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Fiddler's Green42661 Posts
It was a good week for Axiom as the boys in blue did TB proud by going first through their respective groups.
In Group A, Heart swept through Pigbaby and Xigua in impressive fashion. The second game on Frost will likely go down as one of the year's best, as he made a massive comeback after Xigua’s ling-baneling bust sent Heart spiraling down to 7 scvs against a three base Zerg. Heart's frantic splitting allowed his middling number of marines to survive against equal numbers of banelings over multiple engagements, allowing him to claw his way back into the game. Axiom Esport’s youtube channel quickly put out this video upon his victory.
Behind him, Pigbaby would beat Oz and Xigua to continue his royal road through WCS AM. Despite players now becoming aware of his penchant for all ins and aggressive attacks, his micro and battle organization have looked superior, and he will hope that his future opponents will not have figured him out yet.
On the second game day of the week, Alicia topped his group with clear victories over both Nestea and HyuN. He played his signature stargate style and most notably reverse his losing streak against HyuN in WCS AM. The fact that he only had to prepare for one matchup likely played in his favor, and he looks good value to go even further if he continues to play Zergs.
Despite losing in the winner's match, HyuN would bounce back against Revival, defeating him 2-0 in straightforward games. An early speedling attack punished Revival's gasless opening on King Sejong Station, while a flood of roaches after small economic gains allowed HyuN to end the evening with his hopes of defending his title intact.
WCS AM Round of 16 continues on Tuesday, Jul 01 10:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) with Group C, featuring  Bomber,  TooDming, Polt and Check.
Qualified for Ro8: Heart,  Pigbaby, Alicia, HyuN
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The Heart vs XiGua game was pretty damn amazing. But was anyone else a bit less than impressed by the rest of the games? Maybe Im getting spoiled
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On June 27 2014 12:36 LongShot27 wrote:
The Heart vs XiGua game was pretty damn amazing. But was anyone else a bit less than impressed by the rest of the games? Maybe Im getting spoiled
Youre not alone 
honestly how can we not be a at least little spoiled after HSC, Dreamhack, and MLG? 
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On June 27 2014 13:00 Dragoonstorm7 wrote:Show nested quote +On June 27 2014 12:36 LongShot27 wrote:
The Heart vs XiGua game was pretty damn amazing. But was anyone else a bit less than impressed by the rest of the games? Maybe Im getting spoiled Youre not alone honestly how can we not be a at least little spoiled after HSC, Dreamhack, and MLG?
Just you guys wait for Taiwan Open.
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1001 YEARS KESPAJAIL22272 Posts
There will be improvements in Season 3. Probably. :D
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That's two Axiom players through, TB must be happy with this.
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just wait till groups C and D... if the matches break right we could be in store for some epic matches
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Wow. I just realized. If Bomber's TvT is as bad against Polt this season as it was last season, he could draw Alicia again.
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I still can't get over Heart's comeback. I've been watching Starcraft all spring and summer and that was the best game I've seen thus far.
As for the rest of the groups, hoping Bomber and Polt make it through. WCS America may be considered the weakest region but it's pretty stacked at the top.
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a shame revival didn't make it :<
congrats to Alicia and Hyun.
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Both finalists from last season's WCS AM are out already ouch. Man Heart's comeback was one of the most impressive things I've seen in a long time, definitely top 10 of the year, awesome game!
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Oh man, for a second I thought this was CheckPrime.
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On June 27 2014 20:03 rotta wrote:Oh man, for a second I thought this was CheckPrime.
Holy check!
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If Toodming can make it out of his group of death I'll be so happy.
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On June 27 2014 19:43 Destructicon wrote:
Both finalists from last season's WCS AM are out already ouch. Man Heart's comeback was one of the most impressive things I've seen in a long time, definitely top 10 of the year, awesome game!
What are you talking about? The final was between Oz and Hyun and Hyun is still in it..
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United States97276 Posts
Too bad for Oz
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It is the huge mistake that XiGua has done which resulted in the comeback of Heart.
Early game:
1. XiGua should have burst those SCVs in his initial attack.
2. It was not appropriate to continue those ling attack in the second wave of aggression.
3. Those baneling in the third wave was way too ambitious and actually wasteful.
Mid-game:
1. MOST important: XiGua did not extend his creep. The creep did not even reach the central area of the map.
2. He went for ling/baneling/muta attack outside creep = suicide.
3. He possessed those amount of mutas, but just did not fly those mutas to Heart's bases. Most of time, he just put his mutas outside his own bases to........ defend....... (what? you hold the huge advantage, why do you need to defend)
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On June 28 2014 01:52 freeamount wrote:
It is the huge mistake that XiGua has done which resulted in the comeback of Heart.
Early game:
1. XiGua should have burst those SCVs in his initial attack.
2. It was not appropriate to continue those ling attack in the second wave of aggression.
3. Those baneling in the third wave was way too ambitious and actually wasteful.
Mid-game:
1. MOST important: XiGua did not extend his creep. The creep did not even reach the central area of the map.
2. He went for ling/baneling/muta attack outside creep = suicide.
3. He possessed those amount of mutas, but just did not fly those mutas to Heart's bases. Most of time, he just put his mutas outside his own bases to........ defend....... (what? you hold the huge advantage, why do you need to defend)
Let me address some of these:
Early:
1. He killed all the SCVs anyways. Heart was down to 7 workers to 50 or something completely ridiculous.
2. He definitely should have continued the aggression. Everyone including probably Heart was sure he was dead. Somehow he held on and "stabilized" although he was still in a really bad situation.
3. Not sure exactly what you are talking about but I do agree that some of the banelings were wasteful. Still, I think it was more Heart getting a little lucky and executing perfectly rather than XiGua playing poorly.
Mid:
1. Sure his creep was so-so but he was on 3 bases to 1 with 50 more workers then he was on 5 bases to 2...
2. He went for an attack outside of creep but he was still 50 supply ahead. He thought he still had the win and he should have.
3. True, he didn't harass with the mutas much and instead chose big engagements and baneling run-by's. They just didn't work out due to Heart's defense and godlike micro.
XiGua didn't play perfectly but overall Heart was just incredibly impressive!
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