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OneOther
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
United States10774 Posts
September 01 2012 06:17 GMT
#21
nobody cares. jk
Ktk
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Korea (South)753 Posts
September 01 2012 06:42 GMT
#22
^golden.

Surprised at how this turned out. But hey I can learn from these semis. It has been a while huh.
Celimas
Profile Joined December 2010
United States75 Posts
September 01 2012 06:50 GMT
#23
Creator vs Sting should be excellent.

I'm excited.
Fitzyhere | Catz | Stephano -- Foreign zergs fighting!!
Froadac
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States6733 Posts
September 01 2012 06:56 GMT
#24
I'd guess Creator Life finals. Would like sting, somewhat doubt it.
TommyP
Profile Joined December 2011
United States6231 Posts
September 01 2012 08:08 GMT
#25
Hoping for a Keen/creator final.
#TheOneTrueDong
ThisIsRaichu
Profile Joined May 2012
66 Posts
September 01 2012 08:11 GMT
#26
Yea ok 4 koreans
HolydaKing
Profile Joined February 2010
21254 Posts
September 01 2012 09:12 GMT
#27
Cheering for Sting, just to read another interview.
wraggy1234
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
United Kingdom135 Posts
September 01 2012 09:48 GMT
#28
no foreign hope and i am suddenly not interested.. as much as i want to be, these semi-finals look dull and unappealing to me. Sorry!!
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Roachu
Profile Joined June 2011
Sweden692 Posts
September 01 2012 10:19 GMT
#29
I can't get hyped for this. Sorry but I just can't.
Don't be asshats
Clbull
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United Kingdom1439 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-09-01 10:35:30
September 01 2012 10:32 GMT
#30
I'm gonna call it now.

MVPKeen 2 - 4 STLife

CreatorPrime 4 - 0 Sting

I think Keen did really well to go toe-to-toe with Vortix and JonnyREcco but even then both Zergs played kinda unorthodox styles compared to some of the more macrohard Zergs.

In Vortix vs Keen, Vortix lost the last two games against his opponent because to put it bluntly, his build sucked and his decision making was subpar. He went ling bane muta on three bases as Keen was rushing up a third and going for double engineering bay and didn't even think of perhaps pressuring with mutas.

For example.... in the final game on Antiga Shipyard, Vortix had ~10 mutas and saw a turret in Keen's main, then NOPE'd out of there. Anybody that has ever used mutalisks or been the victim of muta whorage would know that 10ish mutas can dive a turret and take it down rather quickly. And Vortix's decision to dodge the tower dive came completely at a cost as Keen moved a section of his marine heavy army to the main and shut off any harassment opportunities thereafter. Vortix could have caused a lot more damage or microed his mutas better. He could have at least dwindled down SCV numbers by a bit.... but I think he did not kill a single SCV or building that game. And with mutalisks, that is a critical error. That's just asking you to lose the game.

Then you have Jonnyrecco vs Keen. Jonnyrecco's tech-heavy style worked very well to get him 3 - 4 against Keen but in the end he was punished on a few crucial things such as trying to get a fourth, something you will most certainly need for late game armies.

Keen went toe-to-toe with two mid-tier-at-best foreigner Zergs (No offence but compared to big names like NesTea or Stephano, I think Vortix and Jonnyrecco are laughably puny). I think he will get dominated by Life, not necessarily 4 - 0 but there's no bloody way it will be close.

And then Creator vs Sting. Creator has not dropped a single game so far and I think he won't drop a game until he meets either Keen or Life in the finals. Even then, I think he's poised to take the entire tournament and I wouldn't be surprised if all of his series were all-kills. His victims (since entering the Ro32) so far have been:

- SeleCT 3 - 0: I would actually argue that in terms of tournament results, SeleCT is currently crap-tier.
- CoCa 3 - 0: CoCa was one of SlayerS' better Zergs, To go 3 - 0 against CoCa is a pretty fucking good achievement.
- STHack 4 - 0: Hack is hardly a top tier Korean but he's by no means terrible.
Heouf
Profile Joined March 2012
Netherlands787 Posts
September 01 2012 10:43 GMT
#31
Nice line up. Go protos.
Gokba Alhakel
grindC
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Germany274 Posts
September 01 2012 10:47 GMT
#32
I think Creator will take it all... he's been on a real tear lately.
tree.hugger
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Philadelphia, PA10406 Posts
September 01 2012 11:19 GMT
#33
Let's do this. LIFE and CREATOR FIGHTING!
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Azera
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
3800 Posts
September 01 2012 11:24 GMT
#34
Fighting!
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LittLeD
Profile Joined May 2010
Sweden7973 Posts
September 01 2012 11:27 GMT
#35
I'm hoping for KEEN!

Would love to see him win all this :D Picture the awesome ceremony.
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Psychobabas
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
2531 Posts
September 01 2012 11:38 GMT
#36
On September 01 2012 15:17 OneOther wrote:
nobody cares. jk


actually, not really
MCDayC
Profile Joined March 2011
United Kingdom14464 Posts
September 01 2012 11:50 GMT
#37
Keen. That is all.
VERY FRAGILE, LIKE A BABY PANDA EGG
DreamOen
Profile Joined March 2010
Spain1400 Posts
September 01 2012 11:58 GMT
#38
Creator for the win!
Tester | MC | Crank | Flash | Jaedong | MVP
executorx
Profile Joined July 2012
Germany81 Posts
September 01 2012 12:23 GMT
#39
Commander Keen fighting!!
INnoVation > ALL!
iEatWoofers
Profile Joined August 2011
Switzerland108 Posts
September 01 2012 12:27 GMT
#40
Keen & Creator fightiiing! :D
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