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WCS Season 2 has been rife with upsets in Europe and America, and on Wednesday night it was Korea's turn to see some very unexpected results. In a round of sixteen group containing  ST_Life and  SKT_Rain, it was Samsung_Solar and SKT_ParalyzE who grabbed the tickets to the quarterfinals.
Solar took first place spot in the group with a clean 4-0 record, putting on a ZvP clinic to defeat both Rain and Paralyze. Solar showed strength at every stage of the game, whether it was defeating Rain's Protoss deathball with his own ultimate army (sans Swarm Hosts), or forcing out a quick GG with hydralisks and lings.
Meanwhile, Paralyze came through in second place with two series wins over Life. Life simply did not have an answer for Paralyze in the late game, looking lost against Protoss' end game army and helpless to defend against Paralyze's dogged warp prism harassment. Though Life tried to find a solution with his trademark zerglings, Paralyze made sure that Life did not find a way.
Next Group -
Group D: Soulkey, Shine, Zest,  INnoVation
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holy hell innovation better get 1st tomorrow so he can get all tvz to the finals
bottom half of the bottom is fucking boring, classic paralyze isnt any more interesting
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YAY SOLAR BUT WHY RAIN WHY!!!
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So, Innovation takes second place in his current group, Shine takes 1st, and we have 5 mirror match-ups (4 in Ro8, 1 in Ro4) and then a PvT in Ro4, and a really wicked TvZ in the finals.
Honestly though, I'd love for Innovation to take first in his group, ezmode TRUE, then have a great 3-2 victory over Solar/soO, to go against Maru for the epic TvT GSL finals we have been waiting for since 2011.
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Semi-finals should be: Classic vs. Maru and soOjwa vs INnoVation
Which would be sick
Well played by Solar and Paralyze today though 
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still in shock with the results
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Didn't really enjoy the games today. Maybe it was the upsets but I thought there was generally underwhelming play from both Rain and Life.
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Canada8159 Posts
I'll be looking forward to more of those cheesy one-liners
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Solar played amazingly in the first Series vs Rain. The commentators were counting him dead for most of the first game. I wasn't giving him much chances either. But he stuck with his ultra, infestor, queen unit comp through losing his 4th over and over and over again and eventually pulled it out. In a time when a lot of Zerg players just don't know what to do vs late game Protoss, he beats the ultimate protoss army without swarm hosts!
Life seemed off his game. He beat Rain, but who didn't. 
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The land of freedom23126 Posts
On June 05 2014 01:15 Blargh wrote:
So, Innovation takes second place in his current group, Shine takes 1st, and we have 5 mirror match-ups (4 in Ro8, 1 in Ro4) and then a PvT in Ro4, and a really wicked TvZ in the finals.
Honestly though, I'd love for Innovation to take first in his group, ezmode TRUE, then have a great 3-2 victory over Solar/soO, to go against Maru for the epic TvT GSL finals we have been waiting for since 2011.
Semifinals are bo7.
Also, it was Ro16 and not Ro1 :D
Happy for Paralyze, a bit sad for Rain, but it's ok.
SKT T1 can let new faces to come into Ro8 and finally make dream real - all 9 guys from the roster will be in Code S.
3 SKT T1, 2 JinAir GreenWings, 1 Samsung KHAN so far.
Might be 4-2-2 or Zest/INnoVation can throw someone off.
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Cannot believe these results. Really thought at least one of the favourites would make it out of the group.
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Fan favorites are nearly guaranteed to do bad in SC2. So sad, 
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Rain lost a game ?
what is this sorcery ? !
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omg afrotoss got through! lol
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Solar! and the Afrotoss!
But why Rain!why!
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Woke up in time to catch some of Paralyze v Life, and I liked his play. Solid. I'm rooting for him now since he was counted out so hard.
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He sacrificed the afro for ro8 tho :/
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On June 05 2014 01:46 shid0x wrote:
Rain lost a game ?
what is this sorcery ? !
He just wants to make getting to BlizzCon more of a challenge. 
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EPT![[image loading]](/staff/Waxangel/GSL/S1_2014/gsl12014banner.jpg)
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