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2024-25 Off-season Community Weekly Cups
Week of Jan 20 - 26
by Wax
The herO-Clem-MaxPax trinity dominated cup competition yet again, divvying up the the four tournaments held on the week. herO scored a PiGosaur-KSL double, MaxPax won WardiTV Mondays, while Clem nabbed some last minute points in Olimoleague to qualify for the monthly final.
*Partial brackets may be shown.
Jan 20: WardiTV Mondays #19
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MaxPax and herO meet in the finals of WardiTV Mondays for the second week in a row, and for the fifth week in a row in all cup competitions. herO continued to struggle against the secretive Dane, giving up a 2-3 loss despite a competitive effort (VOD). The deciding game on King's Cove was a noteworthy departure from the usual battles between the two top Protosses, with MaxPax narrowly prevailing in a clash between full, late-game Skytoss fleets.*****
Jan 20: PiGosaur Cup #16 (partial bracket shown)
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herO got some of his thunder back with a win in the PiGosaur Cup, but not without a brief finals scare against SHIN (VOD). The offense-oriented Zerg went up 2-0 on the back of aggressive strategies, and herO had to dig deep to pull off a comeback. herO's turnaround victory in game four was particularly impressive, successfully executing a desperate, Brood War-esque hanbang attack to win the game after losing most of his Probes.*****
Jan 21: OlimoLeague #237
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Clem made his first appearance of the week in Olimoleague, presumably in a last-minute effort to earn the points needed to qualify for the January final. The French Terran was successful, winning the week's cup and earning the five points needed to qualify.
Clem cut a path of destruction through Korea's elite, taking down Rogue, herO, and Solar to reach the finals. Interestingly enough, it was Zoun who actually put up the most resistance, falling after five games in the finals (VOD). Clem didn't respect the power of mid-game Chargelots quite enough in his two losses, but adjusted his play in time to clutch out the win.
*****
Jan 25: Korean StarCraft League #68
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The week's cup competitions concluded with KSL, where
herO and SHIN matched-up in the finals for the second time. Once again, herO's defense won out over SHIN's offense—which included antics such as an in-base proxy Hatchery—giving him the 3-1 victory (VOD).
