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ST_Life Wins DreamHack Bucharest 2014

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April 29 2014 19:37 GMT
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DreamHack

DreamHack Open:
Bucharest 2014



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Life wins DreamHack Bucharest

by CosmicSpiral

After having his first chance at taking a DreamHack title snatched away from him by TaeJa at the Winter '13 finals, StarTale's (Z)Life was absolutely ruthless when given another chance. The precise micro and uncanny game sense that once defined Life's ZvZ all came back to him in the grand finals against (Z)AX.Impact, allowing him to win in a quick 3-0 rout. The victory capped off a difficult tournament run for Life that included wins over frequent-foe Leenock, cheese connoisseur Stardust, and Korean Terran INnoVation.

While Impact’s play reflected some exhaustion from playing all day (the finals ended past 1 a.m. local time), Life kept the same form he displayed against Leenock in the RO16. The StarTale Zerg coolly deflected all attempts at early aggression while doing significant damage with his attacks. He also stayed one step ahead in the mindgames, getting the superior build order in all three games.

With the DreamHack trophy, Life earned his seventh major championship of his career, and increased his career earnings to $223,271 (10th all time). He also claimed the his second "Triple Crown" by completing another trio of tournament wins in the three major regions of America, Europe and Korea.

Life's DreamHack victory in 2014 continues a long stretch of impressive performances and high tournament finishes that began at 2013's Bucharest tournament. Though he is still a long way from reclaiming his overwhelmingly dominant form from 2012, he is certainly back on the right track.

Despite losing to Life in the finals, (Z)Impact lived up to his ID and left a strong impression on everyone watching. Eliminated from the GSL Global Tournament with lackluster games against Maru and Action, expectations were low for Impact when he was announced as a late DreamHack entrant. Instead, he had the tournament of his career, defeating HerO, Ryung, MC, and Jaedong on his way to the finals. If Impact's DreamHack run reflects his true potential, then he is sure to be a force in the international tournament scene.

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Grand Finals Recap: Life 3 - 0 Impact

by CosmicSpiral

Game 1 (Frost): The series started off in unremarkable fashion. Spawning on cross positions, Impact opted for a pool-hatch build while Life started with hatch-extractor-pool. Life used his early gas to get zergling speed and took map control, taking a very fast third. Impact tried to punish this haughty move with a roach/speedling/queen push towards Life’s third, but found his opponent pumping out large numbers of roaches and speedlings at just the right time. Impact’s preemptive strike petered out, and gave way to a counter-attack from Life that pushed him all the way back to his own, delayed third.

In the end, the two players traded evenly in terms of army supply, but Life maintained a drone lead and faster upgrades. After a brief lull to rebuild, Life moved out with a maxed-out roach/hydra army. Impact swung a roach force around the map to for a backdoor attack, but made no difference. Life’s army was too strong and his bank was too large, leaving Impact with no option but to GG out.

Game 2 (Merry Go Round): Impact continued his attempts to take the initiative against Life, starting with an 8-pool in hopes of punishing a hatch first build. However Life opened with blind 15 pool and easily held off the attack. Despite Impact getting quicker zergling speed, Life managed to kill off a queen and some drones with a runby into the enemy natural. Impact transitioned into a standard follow-up with a roach warren and +1 missile attack. Life started his lair but also geared up for the same push that Impact attempted in Game 1.

Life’s version of the attack found more success with 10 drone kills. Knowing he was down in drone count but ahead in army, Impact charged his forces across the map. He successfully breached the natural but Life’s reinforcements proved too much and the Axiom player was forced to retreat. Impact attempted one last hurrah after seeing Life’s completed third and tapped out upon seeing Life’s superior force.

Game 3 (Habitation Station): With victory within his grasp Life reversed the roles by opening with an 8 pool of his own. The calculated risk proved fruitful as Impact went hatch first, allowing Life to force a cancel on the natural expansion. From there Life poked and prodded at Impact’s defenses while upgrading zergling speed on one base. Impact scouted the lack of an expansion and accordingly responded with a spine crawler and multiple queens.

Meanwhile, Life used the opportunity to expand to the gold base – his preferred follow-up to early pools on Habitation. This proved wise as Impact’s lack of gas meant he could neither punish Life’s new base nor chase Life’s speedlings once they trickled into his main. Life used his superior income to lean on his opponent, immediately pressuring Impact with speedling/baneling while finishing his third base. Eventually Impact was overwhelmed by the sheer production and conceded defeat.

Other Notes From The Final 16

by Trasko
  • To no one's surprise, foreigners lose: The standard DreamHack ritual repeated itself as non-Korean players crumbled in the later stages of the tournament after giving viewers hope early on.

    Swedish Zerg (Z)Fnatic.Zanster was the first to fall, drawing an unfortunate match against ZvZ expert (Z)EG.Jaedong. (Z)Liquid`Snute fared better by taking out (Z)Roccat.HyuN in the Ro16, but went on to be eliminating by Jaedong in the quarterfinals.

    (P)NrS.Welmu showed (T)Acer.INnoVation that he would not go down without a fight, yet unfortunately lost the series 1-2 in a very close final game on Overgrowth. After claiming first place in an all-Korean group in the Ro32, (P)XMG.ToD fell to Danish Terran player (T)Liquid`Bunny in the Ro16. In turn, Bunny was eliminated by INnoVation in the next round.

  • Upsets: One could argue that (P)MC taking down (T)KT.TY 2-1 could be considered an upset as the incredible KeSPA player had some of the best performances in Proleague. But lets not forget that this is the veteran Protoss player MC we're talking about, and the WCS Europe champion at that. However, there was a real upset in the quarterfinals, as MC would lose to (Z)Axiom.Impact in a close 1-2 series. In general, Impact's entire run through the tournament could be considered one giant upset.

  • Lack of Protoss Dominance: Did you know that this is the first Premier Tournament in 2014 with only 2 Protoss players in the Ro8? And also the first Premiere tournament in 2014 without a Protoss in the finals?

  • Awesome games: This Dreamhack, like many others before, has of course provided with a bunch of fantastic games. A must watch if you missed any of the games or did not have the chance to watch is game 3 in the INnoVation-Welmu series. Without spoiling too much; Innovation showed how insane micro can win you a game even if you're incredibly behind in a super tight series.

    Another great series was the ZvZ between Snute and Jaedong. Yes this ZvZ was actually extremely exciting! Snute really gave Jaedong a run for his money, showing that his ZvZ was almost of equal skill as that of Jaedong's.

    Life versus StarDust game 3 can also be listed as one of the fantastic games of day 2. With an incredible hold, Life somehow managed to pick away at (P)mYi.StarDust's army and keep his probe count low, eventually clawing back to earn a comeback victory.

  • Koreans are terrible at champagne ceremonies. (via reddit)



Writers: CosmicSpiral, Trasko.
Photos: Rikard Söderberg (DreamHack)
Editor: Waxangel.
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NeThZOR
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South Africa7387 Posts
April 29 2014 19:40 GMT
#2
The one true Zerg
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housepeddler
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United States2 Posts
April 29 2014 19:42 GMT
#3
He is so emotionless :/
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Profile Blog Joined October 2013
Netherlands5725 Posts
April 29 2014 19:44 GMT
#4
Buff Protoss they're so weak :D:D:D!

No bullshiting; this was a great tournament. Well played and well deserved mr Life!
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DanTastiC
Profile Joined August 2012
Germany34 Posts
April 29 2014 19:44 GMT
#5
Typo in 3rd paragraph "He also claimed the his second "Triple Crown" by completing..."
Other than that, nice write-up! Hope to see more from Impact in the future :>
Bagration
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States18282 Posts
April 29 2014 19:45 GMT
#6
However, there was a real upset in the quarterfinals, as MC would lose to (Z)Axiom.Impact in a close 1-2 series. In general, Impact's entire run through the tournament could be considered one giant upset.


Well, actually it was a 2-0 win for Impact
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The_Templar
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
your Country52797 Posts
April 29 2014 19:51 GMT
#7
On April 30 2014 04:45 Bagration wrote:
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However, there was a real upset in the quarterfinals, as MC would lose to (Z)Axiom.Impact in a close 1-2 series. In general, Impact's entire run through the tournament could be considered one giant upset.


Well, actually it was a 2-0 win for Impact

And it wasn't very close
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Canada2716 Posts
April 29 2014 19:59 GMT
#8
cheese connoisseur Stardust XD
very illegal and very uncool
teddyoojo
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
Germany22369 Posts
April 29 2014 20:02 GMT
#9
this had to be the worst ceremonie ive ever seen ever
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Last Edited: 2014-04-29 20:05:11
April 29 2014 20:04 GMT
#10
On April 30 2014 04:42 housepeddler wrote:
He is so emotionless :/


You'll be emotionless when I'm done with you

(Half-)jokes aside, that you can't see or understand his emotions doesn't mean that they are not there. This win meant a lot to Life, especially after his loss to Taeja last winter and his unfortunate elimination from GSL at the hands of soO.
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Last Edited: 2014-04-29 20:08:07
April 29 2014 20:06 GMT
#11
This tournament was awesome, it a blast taking part and then seeing everything unfold live, the crowd was so much bigger this year and there was so much energy.

Overall it was another great experience. Dreamhack rocks!
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Profile Joined November 2010
United States2053 Posts
April 29 2014 20:07 GMT
#12
LIFEEE!!!!
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United States240 Posts
April 29 2014 20:11 GMT
#13
Life #1 can't wait to see another deep run from him in the GSL. This time taking it all!
Life..
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Profile Blog Joined February 2012
United States9400 Posts
April 29 2014 20:28 GMT
#14
My boy Life back on top!
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The land of freedom23126 Posts
April 29 2014 20:34 GMT
#15
I fucking died again after this ceremony.
At least he was laughing :D
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BigFan
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
TLADT24920 Posts
April 29 2014 20:36 GMT
#16
Good writeup. Jaedong's ZvZ play was disappointing this tourney. More so since he can crush anyone when he's on ball but he doesn't scout much like most progamers and in turn gets surprised by some attacks. Case in point: he only saw Impact's slings by the time they were near his expansion in the third game and then didn't react fast enough to block it (either didn't see the gap or misclicked or something lol). Life dismantling Impact isn't surprising though. Wonder if he would've won had Taeja been there XD
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Yorkie
Profile Blog Joined December 2012
United States12612 Posts
April 29 2014 20:57 GMT
#17
Life played how he always does, with stellar micro and hyper aggression to the point of almost stupidity. And yet he makes it work so beautifully
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Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada3231 Posts
April 29 2014 21:04 GMT
#18
That's awesome, great job Life.
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Muffloe
Profile Joined December 2012
Sweden6061 Posts
April 29 2014 21:20 GMT
#19
Happy for Life :D
Imagine if ToD hadn't lost to Bunny tho, that could've stirred some sh1t up
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Last Edited: 2014-04-29 23:24:18
April 29 2014 23:24 GMT
#20
13th premier tournaments without a Terran winner in a row, and keep counting XD
Glad that it was Life who won though
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