[R&S] WCG'09 Ukraine

4th round LB
White-Ra 2-0 Strelok
HappyZerg 0-2 Marwin

3rd round WB
White-Ra 1-2 Dimaga
hannigan 2-1 Marwin

3rd round LB
Painie 0-2 Strelok
Alf 1-2 HappyZerg

2nd round LB
Alf 2-0 Jersey
HappyZerg 2-0 fraer
Strelok 2-0 Vasilisk
Painie 2-0 Klyaksa

2nd round WB
White-Ra 2-0 ALF
Dimaga 2-1 HappyZerg
hannigan 2-0 Painie
Marwin 2-0 Strelok

1st round LB
Klyaksa 2-0 Magister
Vasilisk 2-0 Kyct
Jersey 2-0 p1pa
Stilet 0-2 fraer

1st round
ESC.White-Ra 2-0 St)Klyaksa
RoX.KIS.Alf 2-0 Mag1ster
RoX.KIS.Dimaga 2-0 St)Vasilisk
fire)HappyZerg 2-0 St)KycT
ESC.Strelok 2-1 RoX.KIS.Fraer
St)Stillet( 0-2 RoX.KIS.Marwin
LRM)hanniGan 2-0 St)Jersey
St)Panie 2-0 7x_p1pa

I'm here, the hall is empty yet


White-Ra and Strelok


Warm up. Dimaga, say hi! Smiley fraer.


Some action before games.




Strelok vs Marwin. Tough games!
Strelok:

Marwin:

Ra and Alf are watching.

Really interesting!


White-Ra is sooooo boooooring (that guy in black t-shirt really sleeps)


HappyZerg, hanniGan, Strelok


Marwin facing hanniGan (-> Perchik, Klyaksa, fraer, ALF)


Defeat


Professor Dimaga explains HappyZerg's mistakes

Photos by Vadim "Azzy" Kosmin

Rox.KIS.Marwin
-Are you happy with your current result?
-I'm not so happy as if I stay at winners bracket. Dimaga is more suitable opponent for me than White-Ra. My TvZ is much better than TvP.

-You were doing so good until games vs hanniGan.
-I don't know what caused that loses, maybe I was tired a bit, and maybe I should restart my brains before those games. I shouldn't choose defending strategy. Also during the game on Python I had very bad micro.

RoX.KIS.Dimaga
-What can you tell us in general?
-Everything is awesome! Super! Organization is very good. But it's a pity that the stage is not as large as at the place WCG was held last year.

-What do you feel about tomorrow final games? Are you ready to destroy your opponents?
-I'll try to do my best. I had a bit of luck in the games vs White-Ra. If I have that luck tomorrow - I’ll win for sure.

-What can you say about your teammates (fraer, Alf, Marwin)?
-Marwin, well done! Fraer could make it better. Alf was doing very good, but most of his games were ZvZ. This is his best match-up, but he lost.

fire)HappyZerg
-Your comment please!
-Zaebis! I'm very glad with my result, i share 5-6th places with Strelok.

-You've defeated 2 players of RoX team, why couldn't you make this count - 3?
-I couldn't make it psychologically. Marwin is very good player, i hope he will be doing this good tomorrow.

-Your predictions...
-I think in super super final we'll be watching White-Ra vs Dimaga.

ESC.Strelok
-How can you describe this day yourself?
-After seeds i was sure that I’ll be able to get semi-finals of winners bracket, but i had very tough way in the bracket. The first player I had to face was the strongest unseeded player - fraer. I knew i have to beat him in any round of bracket. The second opponent i had was Marwin, i was not practicing TvT before WCG, cuz there are no good terrans except Marwin. So i was shocked by facing him in the second round and i lost. I was demoralized a bit after that games and White-Ra defeated me. There are no doubts about games i lost. I had no luck so i deserved that.

-What are your predictions?
-I think Dimaga will win. But Marwin and White-Ra can make us surprised. It seems like HanniGan is also prepared to fight. We'll see tomorrow.

The National Final
Dimaga 0-2 (1-2,1-2) White-Ra

Losers bracket Final
White-Ra 2-1 hanniGan

Winners bracket Final
Dimaga 2-0 hanniGan

5th Round LB
Marwin 1-2 White-Ra

RoX.KIS.Craft is reporting to goodgame.ru


Waiting for the games. Dimaga, hanniGan and Marwin are watching CS games

...and White-Ra is having a coffee along with fraer.


Stage. Strelok is commenting.


White-Ra makes wall-in with a monitor


Marwin, me and my present to him


Watching White-Ra vs hanniGan


Observers: Strelok and Terrr


Dimaga and White-Ra. After the final.

hanniGan
- Please rate your appearance at WCG.
- My purpose was the first place. But in the winners bracket final i was nervous, my hands were trembling, that's why my games were horrible. The next was White-Ra. I was confident of his strategy and my victory in the first game, so it was easy. I should be winning the second game too, but i made a mistake - i've misclicked and didn't order an upgrade in time. I'm not sure that i could win, but this game could be going in other way. In the third game i had bad micro, despite everything was good to me in the begining. But then there was a moment during my first attack when 4 mines has blew and none of goons has been killed. After that i began making mistakes and couldn't defeat White-Ra. He's a very good player, he deserves to represent our country.

- Due to comments in the internet forums i can say that many people supports you. What can you tell them?
- I'm very pleased. I was trying to do my best. I want to thank my fans and my teammates from LRM. I know that i can do better.

White-Ra
- Tell us please how could you made this - you was in losers bracket and you have beaten Dimaga.
- I've lost to Dimaga yesterday, i wa s unlucky a bit. So i decided to change my style a little. I've played a lot vs Dimaga at practice games, so i knew bad and good sides of his strategies. He choise standard strategies in most cases, so i've made my standard strategies a little better. In the last game of the final Dimaga was so unlucky - he lost a scouting drone, i killed 2 drones with 1st zealot, lings couldn't get to my base, etc. My chances of winning were 80% at least, it could be hard to lose this game for me. But the game was tough anyway.

- You opinion about this WCG?
- I'm happy. Everything is O.K. It's very good organized. And skills of our players is growing up each year.

- Who would you like to face at the Grand Final?
- I don't know. But i'm sure that Jaedong i would not. I was not thinking about that yet.

- China is the country you most visited during last few years. What do you feel about going there again?
- Chengdu... I know this city and like it very much. I was there last New Year with Strelok and Hot (WC3 ukrainian player). I'd like to stay there more if i could.