The Go4SC2 series is run by ESL as an ongoing monthly tournament ladder for StarCraft2 players who are looking to challenge themselves by competing against some of the best players on the ladder. Every month the sixteen players who won the most Go4SC2 points are invited to the monthly €600 Go4SC2 Finals. You can count on most of those invites to go to established professional players, but here we would like to highlight the underdogs, the darkhorse contestants who slip under the radar despite the epic play that qualified them to compete against Europe's best.



hinO

The French Zerg Grandmaster, playing for clan Nuit Blanche (nB), has had an impressive month. Sitting high above the hinO has won two Go4SC2 cups in June, easily securing a spot in the monthly finals.



Go4SC2 Europe Cup #580:

On Thursday June 9th the betting man wouldn't have put much on hinO advancing past the semi-finals. Why? Team Liquid's Snute, that's why. If they had met in the earlier rounds the best-of-one format improved hinO 's odds in the knife-fight ZvZ matchup, but it would be a hell of an upset if Snute lost this best-of-three.



Well, Snute did lose. hinO didn't even drop a map. At all. The entire tournament. hinO would go on to drop Rodzyn 2-0 in the finals, completing a flawless victory that week.



Go4SC2 Europe Cup #584:

Two weeks later, on June 23rd, hinO would strike gold again. Determined on another perfect run and refusing to drop a map, the French Zerg would blast his way through the Thursday cup, with an especially impressive series win against TAiLS in the quarterfinals.



Remaining Results:

While hinO hasn't been able to replicate such dominating success at the Sunday Go4SC2 cups, the competition there is usually a little stiffer. Following his win at Go4SC2 #580, Snute go his revenge in the quarterfinals at Go4SC2 Europe Cup #581.



Unfortunately, revenge was a theme for hinO's Sunday cup experience, as he would lose to TAiLS in the round-of-32 at Go4SC2 Europe Cup #585 only days after knocking him out on his way to his second Go4SC2 cup win.



Still, hinO had one hell on a month, finishing in the top 10 of five Go4SC2 cups in June and establishing himself second in the monthly standings, flanked by notable talents such as:



Snute, Nerchio, Lillekanin, Beastyqt, Bly, MaNa, and Hydra.



We've seen some great players breakout into the professional scene through the Go4SC2 cups and the caliber of his peers and opponents shows the hinO certainly has the potential to be one of them.



See how many more upsets this French Zerg ladder hero can manage at the monthly finals and in the many tournaments to come as he fights his way from dark-horse to contender status.



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Catch the Go4SC2 Europe June Finals live

Tuesday, 12 July 2016 at 19:00 CEST (10:00 PDT)



Go4SC2 Europe June Finals



Qualified Players and Preview

Date: Tuesday, 12 July 2016

Start: 19:00 CEST (10:00 PDT)

Size: 16 Players

Structure: Single Elimination

Prizes: €600 Prize Pool

Coverage:

ESL TV Poland

TaKeTV

magiKbaby

TBA



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