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DreamHack Winter 2013 continued on day two with the Ro16 double-elimination bracket, and ten players survived to move on to the third and final day of the tournament.
Liquid's  TaeJa was the biggest winner on the day, fighting his way through HerO, MMA, and Life in the winners bracket to secure a place in the grand finals, earning a guaranteed 2nd place finish at the very worst. TaeJa also improved to an impressive 8 - 0 series record in the tournament, with 9 - 0 possible if he should win tomorrow.
Sweden's  [A]NaNiwa also starred, becoming the only non-Korean player to survive amidst a sea of Korean progamers. Though he was knocked out of the winners bracket by a rampaging Life, NaNiwa was able to defeat Leenock in the losers bracket to keep his tournament hopes alive. The win against Leenock also avenged a painful grand finals loss to Leenock at April's DreamHack: Stockholm.
![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/staff/Waxangel/dreamhack/winter2013/giantbracketd2.png) Click to Enlarge
Several fan favorites were eliminated on day two, none more notable than  Jaedong. The face of EG's SC2 division was looking to finally win his first championship of the year after five runner-up finishes, but his Swedish campaign was cut short by teammate JYP.
DreamHack continues on day three.
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So... Hmmm. Who will Innovation and MMA face? Naniwa and sOs?
btw I like that the two acer players have been alongside each other the whole tournament. Both got 2nd in groups, both advanced through their first bracket match and fell in their 2nd.
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Team Taeja lives!
Poor NaNiwa, even if he wins against JYP he then has to play Innovation. And then if he beats Innovation and also wins Loser's round 5 then he still has to play Life again. The bracket gods has smited thee.
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On November 30 2013 10:04 Popkiller wrote:
So... Hmmm. Who will Innovation and MMA face? Naniwa and sOs?
btw I like that the two acer players have been alongside each other the whole tournament. Both got 2nd in groups, both advanced through their first bracket match and fell in their 2nd.
I have faith that Polt can get to MMA so MMA can get his revenge for the super tournament.
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Canada16217 Posts
You took a screenshot of the bracket before it was updated that NaNiwa won :o
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United States33592 Posts
On November 30 2013 10:07 NovemberstOrm wrote:
You took a screenshot of the bracket before it was updated that NaNiwa won :o
shuttup i'll fix it in a second
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I'm actually kinda hoping that JYP goes deep, he hasn't had results in so long it's nice to see him do so well.
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United States97276 Posts
Really cool to see JYP having a good result at this tournament.
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It is ridiculous how good Taeja is.
Will we see JYP sing tomorrow?
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On November 30 2013 10:04 iTzSnypah wrote:
Team Taeja lives!
Poor NaNiwa, even if he wins against JYP he then has to play Innovation. And then if he beats Innovation and also wins Loser's round 5 then he still has to play Life again. The bracket gods has smited thee.
I am pretty sure there is no easy path; I don't see how bracket gods had anything to do with this one.
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I don't particularly think JYP is very good, relative to the other players in the tourney, but wasn't he noted to have a good PvP? He has a fairly decent chance vs Nani, no? How's Nani's PvP?
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Canada16217 Posts
On November 30 2013 10:11 Waxangel wrote:Show nested quote +On November 30 2013 10:07 NovemberstOrm wrote:
You took a screenshot of the bracket before it was updated that NaNiwa won :o shuttup i'll fix it in a second
:D
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Austria2609 Posts
Wax you better put all your journalistic skills into investigating if Taeja wants to retire or not and what his talk about retiring is all about! we need to know!!
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On November 30 2013 10:23 FabledIntegral wrote:
I don't particularly think JYP is very good, relative to the other players in the tourney, but wasn't he noted to have a good PvP? He has a fairly decent chance vs Nani, no? How's Nani's PvP?
According to TLPD, PvP is JYP's weakest matchup, with a 33% win rate (9-18 overall, 6-4 in his last ten games). I think (hope) that Naniwa can pull it off.
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On November 30 2013 10:21 iMrising wrote:
It is ridiculous how good Taeja is.
Will we see JYP sing tomorrow?
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On November 30 2013 10:29 Ryncol wrote:Show nested quote +On November 30 2013 10:23 FabledIntegral wrote:
I don't particularly think JYP is very good, relative to the other players in the tourney, but wasn't he noted to have a good PvP? He has a fairly decent chance vs Nani, no? How's Nani's PvP? According to TLPD, PvP is JYP's weakest matchup, with a 33% win rate (9-18 overall, 6-4 in his last ten games). I think (hope) that Naniwa can pull it off.
Ha, well that was easy, should have just checked it myself  . Thanks though.
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On November 30 2013 10:32 FabledIntegral wrote:Show nested quote +On November 30 2013 10:29 Ryncol wrote:On November 30 2013 10:23 FabledIntegral wrote:
I don't particularly think JYP is very good, relative to the other players in the tourney, but wasn't he noted to have a good PvP? He has a fairly decent chance vs Nani, no? How's Nani's PvP? According to TLPD, PvP is JYP's weakest matchup, with a 33% win rate (9-18 overall, 6-4 in his last ten games). I think (hope) that Naniwa can pull it off. Ha, well that was easy, should have just checked it myself . Thanks though.
Here's a better way to put how NaNiwa's PvP is these days, taken from yesterday:
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EPT![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/1YE8y9W.jpg)
