head to head match between Fantasy and Savage.

Fantasy got a chance to give a well-rounded performances, defeating YoDa in true HotS style with almost purely hellbats, beating Golden after defending solidly against an all-in baneling attack, and also winning a late-game TvP thriller against Trust. Savage's games were a bit more one note. After out-roaching Golden in a ZvZ, he scouted out and defended well against cheeses from YoDa and Trust to book his ticket out of the group.

Quick Hits on the Rest

(Z)ST_Golden: Golden didn't look particularly bad, but it was clear the other players were better than him on the day.

(P)CJ_Trust: Trust played Fantasy pretty tight in an extended TvP on Whirlwind, which was the best game of the night. Had he taken that game the group would have fallen into chaos, but unfortunately he threw it away with a terrible engagement into an entrenched Terran position at the end.

(T)LG-IM_YoDa: It's hard to imagine how things could have gone worse for YoDa. Not only was he eliminated from his group, but the matches played out in an order that meant he only got to play two out of a potential four matches. Even the same elimination would have looked a little bit better if he went 2 - 2 and not 0 - 2, but in the end YoDa barely got to show people his skills in defeat.

Up/Down Group C Preview

by stuchiu

5. (P)FXO.Hurricane

Coming in last place for the group is Hurricane. Usually this is a knock against the player as being the weakest link in the group, but this particular group is full of players that are just bad news for him. MKP and Bang have superior PvT. TRUE plays an aggressive style that has always matched well against Hurricane. And while True has good PvP, it's still PvP and his match against First can go either way. While I placed him last in this group, the gap between first and last in this group is much closer than most others and he could still pull through on his best night.

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Season One Top Eight (8)
(Z)Soulkey, (T)INnoVation, (P)sOs, (Z)Symbol, (Z)LosirA, (Z)RorO, (T)Bomber, (P)PartinG

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(P)Flying, (Z)hyvaa, (T)SuperNova, (Z)Life, (T)Flash, (P)Trap, (Z)RagnaroK, (P)Squirtle, (Z)Shine, (Z)soO, (P)Rain, (T)Bbyong

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(Z)Leenock, (T)Maru, (T)FanTaSy, (Z)Savage
4. (T)MarineKingPrime

How the times have changed. While he is still a perpetual fixture in Code S (at least until this season), MarineKing is no longer a dominant force that opponents seek to avoid at all costs, but rather another player desperately clinging on the edge of the Ro32 cliff. Going into HotS, a lot of his fans were hoping his TvZ woes would be fixed as the infestor was nerfed and Terran was given turbovacs, mines and hellbats. The reality couldn't have been any more different as MKP continued his abysmal form against Zerg that started with the BL-infestor era. On top of that his once vaunted TvP is no longer the most feared in the world, and his place as the ace of Prime has been taken by Byun. Still MKP has moments where he shows some of his past brilliance and he will have to hope it's one of those days if he wants to get out of this group.

3. (P)LG-IM_First

In third is the runner-up of the HotS beta IEM, LG-IM's First. The ensuing months have proved that the results of that early HotS tournament were not the best predictor of who would actually be good in the future, with champion YoDa falling out of Code S. First hasn't done that well in the GSL, but he did make it through his Code B qualifier and has been on form in the GSTL, all-killing Azubu. His PvP and PvT are good, but the problem for First is that he has sub-par PvZ. He's also particularly weak against all-ins from other players, having died to everything from ling all-ins to waaaaay past expiration date 1-1-1’s in GSL matches. First has the skills to make it through, but only if the games break his way.

2. (T)MVP.Bang

Coming in second is a player who didn’t qualify for Code A at all. Instead he went to the Up/Down tourney which gathered 117 Code B Kespa and ESF players to battle it out in a massive battle royale. Arguably, that tournament was way harder than making it through Code B and Code A, and only two players survived the ordeal.

The first one was Bang. He made his way through the bracket on the strength of his TvP and TvT, most notably beating Last, Brown, Hero[join] and then Vines in the finals. On top of that, he's been doing rather nicely for himself in the online Acer TeamStory Cup, as a part of the main Terran duo alongside Dream.

While completely untested in the actual GomTV booth, you can’t help but think a player who qualified by destroying only Terrans and Protosses is favored in a group made up of mostly Terrans and Protosses.

1. (Z)8th_TRUE

The Up/Down groups are hell, no doubt about that. In terms of pure stress, they are are one of the hardest things a player can go through, especially for a Korean player who has never had a real chance, to whom victory means entry into the most prestigious league in the world. A loss means you're one bo3 away from becoming more invisible than aLive. But for TRUE, he should be in his element. TRUE is an extremely aggressive zerg player who loves roach busts, baneling busts, and nydus busts. He then moves on to an aggressive mid and late game that focuses on counters, runbys, burrowed lings and crazy dramatic attacks that constantly puts the opponent and the viewers on their toes. Up/Down groups always favor the cheesier players who will do anything to win a bo1, and TRUE is that kind of guy. On top of that he is the only Zerg in the group and a very strange one to prepare for. With these advantages, TRUE is the favorite to make it out of this group.

Writers: stuchiu and Waxangel.
Graphics: shiroiusagi.
Editor: Waxangel.
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Zealously
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
East Gorteau22261 Posts
May 29 2013 19:15 GMT
#2
1. Hurricane
2. MKP
3. First
4. Bang
5. True

Well, this was easy
AdministratorBreak the chains
WackaAlpaca
Profile Joined December 2010
Canada208 Posts
May 29 2013 19:19 GMT
#3
Bang for prez

nice writeup
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AgentW
Profile Blog Joined July 2012
United States7725 Posts
May 29 2013 19:23 GMT
#4
On May 30 2013 04:15 Zealously wrote:
1. Hurricane
2. MKP
3. First
4. Bang
5. True

Well, this was easy

I don't see Fionn's name attached to this article though.

1. First
2. MKP
3. True
4. Hurricane
5. Bang
Who's the bigger scrub, the scrub, or the scrub who loses to him?
Emzeeshady
Profile Blog Joined January 2012
Canada4203 Posts
May 29 2013 19:23 GMT
#5
--- Nuked ---
Paljas
Profile Joined October 2011
Germany6926 Posts
May 29 2013 19:24 GMT
#6
I believe in marineking
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xuanzue
Profile Joined October 2010
Colombia1747 Posts
May 29 2013 19:26 GMT
#7
mkp / true
Dominions 4: "Thrones of Ascension".
jubil
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States2602 Posts
May 29 2013 19:27 GMT
#8
Nice to see Fanta make it, hopefully we'll see him in the upper reaches of Code S soon. Desperately hoping for MKP to make it, but not sure I'd be surprised if he didn't, even in this group.
Marineking-Polt-Maru-Fantasy-Solar-Xenocider-Suppy fighting!
Targe
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
United Kingdom14103 Posts
May 29 2013 19:31 GMT
#9
#MKP2013

Believe.
11/5/14 CATACLYSM | The South West's worst Falco main
hootsushi
Profile Joined August 2010
Germany3468 Posts
May 29 2013 19:33 GMT
#10
On May 30 2013 04:31 Targe wrote:
#MKP2013

Believe.


This and only this.
Cricketer12
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
United States13974 Posts
May 29 2013 19:35 GMT
#11
MKP First Hurricane TRUE Bang,
because I believe in esF
Kaina + Drones Linkcro Summon Cupsie Yummy Way
Misacampo
Profile Joined July 2012
167 Posts
May 29 2013 19:39 GMT
#12
#MKP2013

Believe.
BlackWaste
Profile Joined April 2011
United States4 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-05-29 20:17:00
May 29 2013 20:01 GMT
#13
Won't MKP get his Nestea award if he makes it back into Code S this time?

#MKP2013
Sankanyo
Profile Joined August 2011
United States140 Posts
May 29 2013 20:06 GMT
#14
#MKP2013
HWAITING!!!
Zealously
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
East Gorteau22261 Posts
May 29 2013 20:18 GMT
#15
On May 30 2013 05:01 BlackWaste wrote:
Won't MKP get his Nestea award if he makes it back into Code S this time?

#MKP2013


Next season isn't considered to be Code S, since it's hosted by OGN and goes under the name WCS Korea OnGameNet Starleague. The season after that, however? Maybe. I guess so.
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Saser
Profile Joined July 2012
Sweden66 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-05-29 20:21:03
May 29 2013 20:19 GMT
#16
On May 30 2013 04:27 jubil wrote:
Nice to see Fanta make it, hopefully we'll see him in the upper reaches of Code S soon. Desperately hoping for MKP to make it, but not sure I'd be surprised if he didn't, even in this group.

Who is Fanta? I think I remember that name from the "Former Players" part of StarTale's Liquipedia page...?

EDIT: it seems to be July. Which doesn't make me less confused.
Humans can survive under water. But not for very long.
Shellshock
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States97276 Posts
May 29 2013 20:23 GMT
#17
On May 30 2013 05:19 Saser wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 30 2013 04:27 jubil wrote:
Nice to see Fanta make it, hopefully we'll see him in the upper reaches of Code S soon. Desperately hoping for MKP to make it, but not sure I'd be surprised if he didn't, even in this group.

Who is Fanta? I think I remember that name from the "Former Players" part of StarTale's Liquipedia page...?

EDIT: it seems to be July. Which doesn't make me less confused.

July briefly used the name Fanta in SC2 but they are referring to Fantasy
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NovemberstOrm
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
Canada16217 Posts
May 29 2013 20:27 GMT
#18
Thanks for the preview/recap!
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tubster68
Profile Joined May 2007
Canada59 Posts
May 29 2013 20:29 GMT
#19
Watch how MKP is gonna get owned.

1. TRUE
2. Hurricane/First
do not major in minor things
Negius
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
Netherlands290 Posts
May 29 2013 20:37 GMT
#20
#MKP2013

Could it get any worse? Yes it could.
Will it get any worse? No. I. Believe.

MKP to destroy this group 4-0!
[Terran] mvp | maru | innovation | mma [Protoss] mc | squirtle [Zerg] nestea | soo
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