I hope Xlord can make it today! Yes, he got pretty schooled by cShuttle yesterday, but Shuttle had been playing TvZs for the last three sets while Xlord had to play ZvZ, ZvP and then ZvT! Still, he is an underdog to make it, but who knows, with enough luck...?

Wouldn't mind seeing TargA going far either! ~

silvercloud

Sweden68 Posts

April 17 2013 07:53 GMT

#67

On April 17 2013 16:48 JustPassingBy wrote:
I hope Xlord can make it today! Yes, he got pretty schooled by cShuttle yesterday, but Shuttle had been playing TvZs for the last three sets while Xlord had to play ZvZ, ZvP and then ZvT! Still, he is an underdog to make it, but who knows, with enough luck...?

Wouldn't mind seeing TargA going far either! ~

Or because Shuttle is better than Xlord, because he is.

MasterOfPuppets

Romania6942 Posts

April 17 2013 08:10 GMT

#68

On April 17 2013 15:21 Schnullerbacke13 wrote:
finally balance arrived. terran dominates all regions ;-)

Yeah, looks like GSL Code S will be once again GomTvT with their.... 5 zergs, 3 terrans and 2 protosses thus far.

sage_francis

France1823 Posts

April 17 2013 08:12 GMT

#69

On April 17 2013 10:36 larse wrote:
They beat strong Protoss players including Korean pros TAiLS and finale with powerful Mech composition.

Congrats! Hope more and more Terran players explore diverse unit compositions in TvP. Hope we can see more great games like today's that are not MMMVG since 2010.

VODs of all their Mech TvP today:

Strelok vs MVP.finale Game 1: http://www.twitch.tv/sc2tv_ru/b/391764626?t=01m10s
Strelok vs MVP.finale Game 2: http://www.twitch.tv/sc2tv_ru/b/391764626?t=16m34s
Strelok vs MVP.finale Game 3: http://www.twitch.tv/sc2tv_ru/b/391764626?t=35m50s
KrasS vs Harstem Game 2: http://www.twitch.tv/nasltv/b/391697926?t=4h27m15s
Strelok vs PandaTank: http://www.twitch.tv/nasltv/b/391697926?t=4h45m40s
Strelok vs Welmu Game 1: http://www.twitch.tv/nasltv/b/391697926?t=6h17m24s
Strelok vs Welmu Game 3: http://www.twitch.tv/nasltv/b/391697926?t=6h48m02s

Thx for the vods !

Beasty is next !

Shellshock

United States97276 Posts

April 17 2013 08:13 GMT

#70

They played really well today. Loved Stelok's mech vs P. Hopefully PandaTank can qualify :D

Bahajinbo

Germany488 Posts

April 17 2013 08:18 GMT

#71

Gratz to Krass (and Strelok of course)! I already enjoyed his performance at WCS Germany last year. Very unterrated Terran.

Thor.Rush

Sweden702 Posts

April 17 2013 08:29 GMT

#72

These qualifiers sure are making WCS very interesting indeed. Gratz to both. I was especially impressed with Krass.

deus.machinarum

Austria658 Posts

April 17 2013 08:29 GMT

#73

Are there VODs of Krass playing against Tails and Shuttle?

kafkaesque

Germany2006 Posts

April 17 2013 08:34 GMT

#74

Awesome to see that Strelok is still playing, I loved that guy in his NASL-interviews.

LaLuSh

Sweden2358 Posts

April 17 2013 08:37 GMT

#75

On April 17 2013 10:53 ejozl wrote:
Wow, with EU being known for having lesser Terrans in comparison to the other races in the region and seeing how the qualifier is dominated by Terran contenders, leaves me thinking how much Terran will dominate in a whole and especially in the other regions.

Either way, all these players are great and so far with no koreans qualifying in our qualifiers, we look strong in EU!

Maps do a good job of wiping out zergs in these kind of formats and always has. We're a lot more sensitive to trash maps designed by Blizzard with any of the following characteristics:

* Ramp is 2 miles away from main minerals and natural expo.
* Rocks. Lots of rocks.
* A more than 50% propensity for a split map stalemate.
* Few counterattack paths.

Face someone decent in a bo1 on one of these and you're gambling for your survival.

In a bo3 you will likely have to play at least one of your matches on one of these because of loser's pick. If you're unlucky, oen of these are also automatically set as first map in the bo3.

I honestly think a shit map (any shit map) existing in the map pool will affect zerg more than the other races.

Congrats to Strelok and Krass, they deserved to qualify no matter.

Kihshra

178 Posts

April 17 2013 09:11 GMT

#76

With only two spots left, only two countries can tie them for the most spots: Sweden and Korea.

And Spain, and France, and Denmark, and Netherlands, and Russia...

lol

ggrrg

Bulgaria2716 Posts

April 17 2013 09:25 GMT

#77

On April 17 2013 16:53 silvercloud wrote:

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Or because Shuttle is better than Xlord, because he is.

Stephano mentioned on the NASL stream that Shuttle is a beast in TvZ and predicted the 2:0 win. However, Xlord has been in a great shape latelly, too. He has been tearing through this season of EPS Germany and reached the playoffs convincingly in first place.

Qikz

United Kingdom12043 Posts

April 17 2013 09:36 GMT

#78

So glad Strelok got in, he mechs pretty much every game and outside of goody is my foreigner hero! :D

o)_Saurus

Germany260 Posts

April 17 2013 09:41 GMT

#79

On April 17 2013 18:25 ggrrg wrote:

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Yeah but we don't have our strongest terrans playing in EPS.
Heromarine is too young and KraSs for some reason does not participate...Don't think Xlord would be at the top with more good players beeing in the league because his ZvT looks really weak.

[Silverflame]

Germany640 Posts

April 17 2013 09:53 GMT

#80

I thought todays bracket is 1024 max... Would be great if I am wrong!