It took him three tries at KSET tournaments to finally get what he was looking for, as yesterday the Brood War legend Ptak cruised past sprEEEzy and CRODeny on his way to the finals of KSET E-Sports LAN 3 in Zagreb, where he met with frozz and upper-handed the Croatian Terran a 3 to 0 victory to seal the deal – and there you have it, Ptak is back on top of the Croatian scene!

At the very first KSET LAN that took place way back in January 2013, Ptak found himself in the finals, where he played against the Slovenian Ace Starbuck and lost convincingly, yet the fact remained that the young Zerg from Slovenia wasn’t playing on LAN, but from home. On KSET E-Sports LAN 2, they changed the rules so that all participating players from Round of 8 forward had to be present at the venue in Zagreb, and once again, Ptak was in the finals, only to lose against the up-and-coming Protoss CheeseKing, who got the better out of the Croatian Zerg legend in a close and exciting series that went in favor of CheeseKing with a final score of 3 to 2.

This time, Ptak showed determination and confidence to take the gold, and he did it in style, without dropping a map throughout the tournament. Before the semi-finals, he stated that he would like to play against CheeseKing in the finals and take the crown directly from him, but it was not meant to be, as frozz dethroned the Protoss player in the other semi-finals, which came as a surprise for most of the sport’s fans that gathered at the BarCraft. We missed out on the repeat of last KSET finals between the young CheeseKing and experienced Ptak, but all in all, the legendary Zerg finally got what he was looking for: to win a local event. Now, the question is whether he will retire from StarCraft in peace, or does he look to dethrone Starbuck when and if they meet on an offline event, as Ptak himself wished for? But whatever the future brings, it would be a sad day to see a player like Ptak retire from the competitive scene, as he is one of the most interesting characters around that likes to spice up the things (sometimes too much, but nonetheless), and as he just showed us, he still has something left in the tank.

Otherwise, KSET E-Sports LAN 3 was as expected: good organization, great people, event better atmosphere, so-so prize pool and no VOD. It doesn’t really matter, as long as there will be a KSET LAN 4. There will be one, right? Right? Please?

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