EVER OSL Week 2-1

This was a pretty standard PvZ with both players hitting midgame early. Much tried some cute cheese at the beginning but it was quickly shut down. Hyun looked to be in good position as he razed Much's second expansion and had his lurkers obliterate the fleeing probes. While Much regrouped by killing about 1000 lings who charged in a straight line, he did not have the answer for ultralisks. A doom drop in his main leveled everything and Hyun sent Much packing in the first game.

Hyun is Mr. Ling, and made smart choices the whole game.

It is nice to see variation on the 3-hatch muta opening, and Rumble was rewarded for it early. The game featured some intense micro in the first 10 minutes. Rumble followed up his quick lurkers with a quick hive, and his micro allowed him to survive go.go's death squads.

The game turned out to be very entertaining as Rumble tried to limit go.go to his natural while go.go used a combo of mm and spider mines to fight the ultralisks armies. He had creative dropship use, but was over matched when it came to head-on fights. Rumble did a good job of starving go.go with his spell casting and showed a nice model for future zerg players on this map.

Hyun 0:0 Rumble

Rumble both played intelligently and got lucky early. His diagonal scout gave him less of a chance to be scouted right away, and also allowed him to see the lings streaming towards his 12 hatch. This allowed him to cancel and defend his base well with a sunken colony, getting his lair at a similar time as Hyun but having an extra hatchery as well.

From this tense opening the game evolved into an entertaining ZvZ. Both players turtled a bit, taking their naturals and their second gas. The match revolved around Hyun's offense and Rumble's defense, with both players showing off their scourge control and utilizing sneaky counter attacks. However, Hyun's mineral economy was weak and he lacked a third hatchery, which forced him to fight with scourge more than mutalisks. At the fifteen minute mark Rumble had survived long enough that his economic advantage widened the gap and he could finally attack. Great patience on defense won this match.

Much 1:0 go.go

Considering he was facing elimination, go.go disappointed me by not letting his skill decide the match. His rush was scouted and blocked beautifully by Much's shield battery. Once the rush failed, Much had no problem disposing of go.go. Weak sauce.

Much 0:1 Hyun

We finished where we started, with Much and Hyun in the deciding game. It looked bad for Hyun early, as he failed at several all-in attempts, and things got only got worse once his mutalisks got a taste of two gate corsairs. Hyper-aggression is quickly becoming his trademark, but unfortunately for him Much is the true master of nexus d. He beat back wave after wave of lings with probes and cannons. Hyun's constant ling pressure cost him dearly back home as he could not deal with the corsairs ranging over his bases. In a tense game, Much kept his cool and advances to the next round.