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A Zerg filled group in the Ro32 of WCS America was an unlikely place to find one of the most entertaining games of the year, but the circumstances somehow fell together for  Revival and IM_ByuL to play a truly memorable match (Watch the VOD!).
For the most part, the proceedings on the night went as expected. Despite his best efforts,  TheStC failed to be much of a threat to his three Zerg opponents, making ZvZ the main match-up of the night. A series of closely matched but mostly unremarkable ZvZ's ensued, with Roccat.HyuN earning the first ticket to the Ro16 with wins over ByuL and Revival.
Revival and ByuL were left to play in the final match of the night for the remaining Ro16 slot. After trading a game a piece, the two players stepped onto Yeonsu for the deciding game. The game looked to be a clear cut victory for ByuL after he survived Revival's roach attacks to put mutalisks on the map. However, a number of overeager attempts to finish the game by ByuL gave Revival just enough breathing room to crawl his way back into the game with a roach-hydra army.
Despite Revival's unlikely survival, ByuL seemed to have the game firmly in his control with the threat of a basetrade giving him complete map control. Yet, ByuL failed to consolidate his lead completely, allowing Revival to slowly build up his army and add infestors.
After having the fringes of his base picked at for what seemed like an eternity, Revival finally decided enough was enough and took his army out on the map to attack ByuL. In response ByuL initiated one of the most tragic muta base-trades in all of StarCraft history, running his forces into a forest of spore crawlers at Revival's last remaining base. The mutalisks were completely massacred, forcing the GG from ByuL and giving Revival a miraculous victory.
Players Qualified for Ro16:
 Protoss (2): Alicia, Oz
 Terran (1): Heart
 Zerg (3): TooDming, HyuN, Revival
Next game day:
Group D: Jaedong,  Arthur, Has, Bomber
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United States33659 Posts
On February 26 2014 11:55 stuchiu wrote:
That was like watching Revival cross the street and then a car is about to hit him. Then BAM, the car explodes, but the debris are flying everywhere, but Revival fucking dodges only to hit his head into a fire hydrant. He then gets up and is mugged by guys with guns and is about to get shot but then one of the thugs backstabs his friends and Revival gets the fuck out of there, but is then chased by a pack of ravenous dogs. He crashes through a butcher shop, throws the meat at the ravenous dogs to only have the butcher try to stab him, only to have the previous thugs start shooting up the butcher and the police coming in to shoot the thugs. After surviving all of that Revival, walks home to only have a piano fall out of the sky and almost land on top of him until mutas swoop in from nowhere and die for him.
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"running his forces into a forest of spine crawlers at Revival's last remaining base."
Spine crawlers new counter to muta
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United States33659 Posts
On February 26 2014 13:06 FlyingDagger wrote:
"running his forces into a forest of spine crawlers at Revival's last remaining base."
Spine crawlers new counter to muta
same thing bro
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omg byul 
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This was so cringe worthy. I had to look away as the mutas were slaughtered
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Bisutopia19368 Posts
On February 26 2014 13:06 FlyingDagger wrote:
"running his forces into a forest of spine crawlers at Revival's last remaining base."
Spine crawlers new counter to muta
Another Bisu fan. I love it!
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Team Rocket Hyun!
Prepare for trouble! Make it double! To protect to world from devastation - To Unite all people within our nation!
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That final match best ZvZ I've seen in a looong time.
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Just saw the VOD... Oh God that was terrible to watch. I think it's time Blizzard reverses the Spore buff... That was just ridiculous.
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I've always felt that each of the six matchups have/should have an iconic game that people will look back on for a long time when people think of the matchup, and I think it's safe to say ByuL vs Revival has become one of those games.
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watched the game and didnt find it to epic (the zvz byul vs revival) i mean if he build no drones ... it was more thrown then epic comeback
On February 26 2014 14:53 geokilla wrote:
Just saw the VOD... Oh God that was terrible to watch. I think it's time Blizzard reverses the Spore buff... That was just ridiculous.
aeh ... NO ? it was best they ever did
it was only muta vs muta before did you really forget that ? without that patch, the mutas would have instawin the game, and so revival would have gone mutas too so all we had was muta vs muta ...
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Crazy game, but very bad play from Byul. Commiting to mutas, no droning at all... WTF?
And very happy for Hyun 
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bitterdam best commentating duo in all of starcraft, their commentary for that final game between revival and byul was hilarious
was an ultra entertaining game, watching byul's indecision at the end was sad though
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Blown away by revivals performance. Great to see him doing so well and even better to think about someone at EG kicking themselves for letting him go ^_^
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Revival will soon get a team :D
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just finished watching the vods of hyun vs revival and lol bitter managed to not talk a single second about the game haha, rotti seemed a little pissed about it too 
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Poland3769 Posts
On February 27 2014 00:39 Tsubbi wrote:just finished watching the vods of hyun vs revival and lol bitter managed to not talk a single second about the game haha, rotti seemed a little pissed about it too
He is on WCS card - his fate in history of eSports is assured.
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United Kingdom36161 Posts
On February 26 2014 16:22 Drake wrote:watched the game and didnt find it to epic (the zvz byul vs revival) i mean if he build no drones ... it was more thrown then epic comeback Show nested quote +On February 26 2014 14:53 geokilla wrote:
Just saw the VOD... Oh God that was terrible to watch. I think it's time Blizzard reverses the Spore buff... That was just ridiculous. aeh ... NO ? it was best they ever did it was only muta vs muta before did you really forget that ? without that patch, the mutas would have instawin the game, and so revival would have gone mutas too so all we had was muta vs muta ...
You don't get epic comebacks and amazing finales like that if the guy who's way ahead isn't throwing to some degree.
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I was expecting this one sooner whoop whoop.
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+ Show Spoiler +On February 26 2014 12:58 Waxangel wrote:Show nested quote +On February 26 2014 11:55 stuchiu wrote:
That was like watching Revival cross the street and then a car is about to hit him. Then BAM, the car explodes, but the debris are flying everywhere, but Revival fucking dodges only to hit his head into a fire hydrant. He then gets up and is mugged by guys with guns and is about to get shot but then one of the thugs backstabs his friends and Revival gets the fuck out of there, but is then chased by a pack of ravenous dogs. He crashes through a butcher shop, throws the meat at the ravenous dogs to only have the butcher try to stab him, only to have the previous thugs start shooting up the butcher and the police coming in to shoot the thugs. After surviving all of that Revival, walks home to only have a piano fall out of the sky and almost land on top of him until mutas swoop in from nowhere and die for him.
lols that's exactly what happened.
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That match was indeed incredible.
though you could smell byul's demise. his army was mobile and stuff but it couldn't win a straight up fight. should of droned and baneling'd.
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It was pretty epic considering Revival is currently teamless which places so much importance on that final game. I'm happy for him, didn't really have a dog in this fight tho tbh
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On February 26 2014 16:22 Drake wrote:watched the game and didnt find it to epic (the zvz byul vs revival) i mean if he build no drones ... it was more thrown then epic comeback Show nested quote +On February 26 2014 14:53 geokilla wrote:
Just saw the VOD... Oh God that was terrible to watch. I think it's time Blizzard reverses the Spore buff... That was just ridiculous. aeh ... NO ? it was best they ever did it was only muta vs muta before did you really forget that ? without that patch, the mutas would have instawin the game, and so revival would have gone mutas too so all we had was muta vs muta ...
I don't mind having Muta vs Muta, but I agree that the Spore change (however weird it'll always feel) was a good one (don't remember what else was changed in the patch, so I won't say the patch was good ).
It wasn't an issue of the Spores being too strong, it was the fact that Byul NEVER respected them. Hell, he never respected a lot of the AA damage that Revival had. Byul made a lot of bad decisions that game which cost him probably over 40 Mutas before the great flock suicide (this is probably a lower estimate, he only made Mutas and he lost like 1-3 each time he engaged a Spore, which was VERY often).
Honestly, if Byul made Roaches, or Infestors, or anything but Lings, he could've won. What the fuck are Lings and Mutas gonna do vs Roach/Hydra/Infestor?
If Byul didn't throw Mutas away at every chance, imagine what kind of army he could've made. Honestly, he could've just sat with Roaches and Mutas over Spine Crawlers and just let Revival lose his army trying to break it. There were so many Spine Crawlers. The game was nothing but 1 bad decision after another.
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ByuL's one big mistake was continuing to make mutalisks. It's common practice to switch from mutalisks to roaches/hydras/infestors once the opponent has infestors, otherwise, one fungal can cost you all your mutalisks. Revival didn't even have any upgrades, which makes it more surprising that ByuL did not switch to a ground army.
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On February 27 2014 02:32 marvellosity wrote:Show nested quote +On February 26 2014 16:22 Drake wrote:watched the game and didnt find it to epic (the zvz byul vs revival) i mean if he build no drones ... it was more thrown then epic comeback On February 26 2014 14:53 geokilla wrote:
Just saw the VOD... Oh God that was terrible to watch. I think it's time Blizzard reverses the Spore buff... That was just ridiculous. aeh ... NO ? it was best they ever did it was only muta vs muta before did you really forget that ? without that patch, the mutas would have instawin the game, and so revival would have gone mutas too so all we had was muta vs muta ... You don't get epic comebacks and amazing finales like that if the guy who's way ahead isn't throwing to some degree.
Pretty sure Drake's definition of epic differs from yours. I assume that Drake, like me, defines a game as epic if it is a back-and-forth game between two evenly matched players that display great skill, strategies, and decision making. The match between ByuL and Revival was full of mistakes. The skill, strategies, and decision making was all meh.
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Somewhere, Idra cringed as Byul lost all his ~45 mutas in 1 fight that lost him the game
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On February 28 2014 04:31 RyLai wrote:Show nested quote +On February 26 2014 16:22 Drake wrote:watched the game and didnt find it to epic (the zvz byul vs revival) i mean if he build no drones ... it was more thrown then epic comeback On February 26 2014 14:53 geokilla wrote:
Just saw the VOD... Oh God that was terrible to watch. I think it's time Blizzard reverses the Spore buff... That was just ridiculous. aeh ... NO ? it was best they ever did it was only muta vs muta before did you really forget that ? without that patch, the mutas would have instawin the game, and so revival would have gone mutas too so all we had was muta vs muta ... I don't mind having Muta vs Muta, but I agree that the Spore change (however weird it'll always feel) was a good one (don't remember what else was changed in the patch, so I won't say the patch was good ). It wasn't an issue of the Spores being too strong, it was the fact that Byul NEVER respected them. Hell, he never respected a lot of the AA damage that Revival had. Byul made a lot of bad decisions that game which cost him probably over 40 Mutas before the great flock suicide (this is probably a lower estimate, he only made Mutas and he lost like 1-3 each time he engaged a Spore, which was VERY often). Honestly, if Byul made Roaches, or Infestors, or anything but Lings, he could've won. What the fuck are Lings and Mutas gonna do vs Roach/Hydra/Infestor? If Byul didn't throw Mutas away at every chance, imagine what kind of army he could've made. Honestly, he could've just sat with Roaches and Mutas over Spine Crawlers and just let Revival lose his army trying to break it. There were so many Spine Crawlers. The game was nothing but 1 bad decision after another.
agreed. even silver league players learn how to avoid spores. you don't stick a fork in an electric socket twice. spore buff was silly but it fixed a problem which we now no longer have. and i don't mind having muta vs muta either, which is fine because we STILL have muta vs muta but it isn't dominating and deadening the matchup
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My god, that game was glorious
Thanks for showcasing it. Probably deserves an honorable mention in the games to remember of 2014
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The only thing I can think of is Byul didn't see all the Spores in that base because of the overlord curtain it had. Nothing else make sense to me.
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phew could have missed something epic there yay that it was so weird that it got a special mention. And I had flashbacks to BW, the indecision when a Protoss saw a floating terran building over a choke in the early game and knew Vultures were out. Really clever play by Revival, don't really get why they were so bothered by no upgrades. Range is no advantage against Mutas and so is speed. Revival basically setup traps the whole game and the last trap did work.
Byul was just afraid to switch away from the cheapest unit out there if you have a low drone count but enough extractors. He probably thought he is dead if he stops containing Revival and I think he was right on that after the baneling attack failed because he didn't notice the hydra burrow. But only Byul knows what went through his mind, especially since he had a different vision in the game then observers.
Wonder why he got +1 flyer armor though, he probably planned to get enough Mutas and fly over the Hydras and massacre them.
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On February 28 2014 13:07 Shinespark wrote:
Somewhere, Idra cringed as Byul lost all his ~45 mutas in 1 fight that lost him the game
No, Idra cringed because he would have ragequit the game if he was Revival 20 minutes earlier and never had a chance to win it,
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