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 Harstem recorded an amazing upset in the WCS Europe Ro32, defeating both jjakji and Bunny to advance from his group in first place. Harstem had been held to Challenger League status in all the previous seasons of WCS Europe, but exhibited an unexpected level of play to defeat both jjakji and Bunny to advance in first place in the group.
 YoDa came though second place, brushing aside a number of poor performances in online tournaments to earn a spot in the live Ro16 from the ESL studios. YoDa was force to play a number of difficult matches, nearly being defeated by both jjakji and Bunny before winning his spot in the Ro16.
WCS Europe will continue on May 22nd, with San, Mvp, ToD, and uThermal fighting for spots in the Ro16.
Next game day:
Group D: San, Mvp, ToD, and uThermal
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Congrats to Harstem! :D #yearof....
Those were some really awesome games. The army movements and harass vs jjakji was crazy, very impressive! Toe to toe
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I would love to see the upsets continue tomorrow, ToD and uThermal going through over Mvp and San would be so much fun to watch.
Gogo Harstem!
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Canada16217 Posts
Congrats to Harstem and YoDa, sad about Bunny and jjakji though.
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On May 21 2014 15:53 [DVH]Huginn wrote:
I would love to see the upsets continue tomorrow, ToD and uThermal going through over Mvp and San would be so much fun to watch.
Gogo Harstem!
No it wouldn't. A lot of people want Mvp to make a deep run in this tournament, including me.
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Dafuq ? I was 100% sure Bunny & Jjakji to advance...
On May 21 2014 16:06 herMan wrote:Show nested quote +On May 21 2014 15:53 [DVH]Huginn wrote:
I would love to see the upsets continue tomorrow, ToD and uThermal going through over Mvp and San would be so much fun to watch.
Gogo Harstem! No it wouldn't. A lot of people want Mvp to make a deep run in this tournament, including me.
And me 
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Would've loved to see Bunny advance too, but YoDa played well and obviously deserved it in the end, so congratulations to him! Harstem was amazing though, keeping the #yearofHarstem train going :D
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I would have never expected that Harstem has even a slight chance to advance. But well he has proven me wrong. Really looking forward to the next groups!
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Norway264 Posts
On May 21 2014 16:11 HooK2000 wrote:
I would have never expected that Harstem has even a slight chance to advance. But well he has proven me wrong. Really looking forward to the next groups!
its a protoss in a group whit 3 terrans. ofc hes gonna advance no matter how much better the terrans is lol
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I'm just happy Harstem is doing well, ALWAYS liked that guy! Plus it's good for Yoda, he's had a tough time since moving to Europe
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So sad for Bunny! He´s playing really well these days...would have been a major upset with both koreans out.
But, well done Harstem!
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On May 21 2014 16:17 MiCroLiFe wrote:
its a protoss in a group whit 3 terrans. ofc hes gonna advance no matter how much better the terrans is lol
Thats nonsense. I saw all games and the korean terrans were not better. If i didnt knew their names i would never guessed they are even koreans. Their quality of games were definatly not better than average european pro and far away from top korean play...
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Harstem played really well yesterday, I was impressed with his templar play.
YoDa made it although he had a b.o disadvantage almost every game, I'm happy for him.
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HOLY HARSTEM!
His PvT is just super solid. No need for all-ins. His adjustments to Bunny's playstyle were also amazing to see. However, I think Bunny going for the 3rd scv pull in a row (especially on alterzim) made it a bit too easy for Harstem. Bunny was all like: oh, you held my scv pull in game to 2, probably just a fluke. let's try it again Would have loved to see Harstem and Bunny advance though
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very happy for Harstem, going through this group must have felt great. Bunny on the other hand... the exact opposite T_T 2:0ing Harstem was very very possible.
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If I was having a "Nice Guys of eSports" tournament Harstem would be my first invite. He's such a cool guy. Great to see him getting a MASSIVE win here, and hopefully he can ride the momentum to further heights. He deserves it!
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another case of "oh look a foreigner i havent heard about in ages! go foreigners woohoo!!!"
at least the new region lock is working
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Surprised to see Jjakji out already. Would have preferred him over Yoda but i'm quite satisfied with Harstem making it \o/
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Group B: Snute, BlinG, MaNa, Krr, Harstem, YoDa
Something weird happened there
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I found Harstems PvT very refreshing to watch, unlike what everybody seems to believe I feel that protoss was really struggling in the midgame vs terran with the widow mine buff making templar and zealot play less feasible. I think this is the reason that every PvT win in the pro-scene I witnessed recently was either a cheese or some 2 base all in from protoss.
Harstem showed me how protoss with good colossus, blink stalker and templar control can survive a midgame vs T and pile up the pressure in the lategame. He executed great control with uncanny macro and harass without having to rely on all ins and cheese.
People who yelled protoss op after these games on twitch chat made me feel sad. These wins where WELL DESERVED!
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On May 21 2014 18:22 AlternativeEgo wrote:Something weird happened there
Sick group.
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I'm very sad for jjakji 
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unexpected to say the least! good job harstem!
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On May 21 2014 19:00 MrMotionPicture wrote:Show nested quote +On May 21 2014 18:22 AlternativeEgo wrote:Group B: Snute, BlinG, MaNa, Krr, Harstem, YoDa Something weird happened there Sick group.
new WCS system! 6 players, only 2nd players and all Harstems advance to the next stage. it looks something like this:
![[image loading]](http://forgif.me/system/image/4482/image.gif)
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United States97276 Posts
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Quality of the games wasn't there, but at least that was a pretty entertaining bunch of matches.
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Well, Bunny got what was coming to him. Sad for Jjakji but gogo harstem
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On May 21 2014 22:18 D-light wrote:
Quality of the games wasn't there, but at least that was a pretty entertaining bunch of matches.
what ? harstems quality was high !
always seems if koreans lose it was "shit games" never think about foreigns can just be better
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#YearOfHarstem
He played very very well.
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On May 21 2014 23:24 Drake wrote:Show nested quote +On May 21 2014 22:18 D-light wrote:
Quality of the games wasn't there, but at least that was a pretty entertaining bunch of matches. what ? harstems quality was high ! always seems if koreans lose it was "shit games" never think about foreigns can just be better
agreed, game 3 on alterzim was one of the best pvts i've seen and harstem played absolutely out of his mind, i recommend watching it
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Too bad that Bunny didn't manage to beat Yoda when it counted, but I am happy for Yoda nonetheless.
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Jjakji been staying too long in Europe.
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The curse of foreigners. No credit when its due
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On May 21 2014 17:23 GrapeApe wrote:
If I was having a "Nice Guys of eSports" tournament Harstem would be my first invite. He's such a cool guy. Great to see him getting a MASSIVE win here, and hopefully he can ride the momentum to further heights. He deserves it!
Agree, he's a class act. Congrats Harstem!!!
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On May 22 2014 00:43 Waise wrote:Show nested quote +On May 21 2014 23:24 Drake wrote:On May 21 2014 22:18 D-light wrote:
Quality of the games wasn't there, but at least that was a pretty entertaining bunch of matches. what ? harstems quality was high ! always seems if koreans lose it was "shit games" never think about foreigns can just be better agreed, game 3 on alterzim was one of the best pvts i've seen and harstem played absolutely out of his mind, i recommend watching it
Agreed, game 1 kinda sucked, but Game 2 and 3 of Harstem vs Jjakji were amazing.
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On May 21 2014 16:17 MiCroLiFe wrote:
its a protoss in a group whit 3 terrans. ofc hes gonna advance no matter how much better the terrans is lol
Thats nonsense. I saw all games and the korean terrans were not better. If i didnt knew their names i would never guessed they are even koreans. Their quality of games were definatly not better than average european pro and far away from top korean play...
Hes not saying current form or that they are korean they are better. He's saying that jjakji is a gsl champion therefore should be better, and yoda is a iem champion i believe and so therefore should be better. Therefore it is kinda surprising that harstem got first in this group.
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jjakji was out of practice apparently?
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the year of harstem continues ...
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