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2009-10 Shinhan Bank Proleague Round 4: Week 6 (MBC)
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Hwaseung OZ vs CJ Entus
Wednesday, May 19 4:00am GMT (GMT+00:00) on MBC
So normally for a match like this, I'd give a bit of hype. Now that I'm a writer though, I can be lazy and copy-paste things from the most recent PL article! Mwahahahaha!
Hwaseung OZ vs CJ Entus
I lied when I said that FOX vs SKT would be the match of the week. FOX utterly destroyed SKT, and is going to leap ahead of them in terms of spots. In fact, SKT may drop out of the top 6 this week... maybe. OZ and CJ both have already had one match this week, and CJ beat KT and OZ, in Jaedong OZ-ian fashion, lost 1-3 to eSTRO. After OZ lost, I was like "well, there goes their chance at getting into the 6 spot", but then MBC demolished Stars. I'm too lazy to calculate now, but I believe OZ should still be able to jump to 6 or at least get very close. I'll check later and update then. Update: yeah OZ gets close.
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1. KT 31-10 0/1 31-11 41 -1 = 40
2. STX 29-13 1/0 30-13 21 +1 = 22
3. MBC 24-17 2/0 26-17 13 +4 = 17
4. FOX 22-20 1/0 23-20 12 +2 = 14
5. SKT 22-20 0/1 22-21 5 -2 = 3
6. CJ 20-21 1/0 21-21 -2 +1 = -1
7. Stars 21-20 0/2 21-22 11 -4 = 7
8. eSTRO 19-22 1/0 20-22 2 +2 = 4
9. OZ 20-21 0/1 20-22 -4 -2 = -6
10. Hite 17-24 2/0 19-24 -11 +4 = -7
11. KHAN 19-23 0/1 19-24 -18 -1 = -19
12. ACE 5-36 0/2 5-38 -74 -4 = -78
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2. STX 29-13 1/0 30-13 21 +1 = 22
3. MBC 24-17 2/0 26-17 13 +4 = 17
4. FOX 22-20 1/0 23-20 12 +2 = 14
5. SKT 22-20 0/1 22-21 5 -2 = 3
6. CJ 20-21 1/0 21-21 -2 +1 = -1
7. Stars 21-20 0/2 21-22 11 -4 = 7
8. eSTRO 19-22 1/0 20-22 2 +2 = 4
9. OZ 20-21 0/1 20-22 -4 -2 = -6
10. Hite 17-24 2/0 19-24 -11 +4 = -7
11. KHAN 19-23 0/1 19-24 -18 -1 = -19
12. ACE 5-36 0/2 5-38 -74 -4 = -78
Oops formatting sucks.
Anyway, onto the match itself.
Tonight brings to head two great Zerg powers. One, Jaedong, is tearing through May like no other, in typical post-April-Jaedong fashion. The other, EffOrt, is currently coming back into form with a bang. I'd argue right now that EffOrt is the #2 zerg on the scene, and Jaedong is the #1. ELO agrees with me as well: Jaedong is at 2314 (#1 zerg and #2 overall) and EffOrt is at 2210 (#2 zerg and #4 overall). Both are sporting monstrous winstreaks right now, with Jaedong on a 9-game run through an undefeated May, and EffOrt on a new record of 12 games, beating top players in convincing fashion since that disaster of a tiebreak. If the two go head to head, that'll be the match to watch, for somebody's getting c-c-c-combobroken tonight. And what if it goes to Ace... That'd be a good match as well.
Hatcheries will tremble,
While CJ is the deeper team, OZ is on the upswing (kind of). Lomo is cute and HiyA is... well, not doing so hot recently, and even though we haven't seen him much recently, I still believe in Killer. If even one other member of OZ can deliver, we'll be seeing an Ace match. And even though I'd normally call for a Jaedong OZ Ace match victory, with EffOrt back in the action it'd be quite hard to call. Of course, being a Jaedong fan I'm going to say 3-2 OZ, but you never know... After all EffOrt (and Snow!) did just recently crush Flash in their 3-2 performance earlier this week.
Set 1: Fighting Spirit
Set 2: Grand Line
Set 3: Roadrunner
Set 4: Judgment Day
Ace: Match Point
flamewheel91's faildictions:
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Lineups:
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Jaedong < Fighting Spirit > sKyHigh
HiyA < Grand Line > Snow
Lomo < Roadrunner > Orion
Killer < Judgment Day > Hydra
< Match Point >
HiyA < Grand Line > Snow
Lomo < Roadrunner > Orion
Killer < Judgment Day > Hydra
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Results:
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Damn it, Jaedong OZ, and just when I thought you were doing well...
In other news, at least Jaedong is still undefeated throughout May.
Killer, Lomo, and HiyA... c'mon guys.
Recommended Games:
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Boring game, not really worth watching.
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Good defense by the winner.
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Sick timing by winner early game, playing a clean game till the end.
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Eh, decent game. Sprinkles of fail interspersed with some good micro.
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How to watch:
www.ustream.tv/channel/roffles
http://c.zeroboy.net/konadora
konadora and Roffles r qts.
Post your stream and I'll add it!