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ESL Open Week #25: Armani, uThermal, Solar win

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TL.net ESPORTS
Profile Joined July 2011
4 Posts
June 30 2020 11:16 GMT
#1
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2020-21 ESL Pro Tour: Open Cups


(Wiki)uThermal celebrated his first ESL Open Cup win in his European home region this week, running a gauntlet of fellow elite Terrans to claim the title. Meanwhile, Korean players took two cup victories, with (Wiki)Armani making a surprise run on the Korean server while (Wiki)Solar returned to the American server to win yet another cup title.

It has been quite a while since Armani last secured victory in the ESL Open Cup KR, which was back in March in Week #9 of the tournament, so this return to the top was long in the making. The Afreeca Freecs Zerg had a very impressive run through a competitive bracket, taking down fellow GSL player (Wiki)Astrea, reigning GSL champion (Wiki)TY, his Zerg colleague (Wiki)Solar, and then dominating (Wiki)Trap with a 3-0 score in the finals (the Jin Air Protoss took his fourth silver medal in these cups). Armani will play his Ro24 group in GSL this weekend, so we will see if this performance was a sign for bigger things to come, or if the former SAMSUNG Zerg merely had one damn good day.

In Europe, Team Liquid made Week #25 of the ESL Open Cup their own: three Liquid players made it into the top 4, with uThermal coming out on top in the end and securing his first ever European cup victory, adding a gold medal from his home region to his two wins in the American cup. The Dutchman had to overcome tough competition on his run, but was able to prove his reputation as a most dangerous TvT player by beating essentially all the other members of the top 4 EU Terran club in (Wiki)souL, (Wiki)HeRoMaRinE, and his young team mate (Wiki)Clem. The Frenchman, who had to team-kill (Wiki)MaNa to reach the finals, was thus made to finish second place in back-to-back cups, having lost out to (Wiki)Reynor the week before.

The ESL Open Cup AM saw an all-Korean finals this week, with Solar emerging victorious over (Wiki)PartinG in the end, recovering from his elimination in the Korean edition at the hands of Armani earlier that day. Solar's path was hardly easy, as he played play full series against (Wiki)Silky, (Wiki)Namshar, and (Wiki)MCanning. PartinG's path was much smoother, with the Protoss not dropping a map before being defeated by his countryman in the finals. The cup also featured a duel between some of Europe's and Asia's most notorious cheesers, (Wiki)Bly and (Wiki)Has. The Taiwanese Protoss was able to defeat the Ukrainian Zerg and reach the top 4 of an ESL Open Cup for the first time ever. Perhaps his success in the DH Summer Masters TW made him hungry for more, and we will see him participate a bit more regularly from now on. So far, the most prominent Taiwanese regular in these cups has been Has's regional rival (Wiki)Nice, who was able to triumph in Week #24.

ESL Open Cup winners earn $200 in prize money and 10 ESL Pro Tour points. Players who finish second earn 5 ESL Pro Tour points and $100. A top 4 finish guarantees at least $50. Week #26 of ESL Open Cups is set to take place on July 6th.

by TheOneAboveU

Korean Server Cup #25 (Click for full bracket)



European Server Cup #25 (Click for full bracket)



Americas Server Cup #25 (Click for full bracket)

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dbRic1203
Profile Joined July 2019
Germany2655 Posts
June 30 2020 11:46 GMT
#2
This was by far the most competitive KR cup so far.
With EU in the middle of their Group stage, it seems a lot of EU pros dodged the NA Cup this week.
But instead of giving the NA players a well deserved break, the Korean overlords in form of Solar and PartinG take over and lay further waste on the poor NA region
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TheOneAboveU
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Germany3367 Posts
June 30 2020 14:08 GMT
#3
I just want to leave PartinG's reaction to Bly vs. Has here btw...
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ssg
Profile Joined July 2011
United States1770 Posts
June 30 2020 14:21 GMT
#4
McCanning took top 4? And he beat 2 koreans? And he almost beat Solar? Wow
Elantris
Profile Joined June 2018
66 Posts
June 30 2020 14:43 GMT
#5
Trap and never winning. Name a more iconic duo
mikedupp
Profile Joined May 2020
233 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-06-30 16:25:55
June 30 2020 16:25 GMT
#6
On June 30 2020 23:08 TheOneAboveU wrote:
I just want to leave PartinG's reaction to Bly vs. Has here btw...

Some context to this clip: during game 1 Has was laughing and singing to a easy game win victory.

Game 2 had a giant lead and starting singing and laughing to himself, "already win! G G!!!!"

Then Bly made a major comeback which led to PartinG's reaction.

Kinda amazing watching PartinG watch Has.


On June 30 2020 23:21 ssg wrote:
McCanning took top 4? And he beat 2 koreans? And he almost beat Solar? Wow



2 wins via cannon rush 😄
Crocolisk Dundee
Profile Blog Joined October 2015
870 Posts
June 30 2020 20:06 GMT
#7
uThermal versus Clem was weird. First the desperate tank attack in game one, then the blind counter in game two, then everything going wrong for Clem in game three.
Stopped watching ESL content in 2022 when the company was acquired by Savvy Gaming Group. Also object to sponsorships by the U.S. Air Force. Thanks for the lively discussions about sportswashing. StarCraft II is not for me anymore.
Kitai
Profile Joined June 2012
United States873 Posts
July 01 2020 03:07 GMT
#8
It's been really nice to see a lot of Terran success in the EU cups this season. For most of SC2's history the tippy top European scene was mostly dominated by Protoss and Zergs. Gogo Clem/uThermal/HeRoMaRinE!
"You know, I don't care if soO got 100 second places in a row. Anyone who doesn't think that he's going to win blizzcon watching this series is a fool" - Artosis, Blizzcon 2014 soO vs TaeJa
dragoon
Profile Joined December 2010
United States695 Posts
July 01 2020 14:35 GMT
#9
armani gosu???
i love you
ilax30
Profile Joined November 2019
720 Posts
July 01 2020 16:03 GMT
#10
On July 01 2020 12:07 Kitai wrote:
It's been really nice to see a lot of Terran success in the EU cups this season. For most of SC2's history the tippy top European scene was mostly dominated by Protoss and Zergs. Gogo Clem/uThermal/HeRoMaRinE!


I mean this is not really indicative of thee state of the game is it? In Korea the top zergs dont really play that much. In eu you have Serral, Reynor and Elazer of which only Reynor plays just a few. And then you have Showtime that plays about 35% of the cups. Looking at the terrans Heromarine and Clem play literally every single cup. So kinda expected tbh
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