Still Alive
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
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.
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.
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
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
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
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