[GSL] S3 Ro8 Day 2

[21:47] choya shakes his head, concedes defeat. OMG JINRO! Jinro looks so happy! Getting hugs from oGs members :D

[21:46] choya moves in through the back. EMPS!!. TOO MANY VIKINGS, all the colossus get sniped. Jinro charging in for the kill!!!

[21:45] Battle at Jinro's choke, back and forth battle. choya cancels his nexus and takes out back rocks.

[21:43] Both players continue to reposition in the middle. No probes for choya at his main. Still no thermal lance upgrade. choya places his nexus at gold.

[21:42] GREAT EMPS, choya is forced to retreat. Jinro continues to harass with banshees. choya still on 2 base, Jinro on 3.

[21:41] choya moving out, Jinro misses with an emp. Both players dancing around the middle. No thermal lance upgrade for choya.

[21:40] Game is very intense, battle of concentration. 25 scv kills from banshees thus far. Very even food count.

[21:39] Jinro looking to take his 3rd at gold. choya expanding to 7 gate.

[21:38] Meanwhile Jinro has taken his expansion and continues to send banshees. ;\ choya is patrolling with DTs and picking off stray units.

[21:37] Jinro's banshees get taken out. Jinro moves in with his army but great forcefields by choya. Half of Jinro's army gets wiped out and is forced to retreat.

[21:35] CLOAKED BANSHEE ON THE WAY. choya just puts down his robo. Jinro going to town on the probes. observer on the way out.

[21:34] Jinro going cloaked banshees. NO ROBO YET.

[21:33] Jinro is prepared for the DTs, building turrets and a raven. choya sends 2 DTs, one gets sniped straight away and takes his expansion.

[21:31] Jinro moves a reaper on the high ground and marine marauders snipe a pylon. choya going DTs... Jinro sacs his reaper to scout sees the twilight but not the dark shrine but he suspects DTs and builds an ebay.

[21:30] 2 rax from Jinro. choya scouts with the hidden probe. choya going 3 gate twilight council.

[21:29] Standard opening from both players. choya hides his scouting probe behind a tree.

[21:27] Final game on Blistering Sands. Jinro at 7 o'clock. choya at 1 o'clock.

[21:24] choya still on 1 base, running out of resources. Goes for the push, forcefields the ramp as Jinro retreats and traps his army. GG 2-2.

[21:22] choya fakes a front expansion and goes for the push. Both players dancing back and forth. They engage in the middle, Jinro comes up with a slight advantage although both players retreat.

[21:21] Jinro withdraws his drop as choya takes out his back rocks. Jinro taking his back expansion.

[21:20] choya going for the attack, he has 2 colossus. 1 colossus falls, choya retreats. Jinro goes for a drop.

[21:19] Jinro harasses with a banshee, 4 kills.

[21:18] Both players playing off 1 base, choya getting more gateways. Game looks likes it will be decided off 1 big battle.

[21:17] choya moves straight up the Jinro's ramp with stalkers. Jinro manages to hold off losing a few scvs.

[21:16] Jinro looks to be doing the same build as game 1 on Steppes of War. He is building his raven.

[21:15] Jinro lifts his factory to scout choya. choya with a proxy pylon at 6 o'clock.

[21:14] 2 gate core from choya. Jinro looks to be going 1-1-1.

[21:12] Game 4 on Delta Quadrant. Jinro at 5 o'clock. choya at 1 o'clock.

[21:09] Both players moving in towards the middle. choya has 5 colossus + gateway units. Jinro with heavy bio and vikings. Jinro's bio army and vikings get split up. choya pushes into Jinro's natural. Too much damage from choya. GG from Jinro, 2-1.

[21:08] Jinro taking his 3rd and a drop at choya's main. It's easily deflected.

[21:06] Both players building up their armies. Jinro adding ghosts. Very even food count, and diverse unit compositions.

[21:04] Jinro with 4 rax double starport. choya now at 3 gate robo and preparing colossus. Jinro stims a single marine and scouts.

[21:03] Jinro gathering forces at gold base outside choya's natural.

[21:01] choya expands as well. Jinro going 3 rax, choya 2 gate robo.

[21:00] choya hides his scouting probe but is found by marine! Same opening from Jinro, 1 rax concussive marauder into FE.

[20:59] Standard play so far.

[20:57] Game 3 on Metalopolis. Jinro at 8 o'clock. choya at 2 o'clock.

[20:50] Commercial break in progress.

[20:48] Jinro moves up and catches choya out of position. Jinro with a beautiful emp. choya has no colossus. Jinrolled. GG.

[20:46] Both players taking their 3rds again. They are even in food count at around 176.

[20:45] choya's 3rd is destroyed.

[20:44] choya denies Jinro's 3rd and battle in the middle. Great attack by Jinro, snipes all the colossus. choya on the retreat.

[20:43] choya is first to take a 3rd.

[20:42] choya pokes the natural and moves back, looks to take a 3rd of his own.

[20:41] Jinro emps and snipes a DT. Jinro looking to take his 3rd. choya moving out with death ball. Jinro is retreating.

[20:40] Jinro going for a drop but is spotted and retreats quickly.

[20:39] Jinro expecting HTs and prepares ghosts. choya now at 6 gate.

[20:37] 4 DTs taken out, another on the way. Meanwhile choya takes his natural and prepares colossus. DTs take out mainly add-ons and a few scvs.

[20:36] choya's DTs are on the way. Ebay is being built. 1st DT is taken out with a scan.

[20:35] Jinro takes his natural, adds another rax. DT shrine is complete.

[20:34] DTs from choya. Jinro is unaware, at 3 rax.

[20:33] Jinro opting for concussive upgrade and marauders into FE. choya with a proxy twilight council.

[20:32] choya with early gas. Jinro opening standard. choya gas steals again.

[20:31] Game 2 on Xel'Naga Caverns. Jinro at 7 o'clock. choya at 1 o'clock.

[20:29] choya with great forcefields, blocks the ramp but Jinro manages to push through. The timing attack is too strong. GG. Sigh of relief from Jinro.

[20:27] choya scouts it with a phoenix and responds with a forge. Jinro moving out with scvs as well.

[20:26] Jinro looks to be doing polt timing attack. Banshees, raven and bio.

[20:25] scouts with the factory. choya at 3 gate and expanding. Jinro opts for a raven. choya takes out the factory and builds robo and stargate.

[20:23] Jinro with a proxy factory at 12 o'clock. Jinro lifts the factory over as choya looks for a proxy. Jinro preparing his starport.

[20:22] Both players opening standard. choya with a gas steal.

[20:21] Steppes of War, round 1 fight! Jinro at 7 o'clock. choya at 1 o'clock.

[20:17] Player intros for match 2. Jinro wearing his beanie! choya looks to have wrist injury, apparently from playing soccer lol.

[20:10] Commercial break in progress. Cameraman shows a glimpse of Jinro, no beanie tonight

[20:07] MC broke his zealot figurine MC goes for a ceremony, high-fiving the front row of the audience. MarineKing is teary-eyed.

[20:06] MC with a sick unit composition, sentries, chargelots, blink stalkers, HTs, archons and colossus. MC goes up the ramp for the kill. GG. MC through to semifinals!

[20:05] MC moves in, forcefields the ramps, takes out MarineKing's army and 3rd. Colossus are out aswell. MC with a clear advantage.

[20:04] MarineKing taking his 3rd, MC taking his 4th. MC gets off storms and feedbacks on the medivacs and ghosts. MC with great control.

[20:03] During the engagement, MC warps in a pylon at MarineKing's natural and warps in a few HTs but it's easily defended.

[20:02] While MarineKing moves up the middle, MC gets off a couple of storms first. EMP hits the sentries. MarineKing overwhelmed by storms, is falling back.

[20:00] MarineKing moves out. MC cancels his expansion at 9 o'clock and opts for the base infront of his main. MarineKing adding ghosts.

[19:59] MC taking his 3rd at 9 o'clock. MarineKing lands his factory at MC's natural and builds a helion but it doesn't do much.

[19:57] MC pushes again but is defended fairly easily this time. MC researching charge and storm.

[19:56] MC attacks again into the natural. DTs are warped in. Miscontrol by MC, he accidentally sent his 2nd DT too soon after the first scan. DTs don't do any significant damage.

[19:55] MC going DTs! Both players taking their naturals.

[19:54] MC fpoking up the ramp. MarineKing is forced to bring in scvs. MarineKing manner bays just as MC is about to expand. MC retreats his army and puts up a twilight council.

[19:52] MC looks to be going backdoor of MarineKing. MarineKing has no clue. MarineKing finds out just as the rocks break down. Beautiful forcefields, MarineKing is unable to put down bunkers and lifts off the cc.

[19:51] MC 4 gate on 2 gas, heavy stalkers inc.

[19:50] Nevermind, MarineKing 1 rax FE. MC on early 2 gas.

[19:49] Nothing out of the ordinary so far. Both players with standard openings.

[19:47] Game 4 on Jungle Basin. MarineKing at 5 o'clock. MC at 11 o'clock.

[19:42] MC on the attack with 2 zealots and a probe. MC with great control wiping out scvs, only 4 scvs for MarineKing. MC brings in more zealots. GG. 2-1 to MC.

[19:42] MC chronoboosting in zealots. MarineKing with a standard opening.

[19:41] MC with proxy gate outside MarineKing's natural.

[19:40] Game 3 on Blistering Sands. MarineKing at 1 o'clock. MC at 7 o'clock.

[19:33] Ad break in progress.

[19:31] MarineKing pushes his army up the ramp and with 2 vikings snipes colossus. MC has a weaker army and no stalkers. MarineKing runs over MC's army. GG. 1-1

[19:29] MarineKing moving out with most of his scvs aswell. MC splits the terran army with forcefields but is forced back to his main. MC loses his expansion. MarineKing sends his scvs back.

[19:28] MarineKing still on 1 base. Warp prism on the way to MarineKing's base.

[19:27] MarineKing on the defensive. MC warps in 2 stalkers into the back natural of MarineKing. Meanwhile MC attacks the front but retreats after seeing 2 bunkers.

[19:25] MarineKing loses the proxy rax. MC getting robo and expanding.

[19:24] MarineKing transitioning into 3 rax. MC goes for the attack with stalkers. MC with great control. MC takes out the techlab that is researching stim.

[19:23] MarineKing sends 2 marauders, puts down a bunker. MC holds off but the bunker is completed. MarineKing has no vision of high ground so bunker is no good.

[19:22] MC scouts the rax. Chronoboosting his gateway.

[19:21] MarineKing with a proxy rax at middle of the map. Looks to be going marauder push.

[19:20] Game 2 on Delta Quadrant. MarineKing at 1 o'clock. MC at 5 o'clock.

[19:17] MarineKing is unable to hold off as MC brings in another set of units. GG. MC smiling.

[19:16] MC continues to warp in units and voidrays, looks like an all-in. MarineKing is barely holding up off turrets and viking.

[19:15] MC catches MarineKing out of position and is applying heavy pressure. Showing some great voidray micro.

[19:14] MC looks to be going on the offense. He is still on 1 base. MC uses a voidray to gain vision on the high ground and warp in zealots into MarineKing's main.

[19:12] Stargate for MC. MC at 3 gate. MarineKing at 3 rax.

[19:11] MarineKing is taking his natural.

[19:10] MarineKing walls off by building supply and rax at the bottom of the ramp. MC is unable to scout. MC with a gate core opening.

[19:09] Game 1 go! It's on Lost Temple. MarineKing at 12 o'clock. MC at 6 o'clock.

[19:05] Player intros for match 1 between MarineKing and MC. Both players looking calm and confident.

[19:00] And we're live! Remember finals broadcast on 18th Dec will start 2 hours earlier than usual at 17:00 KST. Game will start at 17:30KST.