Maru finished top player for the third round of SPL and is invited for the 2015 KeSPA Cup Season 2. (Dream is already invited for being a SSL finalist.)
Official ranking:
As there is a tie for 2nd place, a Bo5 will be played between soO and Zest. (ByuL is already invited for being in the GSL Finals)
About GSL, Rain who is also a GSL finalist can't attend the KeSPA Tournament and will be replaced by the winner of Curious vs sOs, who both lost in the semifinals.
Both seeding matches are played in Bo5.
Full statement:
2015 KeSPA Cup Season 2 - Proleague & GSL Seeding Match Info
The top 2 players of the 'SK Telecom StarCraft II Proleague 2015 Round 3' will be invited to the group stage of the 2nd Season of KeSPA Cup. Because there is a tie in wins between some members we will be holding a seeding match to determine who will be participating in KeSPA Cup.
The finalist of '2015 GSL Saseon 2' also will receive invites directly into the group stages of the KeSPA Cup. As Rain(mYi) is unable to particpate we will have a match between the 2 of the semi-finalist.
1. Proleague Seed Match * Seeded Player : Maru (JIN AIR, 6W 2L) * Requires Seeding Match : soO (SKT, 5W 0L) vs Zest (KT, 5W 3L) * Rule : Best of 5
2. GSL Saseon 2 Seed Match * Seeded Player: ByuL(CJ) * Requires Seeding Match : sOs (JIN AIR) vs Curious (SBENU) * Rule : Best of 5
The Seeding Match will not be broadcasted. The results will be posted on Facebook and KeSPA's official twitter.
On June 23 2015 23:15 DinoMight wrote: Any detail why Rain can't attend?
GSL?
Kespa Cup doesn't start for over a week after GSL ends and way before next season starts. Doesn't really make sense (from a tournament standpoint anyways) for him to drop out.
Rain will be in Europe while the Kespa Cup is running. Hes going to stay in Europe for roughly a month to attend various events such as the http://www.uk-fest.com/contest/game/starcraft-2 or Dreamhack Valencia. We already planed that trip way before the Kespa Cup dates were announced. Rain decided himself that it would be better for him to not miss out on all the European events.
Its sad that he wont be able to attend the Kespa Cup after his great run this GSL season but im sure you will be able to see a lot of Rain in Europe in the upcoming weeks
Really hoping curious beats sOs for the spot. Now that him winning won't cause a GSL final I think him doing well/winning the kespa cup would be a great end to curious' story
On June 24 2015 00:19 tHeScooTer wrote: Hello, mYi manager here.
Rain will be in Europe while the Kespa Cup is running. Hes going to stay in Europe for roughly a month to attend various events such as the http://www.uk-fest.com/contest/game/starcraft-2 or Dreamhack Valencia. We already planed that trip way before the Kespa Cup dates were announced. Rain decided himself that it would be better for him to not miss out on all the European events.
Its sad that he wont be able to attend the Kespa Cup after his great run this GSL season but im sure you will be able to see a lot of Rain in Europe in the upcoming weeks
Thanks for clearing that up. It will be fun to watch him in HSC and other European events, but I feel it will kinda be like watching the USA Dream Team in their first Olympics- fun to watch, but the outcome is inevitable.
On June 24 2015 00:19 tHeScooTer wrote: Hello, mYi manager here.
Rain will be in Europe while the Kespa Cup is running. Hes going to stay in Europe for roughly a month to attend various events such as the http://www.uk-fest.com/contest/game/starcraft-2 or Dreamhack Valencia. We already planed that trip way before the Kespa Cup dates were announced. Rain decided himself that it would be better for him to not miss out on all the European events.
Its sad that he wont be able to attend the Kespa Cup after his great run this GSL season but im sure you will be able to see a lot of Rain in Europe in the upcoming weeks
Thanks for unswer. Its Great that Rain will play on EU tournaments. And he will play here for a month, so its mean he will train in EU server, what is great for EU!
i can imagine once curious leaves for the military service there will be a flood of B-teamers that make it to code S. he was simply holding them back against all odds.
On June 24 2015 17:04 Alucen-Will- wrote: I always thought it was odd that people never complained about hallucination scouts in balance talks. They are so cheap and give you so much.
If you play idra hallucinations might even win you the game
On June 24 2015 17:04 Alucen-Will- wrote: I always thought it was odd that people never complained about hallucination scouts in balance talks. They are so cheap and give you so much.
Tbh i think it's a very good think, it taxes you mechanicaly mostly and allow you to gather intel. The Z can still be tricky and proxy stuff (or just not use some tech building) but it brings down a lot the luck part regarding composition in a match up that allows a lot of comp to work.
On June 24 2015 17:04 Alucen-Will- wrote: I always thought it was odd that people never complained about hallucination scouts in balance talks. They are so cheap and give you so much.
I don't think players would ever blanace whine about something that actually improves the game
On June 24 2015 17:04 Alucen-Will- wrote: I always thought it was odd that people never complained about hallucination scouts in balance talks. They are so cheap and give you so much.
I don't think players would ever blanace whine about something that actually improves the game
I guess its just blizzards way of giving protoss scouting potential without tech units
On June 24 2015 17:00 curutcis wrote: Flash in group 3. He will soon play vs Hydra which is not good news fro him.
Will be interesting to see if server lag effects that game at all
Assuming Hydra will beat Tempest and PSY and Flash willl win over Departure, we will have a nice game here. Hydra is so good with Muta-ling-bling and Flash, in a good day, plays very well vs zerg. I think it will be a close one.
On June 24 2015 17:00 curutcis wrote: Flash in group 3. He will soon play vs Hydra which is not good news fro him.
Will be interesting to see if server lag effects that game at all
Assuming Hydra will beat Tempest and PSY and Flash willl win over Departure, we will have a nice game here. Hydra is so good with Muta-ling-bling and Flash, in a good day, plays very well vs zerg. I think it will be a close one.
Flash has to pray that lag from NA will be enough to hellbat all-in successfuly.
On June 24 2015 17:00 curutcis wrote: Flash in group 3. He will soon play vs Hydra which is not good news fro him.
Will be interesting to see if server lag effects that game at all
Assuming Hydra will beat Tempest and PSY and Flash willl win over Departure, we will have a nice game here. Hydra is so good with Muta-ling-bling and Flash, in a good day, plays very well vs zerg. I think it will be a close one.
On June 24 2015 17:00 curutcis wrote: Flash in group 3. He will soon play vs Hydra which is not good news fro him.
Will be interesting to see if server lag effects that game at all
Assuming Hydra will beat Tempest and PSY and Flash willl win over Departure, we will have a nice game here. Hydra is so good with Muta-ling-bling and Flash, in a good day, plays very well vs zerg. I think it will be a close one.
Flash has to pray that lag from NA will be enough to hellbat all-in successfuly.
I don't know man...till now i didn't see Hydra lose to a hellbat all-in....and i did saw a lot of his games....
On June 24 2015 17:00 curutcis wrote: Flash in group 3. He will soon play vs Hydra which is not good news fro him.
Will be interesting to see if server lag effects that game at all
Assuming Hydra will beat Tempest and PSY and Flash willl win over Departure, we will have a nice game here. Hydra is so good with Muta-ling-bling and Flash, in a good day, plays very well vs zerg. I think it will be a close one.
Flash has to pray that lag from NA will be enough to hellbat all-in successfuly.
I don't know man...till now i didn't see Hydra lose to a hellbat all-in....and i did saw a lot of his games....
On June 24 2015 17:00 curutcis wrote: Flash in group 3. He will soon play vs Hydra which is not good news fro him.
Will be interesting to see if server lag effects that game at all
Assuming Hydra will beat Tempest and PSY and Flash willl win over Departure, we will have a nice game here. Hydra is so good with Muta-ling-bling and Flash, in a good day, plays very well vs zerg. I think it will be a close one.
Flash plays pretty bad TvZ vs aggressive zergs and hydra is practically a weaker Byul/Life
On June 24 2015 17:00 curutcis wrote: Flash in group 3. He will soon play vs Hydra which is not good news fro him.
Will be interesting to see if server lag effects that game at all
Assuming Hydra will beat Tempest and PSY and Flash willl win over Departure, we will have a nice game here. Hydra is so good with Muta-ling-bling and Flash, in a good day, plays very well vs zerg. I think it will be a close one.
Flash plays pretty bad TvZ vs aggressive zergs and hydra is practically a weaker Byul/Life
Regardless of the outcome it would still be an interesting series to watch
On June 24 2015 17:00 curutcis wrote: Flash in group 3. He will soon play vs Hydra which is not good news fro him.
Will be interesting to see if server lag effects that game at all
Assuming Hydra will beat Tempest and PSY and Flash willl win over Departure, we will have a nice game here. Hydra is so good with Muta-ling-bling and Flash, in a good day, plays very well vs zerg. I think it will be a close one.
Flash has to pray that lag from NA will be enough to hellbat all-in successfuly.
I don't know man...till now i didn't see Hydra lose to a hellbat all-in....and i did saw a lot of his games....
I think that the KT big four has very legit chances of qualifying (except if Life faces HerO or Zest faces Creator I guess) e : well shit, in fact that ain't happening
On June 24 2015 17:49 OtherWorld wrote: I think that the KT big four has very legit chances of qualifying (except if Life faces HerO or Zest faces Creator I guess)
well..
On June 24 2015 17:48 Inflicted wrote: Sora 2-1 Life lmao
On June 24 2015 17:49 OtherWorld wrote: I think that the KT big four has very legit chances of qualifying (except if Life faces HerO or Zest faces Creator I guess)
On June 24 2015 17:49 OtherWorld wrote: I think that the KT big four has very legit chances of qualifying (except if Life faces HerO or Zest faces Creator I guess)
well..
On June 24 2015 17:48 Inflicted wrote: Sora 2-1 Life lmao
yeah that was some top3 prediction
I guess that means Zest is out too, damn you sensai
On June 24 2015 17:49 OtherWorld wrote: I think that the KT big four has very legit chances of qualifying (except if Life faces HerO or Zest faces Creator I guess)
well..
On June 24 2015 17:48 Inflicted wrote: Sora 2-1 Life lmao
yeah that was some top3 prediction
I guess that means Zest is out too, damn you sensai
On June 24 2015 17:49 OtherWorld wrote: I think that the KT big four has very legit chances of qualifying (except if Life faces HerO or Zest faces Creator I guess)
well..
On June 24 2015 17:48 Inflicted wrote: Sora 2-1 Life lmao
yeah that was some top3 prediction
I guess that means Zest is out too, damn you sensai
On June 24 2015 17:52 Alucen-Will- wrote: Watching Stork play well is very refreshing
Could he be the ace that Samsung needs?
That would be really fun. I might be slightly crazy saying this but I think if he just focused and practiced hard that he could have a decent shot at taking some games.
I re watched his gsl performance from last year and I think he's still got it a bit.
On June 24 2015 18:10 lastride wrote: why not stream Flash for a change?
Probably so when Flash steams he can max CPM? I dunno if the policy of KT not liking people streaming their players during qualifiers is still in place.
On June 24 2015 18:10 lastride wrote: why not stream Flash for a change?
Probably so when Flash steams he can max CPM? I dunno if the policy of KT not liking people streaming their players during qualifiers is still in place.
Who knows, while I understand their perceived annoyance I don't like it at all. As a progamer you are playing for others to watch and I have a hard time with players/coaches not understanding/appreciating that fact
On June 24 2015 18:10 lastride wrote: why not stream Flash for a change?
Probably so when Flash steams he can max CPM? I dunno if the policy of KT not liking people streaming their players during qualifiers is still in place.
Who knows, while I understand their perceived annoyance I don't like it at all. As a progamer you are playing for others to watch and I have a hard time with players/coaches not understanding/appreciating that fact
I think they should jump into Flash vs Hydra because it's their last chance to stream Flash
On June 24 2015 18:10 lastride wrote: why not stream Flash for a change?
Probably so when Flash steams he can max CPM? I dunno if the policy of KT not liking people streaming their players during qualifiers is still in place.
Who knows, while I understand their perceived annoyance I don't like it at all. As a progamer you are playing for others to watch and I have a hard time with players/coaches not understanding/appreciating that fact
I think they should jump into Flash vs Hydra because it's their last chance to stream Flash
God damn it i hate you, don't even consider this a possibility
Come tothink of it, I honestly don't think that Life plays so bad... i think that more and more people know how to play against him and he must change his style a bit in order to regain his older form. I think.
I don't like going for a macro game like this when you take a hidden third. You kind of hope your opponent will just try to outmacro you - if he goes for a strategy to deny your third it will be even stronger now!
Much better to fake a 2-base all-in, have your opponent react to it while you cain a big advantage thanks to your hidden economy.
On June 24 2015 18:53 Inflicted wrote: So many lings omg
dafuq, could you pls tell me where you watch it? There is no link provided nor in the event-tab on the right, nor in the liquipedia nor in the first message in this thread....
On June 24 2015 18:53 Inflicted wrote: So many lings omg
dafuq, could you pls tell me where you watch it? There is no link provided nor in the event-tab on the right, nor in the liquipedia nor in the first message in this thread....
On June 24 2015 18:55 DJHelium wrote: I don't like going for a macro game like this when you take a hidden third. You kind of hope your opponent will just try to outmacro you - if he goes for a strategy to deny your third it will be even stronger now!
Much better to fake a 2-base all-in, have your opponent react to it while you cain a big advantage thanks to your hidden economy.
I think TRUE would just scout around at some point and then ling/muta punishes that 3rd base hard.
On June 24 2015 18:55 DJHelium wrote: I don't like going for a macro game like this when you take a hidden third. You kind of hope your opponent will just try to outmacro you - if he goes for a strategy to deny your third it will be even stronger now!
Much better to fake a 2-base all-in, have your opponent react to it while you cain a big advantage thanks to your hidden economy.
I think TRUE would just scout around at some point and then ling/muta punishes that 3rd base hard.
Not if you pressure him with a fake 2-base all-in. Then hopefully you have gained enough advantage from the hidden base before he realizes something weird is going on.
Overall I don't like hidden bases PvZ, high risk low reward imo.
On June 24 2015 20:03 OtherWorld wrote: Sooo... When I left Flash vs Hydra was still at unknown score, and according to LP they're still playing. What's happening?
We are all of the assumption they are playing a stupidly long series lol.
On June 24 2015 20:03 OtherWorld wrote: Sooo... When I left Flash vs Hydra was still at unknown score, and according to LP they're still playing. What's happening?
On June 24 2015 20:03 OtherWorld wrote: Sooo... When I left Flash vs Hydra was still at unknown score, and according to LP they're still playing. What's happening?
apparently Flash won and is now 1 up vs Trap
I see. Probably KT staff not only doesn't want Flash games to be streamed, but also doesn't want his results to be known in case he wouldn't qualify d:
On June 24 2015 20:03 OtherWorld wrote: Sooo... When I left Flash vs Hydra was still at unknown score, and according to LP they're still playing. What's happening?
apparently Flash won and is now 1 up vs Trap
I see. Probably KT staff not only doesn't want Flash games to be streamed, but also doesn't want his results to be known in case he wouldn't qualify d:
you can stream TY though, he's only a single tier better
On June 24 2015 20:07 dazed25 wrote: there should be an exchange program between SKT and KT. They can teach our terrans TvZ and we can teach them TvT and some TvP.
On June 24 2015 20:12 Keeemy wrote: I'm convinced that KT got Life just as a sacrifice for Flash so he'd get his mojo back.
Thanks KT.
i want an all KT RO4 in some tournament but it seems like there can only be one guy in form at a certain point in time. Zest, Life, Stats, TY, and Flash now.
On June 24 2015 21:19 Musicus wrote: So sick how the Dpix player's are still just as skilled or in FanTaSy's case even more so, than when they were on KeSPA teams.
Only fanta imo. Patience always had this one good run per year, True was coming off a freaking ro4 in GSL. Fanta progressed a lot and it's pretty cool.
On June 24 2015 21:19 Musicus wrote: So sick how the Dpix player's are still just as skilled or in FanTaSy's case even more so, than when they were on KeSPA teams.
Only fanta imo. Patience always had this one good run per year, True was coming off a freaking ro4 in GSL. Fanta progressed a lot and it's pretty cool.
Well Patience improved a lot for sure too, he couldn't even win the EPS when he was in Germany. But obviously training in the Axiom house > training in the Alien Invasion house in Duisburg .
On June 24 2015 21:19 Musicus wrote: So sick how the Dpix player's are still just as skilled or in FanTaSy's case even more so, than when they were on KeSPA teams.
Only fanta imo. Patience always had this one good run per year, True was coming off a freaking ro4 in GSL. Fanta progressed a lot and it's pretty cool.
Yeah Fanta is the only one to really improve by a lot, but it's good to see that TRUE and Patience haven't really fallen off.
On June 24 2015 21:19 Musicus wrote: So sick how the Dpix player's are still just as skilled or in FanTaSy's case even more so, than when they were on KeSPA teams.
Only fanta imo. Patience always had this one good run per year, True was coming off a freaking ro4 in GSL. Fanta progressed a lot and it's pretty cool.
Well Patience improved a lot for sure too, he couldn't even win the EPS when he was in Germany. But obviously training in the Axiom house > training in the Alien Invasion house in Duisburg .
Patience isn't doing shit except qualifying for the IEM Katowice. Just like what he did in the past years. Nothing, nothing, an extraordinary run, nothing. And I agree with Elentos, not falling off is good for True. (Their swiss player can't even get past the ro8 in a french tournament missing both Marinelord and Firecake :D)
On June 24 2015 21:19 Musicus wrote: So sick how the Dpix player's are still just as skilled or in FanTaSy's case even more so, than when they were on KeSPA teams.
Only fanta imo. Patience always had this one good run per year, True was coming off a freaking ro4 in GSL. Fanta progressed a lot and it's pretty cool.
Yeah Fanta is the only one to really improve by a lot, but it's good to see that TRUE and Patience haven't really fallen off.
Patiece went from getting 3-0ed by HeroMarine to qualifying and having a good run in GSL, I'd say he improved drastically.
I was honestly expecting him to retire soon after going back to Korea, since he couldn't even beat the best Germans. It was a huge pleasant suprise to me how well he did.
On June 24 2015 21:19 Musicus wrote: So sick how the Dpix player's are still just as skilled or in FanTaSy's case even more so, than when they were on KeSPA teams.
Only fanta imo. Patience always had this one good run per year, True was coming off a freaking ro4 in GSL. Fanta progressed a lot and it's pretty cool.
Yeah Fanta is the only one to really improve by a lot, but it's good to see that TRUE and Patience haven't really fallen off.
Patiece went from getting 3-0ed by HeroMarine to qualifying and having a good run in GSL, I'd say he improved drastically.
It is law that no Korean may win EPS tho. Nevermind the fact that Patience really isn't accomplishing a whole lot in offline settings this year. His series against Maru at Katowice was dreadful play (and Maru didn't look good either).
Also I guess props to MarineKing for not dying to weird sOs shit.
And a match between Gumiho and Pigbaby got to be entertaing, will search for the vods for sure.
Besides that not many suprises...or wait...B4 winning?! vs Supernova, Terminator and Losira ?! Well, guess i stop blaming Prime for keep sending him out in PL...
That's good enough. He managed to win, which is the important thing. Is he also playing better these days in SPL as well? I seem to think that he's losing less than at the start of the season.
On June 24 2015 23:27 IntoTheheart wrote: That's good enough. He managed to win, which is the important thing. Is he also playing better these days in SPL as well? I seem to think that he's losing less than at the start of the season.
He did fine in SPL this round. 4-2 or something. cant remember exactly
On June 24 2015 23:27 IntoTheheart wrote: That's good enough. He managed to win, which is the important thing. Is he also playing better these days in SPL as well? I seem to think that he's losing less than at the start of the season.
He's doing better in PL, yes. His record in round 1 was god awful. His round 3 record was actually pretty decent.
On June 24 2015 23:40 Shellshock wrote: I just saw HerO played against Impact. Did DLO have any comments on the disparity in qualify between the two players?
On June 25 2015 00:40 Artanis[Xp] wrote: Let's pray to the Kespa gods we get to see a Flash vs Fantasy game.
I bet they'll both have to advance at least once for it to happen. I'm assuming the first round will be seeded players vs qualified players for all 8 matchups
EPT
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Maru finished top player for the third round of SPL and is invited for the 
2015 KeSPA Cup Season 2. (![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/zJyLOuH.jpg)
soO and 
Zest. (
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FanTaSy 2-0 
horror
Stats 2-1 
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