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[GOM] The End of Sixty-Four
November 1st, 2008 23:48 GMT
The last day of the Ro64 starts in a few hours, and it's ending with a bang. This weekend we have some big players, some old players, and some rookies looking to make it big, all fighting it out for a place in the final 32. But first, let's take a look at what happened last week:
The GSL has been a tournament of upsets. The greatest have fallen to complete unknowns, the young have taken out the experienced, and the old have destroyed their successors. And with the line-ups we have this week, that's a great thing.
The first match-up is a really difficult one to call: XellOs vs Tempest . Tempest has been the staple Protoss for KTF this season, and while he has not always impressed, he did manage to reach the Ro16 in the MSL. XellOs, on the other hand, needs no introduction. He's been a staple Terran for CJ since 2005, and has never really lost it. I'm calling this for XellOs, as Tempest's form has been far from stellar recently.
Our second match is Canata vs ToSky. The neo-Boxer that never really happened, against the player that never really happened. It's a bit of a downer, but Canata is known for interesting games, and ToSky did do well in the previous GSL, so they hopefully they'll deliver some amazing games. I'll abstain from voting on this one.
The third match should be a bit closer as the hardworking CJ Terran, Darkelf, goes up against one of the top Protoss players out there, Kal. The two are 1-1 historically, with Kal taking the more recent encouter. It would be optimistic to vote against Kal, but Darkelf is known for producing upsets, and with the GSL as it is, anything can happen!
The final match, and without a doubt the match of the night, is between defending champion Jaedong, and WeMade up-and-comer HerO. I think no-one is predicing a HerO win here, but it might be a good test of skill for the young Protoss. HerO has had good results against Zerg in the past, but has never really been tested, and it will be interesting to see how he steps up to the challenge.
As always, we have new interviews thanks to the hard work of lilsusie. My two favourite interviews from last week were with the 15 year old Bogus, and the recently crowned OSL champion. There's also a very interesting interview with the bewildered looking observer, Yoon.
Interview with Bogus Interview with Stork Interview with Yoon
And another installment in the Q&A series this week, with you asking questions for Jaedong, and the golden boy XellOs. If you have something to ask, go ask now because there's not much time left!
Questions for Jaedong Questions for XellOs
It might be interesting to find out what Jaedong thinks of both sAviOr and Bisu's claims that they will dethrone him!
As with last week, I apologize for not adding the VOD links to the results, my exams are still in full flow and it's just too time consuming. I also apologize for the late news report, with so many things happening, it was difficult to find a slot to pop this in. With the new frontpage, that's not a problem fortunately! Anyway, enjoy your Sunday, and support GomTV by participating in all their community events. They're doing it for you guys!
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The GSL this season is where all my favorite players have gone to die.
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Ro64 - Day 5 only korean broadcast right? Will we be able to download it on the tracker / watch it on youtube?
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+ Show Spoiler +wth are the golden mousers thinking? do they just not care about the GSL?
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The GSL winner this season could very well be a dark horse, considering how many unexpected people have made it past the ro64.
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Actually Pepe played really good, and July historically sucks at ZvT. Pepe's micro does not reflect his stats.
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What happened to NaDa, haha.
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It should be interesting to see how this develops, given the number of upsets.
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United States17042 Posts
Every player that I was rooting for this season got taken out by randoms 
thanks for the writeup though
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Yup, this season has been the season of upsets.
+ Show Spoiler +Firebat going down against Bogus, July vs Pepe and Nada vs Skyhigh. I really didn't expect those to lose vs such players  .
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Hope Stork takes this season lol.
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I hope noone ever types "lol" again.
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On November 02 2008 10:10 _Grazze_ wrote:Yup, this season has been the season of upsets. + Show Spoiler +Firebat going down against Bogus, July vs Pepe and Nada vs Skyhigh. I really didn't expect those to lose vs such players  .
seriously, 2-6... 1-13 recs vs jluy.. nada.. wth
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On November 02 2008 09:10 Avidkeystamper wrote: Actually Pepe played really good, and July historically sucks at ZvT. Pepe's micro does not reflect his stats. Totally agree. Pepe won those games, July didn't lose them.
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On November 02 2008 12:49 Fr33t wrote:Show nested quote +On November 02 2008 09:10 Avidkeystamper wrote: Actually Pepe played really good, and July historically sucks at ZvT. Pepe's micro does not reflect his stats. Totally agree. Pepe won those games, July didn't lose them. NANANANAANAI CANT HEAR YOU
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hmm in the observer interview, did that guy have the questions beforehand? or was his english good enough that he could understand her?
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You linked to an interview with Pepe. Change the number to 378.
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On November 02 2008 12:49 Fr33t wrote:Show nested quote +On November 02 2008 09:10 Avidkeystamper wrote: Actually Pepe played really good, and July historically sucks at ZvT. Pepe's micro does not reflect his stats. Totally agree. Pepe won those games, July didn't lose them.
july most certainly lost them he underestimated his opponent and borderline attempted toying with him and shot himself in the foot, not to say pepe didnt play the games of his life but still july lost them pepe is not a good player.
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I dont like the way they are doing the interviews. :/
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Kind of a boring day. As Jaedong got kicked out of both MSL and OSL fairly early, I don't forsee him having any problems with Hero. None of the other players are going far anyway, IMO.
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South Africa4316 Posts
On November 02 2008 13:22 qrs wrote:You linked to an interview with Pepe. Change the number to 378. Thanks, fixed that. And yeah, some of the upsets so far have been utterly shocking. Not that I mind, that's what I enjoy about the GSL, you get young players making it from the Ro256 all the way to the Ro16, and you get to see some new blood. It makes it a bit more unpredictable than the other Starleagues are.
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NINTENDO SIXTY-FOOOOOOOOUR!
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On November 02 2008 09:04 Ideas wrote: The GSL this season is where all my favorite players have gone to die.
how true.. it's like a friggin graveyard...
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orion seems to be on fire! :D
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On November 02 2008 22:30 AnyOne wrote: NINTENDO SIXTY-FOOOOOOOOUR! I was thinking this lol...
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xellos vs tempest game 2 is fucking legendary!
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I hope Jaedong wins. He is too good.
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