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Manifesto7
Profile Blog Joined November 2002
Osaka27140 Posts
Last Edited: 2006-09-30 20:39:41
September 30 2006 20:03 GMT
#1
Last week the MSL switched days, playing on a Tuesday to allow a couple players to play in a different event later in the week. The games of the day were the opening games from the group of 8. The eight players were split into 2 groups. These groups use a dual league group style to determine two winners, except the winners and losers finals are a best of 3. Last week was the opening salvo from this group of 8 series. For a more in-depth look on how the leagues will work, check out the TL.net scribe, jkillashark, and his great summary thread here.

Game 1: Jju vs Yellow[arnc] (formally of [name] clan) on Longinus

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Yellow[arnc] had advanced from his initial group, going 2-0 over his teammate BiFrost and then besting IPX in a game on Blitz played poorly by the maestro. His opponent was Jju, who has come in second in his group, beating both Midas and Chojja. Jju held a 2-0 record over Yarnc, so he must have been confident heading into the days match.

Yarnc started at 11 with the white zerg, as Jju spawned at 3 with manly purple. Both players scouted the wrong way with their initial lords, and both laid a pool/gas before their second hatchery. The two ling forces passed each other in the middle, and raided each other's bases. Yarnc got the best of the engagements, getting his spire up much earlier than Jju. His drone count was slightly higher as well, and he kept his lings patrolling outside the Samsung zerg's base.

Jju is no fool though. Knowing he was slightly behind, he sacrificed drones for lings and broke out, raiding Yarnc's mainline and killing drones. Both players were running on very low economies, and when yarnc countered with his own lings both players had less than three drone. Jju seemed to be recovering faster, and while he had a single mutalisk, there were a couple scourge waiting for an interception. Jju and his pet muta flew all over the map to avoid the tailing scourge, and he also had two lings pestering Yarnc's spire. Finally his mutalisk died, probably from exhaustion, but he had rebuilt enough to actually expand to his natural.

Both players had come back from the brink of destruction, the question was, who was going to make the best of it. Yarnc decided against more air in favour of lings to take down Jju's expo hatch, while dropping a second hatch in his main. Jju however, stuck with the air route, and when his next two mutalisks hatched, he sent them to the white zerg's base and scattered the drones again. Yarnc tried to counter with his remaining units, but was unable to make a dent.

Jju > Yellow[arnc]

So, Jju advances to the winner's bo3, while Yellow[arnc] will face the loser of rA and Xellos... that match.. NEXT.


Game 2: Nal_rA vs Xellos on Arcadia 2

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Xellos looks to be back in good form these days. He finished first in his group that also had NaDa and Kingdom. However, he also holds a 2:6 record against rA, something he was obviously looking to improve on. As for the dreamer, he was given entrance to the next round via Boxer's exit and a wildcard playoff, beating NaDa for the spot.

And let’s get to the action. The players were at cross positions, rA at 7 and Xellos at 1, and rA opened with a Nexus after pylon. Xellos scouted it quickly, and started a CC of his own after the first factory. He mined up the path between bases as rA dropped more gates and a robotics facility. With mines everywhere, Xellos ensured he would have a couple moments of peace and quiet while he built four more factories. rA massed off his early economy, took his other inhouse expansion, and waited for his observers to take flight.

Back in the terran base, Mr. Happy also took his other expansion, and then moved his army south to seige up behind the protoss gas expo. Xellos pushed forward, using the wall to his advantage, while rA countered at the terran main. A group of goons forced Xellos to retreat his vultures, and he dealt with the counter nicely, although many of his scv got stuck in the ramp. rA turned his attention to the wall of metal outside his base, broke the artillery, but was promptly forced back by another wave.

Xellos kept the pressure up, and from this point on his blockade was unbreakable against rA's best attempts. Xellos slowly pushed forward, and after losing ground inch by inch, rA typed gg. Next stage will be Xellos vs Jju and rA vs Yellow[arnc], all bo3.

Xellos > Nal_rA


Game 3: Kingdom vs Silver on Arcadia 2

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Kingdom advanced second in his group behind Xellos, while Silver advanced as the first seed in his group after the Boxer withdraw.

Silver's nickname in the MSL is MVP, but he has a ways to go before he really earns that distinction. Winning today would be a step in the right direction, but Kingdom is a tough toss, and Arcadia has proven to be a p map vs zerg (7-4). The game started with cross positions, Kingdom at 1 and Silver at 7. Kingdom sent his 5th probe to the middle of the map, and constructed two proxy gateways as Silver dropped a 12hatchery by his choke. The result was a forgone conclusion. Zealots poured in from the gates, forcing a hatchery cancellation. As Silver scrambled to sunk his main, it was already too late, and the game was over in scant minutes.

Kingdom > Silver

Kingdom took advantage of the passive build orders being used on this map recently, and placed his gates in the perfect position.


Game 4: Daezang vs Savior on Peaks

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After placing second in his group, Savior was matched up against Daezang, the surprise winner of group C (beating out Midas, Jju, and ChoJJa). Daezang is probably not too happy about the situation, but he has proved to be a tough opponent lately, 6-0 on MBC. However, Savior is 17-4 vs P, so... yeah.

Savior opened at the top with Daezang on the bottom. A twelve pool from Savior was found quickly, and the zerg dropped a second hatchery in his main base. Daezang was teching quickly, delaying the early lings with his first zealots, but he was unable to stop Savior from getting a peak inside his main. As the zerg player teched to their lair level, Daezang had blockaded himself in, hiding his four gate speedlot strategy. Exiting out the side ramp, Daezang caught Savior with a single sunken, and 10 speedlots were all over his expo. With four gates rallied to the front, IPX was hard-pressed to fight off the tide.

He finally stopped the first wave, but the second wave of twelve speedlots continued to smash at the zerg defenses. Savior was very low on drones, and was spending all his money on lings, despite having three hatcheries and a lair. However, with another failed wave of speedlots, the tide began to turn as the protoss pressure slowly fizzled out. Unbelievably, Savior had managed to halt the enslaught, and with pure mass speedlings and new sunks, he was in a much better position to defend. One last failed volley from Daezang led him to type GG, and Savior handed him his first MBC defeat withough killing a bulding.

Savior > Daezang.

The next round of games should be these matchups, all best of three:

Group A Loser's (bo3) Set: YellOw[ArnC] vs Nal_rA
Group A Winner's (bo3) Set: XellOs vs JJu
Group B Loser's (bo3) Set: Daezang vs Silver
Group B Winner's (bo3) Set: Savior vs Kingdom O_O, gg here.

Tonights THUMBS UP goes to Jju for his nice head under pressure, playing a tension packed low-eco zvz vs Yellow[arnc]. Those kinds of zvz with few drones are the most fun to watch.

Tonights THUMBS DOWN goes to Saviors earring. I dont like it.

Tonights RECOMMENDED GAME is Savior vs Daezang. The whole world included Jesus thought Savior was dead, but he somehow pulled it out.

Of course, if you want to see any of these games yourself, learn how to use torrents, and access TL's own torrent service. There is a button on the navigation bar.

Cheers,
Manifesto7
ModeratorGodfather
Lukeeze[zR]
Profile Joined February 2006
Switzerland6838 Posts
Last Edited: 2006-09-30 20:29:50
September 30 2006 20:26 GMT
#2
I think xellos was 2:6 and not 6:2 vs rA according to this topic (3rd post). Savior's earing is very gay :|
Terran & Potato Salad.
Jelly
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United Kingdom137 Posts
September 30 2006 20:29 GMT
#3
Gogo Savior.

I knew his record vs' Toss is good, but 18-4 now. Jeez. Crazy.
Time is never wasted - When your wasted all the time.
Manifesto7
Profile Blog Joined November 2002
Osaka27140 Posts
September 30 2006 20:40 GMT
#4
Thanks Lukeeze, changed that. I read the Hangul incorrectly. The others might be wrong too =\
ModeratorGodfather
Jelly
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United Kingdom137 Posts
September 30 2006 20:48 GMT
#5
Gogo Savior.

I knew his record vs' Toss is good, but 18-4 now. Jeez. Crazy.
Time is never wasted - When your wasted all the time.
besiger
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
Croatia2452 Posts
Last Edited: 2006-09-30 21:00:31
September 30 2006 21:00 GMT
#6
**the whole world included Jesus thought Savior was dead, but he somehow pulled it out.**
hahaha nice job
A weak will coupled with delusions of grandeur
~chut~
Profile Joined September 2003
France1317 Posts
September 30 2006 21:32 GMT
#7
How can you write so many good reports Mani? I wish i had half your writing skills
Nyovne
Profile Joined March 2006
Netherlands19135 Posts
September 30 2006 22:26 GMT
#8
Nice repot m8 . And damn that earring is gay indeed :/. Ah well, maybe he is, cant blame him then :p.
ModeratorFor remember, that in the end, some are born to live, others born to die. I belong to those last, born to burn, born to cry. For I shall remain alone... forsaken.
Ido
Profile Joined November 2005
Germany661 Posts
September 30 2006 22:54 GMT
#9
JJu looks always worried ^^
Night[Mare
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
Mexico4793 Posts
September 30 2006 23:02 GMT
#10
gogo vods =D.

<3 the maestro
Teamliquidian townie
tKd_
Profile Joined February 2005
United States2916 Posts
September 30 2006 23:16 GMT
#11
lol why is everyone talking about his earring suddenly. He had it last season too.
strik.fr
Profile Joined May 2006
France212 Posts
September 30 2006 23:37 GMT
#12
savior vs daezang : very interesting game, pity that daezang effort wasoncluded by a loss.
my top 5 forever 1)nada 2)julyzerg 3)iloveoov 4)Boxer 5)Nal_ra
ManaBlue
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
Canada10458 Posts
October 01 2006 00:02 GMT
#13
Nice reports Mani.

Savior really is invincible ZvP. How the hell did we end up with someone scarier than July? I'm freakin' out here!
ModeratorTL VOD legends: Live2Win, hasuprotoss, Cadical, rinizim, Mani, thedeadhaji, Kennigit, SonuvBob, yakii, fw, pheer, CDRdude, pholon, Uraeus, zatic, baezzi. The contributors make this site what it is. *Props to FakeSteve for respecting the guitar gods*
jkillashark
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
United States5262 Posts
October 01 2006 00:08 GMT
#14
Gosu recap Mani, gosu. ;D
Do your best, God will do the rest.
IntoTheWow
Profile Blog Joined May 2004
is awesome32274 Posts
October 01 2006 02:59 GMT
#15
Great Mani, thanks
Moderator<:3-/-<
SCNewb
Profile Joined June 2006
Canada2210 Posts
October 01 2006 03:13 GMT
#16
Thanks Mani for the reports

Savior ftw.........he's definitely the favourite
Huge iloveOov fan
SuperJongMan
Profile Blog Joined March 2003
Jamaica11586 Posts
October 01 2006 03:36 GMT
#17
Kingdom will show Savior why he is the Ultimate Old School Toss.
... ... I hate Savior. He embeds this strange sense of fear that my favorite players will get stomped T.T

God damn it... I hate watching my favorites lose...
POWER OVERWHELMING ! ! ! KRUU~ KRUU~
funkie
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Venezuela9374 Posts
October 01 2006 06:05 GMT
#18
SAVIOR!.

Enough words, mani you are teh best.
CJ Entusman #6! · Strength is the basis of athletic ability. -Rippetoe /* http://j.mp/TL-App <- TL iPhone App 2.0! */
Seraphim
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
United States4467 Posts
October 01 2006 07:51 GMT
#19
NNOOOO....NAL RA!!!
Hermes | Bisu[Shield] Fighting~!
Vin{MBL}
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
5185 Posts
October 01 2006 08:04 GMT
#20
YES XELLOS!!!!!!!!!!
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