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ESL Open Week #70: DRG, ShoWTimE, Zest win

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Last Edited: 2021-05-11 16:27:18
May 11 2021 14:55 GMT
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2021-22 ESL Pro Tour: Open Cups Week #70


Week #70 of the ESL Open Cups saw (Wiki)DongRaeGu take his place on top of the food chain in Korea, while Europe was finally liberated from French tyranny by (Wiki)ShoWTimE. To close out the week, (Wiki)Zest notched his first victory in the American ESL Open Cup after several finishes in the top four.

After winning the American cup last week, DRG repeated his success in his home region on Sunday. The timing was opportune as the line-up looked rather thin overall, with DRG additionally profiting from a walkover against one of the few Code S-tier players in (Wiki)Armani. This meant DRG's only really notable opponent on the way to the finals was (Wiki)Keen, who only recently returned from military service was heavily outmatched (though he did defeat the (Wiki)Reynor-killer (Wiki)Hyperion). A Team NV team-kill awaited DRG in the final series as (Wiki)NightMare surprisingly eliminated (Wiki)Dream after already being down 0-2 in their semi-finals Bo5. The strong result for the Protoss remained the only one on that day, however, as DRG showed no mercy to his teammate and secured a solid 3-1 victory.

The timing is a bit off as Napoleon died on May 5th, but the players of the ESL Open Cup in Europe nevertheless have the opportunity once more to celebrate the end of French domination on the continent. The win streak of (Wiki)Clem has finally been broken after five weeks, leaving (Wiki)HeRoMaRinE's record of six victories in a row from the previous season intact (counting only tournaments with EPT Points on the line). With the brackets developing much more traditional in comparison to last week's craziness, Clem bulldozed his pathway to the finals with an unblemished record, even taking out (Wiki)Elazer with a clean 3-0 in the semi-finals. The other side of the tournament tree saw Big Gabe and ShoWTimE enter the semis, the Terran taking out youngster (Wiki)MaxPax on the way. The German duel had nothing of its usual closeness as 'die Mauer' dismantled HeRoMaRinE without dropping a map, building up steam for the clash ahead with the Frenchman. He needed all the momentum he could gather as the series went down to the final map, ShoWTimE defying the order Clem had built up since the season began and ending his streak one win short of equalizing Big Gabe's record.

After two semi-finals exits and one loss in the finals, Zest finally secured his first title in the American edition of the ESL Open Cups. The Protoss player took a pretty comfortable stroll towards the finals, only being challenged earnestly by Armani in the semis, but even the Afreeca Zerg could merely steal one map away from him—this would remain the DPG player's gravest wound of the tournament, for (Wiki)Astrea could not resist Zest's immense PvP power and went down 3-0 in the finals. The result does the American's performance no justice as he pushed through (Wiki)Scarlett and (Wiki)Solar in tough battles to reach the ultimate series, even coming back from an 0-2 deficit against the Korean Zerg.

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. Edition #71 of the ESL Open Cups will take place on the 16th (Korea) and the 17th of May (Europe and America).

by TheOneAboveU

Korean Server Cup #70 (Click for full bracket)



European Server Cup #70 (Click for full bracket)



Americas Server Cup #70 (Click for full bracket)

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[PkF] Wire
Profile Joined March 2013
France24209 Posts
May 11 2021 16:23 GMT
#2
I wonder what is a "Protoss plsurt", but otherwise nice recap
TheOneAboveU
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Germany3367 Posts
May 11 2021 16:28 GMT
#3
On May 12 2021 01:23 [PkF] Wire wrote:
I wonder what is a "Protoss plsurt", but otherwise nice recap

It's what happens when you want to write "player" but your left hand is off by one key. :D
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warnull
Profile Joined February 2016
United States280 Posts
May 11 2021 16:53 GMT
#4
On May 12 2021 01:28 TheOneAboveU wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 12 2021 01:23 [PkF] Wire wrote:
I wonder what is a "Protoss plsurt", but otherwise nice recap

It's what happens when you want to write "player" but your left hand is off by one key. :D

That's the first time I've heard of someone pressing y with the left hand :p

Other than Ctrl-Z/Ctrl-Y for undo/redo of course
tommey.liang
Profile Joined November 2020
United States363 Posts
May 11 2021 17:38 GMT
#5
Congrats to DRG, ShowTime and Zest, respectively.

Would have loved to have seen Clement tie HeroMarine's ESL Open Cup winning streak from last season, but hats off to Die Mauer for being the wall and macro-oriented offensive player he is.

In the Americas, tough to see Astrea squeeze out a hard-fought series against Solar but then get crushed against Zest's mighty PvP style in the finals. Zest really knows how to make the most of the Protoss race.
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TheOneAboveU
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Germany3367 Posts
May 11 2021 18:00 GMT
#6
On May 12 2021 01:53 warnull wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 12 2021 01:28 TheOneAboveU wrote:
On May 12 2021 01:23 [PkF] Wire wrote:
I wonder what is a "Protoss plsurt", but otherwise nice recap

It's what happens when you want to write "player" but your left hand is off by one key. :D

That's the first time I've heard of someone pressing y with the left hand :p

Other than Ctrl-Z/Ctrl-Y for undo/redo of course

German keyboards have a different layout. Y is in the bottom left corner.
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Drfilip
Profile Joined March 2013
Sweden590 Posts
May 12 2021 08:25 GMT
#7
On May 12 2021 03:00 TheOneAboveU wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 12 2021 01:53 warnull wrote:
On May 12 2021 01:28 TheOneAboveU wrote:
On May 12 2021 01:23 [PkF] Wire wrote:
I wonder what is a "Protoss plsurt", but otherwise nice recap

It's what happens when you want to write "player" but your left hand is off by one key. :D

That's the first time I've heard of someone pressing y with the left hand :p

Other than Ctrl-Z/Ctrl-Y for undo/redo of course

German keyboards have a different layout. Y is in the bottom left corner.

A Swedish keyboard has inserted its 3 extra letters on the right side, making Y the middle key in the top row (H is the middle key in the middle row, bottom row unchanged).
I usually use my left hand to press the Y key.
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adLeT
Profile Joined May 2021
4 Posts
May 12 2021 19:36 GMT
#8
On May 12 2021 17:25 Drfilip wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 12 2021 03:00 TheOneAboveU wrote:
On May 12 2021 01:53 warnull wrote:
On May 12 2021 01:28 TheOneAboveU wrote:
On May 12 2021 01:23 [PkF] Wire wrote:
I wonder what is a "Protoss plsurt", but otherwise nice recap

It's what happens when you want to write "player" but your left hand is off by one key. :D

That's the first time I've heard of someone pressing y with the left hand :p

Other than Ctrl-Z/Ctrl-Y for undo/redo of course

German keyboards have a different layout. Y is in the bottom left corner.

A Swedish keyboard has inserted its 3 extra letters on the right side, making Y the middle key in the top row (H is the middle key in the middle row, bottom row unchanged).
I usually use my left hand to press the Y key.


Have you seen a Chinese keyboard? They have about 4.000 extra characters! But surprise: no extra keys!

You have 3 extra letters but no extra keys on your keyboard, therefore it does not change anything to the position of keys in any row. Your Y (and H) is still in the same position like British/American keyboard layout...

I guess Swedish special characters are at the same position like German special characters. On a British/American layout on these positions are keys like [ ] : etc...
BaneRiders
Profile Joined August 2013
Sweden3630 Posts
May 13 2021 20:59 GMT
#9
I didn't see the final map, but the first 4 maps between Clem and Showtime were totally amazing! Best TvP I have seen in a long time it felt like. :D
Earth, Water, Air and Protoss!
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