ASUS ROG Winter 2012 - Day One Recap and Results Text by TL.net ESPORTS Graphics by Meko Day One Recap and Results By TeamLiquid ASUS ROG Liquipedia

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

Unstreamed Matches @TeamLiquidLIVE Koreans Rock, but aren't rewarded in the tournament stage.



The day ended with the live audience cheering after receiving a pleasant surprise as England's BlinG upset Korean TvP specialist Polt by a score of 2 – 0. It was one the handful of surprises on the day, though the Korean domination went mostly as expected.



Koreans advance; face each other in the bracket



PuMa, HerO, JYP, TaeJa, Lucky, and Polt all advanced from their groups, with HerO going through to the round of sixteen as the only player with a perfect 6 – 0 record. The Koreans were untroubled for the most part, though a few of them struggled with their weak match-ups. Strelok's solid Terran play proved to be too much for Lucky, while PvT was turned out to be JYP's Achilles heel for the umpteenth time as he dropped a series to DieStar.



JYP and Polt were unable to advance as first place in their groups, and were made to rue it as they drew their Korean brethren in the second round. A single quadrant of the RO16 bracket contains Taeja vs Polt and HerO vs JYP, guaranteeing early knock outs for three of the players who were considered favorites to win it all.



Moon eclipsed



There was one Korean who did not live up to the hype. Moon rode in amidst much speculation about how well he would play after taking a lengthy hiatus from Starcraft II, and many believed the Warcraft III legend could make a triumphant return. It was not to be, as Moon proved to be terribly out of shape, getting eliminated with a 1 – 6 record.



Mild success for Finland, and some foreigner surprises



While Stephano and MaNa showed they deserved to be called favorites by breaking through the group of death, there were unexpected performances abound in the other groups.



Finland's very own Welmu advanced second place in his group, outpacing European giant Kas, and rising star TitaN. Welmu was able to pass through with the narrowest of margins, his 3 – 4 map score being one point better than Kas's 3 – 5. Welmu's countryman elfi also made it through his group in interestingly similar fashion. elfi's 4 – 5 map score was enough to edge out both Jinro and Adelscott, who both had records of 3 – 5. Though Welmu and elfi just barely advanced, it was still a surprising result for the host country who were not expected to do well without Naama competing.



In other groups, DieStar and ClouD finally managed to manifest their online skills in a live tournament, beating Koreans on their way to first place group finishes. Bischu found his way out of a tough group that contained Lucky, Strelok, and Bly, proving he was the best of the three foreigners by defeating the others.









Day One Live Update Log



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21:34 GMT (+00:00) : That's all for today folks! Cya tomorrow ^_^



21:19 GMT (+00:00) : Bling 2 - 0 Polt. After an all-out war, BlinG finally manages to beat Polt. Well played on both sides.



20:50 GMT (+00:00) : BlinG 1 - 0 Polt. Two-Rax into expand doesn't work so well against someone who knows how to use his gateway units and forcefields



20:43 GMT (+00:00) : Polt vs BlinG begins! Should be awesome ^_^



20:20 GMT (+00:00) : Polt 2 - 1 TLO. TLO puts up a good fight, but Polt is just too good.



19:59 GMT (+00:00) : Polt 1 - 1 TLO. TLO baneling busted and rode it to victory, though it was messy and took quite a long time to finish him off.



19:56 GMT (+00:00) : BlinG 2 - 1 Phoenix. BlinG had a 6 gate scouted and totally repelled, then he held off a nydus and macro'd up to win with big blink stalker+immortal army.



19:46 GMT (+00:00) : Polt 1 - 0 TLO. Polt built up a series of small advantages through better control and massing marines, rolled over TLO's expansions to win.



19:34 GMT (+00:00) : TLO vs Polt begins on Antiga!



19:29 GMT (+00:00) : BlinG 1 - 1 Phoenix. Phoenix headed into late game by making an ultralisk army, which put him near defeat after a few bad engagements. He then transitions into brood lords, which promptly crushed BlinG's army and tied the series up at 1-1.



19:08 GMT (+00:00) : BlinG 1 - 0 Phoenix. Phoenix took an early lead by denying BlinG's third, but he held constant roach attacks with blink stalkers and won a war of attrition.



18:59 GMT (+00:00) : Taeja 2 - 0 Jinro. Bit of an early-ish GG from Jinro, but Taeja pulled ahead in the mid-game and I guess it was too hard to make a comeback.



18:50 GMT (+00:00) : Taeja 1 - 0 Jinro. Jinro went mech, and died when Taeja hit a bio timing.



18:48 GMT (+00:00) : Strelok 2 - 0 Bly. Despite a clever moment where Bly burrows his entire army and pops out while Strelok is walking over, the Terran overpowers when he is able to take and deny more bases than Bly.



18:21 GMT (+00:00) : Lucky 2 - 0 Bischu. Unstreamed result via Liquipedia.



18:17 GMT (+00:00) : Strelok 1 - 0 Bly. Strelok kills a lot of drones with mass hellion early, plays patiently by denying expos and not letting Bly leave his nat and starves him out.



18:16 GMT (+00:00) : Elfi 2 - 1 Jinro. Elfi gets an early lead by canceling robo post-scouting and making gateways, then draws game out and rides upgrade advantage to win.



17:56 GMT (+00:00) : Elfi 1 - 1 Jinro. Crazy game, almost an hour long coming down to the last minerals. Jinro wins in the end due to a planetary at the very last base as both players are down to their last handful of units, and Elfi has to attack with probes.



17:48 GMT (+00:00) : Lucky 2 - 0 Bly. Unstreamed result via Liquipedia.



17:43 GMT (+00:00) : BlinG 2 - 0 TLO. Unstreamed result via Liquipedia.



17:36 GMT (+00:00) : Bischu 2 - 0 Strelok. Unstreamed result via Liquipedia.



17:23 GMT (+00:00) : Polt 2 - 0 Phoenix. Polt takes an early lead with drops, Phoenix climbs back with good fungals only to finally fall when Polt drops the main while attacking the front.



17:21 GMT (+00:00) : Taeja 2 - 0 Adelscott. Unstreamed result via Liquipedia.



17:20 GMT (+00:00) : Elfi 1 - 0 Jinro: Nice warp prism build by Elfi bypasses Jinro's early CC and bunker.



17:07 GMT (+00:00) : Satiini 2 - 1 White-Ra. Unstreamed result via Liquipedia



17:07 GMT (+00:00) : Bischu 2 - 1 Bly. Unstreamed result via Liquipedia



17:07 GMT (+00:00) : Polt 1 - 0 Phoenix. Polt kills a lot of drones with hellions and goes on to win with his first push.



16:52 GMT (+00:00) : Diestar 2 - 1 JYP, unstreamed result via Liquipedia



16:52 GMT (+00:00) : Lucky 1 - 2 Strelok. Strelok does a lot of damage with banshees, and wins through killing Lucky's third.



16:39 GMT (+00:00) : Taeja 2 - 1 Elfi. Taeja denies the third several times to go into late game with a lead, then beats up Elfi's colossus-HT army with superior income and multi-pronged attacks.



16:34 GMT (+00:00) : Lucky 1 - 1 Strelok. Strelok fends off a roach-bane bust successfully but loses in the long game to infestor brood lord.



16:18 GMT (+00:00) : Jinro 2 - 1 Adelscott (unstreamed). Strelok 1 - 0 Lucky with some nice drops and macro.



16:07 GMT (+00:00) : Taeja 1 - 1 Elfi. Elfi takes the lead in game 2 with some really nice forcefields against Taeja's early game marine attack, and makes colossus to keep his advantage.



15:58 GMT (+00:00) : White-Ra 1 - 1 DieStar. Unstreamed Liquipedia update.



15:56 GMT (+00:00) : Taeja 1 - 0 Elfi. Taeja denies the third repeatedly while taking his own and splitting Elfi's forces, until he maxes out and wins.



15:47 GMT (+00:00) : sYz 2 - 0 Sieplo, unstreamed result via Liquipedia.



15:37 GMT (+00:00) : HerO 2 - 0 SeleCT. Select goes for early marine pressure, during which HerO slips a zealot into Select's mineral line and kills some SCVs and marines. When HerO fends off the presure and counters Select GGs.



15:25 GMT (+00:00) : HerO 1 - 0 SeleCT. HerO brings it to late game and wins with a combination of colossus and HTs.



15:19 GMT (+00:00) : Cloud 2 - 1 Moon. ClouD and ReaL advance from Group C.



15:15 GMT (+00:00) : Group D update: SeleCT 2 - 1 Seiplo, SeleCT 2 - 1 sYz.



15:13 GMT (+00:00) : Unstreamed match updates. Moon 1 - 1 Cloud, ReaL 2 - 0 Brat_OK. ReaL advances, not decided if he's #1 or #2 of the group yet.



15:07 GMT (+00:00) : DieStar 2 - 0 Satiini. One player built more tanks and marines than the other player.



14:56 GMT (+00:00) : JYP 2 - 1 White-Ra. Both players drop each other with immortals. White-Ra loses his prism first, and JYP gets a larger colossus army to kill him in their large battle.



14:42 GMT (+00:00) : JYP 1 - 1 White-Ra. White-Ra drops JYP repeatedly while they engage, and is able to pull ahead in army supply and bring the series to even.



14:27 GMT (+00:00) : Cloud 1 - 0 Moon. Hero 2 - 0 Seiplo. @TeamLiquidLIVE unstreamed match updates.



14:24 GMT (+00:00) : JYP 1 - 0 White-Ra. Players split map and max out, White-Ra getes the worst of it in an engagement despite having a mothership and JYP's huge colossus force takes the game.



14:19 GMT (+00:00) : Stephano 2 - 0 MaNa. Early runby lets Stephano take a strong lead and ride it all the way to victory. Stephano takes #1 in Group B.



14:06 GMT (+00:00) : Stephano 1 - 0 MaNa. Stephano maxes out quickly and relentlessly throws units at MaNa, delaying and denying the third repeatedly while he takes the map to win.



13:59 GMT (+00:00) : HerO 2 - 0 sYz. @TeamLiquidLIVE unstreamed match update.



13:40 GMT (+00:00) : ClouD 2 - 0 ReaL. @TeamLiquidLIVE unstreamed match update.



13:46 GMT (+00:00) : Unstreamed result from Liquipedia, PuMa 2 - 0 Welmu to take Group A #1 spot.



13:42 GMT (+00:00) : Brat_OK 2 - 0 MooN. MooN takes lead in the midgame with strong roach-baneling army and drops, but Brat_OK holds on and denies expansions to whittle him down and win.



13:40 GMT (+00:00) : HerO 1 - 0 sYz after defending some muta zergling attacks. @TeamLiquidLIVE unstreamed match update.



13:26 GMT (+00:00) : Stephano 2 - 1 Happy. Stephano wins with his trademark upgraded zergling infestor style after successfully breaking Happy's tank line with ultralisks.



13:19 GMT (+00:00) : Brat_OK 1 - 0 MooN. Brat_OK takes early lead with drop harass, wins in long game with tanks, marauders, and vikings against ultras and brood lords.



13:17 GMT (+00:00) : Some updates on unstreamed from Liquipedia, Brat_OK 2 - 1 Cloud and Titan 2 - 0 Kas. Group A already has Puma and Welmu advancing, but they play each other for the #1 spot.



13:05 GMT (+00:00) : Stephano 1 - 1 Happy. Relentless drop harass by Happy against Stephano's upgraded zergling style. Happy wears down Stephano with medivac drops and evens the series.



12:43 GMT (+00:00) : Games disconnect. According to Apollo's Twitter, internet went down for the entire venue.



12:37 GMT (+00:00) : TitaN 1 - 0 Kas. @TeamLiquidLIVE unstreamed match update.



12:33 GMT (+00:00) : MaNa 2 - 0 NightEnD. @TeamLiquidLIVE unstreamed match update.



12:30 GMT (+00:00) : Stephano 1 - 0 Happy. Stephano defends early hellions very well, then crushes Happy's half-completed thor army with lings roaches and infestors.



12:26 GMT (+00:00) : Kas 2 - 1 Welmu. @TeamLiquidLIVE unstreamed match update.



12:25 GMT (+00:00) : ReaL 2 - 0 MooN. ReaL takes the second game with 4-gate and void ray pressure by warping in units to Moon's main and third simultaneously.



12:10 GMT (+00:00) : ReaL 1 - 0 MooN. ReaL gains huge lead when DTs warp in to Moon's base before a lair or evo chamber is up and kill the third, and main. Blink stalkers finish it out.



11:57 GMT (+00:00) : PuMa 2 - 0 TitaN. Solid bio play and a nice viking engagement secures the series for PuMa.



11:56 GMT (+00:00) : @TeamLiquidLIVE offstream update - Welmu 1 - 0 Kas.



11:51 GMT (+00:00) : Moon vs ReaL soon! First sighting of the War3 master in months.



11:38 GMT (+00:00) : PuMa 1 - 0 TitaN. Puma's initial 1-1-1 fails, but Titan gets overconfident and takes a third while simultaneously engaging badly with his army, Puma ends up winning anyway.



11:33 GMT (+00:00) : MaNa 2 - 0 Happy. Unstreamed games, MaNa win with 5-gate pushes.



11:30 GMT (+00:00) : Puma vs Titan First 1-1-1 sighting of the day!



11:28 GMT (+00:00) : Stephano 2 - 0 NightEnd. Stephano overwhelms NightEnd with pure roach-ling on the back of superior macro.



11:27 GMT (+00:00) : Titan vs Puma game 1 starts on Shakuras. Titan has his work cut out for him, it's Puma's best matchup!



11:22 GMT (+00:00) : Off-stream matches have started. Robin will be updating @teamliquidlive with the results!



11:11 GMT (+00:00) : Stephano 1 - 0 NightEnd. Stephano wins thanks to a ling backstab when NightEnd's army leaves the safety of his natural. He made it look far too easy.



11:08 GMT (+00:00) : Puma 2 - 1 Kas. Puma is just a bit better with his bio-tank than Kas!



11:02 GMT (+00:00) : NightEnd vs Stephano starts on Cloud Kingdom!



10:54 GMT (+00:00) : Kas vs Puma game 3 starts on Antiga. We will see Europe vs Korea throughout the day, with these two players being two of the more closely matched.



10:49 GMT (+00:00) : Kas 1-1 PuMa. Puma ties up the series with some solid mech play on Shakuras, not letting Kas catch him unsieged in the critical first engagement. That's all for today folks! Cya tomorrow ^_^After an all-out war, BlinG finally manages to beat Polt. Well played on both sides.Two-Rax into expand doesn't work so well against someone who knows how to use his gateway units and forcefieldsPolt vs BlinG begins! Should be awesome ^_^. TLO puts up a good fight, but Polt is just too good.. TLO baneling busted and rode it to victory, though it was messy and took quite a long time to finish him off.. BlinG had a 6 gate scouted and totally repelled, then he held off a nydus and macro'd up to win with big blink stalker+immortal army.. Polt built up a series of small advantages through better control and massing marines, rolled over TLO's expansions to win.TLO vs Polt begins on Antiga!. Phoenix headed into late game by making an ultralisk army, which put him near defeat after a few bad engagements. He then transitions into brood lords, which promptly crushed BlinG's army and tied the series up at 1-1.. Phoenix took an early lead by denying BlinG's third, but he held constant roach attacks with blink stalkers and won a war of attrition.. Bit of an early-ish GG from Jinro, but Taeja pulled ahead in the mid-game and I guess it was too hard to make a comeback.. Jinro went mech, and died when Taeja hit a bio timing.. Despite a clever moment where Bly burrows his entire army and pops out while Strelok is walking over, the Terran overpowers when he is able to take and deny more bases than Bly.Unstreamed result via Liquipedia.. Strelok kills a lot of drones with mass hellion early, plays patiently by denying expos and not letting Bly leave his nat and starves him out.. Elfi gets an early lead by canceling robo post-scouting and making gateways, then draws game out and rides upgrade advantage to win.. Crazy game, almost an hour long coming down to the last minerals. Jinro wins in the end due to a planetary at the very last base as both players are down to their last handful of units, and Elfi has to attack with probes.Unstreamed result via Liquipedia.Unstreamed result via Liquipedia.Unstreamed result via Liquipedia.. Polt takes an early lead with drops, Phoenix climbs back with good fungals only to finally fall when Polt drops the main while attacking the front.Unstreamed result via Liquipedia.: Nice warp prism build by Elfi bypasses Jinro's early CC and bunker.. Unstreamed result via Liquipedia. Unstreamed result via Liquipedia. Polt kills a lot of drones with hellions and goes on to win with his first push., unstreamed result via Liquipedia. Strelok does a lot of damage with banshees, and wins through killing Lucky's third.. Taeja denies the third several times to go into late game with a lead, then beats up Elfi's colossus-HT army with superior income and multi-pronged attacks.. Strelok fends off a roach-bane bust successfully but loses in the long game to infestor brood lord.Jinro 2 - 1 Adelscott (unstreamed). Strelok 1 - 0 Lucky with some nice drops and macro.. Elfi takes the lead in game 2 with some really nice forcefields against Taeja's early game marine attack, and makes colossus to keep his advantage.. Unstreamed Liquipedia update.. Taeja denies the third repeatedly while taking his own and splitting Elfi's forces, until he maxes out and wins.sYz 2 - 0 Sieplo, unstreamed result via Liquipedia.. Select goes for early marine pressure, during which HerO slips a zealot into Select's mineral line and kills some SCVs and marines. When HerO fends off the presure and counters Select GGs.. HerO brings it to late game and wins with a combination of colossus and HTs.ClouD and ReaL advance from Group C.Group D update: SeleCT 2 - 1 Seiplo, SeleCT 2 - 1 sYz.Unstreamed match updates. Moon 1 - 1 Cloud, ReaL 2 - 0 Brat_OK. ReaL advances, not decided if he's #1 or #2 of the group yet.One player built more tanks and marines than the other player.. Both players drop each other with immortals. White-Ra loses his prism first, and JYP gets a larger colossus army to kill him in their large battle.. White-Ra drops JYP repeatedly while they engage, and is able to pull ahead in army supply and bring the series to even.Cloud 1 - 0 Moon. Hero 2 - 0 Seiplo. @TeamLiquidLIVE unstreamed match updates.. Players split map and max out, White-Ra getes the worst of it in an engagement despite having a mothership and JYP's huge colossus force takes the game.. Early runby lets Stephano take a strong lead and ride it all the way to victory. Stephano takes #1 in Group B.. Stephano maxes out quickly and relentlessly throws units at MaNa, delaying and denying the third repeatedly while he takes the map to win.. @TeamLiquidLIVE unstreamed match update.. @TeamLiquidLIVE unstreamed match update.: Unstreamed result from Liquipedia, PuMa 2 - 0 Welmu to take Group A #1 spot.. MooN takes lead in the midgame with strong roach-baneling army and drops, but Brat_OK holds on and denies expansions to whittle him down and win.after defending some muta zergling attacks. @TeamLiquidLIVE unstreamed match update.. Stephano wins with his trademark upgraded zergling infestor style after successfully breaking Happy's tank line with ultralisks.. Brat_OK takes early lead with drop harass, wins in long game with tanks, marauders, and vikings against ultras and brood lords.Some updates on unstreamed from Liquipedia, Brat_OK 2 - 1 Cloud and Titan 2 - 0 Kas. Group A already has Puma and Welmu advancing, but they play each other for the #1 spot.Relentless drop harass by Happy against Stephano's upgraded zergling style. Happy wears down Stephano with medivac drops and evens the series.Games disconnect. According to Apollo's Twitter, internet went down for the entire venue.. @TeamLiquidLIVE unstreamed match update.. @TeamLiquidLIVE unstreamed match update.. Stephano defends early hellions very well, then crushes Happy's half-completed thor army with lings roaches and infestors.. @TeamLiquidLIVE unstreamed match update.. ReaL takes the second game with 4-gate and void ray pressure by warping in units to Moon's main and third simultaneously.. ReaL gains huge lead when DTs warp in to Moon's base before a lair or evo chamber is up and kill the third, and main. Blink stalkers finish it out.. Solid bio play and a nice viking engagement secures the series for PuMa.@TeamLiquidLIVE offstream update - Welmu 1 - 0 Kas.Moon vs ReaL soon! First sighting of the War3 master in months.. Puma's initial 1-1-1 fails, but Titan gets overconfident and takes a third while simultaneously engaging badly with his army, Puma ends up winning anyway.. Unstreamed games, MaNa win with 5-gate pushes.First 1-1-1 sighting of the day!. Stephano overwhelms NightEnd with pure roach-ling on the back of superior macro.Titan vs Puma game 1 starts on Shakuras. Titan has his work cut out for him, it's Puma's best matchup!Off-stream matches have started. Robin will be updating @teamliquidlive with the results!. Stephano wins thanks to a ling backstab when NightEnd's army leaves the safety of his natural. He made it look far too easy.. Puma is just a bit better with his bio-tank than Kas!NightEnd vs Stephano starts on Cloud Kingdom!Kas vs Puma game 3 starts on Antiga. We will see Europe vs Korea throughout the day, with these two players being two of the more closely matched.. Puma ties up the series with some solid mech play on Shakuras, not letting Kas catch him unsieged in the critical first engagement.





Group A



Empire|Kas, EG.PuMa, RoX.KIS.TitaN, Empire|Welmu



Puma 3 - 0 6 - 1 Welmu 1 - 2 3 - 4 Kas 1 - 2 3 - 5 TitaN 1 - 2 2 - 4 Puma advances as the first place. Welmu advances as second place.











Group A Match Recaps

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10:00 GMT (+00:00) PuMa vs Kas - SETT TV

Game One: Kas goes pure bio against mech from Puma. Great army movement from Kas forces a few bad engagements from Puma. Even supply doesn't matter, Kas busts through with just marauder marine to take game 1.





Kas goes pure bio against mech from Puma. Great army movement from Kas forces a few bad engagements from Puma. Even supply doesn't matter, Kas busts through with just marauder marine to take game 1. Game Two: Kas bios again, but this time Puma doesn't let him engage well, staying sieged and safe. Kas runs into Puma's third but the tanks are ready and Puma rolls out for the win shortly after.





Kas bios again, but this time Puma doesn't let him engage well, staying sieged and safe. Kas runs into Puma's third but the tanks are ready and Puma rolls out for the win shortly after. Game Three: Both open bio-tank, Kas isn't paying attention to two fully loaded dropships and loses them to Puma's army. Puma presses the advantage and wins with nice positioning and army movement.





Both open bio-tank, Kas isn't paying attention to two fully loaded dropships and loses them to Puma's army. Puma presses the advantage and wins with nice positioning and army movement. Kas 1 - 2 PuMa

10:00 GMT (+00:00) TitaN vs Welmu - SETT TV 2

Game One: A comically large colossi ball sweeps through everything TitaN has, securing the win for Welmu.





A comically large colossi ball sweeps through everything TitaN has, securing the win for Welmu. Game Two: Both players open 3-gate robo, but Titan adds a second robo and goes for immortal drops instead of colossus. Welmu's first push with 1 colossus beats Titan's army.





Both players open 3-gate robo, but Titan adds a second robo and goes for immortal drops instead of colossus. Welmu's first push with 1 colossus beats Titan's army. Welmu 2 - 0 TitaN

11:00 GMT (+00:00) PuMa vs TitaN - SETT TV

Game One: Puma's initial 1-1-1 fails, but Titan gets overconfident and takes a third while simultaneously engaging badly with his army, Puma ends up winning anyway.





Puma's initial 1-1-1 fails, but Titan gets overconfident and takes a third while simultaneously engaging badly with his army, Puma ends up winning anyway. Game Two: Both players open expand and max out before the first big fight. Titan has a colossus ball, but a nice viking flank and some good EMPs and army micro win the battle and the series for PuMa.





Both players open expand and max out before the first big fight. Titan has a colossus ball, but a nice viking flank and some good EMPs and army micro win the battle and the series for PuMa. PuMa 2 - 0 TitaN

No Stream - PuMa vs Welmu

PuMa 2 - 0 Welmu. Unstreamed Liquipedia update.

No Stream - Kas vs TitaN

Kas 0 - 2 TitaN. Unstreamed Liquipedia update.

No Stream - Kas vs Welmu

Kas 2 - 1 Welmu. Unstreamed games.





Group B



Empire|Happy, mouz.MaNa, FnaticRC NightEnD, Mill.Stephano



Stephano 3 - 0 6 - 1 MaNa 2 - 1 4 - 2 NightEnD 1 - 2 2 - 5 Happy 0 - 3 2 - 6 Stephano advances in first place, MaNa in second.











Group B Match Recaps

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Game One: Stephano wins thanks to a ling backstab when NightEnd's army leaves the safety of his natural.





Stephano wins thanks to a ling backstab when NightEnd's army leaves the safety of his natural. Game Two: Stephano overwhelms NightEnd with pure roach-ling on the back of superior macro.





Stephano overwhelms NightEnd with pure roach-ling on the back of superior macro. Stephano 2 - 0 NightEnD

12:00 GMT (+00:00) Stephano vs Happy - SETT TV

Game One: Stephano defends early hellions very well, then crushes Happy's half-completed thor army with lings roaches and infestors.





Stephano defends early hellions very well, then crushes Happy's half-completed thor army with lings roaches and infestors. Game Two: Relentless drop harass by Happy against Stephano's upgraded zergling style. Happy wears down Stephano with medivac drops and evens the series.





Relentless drop harass by Happy against Stephano's upgraded zergling style. Happy wears down Stephano with medivac drops and evens the series. Game Three: Stephano wins with his trademark upgraded zergling infestor style after successfully breaking Happy's tank line with ultralisks.





Stephano wins with his trademark upgraded zergling infestor style after successfully breaking Happy's tank line with ultralisks. Stephano 2 - 1 Happy

13:00 GMT (+00:00) Stephano vs MaNa - SETT TV

Game One: Stephano maxes out quickly and relentlessly throws units at MaNa, delaying and denying the third repeatedly while he takes the map to win.





Stephano maxes out quickly and relentlessly throws units at MaNa, delaying and denying the third repeatedly while he takes the map to win. Game Two: Early runby lets Stephano take a strong lead and ride it all the way to victory.





Early runby lets Stephano take a strong lead and ride it all the way to victory. Stephano 2 - 0 MaNa.

11:33 GMT (+00:00) - Happy vs MaNa

MaNa 2 - 0 Happy. Unstreamed games, MaNa win with 5-gate pushes.

No Stream - Happy vs NightEnD

Happy 1 - 2 NightEnD. Unstreamed games.

12:35 GMT (+00:00) - MaNa vs NightEnD

MaNa 2 - 0 NightEnD. Unstreamed games.







Group C



Fnatic.Moon, Type.ReaL, imba.FXO.BRAT_OK, aTn.ClouD



Cloud 2 - 1 5 - 3 ReaL 2 - 1 4 - 2 Brat_OK 2 - 1 4 - 3 Moon 0 - 3 1 - 6 Cloud, ReaL and Brat_OK all tied at 2 - 1 records, but Cloud and ReaL win on game score. Cloud advances as #1 (head to head) and ReaL advances as #2.









Group C Match Recaps

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12:00 GMT (+00:00) Moon vs ReaL - SETT TV

Game One: ReaL gains huge lead when DTs warp in to Moon's base before a lair or evo chamber is up and kill the third, and main. Blink stalkers finish it out.





ReaL gains huge lead when DTs warp in to Moon's base before a lair or evo chamber is up and kill the third, and main. Blink stalkers finish it out. Game Two: ReaL takes the second game with 4-gate and void ray pressure by warping in units to Moon's main and third simultaneously.





ReaL takes the second game with 4-gate and void ray pressure by warping in units to Moon's main and third simultaneously. ReaL 2 - 0 MooN

13:00 GMT (+00:00) Moon vs Brat_OK - SETT TV 2

Game One: Brat_OK takes early lead with drop harass, wins in long game with tanks, marauders, and vikings against ultras and brood lords.





Brat_OK takes early lead with drop harass, wins in long game with tanks, marauders, and vikings against ultras and brood lords. Game Two: MooN takes lead in the midgame with strong roach-baneling army and drops, but Brat_OK holds on and denies expansions to whittle him down and win.





MooN takes lead in the midgame with strong roach-baneling army and drops, but Brat_OK holds on and denies expansions to whittle him down and win. Brat_OK 2 - 0 MooN.

No Stream - Moon vs Cloud

Cloud 2 - 1 Moon. Unstreamed.

No Stream - ReaL vs Cloud

Real 0 - 2 ClouD. Unstreamed Liquipedia update.

No Stream - Brat_OK vs Cloud

Brat_OK 2 - 1 Cloud. Unstreamed Liquipedia update.

No Stream - ReaL vs Brat_OK

ReaL 2 - 0 Brat_OK. Unstreamed Liquipedia update.







Group D



Liquid`HerO, dignitas.SeleCT, AiSeiplo, BLASTsYz



HerO 3 - 0 6 - 0 SeleCT 2 - 1 4 - 3 Seiplo 0 - 3 1 - 6 sYz 1 - 2 3 - 4 Hero advances first in the group, Select second.











Group D Match Recaps

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15:00 GMT (+00:00) Hero vs SeleCT - SETT TV 2

Game One: HerO brings it to late game and wins with a combination of colossus and HTs.





HerO brings it to late game and wins with a combination of colossus and HTs. Game Two: Select goes for early marine pressure, during which HerO slips a marine into his mineral line and kills some SCVs and marines. When HerO fends off the presure and counters Select GGs.





Select goes for early marine pressure, during which HerO slips a marine into his mineral line and kills some SCVs and marines. When HerO fends off the presure and counters Select GGs. HerO 2 - 0 SeleCT

No Stream - HerO vs Seiplo

HerO 2 - 0 Seiplo. Unstreamed.

No Stream - HerO sYz

HerO 2 - 0 sYz. Unstreamed.

No Stream - SeleCT vs sYz

SeleCT 2 - 1 sYz. Unstreamed.

No Stream - SeleCT vs Seiplo

SeleCT 2 - 1 Seiplo. Unstreamed.

No Stream - Seiplo vs sYz

sYz 2 - 0 Sieplo. Unstreamed.







Group E



Mill.DieStar, EG.JYP, sSahara.Satiini, Tt.White-Ra



DieStar 2 - 1 5 - 3 JYP 2 - 1 5 - 4 White-Ra 1 - 2 4 - 5 Satiini 1 - 2 3 - 5 Diestar advances at the top of the group, JYP second.











Group E Match Recaps

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DieStar 2- 0 Satiini. One player made more marines and tanks than the other player. Sorry this is not more detailed.

14:00 GMT (+00:00) JYP vs White-Ra - SETT TV

Game One: Players split map and max out, White-Ra getes the worst of it in an engagement despite having a mothership and JYP's huge colossus force takes the game.





Players split map and max out, White-Ra getes the worst of it in an engagement despite having a mothership and JYP's huge colossus force takes the game. Game Two: White-Ra drops JYP repeatedly while they engage, and is able to pull ahead in army supply and bring the series to even.





White-Ra drops JYP repeatedly while they engage, and is able to pull ahead in army supply and bring the series to even. Game Three: Both players drop each other with immortals. White-Ra loses his prism first, and JYP gets a larger colossus army to kill him in their large battle.





Both players drop each other with immortals. White-Ra loses his prism first, and JYP gets a larger colossus army to kill him in their large battle. JYP 2 - 1 White-Ra.

No Stream - JYP vs Satiini

JYP 2 - 1 Satiini.

No Stream - White-Ra vs DieStar

White-Ra 2 - 1 DieStar.

No Stream - DieStar vs JYP

DieStar 2 - 1 JYP

No Stream - White-Ra vs Satiini

Satiini 2 - 1 White-Ra







Group F



SlayerS_Taeja, Acer.elfi, Mill.Adelscott, Liquid`Jinro



Taeja 3 - 0 6 - 1 elfi 1 - 2 4 - 5 Jinro 1 - 2 3 - 5 Adelscott 1 - 2 3 - 5 Elfi and Taeja progress.















Group F Match Recaps

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15:00 GMT (+00:00) Taeja vs elfi- - SETT TV

Game One: Taeja denies the third repeatedly while taking his own and splitting Elfi's forces, until he maxes out and wins.





Taeja denies the third repeatedly while taking his own and splitting Elfi's forces, until he maxes out and wins. Game Two: Elfi takes the lead in game 2 with some really nice forcefields against Taeja's early game marine attack, and makes colossus to keep his advantage. Taeja makes a small comeback but Elfi finally clinches it.





Elfi takes the lead in game 2 with some really nice forcefields against Taeja's early game marine attack, and makes colossus to keep his advantage. Taeja makes a small comeback but Elfi finally clinches it. Game Three: 16:39 GMT (+00:00) : Taeja 2 - 1 Elfi . Taeja denies the third several times to go into late game with a lead, then beats up Elfi's colossus-HT army with superior income and multi-pronged attacks.





. Taeja denies the third several times to go into late game with a lead, then beats up Elfi's colossus-HT army with superior income and multi-pronged attacks. Taeja 2 - 1 Elfi.

16:00 GMT (+00:00) elfi- vs Jinro - SETT TV

Game One: Nice warp prism build by Elfi bypasses Jinro's early CC and bunker.





Nice warp prism build by Elfi bypasses Jinro's early CC and bunker. Game Two: Crazy game, almost an hour long coming down to the last minerals. Jinro wins in the end due to a planetary at the very last base as both players are down to their last handful of units, and Elfi has to attack with probes.





Crazy game, almost an hour long coming down to the last minerals. Jinro wins in the end due to a planetary at the very last base as both players are down to their last handful of units, and Elfi has to attack with probes. Game Three: Elfi gets an early lead by canceling robo post-scouting and making gateways, then draws game out and rides upgrade advantage to win.





Elfi gets an early lead by canceling robo post-scouting and making gateways, then draws game out and rides upgrade advantage to win. Elfi 1 - 1 Jinro.

17:00 GMT (+00:00) Taeja vs Jinro - SETT TV

Game One: Jinro went mech, and died when Taeja hit a bio timing.





Jinro went mech, and died when Taeja hit a bio timing. Game Two: Taeja's bio was better than Jinro's mech yet again.





Taeja's bio was better than Jinro's mech yet again. Taeja 2 - 0 Jinro

No Stream - Adelscott vs Taeja

Adelscott 0 - 2 Taeja. Not streamed.

No Stream - Adelscott vs Jinro

Jinro 2 - 1 Adelscott.

No Stream - Adelscott vs elfi

Adelscott 2 - 1 elfi







Group G



d.Bischu, Acer.Bly, FXOLucky, imba.FXO.Strelok



Lucky 2 - 1 5 - 2 Bischu 2 - 1 4 - 3 Strelok 2 - 1 4 - 3 Bly 0 - 3 1 - 6 Lucky takes first place, Bischu takes second.















Group G Match Recaps

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16:00 GMT (+00:00) Lucky vs Strelok - SETT TV 2

Game One: Nice drops and macro by Strelok takes the game.





Nice drops and macro by Strelok takes the game. Game Two: Strelok fends off a roach-bane bust successfully but loses in the long game to infestor brood lord.





Strelok fends off a roach-bane bust successfully but loses in the long game to infestor brood lord. Game Three: Strelok does a lot of damage with banshees, and wins through killing Lucky's third.





Strelok does a lot of damage with banshees, and wins through killing Lucky's third. Lucky 1 - 2 Strelok.

18:00 GMT (+00:00) Strelok vs Bly - SETT TV 2

Game One: Strelok kills a lot of drones with mass hellion early, plays patiently by denying expos and not letting Bly leave his nat and starves him out.





Strelok kills a lot of drones with mass hellion early, plays patiently by denying expos and not letting Bly leave his nat and starves him out. Game Two: Despite a clever moment where Bly burrows his entire army and pops out while Strelok is walking over, the Terran overpowers when he is able to take and deny more bases than Bly.





Despite a clever moment where Bly burrows his entire army and pops out while Strelok is walking over, the Terran overpowers when he is able to take and deny more bases than Bly. Strelok 2 - 0 Bly

No Stream - Lucky vs Bly

Lucky 2 - 0 Bly

No Stream - Bischu vs Lucky

Lucky 2 - 0 Bischu

No Stream - Bly vs Bischu

Bischu 2 - 1 Bly

No Stream - Bischu vs Strelok

Bischu 2 - 0 Strelok.







Group H



TSL_Polt, Type.PhoeNix, Dignitas.BlinG, Liquid`TLO



BlinG 3 - 0 6 - 1 Polt 2 - 1 4 - 3 PhoeNix 1 - 2 3 - 4 TLO 0 - 3 1 - 6 Matches in progress.















Group H Match Recaps

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18:00 GMT (+00:00) Polt vs PhoeNix - SETT TV

Game One: Polt kills a lot of drones with hellions and goes on to win with his first push.





Polt kills a lot of drones with hellions and goes on to win with his first push. Game Two: Polt takes an early lead with drops, Phoenix climbs back with good fungals only to finally fall when Polt drops the main while attacking the front.





Polt takes an early lead with drops, Phoenix climbs back with good fungals only to finally fall when Polt drops the main while attacking the front. Polt 2 - 1 PhoeNix.

19:00 GMT (+00:00) Polt vs TLO - SETT TV

Game One: Polt built up a series of small advantages through better control, and rolled over TLO's expansions to win.





Polt built up a series of small advantages through better control, and rolled over TLO's expansions to win. Game Two: TLO baneling busted and rode it to victory, though it was messy and took quite a long time to finish him off.





TLO baneling busted and rode it to victory, though it was messy and took quite a long time to finish him off. Game Three: Polt defeats TLO once more, though TLO put up a good fight.





Polt defeats TLO once more, though TLO put up a good fight. Polt 2 - 1 TLO

19:00 GMT (+00:00) BlinG vs PhoeNix - SETT TV 2

Game One: Phoenix took an early lead by denying BlinG's third, but he held constant roach attacks with blink stalkers and won a war of attrition.





Phoenix took an early lead by denying BlinG's third, but he held constant roach attacks with blink stalkers and won a war of attrition. Game Two: Phoenix headed into late game by making an ultralisk army, which put him near defeat after a few bad engagements. He then transitions into brood lords, which promptly crushed BlinG's army and tied the series up at 1-1.





Phoenix headed into late game by making an ultralisk army, which put him near defeat after a few bad engagements. He then transitions into brood lords, which promptly crushed BlinG's army and tied the series up at 1-1. Game Three: BlinG had a 6 gate scouted and totally repelled, then he held off a nydus and macro'd up to win with big blink stalker+immortal army.





BlinG had a 6 gate scouted and totally repelled, then he held off a nydus and macro'd up to win with big blink stalker+immortal army. BlinG 2 - 1 Phoenix.

Polt vs BlinG - SETT TV

Game One: Polt opened with a two rax attack build that BlinG easily thwarted. Expanding behind it was too greedy a move for Polt, and Bling counter attacked for an easy win.





Polt opened with a two rax attack build that BlinG easily thwarted. Expanding behind it was too greedy a move for Polt, and Bling counter attacked for an easy win. Game Two: Quite the epic duel between the two, with multiple momentum swings and action spread across the map. BlinG was just the better player in the end, and took down the TvP specialist.





Quite the epic duel between the two, with multiple momentum swings and action spread across the map. BlinG was just the better player in the end, and took down the TvP specialist. BlinG 2 - 0 Polt

No Stream - TLO vs BlinG

BlinG 2 - 0 TLO

No Stream - TLO vs PhoeNix

Phoenix 2 - 0 TLO

















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