Last week, as the weeks before it, had some upsets. The biggest upset was probably Nada vs Falcon, where the raw Hwaseung Oz Zerg toppled WeMade FOX's seasoned veteran in a 2-1 series. Falcon showcased some quality muta control throughout the series and in the game Nada won, he flashed some of his old flair when he switched from his failed valkarie opening to an SKTerran style.

Another upset of note wasn't entirely unpredictable, since the loser has been slumping hard for the past six months. Lomo vs jjonga was an embarrassing series for Lomo as jjonga brutally exposed the holes in Lomo's TvP, dismantling the Hwaseung Oz terran with cheesy Dark Templar play.

Finally, Stats impressed me when he took out HiyA 2-1, proving that he's got some real talent in PvT. Also, BackHo proved in his return that he's recovered enough from his injury to make Fakesteve cry.

Results
Ro64.R2 - Day 5
(P)

Pure vs

Flash
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Pure < Flash
Pure < Flash

HiyA vs

Stats
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HiyA < Stats
HiyA > Stats
HiyA < Stats

Falcon vs

NaDa
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Falcon > NaDa
Falcon < NaDa
Falcon > NaDa

Movie vs

Jaedong
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Movie > Jaedong
Movie < Jaedong
Movie < Jaedong

Recommended Game
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HiyA vs

Stats Game 3 on God's Garden.

Ro64.R2 - Day 6
(T)

Shine vs

Rock
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Shine > Rock
Shine > Rock

Organ[3.33] vs (P)

BackHo
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Organ[3.33] < BackHo
Organ[3.33] > BackHo
Organ[3.33] < BackHo

Much vs

Sacsri
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Much > Sacsri
Much < Sacsri
Much > Sacsri

Lomo vs

jjonga
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Lomo < jjonga
Lomo < jjonga

Recommended Game
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Organ[3.33] vs (P)

BackHo Game 3 on God's Garden. E.P.I.C. Easily my favorite game of the season!

Bracket by GTR

Upcoming
Ro64.R2 - Day 7
May 03, PDT 02:00
(Z)

sAviOr vs

HoeJJa

Luxury vs

Hydra

pretty[gm] vs (Z)

Hul

sKyHigh vs (Z)

GGPlay

Ro64.R2 - Day 8
May 05, PDT 06:00
(Z)

EffOrt vs

Tempest vs (P)

M18M vs

MenSol[ZerO] vs (Z)

There won't be a whole lot of Terran this weekend, so I hope you like ZvZ and ZvP. Will there be upsets? I'm pretty sure! In fact, few of these games look like autovotes. In my opinion, the most likely seed to be eliminated is GGPlay, and though it pains me to think about it, sAviOr's going to have to work for a win as well. I like HoeJJa, but sAviOr hwaiting, plz.

Odds n' Ends

See you in the Live Report Threads!

Deleted User 31060

3788 Posts

May 02 2009 19:04 GMT

moar unitz on da hillz

I dunno wat else to say

3 Lions

United States3705 Posts

May 02 2009 19:21 GMT

hahah Falcon punch made me laugh

then I thought about it some more and Nada

RoieTRS

United States2569 Posts

May 02 2009 19:22 GMT

Falcon PAAAANCCH!

Gumbo

Canada807 Posts

May 02 2009 19:22 GMT

Skyhigh v GGplay? That should be real good :D!

Carnivorous Sheep

Baa?21244 Posts

May 02 2009 19:27 GMT

I didn't understand the Falcon Punch at first.

Then I remembered.

And I teared.

GHOSTCLAW

United States17042 Posts

May 02 2009 19:27 GMT

nada

oragon vs backho was sick though. good to see that progamers are innovative and can use everything to their advantage when they need to .

JWD

United States12607 Posts

May 02 2009 19:38 GMT

PianO-

BackHo was such a great game...but I was disappointed with the result

Geo.Rion

7377 Posts

May 02 2009 19:46 GMT

Will there be upsets? I'm pretty sure! In fact, few of these games look like autovotes.

Upsets occure when there are games which look like autovotes. If one of the players has 30+ chanse to win it wont be an upset if he does win after all.

Mykill

Canada3402 Posts

May 02 2009 20:52 GMT

#10

HAHAHA
falcon punched

Much ftw

Tadzio

3340 Posts

May 02 2009 21:16 GMT

#11

On May 03 2009 04:46 Geo.Rion wrote:
Upsets occure when there are games which look like autovotes. If one of the players has 30+ chanse to win it wont be an upset if he does win after all.

I think it's fair to say that whenever a seed loses to a non-seed, it's an upset. Afterall, a seeded position is granted based on assumed talent. The seeded player is more accomplished (i.e. better) and this is illustrated when he's given the seed over his opponent. I'm sorry you don't think that definition of "upset" is narrow enough, but for the purposes of the article, it's a useful short-hand. Y'see, rather than say "I think Stats has, at best, a 35% chance of beating HiyA" and then have everyone with an opinion disagree with my specificity, I say Stats' win over HiyA is an upset and we move on....

Well, except for you. But I'm alright with failing to meet your arbitrarily narrow definition.

AlwaysGG

Taiwan952 Posts

May 02 2009 21:26 GMT

#12

backho vs piano game 3

and much vs sacsri game 3 both rly good xD

peidongyang

Canada2084 Posts

May 02 2009 21:30 GMT

#13

epic gom games

much better than i thought

Itachii

Poland12466 Posts

May 02 2009 21:46 GMT

#14

Rock's out, GOM is doomed.

seppolevne

Canada1681 Posts

May 02 2009 22:31 GMT

#15

Much vs

Sacsri game 3 was so good, if you have an hour and a half to spare...

d(O.o)a

Canada5066 Posts

May 02 2009 22:47 GMT

#16

Stats beating hiya was an upset for sure at least in my opinion, but the worst was falcon beating nada

they better go on to win.

Titusmaster6

United States5937 Posts

May 02 2009 23:15 GMT

#17

Man that Organ Backho game was fucking intense!

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if only that vulture found those two probes...

Murdoink

Chile1219 Posts

May 02 2009 23:53 GMT

#18

Go Stats!

nataziel

Australia1455 Posts

May 03 2009 01:56 GMT

#19

what game is more unitz on da hills from?

DoX.)

Singapore6164 Posts

May 03 2009 02:22 GMT

#20

Nada T.T

Mista

Singapore1022 Posts

May 03 2009 02:59 GMT

#21

On May 03 2009 04:46 Geo.Rion wrote:
Will there be upsets? I'm pretty sure! In fact, few of these games look like autovotes.

Upsets occure when there are games which look like autovotes. If one of the players has 30+ chanse to win it wont be an upset if he does win after all.

You just gave the word "upset" a whole new difficulty level. 30+chance ????

Deleted User 39582

317 Posts

May 03 2009 04:29 GMT

#22

Organ[3.33] vs (P)

BackHo game 3
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WAS TOO AWESOME FOR WORDS
Its a shame we don't see more crazy semi elimination races like that

thopol

Japan4560 Posts

May 03 2009 07:38 GMT

#23

Both game 1 and 3 of Piano vs BackHo were great games. Game 3 was so epic. I have seen some fucking odd starcraft games, but none like that one. It was great, and I'm so happy with the conclusion.

Marine50

Australia1764 Posts

May 03 2009 08:00 GMT

#24

Wow Flacon punch ripped through the galaxy. Thats power

shikushiku

Australia41 Posts

May 03 2009 08:35 GMT

#25

some REALLY long matches there

bring out the popcorn

Tuke

Finland1666 Posts

May 03 2009 10:48 GMT

#26

Falcon punch was hilarious

funnybananaman

United States830 Posts

May 03 2009 16:24 GMT

#27

wow Organ v Backho was one of the best games ive ever seen. if you dont believe me, just know that throughout the course of the game, organ lifts off and moves his main base 3 times.

Luddite

United States2315 Posts

May 03 2009 19:17 GMT

#28

On May 03 2009 08:15 Titusmaster6 wrote:
Man that Organ Backho game was fucking intense!

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if only that vulture found those two probes...

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it wouldn't have mattered. The protoss still had another probe, a much bigger army, and the ability to stasis the terran indefinitely.

Purind

Canada3562 Posts

May 04 2009 00:29 GMT

#29

The craziest thing that happened was in the Falcon/Nada game + Show Spoiler +

on Desti where Falcon murdered the panda bear guy and still won. Tasteless tried to change the condition to losing the series, but it still wasn't good enough

dt4ever

Moldova184 Posts

May 04 2009 08:10 GMT

#30

Totally agree with your choice for best game of the season. It doesn't get any better than that Piano vs BackHo, especially cause I was rooting for the winner. And it also happened to be same game that Tastless and SDM brought up the monkey milk thing... EPIC!

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And looking into the future, looks like SkyHigh and Iris have a fairly easy way up to the quarter finals, though their opponents did pull off some nice upsets. Sucks that Mantoss has to face Flash next, but if Anytime and Daezang give him back the manly reavers they borrowed for their proleague matches last Sunday, who knows?

HeaDStrong

Scotland785 Posts

May 04 2009 14:26 GMT

#31

lomo vs jjonga game made me sad... T_T
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and they both had to identical... must feel so infuriating to lose like that

ghermination

United States2851 Posts

May 04 2009 14:51 GMT

#32

Piano vs. Backho games were amazing. Those are definately a must watch.

kasumimi

Greece460 Posts

May 06 2009 15:28 GMT

#33

Need a smart pic with Superdaniel quote "You have to know when to pull out".

latent

United States428 Posts

May 10 2009 06:14 GMT

#34

Hey is Bisu playing and/or seeded in this season of the GOM tournament even though his team withdrew since he won the last championship? It would be a real shame if he didn't get a chance to compete again.