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2009 Shinhan Bank Winners League
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Such a feelin's comin' over me
There is wonder in most everything I see
Not a cloud in the sky
Got the sun in my eyes
And I won't be surprised if it´s a dream.
Everything I want the world to be
Is now coming true especially for me
And the reason is clear
it´s because you are here
you´re the nearest thing to heaven
That I´ve seen.
I´m on the top of the world lookin'
Down on creation
And the only explanation I can find
Is the love that I´ve found ever since
You´ve been around
Your love's put me at the top of the world.
Something in the wind has learned my name
And it´s tellin' me that
things are not the same
In the leaves on the trees and the touch
Of the breeze
there´s a pleasin' sense of happiness for me.
There is only one wish on my mind
When this day is through I hope
That I will find
That tomorrow will be just the same
For you and me
All I need will be mine if you are here.
I´m on the top of the world lookin'
Down on creation
And the only explanation I can find
Is the love that I´ve found ever since
You´ve been around
Your love's put me at the top of the world.
There is wonder in most everything I see
Not a cloud in the sky
Got the sun in my eyes
And I won't be surprised if it´s a dream.
Everything I want the world to be
Is now coming true especially for me
And the reason is clear
it´s because you are here
you´re the nearest thing to heaven
That I´ve seen.
I´m on the top of the world lookin'
Down on creation
And the only explanation I can find
Is the love that I´ve found ever since
You´ve been around
Your love's put me at the top of the world.
Something in the wind has learned my name
And it´s tellin' me that
things are not the same
In the leaves on the trees and the touch
Of the breeze
there´s a pleasin' sense of happiness for me.
There is only one wish on my mind
When this day is through I hope
That I will find
That tomorrow will be just the same
For you and me
All I need will be mine if you are here.
I´m on the top of the world lookin'
Down on creation
And the only explanation I can find
Is the love that I´ve found ever since
You´ve been around
Your love's put me at the top of the world.
2009 Shinhan Bank Winners League
Flash. Jaedong. Monsters. The words that come to mind when I think about just how incredible these two players are playing would probably be synonymous to the way I might have thought when Roman Legionnaire phalanxes trampled over Hannibal's ass in Zama. What is so amazing about these guys is how fresh they are to the scene. I can't get over the fact that two basic newcomers are destroying a game this evolved and far along. Flash is closing in on SEVENTY percent win ratio lifetime. The difficulty in achieving something like that is so far beyond my realm of understanding... just wow. Can you guys imagine how his opponents must feel? They walk up to the booth trembling, perhaps it is their first encounter with the Ultimate Weapon. Ten minutes into the game they notice that Flash hasn't left his base. They haven't been in his base either. Shit. Oh god.. TANKS. This sucks. GG.
This Week at a Glance
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Where the hell did STX come from? 2-0? What? Since when did Kal have a backbone? Did you guys see the way he brushed off smacking down the then 6-0 frontrunners CJ Entus? Big surprise there. eSTRO finally won some games!! Thank god. I actually kind of have a soft spot for them. UpMagiC is just so happy all the time. It's infectious. A big LOL to all the people who didn't pick KTF in Fantasy Proleague. Hah. Seriously? It's pretty easy to see how broken that was now that we can see some of the results in fantasy. We're more than half way through Winner's League and there isn't a damn thing I can say for any of the dragons besides maybe Kal from this week. Helllooooo out there to Protoss. Hi guys, don't you remember 2008? You were pretty good. Maybe you should try that out again. Leta has finally cooled down some. Blame sAviOr imo.
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Well lookie here... Rush Hour 3 and Sin Chupung Ryeong appear to be sniper maps. We're also learning that the first guy to be sent out has a pretty damn good chance of winning more than one game thus far. Perhaps coaches aren't making very good decisions with their second player. Something to keep an eye on as we get closer to playoff time. What would you change about all the teams from 4-9 who are fighting for a playoff spot right now? The map pool seems ripe for new Terran stars to continue stepping up. It's also very interesting to look at race strength for your opponents and plan your strategy that way. If you can't tell, I love the idea of being a coach for a pro-team!
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Maps are a weird place to examine. It's a little funny how random some of these matchups can be. Once playoffs roll around I'll release all the little graphics side by side so we can see just how coaches have evolved their plans over the course of WL. Terrans continue to dominate at the moment. We've got Chupung, RH3, Harmony, and Colosseum II for the Terrans. Andromeda seems to be a zerg map with Medusa being the Protoss map. This leaves Destination and Tau Cross as fairly balanced. Not too much the coaches can do about half the map pool favoring Terrans I suppose. I'm not sure how I like all this TvT after a few weeks of it. There's only so much Memory, Notice, go.go, BaBy, and Iris I can watch before I get bored. Thank the lord for the zergs stepping it up at least so we can watch TvZ quite a bit.
Players of the Week
Don't be afraid to scan through Nevake's latest videos for a few other games this week. I did not prepare a CBNC this week because the games frankly weren't all that great after 6 or 7. I'm hoping that the familiar names can start getting rid of these smaller Terrans so we can close out as strong as we started. Keep up the fantastic work in IRC and the forums about covering this awesome league. If only it lasted forever...
Check out Proleague Updates!! for more information about Winner's League. See you next week!
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