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GSL Code-S Ro4 Day 1 roundup (with photos).

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Kaelaris
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United Kingdom788 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-08 05:30:08
May 07 2011 05:29 GMT
#1
GSL Code-S, Ro4 Day 1 - CSN Coverage

Write-up by Kaelaris
Photos by Seltzer and TorcH
Edited by Andrew

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oGsNaDa < VS > oGsInCa

Game 1 - Xel’Naga Caverns

NaDa spawns at 1 and InCa spawns at 7 for the first game of the day. Both players go for a standard opening as NaDa goes for a slightly early Factory, going for a quick Siege Tank. InCa throws down a proxy Pylon quickly followed by a Stargate in the same position while pumping out Gateway units for a lot of early pressure. As NaDa’s Tank finishes, the Terran goes for a Command Center and Starport, as InCa continues to pump Void Rays. A lone Hellion sneaks past the Gateway units of InCa, scouting for an expansion, as NaDa has a Raven and Thor in production. InCa now goes up to 3 Void Rays, and throwing up a Guardian Shield, pushes up the ramp of NaDa. As the bunker, Thor, Raven and Marines fall, NaDa barely cleans up the assault only to have pressure continued by another Void Ray and Gateway units. During all this, InCa lost the majority of his probes to a single Hellion. NaDa ultimately though is forced to GG as the Protoss Void Ray composition was to strong to handle.

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Game 2 - Tal’Darim Altar

After a rather short PvT, NaDa spawns at 5 and our previous victor spawns at 11. NaDa opts for a quick tech lab on his Barracks as InCa goes for a standard PvT build. As NaDa begins Concussive Shells, InCa throws down a proxy Pylon at the 2 o’clock main, going for a 4 Gateway however hiding one of the gates at the proxy, making it look like a 3 gate expand. As NaDa expands, his Reaper hops in to the natural of InCa, kills off the fake expanding Probe and jumps away.

InCa with a lot of Sentries, begins to place down his Proxy Pylon very near to the base of NaDa, pushes in with a huge Gateway force, and with great force-fields, denies the repair on Bunkers, rips through the Barracks army and takes the GG to take the series to 2:0

Game 3 - Crevasse

NaDa spawns at 1 while InCa spawns at the 5. InCa goes for gas first as the Terran goes for a quick tech lab yet again on his Barracks. As a Reaper begins production, InCa goes for a proxy Pylon and then a Proxy Stargate along with a 4 Gateway back home. NaDa actually scouts the proxy Stargate as he throws down his own expansion in the back. As InCa’s Stargate goes down, the Protoss player goes for his own expansion behind this, potentially moving this series in to a mid-game for the first time.

InCa grabs a Forge to begin armour upgrades followed by a Twilight Council, as NaDa grabs his Factory and Stargate shortly after. With Zealot Charge on the way, InCa goes for a Templar Archives as well as the Terran goes for Medivac production. With Psi Storm on the way, InCa throws down a few more Gateways and Nexus while another expansion goes down for NaDa. NaDa goes for a double Medivac drop in the backdoor natural of InCa, killing off a few Probes as well as some Zealots, however InCa’s main force pushes up and denies the harass. NaDa ever persistent though, comes back and despite a nice feedback on a Medivac, kills off the Nexus and leaves.

As NaDa establishes a foothold to the north of InCa’s base, he also expands once again, and in an attempt to take out the second expansion of InCa, sacrifices a lot of his army with little results, only barely missing the Nexus snipe. Smelling blood, InCa pushes the rest of his force in to the natural of NaDa, doing huge damage with a Zealot/Templar/Archon/Sentry mix. InCa with a commanding lead takes the series in amazing fashion, as NaDa GGs and the Protoss takes the series 3:0.

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IMNesTea < VS > sCfOu

Game 1 - Metalopolis

sC spawns at the 3 while NesTea spawns at 1, scouting sC early as it’s close positions by air. sC begins to wall-in with a double Barracks while NesTea goes for a Spawning pool and gas first as is his normal ZvT build. sC begins to push in with a lot of Marines and 4 SCV’s as NesTea goes for an expansion. As NesTea attempts to push the Terran away, sC’s bunker placement is perfect so as to not let NesTea get the surround on his Marines, and with Stop position on his SCV’s, NesTea has to focus the workers manually to get to the Marines. Doing huge damage to Zerglings and Drones, sC takes a massive lead and NesTea forced to cancel his expansion.

As sC now has a huge economic lead, the Terran pushes toward the Zerg again with a few more Marines, as well as expanding behind it. NesTea realizes there’s no solution to his problem and GGs after a very smart initial attack by sC.

Writer's Note: Holy wow at that Bunker placement along with the Marine and SCV positioning. My writeup doesn't do it justice, you'll need to watch it for yourself if you can. Basically the Bunker was positioned in such a way that the Marines were in a small pocket, while the SCVs were blocking the way in to the Marines on stop position, meaning that the AI of NesTea's attacking units saw the Marines as a higher threat than the SCVs. Having to focus SCVs in that position would be extremely frustrating.

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Game 2 - Xel’Naga Fortress

esTea spawns at 11 while sC spawns at 7 as the Terran walls in quickly. In a similar fashion to the last game, sC goes for the same build and pushes out with the same amount of Marines and SCVs however NesTea is able to clean it up with some hidden Zerglings but does lose a Queen in the process. Both players begin to expand as sC’s initial pressure gives him a slight economic lead over the Zerg who had to commit more Drones to units. sC begins to create two Factories for some Hellion pressure while Zerg goes for a very fast 2nd expansion along with a Roach Warren.

Blue-Flame begins for sC as a lot of Hellions begin to produce. NesTea content on staying at Hatchery tech, throws down a Spine Crawler while Droning very heavily behind it. sC now flies his auxiliary Command Center to secure his natural, as the Zerg goes for Lair and Baneling Nest. sC begins to move out with a lot Marines along with around 10 Hellions, as the Terran begins to roast Creep Tumors left and right. As NesTea chases the Marines away with his Roaches, sC pulls his Hellions to a position so that the Hellions can go for a run-by, and in a successful risk, sC gets a lot of Drone kills with his entire Hellion force.

sC begins to make Tanks while NesTea spawns in a lot of Banelings. As sC begins to establish a foothold outside the Zergs base, NesTea pushes out with a lot of Roaches and breaks the contain while producing a lot of Mutalisks behind it. The Mutalisk harassment begins in the main of sC, doing a considerable amount of damage to SCVs and Supply Depots. sC begins Missile Turret production however NesTea dives in to the second expansion of sC killing even more SCVs just before the turret finishes. Mutalisks continue to pick off Marines out of position, as NesTea continues to pump Zerglings and Banelings, preparing for a huge push.

NesTea attempts to take a 5th base, however Marines appear at almost the exact same time to shut it down, as well as push up to the 4th to try do damage, but it’s denied by the swift movement of the Mutalisk flock. NesTea going for the kill, pushes his entire force in to the expansion of sC, doing huge damage to the Tank line, but is forced to move back as reinforcing Marines could threaten his Mutalisk count. NesTea morphs in 50 more Banelings and rolls to victroy claiming the GG to tie the series.

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Game 3 - Tal’Darim Altar

sC spawns at 2 while NesTea spawns at 7 after displaying a strong comeback in the previous game. sC instantly begins to wall in his natural with double Barracks, as NesTea goes for his standard Spawning Pool before Hatchery build. Both players begin to expand as sC decides not to put on the early pressure he’s been doing in the past few games. Each player decides to play a more passive early game, as sC goes for a Factory quickly followed by a Starport and the Zerg goes for a Baneling Nest, Lair and second Expansion. sC goes for a double Medivac drop, however a Overlord spots them as soon as they leave sC’s base, although sC manages to still do a lot of damage regardless.

As NesTea begins Baneling production and Baneling Speed, Mutalisks pop out and finally shut down the harassment. NesTea begins to research Burrow and morph in an Infestation Pit , as sC goes for an Armory. The Zerg now morphs in his Hive along with beginning Pathogen Glands for Infestors, as well as expanding to a 5th base, establishing a huge economy. NesTea burrows a tonne of Banelings in the front of sC’s base, however a scan from the Terran denies the damge being done. sC however splits his force and NesTea goes for the counter, doing significant damage to the SCV line but it’s shut down quickly by a huge amount of Marines.

NesTea now begins to produce loads of Spine Crawlers in mid-field as he attempts to tech up to Broodlords. Huge Fungal Growths land on all the Marines of sC, as 10 Broodlords morph in, while the Zerg continues the Mutalisk harass in the main of the Terran. NesTea moves in with the Broodlords and forces the Terran retreat, however Fungal Growth’s deny the retreat while the Zerg goes for an Ultralisk Cavern. NesTea pushes in to the natural of sC with great Fungal’s yet again, and the Broodlord/Mutalisk combination push in to do huge damage. sC attempts to counter with a huge drop but the reinforcing of NesTea is too great, as the swarm decimates the main of sC. GG from sC after attempting to drop everywhere but it was just not enough.

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Game 4 - Terminus SE

sC spawns at 3 while NesTea spawns at 6. sC begins to wall-in at his natural while NesTea predictably goes for his Spawning Pool before Hatchery again. Both players go for the quick expansion as NesTea begins to work on the destructible rocks of sC with Zerglings. NesTea goes for a second expansion as well as a Roach Warren, as sC begins to move out across the map with a Marines, however NesTea surrounds them pretty easily and kills them quickly.

With a Lair now morphing in, NesTea continues to beat down the rocks of sC, however a good second wall-in from sC will deny any damage from being done in his natural. Zerg now goes for the Baneling Nest and Glial Reconstitution as a huge number of Factories and Barracks go down for the Terran. NesTea morphs in a lot of Banelings and begins to pursue the Biological force of sC but decides to go home shortly after. sC now goes for Tanks and Siege Tech as Baneling Speed begins along with constant Roach Production.

NesTea pushes in to the position of sC, killing the Tanks with his Roaches, however the Banelings don’t get a good connect with the Marines, and the Bio force of sC pushes NesTea’s army away. With a Spire now in production, NesTea’s natural falls vulnerable to the heavy Marine composition of sC, who kills the natural Hatchery along with Tank support. NesTea GGs so an ace match will decide this extremely close TvZ series.

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Game 5 - Crossfire SE

On to the final match of the day now, and NesTea spawns at 1 while sC spawns at 7. Both players by now go for builds we’re all used to by now after watching the previous games. Both players go for an expansion as speed finishes for Zerglings and sC continues to pump Marines. Both players continue to be rather passive, as NesTea goes for Lair and Baneling Nest, while sC goes for a Factory and Siege Tanks.

NesTea goes for a 10 minute 2nd expansion, as Tanks and Marines move out across the map. NesTea however goes for some Spine Crawlers far ahead of his natural, along with Glial Reconstitution, Burrow and Baneling Speed. As sC sieges up the 2nd expansion of the Zerg, NesTea pushes in from behind and breaks the attack with Roaches/Banelings/Zerglings. During this time sC has build a 3rd Command Center, and the Terran goes for a second push on the 2nd expansion of NesTea yet again, but is denied by a Roach/Baneling composition. Zerg during all of this has been going for some great creep spread, along with a Spire. sC goes for yet another push on the second expansion, however an amazing Baneling burrow placement takes out a huge amount of Marines, forcing sC to retreat.

NesTea goes for a 4th base which is quickly spotted by sC with a lone Marine. a Dozen Marines push up in to the 4th expansion and force the cancel, while a duel Medivac drop goes down in the 2nd expansion of NesTea, killing off the Hatchery as the Terran moves in to better position with his Tank/Marine force. NesTea goes for his own harass, pushing in to the natural of sC with a tonne of Mutalisks and takes out a Command Center. NesTea goes for the push in to the Tank line, and after killing 3-4 Tanks decides to retreat as they were slightly out of position.

NesTea continues the Mutalisk harass, however a good chunk of Marines do a lot of damage to them as the Zerg goes for a gold base. sC attempts to secure his natural again as NesTea puts a lot of Burrowed Banelings across the map, forcing a lot of scans. Terran now begins to create Thors to deal with the Mutalisks, as sC continues to leap frog his tanks toward the expansions of the Zerg. NesTea in a desperate attempt to break out of this pressure, goes for a push with his entire force, killing off a lot of the Terran army, but there are too many Marines left over, which clean up the gold base shortly after.

NesTea cleverly counters an expansion, forcing it to lift off with Mutalisks, as a tonne of Zerglings move in and kill off the whole line of SCVs. Both players hardly mining, sC’s army of death moves ever closer to the natural of NesTea, slowly pushing his Tanks along inch by inch. NesTea attempts to take out as much of the reinforcing units as possible, however the scary force of sC moves ever closer.

With great control, NesTea continues to poke the contain with Mutalisks, and completely shuts down sC’s mining. NesTea pushes in with a massive amount of Banelings and Mutalisks, losing a lot of his ground army but saving his Mutalisks. The Zerg with Infestors on the way, continues to take out Tanks with Mutalisks. Fungals go down on the Marines as two Thors walk in to the main of NesTea. A huge amount of Zerglings pop out but they’re unable to clean up the Thors and Marines. As sC attempts to expand, a burrowed Zergling denies the landing, and NesTea pushes in to the remaining force of sC, taking it out with the remaining Mutalisks. sC calls GG in an epic last game.

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And going on to the Code S finals we have...
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confusedcrib
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States1307 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-07 05:41:12
May 07 2011 05:32 GMT
#2
Live reporting. Cool. I like it. Hm, this is making think it should really just be in the tournament section though :/
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dekuschrub
Profile Joined May 2008
United States2069 Posts
May 07 2011 05:40 GMT
#3
nooo nada !!

comon man you gotta comeback!!
iruga
Profile Joined December 2010
United States28 Posts
May 07 2011 05:40 GMT
#4
I'll cry if Nada gets cheesed out in semi finals
peekn
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States1152 Posts
May 07 2011 05:40 GMT
#5
Oh wow that takes some real skill to be able to do good write-ups that fast. Well done, nice work
RoninShogun
Profile Joined November 2010
United States315 Posts
May 07 2011 05:42 GMT
#6
Nada should totes proxy 2 rax SCV all in game three. Gotta go crazy when youre down two
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Profile Joined May 2010
98 Posts
May 07 2011 05:44 GMT
#7
GSL production values are skyrocketing. I'm very happy about all this. They're starting to introduce hot asians and that to a point is key to attracting a wider more accepting audience. Can't wait to have some hot girls in western proleagues to do similar things.
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Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Canada9858 Posts
May 07 2011 05:44 GMT
#8
It's somewhat ironic we need another thread for LR when that is the purpose of the other one. But at this current time it's totally understandable and I can't say I disagree with it - to be honest, I don't even feel the "official" LR threads are somewhat useless compared to this.
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covetousrat
Profile Joined October 2010
2109 Posts
May 07 2011 05:47 GMT
#9
Good report! I came 30 mins late and miss 2 games. Nice to catch what happened!
Cheers
Alejandrisha
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States6565 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-07 05:59:35
May 07 2011 05:58 GMT
#10
edit: My comment was made for LR thread I won't bring that in here :D
Thanks for the write-up; looking forward to photos as the hq stream quality is not so high ^^
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Kaelaris
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United Kingdom788 Posts
May 07 2011 06:00 GMT
#11
On May 07 2011 14:58 Alejandrisha wrote:
edit: My comment was made for LR thread I won't bring that in here :D
Thanks for the write-up; looking forward to photos as the hq stream quality is not so high ^^


Yeah I noticed that the HQ stream wasn't amazing today. Is that just for today or did I miss something? Seems to me that it's normally better on other days.
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Alejandrisha
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States6565 Posts
May 07 2011 06:01 GMT
#12
On May 07 2011 15:00 KaelSC wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 07 2011 14:58 Alejandrisha wrote:
edit: My comment was made for LR thread I won't bring that in here :D
Thanks for the write-up; looking forward to photos as the hq stream quality is not so high ^^


Yeah I noticed that the HQ stream wasn't amazing today. Is that just for today or did I miss something? Seems to me that it's normally better on other days.


Not sure, I usually catch the vods in HQ which are extremely crisp. I recall that the hq stream was never anything to write home about though :D
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Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States745 Posts
May 07 2011 06:04 GMT
#13
1 Gas proxy stargate to 4 gate + 2nd gas into expo.. Blew my mind!
Tonem
Profile Joined January 2011
Australia91 Posts
May 07 2011 06:05 GMT
#14
+ Show Spoiler +
That last game was total BS, Nada should have won D: Nada has such a huge lead why did he try to snipe another nexus, even IF he got it, Inca would have had no choice to go ALL-IN, Nada should have just sit back and gained the advantage.. WHHYYY NADA
billiebrightside
Profile Joined March 2011
United States150 Posts
May 07 2011 06:05 GMT
#15
oGs InCa's play in the last game was so impressive. I thought he made a super all in with the proxy and the 4 gates because he was 2 games ahead. I never expected for him to have a plan B, or to execute it that well. Man, he's definitely my favorite to win this. I can only shiver when I think about the Archon buff in Inca's play >_<
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Profile Joined December 2010
United States1681 Posts
May 07 2011 06:12 GMT
#16
fuck inca, nada (((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((
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tw!tch
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States563 Posts
May 07 2011 06:12 GMT
#17
THANK YOU! for doing something like this. truly awesome up to the minute live report, much better than the actual LR thread.
SweetAs
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
New Zealand290 Posts
May 07 2011 06:13 GMT
#18
Wow.. total domination. Aslo, I see no photos
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Kaelaris
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United Kingdom788 Posts
May 07 2011 06:16 GMT
#19
On May 07 2011 15:13 SweetAs wrote:
Wow.. total domination. Aslo, I see no photos


Because they're being taken by Seltzer as we speak, they're coming soon as usual.
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Headnoob
Profile Joined September 2010
Australia2108 Posts
May 07 2011 06:25 GMT
#20
I was kind of expecting just a picture of cheese to sum the thread up

No but seriously these games are horrid.
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Profile Joined December 2010
Australia2107 Posts
May 07 2011 06:32 GMT
#21
These semi-finals have made me lose my faith in SC2
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Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States1699 Posts
May 07 2011 06:41 GMT
#22
On May 07 2011 15:32 Existential wrote:
These semi-finals have made me lose my faith in SC2

Yeah, I actually started to lose interest as I watched the games of Inca and Nada.
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Kaelaris
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United Kingdom788 Posts
May 07 2011 06:42 GMT
#23
I'm not sure why everyone's hating on InCa for the way he played during his series. I think InCa knew/knows that NaDa was potentially the better player, so wanted to go for some highly aggressive early strategies before NaDa got in to his pro-awesome stride. I guess both of them practice heavily with one another, being from the same house, so InCa exploited the fact that he knows NaDa's "weaknesses" as much as possible.

The way I see it is, money is on the line, so you do whatever it takes to win. I personally really enjoyed the series, as not only did InCa do some crazy all-ins, but he also was able to play out of it in game 3, showing that he isn't just some cheesey wannabe. Mad skills imo :D
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Fyzar
Profile Joined January 2011
Netherlands8010 Posts
May 07 2011 07:16 GMT
#24
Just a small typo, it's ro4 not ro8
Loving the write-ups anyway =]
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Kaelaris
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United Kingdom788 Posts
May 07 2011 07:17 GMT
#25
On May 07 2011 16:16 Fyzar wrote:
Just a small typo, it's ro4 not ro8
Loving the write-ups anyway =]


Thanks for the heads up :D
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TheRhox
Profile Joined March 2011
Canada868 Posts
May 07 2011 07:19 GMT
#26
If this ends up being a SC vs inca finals I'm probably not even going to watch that.
Kaelaris
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United Kingdom788 Posts
May 07 2011 07:22 GMT
#27
Some pictures are up! I think the folder is a little disorganized though, pictures of LosirA in there so i'm not sure what's up there.
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destian
Profile Joined August 2010
141 Posts
May 07 2011 07:24 GMT
#28
I don't know how I feel about warp in on large maps for Protoss. I don't think it's entirely right that increasing the warp CD such that normal Gateways have superior efficiency, but it's also not right that warp in gives such a huge advantage. What if warp gates merely added the ability to warp in w/ the increased CD? Normal build time unaffected, +5s for warped in time. Is that acceptable?
Vapaach
Profile Joined February 2011
Finland994 Posts
May 07 2011 07:24 GMT
#29
Why is there a pic of oGsTop playing? Anyway, amazing and amazingly fast write-up.
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Profile Joined July 2010
New Zealand10461 Posts
May 07 2011 07:27 GMT
#30
nice effort OP, great to see an in depth summary out already!
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Kaelaris
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United Kingdom788 Posts
May 07 2011 07:27 GMT
#31
On May 07 2011 16:24 Vapaach wrote:
Why is there a pic of oGsTop playing? Anyway, amazing and amazingly fast write-up.


Yeah Vapaach, somethings up with the imgur folders.

P.S. hai!
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Kaelaris
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United Kingdom788 Posts
May 07 2011 07:46 GMT
#32
Jesus that last game was awesome!

Thanks for tuning in guys, I will try get some more pictures up very soon!
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zerosiris
Profile Joined April 2008
United States64 Posts
May 07 2011 07:46 GMT
#33
WoW! that was such an amazing series. I am soooooooooooo happy I stayed up for this!
Legend`
Profile Joined April 2011
Canada381 Posts
May 07 2011 07:48 GMT
#34
That last game was absolutely amazing.
NME.352 GM NA Protoss
TheRhox
Profile Joined March 2011
Canada868 Posts
May 07 2011 07:49 GMT
#35
maaaan, I'm literally in tears that game was beyond words
StutteR
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States1903 Posts
May 07 2011 07:50 GMT
#36
On May 07 2011 15:32 Existential wrote:
These semi-finals have made me lose my faith in SC2



lol hope you stayed for Nestea SC game 5
`~` | effOrt Movie sKyHigh forever & SEn
ZergZingZing
Profile Joined October 2010
Korea (South)119 Posts
May 07 2011 07:50 GMT
#37
HELL YEA NESTEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
I NEEDED TO CHANGE MY PANTS COUNTLESS TIMES ON THAT LAST GAME
I LOVE NESTEA
IM CRYING RIGHT NOWWWWWW
Mephiztopheles1
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
1124 Posts
May 07 2011 07:51 GMT
#38
Need more photos of that last game, sC has to be feeling so down
Traven
Profile Joined March 2011
United States160 Posts
May 07 2011 07:54 GMT
#39
That last game was probably the best and most intense game I have EVER watched. To see two players of that caliber in an ace match that comes down to complete decision making and micro for the win was just amazing.
human_ko
Profile Joined July 2010
Russian Federation676 Posts
May 07 2011 07:56 GMT
#40
we want more pictures like that!
WOrd, yo.
TheRhox
Profile Joined March 2011
Canada868 Posts
May 07 2011 07:56 GMT
#41
Never was there a more deserved win than game 5 of Nestea vs sc
Yergidy
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States2107 Posts
May 07 2011 07:58 GMT
#42
On May 07 2011 16:54 Traven wrote:
That last game was probably the best and most intense game I have EVER watched. To see two players of that caliber in an ace match that comes down to complete decision making and micro for the win was just amazing.

I agree man I was tired and almost fell asleep, but after watching that game all I want to is talk about how amazing that game was. Best game I have EVER seen and by far the best game in the GSL thus far and I think for a very long time.
One bright day in the middle of the night, Two dead boys got up to fight; Back to back they faced each other, Drew their swords and shot each other.
Devildeer
Profile Joined December 2010
Mexico68 Posts
May 07 2011 08:12 GMT
#43
NesTea game 5 was absolutely amazing, beautiful.

OMG He's awesome :D
Zerg Medic!
Highlight
Profile Joined April 2011
United States75 Posts
May 07 2011 08:29 GMT
#44
we need pix now!! XD thanks for doing this!
fant0m
Profile Joined May 2010
964 Posts
May 07 2011 08:30 GMT
#45
That was so ridiculously good.

Nestea always seems to produce these amazing games. Don't forget the emergence of sanZentih (and Protoss) in group play of the last GSL... that 30+ long back and forth macro match that he lost on Shakuras. And now this!

I need mah interview though! I want to see everything that he says, that game must have been hugely draining.
omisa
Profile Joined January 2011
United States494 Posts
May 07 2011 08:32 GMT
#46
NesTea v Sc, such an epic match up. I hope the finals will bring another amazing set of games!

NesTea Fighting!
\m/
gulden
Profile Joined July 2010
Germany205 Posts
May 07 2011 09:18 GMT
#47
Thanks, really really well written writeup!
Keep up that good work!
Kaelaris
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United Kingdom788 Posts
May 07 2011 09:20 GMT
#48
On May 07 2011 18:18 gulden wrote:
Thanks, really really well written writeup!
Keep up that good work!


Thank you for all the positive feedback from everyone in fact. I'm tempted to try something a little different for the Code-S finals, make it a bit more special :D we'll have to see.
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SilverLeagueElite
Profile Joined April 2010
United States626 Posts
May 07 2011 09:23 GMT
#49
On May 07 2011 15:32 Existential wrote:
These semi-finals have made me lose my faith in SC2

Watch Nestea vs Sc and your faith will be restored. If you've already watch both sets and feel the same, not much can restore you.
PsykoMantis
Profile Joined June 2010
United States203 Posts
May 07 2011 15:04 GMT
#50
After missing the nestea match...im so glad that this thread his here! Thanks a ton
Scribble
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
2077 Posts
May 07 2011 15:57 GMT
#51
Artosis' custom game stories + Nestea vs sC. What a great day. :D
dezi
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Germany1536 Posts
May 07 2011 16:10 GMT
#52
PvZ final so? Couldn't watch Ro4
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starstorm
Profile Joined March 2011
64 Posts
May 07 2011 17:21 GMT
#53
Uh, those linked pictures definitely look like the Ro8. I see TOP vs. NaDa and LosirA vs. sC.
SeltzerPlease
Profile Joined February 2011
United States191 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-08 05:32:11
May 08 2011 04:28 GMT
#54
Pictures are currently uploading at http://cybersportsnetwork.imgur.com/gsl_code_s_semifinals ! Sorry for the delay, but we had to run to TSL House to film CotH and then there was much celebrating to be done. ;D
Kaelaris
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United Kingdom788 Posts
May 08 2011 05:31 GMT
#55
The original post has been updated with photos!
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PartyBiscuit
Profile Joined September 2010
Canada4525 Posts
May 08 2011 05:38 GMT
#56
Fantastic set of photos this time, especially of the audience.
the farm ends here
biskit
Profile Joined August 2010
Australia355 Posts
May 08 2011 05:52 GMT
#57
Very nice! Excellent write up but mostly I appreciate the photos .
Chicane
Profile Joined November 2010
United States7875 Posts
May 08 2011 06:11 GMT
#58
Poor sC. He played well and deserved to be in the finals more than Inca... plus almost everyone was cheering against him. Oh well... 2 solid results in a row is still quite an accomplishment.
Sangyerians
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Australia248 Posts
May 10 2011 05:40 GMT
#59
You spelled dual wrong.
http://www.justin.tv/sangyerians
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