Showmatch Many people have been saying this is the Year of Harstem. Many people have been saying that for many years. But, perhaps unlike then, now Harstem is on a streak. Taking a convincing victory at HSC XIII, Harstem showed some exemplary games.
Elazer, however, ain't no joke. In fact, him and Harstem have only met once in LotV. This was the same HSC XIII that Harstem ended up dominating, uncontested, only this was the qualifiers. Harstem, simply, got wrecked, with Elazer taking the series 2-0.
Many people consider Elazer the underdog story, but maybe, just maybe, it's the other way around?
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This is particularly interesting to me, though because...
517–428 (54.71%) Score vs. opposing race (64.49%) 434–239 2–5 (28.57%) Score vs. each other (71.43%) 5–2
I wonder if this means Elazer has some form of psychological advantage over Harstem, or maybe he just knows the key to unraveling Harstem's style of play? Very intriguing stuff!
Lol just some random chick I photoshopped in. When harstem sent me a topless picture, I knew I had to xD We had been throwing around the idea of using a western-motif for the images, so we have tequila, a hooker, cigars and cowboy hats.
It's probably not the most professional imagery ever but we want people to remember these events. Which is how the disturbed mind of me arrived here... beware
Elazer just forced out a ton of photon overcharges. Harstem didn't have enough energy on the MSC to deal with the multi-pronged harassment from the Zerg and crumbled to a 4 minute timing attack. 1-0 lead for Elazer!
DTs did a lot of damage, Elazer got himself back into the game with a 2 pronged counterattack, but Harstem was able to get to Disruptors and won with solid control
Harstem opened with heavier adept pressure, Elazer responded with roaches but took some worker damage. Warp prism bleeds workers yet a mid-game ling drop allowed Elazer to crush the Protoss fourth base.
We actually had quite a good number of viewers, but you're right, it's an avoidable mistake. Had been waiting for the @PolygonSC2 account to be a week old, which it now is. We got it covered for next time
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