The third day of KeSPA Cup saw two more Protoss move on, as Stats clawed his way through a tight series against Solar and then had little trouble with Trap.
MarineLorD was unfortunately eliminated 0-4. A long macro game on Frost went in favor of Trap, who then shut down a proxied 1-1-1 and the eventual all-in followup to take the series 2-0. MarineLorD's series against Solar played out similarly, getting outdone by Solar in a macro game on Frost, then failing a 3-rax reaper build.
Trap went on to eliminate the Starleague champion in two convincing games, one a blink/disruptor macro game, the other an adept attack. Solar, having just come off a map 5 loss to Dark in the Cross Finals, will definitely be disappointed with himself after today, losing twice in his preferred ZvP match-up.
KeSPA Cup concludes its group-stage tomorrow with Group D, featuring Maru, Patience, Nerchio and Classic. Classic and Patience are directly competing for a BlizzCon spot. If either of them advances while the other is eliminated, that secures their spot at the Global Finals.
I think Mlord was nervous bit and couldn't perform his best, and I knew Stats would make ro8 easily, but Trap beating 2-0 best ZvPer Solar ez was another unexpected one :3
When did we arrive at the conclusion Solar had better PvZ than Dark by the way?
at a moment many people said so, but you are probably right, Dark is Dark I had no doubt about he has best ZvT in the world, but Solar was also really good in ZvP for a while, so losing to protoss this easily is unexpected.
everything went as expected.. MLord 0-4 and both Protoss advance.. im getting soooo sick of SC2 lately.. these Adepts make me wanna not watch this shit anymore
I feel like mlord played very well in every again, but his opponent was always a tiny bit better. And he did some misjudgements. Would for sure have deserved taking 1 map.
Anyone surprised that Mlord went 0-4? I'm not. I've been saying it multiple times on Reddit that he wasn't going to take a series from anyone. He didn't even take a map! Exactly what I was expecting.
Best ZvP in the world goes out to 2 Protoss Best Terran goes out to only Protoss.
It's just like HotS :D Not gonna lie yesterday's was the only group I've actually enjoyed. Just seeing Protoss outing everything reminds me too much of what happened for most of HotS with Protoss being too strong, but not too strong "enough" for anything to actually change. >.>
On September 29 2016 22:15 sk1pv5 wrote: Anyone surprised that Mlord went 0-4? I'm not. I've been saying it multiple times on Reddit that he wasn't going to take a series from anyone. He didn't even take a map! Exactly what I was expecting.
you should start your own power-rankin blog, you seem good
On September 29 2016 22:15 sk1pv5 wrote: Anyone surprised that Mlord went 0-4? I'm not. I've been saying it multiple times on Reddit that he wasn't going to take a series from anyone. He didn't even take a map! Exactly what I was expecting.
On September 29 2016 22:19 Ciaus237 wrote: Best ZvP in the world goes out to 2 Protoss Best Terran goes out to only Protoss.
It's just like HotS :D Not gonna lie yesterday's was the only group I've actually enjoyed. Just seeing Protoss outing everything reminds me too much of what happened for most of HotS with Protoss being too strong, but not too strong "enough" for anything to actually change. >.>
So you propose a protoss buff as a setup for a major nerf afterwards? xD
On September 29 2016 22:04 genghiswolve wrote: I feel like mlord played very well in every again, but his opponent was always a tiny bit better. And he did some misjudgements. Would for sure have deserved taking 1 map.
Ive only seen one game against Trap where he went proxy everything. It looked weird and not even close to succesful sadly
So funny the Protoss hate is real :D The Adepts didnt even win Trap the game vs Mlord and solar lost so close to stats u cant even hate on him also Stats is the best ZvP Player since halft a year but i guess the Toss hate will never change
Rofl all these foreign apologists saying Marine Lord deserved a map... StarCraft is a game where all wins and losses are equally deserved, no matter how much effort you put into it or what your Cinderella story is.
EPT
Stats clawed his way through a tight series against 
Solar and then had little trouble with 
MarineLorD was unfortunately eliminated 0-4. A long macro game on Frost went in favor of Trap, who then shut down a proxied 1-1-1 and the eventual all-in followup to take the series 2-0. MarineLorD's series against Solar played out similarly, getting outdone by Solar in a macro game on Frost, then failing a 3-rax reaper build. ![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/staff/Olli/trap.jpg)
I had no doubt about he has best ZvT in the world, but Solar was also really good in ZvP for a while, so losing to protoss this easily is unexpected.
