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This was a long-running tournament featuring some big Korean names that just finished this weekend.
They had 6 of the best players in Korea each play 5 bo1 matches back-to-back against other top players (not each other) to see who would progress on to the next round (this is what Idra played Inca for in the GOM studio last week). The 6 invited players were:
Ensnare (T)
Tester (P)
Check (Z)
Cool (Z)
Inca (P)
Maka (T)
Their results in the first stage of the tournament were as follows:
+ Show Spoiler +Ensnare > Aory (P)
Ensnare > Dayfly (T)
Ensnare > TheWind (Z)
Ensnare < Vical (P)
Ensnare > Gon (T)
Tester > Hyperdub (T)
Tester > Zenio (Z)
Tester > Mio (T)
Tester > Genius (P)
Tester > Gerrard (Z)
Check > Vical (P)
Check < Hyperdub (T)
Check < Cyan (P)
Check > Sirasoni (Z)
Check < Mio (T)
Cool > Heonjungwachim (T)
Cool < Cyan (P)
Cool < TOP (T)
Cool > Gerrard (Z)
Cool > Anypro (P)
Inca > Zenio (Z)
Inca > Sound (T)
Inca < Idra (Z)
Inca > ssapoZenith (P)
Inca < TheStC (T)
Maka < Hyperdub (T)
Maka > Smuft (P)
Maka > Asia (T)
Maka > TheWind (Z)
Maka > City (P)
This meant the standings were:
+ Show Spoiler +1. Tester (5-0)
2. Ensnare (4-1)
2. Maka (4-1)
4. Cool (3-2)
4. Inca (3-2)
6. Check (2-3)
So then the 1st placed player moved immediately on to the finals, while the 2nd and 3rd played each other in a bo3 to see who would meet him.
Semi-final result:
+ Show Spoiler +
And then the final bo5 series, which was played on Saturday:
+ Show Spoiler +Tester 3-0 Ensnare
Tester wins the tournament!
VODs can be found here: http://ch.gomtv.com/425
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dunno if these really are the best players korea has to offer, but if it is, then things are looking up for the foreigner scene.
IdrA has good wins over tester (and inca!), and tester didnt look too invincible in the KOTB,
guess we have to wait for hd and husky to get on the ball with the HDH2 so we can keep on comparing.
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Even though tester dominated, and ultimately deserved the victory, there are some obvious biases in this event.
So 6 players end up playing 5 random (but skilled?) players from a pool of 22 (may have counted wrong). Seems pretty lucky depending on who you get placed against. Inca seemed to have gotten a bad draw as he ended up playing both IdrA and StC. Since only the top 3 advance, and 1st place gets a by straight to the finals, it's even more advantageous to the player who gets easy opponents.
Perhaps there are some details I am missing, as it would be pretty lame if I were playing in a format like that.
Anyways, hope to view the replays/vods once I get home
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Not a post about balance, merely an observation.
16 - Terran wins
8 - Protoss wins
6 - Zerg wins
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On August 24 2010 00:07 Brad wrote:
Not a post about balance, merely an observation.
16 - Terran wins
8 - Protoss wins
5 - Zerg wins
6 zerg wins.
You forgot to count idra's
But nifty observation, also there are more terrans in the random pool than the other two races.
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Smuft also played, huh?
Very weird format lol.
"You're each going to play 5 differnt people not in the tournament to see who is deserving. Then you will only play two of the other players at best. We will determine a champion from this."
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tester won is games 5-0 and walked over ensnare 3-0 in the final.. thats a damn pretty impressive performance..
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Ouch, Tester dominated. Not even funny lol.
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Them VODs load so slow, I'm not even going to try to watch them.
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Gogo Tester! Thanks for the post 
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On August 24 2010 00:33 Brad wrote:
Them VODs load so slow, I'm not even going to try to watch them.
You might already know this, but . . .
![[image loading]](http://imgur.com/idC7I.png)
If you click that, you can change your speed to 500-700kbps. It allowed me to watch the videos without buffering problems
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On August 24 2010 00:36 theqat wrote:Show nested quote +On August 24 2010 00:33 Brad wrote:
Them VODs load so slow, I'm not even going to try to watch them. You might already know this, but . . . If you click that, you can change your speed to 500-700kbps. It allowed me to watch the videos without buffering problems
I didn't, i will try that thanks.
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sick!
Thank you so much for posting this!
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this format was lame. seriously. Idra would beat the hole group straight up.... And only them go to the finals. I hope gome is not seriously trying to keep this format for other tournaments.
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It's actually pretty good format for an "inbetween" SC2 tourney before the big ones hit.
People get to see their favorites and some other *good* players they might don't know yet.
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i also find it kind of funny how they match up inca against the arguably two best players of their respective races (idrA & TheStC), didn't even the ogs manager tell that TheStc is currently their "best" ?
well i guess they just wanted to show the crowd some exciting showmatches with different matchups each round so it's as interesting for the koreans as possible to win them for sc2, so it`s a good thing!
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Pretty sure he said Ensnare is the best.
Ensnare is a beast. TheStC is a beast. I like Ensnare more because his name rapes. ^^
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On August 24 2010 00:04 roofs wrote:
Even though tester dominated, and ultimately deserved the victory, there are some obvious biases in this event.
So 6 players end up playing 5 random (but skilled?) players from a pool of 22 (may have counted wrong). Seems pretty lucky depending on who you get placed against. Inca seemed to have gotten a bad draw as he ended up playing both IdrA and StC. Since only the top 3 advance, and 1st place gets a by straight to the finals, it's even more advantageous to the player who gets easy opponents.
Perhaps there are some details I am missing, as it would be pretty lame if I were playing in a format like that.
Anyways, hope to view the replays/vods once I get home
I think its awesome that they sacrificed balance to make something different.
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Tester is such a beast. Nice going!
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seems they put up better servers for foreigners \o/
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Dam, would love a final Maka vs Tester 
Still really nice, will try to watch those game soon !!
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Any ideas how to download VODs from GomTV web-site?
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wtf, i was sure Ensnare was Zerg user??
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On August 26 2010 21:51 GreenGT wrote:
Any ideas how to download VODs from GomTV web-site?
u can't.
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no replays from this tournament? vods are meh.
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On August 26 2010 22:32 koruun wrote:
no replays from this tournament? vods are meh.
korean TV matches are never released in replay format afaik.
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yay protoss finally wins and wtf who is inca? rip off of my inka
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Uploading slightly edited vods on my channel here. Able to release one event (5 games) per day.
First event uploaded already.
Will not do just games, sorry. The show part should stay.
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Honestly, I'm not surprised Tester won everything and didn't drop a game. Despite Maka and Ensnare being incredible players, I think their TvP is lacking.
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Awesome DT defend by IdrA, i must say!
this guy has a premium GOMtv account and put all the vods 720p on his youtube account
edit: anyone knows the prize money for this tournament?
ty
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On August 26 2010 22:56 zergporn wrote:Uploading slightly edited vods on my channel here. Able to release one event (5 games) per day. First event uploaded already. Will not do just games, sorry. The show part should stay.
nice! PLZ do Testers games!
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Damn check came 6th .. He's one of my favourite Zerg to watch.
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although this shows us zergs weak they should have invited idra rather than check
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Considering IdrA was playing in the IEM at the time, it would have been impossible.
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Needs moar Tasteless commentating. ;D Thanks for the VODs.
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On August 27 2010 04:37 Satisfaktion wrote:
Needs moar Tasteless commentating. ;D Thanks for the VODs.
yeah seriously, why isn't Tasteless casting these?
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I watched teh Ensnare game. Man I just love the casters. The dude and the chick... they go bonkers during every battle. I have no clue what they're saying but I love their enthusiasm.
Can't wait to hear them do a TLO game! :D
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Just finished watching 3rd game of finals, Tester is looking scary good, a lot better than in beta imo. It seems like he's sacrificing his style a bit, but that's helped him fill the holes in his game tremendously, at least against T. With that said though, I kinda disliked Ensnare's play against Tester, thought he could have done things better/differently. I wanna see Tester play IdrA again since I thought he would/should beat him in kotb.
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Has someone put up the replays anywhere?
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On August 26 2010 22:56 zergporn wrote:Uploading slightly edited vods on my channel here. Able to release one event (5 games) per day. First event uploaded already. Will not do just games, sorry. The show part should stay.
Ah awesome dude, thanks so much, I second the request for Tester SKSs replays!
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Could someone who either speaks Korean or has already watched several of the vids put links with descriptions to the best ones (or perhaps the semi-finals)?
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On September 02 2010 10:57 Lusus wrote:
Could someone who either speaks Korean or has already watched several of the vids put links with descriptions to the best ones (or perhaps the semi-finals)?
http://www.youtube.com/user/maxijazzeee
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EPT
