[OSL] Bacchus 2008 Ro16 Day 5

Matchups

BeSt < Demon's Forest > Jaedong
Rock < Blue Storm > Rumble
Luxury < Troy > Bisu
BackHo < Katrina > FrOzean

Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to the great PvZ day in this year's Bacchus OSL! We will witness this exciting matchup three times in a row, until yet another warrior from Aiur makes the finisher against a terran contender. So, if you are into the resurgence of the protoss race, this is your day.

As stated otherwhere, it is still possible for all the players to remain in the tournament. Only those who have gone 2-0 so far can definitely stamp their ticket to the Ro8, everyone else has to hope for cooperation of the others in their group

Comments

Jaedong [2-0] vs. Best [1-1]
Was it an upset? Was it expected? In any case, Best beat Savior last week after a misdirected early hydrapush. He solidified his bases, dropped some DTs in Saviors main and ended the game with a supply difference of about 100 when Savior was still fighting back with stray groups of hydras. Naturally, this will not happen when he is playing Jaedong, who is on a 13 game win streak and looks to be one with the flow. So Best better watch his back in this one. On another note, this is the second last occasion where Demon's Forest will be played, as the match will be scrapped after Ro16 and replaced by Fantasy II.

Rock [1-1] vs. Rumble [0-2]
Rumble was trounced last week by Stork. Stork went old-fashioned two gateway pressure and Rumble never managed to handle it. Yet, that match took place in the dreaded Teutoburg, so this week might look different, as the playing field will be Blue Storm. The MSL matchups from last week convinced me however that PvZ is not as desperate on Blue Storm as Bisu makes it look. Both Kal (more) and Jangbi (less) overcame their opponents with relative ease due to a strong reaver / zealot push. I would expect more of that today. Even if Rock wins today, he has to hope for Stork beating Flash in order to advance safely into the Ro8. In case Flash wins, there is a 3-way tie between them.

Luxury [2-0] vs. Bisu [1-1]
Luxury looked damn slick against Xellos, but maybe that was just Xellos faltering. However, he managed a smooth transition from Muta to Ultra, which many zergs have been trying but which did not work out as well for them. Bisu is on his last legs. His staple matchup appears to be broken since Jaedong, Yarnc, and lately July walked over him. On Troy he has his final chance of achieving something in current starleagues, else his glory will be "has been". Group constellation is the same as in all others: If Bisu wins, he still has to hope for Xellos to make a proud victory against July to make him advance directly, else it's survivor mode.

Backho [0-2] vs. Frozean [1-1]
Frozean seems to be booked for surprises in OSL's Ro16, last season he beat Flash and Rock and forced a tiebreaker involving him, Flash, and Savior. He lost there, unfortunately. But this season he is on the hunt again, claiming a win against the favourite Yarnc in a ugly close match on demon's forest. Backho didn't manage to convince anyone so far, last week he got raped using a FE strategy on Troy against Yarnc and has not shown more in his earlier game against Much. What is giving him a slight edge here is the map, Katrina, which everyone knows is a stronghold of Protoss against Terran. I am wary to repeat the group setup things, but Frozean, in case he snatches the win, will be hoping for Much to finalize the 3-0.


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