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sOs and Dear advance to Ro16, SortOf's run cut short

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TL.net ESPORTS
Profile Joined July 2011
4 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-01-10 15:40:15
January 10 2018 14:44 GMT
#1
With the first group already in the books, (P)sOs began his GSL campaign, his eyes on a return trip to the finals. Joining him in Group B were (P)Dear and (Z)ByuL as well as the foreigner, (Z)SortOf.

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SortOf won game one with a lethal roach/hydra attack after countering sOs' adept pressure, but was bounced to the loser's match after failing to bottle up the very same build with hydra/ling/bane in games two and three.

ByuL’s brood lords put him on the doorstep of victory in game one, only for a host of stalkers and a few carriers to swing things the Dear’s way, whose ultimate army filled with high templars put him up 1-0. He finished off the match with a glaives timing that broke ByuL at his third.

Dear's adepts and sOs' oracles killed penty of probes, but game one was decided when Dear’s two base immortal timing on sO's third was swatted back. sOs closed out the game before winning a phoenix vs phoenix war on Blackpink which sent sOs through in first place.


Behind on supply, ByuL turned game one against SortOf on its head with a multipronged burrowed roach move that sniped the Swede’s fourth and put him up 1-0. Game 2 saw SortOf's ravager based all in fall flat, allowing ByuL to mass roaches and move on to the final match.

Dear took game one despite throwing away a number of carriers, but ByuL’s brood lords got the better of Dear in game two. Dear denied ByuL the comeback on Catalyst when ByuL’s baneling drops failed to stop Dear’s adept/immortal timing, sending Dear to the Round of 16.

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Cricketer12
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
United States13994 Posts
January 10 2018 15:24 GMT
#2
Bit unfortunate for Sortof after a good start of the night. Yay for my liquibets tho.
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Durnuu
Profile Joined September 2013
13322 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-01-10 15:38:58
January 10 2018 15:33 GMT
#3
Thanks for the recap. Small mistake :
sOs closed out the game before winning a phoenix vs phoenix was on Blackpink which sent sOs through in first place.

The phoenix vs phoenix was on Neon Violet Square, and the "was" seems out of place.
E : i guess it should be "phoenix vs phoenix war" ?
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Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33587 Posts
January 10 2018 15:40 GMT
#4
On January 11 2018 00:33 Durnuu wrote:
Thanks for the recap. Small mistake :
Show nested quote +
sOs closed out the game before winning a phoenix vs phoenix was on Blackpink which sent sOs through in first place.

The phoenix vs phoenix was on Neon Violet Square, and the "was" seems out of place.
E : i guess it should be "phoenix vs phoenix war" ?


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intotheheart
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Canada33091 Posts
January 10 2018 15:45 GMT
#5
You mean "let's give nerds something to read and wait for criticism?"

I once actually contributed to an article that way AMA.
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pvsnp
Profile Joined January 2017
7676 Posts
January 10 2018 15:47 GMT
#6
Not exactly a surprise.

Kinda disappointed we won't be seeing more of Byul though.
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intotheheart
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Canada33091 Posts
January 10 2018 15:49 GMT
#7
Would have been nice to see him go full ByuL in the Ro16/8.
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EzioAs
Profile Joined September 2017
235 Posts
January 10 2018 16:02 GMT
#8
Always fun to see phoenix vs phoenix in PvP. I'm surprised sOs managed to win that one though. IIRC, he was losing a bit on the phoenix count around the second/third engagement and the battle was closer to Dear's base than sOs's. I'll probably rewatch that match to see how he turned it around, but as far as I know, sOs is incredibly good in phoenix vs phoenix.
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goner223
Profile Joined August 2017
8 Posts
January 10 2018 17:46 GMT
#9
Man what happened to Byul...like dude went from a killer to slump city so quickly. It just doesn't make sense. Leenock retires, plays casually, comes back looking sharp. Meanwhile Byul, who is basically in the same "kind of retired" tier, is looking so weak. It's confusing because he was so damn good not that long ago.
Diabolique
Profile Joined June 2015
Czech Republic5118 Posts
January 10 2018 18:04 GMT
#10
sOs rank no. 1 on Korean ladder wow!

Still disappointed, sOs did not win the odd year's BlizzCon. Is there any pattern, that would support sOs winning BlizzCon this year? Any ideas?
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NyuBPrime
Profile Joined January 2017
22 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-01-10 18:17:53
January 10 2018 18:15 GMT
#11

Still disappointed, sOs did not win the odd year's BlizzCon. Is there any pattern, that would support sOs winning BlizzCon this year? Any ideas?

2013+2=2015
2015+3=2018
Fibonacci numbers: 1 1 2 3 5

Diabolique
Profile Joined June 2015
Czech Republic5118 Posts
January 10 2018 18:30 GMT
#12
On January 11 2018 03:15 NyuBPrime wrote:
Show nested quote +

Still disappointed, sOs did not win the odd year's BlizzCon. Is there any pattern, that would support sOs winning BlizzCon this year? Any ideas?

2013+2=2015
2015+3=2018
Fibonacci numbers: 1 1 2 3 5


Interesting, but you are missing the 2012+1=2013 ... 2012 nothing. So no.
Maybe
3+5=8?
2013 ... + 2015 ... = 2018 ... but it is not really elegant ...
sOs | Rogue | Maru | Trap | Scarlett | Snute | MC
Silvana
Profile Blog Joined September 2013
3713 Posts
January 10 2018 19:19 GMT
#13
On January 11 2018 03:30 Diabolique wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 11 2018 03:15 NyuBPrime wrote:

Still disappointed, sOs did not win the odd year's BlizzCon. Is there any pattern, that would support sOs winning BlizzCon this year? Any ideas?

2013+2=2015
2015+3=2018
Fibonacci numbers: 1 1 2 3 5


Interesting, but you are missing the 2012+1=2013 ... 2012 nothing. So no.
Maybe
3+5=8?
2013 ... + 2015 ... = 2018 ... but it is not really elegant ...


He will win Blizzcon 4028 👍🏻
zakadar
Profile Joined December 2015
Germany409 Posts
January 10 2018 19:38 GMT
#14
he will win in primnumber differenz 2,3,5
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pvsnp
Profile Joined January 2017
7676 Posts
January 10 2018 20:33 GMT
#15
On January 11 2018 04:19 Silvana wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 11 2018 03:30 Diabolique wrote:
On January 11 2018 03:15 NyuBPrime wrote:

Still disappointed, sOs did not win the odd year's BlizzCon. Is there any pattern, that would support sOs winning BlizzCon this year? Any ideas?

2013+2=2015
2015+3=2018
Fibonacci numbers: 1 1 2 3 5


Interesting, but you are missing the 2012+1=2013 ... 2012 nothing. So no.
Maybe
3+5=8?
2013 ... + 2015 ... = 2018 ... but it is not really elegant ...


He will win Blizzcon 4028 👍🏻

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Jenia6109
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Russian Federation1613 Posts
January 13 2018 12:05 GMT
#16
Happy to see old spoiler system is back!
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