17173.com Starcraft 2 World Cup

Bane_

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May 10 2010 12:08 GMT

All games are now complete. Thanks to Forsti for his coverage, thanks to the players for putting on such a fine display for us, and most importantly of all, thanks to 17173.com for hosting such a great event for us during the beta, I've enjoyed every moment of it.

Replays
As promised the replays from the play-offs onward have been released as the tournament is now complete. You can grab them here: http://download.17173.com/0/12/62725/ (Click the link next to the little green button with downward facing white arrows, then click the link that says 17173电信)

Vods
Vods for the games are usually uploaded quite quickly, available at the following sites:

Forsti has links to the vods of his English coverage here - http://forsti-stream.de/
No English coverage was initially planned but Forsti has invested a lot of time to make sure that it could happen for us, so if you appreciate it I'm sure he'd welcome any donations you care to send his way.

The 17173 vods with Chinese commentary can be found here - http://media.17173.com/sc2/duizhan.shtml

I also try to link them all here in this post for each individual game, with the commentary language used to indicate the link.

Grand Final (Beijing)
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Some question the appeal of the ZvZ matchup, but what could provide a more compelling finale for this tournament than seeing Europe's top zerg player clash against his Asian counterpart in what should be an epic best of 7 series?

RoX.Dimaga [image loading]

-vs-
oGs.과일장수 [image loading]

Game 1 on Metalopolis English Chinese
Game 2 on Scrap Station English Chinese
Game 3 on Steppes of War English Chinese
Game 4 on Blistering Sands English1 English2 Chinese
Game 5 on Kulas Ravine English Chinese
Game 6 on Desert Oasis English Chinese
Game 7 on Lost Temple English Chinese
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과일장수 wins 4-3 and takes 1st place in the 17173 World Cup.
과일장수's well-placed spine crawler in game 1 made all the difference as Dimaga had effectively broken through with 4 banelings and some zerglings, but was unable to capitalize on his advantage as they couldn't get anywhere near 과일장수's workers. From there 과일장수 expanded quite quickly and repeatedly outmanoeuvred Dimaga with his speedlings, who would have thought such a strong win was possible with a baneling-free opening?
In game 2 both players opted for the typical speedling/baneling warfare but Dimaga took a fast expansion and managed to gain a ~5 worker lead over 과일장수 who had remained on one base. The extra worker count enabled to him to steadily build up an advantage over time which he used to build a spire much earlier, with 과일장수 GGing once he realised mutas were in play.
Two offensive spine crawlers and a 7 pool give 과일장수 a pretty quick and brutal win in game 3.
Both initially stayed on one base in game 4, opting to build up a reasonably nice economy but they then diverged when 과일장수 opted to go for lair tech, an expansion and a spire while Dimaga stayed tier 1, made a baneling nest and began to seriously flood out large numbers of zerglings. 과일장수 was completely overrun and found himself with 0 workers and only 3 mutas which could do nothing as Dimaga already had 2 queens.
Dimaga's speedlings/banelings were effectively countered in game 5 by 과일장수's roaches so he opted to go for lair tech to grab a spire, with many spine crawlers used to try and ensure he survived long enough. He did hold off the attack but 과일장수 left him with only 5 workers and proceeded to take full advantage by grabbing a gold expansion and establishing a large drone lead. By the time Dimaga was in a position to launch any kind of real counterattack 과일장수 already had his own air army and a 3rd expansion so he just GGed as it would be futile to continue.
Game 6 saw 과일장수 7 pool again, Dimaga had gone for a very late 16 pool in comparison but a disconnect saw the game end before any significant action could take place. The regame was pretty much a repeat of game 2, although Dimaga did lose his expand at one point and 과일장수 was able to hold on slightly longer thanks to well placed spore crawlers.
If you were wondering who the best zerg is in the sc2 beta, game 7 answers that quite nicely for you.

3rd & 4th Place Decider (Taipei)
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As with the Semi-finals this will be played as a best of 7.

Prime.Check [image loading]

-vs-
Prime.Maka [image loading]

Game 1 on Metalopolis English Chinese
Game 2 on Blistering Sands English Chinese
Game 3 on Scrap Station English Chinese
Game 4 on Steppes of War English Chinese
Game 5 on Lost Temple English Chinese
Game 6 on Scrap Station English Chinese
Game 7 on Metalopolis English Chinese
Complete + Show Spoiler +

Maka wins 4-1 and takes 3rd place.

Semi-Finals
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Both matches in this round will be played as best of 7.

Match 1 (Guangzhou) - [image loading]

RoX.Dimaga [image loading]

Prime.Check [image loading]

Game 1 on Blistering Sands English Chinese
Game 2 on Steppes of War English Chinese
Game 3 on Scrap Station English Chinese
Game 4 on Desert Oasis English1 English2 Chinese
Game 5 on Lost Temple English Chinese
Game 6 on Kulas Ravine English Chinese
Game 7 on Metalopolis English Chinese
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Dimaga wins 4-3 and advances to the Grand Final

Match 2 (Shanghai) - [image loading]

oGs.과일장수

Prime.Maka [image loading]

Game 1 on Metalopolis English Chinese
Game 2 on Kulas Ravine English Chinese
Game 3 on Lost Temple English Chinese
Game 4 on Scrap Station English Chinese
Game 5 on Steppes of War English Chinese
Game 6 on Blistering Sands English Chinese
Game 7 on Desert Oasis English Chinese
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과일장수 wins 4-2 and advances to the Grand Final.

Quarter-Finals
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All matches in this round will be played as best of 5.

Match 1 (Shenyang) - [image loading]

RoX.Dimaga [image loading]

V.A_xiaOt

Game 1 on Lost Temple Chinese
Game 2 on Steppes of War Chinese
Game 3 on Metalopolis Chinese
Game 4 on Desert Oasis Chinese
Game 5 on Steppes of War Chinese
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Dimaga wins 3-1 and advances to the Semi-finals.

Match 2 (Xi'an) - [image loading]

Prime.Check [image loading]

oGs.KSJ

Game 1 on Metalopolis Chinese
Game 2 on Steppes of War Chinese
Game 3 on Scrap Station Chinese
Game 4 on Lost Temple Chinese
Game 5 on Desert Oasis Chinese
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Check wins 3-1 and advances to the Semi-finals.

Match 3 (Chengdu) - [image loading]

oGs.과일장수

Prime.NewLife [image loading]

Game 1 on Lost Temple Chinese
Game 2 on Kulas Ravine Chinese
Game 3 on Metalopolis Chinese
Game 4 on Desert Oasis Chinese
Game 5 on Scrap Station Chinese
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과일장수 wins 3-0 and advances to the Semi-finals.

Match 4 (Wuhan) - [image loading]

Prime.Maka [image loading]

DuskBin.F91 [image loading]

Game 1 on Scrap Station Chinese
Game 2 on Steppes of War Chinese
Game 3 on Blistering Sands Chinese
Game 4 on Metalopolis Chinese
Game 5 on Lost Temple Chinese
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Maka wins 3-1 and advances to the Semi-finals.

Players qualified for the Semi-finals
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1. RoX.Dimaga [image loading]

2. Prime.Check [image loading]

3. oGs.과일장수 [image loading]

4. Prime.Maka [image loading]

Matches will be 1 vs 2 and 3 vs 4.

Round of 16
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All matches in this round will be played as best of 3, with the winners of the play-off groups facing off against those who placed second.

Match 1 (Beijing) - [image loading]

Prime.Freedom [image loading]

RoX.Dimaga [image loading]

Game 1 on Metalopolis English Chinese
Game 2 on Kulas Ravine English Chinese
Game 3 on Steppes of War English Chinese
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Dimaga wins 2-1 and advances to the Quarter-finals.

Match 2 (Shanghai) - [image loading]

Prime.Cezanne [image loading]

V.A_xiaOt

Game 1 on Lost Temple Chinese
Game 2 on Desert Oasis Chinese
Game 3 on Steppes of War Chinese
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xiaOt wins 2-1 and advances to the Quarter-finals.

Match 3 (Shenyang) - [image loading]

DuskBin.Sen [image loading]

Prime.Check [image loading]

Game 1 on Steppes of War English Chinese
Game 2 on Lost Temple English Chinese
Game 3 on Scrap Station Chinese
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Check wins 2-1 and advances to the Quarter-finals.

Match 4 (Xi'an) - [image loading]

oGs.LeeRaEuN [image loading]

oGs.KSJ*

* = Finally RainBOw uses his own name (Kim Sung Je) and not someone else's.

Game 1 on Steppes of War Chinese
Game 2 on Blistering Sands Chinese
Game 3 on Lost Temple Chinese
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KSJ wins 2-1 and advances to the Quarter-finals.

Match 5 (Guangzhou) - [image loading]

oGs.과일장수

S.C_PJ

Game 1 on Blistering Sands English Chinese
Game 2 on Kulas Ravine English Chinese
Game 3 on Scrap Station English Chinese
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과일장수 wins 2-1 and advances to the Quarter-finals.

Match 6 (Taipei) - [image loading]

Liquid`TLO ( [image loading]

) vs

Prime.NewLife [image loading]

Game 1 on Kulas Ravine English Chinese
Game 2 on Steppes of War English Chinese
Game 3 on Lost Temple English Chinese
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NewLife wins 2-0 and advances to the Quarter-finals.

Match 7 (Chengdu) - [image loading]

Prime.Maka [image loading]

oGs.Zenio

Game 1 on Steppes of War English Chinese
Game 2 on Metalopolis English Chinese
Game 3 on Kulas Ravine English Chinese
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Maka wins 2-0 and advances to the Quarter-finals.

Match 8 (Wuhan) - [image loading]

mouz.White-Ra [image loading]

DuskBin.F91 [image loading]

Game 1 on Lost Temple English Chinese
Game 2 on Scrap Station English Chinese
Game 3 on Steppes of War English Chinese
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F91 wins 2-1 and advances to the Quarter-finals.

Players qualified for the Quarter-finals
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1. RoX.Dimaga [image loading]

2. V.A_xiaOt [image loading]

3. Prime.Check [image loading]

4. oGs.KSJ [image loading]

5. oGs.과일장수 [image loading]

6. Prime.NewLife [image loading]

7. Prime.Maka [image loading]

8. DuskBin.F91 [image loading]

Matches will be 1 vs 2, 3 vs 4, 5 vs 6 and 7 vs 8.

Play-offs
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With the qualifying now complete, we can list the 32 players who have made it to the play-offs. In addition to the Chinese and Korean players there are a select group from the US and Europe who have been invited also, with the looming end of the beta cited as a reason for not holding qualifiers in either region.

China - + Show Spoiler +

Loner (Panda) - Terran
Super (E3) - Protoss
Beckham (?) - Protoss
MTY (V.A) - Terran
W_Y_W (SCI) - Zerg
NewLife (Star) - Protoss
Sen (DuskBin) - Zerg
Empty (MnM) - Terran
FengZi (E3) - Zerg
PJ (S.C) - Terran
F91 (DuskBin) - Zerg
Ace (Panda) - Protoss
xiaOt (V.A) - Protoss
WAWP (S.C) - Terran

South Korea - + Show Spoiler +

Freedom (Prime) - Zerg
Check (Prime) - Zerg
과일장수 (oGs) - Zerg - (Z)

Cool
Maka (Prime) - Terran
Anypro (Prime) - Protoss
NcYellow (oGs) - Terran - (P)

RainBOw
Cezanne (Prime) - Zerg - (Z)

ToSky
LeeRaEuN (oGs) - Zerg - (Z)

SiR@SoNi
sSKS (oGs) - Protoss - (P)

TesteR
Dayfly (Prime) - Terran
Zenio (oGs) - Zerg

US & Europe - + Show Spoiler +

IdrA (CJ) - Zerg
TheLittleOne (Liquid) - Random
HayprO (mouz) - Zerg
Nazgul (Liquid) - Protoss
White-Ra (mouz) - Protoss
BratOK (RoX) - Terran
Dimaga (RoX) - Zerg

They held a draw on Monday the 17th of May at 16:00 kst to determine the play-off groups, followed by a special 2v2 showmatch between Prime (Maka + Check) and oGs (Spunky + 과일장수) which made for good viewing as all 4 opted to go random, not that you could tell with the standard of play on show!

1. Prime vs oGs on Coalition Chinese
2. Prime vs oGs on Twilight Fortress Chinese
3. Prime vs oGs on Arid Wastes Chinese

An attempt to explain the tie-break system

Three players tied on 2-1, one on 0-3.

All three tied players are given a number from a random number generator, A is the highest, B is the middle and C is the lowest. The first tie-break game is played between B and C.

Assuming B wins game 1, they go on to play A in game 2.
If A > B then A takes 1st and B takes 2nd.
If B > A then B takes 1st and 2nd is given to either A or C depending on who beat who when they met in the main group.

If C wins game 1 then it progresses in exactly the same way, with a loss in game 2 giving them 2nd place and a win giving them 1st place, with 2nd given to A or B depending on their main group result.

One player on 3-0, three tied on 1-2

The tied players are 'seeded' by number in the same way as above but this time they are only fighting for 2nd place, as the other player has already secured 1st.

Game 1 becomes a true knockout this time, so either B or C advances.

The winner of Game 2 between A and (B or C) takes 2nd place.

Group List

1 - Beijing - Wednesday, 19th May, 16:00 kst

1. DuskBin.Sen vs E3_Super on Blistering Sands Chinese
2. oGs.NcYellow vs RoX.BratOK on Incineration Zone Chinese
3. DuskBin.Sen vs oGs.NcYellow on Lost Temple Chinese
4. RoX.BratOK vs E3_Super on Metalopolis Chinese
5. DuskBin.Sen vs RoX.BratOK on Steppes of War Chinese
6. oGs.NcYellow vs E3_Super on Kulas Ravine Chinese
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DuskBin.Sen 3-0 // oGs.NcYellow 2-1 // E3_Super 1-2 // RoX.BratOK 0-3

DuskBin.Sen and oGs.NcYellow advance.

2 - Shanghai - Wednesday, 19th May, 20:30 kst

1. Panda.ACE vs MnM.Empty on Scrap Station Chinese
2. Prime.Check vs mouz.White-Ra on Lost Temple Chinese
3. Panda.ACE vs Prime.Check on Desert Oasis Chinese
4. mouz.White-Ra vs MnM.Empty on Incineration Zone Chinese
5. Panda.ACE vs mouz.White-Ra on Blistering Sands Chinese
6. Prime.Check vs MnM.Empty on Steppes of War Chinese
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mouz.White-Ra 2-1 // Panda.ACE 2-1 // Prime.Check 2-1 // MnM.Empty 0-3

Thanks to the three-way tie we get to see two more matches.

7. Panda.ACE vs Prime.Check on Kulas Ravine Chinese
8. Prime.Check vs mouz.White-Ra on Metalopolis Chinese

mouz.White-Ra takes 1st place, Prime.Check 2nd.

3 - Shenyang - Thursday, 20th May, 16:00 kst

1. CJ.IdrA vs S.C_WAWP on Desert Oasis English Chinese
2. oGs.LeeRaEuN vs DuskBin.F91 on Metalopolis English Chinese
3. CJ.IdrA vs oGs.LeeRaEuN on Scrap Station English Chinese
4. DuskBin.F91 vs S.C_WAWP on Incineration Zone English Chinese
5. CJ.IdrA vs DuskBin.F91 on Steppes of War English Chinese
6. oGs.LeeRaEuN vs S.C_WAWP on Lost Temple English Chinese
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oGs.LeeRaEuN 3-0 // DuskBin.F91 2-1 // CJ.IdrA 1-2 // S.C_WAWP 0-3

oGs.LeeRaEuN and DuskBin.F91 advance.

4 - Xi'an - Thursday, 20th May, 20:30 kst

1. Panda.Loner vs Beckham on Incineration Zone English Chinese
2. Prime.Cezanne vs RoX.Dimaga on Scrap Station Chinese
3. Panda.Loner vs Prime.Cezanne on Blistering Sands English Chinese
4. RoX.Dimaga vs Beckham on Kulas Ravine English Chinese
5. Panda.Loner vs RoX.Dimaga on Metalopolis English Chinese
6. Prime.Cezanne vs Beckham on Lost Temple English
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Prime.Cezanne 3-0 // Beckham 1-2 // Panda.Loner 1-2 // RoX.Dimaga 1-2

Prime.Cezanne secures 1st place and...tie-break ahoy!

7. Panda.Loner vs RoX.Dimaga on Steppes of War Chinese
8. RoX.Dimaga vs Beckham on Desert Oasis Chinese

RoX.Dimaga wins both extra games and secures 2nd place.

5 - Guangzhou - Friday, 21st May, 16:00 kst

1. Prime.Freedom vs SCI)_W_Y_W on Lost Temple English Chinese
2. oGs.Zenio vs E3_FengZi on Blistering Sands English Chinese
3. Prime.Freedom vs oGs.Zenio on Scrap Station English Chinese
4. E3_FengZi vs SCI)_W_Y_W on Steppes of War English Chinese
5. Prime.Freedom vs E3_FengZi on Metalopolis English Chinese
6. oGs.Zenio vs SCI)_W_Y_W on Desert Oasis English Chinese
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Prime.Freedom 3-0 // oGs.Zenio 2-1 // E3_FengZi 1-2 // SCI)_W_Y_W 0-3

Prime.Freedom and oGs.Zenio advance.

6 - Taipei - Friday, 21st May, 20:30 kst

1. Prime.Maka vs V.A_xiaOt on Steppes of War English Chinese
2. Prime.Anypro vs Liquid`Nazgul on Lost Temple English Chinese
3. Prime.Maka vs Prime.Anypro on Desert Oasis English Chinese
4. Liquid`Nazgul vs V.A_xiaOt on Scrap Station English Chinese
5. Prime.Maka vs Liquid`Nazgul on Metalopolis English Chinese
6. Prime.Anypro vs V.A_xiaOt on Blistering Sands English Chinese
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Prime.Anypro 2-1 // Prime.Maka 2-1 // V.A_xiaOt 2-1 // Liquid`Nazgul 0-3

Yet again the 2nd group of the day ends with a tie-break situation, the hosts must really enjoy the late night casting ^^

7. Prime.Anypro vs Prime.Maka on Incineration Zone English Chinese
8. Prime.Maka vs V.A_xiaOt on Kulas Ravine English Chinese

Prime.Maka secures 1st place and V.A_xiaOt advances in 2nd as he beat Prime.Anypro in the main group.

7 - Chengdu - Saturday, 22nd May, 16:00 kst

1. oGs.과일장수 vs Star.NewLife on Kulas Ravine English Chinese
2. oGs.sSKS vs mouz.HayprO on Lost Temple English Chinese
3. oGs.과일장수 vs oGs.sSKS on Metalopolis English Chinese
4. mouz.HayprO vs Star.NewLife on Steppes of War English Chinese
5. oGs.과일장수 vs mouz.HayprO on Scrap Station English Chinese
6. oGs.sSKS vs Star.NewLife on Incineration Zone English Chinese
Complete + Show Spoiler +

oGs.과일장수 2-1 // Star.NewLife 2-1 // oGs.sSKS 1-2 // mouz.HayprO 1-2

oGs.과일장수 and Star.NewLife advance to the round of 16. NewLife's impressive performance today also managed to earn him a spot as Prime's only non-Korean member, well done that man!

8 - Wuhan - Saturday, 22nd May, 20:30 kst

1. Liquid`TheLittleOne vs V.A_MTY on Metalopolis Chinese
2. Prime.Dayfly vs S.C_PJ on Incineration Zone Chinese
3. Liquid`TheLittleOne vs Prime.Dayfly on Lost Temple Chinese
4. S.C_PJ vs V.A_MTY on Blistering Sands Chinese
5. Liquid.TheLittleOne vs S.C_PJ on Desert Oasis Chinese
6. Prime.Dayfly vs V.A_MTY on Steppes of War Chinese
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Liquid`TheLittleOne 3-0 // S.C_PJ 2-1 // Prime.Dayfly 1-2 // V.A_MTY 0-3

Liquid`TheLittleOne and S.C_PJ advance to the round of 16.

Players qualified for the round of 16

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1st in group
1a. DuskBin.Sen [image loading]

1b. mouz.White-Ra [image loading]

1c. oGs.LeeRaEuN [image loading]

1d. Prime.Cezanne [image loading]

1e. Prime.Freedom [image loading]

1f. Prime.Maka [image loading]

1g. oGs.과일장수 [image loading]

1h. Liquid`TheLittleOne [image loading]

2nd in group
2a. oGs.NcYellow [image loading]

2b. Prime.Check [image loading]

2c. DuskBin.F91 [image loading]

2d. RoX.Dimaga [image loading]

2e. oGs.Zenio [image loading]

2f. V.A_xiaOt [image loading]

2g. Star.NewLife [image loading]

2h. S.C_PJ [image loading]

1st and 2nd place finishers will face off against each other in the next round, with the player matchups chosen randomly.

Korean Qualifiers

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This will mirror the process seen in the Chinese qualifier, so we firstly have those who received a direct invite: Freedom, Maka, Check and 과일장수, then more players who enter into the full qualification process, split into groups of 4 each.

A. Hannibal (T) // Anypro (P) // Cosmic (Z) // TheWind (Z) - Wednesday, May 12, 21:00 kst

1. Hannibal vs Cosmic on Metalopolis Chinese
2. Anypro vs TheWind on Lost Temple Chinese
3. Hannibal vs Anypro on Kulas Ravine Chinese
4. Cosmic vs TheWind on Incineration Zone Chinese
5. Hannibal vs TheWind on Desert Oasis Chinese
6. Cosmic vs Anypro on Blistering Sands Chinese
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Three players ended up tied on a 2-1 record which is a testament to how tight the games were overall. Anypro earned a guaranteed 1st or 2nd place by having the highest number when they all 'rolled' versus each other via a random number generator, which left the other two having to fight not to be eliminated.

7. Hannibal vs Cosmic on Scrap Station Chinese

Cosmic secured the win with a fantastic drop but sadly he had to leave urgently and therefore couldn't face Anypro one last time to decide who would have the guaranteed play-off spot and who would be thrown into the 2nd place pool. In the end the match was played before the group b games began.

8. Cosmic vs Anypro on Steppes of War Chinese
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Anypro wins and gets the guaranteed play-off spot. Cosmic enters the 2nd place pool.

B. feeling (T) // SlayersBoxer* (T) // Phantasm (P) // Foris (P) - Thursday, May 13th, 16:00 kst
* = He is actually the ex sc pro RainBOw, currently playing as NcYellow.

1. feeling vs SlayersBoxer on Steppes of War Chinese
2. Phantasm vs Foris on Kulas Ravine Chinese
3. feeling vs Phantasm on Scrap Station Chinese
4. SlayersBoxer vs Foris on Lost Temple Chinese
5. feeling vs Foris on Desert Oasis Chinese
6. SlayersBoxer vs Phantasm on Incineration Zone Chinese
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Yet again three players ended up drawn on a 2-1 record and rolls and a couple more games were used to decide who would take 1st and 2nd place.

7. SlayersBoxer vs Phantasm on Blistering Sands Chinese
8. SlayersBoxer vs feeling on Metalopolis Chinese

SlayersBoxer managed to beat both players to secure 1st and a guaranteed play-off spot. Phantasm enters the 2nd place pool by virtue of beating feeling in their earlier group match

C. Genius (P) // Dayfly (T) // Gerrard (Z) // Cezanne (Z) - Thursday, May 13th, 21:00 kst

1. Genius vs Dayfly on Metalopolis Chinese
2. Gerrard vs Cezanne on Steppes of War Chinese
3. Genius vs Gerrard on Lost Temple Chinese
4. Dayfly vs Cezanne on Desert Oasis Chinese
5. Genius vs Cezanne on Incineration Zone Chinese
6. Dayfly vs Gerrard on Blistering Sands Chinese
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Cezanne tops the group in impressive style with a 3-0 record and secures his play-off spot. Dayfly enters the 2nd place pool thanks to an impressive win against Gerrard in the last group match.

D. LeeRaEuN (Z) // Zenio (Z) // Spunky (P) // SiLvEr (P) - Friday, May 14th, 16:40 kst

1. LeeRaEuN vs Zenio on Scrap Station Chinese
2. Spunky vs SiLvEr on Kulas Ravine Chinese
3. LeeRaEuN vs Spunky on Lost Temple Chinese
4. Zenio vs SiLvEr on Blistering Sands Chinese
5. LeeRaEuN vs SiLvEr on Metalopolis Chinese
6. Zenio vs Spunky on Steppes of War Chinese
Complete + Show Spoiler +

LeeRaEuN takes 1st and Zenio 2nd. Roaches costing 2 supply isn't so terrible after all I guess!

E. sSKS (P) // hongjinho (Z) // InCa (P) // Junwisam (Z) - Friday, May 14th, 21:00 kst

1. sSKS vs hongjinho on Incineration Zone Chinese
2. InCa vs Junwisam on Steppes of War Chinese
3. sSKS vs InCa on Scrap Station Chinese
4. hongjinho vs Junwisam on Desert Oasis Chinese
5. sSKS vs Junwisam on Blistering Sands Chinese
6. hongjinho vs InCa on Metalopolis Chinese
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sSKS goes 3-0 to secure 1st place, hongjinho takes 2nd after winning a tense final match with InCa on Metalopolis.

2nd Place Showdown

Cosmic (Z) // Phantasm (P) // Dayfly (T) // Zenio (Z) // hongjinho (Z) - Saturday, May 15th, 19:30kst

They're fighting today for the two remaining play-off spots allocated for Korean players so hopefully we should see some epic matches.

1. Cosmic vs Phantasm on Metalopolis Chinese
2. Dayfly vs Zenio on Lost Temple Chinese
3. hongjinho vs Cosmic on Kulas Ravine Chinese
4. Phantasm vs Dayfly on Steppes of War Chinese
5. Zenio vs hongjinho on Scrap Station Chinese
6. Cosmic vs Dayfly on Incineration Zone Chinese
7. Phantasm vs Zenio on Desert Oasis Chinese
8. Dayfly vs hongjinho on Blistering Sands Chinese
9. Cosmic vs Zenio on Metalopolis Chinese
10. Phantasm vs hongjinho on Lost Temple Chinese
Complete + Show Spoiler +

Dayfly and Zenio secure their play-off spots with 3 wins each.

Chinese Qualifiers

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As I understand it, the following players all received a direct invite to the play-off matches: Loner, E3_Super, Beckham, V.A_MTY, Newlife, W_Y_W, V.A_xiaOt and S.C_WAWP. Added to them will be the winners of this qualification process, 16 players split up into 4 groups initially and scheduled to play at the following times:

In each group, they all play each other once and the one with the best record will progress on to the play-off matches. The player who comes 2nd will be placed into a pool with the other 3 who also came 2nd and they will compete for the remaining spot.

A. SCI)_DPR (Z) // S.C_Vulture (P) // EricPanda (Z) // Empty (T) - Monday, May 10, 16:00 kst

1. SCI)_DPR vs S.C_Vulture on Incineration Zone Chinese
2. EricPanda vs Empty on Lost Temple Chinese
3. SCI)_DPR vs EricPanda on Kulas Ravine Chinese
4. S.C_Vulture vs Empty on Steppes of War Chinese
5. SCI)_DPR vs Empty on Blistering Sands Chinese
6. S.C_Vulture vs EricPanda on Desert Oasis Chinese
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Empty 1st, SCI)_DPR 2nd

B. ACE (P) // E3_FengZi (Z) // StriveMacSed (P) // xiaozhu (Z) - Monday, May 10, 21:00 kst

1. ACE vs E3_FengZi on Kulas Ravine Chinese
2. StriveMacSed vs xiaozhu on Steppes of War Chinese
3. ACE vs StriveMacSed on Lost Temple Chinese
4. E3_FengZi vs xiaozhu on Scrap Station Chinese
5. ACE vs xiaozhu on Metalopolis Chinese
6. E3_FengZi vs StriveMacSed on Desert Oasis Chinese
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E3_FengZi 1st, ACE 2nd

C. S.C_PJ (T) // V.A_GoL (P) // ForAiur (P) // Gale (P) - Tuesday, May 11, 16:00 kst

1. S.C_PJ vs V.A_GoL on Lost Temple Chinese
2. ForAiur vs Gale on Blistering Sands Chinese
3. S.C_PJ vs ForAiur on Scrap Station Chinese
4. V.A_GoL vs Gale on Incineration Zone Chinese
5. S.C_PJ vs Gale on Metalopolis Chinese
6. V.A_GoL vs ForAiur on Desert Oasis Chinese
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S.C_PJ 1st, Gale 2nd

D. Duskbin.F91 (Z) // XiaoBaiTu (P) // Evil (Z) // Main (P) - Tuesday, May 11, 21:00 kst

1. Duskbin.F91 vs XiaoBaiTu on Blistering Sands Chinese
2. Evil vs Main on Incineration Zone Chinese
3. Duskbin.F91 vs Evil on Kulas Ravine - Forfeit by Evil due to lag.
4. XiaoBaiTu vs Main on Scrap Station Chinese
5. Duskbin.F91 vs Main on Metalopolis Chinese
6. XiaoBaiTu vs Evil on Steppes of War - Forfeit by Evil due to lag.
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Duskbin.F91 1st, Main 2nd

2nd Place Showdown
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Match 1
1. SCI)_DPR vs ACE on Kulas Ravine Chinese
2. SCI)_DPR vs ACE on Desert Oasis Chinese

Match 2
1. Gale vs Main on Kulas Ravine Chinese
2. Gale vs Main on Scrap Station Chinese
3. Gale vs Main on Blistering Sands Chinese

Decider
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1. ACE vs Main on Lost Temple Chinese
2. ACE vs Main on Scrap Station Chinese
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ACE wins and secures his play-off spot.

PredY

Czech Republic1731 Posts

May 10 2010 12:13 GMT

can someone enlighten me what the sc2 world cup is?

Bane_

United Kingdom494 Posts

May 10 2010 12:18 GMT

On May 10 2010 21:13 PredY wrote:
can someone enlighten me what the sc2 world cup is?

It's just a big event that the Chinese site plans to run with pretty much the best Chinese and Korean players involved. Some other nationalities may well be taking part also (I hope so at least...). Details are fairly sparse at the moment while they establish what the teams will be, with the Koreans for example this is what I found out and posted in another thread:

...a list of names for the Korean squad was posted up. Freedom, Check, Maka and Cool have all received automatic invites while the remaining spots [I said 4 but I'm not entirely sure how many] will be taken by the winners of a 16 player qualification process, those involved are listed below:

cosmic, hongjinho, isskincom, yongsukchang, gerrard, ssjm, zenio, dayfly, thewind, spunky, hannibal, leeraeun, ssks, anypro, slayersboxer, babybaby

Subs incase people don't turn up: inca, bluemassage, pelias

Names will have changed due to the reset that has happened since I found that info but you can see the competition is going to be of the highest standard.

tyCe

Australia2542 Posts

May 10 2010 12:50 GMT

Lol beckham and gerrard? What's up with all these original names?

Go PJ and ACE!

Paz

Australia147 Posts

May 10 2010 13:30 GMT

I get an error asking if my temp file is valid for that stream, any ideas?

Prodtoss

China849 Posts

May 10 2010 19:03 GMT

The result of yesterday's match is the player who is on the top of the group will qualified to the play-off matchs and the second player of the group will take another matchs with the second players from other groups to win the qualification to play-off matchs.

In GroupA Empty (T) is qualified and SCI)_DPR (Z) is the second

In GroupB E3_FengZi (Z) is qualified and ACE is the second

sorry for my english...

and here is the high-quality live stream link http://live.17173.com/sc2/g_index.shtml

The match will live on 15:00 and 20:00 Beijing time Monday-Saturday

Bane_

United Kingdom494 Posts

May 10 2010 19:57 GMT

On May 10 2010 22:30 Paz wrote:
I get an error asking if my temp file is valid for that stream, any ideas?

I don't know how to fix that Paz, sorry. I'm lucky mine worked first time as I was just accepting things blindly during the install and hoping it was correct.

On May 11 2010 04:03 Prodtoss wrote:
The result of yesterday's match is the player who is on the top of the group will qualified to the play-off matchs and the second player of the group will take another matchs with the second players from other groups to win the qualification to play-off matchs.

In GroupA Empty (T) is qualified and SCI)_DPR (Z) is the second

In GroupB E3_FengZi (Z) is qualified and ACE is the second

sorry for my english...

and here is the high-quality live stream link http://live.17173.com/sc2/g_index.shtml

The match will live on 15:00 and 20:00 Beijing time Monday-Saturday

Hey, thanks for your post Prodtoss. So for the 4 players who will be 2nd place, will only 1 of them go to the play-off matches?

Prodtoss

China849 Posts

May 10 2010 20:40 GMT

On May 11 2010 04:57 Bane_ wrote:

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I don't know how to fix that Paz, sorry. I'm lucky mine worked first time as I was just accepting things blindly during the install and hoping it was correct.

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Hey, thanks for your post Prodtoss. So for the 4 players who will be 2nd place, will only 1 of them go to the play-off matches?

Sorry,they have not given any details for that by far.

Carnivorous Sheep

Baa?21243 Posts

May 10 2010 20:59 GMT

There are a few articles and pre match write ups I'll see if any are worth translating later tonight.

Wasn't aware of this as I haven't been following the Chinese SC2 scene that closely, if you see Chinese stuff that you want translated feel free to PM me.

jimminy_kriket

Canada5502 Posts

May 10 2010 21:13 GMT

#10

any recommended games? Surprised how well the streaming works from china.

Bane_

United Kingdom494 Posts

May 10 2010 21:36 GMT

#11

On May 11 2010 05:40 Prodtoss wrote:

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Sorry,they have not given any details for that by far.

Ah no problem, I guess we will find it out tomorrow once these groups have finished.

On May 11 2010 05:59 Carnivorous Sheep wrote:
There are a few articles and pre match write ups I'll see if any are worth translating later tonight.

Wasn't aware of this as I haven't been following the Chinese SC2 scene that closely, if you see Chinese stuff that you want translated feel free to PM me.

Thanks that would be great if you do come across anything you think will be interesting.

On May 11 2010 06:13 jimminy_kriket wrote:
any recommended games? Surprised how well the streaming works from china.

I was impressed with that myself since I have a terrible time trying to stream Korean content here in the UK. I only saw the group B matches live and for them I would say games 1, 3 and 6 were most interesting as xiaozhu seemed pretty out of his depth compared to the others.

rei

United States3594 Posts

May 10 2010 21:57 GMT

#12

They were having a lot of problem with blizzard approval i guess they have resolve it.

Liquid`Jinro

Sweden33719 Posts

May 10 2010 23:04 GMT

#13

Will there be qualifiers for the other regions, or only for korea and china?

Carnivorous Sheep

Baa?21243 Posts

May 11 2010 00:24 GMT

#14

Just glanced over the 17173 page, I didn't see anything particular interesting. A few couple sentence interviews of the players with nothing that exciting being said :3

Pj and F91 ARE favorites to make it out of their respective groups, but they're both still transitioning from being BW gamers to SC2 gamers, so that's a bit of an issue. But maybe Pj has been practicing Sc2, he got eliminated in the Beijing offline qualifiers for WCG 2010 China (first time since like 2003 ROFL, huge upset :3). It's interesting that Pj chose to switch races from BW.

I'll translateany post-game interviews/articles that may come out \o/

Carnivorous Sheep

Baa?21243 Posts

May 11 2010 00:34 GMT

#15

Group A Winner

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Empty

You kept a low profile before the games, thoughts on winning?
-My 2-1 record today surpassed my expectations. My goal was only 1 win, and I think overall, I got lucky haha.

On Steppes of War [game he lost], you were ahead in the opening too. Do you think you’re lacking in macro and game sense vP?
-I’ve always been kind of bad vP. I was indeed ahead in the beginning, and I wanted to just end it with a wave of attacks, but I didn’t notice the Colossi. When my first attack failed I already knew it was over, I was simply praying for a miracle.

Did you consider Vikings? Right now, it seems like Vikings hard counter Colossi. Or do you think there’s another way to go?
-I considered Vikings, but I was pressed for money, and I decided that if I could only make a couple Vikings, it won’t be enough damage output, so I chose Tanks. At least Tanks have splash. To be honest I’m scared of Colossi, there doesn’t seem to be a good counter…

I saw the Tanks. SC2 Tanks seem to actually be equal to BW in terms of power, and it got a slight buff this last patch. How do you feel about the unit?
-Tanks are pretty good, I just think they’re weak against Immortals and Colossi. But if you use the terrain to your advantage and protect the tanks with your troops, you should be able to minimize losses. I feel like builds involving tanks will increase, and no longer be limited to TvT.

Some people say on Lost Temple, Thor drops TvZ is a good strategy. What do you think?
-The Lost Temple high ground seems kind of imbalanced, so Thor’s are pretty good. But if the Zerg pays more attention, Terran might not get much…like wit me today, tragically…

After you advance, the competition’s going to intensify. Which matchup do you feel most confident in?
-I think I’m only really good vZ. I’m still at a loss vT and vP, so I think I’ll need to practice more.

Thanks for the interview, I hope you can represent China well in the later rounds.
-Thanks.

Carnivorous Sheep

Baa?21243 Posts

May 11 2010 00:39 GMT

#16

Group B Winner

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Fengzi

Congratulations on advancing.
-Thank you.

Public opinion places PvZ as difficult. Thoughts?
-At first I didn’t think so because I would often lose to a rush from Protoss. But because I’m in touch with Sen, I saw him play well, so I talked with him a bit, and changed my train of thought. I feel like it’s easier now, as long as you can defend all sorts of rushes from P, it’s easier in the late game.

Do you think the new Phoenixes will affect your Mutalisks?
-I think it looks kind of cool, it’s like moonwalking. But they’re slower to mass compared to Mutalisks. Zerg has the best macro, and I don’t necessarily have to make Mutalisks. I’ll see depending on situation.

Infestors got a nerf in the latest patch, how do you feel about Thors ZvT now?
-I think Thors are really good. High HP, and can come out fast, hard to deal with. Especially with a Thor-Marine combo, it’s very strong. My plan is to drag it out and stall, macro, and wait to upgrade Infestors. Against Thors, you really need Infestors. Of course I can also choose Zerglings/Roaches.

Speaking of Thors, we’re reminded of Ultraisks. Everyone thinks Ultralisks suck, how about you?
-Indeed, it sucks. I almost never make it, even with speed it’s still slow. In BW with speed it can catch up to lings. I think Blizzard should buff speed.

Will ZvZ be similar to BW ZvZ?
-It’s still mainly Zerglings and Mutalisks, with the addition of Banelings. The high mobility is a big factor. Of course it depends on the map, on some you can use Roach/Hydralisk.

Apparently you’ve been training for SC2 a lot. Effect on BW?
-You gain something you lose something. I’m much worse at BW now, it’s been a long time. I played a couple days ago, and people I would have no trouble against easily win me now. Depressing…I guess I can only focus on one now…

Thanks, good luck in later stages.
-Thanks.

A side note, this tournament seems to be pretty well organized. Still not sure how the other regions are gonna work, but there's a good possibility of some pretty sweet games \o/

TBO

Germany1350 Posts

May 11 2010 08:02 GMT

#17

FrozenArbiter, afaik the players of the other regions are invites, not qualifiers.

tubs

764 Posts

May 11 2010 08:25 GMT

#18

On May 10 2010 21:18 Bane_ wrote:
ssks, anypro, slayersboxer, babybaby

Is that the real 'Slayers_Boxer'?

Prodtoss

China849 Posts

May 11 2010 08:39 GMT

#19

S.C_PJ is qualified and Gale is the 2nd from Group C ,the matchs of Group D will live on 20:00 Beijing time.

For the 4 players who will be 2nd place,only 1 of them go to the play-off matches.

SCI)_DPR and Ace will have a BO3 match

Gale and 2nd player of Group D will have a BO3 match

and two winers will have another BO3 match to go to the play-off matches

Bane_

United Kingdom494 Posts

May 11 2010 10:49 GMT

#20

On May 11 2010 06:57 rei wrote:
They were having a lot of problem with blizzard approval i guess they have resolve it.

Yea so it seems! Am I right in thinking that China technically shouldn't even have access to the sc2 beta, i.e. it is not yet licensed there or something similar?

On May 11 2010 08:04 FrozenArbiter wrote:
Will there be qualifiers for the other regions, or only for korea and china?

I don't think it has been confirmed yet but as TBO said, it seems likely that they will just invite a select group of players. I'm sure when I first read about the event that there was mention of having US and European players involved also but after seeing how lag affected the special Starswar Reborn matches involving DeMusliM, maybe they've gone off the idea and will choose to stay solely with those already playing on the Asian server. *shrug*

On May 11 2010 09:24 Carnivorous Sheep wrote:
Just glanced over the 17173 page, I didn't see anything particular interesting. A few couple sentence interviews of the players with nothing that exciting being said :3

Pj and F91 ARE favorites to make it out of their respective groups, but they're both still transitioning from being BW gamers to SC2 gamers, so that's a bit of an issue. But maybe Pj has been practicing Sc2, he got eliminated in the Beijing offline qualifiers for WCG 2010 China (first time since like 2003 ROFL, huge upset :3). It's interesting that Pj chose to switch races from BW.

I'll translateany post-game interviews/articles that may come out \o/

Thanks for checking the articles out anyway! I hope PJ does well to make up for his shock result. :o

On May 11 2010 17:25 tubs wrote:

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Is that the real 'Slayers_Boxer'?

Sadly nope, while many of the names really are the people they claim to be, in this case it was another retired pro called Rainbow who took the name for some reason. By now he may well have changed it again since that list came from before the most recent reset.

On May 11 2010 17:39 Prodtoss wrote:
S.C_PJ is qualified and Gale is the 2nd from Group C ,the matchs of Group D will live on 20:00 Beijing time.

For the 4 players who will be 2nd place,only 1 of them go to the play-off matches.

SCI)_DPR and Ace will have a BO3 match

Gale and 2nd player of Group D will have a BO3 match

and two winers will have another BO3 match to go to the play-off matches

Thanks again for your updates.

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