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Kaelaris
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United Kingdom788 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-12-06 12:54:55
December 06 2012 12:21 GMT
#1
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EPS Winter 2012 Website - EPS Liquipedia - ESLtv Twitter

___________________________________________________________________________________


ESL Pro Series: Winter 2012 Finals, Cologne, 7/12/12 - 17:00 CET


The ESL Pro Series for Winter Season 2012 will come to a close this Friday as the top 4 players battle it out for
glory in the German scene. All 4 participants are of the highest calibur even on an international level,
performing extremely well during the initial qualification cups against the most hardened opponents from our
respective Country. Will (P)HasuObs be able to claim his second SC2 EPS title? Will (P)Socke unleash hell and
grab himself yet another as well? Or will the XMG challengers in (P)monchi and (Z)XlorD be able to topple the
German Protoss Giants? All will be answered on Friday the 7th of December, in our brand new Studio.

Prize Pool

1st: €3,000 - TBA
2nd: €1,500 - TBA
3rd: €800 - TBA
4th: €400 - TBA
5th: €200 - (Z)Hanfy
6th: €200 - (T)ClouD
7th: €200 - (Z)DarKFoRcE
8th: €200 - (Z)Hazed


___________________________________________________________________________________

Qualification Cups and Ro8 Wrap Up - Presented by Kaelaris


disclaimer: I know I said XMG.monchi *facepalm*

___________________________________________________________________________________

SCHEDULE

17:00 CET
mouz.HasuObs vs XMG.monchi

18:30 CET
XMG.Xlord vs aTn.Socke

20:00 CET
3rd Place Match

21:30 CET
Grand Final

___________________________________________________________________________________

Ro4 Write-Up and Preview - by Kaelaris

mouz.HasuObs

Last season he was so close, yet so far, being torn apart in the finals by the rising German star HaNfy. The
season before that? Well, HasuObs decided to plow his way through the entire tournament, picking up
his first SC2 EPS title. This season though, HasuObs has been on fire. Winning Cup 1 and 5, then narrowly
being defeated in cup 4 during a PvP series, HasuObs finished top of the leaderboard and then marched in
to the Ro8 to dominate his Terran opponent in the form of ClouD. Looking back on the season as a whole,
most would say there is an extreme likelyhood in HasuObs doubling his SC2 EPS titles, however he faces very
stiff competition in the Ro4. If there were ever a 100% legitimate way HasuObs would be knocked out before
the finals, then monchi's furious PvP will present that threat.

XMG.monchi

XMG must be considerably happy with themselves as of late. With their recent acquisition of monchi
who seems to have really hit his stride AND now having two players in the top 4 of Germany's most
prestigious national tournament, it seems the XMG boffins are doing something right. Monchi has been
ridiculously impressive as of late, securing himself a title at IeSF, top finishing spots at DreamHack and
now the potential to close out a German EPS. That being said though, the vast majority of his success has
been via PvZ and PvP, something which fortunately for him will continue throughout this Ro4. We could
easily talk about his achiles heel being his PvT but it would be pointless. If monchi stays on this incredible
run he's been on, he has a pretty good shot of toppling the mousesports Protoss.

XMG.XlorD

Honestly, for the story aspect behind XlorD, I would LOVE to see him go the whole way! XlorD has been a
little elusive in StarCraft thus far, but in the past few weeks during EPS he has really stepped up his
game. Many will remember his previous comments at HSC of "I will be on the same level as Stephano soon".
Well, he's not quite there yet BUT half way through this EPS season he suddenly decided to explode.
Taking a Cup during the weekly tournaments in the season, XlorD now looks straight down the barrel of
Socke's loaded gun, a fierce, multiple EPS title holding Protoss who XlorD is going to have a very hard
time defeating regardless of recent rise to strength. But again, I have to re-itterate, if XlorD were to take
the entire tournament, as the last Zerg standing, with the heritage he exibits, it would be a fantastic tale to tell.

aTn.Socke

I know him, you know him, he requires very little introduction. With several EPS titles under his belt and even
being crowned the official German Champion during WCS, Socke still has a desire for much more. A lot
would consider Socke to be Germany's most accomplished player on Foreign soil, with multiple impressive
results abroad that easily rival the likes of HasuObs for that top spot. That said, Hasu and Socke hold very
similar styles in their play, something which has risen to prominence via a National breeding program,
apparently. With constant Zealot harrassment from all angles in the mid to late game, Socke deviates a
little from Hasu's standards by going for more timing attacks against Zerg, which come with devestating force.
The well practiced SC2 veteran will stand toe-to-toe with XlorD, and the Zerg better be ready for the full force
of Protoss timings or macro, otherwise XlorD will crumble to the favourite.

___________________________________________________________________________________

Coverage and Stream Information

The finals will be covered over at
www.ESL.tv by Kaelaris and ThatIcicle
AND in german by.
www.TaKetv.net by TaKe

___________________________________________________________________________________

People can grab themselves tickets for the live show over at the following link!

http://sc2proseries.eventbrite.de/

ESL Premium Members pay 5,99€ and get the discount back at the entrance.

CommentatorESL Commentator ♞ Facebook.com/Kaelaris ♞ Twitter.com/Kaelaris ♞ Youtube.com/Kaelaris ♞ Twitch.tv/Kaelaris
hainrich
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Germany144 Posts
December 06 2012 12:44 GMT
#2
Finally a thread for EPS Winter!
And nice Previews!
genmaster
Profile Joined November 2011
7 Posts
December 06 2012 12:57 GMT
#3
Thank you very much for this excellent preview
Grubby
Profile Joined January 2011
Netherlands318 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-12-06 12:58:05
December 06 2012 12:57 GMT
#4
Worth watching because Kaelaris is casting and because "Germany's" 3 best Protosses and the new Stephano "XlorD" are playing! ^_^
Homepage: followgrubby.com Twitter: @followgrubby Facebook: /followgrubby
chrisolo
Profile Joined May 2009
Germany2606 Posts
December 06 2012 13:06 GMT
#5
monchi will probably roll everyone in this competition. I think he is by quite far the best of this four atm. But we will see. ^_^
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ - aka cReAtiVee
Musicus
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany23576 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-12-06 13:16:54
December 06 2012 13:14 GMT
#6
Really great write-up Kaelaris! I forgot all about the eps finals but after reading this I am hyped! The top4 is perfect and I really hope to see a Hasu vs Xlord final for old times sake (both 3 times wc3 eps champions irk). Really looking forward it and I hope you can do these little story tellings more often in the future, it really adds so much to the whole event.

Edit: XMG is becoming the hottest team in the scene very fast, they did everything right with Xlord and Monchi!
Maru and Serral are probably top 5.
FischiiiSC
Profile Joined October 2012
Germany22 Posts
December 06 2012 14:02 GMT
#7
really looking forward to this. I'm german and really enjoy watching Hasu and Socke.
http://www.youtube.com/FischiiiSC
StarGalaxy
Profile Joined March 2011
Germany744 Posts
December 06 2012 15:29 GMT
#8
Thx Kaelaris for the great write up!

I am hoping for a Socke-HasuObs Final!
Cj hero | Zest
arew
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
Lithuania1861 Posts
December 07 2012 08:41 GMT
#9
Looking forward to this! Should be amazing evening
750/750 emotions fully stacked
Xeris
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
Iran17695 Posts
December 07 2012 09:05 GMT
#10
really sad that USA doesn't have something like EPS ~_~ ;;;

it would be fun to see regular, nice-prized USA only events. there's only wcg and wcs (and wcg sucks).
twitter.com/xerislight -- follow me~~
YANEPOBRILAS
Profile Joined December 2012
8 Posts
December 07 2012 09:29 GMT
#11
pinnacle gives lines on this event, that's good
think monchi vs xlord in final.
StarGalaxy
Profile Joined March 2011
Germany744 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-12-07 13:02:39
December 07 2012 12:50 GMT
#12
On December 07 2012 18:29 YANEPOBRILAS wrote:
pinnacle gives lines on this event, that's good
think monchi vs xlord in final.

don't be ridiculous
Imho Socke is heavily favoured against xlord. Yesterday he even took a game from stephano.
I think Hasu Monchi is 50% 50%. Monchi is in very good shape recently but Hasu is a lot more experienced in playing lans.

My prediction:
Socke - xlord 3:0
Hasu - monchi 3:2

small final:
monchi - xlord 3:0

final
Socke - Hasu 3:2
Cj hero | Zest
SinCitta
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Germany2127 Posts
December 07 2012 14:24 GMT
#13
Everyone of them would be worthy of the championship . Maybe XlorD less so, but it would be a nice story.
Musicus
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany23576 Posts
December 07 2012 15:59 GMT
#14
On December 07 2012 21:50 OrbitalPlane wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 07 2012 18:29 YANEPOBRILAS wrote:
pinnacle gives lines on this event, that's good
think monchi vs xlord in final.

don't be ridiculous
Imho Socke is heavily favoured against xlord. Yesterday he even took a game from stephano.
I think Hasu Monchi is 50% 50%. Monchi is in very good shape recently but Hasu is a lot more experienced in playing lans.

My prediction:
Socke - xlord 3:0
Hasu - monchi 3:2

small final:
monchi - xlord 3:0

final
Socke - Hasu 3:2


I think you are underestimating our Sexlord quite a bit, EPS is his home turf as much as Hasu's and I am pretty sure it will be super close against Socke. 3-2 either way.
Maru and Serral are probably top 5.
StarGalaxy
Profile Joined March 2011
Germany744 Posts
December 07 2012 16:08 GMT
#15
On December 08 2012 00:59 Musicus wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 07 2012 21:50 OrbitalPlane wrote:
On December 07 2012 18:29 YANEPOBRILAS wrote:
pinnacle gives lines on this event, that's good
think monchi vs xlord in final.

don't be ridiculous
Imho Socke is heavily favoured against xlord. Yesterday he even took a game from stephano.
I think Hasu Monchi is 50% 50%. Monchi is in very good shape recently but Hasu is a lot more experienced in playing lans.

My prediction:
Socke - xlord 3:0
Hasu - monchi 3:2

small final:
monchi - xlord 3:0

final
Socke - Hasu 3:2


I think you are underestimating our Sexlord quite a bit, EPS is his home turf as much as Hasu's and I am pretty sure it will be super close against Socke. 3-2 either way.

maybe i do.
Every time i saw xlord play he had massiv amounts of overmins. Socke's PvZ is quite decent. I just don't think he will loose against some strange xlord builds.
Let's see.
Cj hero | Zest
Derity
Profile Joined May 2009
Germany2952 Posts
December 07 2012 16:16 GMT
#16
dammit, have to leave for work soon, would really like to watch
KristofferAG
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Norway25712 Posts
December 07 2012 16:19 GMT
#17
HasuObs 3-1 monchi
Xlord 2-3 Socke

HasuObs 3-1 Socke
monchi 2-3 Xlord

I'm terrible at predictions though.
@KristofferAG | http://vestkyststoy.bandcamp.com | last.fm/user/KristofferAG
Glubschauge
Profile Joined April 2012
Austria1216 Posts
December 07 2012 16:23 GMT
#18
Monchi fighting!
MWY
Profile Joined October 2011
Germany284 Posts
December 07 2012 16:43 GMT
#19
Both Monchi and Hasu are so awesome.. but I still want Hasu to win
Timerly
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Germany511 Posts
December 07 2012 16:47 GMT
#20
Spenstlord vs Schneiderobs plxplx. It would just feel so oldschool to see them in the final. Realistically it's gonna be 60/40 Hasu vs Monchi, 80/20 Socke vs Xlord and terrible, terrible finals (read: PvP).
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