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ESL Open Week #50: Zest, Clem, PartinG win

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TL.net ESPORTS
Profile Joined July 2011
4 Posts
December 23 2020 06:33 GMT
#1
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2020-21 ESL Pro Tour: Open Cups


The pre-Christmas ESL Open Cup delivered a few surprises in the brackets, though the eventual victors are all familiar faces on the top of the podium: (Wiki)Zest claimed his seventh gold medal in the Korean edition, while (Wiki)Clem locked down another victory in Europe. On the American server, (Wiki)PartinG returned to his throne for the first time since August.

Neither (Wiki)Stats nor (Wiki)Solar made any progress in their contest to win the most ESL Open Korean Cups, as both took a break before the holidays. Zest gladly filled the vacuum left by the two top dogs and secured his seventh victory in the weekly tournament, keeping himself entrenched in third place in the Korean medal count. Things started off shaky for the Protoss as (Wiki)Firefly managed to take a map off him, but the Raise Your Edge Gaming player stabilized and put on a clinical performance against (Wiki)ByuN. The Terran surprisingly lost a map to (Wiki)Rex one round earlier, perhaps showing a bit of fatigue from having adapted his sleep schedule to TSL6. Zest faced some potentially tricky opponents in the final rounds, but was able to prevail against both (Wiki)SpeCial and (Wiki)Trap in solid 3-1 victories.

No (Wiki)HeRoMaRinE in the finals? Guess (Wiki)Clem must have gotten him in the semis? Huh, he didn't? He was eliminated when?! The 50th edition of the ESL Open Cup in Europe turned out quite unexpectedly, as Big Gabe went out in the Ro16 at the hands of his fellow German (Wiki)Spatz, who went on to almost reach his first top 4 placement in the weekly, but was denied such success by (Wiki)Bly. The Ukrainian put on one of those typical, impossible seeming runs of his, taking down (Wiki)Gerald and (Wiki)Neeb (what a 2020 classic this one has become!) to reach the finals, where he once again had some hilarious builds in store to dazzle both Clem and the viewers, coming back from an 0-2 deficit to even the series out. Clem was the one to close it out in the end, but ultimately Bly can be pretty happy with how his Monday went. The victorious Liquid player was able to equalize his gold medal count with (Wiki)ShoWTimE's, sharing the first place among players not named HeroMarine.

Long time no see, Mr. Big Boy! PartinG hadn't won a finals in the American ESL Open Cup ever since Cup #32 back in August, having to watch helplessly since then as Solar slowly ate up his lead in the gold medal ranking, finally overtaking him a few weeks back. Strong PvP fueled the former DPG player's run, as he took down Gerald, (Wiki)PiLiPiLi and Zest to claim victory number eight in this edition. The RYE Protoss went for the traditional double-dip of the Korean cup's winner, trying to also secure American gold. Keeping his own streak of four final appearances in a row going, Zest had lots of steam behind him after eliminating Solar 3-2, but the Big Boy turned out to be unstoppable this Monday. We'll see if this a sign for larger things to come and a return to form from PartinG, or if this was merely one erroneous blip on the radar.

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 #51 of ESL Open Cups is set to take place on December 28th.

by TheOneAboveU

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dbRic1203
Profile Joined July 2019
Germany2655 Posts
December 23 2020 10:42 GMT
#2
Strange that MaxPax choose to play in the NA Cup while taking a break from the EU one...
MaxPax
Crocolisk Dundee
Profile Blog Joined October 2015
870 Posts
December 23 2020 12:03 GMT
#3
Happy to see Ryung seems to be back.
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.
Argonauta
Profile Joined July 2016
Spain4906 Posts
December 23 2020 12:15 GMT
#4
I like seeing neeb trying in the eu server.
Rogue | Maru | Scarlett | Trap
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dswarm
Profile Joined October 2012
United States73 Posts
December 23 2020 18:49 GMT
#5
I feel like Bly became one of the best players in Europe again and it caught me totally by surprise.
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jojomi
Profile Joined December 2020
10 Posts
December 23 2020 19:10 GMT
#6
On December 24 2020 03:49 dswarm wrote:
I feel like Bly became one of the best players in Europe again and it caught me totally by surprise.

Why? Because he is cheesing the Cups? He has been doing that since Starcraft 2 Release
ilax30
Profile Joined November 2019
720 Posts
December 23 2020 19:36 GMT
#7
On December 24 2020 03:49 dswarm wrote:
I feel like Bly became one of the best players in Europe again and it caught me totally by surprise.


Hes a good zerg player, But one of the best in europe? Not really, but good enough to have a good run here and there. Not the toughest half of the bracket, but beating Neeb is always good.
DSh1
Profile Joined April 2017
292 Posts
December 23 2020 19:41 GMT
#8
Hide Spoilers option not working anymore?
tommey.liang
Profile Joined November 2020
United States362 Posts
December 23 2020 20:35 GMT
#9
Congrats to Zest, Clem and PartinG
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ilax30
Profile Joined November 2019
720 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-12-24 00:01:19
December 24 2020 00:00 GMT
#10
From the last 10 maps Bly played against Clem, Bly actually won 6. Those numbers make make Elazer and Lambo jealous. People really think its somehow easy playing against Bly because there is a good chance he cheeses. But he still makes it happen against the best players which just shows how good he is when you enter his world. And he can also outgreed you if you try to blind counter him too hard which Soul did not too long ago, respect for this madman.
BlyOnFire
Profile Joined September 2010
Ukraine74 Posts
December 24 2020 14:39 GMT
#11
On December 24 2020 09:00 ilax30 wrote:
From the last 10 maps Bly played against Clem, Bly actually won 6. Those numbers make make Elazer and Lambo jealous. People really think its somehow easy playing against Bly because there is a good chance he cheeses. But he still makes it happen against the best players which just shows how good he is when you enter his world. And he can also outgreed you if you try to blind counter him too hard which Soul did not too long ago, respect for this madman.

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Riner1212
Profile Joined November 2012
United States337 Posts
December 31 2020 04:34 GMT
#12
On December 24 2020 09:00 ilax30 wrote:
From the last 10 maps Bly played against Clem, Bly actually won 6. Those numbers make make Elazer and Lambo jealous. People really think its somehow easy playing against Bly because there is a good chance he cheeses. But he still makes it happen against the best players which just shows how good he is when you enter his world. And he can also outgreed you if you try to blind counter him too hard which Soul did not too long ago, respect for this madman.


bly, indeed is very innovative and has alot of tricks in his bag. however at the end of the day when all said and done consistency is what matters. if he can perform the way he did in this tournament then sure i would agree that bly is a decent player, but if your doing this for living, just as any other sport being consistent is everything; but, thats applicable to any aspect of life both personally and professionally.
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