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[OSL] Jin Air OSL - RO16 Week Three

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[OSL] Jin Air OSL - RO16 Week Three

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August 11th, 2011 20:04 GMT

RO16 - Week Three
by: contagi0n, Kwark, and WaxAngel

Table of Contents

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RO16 - Daily Recaps

Featured Game of the Week

Entomologist's Guide


A few weeks ago, I asked SilverskY for some slightly different clouds in the graphical theme, thinking that it would be interesting to have the visuals change as the OSL went forth. Little did I know that darkening clouds would become such ominous symbols in the following weeks.

Literal clouds played a part in the lengthy delay of the Proleague Finals, as weather concerns forced local Chinese authorities to cancel the show. Meanwhile, shadow has been cast over MBCGame, with the truth about its ultimate fate as a TV station unclear to everyone.

The MySL debacle was a blemish on its reputation, but OnGameNet remains a bastion of sanity in these troubling times. With a week taken off for the delayed PL finals, we go into the RO8 of the Jin Air OSL.




By: contagiOn

Results and Standings


Day Five
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Group A
(T)Sea <New Bloody Ridge> (T)Fantasy
VOD

Group B
(Z)Shine <Pathfinder> (T)Flash
VOD

Group C
(Z)Killer <La Mancha> (Z)Calm
VOD

Group D
(Z)Jaedong <Gladiator> (Z)hyvaa
VOD

  • Hwaseung Mix Up
    Did JD and Killer switch beds or something? Maybe Jaedong has been lending Killer his lucky rabbit’s foot? Whatever it was, the difference between their ZvZ on day 5 was striking: JD lost in underwhelming fashion to hyvaa while Killer whipped Calm with superb mutalisk control. What strange times we live in.

  • Three 3-0’s
    Fantasy, Flash and Killer all 3-0’d their groups with comfortable wins in each game. Doing so not only made them the first three players to officially qualify for the RO8 but also opened the opportunity for HiyA, Stork, and JangBi to force tiebreakers on day 6.


Day Six
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Group A
(Z)n.Die_soO <New Bloody Ridge> (T)HiyA
VOD

Group B
(Z)Hydra <Pathfinder> (P)Stork
VOD

Group C
(P)JangBi <La Mancha> (T)Ty
VOD

Group D
(Z)Hyuk <Gladiator> (Z)Modesty
VOD

  • Disappointment
    Keep watching everybody, the OSL should still deliver plenty of entertainment in upcoming rounds. I will admit though that when I look at the list of all the players who didn’t make it past the RO16, I can’t help but feel some degree of discontent. Stork, Jaedong, Sea, Ty, and HiyA (my personal all time favorite terran) all let us down in their groups while the less illustrious zerg trio of Modesty, soO, and Hyuk played just well enough to merit their advancement. It's impossible any tournament can please everyone, but I'd wager the majority of fans were at least a little bit disappointed.

  • And then there was one
    JangBi’s victory over Ty means tiebreakers for the two of them plus Calm, which officially makes JangBi the last protoss in the OSL. It’s hard to evaluate JangBi based off of this game, since his early pressure pretty much hard-countered Ty’s ridiculously early third before tank strategy.

  • What the Hyuk?! Pt. 3
    Every Jaedong fan watched and cried as Hyuk hyuk’d Jaedong with a 12 hatch > 12 pool BO win during the second week of the RO16. Every Jaedong fan watched and cried again as Hyuk hyuk’d himself with a 12 pool < 12 hatch bo loss to Modesty in the last day of the RO16, thereby sealing JD’s fate. In the RO8 he faces Fantasy, whom he seems fated to meet in every starleague he makes it deep in. Just try not to think too much about the fact that this could have been JD vs Fantasy instead.


Group C Tiebreakers
+ Show Spoiler [Results and VODs] +
Set 1: (Z)Calm <New Bloody Ridge> (P)JangBi
VOD

Set 2: (T)Ty <Pathfinder> (P)JangBi
VOD

  • Return of the Dragon?
    I thought these tiebreakers would be close, that they would last longer than two or three games. I was wrong. It’s not because JangBi got lucky, either: he looked damn solid in both games, a much stronger protoss than the one that failed against Calm just a couple weeks ago. Does he look strong enough to challenge Flash in the RO8? Not really to be completely honesTune in this Friday to find out!



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By: KwarK


So, JangBi, you've managed to gain a single win and made your way to the tiebreakers because Killer was so good. Seriously, if Killer had dropped a game then you'd be out but because Calm and Baby () were as bad as you, forcing a three-way bad off to see which of you is least terrible. And if there's one contest that we know Calm can win, it's a bad off. So here we are on New Bloody Ridge.

RO16 Tiebreaker: Calm vs JangBi on Neo Bloody Ridge


Calm spawned at 7 in purple while JangBi got yellow at 1 and opened with a standard pylon at natural. Calm opted for an overpool while JangBi threw down a 10 gate at his natural choke looking to apply some pressure while FEing. Calm seemed to have the possibility in mind and held his drones at 10 while taking his natural with a quick two hatch low econ build. His drone count remained at ten as he took his third base, while JangBi pumped probes and added a nexus.

Although Jangbi's the two early zealots got zero kills, they actually did their job as Calm's zerglings couldn't move out while they were tied up on defense. This let JangBi get ahead as he didn't have to forge or cannon for a long time while Calm's economy and tech were delayed. Although Calm quickly took the measure of JangBi and realised his three hatcheries gave him total map control JangBi was already charging to corsair tech at this point having spent the entire early game building probes.

Rather than leave his gateway idle JangBi produced a few extra zealots, which caught Calm off guard at an unexpected timing as he was powering and trying to catch up. Three hatcheries were obviously more than capable of dealing with one gateway zealots, but they still took Calm by surprise, stopped mining, traded decently with zerglings, and caused Calm to massively overcompensate on defense. Valuable time was wasted building zerglings to defend against a mass zealot play that did not and could not exist at that timing. Calm's poor drone saturation led to a delay in tech, forcing him to use hydras as a stop gap defense against corsairs while his lair was morphing.

JangBi followed up with text book DTs, but he invested only lightly in the mid-game, instead spending money on tech, upgrades, infrastructure and a quick third base. Although Calm finally secured his part of the map against DT/sair with hydralisks and overlords, JangBi was already in a very strong position.

Calm responded by trying to lock down his part of the map and rushing to hive tech for defilers and cracklings rather than trying to out-expand and outspend JangBi, afraid of overextending himself on the map. However JangBi sensed his economic advantage and refused to take unnecessary risks, massing up a powerful army but not committing to any major engagements. With his nine gateways and mass templars, he could easily take some additional bases while fending off the defiler-zergling play with storms. With his opponent refusing to commit to poor attacks, Calm was forced to try and make something happen. However, his attack with lings and defilers failed as predicted, leaving him with a weak economy and weaker army. With Jangbi able to bully him everywhere on the map, Calm GG'd.

Kwark's Box of Occasional, but Increasingly Rare Praise.

Now, obviously I'm renowned as a purveyor of hate. That's pretty much my job here, I say rude things about progamers (Editor's Note: It's a self appointed position). However, JangBi's build was coherent, fluid and well executed. The one gateway fake pressure while powering probes gave him an economic advantage, and by backing off with his first two zealots and attacking again at an off-beat timing, he was able to produce a fairly scary zealot push off of a single gateway.

Calm was forced to make defensive zerglings very early, and then he had to overproduce another batch of zerglings while he was trying to catch up on economy. This gave Jangbi a significant economic and tech advantage. Calm's mistake was, in my opinion, panicking and making too many zerglings. They had zero value offensively because JangBi had a walloff at his natural, while his third was on high ground up a ramp. All Calm could use his zerglings for was defense.

JangBi's tech enabled him to prevent Calm from taking his fourth base, and in three base against three base situation, the Protoss will obviously win. Calm for his part let himself get played throughout the early game. He went a defensive build with low drone count and flexibility, built zerglings he didn't need instead of drones, failed to build defences he did need in favour of drones, and then built more zerglings he didn't need instead of drones. I still don't like you JangBi, but good game.



RO16 Tiebreaker: Jangbi vs Baby on Pathfinder


I still love Baby and he deserved to go through here, especially against a scrub like JangBi. But he has a real problem with backing up his incredible multitasking with results when it counts. Cutting past some uneventful early game stuff, the action began with Jangbi (@4) going for some lame DT drop against Baby (@12). Despite having scouted JangBi's build, some catastrophically poor turret placement allowed JangBi to get a foothold in Baby's base from which JangBi then dropped even more DTs which caused further trouble, which in turn allowed two gateways of dragoons to cause even more damage at the front.

Baby was able to stabilise his front with a solid walloff and sieged tanks but JangBi had been expanding like crazy during all that time and was at near twice Baby's supply and a base ahead with map control at this point. It wasn't really an ideal situation for Baby.

Fortunately Baby is a fantastic multitasker and hit back with vultures at JangBi's third base at 2:00 which ravaged the mineral line while a drop in Jangbi's main which killed a respectable number of units for no tank losses. JangBi did what he could with blocking pylons to deny vulture raids while he took his backdoor mineral only, but Baby was severely limiting his ability to mine.

Baby's tanks, vultures, and dropships combined to make a very mobile forc. Although JangBi had the units to win a straight up battle, he found himself clearing away mines at one position only to see that Baby had packed up to strike elsewhere. Jangbi simply couldn't move his troops anywhere without creating a new opening to be exploited.

The result was that for fifteen minutes Baby held up evenly, despite being on two bases against Jangbi's four. JangBi delayed Baby's attempts to expand to 11:00, but Baby could finally took his third base a good ten minutes after JangBi took his fourth. Unfortunately, JangBi knew the value of harassment as well, hitting with a massive storm drop that took out 22 scvs at Baby's third. In the meanwhile, Jangbi barely held onto the 7:00 main expansion as his carriers arrived just in time to clean up Baby's drop.

Unable to get the better of his opponent in the ground war despite having twice the resources, JangBi had resorted to carriers, hoping to outspend Baby where he couldn't be outplayed. With the incredibly lucky survival of JangBi's base at 7:00, Baby was forced to push out onto the map, finally giving JangBi the chance to use his carriers and ground army to win a big battle. Baby GG'd.

Kwark's Box of Denial

What we saw here is exactly why a good Terran with good dropship play is so very dangerous on Pathfinder. Baby's vultures were able to get ridiculous numbers of kills all over the map with non stop multiple pronged harass while the tanks were spent with miserly care, only leaving their defensive positions in dropships and never outstaying their welcome. If it wasn't for the DT drop opening putting JangBi fifty supply ahead in the first few minutes Baby would have been able to win this easily. JangBi was fighting with half his units dying as they left his gateways and half his mineral lines undersaturated. Baby's loss was inevitable but tragic, for his struggle this game showed us exactly why he's a class above players like JangBi. JangBi, DT drop into double expand into carrier? Really? ...




Of course, whats' a Kwark section without a Stork game?

RO16 Group B: Stork vs Hydra on Pathfinder


Hydra opened at 4 in white while Stork got 12 in yellow on Pathfinder. Hydra opted for an overpool expansion before zerglings which Stork scouted correctly and responded with an appropriate forge nexus opening. Some cute probe micro allowed Stork to keep tabs on Hydra's production for a long time, which led safe cannon cutting and probe pumping. Hydra just went for a double expand opening, but went for faster tech with less drones than standard.

With no threat from Hydra, Stork was able to do whatever he wanted. He chose to play defensively, grabbing a fast second gas and rushing out +1 air attack so he could cover himself against lair plays. His corsair scouted a lair and hydralisk den, so the incoming elevator rush failed to surprise him. Stork responded cool and collectedly, building cannons in his main base while his corsairs pushed back slow overlords fascilitating the drops, while also threatening to kill the overlords in Hydra's main if the offensive hydralisks didn't back off. Hydra chipped away and took down the gateway at Stork's wall-in, but Stork had a fast robotics and a reaver on the way.

With speed done, Hydra struck by dropping three places at once, with a total of twelve hydralisks. Stork microed his reaver well, but Hydra was still doing economic damage with his hydralisks. Corsairs struggled to effectively deter the drops, and Stork started to let some fo them get picked off due to sloppy micro. Stork's reaver was doing very well, but with just slow zealots to support it, he was killing the hydralisks at too slow a pace.

Stork microed incredibly but damage was being done on too many fronts. While Hydra's economy was weak, it was still good enough to keep a constant stream of hydralisks coming in this all-in attack. Stork needed to build so many things, but simply didn't have the money to keep up with his losses. He couldn't even spare the time to build another shuttle after losing his first, because he was always one reaver away from losing. Stork miraculously stabilized after some time, but he had taken a lot of economic damage. Additionally, he had let one too many corsairs get picked off, which made Hydra's imminent mutalisk switch look all the more dangerous. Even though Stork tried to hastily rebuild his air force, one stargate couldn't keep up with Hydra's three hatches

Hydra took out Stork's main base with a combination of mutalisks, but the game was still not over. Stork went for a counter-attack with a speed shuttle with two reavers, which crippled Hydra's economy in return. At about twelve minutes into the game the supplies were 30ish for Hydra against 20ish for Stork, with Stork trying to claw his way back into the game. Incredibly Stork managed to briefly regain control of his main with just two gateways of dragoons, which demonstrated how close this brawl was at that point. Hydra's superior production facilities lay idle as he just didn't have the money to use them, but Stork was still stuck on one base.

The deciding factor in the game would be army composition, as Stork's mainly dragoon army simply did not do well against Hydra's hydra-muta. Hydra's attack into Stork's main finished of the dragoons and destroyed the two gateways Stork was relying on for production. Seeing that there was no hope, Stork GG'd.

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So Kwark, I hear you're playing Starcraft II.


By: contagi0n


Another summer OSL with an airline company, this time an intranational subsidiary of Korean Air that advertises itself as the airline of choice for the young and hip. In honor of their sporting butterfly logo, we take a look at this season's RO8 contestants through compound eyes.


(T)Fantasy

Fantasy really does deserve the title “second best terran.” He might not always seem like it; his bionic TvZ is pretty shaky most of the time, he is inconsistent and prone to slumps (like the one he just shook off), and his list of weaknesses goes on. When the stakes are high and Fantasy has time to prepare though, he usually gets results. Fantasy is good at mech play against all three races and his vulture micro is to be feared. Fantasy also has a well-earned reputation for surprising opponents with unusual, intricately planned strategies.

Let’s not downplay his weaknesses too much though. After all, Fantasy has only just pulled himself out of a long post-OSL gold slump that exposed all the aforementioned problems with his play with painful clarity. It’s all about the balance between his strengths and weaknesses when Fantasy plays, and which ends up outweighing the other on any given day. The flawed but brilliant terran innovator, Fantasy is the…

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European Mantis
(Mantis Religiosa)

Long and spindly, the European mantis relies on stealth and the element of surprise to catch its prey. Well camouflaged against the against the green vegetation it inhabits, the praying mantis waits for its unsuspecting victim to stray too close, and then bursts out of hiding to seize its prey in its powerful, spiked forelegs, overwhelming the hapless insect before it even knows what happened.

The European mantis also relies on its camouflage and trickery as a defense mechanism. The fact is that if a hungry predator sees through the bug's tricks, the mantis is really a rather vulnerable insect.


(Z)Hyuk

For our next exhibit, we have the first SKT zerg in the RO8. Oh, Hyuk. Hyuk has been the stereotypical SKT zerg for ages, an okay-ish at best player prone to crumbling under pressure. He has a tendency to occasionally surprise, and take far more accomplished progamers down a peg. For most of his career he has primarily been a Proleague player, but unlike the far superior Sea, Hyuk surprises few when he drops out of individual leagues early. Lately Hyuk has been reversing his usual trend: despite doing poorly in Proleague as of late, here he is in the RO8 of the OSL. Outside of the booth, Hyuk is not given to the little displays of personality or emotion that might make him more interesting to watch or follow. The stoic, archetypal SKT zerg, Hyuk is the…


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House Cricket
(Acheta Domesticus)

House crickets are completely harmless insects. As long as they stay outside where they belong, they bother nobody. In the winter however, house crickets usually find their way indoors to avoid the cold. Once inside they become incredibly obnoxious, as anyone who was rooting for Jaedong has tried falling asleep with a cricket chirping loudly in the same room can attest. A very familiar insect, house crickets have inspired all sorts of stories and fables, not because they ever do anything interesting though, because they don’t, unless you count knocking JD out of the OSL as interesting. Stupid crickets.


(Z)Hydra

Hydra is the latest in the royal lineage of CJ zergs dating back to the MaestroExiled Traitor King himself. His ZvT is still a work in progress, but he has established himself as having some of the best ZvP and ZvZ in the world. With a play style characterized by excellent micro, intelligent use of aggression, and a death stare to rival Jaedong’s, Hydra is the…

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Emperor Dragonfly
(Anax Imperator)

Emperor dragonflies are large, powerful insects that feed on all sorts of smaller insect species, including the occasional butterfly. They can fly as fast as 10-15 meters per second (25-30 mph) and often search for their prey from high in the sky. Like other dragonflies, they can’t sting or bite humans, but that doesn’t stop them from being one of the most feared predators in the insect world.

Modern dragonflies also have a lineage dating back hundreds of millions of years to the Carboniferous period. Their ancestors were the most massive insects ever to take flight, reaching wingspans of over 75 centimeters (2.5 feet).


(Z)Modesty

There’s not a lot to say about Modesty really. His one standout quality is that his ZvZ is far better than his other two matchups, which in a zerg heavy environment can get you far. Modesty is a…

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Fruitfly
(Drosophila Melanogaster)

Fruitflies are not the most impressive insects in the world, but they thrive in the right conditions, which are not hard to find: proximity to fruit or a biology lab in need of something simple and fast growing to raise for genetic testing.


(Z)n.Die_soO

n.Die_soO is the second of two SKT zergs to make it to this season’s RO8. Man, that feels weird to type. Deep in the OSL and doing well in Proleague, soO’s performance has been surprisingly good for any rookie, let alone one from SKT's notoriously unreliable zerg line. He doesn’t seem anywhere near invincible, mind you – watch his game against Fantasy (or read KwarK's analysis) for example. Even if he’s not the favorite to take home the gold in this tournament, soO is still early in his career and his future is looking bright. The darkhorse Royal Roader, soO is the…

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Desert Locust
(Schistocerca Gregaria)

In their solitary phase, desert locusts are your normal, run-of-the-mill grasshoppers. They are relatively large insects with powerful hind legs for hopping, but are also herbivores that can’t bite or sting. When they enter their swarming phase, they undergo a radical change in both color and behavior, and literally billions of them congregate to travel for hundreds of square miles, blighting any and all vegetation in their way. Keep in mind though that as destructive as they are in swarming phase, they don’t have any particularly threatening defense mechanisms.


(Z)Killer

Having the Tyrant himself as your personal mentor is an opportunity that every young zerg dreams of, and Killer has clearly not been wasting it. The kid breezed through the dual tournament and his RO16 group 5-0. In the process he looked comfortable in all three matchups and outplayed both Sea and Ty with apparent ease. Especially with the less than spectacular condition of a lot of the players in the OSL right now, Killer is looking dangerous. Jaedong’s promising protégé, Killer is the…

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Red Footed Cannibal Fly
(Promachus Rufipes)

Not impressed by flies? Don’t be fooled, robber flies are not the tame little houseflies you’re probably accustomed to. Aside from being much bigger and buffer, they have a sleek, elongated abdomen and long, spiny legs. Robber flies are fast and aggressive hunters that rugby tackle their prey mid-flight, grip them in their powerful legs and stab them with their sharp, rigid proboscises, injecting their victims with a potent combination of toxins that finish the job. They’ll take on just about any flying insect, including wasps, dragonflies, and butterflies. Larger species, like the red-footed cannibal fly, have even been reported to take down hummingbirds. Pretty BAMF for a fly.


(P)JangBi

It’s hard not to get caught up in the JangBi hype. After the end of the protoss golden age, JangBi slumped hardest and longest of the six dragons. Even after his surprising return to form, JangBi was on the verge of elimination both in the prelims when he lost his group and dropped into the wildcard tournament and in the RO16 before Killer went 3-0. In both cases, JangBi refused to give up on his last glimmer of hope and proceeded to stomp everyone between him and the next round. Now JangBi is the lone protoss in the RO8, and he's made it clear that he plans to go all the way.

I still find myself approaching the whole “JangBi is back” bandwagon with a little bit of skepticism, however. He has looked shaky in some of his recent matches. In particular, his PvZ condition is worrying (who's PvZ condition isn't these days though?). His current 13 game PvT winning streak is inflated by prelims, and even being in the peak PvT shape of his entire career might not be enough to get him past Flash, his RO8 opponent. If JangBi wants to be the first protoss champion since Bisu won the Clubday MSL in fall of 2008 (against JangBi himself, as fate would have it), he's in for a hard, uphill battle to the top. The last hope for Aiur in the OSL, JangBi is the…

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Queen Alexandra’s Birdwing
(Ornithoptera Aexandrae)

Queen Alexandra’s birdwing is the largest species of butterfly in the world. These huge, colorful insects spend most of their time flying at great heights in the upper reaches of the rainforest canopy. Unfortunately, Queen Alexandra’s birdwing is an endangered species, as habitat destruction has reduced its range to a small patch of rainforest on the eastern coast of Papua New Guinea. Magnificent though they are, there is a certain fragility to butterflies, born of their large delicate wings. Count yourself lucky if you see one of these, because they might not be around for much longer.



(T)Flash


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Yes, that entire section was worth it just to set up the Flash joke.

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pred470r
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Bulgaria3265 Posts
August 11 2011 20:06 GMT
#2
I came here for the pretty animals pictures and to say that FLASH IS GONNA DESTROY THEM ALL!!!!!
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United States645 Posts
August 11 2011 20:07 GMT
#3
is Flash Naruto??
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August 11 2011 20:08 GMT
#4
Nice write-up guys!
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United States216 Posts
August 11 2011 20:10 GMT
#5
Took me a few seconds to get the Flash Frog point. Too true!
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Hong Kong5178 Posts
August 11 2011 20:11 GMT
#6
Damn, the last part was hard to read with all the bug pictures. D:
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United States994 Posts
August 11 2011 20:11 GMT
#7
Hahaha. Great write up and I don't even watch BW! I just read these for results.
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United States30 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-11 20:13:56
August 11 2011 20:13 GMT
#8
Flash the beast :D
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Canada368 Posts
August 11 2011 20:16 GMT
#9
hahaha, i just got it too. frogs eat bugs... owned
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United States509 Posts
August 11 2011 20:18 GMT
#10
ahahaha flash the frog XD eat all other insects!!!
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United States1254 Posts
August 11 2011 20:20 GMT
#11
Trolololol, that was amazing P, the flash thing especially was worth all the setup (especially with the fact that it was funny anyway and set up a boss joke!)
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Germany1383 Posts
August 11 2011 20:22 GMT
#12
I didnt have time to read it yet, looks very nice though.
But a bracket and a table with the groups would be really nice so that you can instantly see who made it through and who didnt.
Bisu-Fan
Profile Joined January 2010
Russian Federation3329 Posts
August 11 2011 20:22 GMT
#13
haha... nice with the flash joke... but I just hope he doesn't win... I'd much rather see fantasy or even Hyuk or hopefully Jangbi win one~ Please fantasy!!! if we see another 5 game T vT series like we did in the MSL between Flash and Fantasy please, I'd take that for a finals anytime~
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byakuyaaaa
Profile Joined March 2011
6 Posts
August 11 2011 20:25 GMT
#14
rolf at flash :DD
leperphilliac
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States399 Posts
August 11 2011 20:27 GMT
#15
Oh god, the bug pictures meant I couldn't get through all of it =(

The grasshoppers will be the stuff of my nightmare for a while to come.
antilyon
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Brazil2546 Posts
August 11 2011 20:28 GMT
#16
Nice write u, at least I have some BW to keep me entertained until SPL finals.

Frog flash was gold.
2Pacalypse-
Profile Joined October 2006
Croatia9492 Posts
August 11 2011 20:28 GMT
#17
Jangbi - last Protoss hope!

So sad for Stork
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red4ce
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States7313 Posts
August 11 2011 20:28 GMT
#18
HAHAHAHA the ending made reading all the insect trivia worth it.
garlicface
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada4196 Posts
August 11 2011 20:29 GMT
#19
Smiled when I got to Flash.
#TeamBuLba
Rinrun
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada3509 Posts
August 11 2011 20:31 GMT
#20
Flash pic at the end worth it.
MBC/Liquid/TSM always.
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