OGN Starchallenge 2007 - July 4

OGN Starchallenge 2007 - July 4 - Group F

Carnac

Germany / USA16648 Posts

July 01 2007 19:38 GMT

By GTR-2-Go!

OGN Starchallenge 2007 - July 4 - Group F

The last of the groups (wow, it's gone pretty fast) is fast approaching as four young, keen and determined players fight for the last 2 spots in the next Dual Tournament.

For results of previous groups, see this thread.

July 4th - 19:30 Korean Time
Game 1. Sea[Shield] (T) vs KT.MGW)ZergMan (Z) @ Monty Hall
Game 2. BackHo[WHITE] (P) vs Dream.t)OriOn (Z) @ Monty Hall
Winners Game: Game 1 Winner vs Game 2 Winner @ Hitchhiker
Losers Game: Game 1 Loser vs Game 2 Loser @ Fantasy
Final Game: Game 3 Loser vs Game 4 Winner @ Python

Winners of the Games in bold advance to the Dual Tournament

Game 1

Sea (T, MBCGame HERO) vs ZergMan (Z, Samsung KHAN)

@ Monty Hall

Where is Zergman these days? I mean seriously, did he get abducted by a UFO or something? Last time I saw him play live was in the last ODT where he unconvincingly lost to Luxury 2-0 in the 1st round. He has only played 2 proleague matches this whole season (1-1, both against P's in rA and Pure). His appearances lately isn't that convincing of his recent form it seems. Sea though, is on fire in the proleague, being in contention for this season's top proleague player with a stellar 13-5 record (4-0 vs Z). With these statistics, and the draw coming up with Monty Hall for the first two matches, there is probably no way in the world Zergman will take this game off Sea.

Game 2
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BackHo (P, Lecaf OZ) vs OriOn (Z, CJ Entus)

@ Monty Hall

Here we go, a match which will not end up a one-sided mop-up. Both players, from what I am aware of, are pretty new to the scene, and if I am right, their first strolls to the OGN Challenge League. Talking statistics now, BackHo has only been used in 2v2's in the proleague, unfortunately being drowned with an awful 1-5 record. Orion has recently been participating with Oversky in the OGN program Star Brain, where they convincingly beat Pantech. Orion has also been used as a 2v2 guinea pig in the proleague, coming out with an 0-2 record. Despite minimum Proleague practice, I hope both players can perform well, but I think Orion has this game up his hand due to his experience.

Winners Game
@ Hitchhiker

Now, this is an important game, if both Sea and Orion make it this far. Sea is undisputabely the favourite to take this group out and go for the chance of getting that precious 4th seed in the next starleague. Odds are even more for him as his opponents will be Yooi and Jaedong. Anyway, I think that the experience of Sea will get him through this game against Orion.

Losers Game
@ Fantasy

Huk, I can't really comment on this game (most likely Zergman vs BackHo). But chances are, it may end up much a noob-fest (see what I did there?). Anyway, in the end it all ends up on both players performances on the day. For the sake of previews, I'd say BackHo will roll over the partially inactive Zergman.

Final Game
@ Python

A rematch of Game 2, this time on Python. Python (which in my opinion, is probably one of the best balanced maps in recent years) will be open for many possibilites. Anything can happen.