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 Happy and Dayshi qualify for WCS EU Premier League
As the dust settled from one of the most gruelling qualifiers in Starcraft 2 memory, two players emerged to claim spots in WCS Europe's Premier division. Empire|Happy, 2nd place finisher at WCS Russia 2012, and Mill.Dayshi, the runner-up of WCS France, took their places alongside the 24 invited players.
Happy's road was largely clear of globally known opposition, facing players like Krolu and Krass in the lower rounds. He faced off against Bling in Premier division deciding semi-final match, and won a 2 - 0 victory. Dayshi's road to the cherished qualification spot was more notable, including players such as Feast, GoOdy and China's XiGua.
Both players put in a marathon effort, with the 1024 man qualifier taking nearly 9 hours to complete. As the tournament had been run through ESL's Go4SC2 weekly cup system, there was also a 100 euro first place prize on the line. However, neither player seemed very interested after winning the far more valuable WCS Premier spots, and consecutively cheesed each other in the final to leave Happy the ostensible winner by a 3 - 2 score.
Koreans wiped out
The participation of Koreans in other WCS regions had been a topic of much debate, but the Europeans held their ground on the first day of qualifiers. TAiLS, Daisy, Shuttle, and finale, the four Korean players who decided they would take a shot at the EU region, were all knocked out by the Ro32.
The most unusual upset was that of TAiLS, a regular in the MVP GSTL lineup. A French Masters player called Daloze rose up and struck down the Korean invader, demonstrating the volatility of the Bo1 format used in the earlier rounds of the tournament.
TAiLS wasn't the only one to be bested by a best of one, as even some of Europe's best fell victim. NightEnD's duel against an unknown German named AxiR in the Ro512 in a PvP ended in a surprise loss for the Romanian, much to AxiR's jubilation.
The qualifiers will continue in the same format for three more days, with the top two players from each day's tournament winning spots in the WCS Premier division. Qualifier #2 begins tomorrow at 16:00 GMT (+00:00).
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It was an honor casting with all the Gentlemen at ESL.
I'm only dissapointed that iG. XiGua didn't make it past the Round of 8 
-1 for Chinese competitors T_T.
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well play by dayshi's performance with xigua, but xigua nearly fall asleep during the game (4AM in the morning in china), and give dayshi too many free units. Maybe he will have a good rest and startover again with day 2 premier matches.
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My Dayshi hipsterness is starting to pay off at last!
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1001 YEARS KESPAJAIL22272 Posts
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United States97276 Posts
On April 15 2013 14:14 lichter wrote:
Best of One...? =/
It started in the ro1024 so it was bo1 until the ro128 I believe
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On April 15 2013 14:14 lichter wrote:
Best of One...? =/
It already took like nine hours to finish, if they had played bo3 from the very beginning, who knows how much longer it would've taken.
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Canada16217 Posts
On April 15 2013 14:14 lichter wrote:
Best of One...? =/
Everyone has 4 chances to qualify which kinda equals it out, bo3 for the whole qualifier would take forever to finish haha.
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I think the real winners here are Daloze and AxiR!
jokes aside I really hope to see Happy go far!
Happy GOGO!
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1001 YEARS KESPAJAIL22272 Posts
On April 15 2013 14:15 Shellshock1122 wrote:It started in the ro1024 so it was bo1 until the ro128 I believe
Yeah but man, this is the first season, with open qualifiers straight into Premier division, so I was expecting them to try and avoid as much randomness as possible. For the next seasons they can do Bo1, fine. But this is the first season so I was hoping for more.
Anyway Bo3 starting Ro128 isn't so bad. Thankfully with the GSL format, anyone who lucks their way into Premier/Challenger and doesn't deserve the spot will be weeded out quickly. Hopefully all of the best players make it eventually.
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Awww, spoiler ^^
Gratz to Happy and Dayshi!
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Concise recaps, I like (:
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I got confused by how the Koreans could get knocked out... and then I read that they lost in Bo1s -.-'
Well I guess their opponents can't be blamed lol. Do what you gotta do to win.
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So, wait, sorry guys. I work with ESL, but I'm often kept out of the loop, when is the next WCS EU qualifier? Did I miss something?
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Good! They both definitely deserve to be in WCS EU.
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On April 15 2013 14:31 Enders116 wrote:
So, wait, sorry guys. I work with ESL, but I'm often kept out of the loop, when is the next WCS EU qualifier? Did I miss something?
Tomorrow
(or today, depending on where you are, it's 4 days in a row, each day one qualifier)
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Both very good players. Can't wait to see who else qualifies!
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United States33660 Posts
On April 15 2013 14:29 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
I got confused by how the Koreans could get knocked out... and then I read that they lost in Bo1s -.-'
Well I guess their opponents can't be blamed lol. Do what you gotta do to win.
finale lost straight up to beastqt :o
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On April 15 2013 14:31 Enders116 wrote:
So, wait, sorry guys. I work with ESL, but I'm often kept out of the loop, when is the next WCS EU qualifier? Did I miss something?
There's one today(15th), tomorrow and wednesday.
Today and tomorrow have a max of 256 participants and with the ro256 being the only with bo1 these might be a bit more interesting
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EPT
