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zulu_nation8
Profile Blog Joined May 2005
China26351 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-05-28 02:35:50
May 27 2008 00:18 GMT
#1
MSL Group C

Game 1: (P)(P)Kal v. (T)(T)fOrGG on Tiamat
Game 2: (Z)(Z)type-b[s.g] v. (P)(P)HerO on Colosseum
Winners: on Othello
Losers: on Othello
Tiebreak: on Athena

Preview:

Two monsters alongside two newcomers. Kal is the finalist of last season's MSL and has played for STX in every proleague round this season. ForGG is the protoss killer with an impressive 4-2 record in proleague and an 18-8 record vs protosses overall. On the otherhand; Hero, a familiar face in last season's proleague but has appeared just once this season is playing in his first starleague, similar to Type-B, who has never appeared in proleague and apart from survivor, has only played in the minor leagues.




1st Match:




(P)Kal P11 vs (T)fOrGG T5 on Tiamat

Kal opens with two gate. Forgg cuts gas for an early cc after factory. Kal follows up with reaver but Forgg places his turrets perfectly to deny Kal of any opportunity for harass. Kal expos twice with 3rd expo at bottom left and macros.

After Forgg powers for awhile he suddenly lays down 7 barracks in his base to the surprise of everyone and begins pumping marines. Kal spots the stream of marines flowing down terran's ramp with a well-placed observer and responds by building more reavers.

Forgg pushes out with a monster army of at least 3 groups of marines and a couple of tanks. He pushes Kal back all the way to his natural while continuing to reinforce. After some absolutely amazing sequences Forgg manages to kill multiple reavers and destroy Kal's natural nexus. Everytime Kal kills the group of marines that are in front of his base another group follows up. Eventually Forgg pushes all the way into kal's main. Kal builds some dts but they failed to do any damage thus types out. Absolutely phenomenal macro and reinforcing by Forgg this game.

2nd Match



(P)HerO P5 vs (Z)type-b[s.g] Z2 on Colosseum

Hero 1 gate forge expands however he couldn't harass with early zealots as Type-B pooled after overlord. Type-B techs fast with 3 hatch lair and builds a spire afte lair but doesn't build mutalisks.

Hero attacks with a zealot army which kills all of Type-B's zerglings and a couple hydras. Afterwards Type-B rebuilds and powers pure hydra/lurk. He uses the back entrance to toss' 3rd base and manages to kill the newly warped nexus. However despite the advantage Type-B does not expand again himself and keeps macroing on three bases.

Hero tries to expand at his 2nd natural again but Type-B attacks again to try to delay the attempt. However Type-B wastes too many units for nothing so after Hero successfully expands, he runs over Type-B with one attack. Type-B gg's

Winners Match



(T)fOrGG T11 vs (P)HerO P5 on Othello

Hero opens with reaver harass while Forgg does standard fast expo. Hero doesn't get a lot of luck with his scarabs as none of them kill any mining scvs. Meanwhile Hero transitions to three gateway, two stargate carriers. But as soon as reavers stop harassing Forgg moves out for a timing push and expands at the same time. He manages to make it to right outside of toss' natural but by then two carriers are done and force forgg back.

Hero follows up with a counterattack, using carriers and a reaver to destroy terran's armory and numerous supply depots while expanding himself. Carriers continue to harass with great effect Forgg's natural and ground units. Forgg however steals an expo at 2 and uses the extra resources to build wraiths out of three starports. A group of wraiths kill a couple carriers and is enough to delay Hero's harass which gives terran valuable time to rebuild.

Hero finally discovers Forgg's secret expo and attacks it. Forgg counters by destroying Hero's 3rd expo which leaves him with only a new mineral only expo. Forgg with a resource advantage eventually kills Hero's last expo and expands himself. Hero gg's. Forgg moves on to the Round of 16.

Losers Match



(P)Kal P5 vs (Z)type-b[s.g] Z1 on Othello

Kal fast expands, Type-B goes 4 hatch lair hydra. Kal skips stargate and does a hard zealot speed rush. Type-B positions his hydras well thus Kal doesn't attack until he has templars with storm.

When Kal does attack, Type-B drops an army of hydra/lurk into Kal's main and also drops lurkers onto the cliff above Kal's natural. Both drops do significant worker damage. However Kal's attack manages to kill some drones and an evo chamber.

Kal defends for a long time while expanding and protects vs drops. Type-B drops several more times but ultimately fails to do any structural damage because of Kal's well placed cannons and storms. After sometime Kal counterdrops and manages to kill many of zerg's workers at three out of four bases. Eventually Kal rolls out with a giant army and casts several brilliant storms to kill off Type-B.

Final Match:



(P)Kal P6 vs (P)HerO P2 on Athena

Kal opens 2 gate robo, Hero opens 1 gate range to 3 gate. Hero slows his gas mining down with an awfully placed pylon. They both expand, but Hero is able to stop Kal's attempt and keep him contained. Kal then proceeds to lose several reavers while trying to attack with them from ramp.

Hero mines from two bases to Kal's one for a long time. Until Kal drops two dts which arrive just before Kal's observers are out. They manage to kill a handful of probes and stop Hero's natural mining. Kal reinforces his dts with four zealots and try to destroy Hero's natural nexus but isn't able to.

Kal finally breaks out with speedlots and expands to his natural. After some rebuilding time for both players Hero comes out with a huge army. He stands outside of Kal's natural but Kal doesn't hesistate and initiates the attack. Somehow Kal wins the fight with some good storms, good reaver micro and mass speedlots. In the subsequent counterattack Kal manages to kill Hero's natural nexus but is forced back by dts. Kal, having a massive advantage now, sits back and expands. Hero tries in vain to harass with a dt drop but fails to do any damage. Kal eventually attacks with a big army, Hero fails to hold and gg's. Kal moves on to the Round of 16.



Afterthoughts:

Forgg backs up his recent results with two excellent games, he is 7-1 in his last 8 tvps. One of the new rising stars in progaming. The two newcomers played well. Hero held the advantage for long periods in both games but lapses in concentration ultimately cost him the win. Type-B shows promise but still needs experience. Kal proved his class with two victories displaying tact and excellent micro. Good luck to the winners in the next round.
Last Romantic
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
United States20661 Posts
May 27 2008 00:38 GMT
#2
ZULU IS A MACHINE

who formats his titles differently
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zulu_nation8
Profile Blog Joined May 2005
China26351 Posts
May 27 2008 00:39 GMT
#3
yea i cant change the titles I NEED MORE POWER
Last Romantic
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
United States20661 Posts
May 27 2008 01:16 GMT
#4
O DAMN THAT IS A GOOD PLAN

I'm goin to start intentionally messing with my thread titles now.

Joking aside, nice writeup^^;

Heh. ForGG. Lecaf triple-threat!
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zulu_nation8
Profile Blog Joined May 2005
China26351 Posts
May 27 2008 01:19 GMT
#5
I highly highly recommend game 1 between kal and forgg, one of the most exciting matches I've ever seen.
ThE_OsToJiY
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
Canada1167 Posts
May 27 2008 01:22 GMT
#6
ggs
@ostojiy
rOlEx
Profile Joined April 2008
Canada49 Posts
May 27 2008 01:41 GMT
#7
M&M in pvt is something i've never seen before. made that game one extremely fun to watch. awesome macro and rallied reinforcements arriving at the perfect time every time.
It's time to drop the pants and dispense some indiscrimite justice!
zulu_nation8
Profile Blog Joined May 2005
China26351 Posts
May 27 2008 02:10 GMT
#8
he didn't rally them, just select + attack move, which is why it was so awesome, crazy multitasking.
Polyphasic
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States841 Posts
May 27 2008 03:12 GMT
#9
fforg seems like a TvP expert but his TvZ is sooooo bad. I like watching fforge and nada's TvP. Must ad I hate to admit it, Firebathero's TvZ is the best.... but TvZ is a fucked up matchup so it's no wonder that he'll be good at it.
can't making a relationship last longer than 2 weeks, since 1984 :thumbs:
Hittegods
Profile Joined April 2007
Stockholm4640 Posts
May 27 2008 04:02 GMT
#10
Why the hell didn't HerO_V cancel that pylon? Such hilarious mining paths made for good tv though
This neo violence, pure self defiance
Ilikestarcraft
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Korea (South)17726 Posts
May 27 2008 04:15 GMT
#11
On May 27 2008 12:12 Polyphasic wrote:
fforg seems like a TvP expert but his TvZ is sooooo bad. I like watching fforge and nada's TvP. Must ad I hate to admit it, Firebathero's TvZ is the best.... but TvZ is a fucked up matchup so it's no wonder that he'll be good at it.

What you talking about? Forgg's tvz is really strong its only his tvt
"Nana is a goddess. Or at very least, Nana is my goddess." - KazeHydra
MoNKeYSpanKeR
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States2869 Posts
May 27 2008 04:42 GMT
#12
happy to see kal and forgg get out of this.
<3's Mani and Seraphim, thx for the second chance. TSL Name: TSL-mSLeGenD
Spenguin
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
Australia3316 Posts
May 27 2008 05:21 GMT
#13
Mmmmm nice write up zulu, first one?

I was sdcared when I read that Kal was losing in those games but he is WINNAR!
< TeamLiquid CJ Entusman #46 > I came for the Brood War, I stayed for the people.
HeavOnEarth
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States7087 Posts
May 27 2008 06:05 GMT
#14
On May 27 2008 12:12 Polyphasic wrote:
fforg seems like a TvP expert but his TvZ is sooooo bad. I like watching fforge and nada's TvP. Must ad I hate to admit it, Firebathero's TvZ is the best.... but TvZ is a fucked up matchup so it's no wonder that he'll be good at it.


Eer.. check his stats; he's equally as good TvZ ; TvP(~60%)

It's his TvT that is lacking (~30%)
"come korea next time... FXO house... 10 korean, 10 korean"
useLess
Profile Blog Joined January 2004
United States4781 Posts
May 27 2008 06:53 GMT
#15
i was expecting type-b to pull something out and show something, but i guess thatll have to wait another time
Moonlight Shadow
anotak
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States1537 Posts
May 27 2008 08:29 GMT
#16
forgg vs. kal is the best thing ever

forgg has a new fan with me, i love biomech tvp. same reason i love go.go.
HaXxorIzed
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
Australia8434 Posts
May 27 2008 08:45 GMT
#17
Forgg just needs to work out his TvT and he'll be a real beast. Reminds me of light a year ago, somewhat.
http://steamcommunity.com/id/HaXxorIzed
khersai
Profile Joined April 2008
Poland366 Posts
May 27 2008 08:55 GMT
#18
wow, biomech vs P sure is ballsy and micro intensive, great to watch
will the Legendary Protoss please stand up, please stand up
freelander
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
Hungary4707 Posts
May 27 2008 09:50 GMT
#19
Go forgg!!
And all is illuminated.
deus_073
Profile Blog Joined May 2006
Romania187 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-05-27 11:34:15
May 27 2008 11:33 GMT
#20
just about finished commentating them
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