soO defeats TRUE, advances to third straight GSL finals

TL.net ESPORTS

4 Posts

June 20 2014 18:21 GMT

http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/2014_Global_StarCraft_II_League_Season_2/Code_S

SKT_soO passed a momentous milestone in the GSL, becoming the first player ever to reach three consecutive finals. With a 4-1 victory over (Z)

JinAir_TRUE in the semifinals, soO confirmed a spot in the grand finals against teammate Classic. It will be soO's third final against a Protoss player, having lost to Dear and Zest in previous seasons.

TRUE

TRUE < Alterzim Stronghold > soO
(Z)

TRUE < Merry Go Round > soO
TRUE < Overgrowth > (Z)

soO

TRUE < Frost > soO
(Z)

TRUE < Habitation Station > soO

soO

Not surprisingly, the series played out mostly as a roach war. The 1-4 scoreline was somewhat unfair to TRUE, who looked to be on even footing with soO for much of the series. TRUE seemed to be even stronger than soO in the mid-game phases, accumulating big army and bank leads on several occasions. However, TRUE was just unable to defeat soO in the crucial late game battles, not even with several mass spore cancels to inflate his roach count.

The Code S finals between (P)

Classic and (Z)

soO will be held on June 28th from GomTV's studio. The event marks the first SKT team-kill in a major Korean finals since Boxer and iloveoov faced off in the EVER2004 OSL.

ShadowPie

Sweden19 Posts

June 20 2014 18:24 GMT

Incredibly impressive by Soo. Three times a charm!

Emerson_H

United States460 Posts

June 20 2014 18:25 GMT

Third time's the charm I feel.

And soOjwa's going to be claiming his rightful place as the best zerg in the world.

Darkhorse

United States23455 Posts

June 20 2014 18:25 GMT

I like that SKT finals history lesson.

iamcaustic

Canada1509 Posts

June 20 2014 18:26 GMT

Yesssssss, now here's to hoping Mevious picked TRUE to win so I can take the #1 spot on Liquibet.

InExcelsis

United States38 Posts

June 20 2014 18:28 GMT

I really hope soO can do it this time he deserves after 2 heartbreakers 3rd times the charm lets go SKT

catabowl

United States815 Posts

June 20 2014 18:30 GMT

Looks like we have found the new "silver" medalist award. Classic is going to smash.

Shellshock

United States97276 Posts

June 20 2014 18:37 GMT

soOjwa is just so good outside of the final.

ZAiNs

United Kingdom6525 Posts

June 20 2014 18:38 GMT

On June 21 2014 03:37 Shellshock wrote:
soOjwa is just so good outside of the final.

He's just as good inside it! He took Zest to the last game.

kisoso

Bulgaria105 Posts

June 20 2014 18:40 GMT

#10

If soO gets 5 GSL silvers, will he receive a special award?

oo_Wonderful_oo

The land of freedom23126 Posts

June 20 2014 18:40 GMT

#11

On June 21 2014 03:38 ZAiNs wrote:

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He's just as good inside it! He took Zest to the last game.

Instead of winning it 4-1.
Zest wasn't better than soO, he just lost to SKT T1 Zerg curse.

But this time things are going to change.

movac

Canada494 Posts

June 20 2014 18:44 GMT

#12

cmon Classic, crush soo and give us a new Kong!

fLyiNgDroNe

Belgium4068 Posts

June 20 2014 18:51 GMT

#13

On June 21 2014 03:40 kisoso wrote:
If soO gets 5 GSL silvers, will he receive a special award?

Yes, a kiss from YellOw

SuperHofmann

Italy1741 Posts

June 20 2014 18:55 GMT

#14

soO deserves the GSL title.

Gwavajuice

France1810 Posts

June 20 2014 18:57 GMT

#15

According to aligulac :

        (1807) soO  0-0  Classic (1919)    
-------------------------------------------
         4.11% 4-0       0-4   9.14%       
         9.04% 4-1       1-4  16.45%       
        12.42% 4-2       2-4  18.52%       
        13.65% 4-3       3-4  16.67%       
-------------------------------------------
            39.22%        60.78%           

Median outcome: soO 3-4 Classic

Estimated by Aligulac. Modify.

I would hate to see soO loose again though :/

ZigguratOfUr

Iraq16955 Posts

June 20 2014 19:04 GMT

#16

So SKT beat JinAir. And now we'll get to see: will the third time be the charm, or will the third strike mean he's out?

Ctesias

4595 Posts

June 20 2014 19:11 GMT

#17

Undoubtedly impressive by soO. I get the feeling he will remain undervalued even if he wins this finals. If he loses a third time, I wonder if he will be able to bounce back again.