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 NrS.Welmu achieved the round of 8 for the second consecutive time and last season's champion MC finished in second place for a double Protoss advancement in Group B.
Welmu overcame the health issues that kept him out of HSC IX and managed to secure first place by defeating YoDa and MC to advance without dropping a map. It was an incredibly impressive performance from the Finnish Protoss, as he becomes the second foreigner to make the Ro8 thus far. His performance here proves that he should be considered one of the best European players alongside fellow quarterfinalist Vortix.
Meanwhile, MC overcame the upset loss to Welmu and advanced in second place. The boss toss looked solid in his wins over both ToD and YoDa, although a loss to a foreigner even in the group stages does not bode particularly well for a second consecutive championship run. Either way MC continues to be incredibly consistent in the region, as he has not missed the bracket stage of WCS EU since Season 1 of 2013.
Unfortunately where there are winners there must also be losers. XMG.ToD brought up the rear in the group after losing to MC in his opening match 0-2. In the loser's match against YoDa he managed to win an entertaining base race in game 2 on Frost, but he was unable to finish out the series and fell 1-2, meaning that he was eliminated from WCS this season. Although  YoDa managed to defeat ToD, he looked less impressive against the other two Protoss in the group and was unable to pick up a map against either Welmu or MC.
Next game day -
Group C:  Golden, Grubby, MaNa, First
Players Qualified for the Ro8:
VortiX
ForGG
Welmu, MC
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Welmu~!!! m Great play and hope he can stay healthy!!!
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On June 11 2014 07:26 SatedSC2 wrote:
The prediction is real!
Oh man the "one guy that only allins" really made me laugh :D but i think to call tod only "a caster" is a big underestimation but w/e guess he won^^
And calling yoda "random korean"... dunno man he was pretty consistens some time ago. Comes off of a high horse - i don't really like him.
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Haha this is so badass after his results 
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On June 11 2014 07:50 forsakeNXE wrote:Oh man the "one guy that only allins" really made me laugh :D but i think to call tod only "a caster" is a big underestimation but w/e guess he won^^ And calling yoda "random korean"... dunno man he was pretty consistens some time ago. Comes off of a high horse - i don't really like him.
I dont think he wants your approval. He backed up his shit talk with a 4-0. Confidence is good.
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On June 11 2014 07:50 forsakeNXE wrote:Oh man the "one guy that only allins" really made me laugh :D but i think to call tod only "a caster" is a big underestimation but w/e guess he won^^ And calling yoda "random korean"... dunno man he was pretty consistens some time ago. Comes off of a high horse - i don't really like him.
In all honestly, Yoda is not that well know.
Especially comparing him to Teaja, Jeadong, Bomber, Parting, Polt, MMA, MKP, Flash, MVP. And a slew of extremely well know and recognized Koreans.
Happy Welmu was able to back up his words. He played great.
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One Korean and One foreign made it out again. Keep it up EU!
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lol, pretty awesome smack talk backed up with a 4-0, not bad, not bad. However, he really needs to make it passed the RO4. Then people will really be raising their eyebrows.
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Welmu thinks he's more known than Yoda?
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Pretty pleased to see MC make it through. Sometimes he tends not to back up after good performances.
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As MC likes to say.. Easy peasy? :D:D
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Tbh, you don't really see many people trashtalk and back it up.
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On June 11 2014 08:47 DaftFunk wrote:
Welmu thinks he's more known than Yoda?
Yoda: Famous because MVP said he was the best Terran. I think Welmu is much better known than Yoda for foreignors. I mostly only follow the Korean scene (it suits my timezone), so I know more about Yoda than about Welmu, but I would expect the opposite to be true for most here.
Also, nice work with the winning, but that sort of smack talk can apply a lot of pressure. Hopefully he thrives under it.
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On June 11 2014 08:47 DaftFunk wrote:
Welmu thinks he's more known than Yoda?
He has a few reasons for having this belief. The primary one would be that he's more known than Yoda.
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isn't the pro scene known for having players playfully troll each other and joke around on twitter? i was assuming it was just trash talking for fun, not serious insults...
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the trashtalk is for confidence, obviously. welmu looking in really good form
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Welmu is immediately becoming one of my favorite players. Not enough pros, both foreign and Korean, "trash talk" or show personality.
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Awesome trashtalk... gotta love that much confidence coming a foreigner these days!
Can we talk about how ridiculous it is that ToD is both a high-tier player AND a high-tier caster?
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United States97276 Posts
Too easy for welmu. Yoda is just not even close to where he used to be it seems.
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On June 11 2014 12:18 Shellshock wrote:
Too easy for welmu. Yoda is just not even close to where he used to be it seems.
It was just everyone believing Mvp's talent assessment tbh, aside from that IM IEM he won
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Russian Federation134 Posts
To be fair I think that the expression "random Korean" should be reserved exclusively for  Balloon ))))))))
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United States23455 Posts
I think Welmu was clearly having some fun :D don't think he was serious or BM
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United States97276 Posts
On June 11 2014 12:32 lichter wrote:Show nested quote +On June 11 2014 12:18 Shellshock wrote:
Too easy for welmu. Yoda is just not even close to where he used to be it seems. It was just everyone believing Mvp's talent assessment tbh, aside from that IM IEM he won
He was still pretty decent at the end of WoL and in that WoL/HotS transition period. I thought he was going to be a real deal steady Code S player for a while there along with First but then poof
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On June 11 2014 13:43 Shellshock wrote:Show nested quote +On June 11 2014 12:32 lichter wrote:On June 11 2014 12:18 Shellshock wrote:
Too easy for welmu. Yoda is just not even close to where he used to be it seems. It was just everyone believing Mvp's talent assessment tbh, aside from that IM IEM he won He was still pretty decent at the end of WoL and in that WoL/HotS transition period. I thought he was going to be a real deal steady Code S player for a while there along with First but then poof
Yeah remember when First was a top 3 Protoss in mid 2013? That ended fast
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1001 YEARS KESPAJAIL22272 Posts
First vs KeeN man that was a good game
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On June 11 2014 10:32 althaz wrote:Show nested quote +On June 11 2014 08:47 DaftFunk wrote:
Welmu thinks he's more known than Yoda? Yoda: Famous because MVP said he was the best Terran. I think Welmu is much better known than Yoda for foreignors. I mostly only follow the Korean scene (it suits my timezone), so I know more about Yoda than about Welmu, but I would expect the opposite to be true for most here. Also, nice work with the winning, but that sort of smack talk can apply a lot of pressure. Hopefully he thrives under it.
yea his dominance in gstl and winning an iem championship gets COMPLETELY overshadowed by something Mvp mentioned, which even then only big korean sc2 fans would only know about. way to contradict yourself in that last sentence buddy
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On June 11 2014 13:46 Darkhorse wrote:Show nested quote +On June 11 2014 13:43 Shellshock wrote:On June 11 2014 12:32 lichter wrote:On June 11 2014 12:18 Shellshock wrote:
Too easy for welmu. Yoda is just not even close to where he used to be it seems. It was just everyone believing Mvp's talent assessment tbh, aside from that IM IEM he won He was still pretty decent at the end of WoL and in that WoL/HotS transition period. I thought he was going to be a real deal steady Code S player for a while there along with First but then poof Yeah remember when First was a top 3 Protoss in mid 2013? That ended fast
remember when Welmu was ever a top anything ever? yea me neither
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Welmu said in winner interview that he didnt wrote that. Carmac did 
Welmu has been playing so good lately. Just let's hope he doesnt meet zerg and he is fine.
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On June 11 2014 14:14 TheBloodyDwarf wrote:Welmu said in winner interview that he didnt wrote that. Carmac did Welmu has been playing so good lately. Just let's hope he doesnt meet zerg and he is fine.
wow Dimaga is so BM these days
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On June 11 2014 08:47 DaftFunk wrote:
Welmu thinks he's more known than Yoda?
Well, he is! Maybe not in Korea, but in the "foreigner" world. And I we saw yesterday, he deserves to be more recognized than Yoda.
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Welmu is a cute puppy that is not trash-talk;
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Nicely done by Welmu, so far Europe holds 
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On June 11 2014 16:54 PoulsenB wrote:Nicely done by Welmu, so far Europe holds
Minimum number of Koreans that could have made the round of 8 = 0, number of Koreans that made the round of 8 = 2,
number of Koreans eliminated = 1, number of foreigners eliminated = 3, with all this great maths you still get = Europe holds, I'm not sure that you maths holds up
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On June 11 2014 13:53 DaftFunk wrote:Show nested quote +On June 11 2014 13:46 Darkhorse wrote:On June 11 2014 13:43 Shellshock wrote:On June 11 2014 12:32 lichter wrote:On June 11 2014 12:18 Shellshock wrote:
Too easy for welmu. Yoda is just not even close to where he used to be it seems. It was just everyone believing Mvp's talent assessment tbh, aside from that IM IEM he won He was still pretty decent at the end of WoL and in that WoL/HotS transition period. I thought he was going to be a real deal steady Code S player for a while there along with First but then poof Yeah remember when First was a top 3 Protoss in mid 2013? That ended fast remember when Welmu was ever a top anything ever? yea me neither
Top Finnish player is a thing
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On June 11 2014 07:50 forsakeNXE wrote:Oh man the "one guy that only allins" really made me laugh :D but i think to call tod only "a caster" is a big underestimation but w/e guess he won^^ And calling yoda "random korean"... dunno man he was pretty consistens some time ago. Comes off of a high horse - i don't really like him.
in interview he said "i didnt write that no idea how it comes on my twitter" was rly funny ^^ but he calles them bad
and then SMASHED them 2-0 (wasnt even anything close) and yoda got destroyeeeed so...
jaeh big mouth but he backed it up huuuge!
On June 11 2014 15:00 CNSnow wrote:Show nested quote +On June 11 2014 08:47 DaftFunk wrote:
Welmu thinks he's more known than Yoda? Well, he is! Maybe not in Korea, but in the "foreigner" world. And I we saw yesterday, he deserves to be more recognized than Yoda.
all my freinds just are "casual esport watchers" ... nearly all know him and NO ONE knows yoda ^^ so ... guess its true ? foreigns if they not rly into the scene dont know rnd koreans
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On June 11 2014 14:14 TheBloodyDwarf wrote:Welmu said in winner interview that he didnt wrote that. Carmac did Welmu has been playing so good lately. Just let's hope he doesnt meet zerg and he is fine.
Or maybe he is just really cheeky and just "blaming" Carmac for something he actually did do himself.
Not that I imagine it was anything too serious whoever did write it. :D
On June 11 2014 19:08 SatedSC2 wrote:Show nested quote +On June 11 2014 13:53 DaftFunk wrote:On June 11 2014 13:46 Darkhorse wrote:On June 11 2014 13:43 Shellshock wrote:On June 11 2014 12:32 lichter wrote:On June 11 2014 12:18 Shellshock wrote:
Too easy for welmu. Yoda is just not even close to where he used to be it seems. It was just everyone believing Mvp's talent assessment tbh, aside from that IM IEM he won He was still pretty decent at the end of WoL and in that WoL/HotS transition period. I thought he was going to be a real deal steady Code S player for a while there along with First but then poof Yeah remember when First was a top 3 Protoss in mid 2013? That ended fast remember when Welmu was ever a top anything ever? yea me neither He's probably the current top foreign Protoss so...
I don't think that saying that without the word "probably" would require much Finnish homerism from me.
Also top-5 foreigner, but not sure if being a top foreigner could be considered actually being top anything. /s
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On June 11 2014 19:39 Drake wrote:Show nested quote +On June 11 2014 07:50 forsakeNXE wrote:Oh man the "one guy that only allins" really made me laugh :D but i think to call tod only "a caster" is a big underestimation but w/e guess he won^^ And calling yoda "random korean"... dunno man he was pretty consistens some time ago. Comes off of a high horse - i don't really like him. in interview he said "i didnt write that no idea how it comes on my twitter" was rly funny ^^ but he calles them bad and then SMASHED them 2-0 (wasnt even anything close) and yoda got destroyeeeed so... jaeh big mouth but he backed it up huuuge! Show nested quote +On June 11 2014 15:00 CNSnow wrote:On June 11 2014 08:47 DaftFunk wrote:
Welmu thinks he's more known than Yoda? Well, he is! Maybe not in Korea, but in the "foreigner" world. And I we saw yesterday, he deserves to be more recognized than Yoda. all my freinds just are "casual esport watchers" ... nearly all know him and NO ONE knows yoda ^^ so ... guess its true ? foreigns if they not rly into the scene dont know rnd koreans
I have been following sc2 since 2011 and Yoda is quite unknown name for me. I dont follow korean sc2 scene except proleague sometimes.
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On June 11 2014 08:47 DaftFunk wrote:
Welmu thinks he's more known than Yoda?
YoDa is kinda uknown and Welmu didn't make any of those statement serious. Just a bit of smack talk, really common between pro players (MC does it all the time for example) But they are really friendly with each other.
And well he backed his words with sweeping the floor with koreans so who is going to judge him?
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Welmu too cocky.
But that's good since he placed first in his group he'll be able to meet ForGG and get trashed by a real Terran.
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On June 11 2014 20:00 D-light wrote:Show nested quote +On June 11 2014 14:14 TheBloodyDwarf wrote:Welmu said in winner interview that he didnt wrote that. Carmac did Welmu has been playing so good lately. Just let's hope he doesnt meet zerg and he is fine. Or maybe he is just really cheeky and just "blaming" Carmac for something he actually did do himself. Not that I imagine it was anything too serious whoever did write it. :D Show nested quote +On June 11 2014 19:08 SatedSC2 wrote:On June 11 2014 13:53 DaftFunk wrote:On June 11 2014 13:46 Darkhorse wrote:On June 11 2014 13:43 Shellshock wrote:On June 11 2014 12:32 lichter wrote:On June 11 2014 12:18 Shellshock wrote:
Too easy for welmu. Yoda is just not even close to where he used to be it seems. It was just everyone believing Mvp's talent assessment tbh, aside from that IM IEM he won He was still pretty decent at the end of WoL and in that WoL/HotS transition period. I thought he was going to be a real deal steady Code S player for a while there along with First but then poof Yeah remember when First was a top 3 Protoss in mid 2013? That ended fast remember when Welmu was ever a top anything ever? yea me neither He's probably the current top foreign Protoss so... I don't think that saying that without the word "probably" would require much Finnish homerism from me. Also top-5 foreigner, but not sure if being a top foreigner could be considered actually being top anything. /s
I hope carmac is on good terms with his 2013 IEM World Champion :D
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On June 11 2014 22:32 shid0x wrote:Welmu too cocky. But that's good since he placed first in his group he'll be able to meet ForGG and get trashed by a real Terran.
We will see now
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