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Welcome to the  Korean StarLeague! The KSL is sponsored by own3d.tv and can be viewed as an European event series that features the Korean Pro-Teams. From Monday to Thursday there will be a single player competition. Each of the 8 Pro-Teams will send out one player and they will play each other in a single-elimination tournament-style bracket. All of the games will be best of three. The winning player receives a $100 prize, with $50 going to the runner-up! Friday through Sunday there will be team-matches, which will use a Winner's League format, with the winning team taking home a prize of $200!
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Today's Line-Up! Monday, December 19th 2011 13:00 GMT (+00:00) (Individual League):
Poll: Who Will Win?oGsTheStC (15) 33% FXOChoya (11) 24% NsHSSeal (9) 20% IMSeed (7) 15% MvPSniper (2) 4% cOrePrime.WE (1) 2% ZeNEXJjun (1) 2% STKingKong (0) 0% 46 total votes Your vote: Who Will Win? (Vote): NsHSSeal
(Vote): IMSeed
(Vote): oGsTheStC
(Vote): cOrePrime.WE
(Vote): MvPSniper
(Vote): ZeNEXJjun
(Vote): STKingKong
(Vote): FXOChoya
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All games will be cast LIVE by Khaldor, on his stream through own3d.tv, which can be found here
Korean VoDs can be found here, more information on English VoDs soon.
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Choya GOGOGOGOGO! TAKE IT ALL
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This deserves SO much more attention. Really fun to see more Korean tournament besides the regular GSL imo. Highlight..?
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Is ST_KingKong a former BW pro?
SEAL GOGO
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United States97276 Posts
choya has been good lately. i think he wins
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On December 19 2011 19:52 redloser wrote:
Is ST_KingKong a former BW pro?
SEAL GOGO
Looks to be apparently.
Under the alias yCh[z-zOne] (The name you have to TLPDize him under)
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Seeker
Where dat snitch at?37024 Posts
TheStC and Choya in the finals please!!!
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On December 19 2011 19:54 VirgilSC2 wrote:Show nested quote +On December 19 2011 19:52 redloser wrote:
Is ST_KingKong a former BW pro?
SEAL GOGO Looks to be apparently. Under the alias yCh[z-zOne] (The name you have to TLPDize him under)
Thanks!
I was afraid that if the link were wrong or sth 
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Khaldor just tweeted that DRG will be in today's KSL. How will this work? Did someone else drop out?
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On December 19 2011 21:42 busfahrer wrote:
Khaldor just tweeted that DRG will be in today's KSL. How will this work? Did someone else drop out?
Probably Sniper, it's always only one player per team.
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Indeed, I was told by the coach of MVP that DRG is going to replace Sniper
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Wow choya sure loves putting himself forward to play for fxo xD
Nice to see drg playing, a great lineup today.
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DRG!? HOORAY!!!!!!!!!!
Also how did Seal kill essentially nothing with 40 lings? The mind boggles.
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On December 19 2011 21:52 Khaldor wrote:Indeed, I was told by the coach of MVP that DRG is going to replace Sniper
that's pretty cool. now things will really get interesting. drg will tear this place up
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omg DRG playing? He has to be the absolute favourite today then.
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On December 19 2011 22:19 poorcloud wrote:
omg DRG playing? He has to be the absolute favourite today then.
hopefully he's playing. Khaldor was saying that Monster might be playing instead...
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That was a nice game by both. Seed had a decent advantage after Seal over-reacted to the early pressure. Tide started to turn with a great fungal on stalkers in the middle of the map, then the difficulty of securing a third base started to kick in
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Thanks for the thread.
CHOYAAA :D
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Pretty good game from both again. Really liking todays games
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On December 19 2011 22:17 Shellshock1122 wrote:Show nested quote +On December 19 2011 21:52 Khaldor wrote:Indeed, I was told by the coach of MVP that DRG is going to replace Sniper that's pretty cool. now things will really get interesting. drg will tear this place up
MY FREAKING GOD
DONGRAEGU?
OH MY OH MY
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Man, watching seed forcefields only make me appreciate Naniwa's and MC's forcefields much more.
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Lol that creep spread is insane... its literally like a maphack for seal
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Khaldor, its lagging a bit again! 
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can anyone tell me the name of the song that is/just played?
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On December 19 2011 22:59 silverstyle wrote:
Lol that creep spread is insane... its literally like a maphack for seal
Creep spread is sexy.
I often go mass queen in 4v4 with the aim to cover the entire map in creep. 
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Seal is still the king of creep. And one Bel'Shir again, which is funny !
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I told you for weeks that hiding bases would work well ! :D Most pros don't check for those a good % of the time. (and by a good % I mean like 90% of the time they don't scout for hidden bases)
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On December 19 2011 23:45 MrCon wrote:
I told you for weeks that hiding bases would work well ! :D Most pros don't check for those a good % of the time. (and by a good % I mean like 90% of the time they don't scout for hidden bases)
It's criminal that top players are so negligent when it comes to keeping tabs on things like that.
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No DRG?
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Mmph.
So apparently Monster's replacing Sniper, not DRG...
I'm a bit disappointed, but oh well, Monster's a good Zerg too.
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My dark horse pick for this is Jjun, will be interesting to see how he does. Think Seal will win it all though :D
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Monster replaced Sniper ^^
Can we get OP updated with the stats and the player changes? -.-'
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On December 19 2011 23:49 Asha` wrote:Show nested quote +On December 19 2011 23:45 MrCon wrote:
I told you for weeks that hiding bases would work well ! :D Most pros don't check for those a good % of the time. (and by a good % I mean like 90% of the time they don't scout for hidden bases) It's criminal that top players are so negligent when it comes to keeping tabs on things like that.
Yep. In the current metagame (not sure if the usage is correct but you understand :p), no one is hiding base and no one is scouting for hidden base either, this could be exploited, even in high stakes matches (in fact jjakji did it in the finals vs Leenock, set 1). Of course with time players will start to scout for those, but at the moment this could be exploited hard.
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Yeah, no offense to the current or past op, but I prefer if people only make lr threads if they know they can update them. It's happened a little too often with the KSL.
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Monster from und to KSL, sick ^^
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Update on the results? I have been hurting E-Sports by oversleeping.
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dam Monster if you not all-in in that game with Alicia >.<
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Khahahaldor impersonating marines dying :D
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Haha Khaldor enjoying comentating this game
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Jjun does some of the weirdest macro builds that i have ever seen ????
I still remember when he almost cheesed bomber out of the GSL Ro32. Thats the only thing i remember about him lol.
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Results so far since OP isn't being updated:
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Seal 2 - 1 Seed
TheSTC 2 - 1 Core
Monster 2 - 0 Jjun
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NICE zealot pressure by Choya, kills the 3rd base and a queen with very effective micro.
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lol even nicer gg timing by King Kong. Glad to know he realises when hes screwed.
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On December 20 2011 00:31 poorcloud wrote:
lol even nicer gg timing by King Kong. Glad to know he realises when hes screwed.
Yeah but it kills epic come back :'(
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This failed Nydus with a failed massive drop as a follow-up was rather painful to watch.
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Awesome play by seal so far
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This Seal/STC game is hilarious.
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That's such a crazy game lool
Seal only have Infestors.
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how did seal lose this?! outplayed thestc the whole game.
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On December 20 2011 01:11 julomat wrote:
how did seal lose this?! outplayed thestc the whole game.
Never trade bases with a terran - but he did .
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There's a million ways seal could have won this game, and about 1 way to lose it.
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United Kingdom38255 Posts
lol
Seal played so well until the point where he had the game won.
Then he lost
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LOL, what a ridiculous game!!!
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seal throw that game away. haha..
and love stc's never give up attitude
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Also, this is why people should never say "gg timing"
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Well, TheStC played that base race very well.
BLs / infestor can't defend the map. And because Seal let all the BLs die to marines because he send back the infestor, he was pretty much dead.
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Banelings mines killing 20 Marines is so silly. T.T
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1st rule of TvZ : if your army can crush the terran push, crush it. Don't go for the terran base. The time it'll take to kill the T main is the time the T will take to kill 4 of your bases.
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On December 20 2011 01:16 TheDwf wrote:
Banelings mines killing 20 Marines is so silly. T.T
Wait until they can move underground. :d
But yeah, it's pretty silly that TheStC played the whole game behind because of ONE baneling mine.
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TheStc going for the ForGG build.
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That was some sick Hellion micro
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On December 20 2011 01:17 Treziel wrote:
TheStc going for the ForGG build.
No cloack tho
But these hellions are probably the most cost effective you can get.
Damnit, they probably kill 5 times their value each.
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Err... Was it IdrA playing?
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lol that was brutal hellion control.
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StC vs winner of Monster-Choya. Both matchups would please me I think.
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Disappointing game from Seal, really just died to reactor Hellion...
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Should have focused the queen at the end imo. But he forced tons and tons of larvas, if he survives, he'll be on ok shape. That's a big if tho :p
Well, not ^^
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Wow, amazing play from Monster in that second game!
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LoL Monster tried that in up and downs and the same thing happened. Maybe he should learn a better allin? :D
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On December 20 2011 01:37 Fyzar wrote:
Wow, amazing play from Monster in that second game!
It's a legit strategy.
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What did Monster do in game 2? Missed it TT
e: lol, the same thing he tried in the U&D's today? xD
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On December 20 2011 01:37 Fyzar wrote:
Wow, amazing play from Monster in that second game!
Woot ? I went to make a coffee, I'm back 2 minutes later and it's over. What happened ?
edit : 8 pool with pulled drones ? :D
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On December 20 2011 01:38 MrCon wrote:Show nested quote +On December 20 2011 01:37 Fyzar wrote:
Wow, amazing play from Monster in that second game! Woot ? I went to make a coffee, I'm back 2 minutes later and it's over. What happened ?
Probably 8 pool + drone all-in.
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On December 20 2011 01:38 MrCon wrote:Show nested quote +On December 20 2011 01:37 Fyzar wrote:
Wow, amazing play from Monster in that second game! Woot ? I went to make a coffee, I'm back 2 minutes later and it's over. What happened ?
He did the same build that he did in the up and down matches; early pool, pull all his Drones and try to attack, only to find that the Protoss had walled off and cannoned up already. :/
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Monster does stupid things - in the GSL U&D, he could've beaten Alicia in a normal game (Alicia is not that good and Calm Before the Storm is not bad ZvP) but decided to do a retarded 8-pool + drone all-in cheese. That cost him a chance for a Code S spot.
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Haha, amazing zealot hidden in the bushes :D Choya will still die tho I think.
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On December 20 2011 01:38 MrCon wrote:Show nested quote +On December 20 2011 01:37 Fyzar wrote:
Wow, amazing play from Monster in that second game! Woot ? I went to make a coffee, I'm back 2 minutes later and it's over. What happened ? edit : 8 pool with pulled drones ? :D
Yeah he 8pooled, pulled his drones, then scouted Choya when his units were halfway across the map, and he just left ^^.
On December 20 2011 01:38 Asha` wrote:
What did Monster do in game 2? Missed it TT
e: lol, the same thing he tried in the U&D's today? xD
I missed the U&D's :p, that's kinda funny that it went wrong two times haha.
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I must say that I'll find it quite depressing if Monster manages to win this game after so many stupid decisions.
e; Oh wow, I didn't realize he had 7 billion sentries.
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Can't believe full time pro gamers are getting smashed by a coach/part time player.
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So, after winning set1 with a nice solid game, Monster decides that solidity is too BM and gimmicky is the way-to-go thus does all-ins for set2 and set3!
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WOW, CHOYA ! Incredible hold and counter :O
Well, I'm not sure if it was him being good or Monster fumbling, but I can't believe it.
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United Kingdom38255 Posts
KING Choya.
3rd individual KSL, 3rd finals appearance.
Maybe his second win? His vT seems to be his best match up while TheStC doesn't exactly look comfortable late game.
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Don't really understand Monsters mentality, he won the first game pretty easily playing standard, why do 2 really funky builds? Strange player.
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On December 20 2011 01:49 Treziel wrote:
Don't really understand Monsters mentality, he won the first game pretty easily playing standard, why do 2 really funky builds? Strange player.
He thinks that solid & standard is too BM lol!
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Well it is pretty BM to waste someone elses time playing a 20 minute game when you can end it in under 10 I suppose
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I'd say choya is dead again, but I'm wrong on every single call I make for like a week :D
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That build was pretty cool. Know what I'm gonna be doing vs fast expanding toss on ladder tonight
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Wow, I tuned out for a short while and Choya has lost already.
Interestingly, Keen did this reactor helion vs nexus first against huk in their ro24 Code A matches. It seems reactor helions may be the counter to nexus first??
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Didn't see if it was Nexus first or 1 gate FE, but there was no Reactor on the Factory. And yes, Reactor Hellion is strong against Nexus first if the Protoss player doesn't wall.
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I'm not sure that build is defendable with choya's build. I guess the best way to react is to pull your nat probes and bring them to the main, retreat to your ramp, forcefield it and build a robo. One bas vs one base and you have a lot more probes. Not sure it's enough but it's the best way imo.
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United Kingdom38255 Posts
Hard for Choya to break this without chargelot/colossus
e: did a nice job with the blink flank though.
Good illustration of why you shouldn't just target fire a unit and forget about it in that engagement, Choya's immortal desperately trying to get in range of tanks while being shunted aside by Zealots the whole time heh, barely got a shot off in the end.
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TheStC way too strong for Choya.
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On December 20 2011 02:06 Asha` wrote:
Hard for Choya to break this without chargelot/colossus
e: did a nice job with the blink flank though.
Good illustration of why you shouldn't just target fire a unit and forget about it in that engagement, Choya's immortal desperately trying to get in range of tanks while being shunted aside by Zealots the whole time heh, barely got a shot off in the end.
Yeah that could have been controlled a little better lol, people notice it with colossus and other massive units but not immortals even though they do INSANE dps >.>
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Choya's been playing a lot in these KSLs hasn't he, been doing too
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virgil, why were you "warned for this post"?
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Australia8532 Posts
OP LR threads are usually warned for not updating the thread in a timely fashion.
I could be wrong thong
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On December 20 2011 12:22 bkrow wrote:OP LR threads are usually warned for not updating the thread in a timely fashion. I could be wrong thong
well, that's unfortunate, I think virgil is doing a great job with the LR threads, I mean c'mon, who's able to stay up from 5AM PST to like 9AM PST every day?
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anybody got any news on the KSL for Tuesday?
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Seed
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