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GSL Code S Semifinals
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Translated From PlayXP
Winner between
 NesTea vs.  HongUn
+ Show Spoiler +NesTea ‘I will create a career that no one else will be able to match.’![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/HrqaX.jpg) - This will be your 3rd (GSL) finals. How do you feel?This will be the second time around for code S. I believe this will make me the first consecutive finalist in code S, so I feel extremely happy. I am also glad that I will be given a chance to take my 3rd championship. - Like you said, this makes you the first previous code S winner to be back in the finals. Also you are on a 14 win streak. How do you feel?I don’t have much interest in keeping track of my match history so I did not know that. But I think I was able to get good results because I put forth my best effort in each and every game. - It looked like you were basically playing around with your protoss opponent.I have seen Hongun’s games in the past and this was the first time he got colossus so early in the game. Usually, I have seen him get those later in the game. Actually, I was only really prepared for his habitual strategies of taking an expansion, then either stargate, blink, or DTs. - Who do you want to face in the finals?Both players are great. LosirA has grown a lot as a player and Byun plays solid and patient game against zerg. I don’t really care who advances. If LosirA advances, it’s good because he is my teammate, and if Byun advances, it will be a more fun match so that will be good too. - You have a chance now to take the first 3 time championship and the 200 million won (~$200,000) prize money title (This is for his cumulative winnings).Rather than the prize money, I am more interested in collecting the title. I think prize money will come naturally as I pile on more and more titles. Until I retire, I want to create a career that no one will be able to match. - You will be able to get a lot of things if you win this season. Yes, this win will allow me to be in better standings for Blizzcon and the Blizzard Cup. Every finals is important but this one even more so. I have not been outside the country yet so I hope to take this opportunity to cement my status at doing so. - Your team just got all-killed at the GSTL.The players that went out for our team in the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd matches did not have very much experience in broadcasted matches. We knew that they had a chance at losing. But we are pretty friendly with some of the guys on the other team so we weren’t that worried. I mean, as long as we take this chance to win the rest of the games, this one won’t matter. - If LosirA advances, will that make it difficult for you guys to practice?I think I will have to scare him a couple of times. I usually practice on my own so that’s not that big of a problem but I may have to call him over. - Any last comments?There are so many people who helped me out for today’s match. San, Trickster, Tandongho, MinSeOK, YoungHwa, Seed, and Ready are just some of the few who helped me. I want to thank everyone who helped me practice, and I will buy them all something tasty after I win this championship. I also want to thank our sponsors the Googims company and Coca Cola. + Show Spoiler +
▼ 3번째 결승 진출이다.
- 코드S 2연속이다. 최초로 2연속을 달성해 기분 좋다. 3회 우승의 기회도 온 것 같아 기분 좋다.
▼ 코드S 최초의 전승 결승 진출이다. 그리고 14연승이다.
- 기록에는 크게 관심 없어 잘 몰랐다. 매 경기 최선을 다해서 좋은 결과가 나왔던 것 같다.
▼ 프로토스를 가지고 노는 듯한 모습이었다.
- 안홍욱 선수의 경기를 좀 봤는데 오늘은 거신을 배제했다. 웬만하면 초반 거신은 안가고 후반을 가더라. 더블, 우관, 점멸, 다크. 이것만 노리고 왔다.
▼ 원하는 결승 상대는?
- 둘 다 잘한다. 강호도 많이 늘었고, 변현우 선수도 저그전을 침착하게 잘 한다고 생각한다. 누가 올라와도 상관 없다. 강호가 올라오면 팀원이 올라와서 좋고, 변현우 선수가 올라오면 재미있는 경기가 될 것 같아 좋다.
▼ 3회 우승과 2억 상금 돌파란 타이틀을 앞두게 됐다.
- 상금보단 우승이란 타이틀을 계속 가지고 싶다. 그렇게 되면 자연스레 상금도 따라 올 것이라고 본다. 은퇴할 때까지 커리어를 쌓아서 못 따라오게끔 하고 싶다.
▼ 이번 시즌 우승을 하게 되면 얻는 것이 많다.
- 블리즈컨도 있고 블리자드 컵에서도 유리해진다. 항상 결승이 중요하지만 이번 결승은 더더욱 중요하다. 해외를 한번도 못 나가봤다. 이번 기회에 나갈 수 있었으면 좋겠다.
▼ GSTL에서 팀이 올 킬 당했다.
- 1, 2, 3경기 나갔던 선수가 방송 경기 경험이 거의 없던 선수였다. 질 수도 있다는 생각도 했었다. 상대팀에도 친한 동생들도 있어 크게 신경 쓰이진 않았다. 어차피 이 기회로 남은 경기 다 이기면 되니 암울하진 않다.
▼ 황강호가 결승에 올라오면 연습하기 힘들 수도 있을 것 같다.
- 한 명씩 붙잡아 해야 될 것 같다. 어차피 나는 밖에서 연습하니깐 그쪽으로 불려야 하지 않을까 생각한다.
▼ 마지막으로 하고 싶은 말.
- 이번 경기에 도와준 사람이 너무 많다. 강초원, 기수, 탄동호, 김민석, 최용환, 안상원, 문진현 등 너무 많다. 연습 도와준 분들에게 감사하고, 우승하고 맛있는 거 사주겠다. 후원사인 구김스 컴퍼니와 코카콜라에게 감사한다.
글: 안영훈(ethan@playxp.com)
(c)PlayXP
Winner between
 Byun vs. LosirA
+ Show Spoiler +LosirA‘It’s not time to be happy yet.’![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/f6vz9.jpg) - You just made your first code S finals. How do you feel?I am really happy that I was able to make it to the finals. I will try my best to hold the winning trophy in my hands. - How do you feel about your finals opponent being NesTea?I believe that he is the top zerg player in the world. But this is an opportunity for me and it being the finals, I will put forth my best effort to show great games. - If you were to describe each other’s styles?NesTea likes to macro and play defensive, and I like to be aggressive. But in a ZvZ, both of those go out the window so that won’t have much meaning. - You will won the 1st set after your gold expansion was found out.It didn’t really matter if it was found. The usual frontal expansion and that are no different really in a macro situation so it didn’t really factor into the match. - In the 2nd set, you still won after fighting off the 11-11 strategy.After I stopped his 11-11 strategy I was able to be aggressive and had a good idea of my opponent’s army size. And with that, I was able to surge ahead with macro and take the lead. - Were you determined to all-in for the 3rd set?It was improvised. But I wasn’t sure that I would break through the front. I did it in response to his quick expansion before barracks. - This was your first entry to the code S finals, but you didn’t show any special ceremony or anything.In my mind, even if you get to the finals, if you can’t finish that with a win, then it doesn’t hold any meaning. I don’t think it’s time to be happy just yet. - This is the first ZvZ finals, and it will be a best of 7. How do you think this will affect the match?Before, I thought that SC2 ZvZ was similar to SCBW but after playing a lot, I believe that it is completely different. The games will play out completely according to whatever strategies we decide to prepare. - There are a lot of strategies you could use. But, will you create anything new?.There is that chance. But I think we will be using a lot of the already standard strategies. - This will also be the first finals with two teammates. Do you think you will have any problems preparing for this because he is your teammate?I don’t really know. I will first have to talk to the coach at the teamhouse about it. - It could be a good experience for you as the challenger.I think I could be a bit scared during the finals, but at the same time, it could be a lot of fun. I think the challenger always has the greater potential to show off his skills and so I will prepare to show my best stuff for the finals. - Any last comments?Clide really helped me out for today. In both SCBW and SC2 he has really helped me out continuously so I want to thank him a lot. Even the build in the 1st set was suggested to me by Clide. I hope that in the future he will call on me to help him prepare for his match. I want to thank IMHappy, Yoda, and TSL’s Heart for helping me practice. True also helped me by off-racing. I also want to say sorry to MVP that I didn’t mention him last time when he helped me practice. And I also want to thank Bomber for helping me practice all night. Thank you. Finally I want to thank the coach and his wife and I want to say that I will repay their kindness with my play in the finals. + Show Spoiler +
▼ 첫 코드S 결승 진출이다.
- 결승에 진출하게 되어 기분 좋다. 우승컵을 손에 쥘 수 있도록 노력하겠다.
▼ 결승 상대는 임재덕인데 어떤가?
- 저그 중에서 탑을 달리고 있는 분이다. 감회가 새롭고 결승에서 겨루는 만큼 최고의 경기를 보여드리겠다.
▼ 서로의 스타일에 대해서 밝혀본다면.
- 재덕이 형은 운영형이고, 나는 공격형이다. 하지만 저저전은 운영과 공격의 개념이 없기 때문에 의미가 없을 것 같다.
▼ 1세트에서 황금멀티가 발각됐는데도 이겼다.
- 발각 되도 상관없다. 평소 앞마당 멀티와 동일한 운영형 멀티기 때문에 발각 되도 상관없다.
▼ 2세트는 11-11을 당하고도 이겼다.
- 11-11을 막고 난 후 상대에게 압박도 했고, 병력도 잘 확보했었다. 그 바탕으로 이후 운영전에서 내가 앞설 수 있었던 것 같다.
▼ 3세트 올인은 확신했나.
- 즉흥적이었다. 뚫릴 거란 확신이 있었다. 상대가 노 병영 더블인 걸 확인하고 공격했다.
▼ 처음으로 코드S 결승에 갔음에도 별 다른 세레모니가 없었다.
- 결국엔 결승 무대 선 만큼 우승하지 않으면 아무런 의미가 없단 생각이 들었다. 아직 기뻐할 때가 아니라고 생각한다.
▼ 첫 동족전이고 7전 4선승제가 없었다. 어떤 양상이 될 것 같나?
- 예전에는 스타2 저저전이 스타1과 비슷하다고 생각했었지만, 계속 경기를 해보다 보니 완전 달랐다. 어떤 준비를 해오느냐에 따라 극과 극의 경기가 나올 것 같다.
▼ 활용할 수 있는 전략이 많을 것 같다. 새로운 것이 나올 것 같나?
- 그럴 수도 있고, 기존의 것을 사용할 수도 있다고 본다.
▼ 팀원 결승이 또 처음이다. 같은 팀원과의 결승이라 연습에 지장이 없을지?
- 아직은 잘 모르겠다. 숙소에서 감독님과 상의해 봐야 할 것 같다.
▼ 도전자 입장에서 좋은 경험이 될 수 있을 것 같은데.
- 떨릴 수도 있을 것 같고, 재미있을 것 같기도 하다. 원래 도전하는 사람이 더 멋질 수 있는 만큼 꼭 열심히 준비해서 최선을 다할 것이다.
▼ 끝으로 하고 싶은 말.
- 규종이 형이 정말 열심히 도와주셨다. 스타1에 이어 스타2에서도 많이 도와주셔서 정말 고마워 하고 있다. 1경기 빌드를 알려주신 분도 규종이 형이다. 언제라도 자신의 경기에 앞서 도와달란 해주셨으면 좋겠다. 우리팀의 안호진, 최병현 선수, TSL의 김민혁 선수에게 감사 드린다. 유기성 선수는 종족을 바꿔가면서 연습을 도와줬다. 지난 번에 종현이 형이 도와줬는데 얘기하지 못해 미안하다. 그리고 최지성 선수가 밤새도록 연습을 도와줬다. 정말 고맙다. 감독님과 형수님께도 감사 드리고 꼭 결승에서 보답해드리겠다.
글: 안영훈(ethan@playxp.com)
(c)PlayXP
Thanks for reading. I got a bit behind, but the GSTL interviews will be up soon.
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Losira needs to win, Nestea isn't allowed a third championship 
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I somehow imagine MC and MVP teaming up and helping LosirA so that they stay on par with Nestea in GSL titles. :p
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Rooting for Losira!! But Nestea is so unstoppable, Losira getting 4 wins against him is kinda improbable. Nevertheless, go go go Losira!! <3
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Great interviews. I look forward to the career of Nestea's that nobody will match.
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Ty for the super fast translation. Nice that they asked Nestea about the all kill ^^
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On July 25 2011 23:59 Amestir wrote:
Ty for the super fast translation. Nice that they asked Nestea about the all kill ^^
I kinda wonder if now that they know how badly Nestea manhandled HongUn if they don't regret sending Nestea out against FXO.
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I love you Nestea, oh father of zerg.
But I love you too Losira. My little bad boy T,T <33333
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Cliiiiiiiide build order guru!
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And I also want to thank Bomber for helping me practice all night. Thank you.
lol, i guess he was super pissed that byun beat him
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On July 25 2011 23:50 Phosgene wrote:
And I also want to thank Bomber for helping me practice all night.
Bomber's blade of vengeance strikes again!
Interesting that Clide suggested the Roach rush to him, obviously Revival showcased that variant first in the GSTL but I guess we can be pretty sure that was a map specific opener TSL came up with.
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On July 25 2011 23:59 RogerChillingworth wrote:
Can't they both win :'(
They already have...in my heart <3
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IM is such a powerhouse of champions!
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IM's sponsors must be so happy ^.^ sponsoring IM just before nestea's last finals, and now two of their players in the finals 
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~$200,000 price money for the first place? have i missed something? I thought the money for the first place is about ~$50,000?
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On July 26 2011 00:12 Tofugrinder wrote:
~$200,000 price money for the first place? have i missed something? I thought the money for the first place is about ~$50,000?
Nestea is currently at $150k in winnings so will hit $200k if he takes 1st.
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On July 26 2011 00:12 Tofugrinder wrote:
~$200,000 price money for the first place? have i missed something? I thought the money for the first place is about ~$50,000?
It's the total winnings NesTea has earned during his SC2 career. Winning code S earns you about 40.000$.
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If Losira wins I hope it goes 4-3 but if Nestea wins it'd be really cool if he was the first to win a GSL without dropping a map.
The players that went out for our team in the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd matches did not have very much experience in broadcasted matches. We knew that they had a chance at losing. But we are pretty friendly with some of the guys on the other team so we weren’t that worried. I mean, as long as we take this chance to win the rest of the games, this one won’t matter.
In that case I hope they plan on using all three of their best players from here on, maybe even opening with Nestea to go for an all-kill, which would be really good for their standing.
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thanx to the 2 above, that makes it clear 
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IM is unstoppable right now.
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Thanks for the interviews! Losira is so adorable <3 And yes, why can't they both win
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On July 26 2011 00:19 grush57 wrote:
IM is unstoppable right now.
Except against QXC.
Sorry, couldn't resist.
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Awesome translation Phosphene!
I don't much care who wins, it'd be nice to see Nestea with a third title, but Losira getting a gold would be cool too.
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Haha, '' I might have to scare him, mby I'll call up him for practise''.
How much of a boss is he, rofl.
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Nestea is so much better than anyone now that MC is having troubles after so many international events. He's scary AS HELL. :/
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I can't imagine how depressing it must be to be asked to practice with nestea, they're very likely to lose and they can't so no to a god like him
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Yeah I think MC is the only one able to challenge Nestea with MVP still slumping. But he was so stupid to lose to Hong-un and deprive us of any good matches for the Ro4 and finals. .
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Omg ZvZ final = I gonna watch 2 games max and then be bored TT
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thank you for the translations! rooting for both! :D
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On July 26 2011 00:24 Caesarion wrote:Except against QXC. Sorry, couldn't resist.
If they just sent out someone like Yonghwa first it would of been a lot different. I guess they're just that confident that they can risk throwing away an auto win and still come out 4-1 in the group stages.
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Thanks for the translation!
Sad one of the two has to lose the final, i respect Nestea a lot and think losira is so awesome too.
hopefully it'll be an entertaining close final though, please let it not be another 4-0 roflstompage.
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Nestea is so good it is actually ridonculous. If he beats Losira and wins two consecutive GSL Code S finals, its going to be nuts. Hopefully this final will be much better than the last bunch, too bad its ZvZ
IM Fighting!
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On July 26 2011 00:53 Cosmos wrote:
Omg ZvZ final = I gonna watch 2 games max and then be bored TT
at least the games won't be too long for the most part
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On July 26 2011 01:55 movac wrote:Show nested quote +On July 26 2011 00:24 Caesarion wrote:On July 26 2011 00:19 grush57 wrote:
IM is unstoppable right now. Except against QXC. Sorry, couldn't resist. If they just sent out someone like Yonghwa first it would of been a lot different. I guess they're just that confident that they can risk throwing away an auto win and still come out 4-1 in the group stages.
Haha, in the interview, Nestea basically said that. Apparently they figured stage experience for their newer members is more important.
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Haha, I got what I wished for. ZvZ finals. Hopefully both of them survive the early game so that we can get long games
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I think yoda could of owned up FXO not taking away from QXC though it would of been cool to earn his Jedi Robe by beating Yoda lol
Nestea has had such easy opponents this GSL aswell.
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- If LosirA advances, will that make it difficult for you guys to practice?
I think I will have to scare him a couple of times. I usually practice on my own so that’s not that big of a problem but I may have to call him over.
Hehe, Nestea's planning on bossing Losira around in the team house haha.
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i really like losira, but I really want nestea to win even more! I feel like Losira is just a really good zerg, but nestea is much more, he is an inspiration to just about all zerg players.
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and if Byun advances, it will be a more fun match so that will be good too.
Doesn't bode well for the finals :< looks like the curse might continue.
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Great interviews, thanks for posting them :D
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A side note, Bomber and Losira are good friends and former class mates ^^
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On July 26 2011 03:32 PlosionCornu wrote:
A side note, Bomber and Losira are good friends and former class mates ^^
Huh. Wasn't that Squirtle and not Bomber?
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On July 26 2011 03:36 babylon wrote:Show nested quote +On July 26 2011 03:32 PlosionCornu wrote:
A side note, Bomber and Losira are good friends and former class mates ^^ Huh. Wasn't that Squirtle and not Bomber?
Looking at the birth dates, it being Squirtle would make more sense.
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On July 26 2011 03:40 Names wrote:Show nested quote +On July 26 2011 03:36 babylon wrote:On July 26 2011 03:32 PlosionCornu wrote:
A side note, Bomber and Losira are good friends and former class mates ^^ Huh. Wasn't that Squirtle and not Bomber? Looking at the birth dates, it being Squirtle would make more sense.
Yeah, it's Squirtle. Double-checked it on GOMTV's Behind the Booth thing.
In PlosionCornu's defense though, Squirtle and Bomber look really similar, lol.
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I like both of these guys, hoping for good,insightful games on the finals! :x
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Free win for nestea?
ok, not free, but NESTEA HWAITING
BONJWA TIME
GOLDEN MONITOR (lol)
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hahahahahaha i made this in Paint (very quickly and very badly) during nestea's third game, professor tea teaching his student... i'm glad losira won too.
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/w4Wcb.jpg)
i love losira so much!
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If you were to describe each other’s styles?
NesTea likes to macro and play defensive, and I like to be aggressive. But in a ZvZ, both of those go out the window so that won’t have much meaning.
Awesome, another GSL finals to skip.
Thanks for the translation!
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"Until I retire, I want to create a career that no one will be able to match. "
Mother of god, he is going on a rampage.
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Nestea is becoming too good at interviews. It will be exciting to see how he reacts in front of a crowd at foreigner event such as BlizzCon. I imagine he will be one of the few Koreans who don't auto-answer "I will show good games" to every question.
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gogo hongun our fellow brotoss!!
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Thanks for translating
I love ZvZ so I cannot wait to watch this finals. In my opinion these two are basically top 2 Zerg players, Nestea definitely THE best player in the world. This is going to be SO high level.
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On July 26 2011 05:39 akaname wrote:hahahahahaha i made this in Paint (very quickly and very badly) during nestea's third game, professor tea teaching his student... i'm glad losira won too. i love losira so much!
ahahah, this is too good
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On July 26 2011 00:02 Antoine wrote:Show nested quote +And I also want to thank Bomber for helping me practice all night. Thank you. lol, i guess he was super pissed that byun beat him
Yeah that is pretty funny. Bomber was playing around in the 2nd game and was totally underestimating Byun by the 3rd. Truth is, he should be more mad with himself than anything
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There are so many people who helped me out for today’s match. San, Trickster, Tandongho, MinSeOK, YoungHwa, Seed, and Ready are just some of the few who helped me. I want to thank everyone who helped me practice, and I will buy them all something tasty after I win this championship. I also want to thank our sponsors the Googims company and Coca Cola.
Wow San helped Nestea practice.
Hmm I wonder how well San does in practice against Nestea. Someone ask Nestea >.>.
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I don't think nestea has ever even lost 4 zvz matches on tv. Im calling nestea 4-1 but im a huge fan of both players and im glad Zerg is going to win the finals.
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I havnt been playing to many 1s lately, im confused are zergs op now? i liked being UP enough to feel good about my wins....
good for nestea though, hes beastly and has taught his padawan well
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