EPT
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/AfiQ2.jpg)
![[image loading]](http://www.complexitygaming.com/uploads/news/news_131138331820.jpg)
UPCOMING MATCHES:
MvP vs FnaticRC KSL 2012 Season 1 Bo11
MvP vs -winner of oGsTL vs SlayerS-
MvP vs FnaticRC KSL 2012 Season 1 Bo11
MvP vs -winner of oGsTL vs SlayerS-
So I noticed that a lot of the teams have been covered so far with their own hype posts and believed that MvP needs a fair amount too! After all, they are the defending champions of 2011 GSTL Season 1, after defeating Prime 5-3.
To take a look at why team MvP will destroy this tournament again - let's glance at their recent team games
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/uzZeX.png)
MvP 4:3 Prime
MvP 4:2 oGs
SlayerS 5:4 MvP
MvP 4:2 oGs
SlayerS 5:4 MvP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sizIQ--UcIM
This was MvP's breakout season - a team that not many had really heard of before, rolling through Prime and oGs - two very powerful teams - on the back of their ace,
DongRaeGu. The funny thing was that DRG was still a Code B player at the time, and yet he managed to close some epic ace matches against 
MarineKing, NaDa and 
MC. He almost saved them from MMA - if you watch the final game, there was a period where DRG was in a great spot. Alas, MMA is imba. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbIzSCXyQO8
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/JMdSj.png)
MvP 4:3 SlayerS
MvP 4:3 oGsTL
F.United 4:3 MvP
MvP 4:1 Prime
TSL 4:0 MvP
MvP 5:4 IM
MvP 5:2 NSHoSeo
MvP 5:3 Prime
MvP 4:3 oGsTL
F.United 4:3 MvP
MvP 4:1 Prime
TSL 4:0 MvP
MvP 5:4 IM
MvP 5:2 NSHoSeo
MvP 5:3 Prime
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8kEAQ8ddQs
Seriously - this is an amazing record. While MvP started the season needing DRG to 3-kill twice in a row and dropping the next set, they performed admirably for the remained. With the losses to TSL and F.United on their minds, nonetheless they made the playoffs and showed one of the most exciting series against IM. DRG's 3-kill ran through
Happy, LosirA and YoungHwa and had to be stopped by IMmvp. At this point, defeat looked certain, with IM up 4:3 and MvP's roster looking a bit bare - especially with IM's two aces still left standing. However, TAiLS pulled through with some exciting play - holding off IMmvp's 1-1-1 with an epic contain and upsetting NesTea's amazing ZvP.MvP's next two matches showed that they didn't even need
DRG to carry them - with Genius' 4-kill of NSHoSeo against players like Jjakji and Sage, and Noblesse's 3-kill of Prime, which placed them in an unwinnable position against Keen. While teams like SlayerS, IM and oGsTL came into the first GSTL season as favourites, MvP pulled it off to take their first GSTL victory.![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/gFNGj.png)
coL.MvP 5:3 ReIGN
QIM 5:4 coL.MvP
coL.MvP 5:3 Dignitas
coL.MvP 5:2 SlayerS
Mouseports 5:3 coL.MvP
QIM 5:4 coL.MvP
coL.MvP 5:3 Dignitas
coL.MvP 5:2 SlayerS
Mouseports 5:3 coL.MvP
This was a bit of a disappointing league for MvP - but it had a few highlights.
Keen's 4-kill against Reign, sC's 3-kill against QIM (only to be reverse-3-killed by IMMvp), Noblesse's 3-kill against Dignitas and Keen's all-kill against SlayerS (including MMA) showcased the rest of the talent of Team MvP.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCd6d6rkez0
Their only losses came due to a 3-kill by
IMmvp and an amazing battle with Mousesports, who have proven themselves to be a top-tier team, taking out SlayerS and all-killing QIM at one point. ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/x2B0i.png)
oGs 6:5 MvP
StarTale 6:5 MvP
StarTale 6:5 MvP
Both of these series were very close, and while they lost both games, arguably the motivation was less (in terms of prestige and prize money). These were still some amazing sets, showing off MvP's non-
DRG talent :D.![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/WN2f8.png)
MvP 6:1 NSHoSeo
MvP 6:2 oGs
MvP 6:1 StarTale
MvP 6:2 oGs
MvP 6:1 StarTale
Seriously - a record of 18-4 against top-tier Korean teams is not to be laughed at. MvP came out first in a 8-team elimination bracket, with a
Noblesse 5-kill against NSHoSeo that had to be broken by Jjakji, finale's 4-kill of oGs, and DongRaeGu's massive 5-kill of StarTale, destroying Parting, Squirtle, Curious and Bomber, and their DRG sniper too.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXOsC4_FXNo
+ Show Spoiler +
+ Show Spoiler +
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSb1v8kskRQ
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/328ME.png)
MvP 6:2 ZeNEX
Prime 6:5 MvP
Prime 6:5 MvP
ZeNEX isn't what it used to be, and MvP destroyed them as expected. A pity that they dropped the series to Prime in the semifinals, but that was on the back of a streaky
MarineKing 4-kill. The highlight, perhaps was DREAM's 4-kill of Prime, where he took out BBoongBBoong, Classic, AnnYeong, and cOre, which are Prime's high B-teamers for sure.![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/wbuZj.png)
Liquid 5:2 coL.MvP
Empire 5:3 MvP
Empire 5:3 MvP
Unfortunately these games weren't really indicative of MvP's strengths - no MvP players played in the first game due to New Years' break in Korea and only three B-teamers played in the second series.
Bang, Dream and TAiLS were disposed by Empire's A-team of (former MvP player) viOLet and Kas to unfortunately knock coL.MvP out of the running.![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/V6NLW.png)
-will update results as they come in-
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/idjgJ.png)
MvP 5:2 FXO
MvP destroyed FXO without even using any of their top 3 (
sC, Genius or DRG). Finale's 3-kill closed out by taking out Leenock, Oz and GuMiho in quite the upset. We're probably going to see them go up against SlayerS in a great rematch or roll over a slumping oGsTL in their next match.So we can see out of these games (I hope I haven't missed any recent team-league matches) that MvP has an epic win:loss ratio. While MvP arguably lacks the top-heavy lineups of other teams (e.g. IM's
NesTea and MVP, oGs' NaDa and MC, SlayerS Terrans) they have some of the most balanced lineups.Let's take a look:
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/g0nHp.png)
![[image loading]](http://professionalgaminglife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/MVP_Finale.png)
His TLPD record doesn't look too hot, until you expand 'All Leagues' and notice his recent intense PvT streak, with wins against
SuperNoVa, TheStC, Jjakji and Fin. This guy 4-killed oGs and was only taken out by MC after he failed a cheese 
. finale is a great vT sniper, and with the recent series against FXO, he showed he could take out FXO's top 3 aces in fine fashion.![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/YwRa0.png)
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/jM2vQ.jpg)
Massive upset of
NesTea and MVP during GSTL Season 1 - let's see if he can upset MarineKing or MMA this time around to finish his scalp collection.![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/Vgmza.png)
![[image loading]](http://pic2.duowan.com/sc2/1105/170287444355/170287965690.jpg)
For a few months back in 2011,
Genius looked like he was falling off the radar a bit - until he 4-0'd his Up/Down group and then 4-0'd his Code S group against sC and DRG. A master of the old style, let's see how well his play transitions into new-age Protoss that is being spearheaded by Oz, Parting and Brown, etc. Recently, he blew through NesTea, MarineKing and MC - three mutliple-GSL finalists. I daresay Genius has a good shot at becoming a GSL finalist himself.![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/D4tUd.gif)
![[image loading]](http://i52.tinypic.com/v74o6o.jpg)
And that's not to mention the awesome relationship
Genius and DRG have .![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/rrbEo.jpg)
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/94ReL.jpg)
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/9zpl8.png)
![[image loading]](http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/1622157448/171496_1320151719_1_.jpg)
Co-owner of one of the best series of Starcraft 2 ever played (
sC vs NesTea), yet beset by a plague of lung problems. He still retains some impressive vZ and vP stats, and will be a key player for sure. A pity he dropped out of his Ro32 Code S group but it was to two teamates - Genius and DRG - so no shame there.![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/CduQk.png)
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/ZtUIz.gif)
![[image loading]](http://imageftw.com/uploads/20111019/keen.gif)
One of MvP's up-and-coming players for sure. While his recent Code S was a bit of a disappointment (he still has a woeful v
NaDa), he tore up Code A and plenty of recent team-leagues, as well as the BenQ Starcraft Clash II, taking out Oz, viOLet, Grubby and DIMAGA.![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/a8xiv.png)
![[image loading]](http://www.gosugamers.net/starcraft2/images/2011/drg.jpg)
Does anything really need to be said here? Co-owner of the new-best-series-of-starcraft-2, with plenty of 3- and 4- and 5-kills to his name,
DRG has carried MvP for a long time. He was part of a Code S group of death and came through in dominating fashion as first place, taking out NesTea and MarineKing, with the two MvP players winning the day. DRG took out the upstart Parting without much fuss 3-0, playing some amazing Zerg - and he seems set to meet Genius in the finals!![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/QS75l.gif)
And as a parting note,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSZtPleTxD4
and
![[image loading]](http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c146/neoghaleon55/bulgogi-3.jpg)
MvP fighting!
![[image loading]](http://tcpm.mrlazyinc.com/files/images/games/memes/gsl_mvp_keen_celebrate_1.gif)
![[image loading]](http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpwc6v2WMe1qclpsxo1_500.jpg)
![[image loading]](http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpwc6v2WMe1qclpsxo1_500.jpg[/spoiler])
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/aVTcb.jpg)
