The second day of competition at KeSPA Cup had a few surprises in store, as a big favorite fell, while an underdog fought his way into the spotlight, with Pet surprisingly advancing out of the group behind a dominating TY.
The KT Rolster Terran once more demonstrated his ability to use various styles of play, showing off a strong mech build on New Gettysburg, which he used to defeat both TRUE and Pet in different scenarios. TY did not get into a single critical spot in any of his four games, looking quite untouchable in TvZ.
In contrast to that, CJ’s herO has rarely looked more vulnerable in PvZ than he does right now, resulting in his shockingly easy elimination at the hands of Pet and TRUE, who mainly used mass speedling tactics to outplay him. Pet managed to outmacro herO in their series, TRUE put his well known, ever aggressive style to good use and overran the CJ protoss with a mixture of speedling-queen swarms and muta-switches.
In the deciding clash, TRUE and Pet delivered close and action packed ZvZ matches—and we finally got a taste of how Pet managed to qualify for KeSPA Cup over SSL runner-up Dark. Strong micro throughout the series and a nice nydus timing in the deciding game gave us a glimpse of a player well versed in ZvZ. It was a performance to prove that his qualifying run was not a fluke.
Despite Pet's surprising advancement, the award for most entertaining player of the group most certainly belongs to PSISTORM Gaming’s TRUE, whose endless aggression not only resulted in games bursting with action, the Zerg also showed cute micro tricks against both TY—saving his queen drop multiple times with clutch transfuses—and herO—a triple spore drone save against an adept attack. Huge surrounds, massive counter attacks and even an abduct & neural parasite-combination on a mothership to cloak his own units. TRUE may not have advanced into the next round, but he certainly won some sympathies with his performance. TY will face his team-mate Zest in the next round, while Pet has drawn foreign powerhouse Neeb as his next opponent.
So it's group a vs group b and group c vs group d in the ro8.
Pretty tough for Nerchio, since he will have to face Solar, Stats or Trap in the ro8 and he named all of them as the Koreans he has the most trouble against.
thx for this coverage. Terrans continue to prove that with enough APM the race is viable at every level of play. i hope this trial writer becomes a full fledged writer.
Actually, I think someone like Nerchio Need or Maru will win KeSpa cup. Because in SSL Ty looked just as untouchable but he still lost 3-1.. but then again that was too dark who's not in this tournament. Personally though I think Maru will come out 2nd in his group and Nerchio will come in 1st.
On September 29 2016 02:17 Ryu3600 wrote: Actually, I think someone like Nerchio Need or Maru will win KeSpa cup. Because in SSL Ty looked just as untouchable but he still lost 3-1.. but then again that was too dark who's not in this tournament. Personally though I think Maru will come out 2nd in his group and Nerchio will come in 1st.
Lol I say herO's overrated for a reason. He hasn't done any good games all year tbh. The few wins he has are the most normal plays I've ever seen.
Anyhow TY is best but against Zest it's an easy loss. Zest probably beats TY in customs all the time based of their S1 performance. Neeb can and will beat Pet, I fully believe in him to do so.
On September 29 2016 02:17 Ryu3600 wrote: Actually, I think someone like Nerchio Need or Maru will win KeSpa cup. Because in SSL Ty looked just as untouchable but he still lost 3-1.. but then again that was too dark who's not in this tournament. Personally though I think Maru will come out 2nd in his group and Nerchio will come in 1st.
TY has lost a series to Dark twice this year, but his TvP otherwise is incredible. I am 100% willing to bet against Nerchio winning though, he's against Classic and Patience blizzcon spot (which is a free $10K btw)
On September 29 2016 02:17 Ryu3600 wrote: Actually, I think someone like Nerchio Need or Maru will win KeSpa cup. Because in SSL Ty looked just as untouchable but he still lost 3-1.. but then again that was too dark who's not in this tournament. Personally though I think Maru will come out 2nd in his group and Nerchio will come in 1st.
Pet is gonna win
as much as i want neeb to do well, i'd be fine with this
Can you please stop spoiling every event just a few hours after conclusion? Team Liquid has been so vigilant about not spoiling anything in the past. That "hide spoilers" button would be a great and easy solution...
On September 29 2016 04:41 Psz wrote: Can you please stop spoiling every event just a few hours after conclusion? Team Liquid has been so vigilant about not spoiling anything in the past. That "hide spoilers" button would be a great and easy solution...
Spoil??? Wasn't it like 1:00 when it went live in Hungary? Plenty of time to watch.
On September 29 2016 06:23 NEEDZMOAR wrote: What the **** is up with the spoiling titles?
they posted about this years ago. if u dont want to be "spoiled" after groups are already over then it's probably not the best idea to come to a site that discusses events during that time.
On September 29 2016 06:23 NEEDZMOAR wrote: What the **** is up with the spoiling titles?
they posted about this years ago. if u dont want to be "spoiled" after groups are already over then it's probably not the best idea to come to a site that discusses events during that time.
Maybe if this was the only thing that was on TL, then I could see this being OK. But what if you just want to get other community news, check strategy sections, general, etc.? Can't even do that now because front page spoils current events.
On September 29 2016 04:41 Psz wrote: Can you please stop spoiling every event just a few hours after conclusion? Team Liquid has been so vigilant about not spoiling anything in the past. That "hide spoilers" button would be a great and easy solution...
Spoil??? Wasn't it like 1:00 when it went live in Hungary? Plenty of time to watch.
It's 11 am in the morning and if you have to work or go to school, no not quite enough time to watch the vods by 5-6 pm.
This is a perfectly written summary and The1AboveAllOfUs did a great job in stressing the most entertaining player as True with his actions "for the crowds" :-)
I'm so happy for Pet and MVP, they are struggling at the moment so this should give them a big boost, especially if Pet can go deeper in the tournament.
On September 29 2016 12:10 j4kk wrote: I've been coming to TL for the entirety of this year and this is the first time I've seen spoilers in the title of the thread like this.
I think they just couldn't help themselves because it's such a monumental occurrence? :O
it's a legitimate complaint, I think it was just absentmindedness or poor judgement that this has been happening
I imagine the complaints will be heard and hopefully it won't happen much in the future
It's neither. We're a news site that covers SC2. We've debated this to death, and in the end decided to do regular news coverage.
Let it be known that there will also be recaps for the next groups, so if you guys want to avoid spoilers (which is totally fine, we all understand!), you should bookmark SPOTV's Youtube channel for the VODs (https://www.youtube.com/user/ESportsTV/videos).
The problem with the youtube channel is that the first vods they upload is the interviews with the winners, so there is a spoiler there, too. The best way avoiding spoilers (in general) is watching twich vods, but there is only a french twich for this tournament.
On September 29 2016 17:52 bulya wrote: The problem with the youtube channel is that the first vods they upload is the interviews with the winners, so there is a spoiler there, too. The best way avoiding spoilers (in general) is watching twich vods, but there is only a french twich for this tournament.
On September 29 2016 12:10 j4kk wrote: I've been coming to TL for the entirety of this year and this is the first time I've seen spoilers in the title of the thread like this.
I think they just couldn't help themselves because it's such a monumental occurrence? :O
it's a legitimate complaint, I think it was just absentmindedness or poor judgement that this has been happening
I imagine the complaints will be heard and hopefully it won't happen much in the future
It's neither. We're a news site that covers SC2. We've debated this to death, and in the end decided to do regular news coverage.
Let it be known that there will also be recaps for the next groups, so if you guys want to avoid spoilers (which is totally fine, we all understand!), you should bookmark SPOTV's Youtube channel for the VODs (https://www.youtube.com/user/ESportsTV/videos).
I don't agree with this. TL is so much more than just a news site. You guys want visitors right? Why limit yourself to visitors who have already seen the games. You're literally telling people to not give you page hits, never heard of a website not wanting more hits before. If you alienate your visitors that aren't here for news, you're not gonna have many visitors left honestly.
I mean the Neeb one is even oddly worded, a bit too long for a title. Its as if someone went out of their way to spoil the outcome rather than organize the threads by naming them similar things (e.g KeSPA Cup day 1,2,3,4 or Group A B C D recap).
I agree that you cant come to TL expecting not to get spoiled however its never been this bad before which is why Im surprised.
EPT
Pet surprisingly advancing out of the group behind a dominating 
TY.
herO has rarely looked more vulnerable in PvZ than he does right now, resulting in his shockingly easy elimination at the hands of Pet and TRUE, who mainly used mass speedling tactics to outplay him. Pet managed to outmacro herO in their series, TRUE put his well known, ever aggressive style to good use and overran the CJ protoss with a mixture of speedling-queen swarms and muta-switches.![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/staff/Olli/pet.jpg)
