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godulous
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States337 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-02-20 03:23:40
February 14 2012 03:11 GMT
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This week of Playhem's showmatch series brings GoSuHwangSin vs vileIllusion! Don't forget to tune in to what's sure to be an epic series and let us know who you'd like to see next week :D

Date: Sunday February 19th

Time: 5:00pm PST // 8:00pm EST

Prizes: 1st - $100 2nd - $50

Casters: SchAmToo and NerdSwagger

Streams: PlayhemTV

Format: Best of 7, starting map is chosen by random number generator and loser picks subsequent map

Results:
Game 1: HwangSin < [R] Calm Before the Storm > Illusion
Game 2: HwangSin < Shakuras Plateau > Illusion + Show Spoiler +
On February 20 2012 10:59 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
Game two is on Shakuras.
Illusion top right, Hwangsin bottom left.
Both FE.

Illusion attacks at 10 minutes with mass bio and ghosts (*nukes).

Hwansin holds off the push with great forcefields for 3 full minutes, causing Illusion to waste a few stims, not do too much damage, and eventually pull back.

At around 15-16 minute marks, we see both players take their third bases (along each side- no pocket expos). Charge and thermal lance about finished. Medivacs finally in good production.

At 17-18 minutes, Illusion dropping all over the place, keeping Hwangsin contained but doing minimal damage overall (sniping a few pylons and probes).

170 supply each at the 19 minute mark. Colossi and gateway ball (including archons- no storm yet) vs. MMMGV. Illusion taking fourth (bottom right).

21:30- maxed armies. Storm finishes but not used. Ghosts EMP, but colossi kill off the bio before dying, which engage too far forwards. Protoss army topples Terran army by about 70 food differential (~150 - ~80 left over). Illusion calls gg.

Hwangsin 2-0.

Game 3: HwangSin < Antiga Shipyard > Illusion + Show Spoiler +
On February 20 2012 11:11 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
Game three is on Antiga Shipyard.
Illusion at the 11 o'clock; Hwangsin in cross position at the 5 o'clock.

Fast double gas for Illusion; walls off with a bunker and two depots. Reactored factory for hellions; fast starport too. Fast robo and blink for Hwangsin. Then 3 gates total.

4 hellion drop killed 9 probes. Decent damage but the building placement and reaction time of Hwangsin stopped it from doing a lot more (he only had 3 stalkers too).

Hwangsin counters with blink into Terran main. Picks off a few scvs but there are two banshees out. 50 supply each at the 9:30 mark. Observer gets sniped; stalkers need to retreat. Banshees have cloak.

Illusion expands a bit before Hwangsin around 12 minutes each. More importantly, Illusion is up 77 to 59 supply. Same number of workers (27) and so Terran has a much bigger army. Raven out too.

Both players have a myriad of units- Banshee, raven, tank, marine, scvs vs. zealot, immortal, stalker, sentry, high templar. 15:00- siege outside the natural. Some engaging ensues but Illusion clearly has the upper hand. Hwangsin calls gg once the high templar are gone.

Hwangsin 2-1


Game 4: HwangSin < Cloud Kingdom > Illusion + Show Spoiler +
On February 20 2012 11:37 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
x.x My fourth live report just got deleted. Sigh. And now the game just ended x.x From what I remember:

Game four is on Cloud Kingdom. Illusion @ top right; Hwangsin @ bottom left.

Hwangsin goes Nexus first. Illusion can't pressure it. 1rax FE into 4rax. Still can't do significant damage because stalkers come out.

Blink upgrades and Terran upgrades. Third gets taken for Hwangsin. Illusion up in supply because of mass marine production but has less tech.

Tries drop play but gets caught and sniped, closing in the unit differential. Charge finishes, double forges at work, colossi production big time. MMMV vs. colossi, zealot, stalker, sentry, immortal.

Illusion takes third and then Hwangsin takes fourth with many cannons. Illusion engages poorly into the cannons (wastes stims, loses vikings to blink), pushing Hwangsin up by around 30 supply.

More engagements back and fourth as Illusion takes a fourth. Colossi slowly get sniped, but storm comes out and deals a lot of damage and EMPs are missed. Archons and immortals take out the bio, and Hwangsin barely comes out on top over a very long series of engagements. "G" from Illusion.

Sorry for not having any times at all. Lost everything so this is from memory >.<

3-1 Hwangsin


Game 5: HwangSin < Shattered Temple > Illusion + Show Spoiler +
On February 20 2012 11:46 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
Game five on Shattered Temple. Illusion at bottom; Hwangsin at top.

Illusion proxies a factory and lands it right by Hwangsin's dt shrine. Yes, that's an accurate statement.

Dark templar shrine gets cancelled, some bio pushes through the front, and a hellion pops out. Everything gets cleaned up by Hwangsin for about 30 seconds.

Proxy starport as well, and blink goes down. Cloaked banshees come out, deal a lot of damage to the sentries and probes.

A bunch of marauders rush through the front. Observer popped out for the cloaked banshees but it didn't matter. Hwangsin gg's quickly.

Hwangsin 3-2


Game 6: HwangSin < Dual Sight > Illusion + Show Spoiler +
On February 20 2012 12:01 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
Game six on Dual Sight. Illusion on the left; Hwangsin on the right.

Both players open safely. Illusion opens with 2 barracks with a reactor on the first. Second rax has a tech lab with concussive shells. Hwangsin gets 3gates, then a robo.

Hwangsin takes a nexus at 7 minutes. Factory finishes for Illusion. Illusion pushes out with a bio army to try and put on some pressure, but forcefields cause him to pull back and put his expansion up (finishing at ~10 minutes).

At around 11 minutes, immortals and medivacs are added in to another engagement at Hwangsin's natural. Forcefields keep being used up. Two colossi with thermal lance pop up just in time.

At 12:00, Illusion drops everything in Hwangsin's base to stop Hwangsin from moving out, and then lifts his bio up and leaves once the Protoss army pulls back. Hwangsin has been up by ~25 supply since his natural has been up longer. Now Protoss moves towards the Terran base...

at 14:00, Hwangsin finally pushes, but there are vikings out now. Good forcefields, thermal lance, colossi micro, and bigger army size = Hwangsin wins!

Congratulations to Hwangsin!!! 4-2


Game 7: HwangSin < TBD > Illusion (not needed)

Replays:
http://gosu.ws/8h9na

VODs:
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Poll: Who do you think will win?

GoSuHwangSin (106)
 
50%

vileIllusion (99)
 
46%

Too close to call (8)
 
4%

213 total votes

Your vote: Who do you think will win?

(Vote): GoSuHwangSin
(Vote): vileIllusion
(Vote): Too close to call




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Unfortunate
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Canada132 Posts
February 14 2012 03:13 GMT
#2
Going to be awesome!
Manager, Head Admin of Sc2 for Playhem
StarcraftAlaska
Profile Joined August 2011
United States26 Posts
February 14 2012 03:13 GMT
#3
I'm stoked for this hardcore!
"Not even god could f*** up that build"
Zoia
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States419 Posts
February 14 2012 03:13 GMT
#4
PLAYHEM FIGHTING!
www.twitch.tv/starcraftsquad - Caster for Playhem.tv
astroorion
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States1022 Posts
February 14 2012 03:14 GMT
#5
Can't wait for this showmatch, 2 of my most favorite younger players. Too close to call for me
MLG Admin | Astro.631 NA
Robin_thewonder
Profile Joined April 2011
154 Posts
February 14 2012 03:14 GMT
#6
VileIllusion is going to show Hwangsin whats up <3 <3
Bagration
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States18282 Posts
February 14 2012 03:14 GMT
#7
Go Illusion!
Team Slayers, Axiom-Acer and Vile forever
Wumbo
Profile Joined September 2011
United States24 Posts
February 14 2012 03:15 GMT
#8
Hwangsin bout to lay the smackdown,Hallucination doesn't stand a chance!! Inner fanboi aside,good luck to both players ^^
Gator
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States3432 Posts
February 14 2012 03:15 GMT
#9
battle of the baby faces !!
TSM
PopcornColonel
Profile Joined March 2011
United States769 Posts
February 14 2012 03:16 GMT
#10
Lol, illusion has this one EZ.

Go illu!
Zerg delenda est.
Pokebunny
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States10654 Posts
February 14 2012 03:17 GMT
#11
This should be such a fantastic series, wow. Can't wait @_@
Semipro Terran player | Pokebunny#1710 | twitter.com/Pokebunny | twitch.tv/Pokebunny | facebook.com/PokebunnySC
desRow
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Canada2654 Posts
February 14 2012 03:18 GMT
#12
On February 14 2012 12:15 Gator wrote:
battle of the baby faces !!

lol how old is hwansin ? good showmatch gogo!
http://twitch.tv/desrowfighting http://twitter.com/desrowfighting http://facebook.com/desrowfighting
The Final Boss
Profile Joined February 2011
United States1839 Posts
February 14 2012 03:18 GMT
#13
This looks like it will be a pretty sick match-up, but I think Hwangsin will win.
GoSuSocrates
Profile Joined March 2011
206 Posts
February 14 2012 03:21 GMT
#14
good luck!! this should be a really close match!
www.itsgosu.com | twitter.com/GoSuSocrates
Pokebunny
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States10654 Posts
February 14 2012 03:21 GMT
#15
Gotta vote HwangSin just based on their playstyles and the current state of PvT, but I'll totally tune in to see what they'll pull out!
Semipro Terran player | Pokebunny#1710 | twitter.com/Pokebunny | twitch.tv/Pokebunny | facebook.com/PokebunnySC
Gator
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States3432 Posts
February 14 2012 03:21 GMT
#16
On February 14 2012 12:18 desRow wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 14 2012 12:15 Gator wrote:
battle of the baby faces !!

lol how old is hwansin ? good showmatch gogo!

hwansin is 19 according to TLPD
TSM
Stealth.
Profile Joined October 2011
United States115 Posts
February 14 2012 03:28 GMT
#17
On February 14 2012 12:15 Gator wrote:
battle of the baby faces !!



Haha more like baby face vs benjamin button
Hwangsin looks way younger than he is, while Illusion looks older than he is.
haha would be a great showmatch.

gogo Chris Lee fighting~
vileStealth - TeamVile.net - VileGaming.com
steisjo
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
Sweden81 Posts
February 14 2012 08:22 GMT
#18
to late for me agian ! but awweesoem guys!
twitter.com/steisjo - Esport Coordinator for Dreamhack
lyrlian
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Netherlands257 Posts
February 14 2012 10:04 GMT
#19
Voted for Illusion! I won't be around to watch it though ): VODS it is!
@lyrlian on twitter! Caster for ESET, WCS and various other events.
SchAmToo
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States1141 Posts
February 14 2012 19:13 GMT
#20
I am so pumped. I love TvP
twitch.tv/schamtoo | twitter.com/schamtoo
BrownBagin
Profile Joined January 2012
United States43 Posts
February 14 2012 21:14 GMT
#21
Illusions TvP is like 74% or something crazy high! GOGOGO ILLUSION!
Brootalbro
Profile Joined February 2012
Korea (South)105 Posts
February 14 2012 21:19 GMT
#22
Cantu believe Illusion left oGs and joined Vile. Oh well. Good luck to Illusion and Vile.
If I tell you the truth you'll vie for a lie. If I spilt my guts, it would make a mess we can't clean up. Say you'll never leave me 'cause I need you so much. I can't live with myself so stay with me tonight.
Kaitokid
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Germany1327 Posts
February 14 2012 21:23 GMT
#23
On February 15 2012 06:19 Brootalbro wrote:
Cantu believe Illusion left oGs and joined Vile. Oh well. Good luck to Illusion and Vile.


This is not oGsIllusion... they are 2 different players. HwangSin has this easy in my opinion.
Makrel
Profile Joined July 2010
Denmark150 Posts
February 14 2012 21:23 GMT
#24
On February 15 2012 06:19 Brootalbro wrote:
Cantu believe Illusion left oGs and joined Vile. Oh well. Good luck to Illusion and Vile.

There's 2 Illusions, the American player on Vile and the Korean on oGs.
nath
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States1788 Posts
February 14 2012 21:27 GMT
#25
On February 15 2012 06:19 Brootalbro wrote:
Cantu believe Illusion left oGs and joined Vile. Oh well. Good luck to Illusion and Vile.

"Chris Lee", how could you think it was the same one lol, also you're from sk.
Founder of Flow Enterprises, LLC http://flow-enterprises.com/
jliu
Profile Joined March 2011
282 Posts
February 14 2012 21:28 GMT
#26
does anyone thing HwangSin looks like that one DBZ character (never watched the show)?

Illusion fighting!
LuckyFool
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States9015 Posts
February 14 2012 21:31 GMT
#27
Illusion will win a couple gimmicky games but Hwangsin takes the series 4-2.

<3 both players.
Wroshe
Profile Joined June 2011
Netherlands1051 Posts
February 14 2012 21:32 GMT
#28
Should be a fairly quick series considering Hwangsin from what I've seen is quite an all-in player. Too bad though that this airs at the same time as IPLTAC and this (to me) isn't good enough to go and VoD later on.
Charwhal
Profile Joined April 2011
United States18 Posts
February 14 2012 21:34 GMT
#29
i'm hoping for a big victory for Illusion here, assuming he can hold off 4 2-base allins
Dusty
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States3359 Posts
February 14 2012 21:36 GMT
#30
2 entertaining players makes for a great showmatch looking forward to it.
nath
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States1788 Posts
February 14 2012 21:47 GMT
#31
On February 15 2012 06:31 LuckyFool wrote:
Illusion will win a couple gimmicky games but Hwangsin takes the series 4-2.
<3 both players.

WHAT? illusion more cheesy than hwangsin. yeah. ok.
Founder of Flow Enterprises, LLC http://flow-enterprises.com/
illsick
Profile Joined March 2011
United States1770 Posts
February 14 2012 21:52 GMT
#32
illusion doesn't like tvp matchup, i think hwangsin will take it
you live and you learn
Brootalbro
Profile Joined February 2012
Korea (South)105 Posts
February 15 2012 05:44 GMT
#33
On February 15 2012 06:27 nath wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 15 2012 06:19 Brootalbro wrote:
Cantu believe Illusion left oGs and joined Vile. Oh well. Good luck to Illusion and Vile.

"Chris Lee", how could you think it was the same one lol, also you're from sk.


Just moved here man. I am studying East Asian Studies FTW! Get to go to GSL's.
If I tell you the truth you'll vie for a lie. If I spilt my guts, it would make a mess we can't clean up. Say you'll never leave me 'cause I need you so much. I can't live with myself so stay with me tonight.
Corsica
Profile Joined February 2011
Ukraine1854 Posts
February 15 2012 17:23 GMT
#34
After Illusion almost lose to Incontrol, i think Hwangsin has this veryyy easy.
BoxedLunch
Profile Joined January 2011
United States387 Posts
February 15 2012 17:32 GMT
#35
Hwangsin will all-in every single game because thats what the people on its gosu do.

this isnt even worth a show match in my eyes.
In theory, practice and theory are the same. In practice, they are not
ThE_OsToJiY
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
Canada1167 Posts
February 15 2012 17:36 GMT
#36
gogogo hwangsin!
@ostojiy
Bagration
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States18282 Posts
February 15 2012 17:37 GMT
#37
On February 16 2012 02:32 BoxedLunch wrote:
Hwangsin will all-in every single game because thats what the people on its gosu do.

this isnt even worth a show match in my eyes.


Then don't watch. And don't just go bash a team like that. It'sGosu is not a bad team, as they have some pretty solid players
Team Slayers, Axiom-Acer and Vile forever
Pokebunny
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States10654 Posts
February 15 2012 17:41 GMT
#38
Those claiming Hwangsin will just allin, have you watched much of his PvT lately? o_o seriously haha.
Semipro Terran player | Pokebunny#1710 | twitter.com/Pokebunny | twitch.tv/Pokebunny | facebook.com/PokebunnySC
DamageControL
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States4222 Posts
February 15 2012 17:50 GMT
#39
illusion is fantastic. I love the way he plays this game.
Liquid | SKT
ROOTIllusion
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States1060 Posts
February 18 2012 01:54 GMT
#40
will be fun x)
www.twitter.com/rootillusion & www.facebook.com/illusionsc2
Champloo
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany1850 Posts
February 18 2012 01:57 GMT
#41
Not a good picture of HwangSin. Looks like 12. :D
KicKDoG
Profile Joined December 2003
Sweden765 Posts
February 18 2012 02:08 GMT
#42
I think illusion will win this or at least i hope he does.
http://www.twitter.com/KicKDoG_LoL baylife plox?
ClairvoyanceSC2
Profile Joined February 2012
United States758 Posts
February 19 2012 20:31 GMT
#43
I love illusion but I don't think he can take hwang sin :< Illusion struggles in tvp.
4-2 hwang sin ?
goswser
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States3546 Posts
February 19 2012 20:33 GMT
#44
Should be a decent matchup, hwangsin used to pretty much only do allins, but I think he has changed his ways and developed into a well rounded player who has a lot of potential.
say you were born into a jungle indian tribe where food was scarce...would you run around from teepee to teepee stealing meat scraps after a day lazying around doing nothing except warming urself by a fire that you didn't even make yourself? -rekrul
evoli
Profile Joined May 2010
United States333 Posts
February 19 2012 21:07 GMT
#45
I think Illusion has issues TvP, so this will be tough for him.

They're both such likeable fellows, but I think I'll be rooting for Illusion. 8)
General Manager for EG // twitter.com/gosutrolling
godulous
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States337 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-02-19 23:03:47
February 19 2012 23:02 GMT
#46
Two hours until start, also this time around I'll be taking quotations from the best game summary posts and adding them to the OP at the end for those who missed the action.
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horsepire
Profile Joined April 2011
147 Posts
February 19 2012 23:10 GMT
#47
Really looking forward to this, hope to see some mech from Illusion.
lee365
Profile Joined December 2010
United States448 Posts
February 19 2012 23:19 GMT
#48
Illusion's got this.
Terran Fighting! NoSoupfOu.517
godulous
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States337 Posts
February 20 2012 01:33 GMT
#49
Starting off game 1 with neosteel frame and building armor upgrades as Illusion contains HwangSin on 2 bases with half a dozen bunkers, meanwhile HwangSin takes a hidden third. They are playing so evenly so far I hope we get to see this go to game 7.
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Bagration
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States18282 Posts
February 20 2012 01:39 GMT
#50
+ Show Spoiler +
Hwangsin takes Game 1 on Calm Before the Storm
Team Slayers, Axiom-Acer and Vile forever
DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States44317 Posts
February 20 2012 01:43 GMT
#51
On February 20 2012 10:33 godulous wrote:
Starting off game 1 with neosteel frame and building armor upgrades as Illusion contains HwangSin on 2 bases with half a dozen bunkers, meanwhile HwangSin takes a hidden third. They are playing so evenly so far I hope we get to see this go to game 7.


Hidden fourth after he broke that contain and took his third again, I think you meant.

Pretty sloppy game from both players. Zero vikings vs. mass colossi; Hwangsin floating thousands of resources because he had very few unit-producing structures. Illusion expanding only once he was off half a mining base. Meh.

It was actually even for most of the game though, regardless of the level of play in game one, so it was still rather interesting and somewhat unclear as to who was going to win (until Illusion just let Hwangsin take over the whole map lol).

1-0 Hwangsin at the moment.
"There is nothing more satisfying than looking at a crowd of people and helping them get what I love." ~Day[9] Daily #100
godulous
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States337 Posts
February 20 2012 01:44 GMT
#52
On February 20 2012 10:43 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
Hidden fourth after he broke that contain and took his third again, I think you meant.


That's what I meant, thanks
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BrownBagin
Profile Joined January 2012
United States43 Posts
February 20 2012 01:52 GMT
#53
On February 20 2012 10:33 godulous wrote:
Starting off game 1 with neosteel frame and building armor upgrades as Illusion contains HwangSin on 2 bases with half a dozen bunkers, meanwhile HwangSin takes a hidden third. They are playing so evenly so far I hope we get to see this go to game 7.


Yea its called "The Mirage Build" its pretty epic
LuckyFool
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States9015 Posts
February 20 2012 01:53 GMT
#54
why is it called the mirage build? Is it named after a player ?
Bagration
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States18282 Posts
February 20 2012 01:58 GMT
#55
+ Show Spoiler +
Hwangsin takes game 2 on Shakuras Plateau
Team Slayers, Axiom-Acer and Vile forever
DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States44317 Posts
February 20 2012 01:59 GMT
#56
Game two is on Shakuras.
Illusion top right, Hwangsin bottom left.
Both FE.

Illusion attacks at 10 minutes with mass bio and ghosts (*nukes).

Hwansin holds off the push with great forcefields for 3 full minutes, causing Illusion to waste a few stims, not do too much damage, and eventually pull back.

At around 15-16 minute marks, we see both players take their third bases (along each side- no pocket expos). Charge and thermal lance about finished. Medivacs finally in good production.

At 17-18 minutes, Illusion dropping all over the place, keeping Hwangsin contained but doing minimal damage overall (sniping a few pylons and probes).

170 supply each at the 19 minute mark. Colossi and gateway ball (including archons- no storm yet) vs. MMMGV. Illusion taking fourth (bottom right).

21:30- maxed armies. Storm finishes but not used. Ghosts EMP, but colossi kill off the bio before dying, which engage too far forwards. Protoss army topples Terran army by about 70 food differential (~150 - ~80 left over). Illusion calls gg.

Hwangsin 2-0.
"There is nothing more satisfying than looking at a crowd of people and helping them get what I love." ~Day[9] Daily #100
BrownBagin
Profile Joined January 2012
United States43 Posts
February 20 2012 01:59 GMT
#57
no i named it that on his stream a few days ago and it stuck lol, but one of his mods gave him the idea
Bagration
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States18282 Posts
February 20 2012 02:11 GMT
#58
+ Show Spoiler +
Illusion takes game 3 on Antiga Shipyard
Hwangsin 2:1 Illusion
Team Slayers, Axiom-Acer and Vile forever
DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States44317 Posts
February 20 2012 02:11 GMT
#59
Game three is on Antiga Shipyard.
Illusion at the 11 o'clock; Hwangsin in cross position at the 5 o'clock.

Fast double gas for Illusion; walls off with a bunker and two depots. Reactored factory for hellions; fast starport too. Fast robo and blink for Hwangsin. Then 3 gates total.

4 hellion drop killed 9 probes. Decent damage but the building placement and reaction time of Hwangsin stopped it from doing a lot more (he only had 3 stalkers too).

Hwangsin counters with blink into Terran main. Picks off a few scvs but there are two banshees out. 50 supply each at the 9:30 mark. Observer gets sniped; stalkers need to retreat. Banshees have cloak.

Illusion expands a bit before Hwangsin around 12 minutes each. More importantly, Illusion is up 77 to 59 supply. Same number of workers (27) and so Terran has a much bigger army. Raven out too.

Both players have a myriad of units- Banshee, raven, tank, marine, scvs vs. zealot, immortal, stalker, sentry, high templar. 15:00- siege outside the natural. Some engaging ensues but Illusion clearly has the upper hand. Hwangsin calls gg once the high templar are gone.

Hwangsin 2-1
"There is nothing more satisfying than looking at a crowd of people and helping them get what I love." ~Day[9] Daily #100
LuckyFool
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States9015 Posts
February 20 2012 02:11 GMT
#60
On February 20 2012 10:59 BrownBagin wrote:
no i named it that on his stream a few days ago and it stuck lol, but one of his mods gave him the idea


nice. I'm gonna call it the real illusion build.
Glurkenspurk
Profile Joined November 2010
United States1915 Posts
February 20 2012 02:19 GMT
#61
Illusion is the better player but you never know what kind of all ins Hwangsin has. Gogo illusion~
Bagration
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States18282 Posts
February 20 2012 02:35 GMT
#62
On February 20 2012 11:19 Odal wrote:
Illusion is the better player but you never know what kind of all ins Hwangsin has. Gogo illusion~


Hwangsin has been playing macro games in this series.
Team Slayers, Axiom-Acer and Vile forever
DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States44317 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-02-20 02:40:20
February 20 2012 02:37 GMT
#63
x.x My fourth live report just got deleted. Sigh. And now the game just ended x.x From what I remember:

Game four is on Cloud Kingdom. Illusion @ top right; Hwangsin @ bottom left.

Hwangsin goes Nexus first. Illusion can't pressure it. 1rax FE into 4rax. Still can't do significant damage because stalkers come out.

Blink upgrades and Terran bio upgrades. Third gets taken for Hwangsin. Illusion up in supply because of mass marine production but has less tech.

Illusion tries drop play but gets caught and sniped, closing the unit differential. Charge finishes, double forges at work, colossi production big time. MMMV vs. colossi, zealot, stalker, sentry, immortal.

Illusion takes third and then Hwangsin takes fourth with many cannons. Illusion engages poorly into the cannons (wastes stims, loses vikings to blink), pushing Hwangsin up by around 30 supply (~170 - ~140).

More engagements back and fourth as Illusion takes a fourth. Colossi slowly get sniped, but storm comes out and deals a lot of damage and EMPs are missed. Archons and immortals take out the bio, and Hwangsin barely comes out on top over a very long series of engagements. "G" from Illusion.

Sorry for not having any times at all. Lost everything so this is from memory >.<

3-1 Hwangsin
"There is nothing more satisfying than looking at a crowd of people and helping them get what I love." ~Day[9] Daily #100
Bagration
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States18282 Posts
February 20 2012 02:45 GMT
#64
On February 20 2012 11:37 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
x.x My fourth live report just got deleted. Sigh. And now the game just ended x.x From what I remember:

Game four is on Cloud Kingdom. Illusion @ top right; Hwangsin @ bottom left.

Hwangsin goes Nexus first. Illusion can't pressure it. 1rax FE into 4rax. Still can't do significant damage because stalkers come out.

Blink upgrades and Terran bio upgrades. Third gets taken for Hwangsin. Illusion up in supply because of mass marine production but has less tech.

Illusion tries drop play but gets caught and sniped, closing the unit differential. Charge finishes, double forges at work, colossi production big time. MMMV vs. colossi, zealot, stalker, sentry, immortal.

Illusion takes third and then Hwangsin takes fourth with many cannons. Illusion engages poorly into the cannons (wastes stims, loses vikings to blink), pushing Hwangsin up by around 30 supply (~170 - ~140).

More engagements back and fourth as Illusion takes a fourth. Colossi slowly get sniped, but storm comes out and deals a lot of damage and EMPs are missed. Archons and immortals take out the bio, and Hwangsin barely comes out on top over a very long series of engagements. "G" from Illusion.

Sorry for not having any times at all. Lost everything so this is from memory >.<

3-1 Hwangsin


Don't apologize, we all appreciate your LR posts. (Certainly better than what I was doing, just giving who won on what map )
Team Slayers, Axiom-Acer and Vile forever
Asha
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United Kingdom38255 Posts
February 20 2012 02:45 GMT
#65
ew, mr caster he didn't cancel the observer, it completed and popped out...

...he was just dead regardless.
DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States44317 Posts
February 20 2012 02:46 GMT
#66
Game five on Shattered Temple. Illusion at bottom; Hwangsin at top.

Illusion proxies a factory and lands it right by Hwangsin's dt shrine. Yes, that's an accurate statement.

Dark templar shrine gets cancelled, some bio pushes through the front, and a hellion pops out. Everything gets cleaned up by Hwangsin for about 30 seconds.

Proxy starport as well, and blink goes down. Cloaked banshees come out, deal a lot of damage to the sentries and probes.

A bunch of marauders rush through the front. Observer popped out for the cloaked banshees but it didn't matter. Hwangsin gg's quickly.

Hwangsin 3-2
"There is nothing more satisfying than looking at a crowd of people and helping them get what I love." ~Day[9] Daily #100
Jacobs Ladder
Profile Joined May 2010
United States1705 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-02-20 03:01:57
February 20 2012 02:48 GMT
#67
"Dual Site, that's a PRETTY GOOD MAP FOR PROTOSS"

Ok, muting this.
Bagration
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States18282 Posts
February 20 2012 03:01 GMT
#68
Well, was cheering for Illusion but congrats Hwangsin.
Team Slayers, Axiom-Acer and Vile forever
DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States44317 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-02-20 03:03:08
February 20 2012 03:01 GMT
#69
Game six on Dual Sight. Illusion on the left; Hwangsin on the right.

Both players open safely. Illusion opens with 2 barracks with a reactor on the first. Second rax has a tech lab with concussive shells. Hwangsin gets 3gates, then a robo.

Hwangsin takes a nexus at 7 minutes. Factory finishes for Illusion. Illusion pushes out with a bio army to try and put on some pressure, but forcefields cause him to pull back and put his expansion up (finishing at ~10 minutes).

At around 11 minutes, immortals and medivacs are added in to another engagement at Hwangsin's natural. Forcefields keep being used up. Two colossi with thermal lance pop up just in time.

At 12:00, Illusion drops everything in Hwangsin's base to stop Hwangsin from moving out, and then lifts his bio up and leaves once the Protoss army pulls back. Hwangsin has been up by ~25 supply since his natural has been up longer. Now Protoss moves towards the Terran base...

At 14:00, Hwangsin finally pushes, but there are vikings out now. Good forcefields, thermal lance, colossi micro, and bigger army size = Hwangsin wins!

Congratulations to Hwangsin!!! 4-2
"There is nothing more satisfying than looking at a crowd of people and helping them get what I love." ~Day[9] Daily #100
LuckyFool
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States9015 Posts
February 20 2012 03:01 GMT
#70
On February 15 2012 06:47 nath wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 15 2012 06:31 LuckyFool wrote:
Illusion will win a couple gimmicky games but Hwangsin takes the series 4-2.
<3 both players.

WHAT? illusion more cheesy than hwangsin. yeah. ok.


sup son.
DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States44317 Posts
February 20 2012 03:05 GMT
#71
On February 20 2012 12:01 LuckyFool wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 15 2012 06:47 nath wrote:
On February 15 2012 06:31 LuckyFool wrote:
Illusion will win a couple gimmicky games but Hwangsin takes the series 4-2.
<3 both players.

WHAT? illusion more cheesy than hwangsin. yeah. ok.


sup son.


Wow, you totally nailed that lol. Considering Illusion's two won games were blind hellion drops into 1/1/1 and proxy factory into cloaked banshee, that's about as accurate as you could possibly get. (Although of course, you take a win any way you can get it.) Well played ^^
"There is nothing more satisfying than looking at a crowd of people and helping them get what I love." ~Day[9] Daily #100
Skuller
Profile Joined September 2010
United States197 Posts
February 20 2012 03:07 GMT
#72
Great show match. Good players, good prize pool.

Casters need a little bit more knowledge about the game. Perhaps playing the in-game music like GSL does so that the casters don't feel like they have to talk nonstop. But I think just in general more time playing the game/ watching tournaments would help the casters.

Or as a potential idea: have a third person typing to them in skype chat certain statistics, or just another game analyzer that doesn't have to talk out loud. Kind of like the production crew for GSL.

All in all, small criticisms for a great show.
ROOTIllusion
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States1060 Posts
February 20 2012 03:47 GMT
#73
GGs hwangsin played well, only beat him when I played him gimmicky T_T
www.twitter.com/rootillusion & www.facebook.com/illusionsc2
mark05
Profile Joined March 2009
Canada807 Posts
February 20 2012 04:29 GMT
#74
we still ♥ u illusion
yes, I'm MarkOhFive
SC2NeCro
Profile Joined November 2011
Canada507 Posts
February 20 2012 04:37 GMT
#75
Illusion might just be the worst terran pro gamer in the scene.

User was warned for this post
Fav Terran: forGG, aLive, Jinro ||| Fav Zerg: Moon, TLO, DRG ||| Fav Protoss: Genius, Grubby, ToD
DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States44317 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-02-20 04:40:15
February 20 2012 04:39 GMT
#76
On February 20 2012 13:37 SC2NeCro wrote:
Illusion might just be the worst terran pro gamer in the scene.


Bitbybit :D

By the way, that's an incredibly mean thing to say.
"There is nothing more satisfying than looking at a crowd of people and helping them get what I love." ~Day[9] Daily #100
SC2NeCro
Profile Joined November 2011
Canada507 Posts
February 20 2012 04:41 GMT
#77
I know.
Fav Terran: forGG, aLive, Jinro ||| Fav Zerg: Moon, TLO, DRG ||| Fav Protoss: Genius, Grubby, ToD
SchAmToo
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States1141 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-02-20 05:33:52
February 20 2012 05:32 GMT
#78
It was a pleasure casting to you all Please feel free to PM me your hate and comments!

Edit: T is underpowered! (now that i can be unbiased)

Why did the colossus fall over:

Because it was imbalanced... (jk jk)
twitch.tv/schamtoo | twitter.com/schamtoo
Chicane
Profile Joined November 2010
United States7875 Posts
February 20 2012 06:12 GMT
#79
On February 20 2012 12:01 LuckyFool wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 15 2012 06:47 nath wrote:
On February 15 2012 06:31 LuckyFool wrote:
Illusion will win a couple gimmicky games but Hwangsin takes the series 4-2.
<3 both players.

WHAT? illusion more cheesy than hwangsin. yeah. ok.


sup son.


God damn... well played sir. Congrats to Hwangsin.
asaed
Profile Joined September 2011
United States1412 Posts
February 20 2012 08:23 GMT
#80
When will the VODs be up? Will they be posted on Youtube... it will be the only way I can watch these games .
Galatians 2:20
AlternativeEgo
Profile Joined August 2011
Sweden17309 Posts
February 20 2012 12:36 GMT
#81
Thanks for the reporting, DPB. Informative and vivid. Good stuff.
Mark Munoz looks like Gretorp
iS.Tubby
Profile Joined August 2010
23 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-02-20 12:47:22
February 20 2012 12:39 GMT
#82
Is it wrong that I gained more respect for luckyfool than hwangsin from this showmatch?
DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States44317 Posts
February 20 2012 14:01 GMT
#83
On February 20 2012 21:36 AlternativeEgo wrote:
Thanks for the reporting, DPB. Informative and vivid. Good stuff.


My pleasure
"There is nothing more satisfying than looking at a crowd of people and helping them get what I love." ~Day[9] Daily #100
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