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WCS Europe continued to be a tournament of upsets as it moved onto the round-of-16 as  mouz.VortiX defeated two Korean legends in  Acer.MMA and IM_Mvp to advance in first place from Group A.
VortiX's had already proved he could take on top Korean players with his championship performance in last weekend's Vasacast Invitational, but few expected him to win his WCS group in such one-sided fashion.
Facing MMA in his first match, VortiX successfully held off a two-barracks attack and followed it with strong muta-ling-bane play to go up 1-0. A surprise roach-baneling bust in game two caught MMA off guard, ending the series in a quick 2-0.
In the winner's match, Mvp didn't offer VortiX much more resistance than MMA. Keeping Mvp's predictable mech vs. Zerg style in mind, VortiX was able to take game one in alarmingly easy fashion with a simple roach attack before Mvp could build his tank count. VortiX then got the jump on Mvp again with a well-hidden 2-base spire in game two, using mutalisks to cripple Mvp's economy before finishing him off using roaches, hydras, and vipers.
With VortiX through to the Ro8 in first place, only one of Mvp and MMA would be able to advance alongside him. MMA survived a spirited challenge from Liquid`Bunny in the loser's match, earning a winner-take-all match against Mvp.
The two rivals traded blows in the first two games, with Mvp's mech defenses holding fast against MMA's bio in game one, while MMA beat Mvp in a mech vs mech duel in game two. The final game saw Mvp attempt to seize the initiative with an aggressive early game attack, only to be repelled by MMA's defenses. Simultaneously, two banshees from MMA entered Mvp's unguarded bases and picked off numerous SCVs, forcing Mvp to resign from the game and the tournament.
VortiX and MMA will move onto the quarterfinal rounds of WCS Europe. Mvp and Bunny are eliminated but have earned seeds in the next season of WCS Europe's Premier League.
Next game day:
Group B: jjakji,  Grubby, Dayshi, Snute
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Canada16217 Posts
these results make me sad I didn't watch.
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United States97277 Posts
Vortix so good right now especially in ZvT! Just because it's being posted everywhere else
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GG VortiX!
for FRODOOOOO!!!!
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were MMA and Mvp playing from kr or eu? Awesome result for vortix either way, but if they're playing from korea not so impressive
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On March 26 2014 07:28 2v2TLRSimba wrote:
were MMA and Mvp playing from kr or eu? Awesome result for vortix either way, but if they're playing from korea not so impressive
live, yo.
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Thanks  wp vortix! What a beast
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On March 26 2014 07:27 Shellshock wrote:Vortix so good right now especially in ZvT! Just because it's being posted everywhere else
Holy crap that's sick haha
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On March 26 2014 07:28 2v2TLRSimba wrote:
were MMA and Mvp playing from kr or eu? Awesome result for vortix either way, but if they're playing from korea not so impressive
Actually it would impressive regardless
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On March 26 2014 07:27 Shellshock wrote:Vortix so good right now especially in ZvT! Just because it's being posted everywhere else
wowow. Vortix best foreigner?
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On March 26 2014 07:34 AyaaLa wrote:Show nested quote +On March 26 2014 07:27 Shellshock wrote:Vortix so good right now especially in ZvT! Just because it's being posted everywhere else wowow. Vortix best foreigner?
Well, since he won a tournament with some good Koreans few days ago and just swept 4-0 this group, he is one of the candidates for sure.
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so sad that Mvp is out -.-
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On March 26 2014 07:34 AyaaLa wrote:Show nested quote +On March 26 2014 07:27 Shellshock wrote:Vortix so good right now especially in ZvT! Just because it's being posted everywhere else wowow. Vortix best foreigner?
Hes been a top 5 foreigner for like, all of 2013, I would have only ranked 2 or 3 people above him at any point, Scarlett, Naniwa and his brother, Lucifron.
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wowow. Vortix best foreigner?
He has been the best foreigner for quite a while imo :D
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I guess somehow beating a washed up terran is enough to have ppl throw out "best foreigner" labels here and there
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didnt he talked last time he was happy he not had to play forgg because his zvt is bad and he was happy he only had to play zvp ?
and then 2-0 mma and mvp ... this kid have to win this season !
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This can't be happening 
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East Gorteau22261 Posts
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Another one.
VortiX was really impressive today, I was worried he wouldnt be able to repeat his Vasacast performance, thankfully I was wrong.
MMA making it out was a surprise, he nearly lost to Bunny aswell
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