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WCS America kicked off the Round of 16 from its temporary home in Germany, with Electronic Sports League handling operations in wake of NASL's abrupt closure.
Though the Round of 32 had been marked by a plethora of upsets, including the elimination of players like Jaedong, HerO, and Scarlett, there were few surprises to be had on the first day of the Ro16. Four Korean players in  Oz,  Roccat.HyuN, AX.Alicia, and CMStorm_Revival claimed the first batch of tickets to the quarterfinals, with the remaining four to be played for on Sunday.
Unfortunately for fans from the US and Canada, IvD.puCK,  Fnatic.Neeb, and EG.HuK were all eliminated, leaving us with a familiar sight where no players from the Americas were left in WCS America.
The still teamless Oz was the first player to earn passage to the quarterfinals, holding off SCV pull timings from AX.Heart and out-dueling puCK in a PvP to take first place in Group B. He was followed by HyuN, who recovered from an unexpected 1-2 defeat to puCK in his first series to finish in second place in the group.
In group B, another Protoss player took first place as Alicia defeated Neeb and Revival to claim a quarterfinal spot. The brawl for second place ended up being closer than expected, thanks to an impressive showing from 16-year-old Terran Neeb in his live tournament debut. After defeating long time NA veteran HuK in the loser's match, Neeb gave Revival a surprisingly stiff challenge before being forced to tap out 1-2.
The WCS America Ro16 continues on Sunday with another double-header of groups. Though all of the players from the Americas have been eliminated, three Chinese players in MacSed, TooDming, and XiGua still remain to try and end the reign of Korean players in WCS America.
Next game day:
Group C: Arthur, MacSed, TaeJa, TooDming
Group D: Polt, CranK, Bomber, XiGua
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the chinese players stand tall.
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I wonder if EG regrets releasing at least oz and revival as both of them show that they are still top notch players.
btw. oz wants a team that is like a family. liquid has a reputation for being a team like a family. GET ON IT NAZGUL!
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United States23455 Posts
On April 06 2014 11:00 Tanzklaue wrote:
I wonder if EG regrets releasing at least oz and revival as both of them show that they are still top notch players.
btw. oz wants a team that is like a family. liquid has a reputation for being a team like a family. GET ON IT NAZGUL!
Especially since their big gun that they kept got HAS'D out in the Ro32 while these two make the Ro8.
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Was really pulling for Puck. He was so close!
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Neeb did well, good potential in the young 'un.
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Poland3751 Posts
On April 06 2014 11:21 Holytornados wrote:
Was really pulling for Puck. He was so close!
Exactly. Also he was heart broken after final loss to Hyun 
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On April 06 2014 11:00 Tanzklaue wrote:
I wonder if EG regrets releasing at least oz and revival as both of them show that they are still top notch players.
btw. oz wants a team that is like a family. liquid has a reputation for being a team like a family. GET ON IT NAZGUL!
Being good is not as valuable as being marketable.
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On April 06 2014 11:26 ROOTiaguz wrote:
Neeb did well, good potential in the young 'un.
Ehhhhh, he'll be old and washed up in a couple weeks. 12 is the new 16
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all korean wcs america :O
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Both Neeb and Puck did excellently. Wasn't expecting this much tbh. Recently Foreigners are showing shinier glimmers of hope than usual.
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Neeb played extremely well, I hope Neeb will continue his career, even after he goes to college (which is probably won't happen for another 2 years since he's only 16). Neeb to be the next Jinro :D
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Huk clearly not quality any longer. 2-0 by Neeb? I know they keep players longer than they are competitive in the scene due to personality etc., but even that is questionable at this point. Releasing Revival and Oz was a mistake. I guess they don't have enough "bad boy" or character to sell the sponsors? EG lost a lot of attention Stephano retirement, in my opinion.
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Zerg didn't win code S, now I hope zerg wins this tournament (too bad there will be only 2 in the next round)
Still, there are some good players left, zerg will have it rough, but I'm praying for them!
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On April 06 2014 14:16 Prolet wrote:
Huk clearly not quality any longer. 2-0 by Neeb? I know they keep players longer than they are competitive in the scene due to personality etc., but even that is questionable at this point. Releasing Revival and Oz was a mistake. I guess they don't have enough "bad boy" or character to sell the sponsors? EG lost a lot of attention Stephano retirement, in my opinion.
Do we know enough about the release of Revival or Oz to say that it was because they didn't LIKE them? That's a pretty bold statement to make. As far as attention goes, Stephano was giving them a lot of attention by both being the "foreign hope" and an absolute monster in WoL. He retired and a lot of their other players weren't quite drawing in the attention like Stephano used to for one reason or another.
As far as HuK goes, he did really well in the Ro32 but fell short today. He beat TOP and HerO which wasn't an easy task.
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EPT![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/staff/shiroiusagi/wcs/wcs_na_lr.jpg)
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