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WCS Europe - Ro32 Group C Preview (Season 2)

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May 20th, 2014 07:42 GMT
2014 WCS

WCS Europe Season 2
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Ro32: Group C Preview

(T)jjakji, (T)Bunny, (T)YoDa, (P)Harstem
Countdown:


by Peanuts

Here we go again! Season 2 of WCS Europe has started and foreigners are performing better than ever. While Season 1's promising start ended in tears for the European hopefuls, perhaps things will be different this time around. Aside from foreigner tears, there could potentially be quite a few Terran tears as well as we go forward in WCS Europe. At least Group C will go a long way toward preventing a Code S-esque situation.

(T)mYI.jjakji: Protoss aren't the only races with phoenixes, as Terrans have jjakji to represent them. Largely forgotten after his GSL championship in 2011, Jjakji seemed to be a flash in the pan, a one trick pony. But last summer, the fiery Korean Terran rose from the ashes. With decent showings in MLG and Challenger League, jjakji showed us that he was alive and kicking. In WCS Korea Season 3, he exploded back onto the scene in style, finishing in sixth place. Afterward he soared on to Europe, where he's placed high in multiple tournaments. Though a second title has eluded jjakji so far, he continues to gather momentum. He reached the final four in his first ever WCS Europe last season, and he aims to place even higher this time around.

Comfortably sitting at an 8-3 record in ATC thus far, Jjakji is staying sharp and continuing to prove that he is a top contender for a Premier title. Paired against Harstem, the odds are in the Korean’s favor. The mYi Terran is a relentless TvP player, pressuring his opponent at every opportunity. He comes in with #1 rated TvP on Aligulac.com -- and before you complain that his record is padded with wins against European Protosses, guess what Harstem happens to be.

With fellow 2011 GSL champions Mvp, MC and MMA all claiming WCS Europe titles late in their careers, jjakji will be eager to continue the tradition and remember the grand feeling of lifting a trophy up high.

(T)Liquid`Bunny: Things have been going well for Liquid's newest recruit. After being stuck as a middle-of-the-pack European in 2013, he seems to be coming into his own. He reached the WCS Europe Ro16 for his first time last season, and he's made a solid contribution in Liquid's climb the #1 spot in the Acer TeamStory Cup. Just this week, in the Believe in SC2 tournament, he took wins over Happy and Welmu, before ultimately falling 2-3 to Scarlett in the finals. He hit Ro8 at the latest Dreamhack, his best finish in that series. With both MaNa and Snute advancing the Ro16 ahead of him this season, Bunny will be eager to join his teammates in Cologne.

Unfortunately, Bunny is forced to deal with his worst matchup in TvT. Since March, he's put up a poor 11-17 record in the match-up. Though he has a winning record in the month of May, he has a very worrisome inability to beat Korean Terrans, two of which are in this group. Besides a win against ForGG in ATC a few weeks ago, he has lost every single one of his tournament TvT series against players from Korea this year. Bunny has had plenty of time to prepare for this group, and European fans will be hoping he has been cramming hard for this tough TvT exam.

(T)YoDa: YoDa comes into this tournament as a more tragic version of jjakji. Throughout his tenure on IM, he was always a solid, mid-tier player, regularly showing up to play in Code S. A solid player in team leagues, his teammates always praised his great skill in practice. It seemed that there was just some sort of mental block that he had to overcome. Mvp went as far as to call him the best Terran in Korea at one point. When HotS came around, it looked as though YoDa’s time to shine had finally come. After dominating the ladder, he won the first HotS tournament ever at the 2013 IEM World Championship, making the buffed medivacs and new widow mines look unstoppable.

Like jjakji, YoDa faded away after his win. He continued to perform decently in the GSTL, but never recaptured the brilliance he had during his IEM win. After leaving IM late last year, he has remained teamless for nearly half a year. Fortunately he has found his talent agency GEM to be just as good as a team, providing him with lodging in Europe where he has more opportunities to pursue than in Korea. Living with MC, HyuN and Mvp in Germany, he has been an active participant in all sorts of European competitions.

Unfortunately, YoDa hasn't capitalized on his chances like jjakji. Not only is he losing to Koreans, but he is losing to foreigners as well. Despite playing disappointingly in other events, YoDa has managed to survive in the most important tournament of all: WCS. He can't afford to fail here.

Historically, TvT and TvP are not YoDa’s strong suit. He is on a recent upswing, however, going 11-1 in TvT and 15-7 in TvP this year. He has quite the opponent to face in Jjakji, who will presumably be the brick wall standing between the teamless Terran and the Round of 16.

(P)Fnatic.Harstem: For all the publicity he gets, you'd be surprised to learn this season marks Harstem's debut in the WCS Europe Premier League. A regular Ro16 player at DreamHacks since 2012, Harstem just hasn't been able to cut it in WCS so far. He's a player who can take down the big names, but just never at the right moment. The same man who's beaten Code S level players is the same player who failed to make it out of the WCS EU qualifiers on more than one occasion.

Harstem faces a tough situation in his group. In ATC, he’s been performing poorly, with a 3-6 record. In addition, PvT is his worst matchup historically, and he's only 7-11 since March. Though he has shown solid macro play, Harstem tends to resort to all in builds when a lot is on the line. Considering the prowess of the Terrans in the group and lessened potency of blink timings, things look bleak for the Fnatic Protoss.

Predictions:

Jjakji > Harstem
YoDa > Bunny
Jjakji > YoDa
Bunny > Harstem
YoDa > Bunny

JK, YoDa, Bunny and Jjakji forfeit, Harstem takes 1st and 2nd. #YearOfHarstem Jjakji and YoDa advance.


Writers: Peanuts.
Photos: ESL, R1CH.
Editors: Waxangel.
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TheWarWaffle
Profile Joined November 2012
Canada115 Posts
May 20 2014 07:55 GMT
#2
Korean Terrans ezpz
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Killmo
Profile Joined October 2011
China82 Posts
May 20 2014 09:16 GMT
#3
I don't actually know what kind of shape YoDa is in right now. I missed that recent tournament (or qualifer, can't remember) that he played in. I know that Bunny has excellent TvT, but he sometimes seems to fall apart when it is a Korean Terran. I actually think that jjakji gets first place and Bunny takes YoDa down twice to get second place.
Trasko
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Sweden983 Posts
May 20 2014 09:17 GMT
#4
Bunny will beat YoDa in the final game. Just you wait. :D
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JediMasterBETTY
Profile Joined December 2012
Romania15 Posts
May 20 2014 09:32 GMT
#5
YoDa > jjakji
both advance
Scarx
Profile Joined June 2013
Germany49 Posts
May 20 2014 09:57 GMT
#6
I believe in Bunny!
peanuts
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
United States1225 Posts
May 20 2014 10:40 GMT
#7
Ay, huge shoutouts to Wax on this one. I had to write a pretty sizable chunk of this on my phone, so there were quite a few issues and some formatting errors. Really went above and beyond making everything nice.

As for Bunny, I mean, I think that he has the potential to pull out some great TvT. We've seen him take games that he really shouldn't have before. It's just a matter of those type of games being few and far between. I also thought that YoDa's style of TvT (a little more drop oriented, more Marine-Tank) is one that Bunny has had trouble with before. That being said, Bunny is a smart player. He's quite skilled at really looking at his opponent and figuring out strengths and weaknesses. Though I'm fairly confident that he'll lose the first match, I have a feeling that he does have a slight chance of winning the final match, with the lessons he learns in the earlier games.
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Big-t
Profile Joined January 2011
Austria1350 Posts
May 20 2014 10:49 GMT
#8
Poor Harstem, these Terrans are so strong. Would be so epic if Harstem advances.
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BakedButters
Profile Joined November 2011
United States748 Posts
May 20 2014 11:57 GMT
#9
As much as i wish Harstem to advance, his worse matchup is vs. Terran, so just the worse group for him
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Riquiz
Profile Joined June 2011
Netherlands402 Posts
May 20 2014 12:28 GMT
#10
#yearofharstem !!!!
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vult
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
United States9400 Posts
May 20 2014 12:56 GMT
#11
Well the upside is that Harstem only had to prepare one matchup, but will be facing three very scary Terrans, Bunny being one of the best foreign Terrans and YoDa and jjakji obviously being very strong.

I see jjakji and Bunny advancing, with Bunny closely beating YoDa.
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Rikudou
Profile Joined April 2014
Germany151 Posts
May 20 2014 13:31 GMT
#12
JK, YoDa, Bunny and Jjakji forfeit, Harstem takes 1st and 2nd. #YearOfHarstem Jjakji and YoDa advance.


lol
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MysterySC
Profile Joined October 2012
Andorra109 Posts
May 20 2014 14:18 GMT
#13
Ya I really cants see harstem making it out. I could imagine Bunny over Yoda but really unlikely.
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yido
Profile Joined March 2014
United States350 Posts
May 20 2014 14:44 GMT
#14
I think Harstem has a better chance of making it out the group than people think.
Bunny has been trading fairly well with ForGG on the ladder, and I haven't seen much out of Yoda that makes me think he is a sure thing.
TvT is almost an automatic loss for foreigners, but against a teamless Yoda maybe not as unrealistic as you would think.
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_fool
Profile Joined February 2011
Netherlands677 Posts
May 20 2014 14:49 GMT
#15
Harstem has this, ez
"News is to the mind what sugar is to the body"
Major
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Mexico539 Posts
May 20 2014 15:14 GMT
#16
On May 20 2014 23:44 yido wrote:
I think Harstem has a better chance of making it out the group than people think.
Bunny has been trading fairly well with ForGG on the ladder, and I haven't seen much out of Yoda that makes me think he is a sure thing.
TvT is almost an automatic loss for foreigners, but against a teamless Yoda maybe not as unrealistic as you would think.

nah tvt ez
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Darrkhan
Profile Joined February 2012
Finland1236 Posts
May 20 2014 15:18 GMT
#17
1. Harstem
2. Bunny

damn this is easy.
Shellshock
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States97276 Posts
May 20 2014 15:41 GMT
#18
go korean terrans!
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DinoMight
Profile Blog Joined June 2012
United States3725 Posts
May 20 2014 17:28 GMT
#19
#yearofharstem
"Wtf I come back and find myself in camp DinoMight all of a sudden, feels weird man." -Wombat_NI
TLHP
Profile Joined October 2011
Vietnam52 Posts
May 20 2014 19:12 GMT
#20
#yearofharstem
Talaris
Profile Joined March 2011
Switzerland753 Posts
May 20 2014 19:13 GMT
#21
[B]On May 20 2014 16:42 TeamLiquid ESPORTS wrote:
JK, YoDa, Bunny and Jjakji forfeit, Harstem takes 1st and 2nd. #YearOfHarstem Jjakji and YoDa advance.


#YearOfHarstem

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MavivaM
Profile Joined November 2011
1535 Posts
May 20 2014 19:15 GMT
#22
#YearOfHarstem, apparently.
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Decoutan
Profile Joined April 2014
Germany11 Posts
May 20 2014 19:21 GMT
#23
#YearOfHarstem,
tekrebel
Profile Joined June 2012
56 Posts
May 20 2014 19:28 GMT
#24
#YearOfHarstem

This could be the biggest group stage upset in WCS
iHirO
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United Kingdom1381 Posts
May 20 2014 19:33 GMT
#25
And Bunny gets 2nd place?
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Darkhorse
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
United States23455 Posts
May 20 2014 19:35 GMT
#26
On May 21 2014 04:28 tekrebel wrote:
#YearOfHarstem

This could be the biggest group stage upset in WCS

Nah Pylons beating Jaedong was a bigger upset.
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DinoMight
Profile Blog Joined June 2012
United States3725 Posts
May 20 2014 19:39 GMT
#27
On May 21 2014 04:35 Darkhorse wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 21 2014 04:28 tekrebel wrote:
#YearOfHarstem

This could be the biggest group stage upset in WCS

Nah Pylons beating Jaedong was a bigger upset.


This.

But,

#YearOfHarstem
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BaneRiders
Profile Joined August 2013
Sweden3630 Posts
May 20 2014 20:08 GMT
#28
It aint easy predicting the future, but lol.

Rubbing it in a bit
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_fool
Profile Joined February 2011
Netherlands677 Posts
May 20 2014 20:23 GMT
#29
On May 20 2014 23:49 _fool wrote:
Harstem has this, ez


This guy ^^ he was totally right!
"News is to the mind what sugar is to the body"
stuchiu
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Fiddler's Green42661 Posts
May 20 2014 20:25 GMT
#30
#bicentennialofHarstem
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Nebuchad
Profile Blog Joined December 2012
Switzerland12193 Posts
May 20 2014 20:45 GMT
#31
The 0% accurateness of prediction is still reachable, come on Bunny do it for the glory
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OldLadyStarCraft
Profile Joined November 2013
United States66 Posts
May 20 2014 21:02 GMT
#32
It is the year of Harstem! Too bad for Bunny. Enjoyed all the Terran action.
Circumstance
Profile Blog Joined March 2014
United States11403 Posts
May 20 2014 21:05 GMT
#33
Poll: ______ of Harstem

Year (44)
 
49%

Indeterminate Time Period (18)
 
20%

Millenium (11)
 
12%

Day (8)
 
9%

Week (7)
 
8%

Century (2)
 
2%

Month (0)
 
0%

Decade (0)
 
0%

90 total votes

Your vote: ______ of Harstem

(Vote): Day
(Vote): Week
(Vote): Month
(Vote): Year
(Vote): Decade
(Vote): Century
(Vote): Millenium
(Vote): Indeterminate Time Period


The world is better when every background has a chance.
Gevrosche
Profile Joined May 2014
20 Posts
May 20 2014 21:47 GMT
#34
#YearofHarstem
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