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IGN Pro League is thrilled to be able to bring you another unique StarCraft II tournament! This one is called Tournament of Champions, and is a 16-man, double elimination tournament for a $12,000 prize pool! Each team from the IPL Team Arena Challenge was asked to pick one player from their roster to represent them in this global tournament, that will span the month of March. The WINNER of the Tournament of Champions will receive a spot in our live, open qualifier at IPL4 at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Official Home of the IPL as well as an all expenses paid flight and hotel stay for the event!
The time has come for our Losers Final and GRAND Final matches of the IGN Pro League Tournament of Champions!
When: Tuesday, Apr 03 12:00am GMT (GMT+00:00) (we will also have a European re-broadcast as usual at Tuesday, Apr 03 4:30pm GMT (GMT+00:00))
Format
This double-elimination tournament features 16 players from around the world and is an best of 5 format. The first match is for the Losers Final! The winner will move on to the Grand Final and the loser will take third place! Following that is the Grand Final, and the winner will receive $5,000 and a free trip to IPL4 to play in the Open Bracket! If Jjakji should lose the first Grand Final series, another series will be played, as he has not lost a series yet and the tournament is double elimination. Keep in mind that the top 8 spots receive prize money!
![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/images/players/222.jpg)   Liquid`HerO vs Creator.Prime ![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/images/players/2838.jpg) Poll: Who Will Win?!HerO (78) 61% Creator (49) 39% 127 total votes Your vote: Who Will Win?! (Vote): HerO
(Vote): Creator
Results+ Show Spoiler [HerO vs Creator] +HerO < Antiga Shipyard > Creator
HerO < Metropolis > Creator
HerO < Daybreak > Creator
Congratulations to Creator, winning 3-0! He moves on to the Grand Final, and HerO takes 3rd place!
The First Game for this match of IPL Tournament of Champions is on Tuesday, Apr 03 12:00am GMT (GMT+00:00) (we will also have a European re-broadcast as usual at Tuesday, Apr 03 4:30pm GMT (GMT+00:00))
Map List
IPLMap Sanshorn Mists AE
IPLMap Atlantis Spaceship
IPLMap Antiga Shipyard
IPLMap Daybreak
IPLMap Tal'Darim Altar LE
IPLMap Cloud Kingdom
IPLMap Metropolis
All the maps can be found on NA, EU, or KR by searching for IPLMap!
The first map will be on a set rotation, and then it is loser's pick.
Casters
This week's games will be commentated by CatsPajamas and Doa!
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i really love just how much content there is from ipl. great stuff guys! 
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Hoping for jjakji to take it all so we can see him get some foreign tourment experience
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Tweet said today but op tomorrow? I has a confuse. :/
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On April 03 2012 02:00 AlternativeEgo wrote:
Tweet said today but op tomorrow? I has a confuse. :/
They are using hte time function that translate the date into your timezone(So 3. at 2 AM), it is infact the 2. in the US when this is being broadcasted
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On April 03 2012 02:00 AlternativeEgo wrote:
Tweet said today but op tomorrow? I has a confuse. :/
No it doesnt
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Thinking jjakji is going to take the whole thing. If it plays out like in the winners bracket then creater should have a rematch with jjakji and lose to him again.
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On April 03 2012 02:02 ragnorr wrote:Show nested quote +On April 03 2012 02:00 AlternativeEgo wrote:
Tweet said today but op tomorrow? I has a confuse. :/ They are using hte time function that translate the date into your timezone(So 3. at 2 AM), it is infact the 2. in the US when this is being broadcasted
Oh. Now I has an embarrassment. Thanks. :3
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Rooting for HerO, but he'll go to Vegas anyway, and so will Creator, so Jjakji winning this is fine too. I just hope there will be great games
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a pvp in the tournament of terrans? wat
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On April 03 2012 02:21 Shellshock1122 wrote:
a pvp in the tournament of terrans? wat
More like, a 2. pvp in the tournement of terrans! Creator beat hero in the upper bracket 3-0
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Time for HerO to get his revenge
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lol wrong thread....and i just spoiled myself for todays games 
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Come on Jjakji! just one more...
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Go Jjakji! Hero and Creator are going anyway, so Jjakji is most deserving of this win.
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So....ya, since creator and hero are already going, does jjakji kind of default win? (for the trip ofc, money will be given accordingly)
Or does that mean that if Hero or Creator won that they would just get a free trip and would mean less cost to the team, who can then use that ticket for someone else?
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Jjakji for the win! Would be so cool if Jjakji was crowned IPL4 champion.
Imagine the outcries from all the HerO fans in the world if we had Extended Series in this tournament.
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On April 03 2012 03:14 Prplppleatr wrote:
So....ya, since creator and hero are already going, does jjakji kind of default win? (for the trip ofc, money will be given accordingly)
Or does that mean that if Hero or Creator won that they would just get a free trip and would mean less cost to the team, who can then use that ticket for someone else?
No Jjakji still needs to win. If Hero wins, his trip is paid for, but he's going regardless, along with his entire team. Creator's trip is already paid for, but I suppose he could win one of his teammates an Open Bracket spot perhaps. Basically the second possibility you said.
Jjakji has the most to gain from this tournament.
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United Kingdom38198 Posts
Come on Jjakji, one more series to do this!
Would suck so hard for the one player left not already going to lose out ><
He looked very solid all the way through to this point too.
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Go go Jjakji - i would love to see him at ipl!
We need representation of ns hoseo at foreign events!
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Does the winner of the LB have to win two finals against Jjakji, or have some other kind of disadvantage?
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Posible IPL spoiler? Do not open the spoiler link if you dont want to be spoiled
+ Show Spoiler +On April 03 2012 02:13 IGNProLeague wrote:Prime Annyung  GhostKing Creator BumbleBee BBoongBBong Classic Maru Submitted for open bracket according to the IPL4 thread. Might mean creator loses against hero or jjakji. Otherwise i dont see why they would submit him as one of their 7 players since these games were played ahead of time as far as i know
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On April 03 2012 02:21 Shellshock1122 wrote:
a pvp in the tournament of terrans? wat
Haha. My thoughts exactly. I thought it would be nothing but TvT from like round 3 and on. lol...
GO HERO!!!
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There is basically no way that is a spoiler. It is about as much of a spoiler as saying that HerO will not win because no tenth Liquid player has been presented by IGN as ready for group play.
Which begs the question. Will Liquid bring Bumblebee (we all know that monobattle heroism will translate to single player fame) or Nazgul if HerO wins?
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GOGOGO HERO (: reverse KO :D
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On April 03 2012 03:42 ragnorr wrote:Posible IPL spoiler? Do not open the spoiler link if you dont want to be spoiled + Show Spoiler +On April 03 2012 02:13 IGNProLeague wrote:Prime Annyung GhostKing Creator BumbleBee BBoongBBong Classic Maru Submitted for open bracket according to the IPL4 thread. Might mean creator loses against hero or jjakji. Otherwise i dont see why they would submit him as one of their 7 players since these games were played ahead of time as far as i know
Creator has a spot anyways from GSTL so he is going to play in the Open either way, and Hero is playing the Open Bracket as well. Not a spoiler, as the only difference would be that they would get some additional cash for winning the tournament and have their travel expenses covered.
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Hoping Jjakji wins just because the other two possible teams are all going to be at IPL 4 anyway.
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jjakji wins this. It's hard to win both series as jjakji gets two lives with the double elimination format.
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On April 03 2012 03:55 VirgilSC2 wrote:
Hoping Jjakji wins just because the other two possible teams are all going to be at IPL 4 anyway.
Yeah, this for me is a huge luxury problem. Love HerO and never want him to lose, but it would be incredibly neat to get to see Jjakji in Las Vegas.
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I like how more people are voting for HerO despite him being 3-0'ed by Creator in the Upper Bracket, no bias at all there 
Jjakji should take this regardless of opposition though I feel, although Creator is more than capable of beating him as well.
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Jjakji to win so we can see his handsome self at IPL4.
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Yesterday, when the winners bracket finals were played, Nazgul commended Jjakji for his play. And a while ago, before Taeja was even acquired, heosat (TLAF headsponsor guy) when commenting in a thread about Liquid in need of more "Terrans/Protoss" said on Reddit that they "are aware and are working on a solution or two". Something in the works here? 
But then again it would be 10 Liquid players going into IPL4 and HayprO would have been wrong.
Either way, hoping for some great games tonight!
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Creator GOGO WIN THEM ALL =D
you can do it, you can beat Jjakji just play as good as in teamleague
Hero you've already beaten him imo
edit : oh the winner has a ticket to IPL?
Gogo Jjakji then but with Creator putting a good showing :D
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Creator can still take this. His PvP is actually pretty good.
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On April 03 2012 04:45 MrKn4rz wrote:
Creator can still take this. His PvP is actually pretty good.
His PvP vs HerO in the winner's bracket was stellar. The rematch will be interesting.
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I love hero and liquid, and want to see them win as much as possible, but for this tournament I'm rooting for Jjakji. I think having him at IPL would be excellent.
Although what would be cool is if Hero won and then they gave the trip to Jjakji anyways. I think that would be ideal
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On April 03 2012 04:29 Proseat wrote:Yesterday, when the winners bracket finals were played, Nazgul commended Jjakji for his play. And a while ago, before Taeja was even acquired, heosat (TLAF headsponsor guy) when commenting in a thread about Liquid in need of more "Terrans/Protoss" said on Reddit that they "are aware and are working on a solution or two". Something in the works here? But then again it would be 10 Liquid players going into IPL4 and HayprO would have been wrong. Either way, hoping for some great games tonight!
NSHoseo would take a big hit, and I wouldn't like that. It'll be great for Liquid, but Liquid is already a team with strong finances. If I remember correctly, NSHoseo definitely isn't a rich team by any means, and losing their ace and only GSL champion could really hurt them. The benefit to Liquid would probably be less than the blow to NSHoseo.
But this is all speculation anyways, and I think the posts were referring to Taeja. Go Jjakji!
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On April 03 2012 03:42 ragnorr wrote:Posible IPL spoiler? Do not open the spoiler link if you dont want to be spoiled + Show Spoiler +On April 03 2012 02:13 IGNProLeague wrote:Prime Annyung GhostKing Creator BumbleBee BBoongBBong Classic Maru Submitted for open bracket according to the IPL4 thread. Might mean creator loses against hero or jjakji. Otherwise i dont see why they would submit him as one of their 7 players since these games were played ahead of time as far as i know
+ Show Spoiler +yeah hero said on his stream last night to one of his real ID friends he had IPL match soon...and IPL replays are only a day old... =/
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On April 03 2012 04:52 Bagration wrote:Show nested quote +On April 03 2012 04:29 Proseat wrote:Yesterday, when the winners bracket finals were played, Nazgul commended Jjakji for his play. And a while ago, before Taeja was even acquired, heosat (TLAF headsponsor guy) when commenting in a thread about Liquid in need of more "Terrans/Protoss" said on Reddit that they "are aware and are working on a solution or two". Something in the works here? But then again it would be 10 Liquid players going into IPL4 and HayprO would have been wrong. Either way, hoping for some great games tonight! NSHoseo would take a big hit, and I wouldn't like that. It'll be great for Liquid, but Liquid is already a team with strong finances. If I remember correctly, NSHoseo definitely isn't a rich team by any means, and losing their ace and only GSL champion could really hurt them. The benefit to Liquid would probably be less than the blow to NSHoseo. But this is all speculation anyways, and I think the posts were referring to Taeja. Go Jjakji!
It would also make for a hilarious trend of some Liquid member dropping some off hand comment completely unrelated to signings and it coming true. Next we will have HotBid photo bombing unsuspecting ESFI reporters wearing aviators where you can barely, just barely see the name of the next signing.
So no, Jjakji will stay and hopefully NSHoseo will continue to grow as a team. Would love to see a resurgence of Sage and see Seal establish a foothold as a top 5 Zerg in the upcoming GSLs. So many interesting prospects and a really different type of Korean team when looking at it from the outside.
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JJAKJI FIGHTINGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!
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Poll: Who do you want to win?JJackji (17) 45% HerO (15) 39% Creator (6) 16% 38 total votes Your vote: Who do you want to win? (Vote): Creator
(Vote): HerO
(Vote): JJackji
Personally I'm going for HerO but I think any of these players are deserving of victory.
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How did it get 2 p and 1 t when there was like 50 (slight exaggeration) terran's originally O.o
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Hero fighting. Can't wait to see the rematch of Creator v Hero :D
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On April 03 2012 06:57 Ebzy wrote:
How did it get 2 p and 1 t when there was like 50 (slight exaggeration) terran's originally O.o
Jjakji chan unleashed his roundhouse kick!
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Year of Liquid C'mon Hero can do it!!
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On April 03 2012 06:24 Frostlone wrote:Poll: Who do you want to win?JJackji (17) 45% HerO (15) 39% Creator (6) 16% 38 total votes Your vote: Who do you want to win? (Vote): Creator
(Vote): HerO
(Vote): JJackji
Personally I'm going for HerO but I think any of these players are deserving of victory.
Is it really that hard to get the name Jjakji right? -_-
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Give me an H - AICH!
Give me an E - EEE!
Give me an R - ARRR!
Give me an O - OHHH!
What does that spell!?!?! HERRROOOOO!!!!!
Go go go HerO! Losers bracket comeback win =D
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god bless IPL, our daily blessing of sc2 <3
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AICHEEEARRROHHH hwaiting! 
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Hero, remember, mass stalkers against Creator!!! Try not to 4 gate rush then get FFd at the ramp!!
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if hero beats creator hes gonna win the tourney, gogo hero!
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come on jjakiji!! want you to go IPL
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On April 03 2012 09:08 ydeer1993 wrote:come on jjakiji!! want you to go IPL
Turn that frown upside down!
He gets to face Protoss in the finals and he has two Bo5s to do it in. It is not a lock, but it would surprise me not to see Jjakji at IPL4.
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Hero > Creator
Jjakji > Hero
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WHY DO YOU EXPAND VS CREATOR?!?!! he did this to you last time.....
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Hmm if Creator takes this, there actually aren't all that many more notable Prime players to go along too haha.
Salmosa? haha
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creator has done this to hero 3 times before. Hero , you must not FE against creator
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DTs! Or maybe archons.
Update: Nevermind, going for collosus.
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calling it, hero lost this game. seen this last series. collosus < mass blink stalker
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HerO being HerO, expanding and falling behind. Standard.
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whelp hero doing the same build and getting strongly build order countered lol
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Creators immortal count is scary
Just kill the nexus creator >_>
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Creator not putting his zealots/archons in front :<
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so frustrating when hero falls to the same strat game after game
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God creator is losing an unlosable game with terrible engagements
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superb micro and positioning from Hero
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Wow.
Cannot believe that just happened. What in the hell in the fuck?
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This game is so weird, but such bad engagements by creator, should have won this 10 minutes ago.
On April 03 2012 09:26 7mk wrote:
wtf, I cant watch the games, the stream is bugging out, all i see is a frozen pic
use the pop-out player.
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wtf, I cant watch the games, the stream is bugging out, all i see is a frozen pic
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k i have no idea what just happened...
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What was this game? Seriously...
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chargelots countering mass colossus :p haha wow what a game!
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On April 03 2012 09:24 FuzzyJAM wrote:
Wow.
Cannot believe that just happened. What in the hell in the fuck?
And again.
I don't get PvP. At all.
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On April 03 2012 09:24 FuzzyJAM wrote:
Wow.
Cannot believe that just happened. What in the hell in the fuck?
Will always, always adore Day9 for that saying. Have friends not at all interested in SC2 enjoying it, and by extension Day9 as well.
Gogo HerO!
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On April 03 2012 09:27 Grampz wrote:
upgrades won that
Creators army was also more powerfull in the engagement in the middle, hero allowed his colossus to get flanked by zealots and archons.
But really creator, you should have won that game 10 mins earlier
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Think upgraded units, especially chargelots, killed HerO.
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Honestly that was the first PvP game I've seen that has gone into the late game stage. Really back and forth between the two players. Although sad HerO lost the first match
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I wonder why this is not featured in teamliquidpro.com, I had no idea Hero was in the losers final.
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The battle cry of every Creator fan...genius...
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On April 03 2012 09:30 tianGO wrote:
I wonder why this is not featured in teamliquidpro.com, I had no idea Hero was in the losers final.
This tournament has pretty consistently not been featured on TL pro. Regardless of HerO's success or failure, so not reading too much into it.
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Creator with brilliant moves.
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HerO getting pretty hardcore outclassed. Which makes me sad tt.
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HerO just doesn't have an answer to Creator; no matter how much of an advantage he gets early game, HerO just gets rolled eventually
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Wow, Creator is fucking brilliant.
I wish he would mix in some aggression in PvT to be more unpredictable. He has the micro to do so.
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damn T_T
creator just seems to have HerOs number in this matchup
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wow creater pretty pvp baller
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Sweet. Hero is getting a beatdown.
Still hate p v p tho.
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Ah man I saw that disaster happening in slow motion, totally had a louis ck moment there. I tried yelling out SENTRY BEING DROPPED THEN HE'LL BLINK IN AND FF YOU OUT NBOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
All I got out was..... BAD THING!!!!
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Creator's blink micro just seems to be better than heros.
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On April 03 2012 09:43 beatitudes wrote:
wow creater pretty pvp baller
It is kind of interesting, because I have seen him play some pretty sorry PvPs against players HerO pretty consistently will beat. Not sure whether that has been nerves by Creator, whether he has improved a lot or whether it is merely a thing where Creator just has what it takes to beat HerO head to head over and over.
Some pretty damn good PvP play in general from Creator though. He could be so good if he shores up some of the few weaknesses he has.
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Awesome decision making and micro by creator, even the stalkers blinking into his base was handled really well.
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I guess this makes at least a bit of sense. Hero's PvP in Korea is sub-50%, but Creator's PvP isn't too impressive honestly either.
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Thorzain won 1 bo5 and got 5/6th in this tournament. WTF
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On April 03 2012 09:45 Bagration wrote:
I guess this makes at least a bit of sense. Hero's PvP in Korea is sub-50%, but Creator's PvP isn't too impressive honestly either.
On the other hand, I think most of HerO's Korean stats are slightly outdated by now. His Korean vT is certainly way lower than the skill he seems to possess in that matchup at the moment. But yeah, neither of them have stats to be PvP gods or anything, on the other hand the play by itself by Creator has been absolutely gorgeous and very clutch.
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On April 03 2012 09:46 ItchyLegs wrote:
Thorzain won 1 bo5 and got 5/6th in this tournament. WTF
That one guy won a Bo3 and found himself in Code A :p
Walkovers happen :|
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Wow, Creator. Sexy, sexy, sexy.
Creator 6-0s Hero and defends a blind 2 gate in base.
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Hero getting desperate and cheesing.
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Wow. 6-0 sweep :D
Well done Creator.
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wow hero just cant beat creator
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creator is just the counter to herO.
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Pure tilt. Not that I can blame him for that. Good games by Creator.
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Sigh. What a stomp
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did you guys see that zealot micro from creator?
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Creator has good PvP.
Hero
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Well won Creator, always one of the most impressive Protoss in the land.
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Wow, 6-0. Hero needs to hope that he doesn't meet Creator in the IPL Opens
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wow HerO just got 6-0'ed...
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poor hero, but i feel like creator needed that win more than hero did
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hopefully HerO saving the good stuff for IPL4
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That was some very good zealot micro by Creator.
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Didn't Jjakji 3-0 creator in the winner's final already? He should really take this no problem.
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Good. HerO has somewhat a chance against Jjakji. Creator got no shot against Jjakji, with two best of fives.
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Perfect defense by Creator
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PvP is just so odd.
Usually when I've seen Creator in PvP I've thought it was pretty meh, especially compared to his PvT but then he wins 6-0 against a guy with good PvP which is some feet in such a luck based matchup.
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On April 03 2012 09:52 redviper wrote:
Didn't Jjakji 3-0 creator in the winner's final already? He should really take this no problem.
3-1, but yeah lets hope so!
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Sometimes it's frustrating to watch PvP.
Oh well, nice play from Creator.
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On April 03 2012 09:52 MosART wrote:
Good. HerO has somewhat a chance against Jjakji. Creator got no shot against Jjakji, with two best of fives.
Creator has definitely got better PvT than Hero.
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Lets go Jjakji, want to see him get to IPL4!
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awesome pic of creator haha
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Come on Jjakji. I love Creator but he's already going to IPL 4.
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nice proxy, workers are just an op defense at the start lol.
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On April 03 2012 09:52 MosART wrote:
Good. HerO has somewhat a chance against Jjakji. Creator got no shot against Jjakji, with two best of fives.
lol wut?
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I have to say Jjakji's game were so so so insane it is hard to say what will happen now. I hope jjakji can win since he is awesome and should be at ipl4!
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Time to root for Jjakji. Come on boy, make your team proud.
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On April 03 2012 09:52 MosART wrote:
Good. HerO has somewhat a chance against Jjakji. Creator got no shot against Jjakji, with two best of fives.
Lol i would say Creator's PvT is definitely better than HerO's
Jjakji pulled some crazy shit last time; i guess letting Creator get to late game is insanity. I hope we see some cool builds again from Jjakji :p
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Come on Creator, I tipped you to win this from the beginning.
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+ Show Spoiler + If you look at liquidpedia for IPL open bracket, there's already jjakji on the open bracket player list.
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Jjakji's 3rd finished before Creator's natural
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On April 03 2012 10:00 CygnusAres wrote:+ Show Spoiler + If you look at liquidpedia for IPL open bracket, there's already jjakji on the open bracket player list.
not anymore :p
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On April 03 2012 10:00 CygnusAres wrote:+ Show Spoiler + If you look at liquidpedia for IPL open bracket, there's already jjakji on the open bracket player list.
+ Show Spoiler +I don't know what page you checked, but I don't find Jjakji on any IPL 4 open bracket players list
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On April 03 2012 09:58 bkrow wrote:Show nested quote +On April 03 2012 09:52 MosART wrote:
Good. HerO has somewhat a chance against Jjakji. Creator got no shot against Jjakji, with two best of fives. Lol i would say Creator's PvT is definitely better than HerO's Jjakji pulled some crazy shit last time; i guess letting Creator get to late game is insanity. I hope we see some cool builds again from Jjakji :p
On the other hand, the one game in their previous match that went late game Jjakji absolutely smashed Creator. That was mostly down to just one piss poor engagement from Creator though, so it does not tell us that much. But I would not just say that late game is favoring Creator no matter what here, Jjakji is good at the matchup too, cheese or no cheese.
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Holy Jjakji, soooo good vP Creator doesn't really look on his A game though
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Shit that was a terrible engagement. If Creator goes now he might make it.
edit: And that 2nd engagement was just amazingly well done.
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wow, amazing engagement form jjakji
wish i would enter a fight like that
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On April 03 2012 10:09 redviper wrote:
Shit that was a terrible engagement. If Creator goes now he might make it.
Its too hard to toss to engage up that 3rd ramp, Jjakji had good positioning so Creator couldn't really make the most of that horrific engage. One of the reasons I dislike this map.
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Wow... Doa said it well - "one of the most one-sided battles I've seen".
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Jjakji so good at abusing the lack of mobility of the Protoss deathball compared to the Terran army (not sarcasm, it was a great engagement)
Bio just looks so strong vs toss in the hands of someone with good control like Jjakji or MKP
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Beautiful TvP by Jjakji. Even unpowered 3 gates with SCVs
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SCVs depowering 3 gateways - that is amazing!
Jjakji getting away with a fast 3rd CC :\
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On April 03 2012 10:13 Shaddar wrote:
Jjakji so good at abusing the lack of mobility of the Protoss deathball compared to the Terran army (not sarcasm, it was a great engagement)
I think we all know it is hard for Terran to do this. But Jjakji is definitely good at it. What a beautiful player. xxx
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That SCV pylon kill should be the number 1 play of the week. It was unfuckingbelivable.
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On April 03 2012 10:14 redviper wrote:
That SCV pylon kill should be the number 1 play of the week. It was unfuckingbelivable.
Yeah, first time in a promatch i have seen the scvs being sacked actully do damage
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Which other champion besides FruitDealer is not gonna be at IPL?
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On April 03 2012 10:15 jeeneeus wrote:
Which other champion besides FruitDealer is not gonna be at IPL?
DRG
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Jjakji's so good, when he wants to clear supply up the enemy gateways go down.
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On April 03 2012 10:15 jeeneeus wrote:
Which other champion besides FruitDealer is not gonna be at IPL?
DRG.
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I thought DRG was going no? Earlier they said all the champs but FD but perhaps it was before the GSTL semifinals.
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On April 03 2012 10:15 jeeneeus wrote:
Which other champion besides FruitDealer is not gonna be at IPL?
Just Fruitdealer iirc. If jjakji wins this >.>
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On April 03 2012 10:16 Serinox wrote:Show nested quote +On April 03 2012 10:15 jeeneeus wrote:
Which other champion besides FruitDealer is not gonna be at IPL? DRG.
I thought DRG was going to attend, no?
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On April 03 2012 10:17 Badfatpanda wrote:Show nested quote +On April 03 2012 10:16 Serinox wrote:On April 03 2012 10:15 jeeneeus wrote:
Which other champion besides FruitDealer is not gonna be at IPL? DRG. I thought DRG was going to attend, no?
He unfortunately had to back out of attending.
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Jjakji really outmicro'd Creator in the last battle. Creator had so many stalkers and archons, he should never have lost 2 collosi before the battle even starts.
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To all the players from "where did the Ts go thread": jjakji dominated a 200/200 battle w/o sick micro.
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On April 03 2012 10:17 Badfatpanda wrote:Show nested quote +On April 03 2012 10:16 Serinox wrote:On April 03 2012 10:15 jeeneeus wrote:
Which other champion besides FruitDealer is not gonna be at IPL? DRG. I thought DRG was going to attend, no?
I don't think so, as it would have been announced, and the casters just said he wasn't going.
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DRG is pretty much the only player you'd really want to be there who isn't.
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On April 03 2012 10:18 -_- wrote:
To all the players from "where did the Ts go thread": jjakji dominated a 200/200 battle w/o sick micro.
W/O sick micro? He sniped in the middle of the battle, he used vikings to kill 4 collo before the real fight even starts through positioning, he dodged storms. What more does he need to do to have sick micro?
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On April 03 2012 10:18 -_- wrote:
To all the players from "where did the Ts go thread": jjakji dominated a 200/200 battle w/o sick micro.
Jjakji played that game really well tho, he always had a lead and never let it go. He also did some good storm dodges at times and had decent ghost control
Jjakji going for a nice scv train this game i bet
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Bomber's been doing this too lately, he usually expands at 4:30 off of 3 rax, works well on ladder but I'd like to see it in a tourney game
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Wow just tuned in and I see Hero got 6-0'd by Creator. Has anyone ever lost so many times to the same player in one tournament without even taking a single game before?
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Creator with some major blunders...
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I do this every TvP, the rax -> CC -> 2 more rax -> CC -> gas -> tech lab and stim -> all 4 gas at about 50 supply.
It shall now be known as the EmpireKas RE.
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I saw someone take the islands with dual nydus. What game was that?
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When Jjakji's drop was at the island I got so excited for a bit
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Classic no observer with army loss.
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1 more game. Another great game of TvP.
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On April 03 2012 10:34 jeeneeus wrote:
Classic no observer with army loss.
He would have sniped that with the scan + vikings moving in anyway. He did the same yesterday.
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Wow holy shit how the fuck? Jjajki is such a beast lol, I thought he was so so far behind lol
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thats how you TvP late game folks.
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Ugh. EMPs are brutal against Creator's constantly clumped units.
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Man Creator is falling apart. Those last two engagements were HORRIBLE.
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Creator needs to harass with some warp prism or something. I am getting a little tired of deathball to deathball fights.
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Jjakji's engagement is crazy good.
When the protoss army ran into the natural, I thought Jjakji was in trouble because he was clumped up.
But he uses SCVS to barricade the bottom route, sends a few marine/marauders around to spread fire from colossus, damn.
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rofl. 2 colossus and 3 templars, and the rest of the army food in zealots.
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IMO Hero had a better shot at beating Jjakji
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MKP's early-mid game and Jjakji's late game vP are unbelievable.
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On April 03 2012 10:37 chosenkerrigan wrote:
MKP's early-mid game and Jjakji's late game vP are unbelievable.
Yeah, Jjaking on team Polt would be unstoppable. I really thought he was in trouble when Creator pushed his natural but the sentry EMPs were soooooo good ^^
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Creator doesn't truly need it. The majority of their team will go regardless.
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On April 03 2012 10:40 RaiKageRyu wrote:
Creator doesn't truly need it. The majority of their team will go regardless.
Yeah but playing for a friend to get in is not exactly a throw away.
Loving Jjakji's TvP. So much beauty in it.
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That hell was that noise? Lol
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If a 3CC "RE" holds off a 4-gate, either the 4-gate is a terrible build or the game has serious issues or Creator screwed up badly.
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On April 03 2012 10:43 VGhost wrote:
If a 3CC "RE" holds off a 4-gate, either the 4-gate is a terrible build or the game has serious issues or Creator screwed up badly.
4 gate is a terrible build, 1 bunker in the main holds it easily
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Ok seriously how could he possibly have known. That was just super gamesense.
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wow how did Jjakji know that
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God, that gamesense. It's obscene.
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Starsenses tingling, Creator cannot win at this point unless Jjakji fucks up an incredible amount, he's just so far ahead economically and is beginning his tech at the same time. If it had been a tech allin, Creator would be in a little better of a position but 4 gate vs 3cc...wow
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Amazing spider sense from jjakji!
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5-1 already. He'll go 6-1 if he wins this. Which he will. Go Jjakji!
edit: Ok wtf is with the observor sniping. If he wasn't a pro I'd think he was hacking. That is just fucking ridiculous.
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Jjakji gonna roll IPL4.
jk jk..MKP would do it.
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he is so good at spotting the observers omg.. teach me jjakji teach me
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Come on Jjakji! Been waiting to see you in a foreign event for ages!
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jjakji is making Creator look bad, plain and simple.
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On April 03 2012 10:50 VGhost wrote:
jjakji is making Creator look bad, plain and simple.
To be fair, jjakji had a very good lead when creator decided to 4 gate and held it very easy. Game 1/2 was a much better display of skill
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On April 03 2012 10:49 bittman wrote:
Come on Jjakji! Been waiting to see you in a foreign event for ages!
Chill, he's got it. There's no way Creator wins six games against Jjakji.
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Man, Jjakji has a maphack in his brain. That observer was not moving when he got in his vision range, I think?
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United Kingdom3249 Posts
Holy shit Jjakji. You are fucking amazing.
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Well then. That was impressive.
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Jjakji is so sick. 3-0 vs top 3 (5?) pvt in korea, not even close games.
Perfect player when given room to do his own game
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JJAKJI! What a fucking champ, really happy to see him get a shot in IPL4
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6-1 in the finals. 6-1!!! Jjakji is just fucking awesome. What a set of games!
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Wish Hero went up against Jjakji...
Oh well, awesome tournament. Can't wait to see these guys at IPL4.
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WOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
Jjakji so good, first NSHoSeo player at a foreign event! I'm pumped!
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Ugh. I shoulda made plans to attend IPL4. Congratulations Jjakji, can't wait to see how he does in Vegas!
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United Kingdom3249 Posts
Fuck me.
That open bracket deserves to be its own full fledged tournament. Would probably be the most stacked one outside of Korea. So psyched for IPL4. Was a treat to see the ToC ahead of it. <3 <3
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i always thought jjakji was vastly overrated but he just convinced me vs creator. looking forward to watching him at IPL4
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Jjakji so good!
Jjakji vs Taeja finals at IPL4 calling it now !!
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On April 03 2012 10:56 Probasaur wrote:
Jjakji so good!
Jjakji vs Taeja finals at IPL4 calling it now !!
that would be ez win for Taeja.. :p
very impressive games by Jjakji though
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Jjakji is SO IMPRESSIVE. I haven't seen such amazing play in i dont know how long. Amazing one sides series!
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On April 03 2012 10:56 Probasaur wrote:
Jjakji so good!
Jjakji vs Taeja finals at IPL4 calling it now !!
That would just be one sided in taejas favor, jjakji is known for his terrible TvT. His strengths lie in TvP and TvZ
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On April 03 2012 11:00 ragnorr wrote:Show nested quote +On April 03 2012 10:56 Probasaur wrote:
Jjakji so good!
Jjakji vs Taeja finals at IPL4 calling it now !! That would just be one sided in taejas favor, jjakji is known for his terrible TvT. His strengths lie in TvP and TvZ
Taeja's not a big fan of TvT either. It was 3-2 Taeja's favour when they met in Code S
jjakji's TvT is not bad, it's just very timing-based.
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Congrats Jjakji, enjoy Vegas!
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Sick play by jjakji! Cant begin to describe how happy i am to see him get a chance at IPL4!
I wrote a short recap of the grand finals mainly for the Jjakji fanclub but thought i'd post it here aswell incase there is someone who missed the games/dont feel like watching rebroadcast. Tried to enjoy the games at the same time so i surely missed a few things but you get the idea.
On April 03 2012 10:55 Azuroz wrote:
Game 1: Jjakji spawns in the 7 a clock position vs Creator in the 1 a clock position on Cloud Kingdom.
Creator opens up with a safe and rather late first expansion, Jjakji goes for a double command center build pretty early on.
Jjakji manages to get a few good drops during the mid-game aswell as getting a cancel on Creator's third base.
The lategame composition is bio/ghost/vikings for JJ and Colossi/Archon/gateway units for Creator. Jjakji manages to win a few crucial engagements due to having a slight upgrade advantage and landing good EMP's.
Jjakji somehow manages to depower 3 gateways with a few scv's that he sent into Creator's main to get rid of supply for units, Jjakji's supply advantage is too high and with yet another base going down, Creator is forced to GG
1-0 NSHoseo Jjakji.
Game 2: Creator spawns in the 9 a clock position vs Jjakji in the 3 a clock position on Metropolis.
Jjakji opens up 3 rax and Creator goes for a 1-gate expand but Creator is not responding to the unusually high marine count.
Jjakji pulls a few scv's and builds a bunker at Creator's natural and with a bad forcefield Creator traps himself into his own main. However Creator holds off the push and Jjakji is in an economic disadvantage as Creator goes for a quick third.
Creator then goes for double forge while Jjakji is only upgrading with a single engineering bay, leaving Jjakji one upgrade behind for the time being.
A small force of Jjakji is caught in the middle of the map, and at the exact moment Jjakji drops 3 medivacs into Creator's main with about an even trade on both ends. Jjakji forces a cancel on Creator's fourth with a drop, this triggers Creator to attack and Jjakji gets in a good position with his vikings and takes out all the colossi and archons before Creator retreats, how ever due to the early economic disadvantage for Jjakji he is still slightly behind on supply.
Jjakji forces an engagement on Creator's side of the map with their main armies, cloaked ghosts and viking get in perfect positions and the colossi does almost instantly along with emp on the whole army, jjakji crushes through the zealots and Creator GG's!
2-0 NSHoseo Jjakji.
Game 3: Jjakji spawn in the top and Creator spawns in the bottom on Daybreak.
Creator goes for a 4-gate opening on 1 base while Jjakji goes for a double CC again!
Jjakji somehow gets a read on creator without even scouting the gateways and starts building bunkers on the highground.
Creator retreats and takes his natural, but obviously behind due to the agressive opening that was completely shut down.
Creator goes for a third and gets double forges at the same time, Jjakji scouts it and decides to drop the main and go for an attack on the third at the same time.
The drop acts mainly as a distraction and Jjakji crushes Creator's third base and is up by 30 supply. Jjakji goes for a head on attack at Creator's natural, it ends up in an advantage for Creator and he closes the supply gap by slightly.
Despite the early double forges, Jjakji is still slightly ahead on upgrades.
Jjakji goes for another engagement at the third of Creator, but Jjakji's army is just too big and Creator is forced to GG!
3-0 NSHoseo Jjakji.
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Although I think HerO could have made the finals much more closer, still gg's from Jjakji and Creator
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On April 03 2012 11:07 SwizzY wrote:
Although I think HerO could have made the finals much more closer, still gg's from Jjakji and Creator
All three players today had some ridiculous games in the tournament. Is so nice to see Koreans playing on Korea server, was a bit ESV Korean Weekly'esque, with less adventurous maps but more star power. All in all I have really, really enjoyed the tournament. And it is amazing to have Jjakji ending up taking the spot for IPL4. What a marvelous event that is shaping up to be.
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herO would have made a better games for sure, he doesn't turtle as hard as Creator. Creator played exactly how Jj wanted him to.
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I have a feeling IPL4 is going to crush MLG in viewership with the excitement that's building up around both the Open Bracket and Pool Play for it.
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grats jjakji! creator is already going to ipl4 anyways so it's all good
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On April 03 2012 11:37 Kubricks wrote:
I have a feeling IPL4 is going to crush MLG in viewership with the excitement that's building up around both the Open Bracket and Pool Play for it.
are you sherlock holmes' descendant? ipl has over 5 times mlg's prize pool and that alone guarantees your statement. it would be a feeling if the tournaments had a similar prizepool and you're actually risking something. All you're doing is saying something obvious and that you have a feeling that it will happen.
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On April 03 2012 11:07 SwizzY wrote:
Although I think HerO could have made the finals much more closer, still gg's from Jjakji and Creator
Maybe, but we'll never know for sure. But Jjakji's play today was amazing, I don't think Hero could have done much against it either.
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On April 03 2012 12:08 Bagration wrote:Show nested quote +On April 03 2012 11:07 SwizzY wrote:
Although I think HerO could have made the finals much more closer, still gg's from Jjakji and Creator Maybe, but we'll never know for sure. But Jjakji's play today was amazing, I don't think Hero could have done much against it either.
Jjakji's TvP certainly looked a cut above just above any Protoss I can think of at the moment. Perhaps someone not playing for a standard Protoss three base style would fare better, as much as TvP late game can look ugly for Terran, Jjakji makes it look Terran favored with such gorgeous positioning and engagements. Going heavy Colossi certainly looks ugly against him.
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On April 03 2012 12:15 Porcelina wrote:Show nested quote +On April 03 2012 12:08 Bagration wrote:On April 03 2012 11:07 SwizzY wrote:
Although I think HerO could have made the finals much more closer, still gg's from Jjakji and Creator Maybe, but we'll never know for sure. But Jjakji's play today was amazing, I don't think Hero could have done much against it either. Jjakji's TvP certainly looked a cut above just above any Protoss I can think of at the moment. Perhaps someone not playing for a standard Protoss three base style would fare better, as much as TvP late game can look ugly for Terran, Jjakji makes it look Terran favored with such gorgeous positioning and engagements. Going heavy Colossi certainly looks ugly against him.
Yeah Jjakji's TvP has got to be one of the best in starcraft 2 currently. Can probably make a good debate of whether Jjakji or MKP have the current best TvP in the metagame, I don't know if any other terran players do so well at TvP in recent form? Polt and Thorzain used to be unstoppable in TvP and now, though still good, I probably wouldn't bet on them on MU alone regardless of the opponent like I would Jjakji or MKP. Maybe Puma.
Is there anyone else at this level in TvP you guys can identify? ELO has Bomber, alive, Supernova and Taeja up there, but imo both Bomber and Supernova's TvP has fallen from it's previous level. Supernova did top his group with just TvP but still.
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On April 03 2012 12:50 bittman wrote:Show nested quote +On April 03 2012 12:15 Porcelina wrote:On April 03 2012 12:08 Bagration wrote:On April 03 2012 11:07 SwizzY wrote:
Although I think HerO could have made the finals much more closer, still gg's from Jjakji and Creator Maybe, but we'll never know for sure. But Jjakji's play today was amazing, I don't think Hero could have done much against it either. Jjakji's TvP certainly looked a cut above just above any Protoss I can think of at the moment. Perhaps someone not playing for a standard Protoss three base style would fare better, as much as TvP late game can look ugly for Terran, Jjakji makes it look Terran favored with such gorgeous positioning and engagements. Going heavy Colossi certainly looks ugly against him. Yeah Jjakji's TvP has got to be one of the best in starcraft 2 currently. Can probably make a good debate of whether Jjakji or MKP have the current best TvP in the metagame, I don't know if any other terran players do so well at TvP in recent form? Polt and Thorzain used to be unstoppable in TvP and now, though still good, I probably wouldn't bet on them on MU alone regardless of the opponent like I would Jjakji or MKP. Maybe Puma. Is there anyone else at this level in TvP you guys can identify? ELO has Bomber, alive, Supernova and Taeja up there, but imo both Bomber and Supernova's TvP has fallen from it's previous level. Supernova did top his group with just TvP but still.
Not sure how I would rank players in TvP right now. I do however feel that the matchup is in a state of flux; in my estimation it has been set back greatly when it comes to actual development due to the six months of 1-1-1 being so prevalent in Korea. Whereas just about every other matchup being developed and maturing during that time, TvP late game was largely unexplored and seemed very Protoss favored in many ways.
I think it will still take some time for us to get the full picture of what is going on there. Jjakji's late game and MKP's early to midgame certainly look very strong; it seems as if many of the things that made Terran look very susceptible to both early game pressure and late game domination by Protoss have been largely counteracted by two different styles. At the very highest level, I think we need to see Protoss develop even more to contest with MKP and Jjakji for sure. Which means more babysitting of the deathball, better micro and positioning as well as other things that will come with experimentation and maturing.
As much as TvP sometimes holds true to the stereotype of having one deciding battle and the losing side never recovering, I am not convinced that will be the ultimate fate of the matchup. It might still be the case of course, but I am very much thinking that, as players become better in all aspects of the game, we will see a lot more coming out of both sides. Certainly it is good to see people with extreme skill sets such as Jjakji's positioning and micro in end game confrontations and MKP's early game aggression transitioning into midgame harass and never letting the Protoss really breathe come to a forefront. I would very much hope at least that we will see the games where both sides just macro up to three bases and one side wins will be forgotten in good time.
Just kind of amazed by both Jjakji and MKP at the moment. And feel very happy to see such strong play emerge in a matchup that so often feels very uneventful and largely lopsided.
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On April 03 2012 11:50 songohan wrote:Show nested quote +On April 03 2012 11:37 Kubricks wrote:
I have a feeling IPL4 is going to crush MLG in viewership with the excitement that's building up around both the Open Bracket and Pool Play for it. are you sherlock holmes' descendant? ipl has over 5 times mlg's prize pool and that alone guarantees your statement. it would be a feeling if the tournaments had a similar prizepool and you're actually risking something. All you're doing is saying something obvious and that you have a feeling that it will happen.
Prize pool means very little, it matters who's coming. MLG was killer last year in the excitement it brought. It's waned down so much, for me at least. And that was back when the winner only got $5k.
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Ha, just looked at Jjakji's facebook and on Saturday his status was along the lines of "I am going to Las Vegas!" (in korean of course). Silly Jjakji trying to spoil the results.
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United Kingdom38198 Posts
Flawless victory!
Oh man I'm so happy for Jjakji, hope he enjoys himself and manages to make a good run. He played one hell of a tournament here at least =)
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Just watched the games. Jjakji has by far the best TvP I've seen so far. Sick decision-making, great macro/micro, rarely picks a bad fight.
What a boss
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yeah, forgot that Creator already has ticket to IPL4.
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On April 03 2012 10:54 StarVe wrote:
WOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
Jjakji so good, first NSHoSeo player at a foreign event! I'm pumped!
Nope, San was at MLG arena, but he didn't do that well
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Just saw the rebroadcast.
I still can't understand how Jjakji guessed for the 4gate.
It's just.. what tip him off ? I just can't see.
This kid is seriously .. wow..
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On April 03 2012 23:50 Tidus Mino wrote:Show nested quote +On April 03 2012 10:54 StarVe wrote:
WOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
Jjakji so good, first NSHoSeo player at a foreign event! I'm pumped! Nope, San was at MLG arena, but he didn't do that well
Ahh, right. Stupid me, forgetting Winter Arena because I didn't watch it. Sorry, San!
Anyway, Jjakji will do well and make NSHoSeo proud! Only if he doesn't get too many TvTs, though.
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