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Sunday, Jan 13 5:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)
Warm-up with a HOTS showmatch 5pm
And then they were eight. Eight survivors are one step away from the final stage of the quest, the Palais des Congrès. It may come as a surprise, but foreigners did well and three non Koreans are still in contention. Can one them make it to Paris?
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+ Show Spoiler +Millenium.Goswser VS. StarTale.LifeThe Cinderella story of this second chapter keeps on dreaming of Paris. If a lot of StarCraft II fans thought midnight had come when he had to face Mvp in the round of 16. Mvp’s condition is always a question mark and although he did not play bad, it was not a stellar showing from the king of Terrans. Goswser has now defeated two GSL champions and yet another one stands in his way. If MMA and Mvp are currently not in their prime, that can’t be said about Life who has been killing everybody lately. As good as Goswser is, Life is an overwhelming favorite for this match, and the American will have to find something to stop time to avoid turning into a pumpkin. Goswser vZ : 37,25% Life vZ : 66,67% No history LG-IM.NesTea VS. Acer.ScarlettBy defeating PartinG in an epic series, NesTea showed how bad he wants to come back to Paris. On her side, Scarlett showed a brilliant display of ZvZ skills which could be enough to threaten the great NesTea. Although he is not the unbeatable ZvZ god he used to be anymore, NesTea is still very tough to beat in the match up. It would be a real upset to see the Canadian take the Zerg legend down. NesTea is the last chance to have one of the final four back in Paris, and with a ZvZ to decide his fate, the situation could have been worse for the LG-IM player. NesTea vZ : 72.09% Scarlett vZ : 62.50% No history MarineKingPrime VS. SK.MCThere can only be one non Zerg in Paris, and it will be decided between two good friends, MarineKing and MC. The boss impressed by managing to defeat violet and is expecting to have a hard time facing the Terran. As he stated in his GSL interview earlier this week, MKP is on fire and pretty scary. After beating HerO in the Ro16, it is looking good for the Terran, it would be his second time in Paris after his 3rd place at ESWC 2011. MarineKing vP : 71,14% MC vT : 56,76% History: MarineKing 16 - 15 MC EG.Stephano VS. MvP.DongRaeGuThird foreigner to try his luck to get his ticket to Paris, Stephano will have quite a heavy pressure on his shoulders since the crowd will be waiting for him. Unfortunately for the Frenchman, he has to play a ZvZ. This match-up is the kryptonite of the Zerg as he never seemed to have it really figured it out. There is hope for Stephano though, the two time he played DRG, he beat him. The motivation should also be higher for the EG player but it might not be enough to defeat DRG. Although ZvZ is not his favorite thing, the Korean remains a solid player and comes into the series with the status of favorite. Stephano vZ : 62,61% DRG vZ : 73,02% History: Stephano 2-0 DongRaeGu Note: The figures are courtesy from TLPD, TLPD Korea when the two players are Koreans, TLPD International when they are not both Koreans. by LeLfe
+ Show Spoiler ++ Show Spoiler [Goswser - Life] +Poll: Recommend Goswser - Life Game 1Yes (20) 74% No (6) 22% If you have time (1) 4% 27 total votes Your vote: Recommend Goswser - Life Game 1 (Vote): Yes (Vote): No (Vote): If you have time
Poll: Recommend Goswser - Life Game 2Yes (12) 40% No (11) 37% If you have time (7) 23% 30 total votes Your vote: Recommend Goswser - Life Game 2 (Vote): Yes (Vote): No (Vote): If you have time
Poll: Recommend Goswser - Life Game 3No (10) 59% Yes (6) 35% If you have time (1) 6% 17 total votes Your vote: Recommend Goswser - Life Game 3 (Vote): Yes (Vote): No (Vote): If you have time
Poll: Recommend Goswser - Life Game 4Yes (8) 57% No (5) 36% If you have time (1) 7% 14 total votes Your vote: Recommend Goswser - Life Game 4 (Vote): Yes (Vote): No (Vote): If you have time
Poll: Recommend Goswser - Life Game 5Yes (7) 50% No (5) 36% If you have time (2) 14% 14 total votes Your vote: Recommend Goswser - Life Game 5 (Vote): Yes (Vote): No (Vote): If you have time
+ Show Spoiler [NesTea - Scarlett] +Poll: Recommend NesTea -Scarlett Game 1If you have time (1) 50% No (1) 50% Yes (0) 0% 2 total votes Your vote: Recommend NesTea -Scarlett Game 1 (Vote): Yes (Vote): No (Vote): If you have time
Poll: Recommend NesTea -Scarlett Game 2If you have time (5) 38% Yes (4) 31% No (4) 31% 13 total votes Your vote: Recommend NesTea -Scarlett Game 2 (Vote): Yes (Vote): No (Vote): If you have time
Poll: Recommend NesTea - Scarlett Game 3Yes (26) 79% No (6) 18% If you have time (1) 3% 33 total votes Your vote: Recommend NesTea - Scarlett Game 3 (Vote): Yes (Vote): No (Vote): If you have time
Poll: Recommend NesTea - Scarlett Game 4Yes (8) 73% No (2) 18% If you have time (1) 9% 11 total votes Your vote: Recommend NesTea - Scarlett Game 4 (Vote): Yes (Vote): No (Vote): If you have time
Poll: Recommend NesTea - Scarlett Game 5Yes (6) 46% No (5) 38% If you have time (2) 15% 13 total votes Your vote: Recommend NesTea - Scarlett Game 5 (Vote): Yes (Vote): No (Vote): If you have time
+ Show Spoiler [MarineKing - MC] +Poll: Recommend MKP - MC Game 1Yes (18) 75% No (6) 25% If you have time (0) 0% 24 total votes Your vote: Recommend MKP - MC Game 1 (Vote): Yes (Vote): No (Vote): If you have time
Poll: Recommend MKP - MC Game 2Yes (18) 86% If you have time (2) 10% No (1) 5% 21 total votes Your vote: Recommend MKP - MC Game 2 (Vote): Yes (Vote): No (Vote): If you have time
Poll: Recommend MKP - MC Game 3No (13) 54% Yes (9) 38% If you have time (2) 8% 24 total votes Your vote: Recommend MKP - MC Game 3 (Vote): Yes (Vote): No (Vote): If you have time
Poll: Recommend MKP - MC Game 4Yes (9) 53% No (4) 24% If you have time (4) 24% 17 total votes Your vote: Recommend MKP - MC Game 4 (Vote): Yes (Vote): No (Vote): If you have time
Poll: Recommend MKP - MC Game 5Yes (9) 47% No (6) 32% If you have time (4) 21% 19 total votes Your vote: Recommend MKP - MC Game 5 (Vote): Yes (Vote): No (Vote): If you have time
+ Show Spoiler [Stephano - DongRaeGu] +Poll: Recommend Stephano - DRG Game 1Yes (4) 36% If you have time (4) 36% No (3) 27% 11 total votes Your vote: Recommend Stephano - DRG Game 1 (Vote): Yes (Vote): No (Vote): If you have time
Poll: Recommend Stephano - DRG Game 2No (9) 60% Yes (4) 27% If you have time (2) 13% 15 total votes Your vote: Recommend Stephano - DRG Game 2 (Vote): Yes (Vote): No (Vote): If you have time
Poll: Recommend Stephano - DRG Game 3If you have time (2) 40% No (2) 40% Yes (1) 20% 5 total votes Your vote: Recommend Stephano - DRG Game 3 (Vote): Yes (Vote): No (Vote): If you have time
Poll: Recommend Stephano - DRG Game 4Yes (3) 60% No (1) 20% If you have time (1) 20% 5 total votes Your vote: Recommend Stephano - DRG Game 4 (Vote): Yes (Vote): No (Vote): If you have time
Poll: Recommend Stephano - DRG Game 5Yes (2) 40% No (2) 40% If you have time (1) 20% 5 total votes Your vote: Recommend Stephano - DRG Game 5 (Vote): Yes (Vote): No (Vote): If you have time
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United States97276 Posts
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Apparently its going to be a ZvZ fest. Not to mention the 2 non zergs are up against one another in the first match of the RO8.
Hope marineking takes the tourney ;D
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opterown
Australia54784 Posts
help me MKP, you're my only hope.
Poll: NesTea vs. Scarlett?Creator of the Universe (100) 56% Scarlett (78) 44% 178 total votes Your vote: NesTea vs. Scarlett? (Vote): Scarlett (Vote): Creator of the Universe
Poll: MKP vs. MC?MKP (106) 61% MC (69) 39% 175 total votes Your vote: MKP vs. MC? (Vote): MKP (Vote): MC
Poll: goswser vs. Life?Life (118) 79% goswser (31) 21% 149 total votes Your vote: goswser vs. Life? (Vote): goswser (Vote): Life
Poll: Stephano vs. DongRaeGu?DRG (106) 50% Stephano (105) 50% 211 total votes Your vote: Stephano vs. DongRaeGu? (Vote): Stephano (Vote): DRG
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Awww man....I'm sad I'll have to miss this cause of RL.
Nestea vs Scarlett should be interesting even with the abundance of ZvZ these days, two not so bad (^^) ZvZers going at each other
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The only foreigner I see having a shoot to make it to Paris seems to be Scarlett with her stellar ZvZ... but who knows, if NesTea is back to his 2011 ZvZ prime? Life is a beast and Stephano's ZvZ is not up to his other matchups. Pls some entertaining games!
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Life + MKP is all i wish for
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Pity that the two non-zergs are playing each other :/ Hoping MKP goes all the way!
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This game against DRG might've been the one Stephano mentionend on Twitter.
"EGStephano @EGStephanoRC
I have an important match against a Zerg player tomorrow and I need to practice with my team mates. I'm sorry I won't stream. Forgive me!!"
I hope he won, would be cool for him to play in Paris.
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opterown
Australia54784 Posts
On January 13 2013 19:25 paradoxOO9 wrote: Pity that the two non-zergs are playing each other :/ Hoping MKP goes all the way! you should be happy that this way there's at least one non-zerg going to paris~ hehe
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6Z 1P 1T  Semifinal will be for sure 3Z 1P/T
Maaad
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Scarlett Stephano Gowser for 3 foreign zergs in top 4? Throw in MC or MKP for some crazy match ups.
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so...
Life 3-0 Goswser MarineKing 3-0 MC NesTea 3-1 Scarlett DongRaeGu 3-2 Stephano
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Unless there's a change of plan somehow the HotS showmatch at 5PM CET should be ForGG Vs. Zenio!
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East Gorteau22261 Posts
Life 3:0 Goswser Marineking 3:1 MC Nestea 3:1 Scarlett DongRaeGu 3:1 Stephano
There is a huge potential for upsets given the fact that we've got 3 ZvZs. MKP is apparently a TvP god again now, so he should be able to roll over MC. Besides, MKP vs. Life re-match would make my life complete.
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hmmm...
Life 3-1 Goswser
MKP 3-2 MC
Nestea 3-1 Scarlett
DRG 3-2 Stephano
Really hope MC smashes MKP, but I think he'll narrowly be edged out in an epic series and I think Stephano might just have a shot though DRG is the obvious favorite.
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So many zergs. I guess I'll watch MKP vs MC and then the finals, I've gotten rather bored with the ZvZ matchup as of late.
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East Gorteau22261 Posts
On January 13 2013 19:55 birchman wrote:So many zergs.  I guess I'll watch MKP vs MC and then the finals, I've gotten rather bored with the ZvZ matchup as of late.
Did you watch the Leenock - Life match-up? I agree that there is an abundance of ZvZ to watch everywhere lately, but when the really great players duke it out in the match-up, it's really a treat to watch. The problem is that most ZvZs end up not being that way.
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Oh it's Korea versus world again.
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I didn't know there was a tournament like this in Paris until RO16, now they aren't any places anymore, I'm so sad ! I wanted to see MKP so badly !
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