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After an opening night that was marked by NaNiwa's shock elimination from the tournament, WCS Europe produced more predictable results on its second match day.
 mYi.jjakji and  Acer.Nerchio, the two most accomplished players in the group, lived up to their reputations and advanced to the round of sixteen. While RoX.KIS.LiveZerg and  ESC.ShoWTimE were able to give the favorites a scare, they ended up being sent down to the Challenger League.
Things weren't all easy for first place finisher jjakji, as he dropped games to both LiveZerg and Nerchio along the way. The Korean Terran wavered in the face of early aggression, with LiveZerg's roach-bane bust catching him completely off guard, while he only barely held against Nerchio's roach-ling attacks. However, jjakji persevered and pulled through with 2-1 wins against both opponents, even capping off his series against Nerchio with a cheese rush of his own.
Despite losing to jjakji, Nerchio advanced through in second place by taking four games off ShoWTimE. Nerchio threw a variety of different looks at the German Protoss, from rushing to upgraded ultralisks to going for mass upgraded air. Notably, swarm hosts did not figure into Nerchio's plans, with the Nerchio stating that the passive style forced by swarm hosts did not suit him.
Next game day:
Group C: VortiX, ForGG, BabyKnight, Lilbow
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your Country52798 Posts
Awesome!
Thanks Nerchio for not being Scarlett/Naniwa.
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Congratulations to jjakji and Nerchio! Great to have a Pole in the round of 16 
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congrats to jjakji and especially Nerchio! good games today
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livezerg took a map of jjakji. other than that pretty much what everyone expected.
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Not suprise
EDIT: Da fuck is Naniwa shock elimination from WCS? He has played so poorly in WCS that it was not suprise. + He is VERY inconsistent player.
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JJJJJjjjjakji!!!
Sad that I missed every single game today (and all of the Women's hockey gold game). Work really has a way of getting in the way of what really matters sometimes.
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Nerchio looked really strong, if his zvt gets more crisp he could beat the best! I hope he crushes WCS this year.
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United States12612 Posts
Nerchio impressed me so much. I was hoping for Jjakji/Showtime but I do not mind getting to see Nerchio play some more in this tournament at all. And of course Jjakji thank you for no surprises
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Nerchio wiped the floor with Showtime
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Nice showing by Nerchio and hurray jjakji!
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Whoever manages the twitch account for wcs_europe. I wanted to say thank you for uploading the VODs so fast after the event. Now I can watch the games I missed due to a date.
You are the man.
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United States97277 Posts
Glad to see these two advance! Now for San in his group
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The one man I can cheer for in Dota 2, Go Nerchio!
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Couldn't be happier with these results
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Pretty much the expected results. Livezerg game us a show against Jjakji though!
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Oh awesome. I thought Nerchio hadn't been doing so well recently, although I admit I haven't watched a lot of SC2 recently, let alone non-korean SC2, so I foolishly tipped Showtime to go through with Jjakji.
I am pleased to have been mistaken! They sound like fun enough games to watch. + Show Spoiler +
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Bisutopia19399 Posts
Great job nerchio! Love seeing a forumer do well!
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