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[WL] Still Alive

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[WL] Still Alive

Text byFzero
March 6th, 2009 22:48 GMT
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Still Alive


Overall Standings
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2009 Shinhan Bank Winners League


This was a triumph.
I'm making a note here: HUGE SUCCESS.
It's hard to overstate my satisfaction.
Shinhan Winner's League
We watch what we must
because we can.
For the good of all of us.
Except the ones who are gone.
But there's no sense crying over every mistake.
You just keep on trying till you run out of games.
And the Starcraft gets done.
And you make a neat run.
For the people who are still alive.
I'm not even angry.
I'm being so sincere right now.
Even though you broke my heart.
And killed me.
And tore me to pieces.
And threw every piece into a fire.
As they burned it hurt because I was so happy for you!
Now these points of data make a beautiful graph.
And we're out of season.
Playoffs coming on time.
So I'm GLaD. I got burned.
Think of all the things we learned
for the people who are still alive.
Go ahead and leave me.
I think I prefer to watch, besides.
Maybe you'll find something else to help you.
Maybe game design?
THAT WAS A JOKE.
HAHA. FAT CHANCE.
Anyway, Starcraft was great.
It's so delicious and moist.
Look at me still talking
when there's Starcraft to watch.
When I look out there, it makes me GLaD I'm not you.
I've experiments to post.
There is research to be done.
On the people who are still alive.
And believe me I am still alive.
I'm watching Starcraft and I'm still alive.
I feel FANTASTIC and I'm still alive.
While you're dying I'll be still alive.
And when you're dead I will be still alive.
STILL ALIVE



This Week at a Glance
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Stars sealed a playoff spot! Hah. I did -not- see that coming. Free has just been awesome. We all thought he was the worst of the six, but man oh man he's been destroying. He's helping Woongjin to the same rank as Jaedong and Flash. Pretty strong, I'd say. On the other foot is Samsung Khan. Queue January facepalm pic pls. Wow. JangBi tried, but there is just.. nothing to save them. One and Eight? Honestly? They're done. One interesting thing to note is the way the matchups shook out. None of the five teams fighting for that last playoff spot play each other which means they could all win their games. In which case STX takes it. They're up against Stars in the last game which is going to be just awesome suspense. I'm thinking STX or OGN take the spot with CJ finishing as the top seed since CJ play KTF in the last game and Lecaf can't make up the points difference.


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Thank god. This week was pretty awesome. HiyA continues to shine. Since the beginning of Round 2 HiyA is 19-8 in PL/WL. That is really strong considering the level of competition right now. His TvP is abnormally good right now. Bisu lost again to by.hero which was pretty amusing. Jaehoon won twice with carriers and DT. Ugh. Free is holding his team alive as I said before. Next week is the telling week for five teams:

STX - Notice, Kal, Calm
OGN - Yellow, go.go, Leta
FOX - RorO, Mind, Keke, NaDa
MBC - Light, Sea, Jaehoon
KHAN - JangBi, Great, Stork


These guys have to perform next week for their teams to get into the playoffs. If you've got a favorite player in there maybe you should start praying now.


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A bad week for the zergs. They tended to find themselves matched up in mirrors instead of against the protosses far too often. Free, Jaehoon, Kal, Bisu and others have won a few games this week. The overall statistics are looking much more balanced.

166T appearances (non-mirror)
159P appearances (non-mirror)
163Z appearances (non-mirror)

TvP: 44 > 38
PvZ: 38 = 38
ZvT: 46 > 40


Terrans and Zergs have found themselves in quite a few mirrors, but the actual matchup statistics look really balanced considering how uneven we perceived the maps to be. Or maybe how unevenly I perceived them to be.

Players of the Week

Game 7 of MBC v eSTRO
(T)Light < Medusa > (Z)hyvaa


Light's Overall Record: 12-5


Game 4 of Stars v FOX:
(T)PianO < Rush Hour 3 > (Z)keke


Piano's Overall Record: 7-4


Game 5 of Stars v FOX:
(T)PianO < Colosseum II > (T)NaDa


NaDa's Overall Record: 4-5


Game 7 of Stars v FOX:
(P)free < Sin Chupung-Ryeong > (T)Mind


Free's Overall Record: 12-5


Game 6 of OGN v KTF:
(T)Leta < Destination > (T)Flash


Flash Overall Record: 17-3



My picks:
SK Telecom T1 vs WeMadeFOX
Samsung Khan vs eSTRO
Hwaseung OZ vs MBC Game HERO
STX Soul vs Woongjin Stars
OnGameNet Sparkyz vs Air Force Ace
CJ Entus vs KTF MagicNs

Final standings (if this happens)
CJ 8-3
OZ 8-3
SKT1 7-4
KTF 7-4
STARS 7-4
STX 6-5
OGN 5-6
eSTRO 4-7
FOX 4-7
KHAN 4-7
MBC 4-7
ACE 1-10


Check out Proleague Updates!! for more information about Winner's League. See you next week!
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ondik
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Czech Republic2908 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-03-06 22:59:05
March 06 2009 22:58 GMT
#2
How many teams are going to make it to play-off?

Is it 4? And then 4th play with 3rd, winner plays with 2nd and winner of this plays in grand finals with 1st?

Great write-up by the way!
Bisu. The one and only. // Save the cheerreaver, save the world (of SC2)
p4NDemik
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United States13896 Posts
March 06 2009 23:05 GMT
#3
I think you mixed something up somewhere along the line - Woongjin hasn't wrapped up a playoff spot at all, and either has SKT, they're both competing for the 4th and last playoff spot.
Moderator
Fzero
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States1503 Posts
March 06 2009 23:05 GMT
#4
I assumed it would follow this format:

A: 3 v 6
B: 4 v 5
C: Winner A v Winner B
D: Winner C v 2
Finals: Winner D v 1
Never give up on something that you can't go a day without thinking about.
QuickStriker
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States3694 Posts
March 06 2009 23:08 GMT
#5
Well I'm hoping for a miracle and the return of the Emperor still sometime during this league... (and also 2009 Savior!!!!) So yea... I'll believe in SKT-T1! If Canata pulled a miracle, why can't BoxeR or sAviOr??? (Ma Jae Yoon already proved enough miracles during this league but we need the former bonjwas back... all of them... even oov!)
www.twitch.tv/KoreanUsher
p4NDemik
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United States13896 Posts
March 06 2009 23:13 GMT
#6
On March 07 2009 08:05 Fzero wrote:
I assumed it would follow this format:

A: 3 v 6
B: 4 v 5
C: Winner A v Winner B
D: Winner C v 2
Finals: Winner D v 1

That's how the overall Proleague playoffs are going to work. For Winners League I'm 99% sure they're using the old format from past proleagues:

Match A: #4 vs. #3
Match B: Winner of A vs. #2
Grand Finals: Winner of B vs. #1
Moderator
Fzero
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States1503 Posts
March 06 2009 23:14 GMT
#7
Well, I looked around a little and I don't see any confirmation of the exact format except for p4NDemik saying in that WL thread there are 4 seeds. The last SPL thread has 6 seeds though, so /shrug. This post will get buried by Liquibition soon enough anyhow. Just trying to keep up with the pace of this league is interesting..

Oh well, see you guys in the playoff season.
Never give up on something that you can't go a day without thinking about.
Neivler
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Norway911 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-03-06 23:19:16
March 06 2009 23:18 GMT
#8
Portal, EPIC game.

+ Show Spoiler +
OHHH, NOOOOOO!

The CAKE IS A LIE!
I pwn noobs
ondik
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Czech Republic2908 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-03-06 23:20:20
March 06 2009 23:19 GMT
#9
edit: as above
Bisu. The one and only. // Save the cheerreaver, save the world (of SC2)
Ares[Effort] *
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
DEMACIA6550 Posts
March 06 2009 23:26 GMT
#10
Gogo Bisu and Keke!
Nice write up
Moderatorgold coin
Ideas
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
United States8084 Posts
March 06 2009 23:29 GMT
#11
I wish it was 6 teams for playoffs
Free Palestine
CDRdude
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States5625 Posts
March 06 2009 23:31 GMT
#12
What is the format of the playoffs themselves? In old proleague, where the regular matches were bo5, the playoffs were bo7. In the winners league, does this mean that the playoffs are bo9? Are the playoffs also in the winner-stays format of winner's league?
Force staff is the best item in the game.
Jyvblamo
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
Canada13788 Posts
March 06 2009 23:32 GMT
#13
Didn't expect a Portal reference on the front page, nice!
Mooncat
Profile Joined October 2007
Germany1228 Posts
March 06 2009 23:34 GMT
#14
Is it just me or is that song kind of sick?
"[Lee Young Ho] With this victory, you’ve risen to Bonjwa status."
Empyrean
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
16976 Posts
March 06 2009 23:36 GMT
#15
On March 07 2009 08:32 Jyvblamo wrote:
Didn't expect a Portal reference on the front page, nice!


Agreed.

As soon as I saw the cake I knew it was Portal
Moderator
Origami
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States266 Posts
March 06 2009 23:39 GMT
#16
On March 07 2009 08:13 p4NDemik wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 07 2009 08:05 Fzero wrote:
I assumed it would follow this format:

A: 3 v 6
B: 4 v 5
C: Winner A v Winner B
D: Winner C v 2
Finals: Winner D v 1

That's how the overall Proleague playoffs are going to work. For Winners League I'm 99% sure they're using the old format from past proleagues:

Match A: #4 vs. #3
Match B: Winner of A vs. #2
Grand Finals: Winner of B vs. #1


I agree with this if only because there are only three play days listed on the calendar. You'd need 4-5 for 6 teams.
CursOr
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States6335 Posts
March 06 2009 23:39 GMT
#17
you should really explain more about your sAviOr refferance.
some people read it all and then feel pretty let down.
CJ forever (-_-(-_-(-_-(-_-)-_-)-_-)-_-)
cunninglinguists
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States925 Posts
March 06 2009 23:51 GMT
#18
i browsed other sources of information and stumbled upon sc2gg.com and read that the top four make the winners league (http://sc2gg.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=6930).
p4NDemik
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United States13896 Posts
March 07 2009 00:00 GMT
#19
On March 07 2009 08:14 Fzero wrote:
Well, I looked around a little and I don't see any confirmation of the exact format except for p4NDemik saying in that WL thread there are 4 seeds. The last SPL thread has 6 seeds though, so /shrug. This post will get buried by Liquibition soon enough anyhow. Just trying to keep up with the pace of this league is interesting..

Oh well, see you guys in the playoff season.

How about this?

On January 13 2009 09:51 mrmin123 wrote:
Today, the Korean eSports Association (headed by President Kim Sin Bae) revealed the brackets and league logo of the new Shinhan Bank Winner's League 08-09. The league is scheduled to start on the upcoming Saturday (17th), and features the winner-progresses format.

The regular season of the Shinhan Bank Winner's League 08-09 will span over 7 weeks, and progress seperately from the semi-playoffs, playoffs, and finals. Scores after the semi-playoffs will not be added to the regular scores. Changes to the Shinhan Bank Winner's League include:

Semi-Playoffs = #3 seed vs. #4 seed
Playoffs = Winner vs. #2 seed
Finals = Winner vs. #1 seed

At least that's how I interpreted this when the announcement was made.
Moderator
HopLight
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Sweden999 Posts
March 07 2009 00:08 GMT
#20


My picks:
SK Telecom T1 vs WeMadeFOX
Samsung Khan vs eSTRO
Hwaseung OZ vs MBC Game HERO
STX Soul vs Woongjin Stars
OnGameNet Sparkyz vs Air Force Ace
CJ Entus vs KTF MagicNs

Final standings (if this happens)
CJ 8-3
OZ 8-3
SKT1 7-4
KTF 7-4
STARS 7-4
STX 6-5
OGN 5-6
eSTRO 4-7
FOX 4-7
KHAN 4-7
MBC 4-7
ACE 1-10



Great review of WL! This seems a bit off though, if KTF wins wouldn't they be 8-3 since they are 7-3 now?
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