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As should be immediately noticeable, there are many Europeans who are on major upswings, looking to build upon their recent success. Nerchio, you did awesome to reach the IPL2 grand finals. Tarson, you made your homeland proud at the EU invitational. Stephano and Mana were monstrous at Assembly Summer.



However, when it's Korea vs World, all of your individual stories must take a backseat to the greater glory of the the foreign scene. Taking into account my indisputable logic about HuK being a Korean, true foreigners have only won a single major event (hi Thorzain) when three or more Koreans competed.



Fans can become numb to all sorts of pain over time, but we'll never become completely jaded. We're starving for a major victory here, guys. Good luck, and show them what you're really made of! Finally, a tournament that agrees with me! For competitive purposes, HuK's a Korean, not a North American. The Germans should know: it's not about where the raw material came from, it's about where it was turned into something of value (for the same reason, SeleCT's American.) So with that said, the latest installment of Korea versus the World will go down in Cologne, with four Koreans going up against twelve of the best the international community has to offer.As should be immediately noticeable, there are many Europeans who are on major upswings, looking to build upon their recent success. Nerchio, you did awesome to reach the IPL2 grand finals. Tarson, you made your homeland proud at the EU invitational. Stephano and Mana were monstrous at Assembly Summer.However, when it's Korea vs World, all of your individual stories must take a backseat to the greater glory of the the foreign scene. Taking into account my indisputable logic about HuK being a Korean, true foreigners have only won a single major event (hi Thorzain) when three or more Koreans competed.Fans can become numb to all sorts of pain over time, but we'll never become completely jaded. We're starving for a major victory here, guys. Good luck, and show them what you're really made of!





Group Stage Preview Group A: MC, dignitasKiLLeR, Beastyqt, Kas



This is a great kick-off group. I'm extremely excited to Min Chul back in the foreign scene again to make some noise and stomp some nerds. But strangely enough, there are doubts surrounding the strongest SC2 Protoss player of all time. He hasn't had very strong performances in the GSL the past few seasons, but I believe MC will come off strong as ever this time around. He'll bring horror to IEM and take first place in this group to start with.



That leaves us with two Ukrainian Terrans and the replacement for IdrA, KiLLeR. KiLLeR received IdrA's spot as he was one of the next people in line from the American qualifier. But I'm fairly sure that the top two in this group will be MC and Kas. Kas is one of the most fearsome, solid Terrans to play this game. He plays more than anybody else according to his ladderstats and wins one weekly tournament after another.



It's really a toss up between the last two players in the group, but I'm going to give the edge to KiLLeR who managed to qualify for BlizzCon through the Latin American qualifier one week ago. He showed some solid Zerg play and definitely has the upper hand in LAN experience. The last and fourth place will be Beastyqt. A player who is known for long, intensive games in his appearances in various online tournaments. A player who definitely can make the upset if the wind is blowing his way.



Group Breakdown



MC < 2-0 > Beastyqt

MC < 2-0 > KiLLeR

MC < 2-0 > Kas



MC will tear apart his group with 2-0 victories against everybody. Even though MC is a beast in his mirror, I think even MC would want to avoid PvP. It's a precarious matchup where you're constantly on your toes. The player who has the best chance of beating MC would be Kas, but Kas went 0-4 against MC in Copenhagen Games back at Easter.



Beastyqt < 1-2 > KiLLeR

Beastyqt < 1-2 > Kas



If everybody plays to their best, Beastyqt will most likely not take a series at this event. But his best chance is definitely against a jetlagged KiLLeR.



Kas < 2-0 > KiLLeR



Kas is just fearsome in every state of the game. His strategies, his micro, his decisionmaking and his stamina. He's the prototype of a monster who'll have no problem playing back to back games. Kas will also be well-prepared practicing with his fellow countryman, DIMAGA.



1. oGs-SK.MC (3-0)

2. Empire.Kas (2-1)

3. dignitas.KiLLeR (1-2)

4. Empire.Beastyqt (0-3) < 2-0 > Beastyqt< 2-0 > KiLLeR< 2-0 > KasMC will tear apart his group with 2-0 victories against everybody. Even though MC is a beast in his mirror, I think even MC would want to avoid PvP. It's a precarious matchup where you're constantly on your toes. The player who has the best chance of beating MC would be Kas, but Kas went 0-4 against MC in Copenhagen Games back at Easter.Beastyqt < 1-2 >Beastyqt < 1-2 >If everybody plays to their best, Beastyqt will most likely not take a series at this event. But his best chance is definitely against a jetlagged KiLLeR.< 2-0 > KiLLeRKas is just fearsome in every state of the game. His strategies, his micro, his decisionmaking and his stamina. He's the prototype of a monster who'll have no problem playing back to back games. Kas will also be well-prepared practicing with his fellow countryman, DIMAGA.1.oGs-SK.MC (3-0)2.Empire.Kas (2-1)3.dignitas.KiLLeR (1-2)4.Empire.Beastyqt (0-3)





Group B: SeleCT, Socke, TSL_Killer, DieStar



This is the group, I'm looking forward to the most. Two of the players I enjoy the most watching are SeleCT and Socke. Both players are super competitive and always bring some fun games to the table. SeleCT's TvP is something I have no words for. His multi-pronged attacks are just on a level where a lot of Protoss users can't compete. Also he won 10,000$ last weekend winning the Blizzard North American Invitational in front of stars like Sheth, HuK and IdrA. A big win like that will have brought back a lot of confidence to the handsome Korean player, SeleCT.



My second pick in this group is actually going to be Socke. One might be surprised by this pick, but Socke is a strong PvP player and has played a lot of important games in this matchup throughout his entire StarCraft 2 carreer. He's been a seriously rival to HuK in tournaments (though HuK's "rivalry" with Idra is more well known), where they're pretty much 50/50 in wins/losses. However, his PvP seems to have dropped off a little lately, so I feel that he's going to rely on his strong PvT.



Killer is one of the few top level Koreans that I haven't been too impressed with. More than once, I've seen him display mediocre strategy and gameplay. Coming into these foreign events and getting into a group with two of the absolute premiere players from the North American and European scenes; it's going to be one of his toughest events, because of what people expect from him as a Korean pro.



The fourth player is DieStar. DieStar is one of the players who lies low in the scene, practices a lot and coming to events being pretty strong. Not knowing what level he's at and what he can do at the moment, I will seed him as the fourth player.



Group Breakdown



Socke < 0-2 > SeleCT

Socke < 1-2 > Killer

Socke < 2-1 > DieStar



SeleCT seems to be very strong at the moment and will take down all the opponents in his group. Socke on the other hand will take the game against DieStar, but most likely lose in a close series against Killer because of his recent PvP experiences.



DieStar < 2-1 > Killer

DieStar < 0-2 > SeleCT



DieStar being the underdog in this group, he will have to post some good results against Socke and Killer to have a chance of making it. I think his best chances are in a tight series against Killer.



SeleCT < 2-0 > Killer



I'm going to make a bold prediction and say that SeleCT won't even drop a map in the groupstage. But what's interesting here is that we end up in a 3-way tie between the last three players. Socke was also involved in a 3-way tie at IEM World Championship at CEBIT back in March. I think, he'll pull out ahead here and win the tiebreaker in the end.



1. dignitas.SeleCT (3-0)

2. aTn.Socke (1-2)

3. TSL_Killer (1-2)

4. Millenium.DieStar (1-2) Socke < 0-2 >Socke < 1-2 >< 2-1 > DieStarSeleCT seems to be very strong at the moment and will take down all the opponents in his group. Socke on the other hand will take the game against DieStar, but most likely lose in a close series against Killer because of his recent PvP experiences.< 2-1 > KillerDieStar < 0-2 >DieStar being the underdog in this group, he will have to post some good results against Socke and Killer to have a chance of making it. I think his best chances are in a tight series against Killer.< 2-0 > KillerI'm going to make a bold prediction and say that SeleCT won't even drop a map in the groupstage. But what's interesting here is that we end up in a 3-way tie between the last three players. Socke was also involved in a 3-way tie at IEM World Championship at CEBIT back in March. I think, he'll pull out ahead here and win the tiebreaker in the end.1.dignitas.SeleCT (3-0)2.aTn.Socke (1-2)3.TSL_Killer (1-2)4.Millenium.DieStar (1-2)





Group C: HuK, Tarson, mOOnGLaDe, Nerchio



Here comes the boom, ready or not! No, but really. HuK has been on great streak over the past few months, winning DreamHack and HomeStoryCup back to back on his last trip to Europe. Over the past few weeks HuK has also been on a big travel run to tournaments all over the world. First he went to MLG Anaheim and flew directly to Finland to play Assembly. After Assembly he went to Holland for a few days prior going to the Blizzard North American Invitational. Then he went back to Korea to play his Code S match and now he’ll play IEM GamesCom in Cologne, Germany. Even though HuK has been on a long and exhausting tour, I’m sure he’ll do great at this event and take first place in the group.



About the second place in this group, I’m a little torn and let me tell you why. Tarson and Nerchio are two incredible players. Both of them show tremendous strategies and consistency online, but have yet to really prove themselves on LAN events. Tarson has been playing a few LAN events and has been doing fairly good in some of them, his best performance at the last IEM European Championship in Kiev where he took fourth place. As far as Nerchio goes, despite having played very well to reach the grand finals of online-only IPL2, he only participated in one live international event recently; the European Blizzard Invitational. An invitational where he didn’t do that well. I think after some thorough review, I’d have to go with Tarson for the second place prediction in this group. He’s a strong Terran player and he has high expectations of himself, also he’s the most experienced LAN player of the two. That's often the deciding factor when players have to compete on huge international stages like IEM.



My last and fourth place predicition in this group will be mOOnGLaDe. One of the players who did exceedingly well in the latest season of Intel Extreme Masters and went to Korea shortly after. Though he had strong performances 4-6 months ago, we haven’t seen mOOnGLaDe represent himself and his country in a strong fashion since and I’m not sure where he’s at skillwise.



Group Breakdown

HuK < 2-0 > mOOnGLaDe

HuK < 2-1 > Tarson

HuK < 2-1 > Nerchio



If HuK plays to his best, he will 2-0 everybody in the group, but he could be a little exhausted from all the travelling, needing a few games to get started. Also, PvT has some very unforgiving build order mind-games. We’ve seen the 2rax opening be extremely strong against 1gate expands, which is what HuK likes to do, and if you make a mistake in microing your units, you’re pretty much dead.



Nerchio < 1-2 > Tarson

Nerchio < 2-0 > mOOnGLaDe



Tarson will pull out victorious against Nerchio. I think with all the South Korean TvZ exposure from MLG, Terran is strategically ahead.



mOOnGLaDe < 0-2 > Tarson



I don’t think mOOnGLaDe will be able to take a map in this group. His opponents are simply too strong for a semi-inactive player to keep up with.



1. EGHuK (3-0)

2. Millenium.Tarson (2-1)

3. Acer.Nerchio (1-2)

4. mOOnGLaDe (0-3) < 2-0 > mOOnGLaDe< 2-1 > Tarson< 2-1 > NerchioIf HuK plays to his best, he will 2-0 everybody in the group, but he could be a little exhausted from all the travelling, needing a few games to get started. Also, PvT has some very unforgiving build order mind-games. We’ve seen the 2rax opening be extremely strong against 1gate expands, which is what HuK likes to do, and if you make a mistake in microing your units, you’re pretty much dead.Nerchio < 1-2 >< 2-0 > mOOnGLaDeTarson will pull out victorious against Nerchio. I think with all the South Korean TvZ exposure from MLG, Terran is strategically ahead.mOOnGLaDe < 0-2 >I don’t think mOOnGLaDe will be able to take a map in this group. His opponents are simply too strong for a semi-inactive player to keep up with.1.EGHuK (3-0)2.Millenium.Tarson (2-1)3.Acer.Nerchio (1-2)4.mOOnGLaDe (0-3)





Group D: PuMa, Stephano, MaNa, SaSe



Wow, just wow. I’d say this group is the toughest group at IEM GamesCom and besides first place, it’s totally open. PuMa is an outstanding Terran user who earlier in his career was the practice partner for Flash in Brood War. He joined team Evil Genuises after an amazing run through the NASL Season 1 Open Qualifiers into winning the Grand Final championship.



If I’d have to make a guess, I’d put Stephano as second place. There’s a few reasons for me to do that. First of all I have to point out that Stephano is an unbelievably talented young Zerg, who’s taken lightly. In the RTS-genre you need to possess a lot of qualities to be successful; composure, stamina, strong mechanics and a great strategic mind. At Assembly he showed us that he has all these things. I expect nothing but greatness from him.



Even though MaNa finished second at Assembly and took out HuK in the groupstage, I just have a special feeling about SaSe. SaSe became known for his speed, knowledge and composure in the foreign WarCraft 3 scene. He has been playing tournaments all over the world, most recently in China, where he used to live with ToD back in the WarCraft era. In terms of international experience, he's unmatched here. And though he's not with a Korean team right now, he's been living in Korea and training with Korean players.



Group Breakdown

PuMa < 2-0 > SaSe

PuMa < 2-1 > Stephano

Puma < 2-1 > MaNa



MaNa has shown some amazing PvT. If MaNa can keep up and survive the early stages of the games, I think he’s the best contender to win a series against PuMa. But Stephano will definitely also have a chance to pull off a serious upset here, but I think he'll only take a map.



Stephano < 2-1 > SaSe

Stephano < 2-0 > MaNa



Besides Stephano’s strong play, I think the state of ZvP is favoring Zerg right now. It seems like their strategies and timings are just on top of everything Protoss users do at the moment.



MaNa < 1-2 > SaSe



MaNa took out HuK in an amazing fashion at Assembly, but I don’t think he’ll keep up with SaSe and his current mindset. SaSe is a very smart and cunning PvP player. Being specialized in one-base play, mapcontrol and unit control in small fights from his time as a pro-gamer on the WarCraft scene, SaSe will have the edge in this series.



1. EGPuMa (3-0)

2. Millenium.Stephano (2-1)

3. SaSe (1-2)

4. mouz.MaNa (0-3) < 2-0 > SaSe< 2-1 > Stephano< 2-1 > MaNaMaNa has shown some amazing PvT. If MaNa can keep up and survive the early stages of the games, I think he’s the best contender to win a series against PuMa. But Stephano will definitely also have a chance to pull off a serious upset here, but I think he'll only take a map.< 2-1 > SaSe< 2-0 > MaNaBesides Stephano’s strong play, I think the state of ZvP is favoring Zerg right now. It seems like their strategies and timings are just on top of everything Protoss users do at the moment.MaNa < 1-2 >MaNa took out HuK in an amazing fashion at Assembly, but I don’t think he’ll keep up with SaSe and his current mindset. SaSe is a very smart and cunning PvP player. Being specialized in one-base play, mapcontrol and unit control in small fights from his time as a pro-gamer on the WarCraft scene, SaSe will have the edge in this series.1.EGPuMa (3-0)2.Millenium.Stephano (2-1)3.SaSe (1-2)4.mouz.MaNa (0-3)





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Oh, a BIG shout out to Poland! Most represented country in the tournament? You guys rock.

This is a great kick-off group. I'm extremely excited toMin Chul back in the foreign scene again to make some noise and stomp some nerds. But strangely enough, there are doubts surrounding the strongest SC2 Protoss player of all time. He hasn't had very strong performances in the GSL the past few seasons, but I believe MC will come off strong as ever this time around. He'll bring horror to IEM and take first place in this group to start with.That leaves us with two Ukrainian Terrans and the replacement for IdrA,KiLLeR. KiLLeR received IdrA's spot as he was one of the next people in line from the American qualifier. But I'm fairly sure that the top two in this group will be MC andKas. Kas is one of the most fearsome, solid Terrans to play this game. He plays more than anybody else according to his ladderstats and wins one weekly tournament after another.It's really a toss up between the last two players in the group, but I'm going to give the edge to KiLLeR who managed to qualify for BlizzCon through the Latin American qualifier one week ago. He showed some solid Zerg play and definitely has the upper hand in LAN experience. The last and fourth place will beBeastyqt. A player who is known for long, intensive games in his appearances in various online tournaments. A player who definitely can make the upset if the wind is blowing his way.This is the group, I'm looking forward to the most. Two of the players I enjoy the most watching areSeleCT andSocke. Both players are super competitive and always bring some fun games to the table. SeleCT's TvP is something I have no words for. His multi-pronged attacks are just on a level where a lot of Protoss users can't compete. Also he won 10,000$ last weekend winning the Blizzard North American Invitational in front of stars like Sheth, HuK and IdrA. A big win like that will have brought back a lot of confidence to the handsome Korean player, SeleCT.My second pick in this group is actually going to beSocke. One might be surprised by this pick, but Socke is a strong PvP player and has played a lot of important games in this matchup throughout his entire StarCraft 2 carreer. He's been a seriously rival to HuK in tournaments (though HuK's "rivalry" with Idra is more well known), where they're pretty much 50/50 in wins/losses. However, his PvP seems to have dropped off a little lately, so I feel that he's going to rely on his strong PvT.Killer is one of the few top level Koreans that I haven't been too impressed with. More than once, I've seen him display mediocre strategy and gameplay. Coming into these foreign events and getting into a group with two of the absolute premiere players from the North American and European scenes; it's going to be one of his toughest events, because of what people expect from him as a Korean pro.The fourth player isDieStar. DieStar is one of the players who lies low in the scene, practices a lot and coming to events being pretty strong. Not knowing what level he's at and what he can do at the moment, I will seed him as the fourth player.Here comes the boom, ready or not! No, but really.HuK has been on great streak over the past few months, winning DreamHack and HomeStoryCup back to back on his last trip to Europe. Over the past few weeks HuK has also been on a big travel run to tournaments all over the world. First he went to MLG Anaheim and flew directly to Finland to play Assembly. After Assembly he went to Holland for a few days prior going to the Blizzard North American Invitational. Then he went back to Korea to play his Code S match and now he’ll play IEM GamesCom in Cologne, Germany. Even though HuK has been on a long and exhausting tour, I’m sure he’ll do great at this event and take first place in the group.About the second place in this group, I’m a little torn and let me tell you why.Tarson andNerchio are two incredible players. Both of them show tremendous strategies and consistency online, but have yet to really prove themselves on LAN events. Tarson has been playing a few LAN events and has been doing fairly good in some of them, his best performance at the last IEM European Championship in Kiev where he took fourth place. As far as Nerchio goes, despite having played very well to reach the grand finals of online-only IPL2, he only participated in one live international event recently; the European Blizzard Invitational. An invitational where he didn’t do that well. I think after some thorough review, I’d have to go with Tarson for the second place prediction in this group. He’s a strong Terran player and he has high expectations of himself, also he’s the most experienced LAN player of the two. That's often the deciding factor when players have to compete on huge international stages like IEM.My last and fourth place predicition in this group will bemOOnGLaDe. One of the players who did exceedingly well in the latest season of Intel Extreme Masters and went to Korea shortly after. Though he had strong performances 4-6 months ago, we haven’t seen mOOnGLaDe represent himself and his country in a strong fashion since and I’m not sure where he’s at skillwise.Wow, just wow. I’d say this group is the toughest group at IEM GamesCom and besides first place, it’s totally open.PuMa is an outstanding Terran user who earlier in his career was the practice partner for Flash in Brood War. He joined team Evil Genuises after an amazing run through the NASL Season 1 Open Qualifiers into winning the Grand Final championship.If I’d have to make a guess, I’d putStephano as second place. There’s a few reasons for me to do that. First of all I have to point out that Stephano is an unbelievably talented young Zerg, who’s taken lightly. In the RTS-genre you need to possess a lot of qualities to be successful; composure, stamina, strong mechanics and a great strategic mind. At Assembly he showed us that he has all these things. I expect nothing but greatness from him.Even thoughMaNa finished second at Assembly and took out HuK in the groupstage, I just have a special feeling aboutSaSe. SaSe became known for his speed, knowledge and composure in the foreign WarCraft 3 scene. He has been playing tournaments all over the world, most recently in China, where he used to live with ToD back in the WarCraft era. In terms of international experience, he's unmatched here. And though he's not with a Korean team right now, he's been living in Korea and training with Korean players.



Player in-depth: Jang MinChul

By: WaxAngel



The Korean Wall. Many so-called "foreign" players are familiar with this concept. No matter how well they do among other international players, Koreans are an obstacle that simply cannot be overcome in competition.



However, few of the foreigner players have felt this wall more painfully than Jang Min Chul. He has tasted defeat at the hands of Koreans four times in the last two months alone, being defeated by Losira at MLG Columbus, Bomber at DreamHack Summer, Huk at HSC3, and Puma at NASL. At the same time, Min Chul is considered to be one of the very top foreign players, winning tournaments such as the Copenhagen Games and DreamHack Invitational where there was no Korean opposition.



"I think it really shows the gap between foreigners and Koreans. I've only lost to players like Naniwa and ThorZain in foreigner tournaments, but I've never been able to beat a Korean in the higher rounds. That's why I decided to take a big risk and go to Korea to train."



For the last few months, MinChul has been training with the oGs-TL team in South Korea, hoping to learn the secrets that make Korean players seem so invincible.



"I saw players like Jinro or the FXO team going to Korea and seeing big improvements in their skill level. Having lost to Koreans so many times, I thought this was the only way I could finally beat them."



The Korean training seems to have paid off for MinChul as he has done very well in the GSL by foreigner standards, becoming a regular in Code-S competition. His adjustment to Korean life appears to be going smoothly as well. Always well-known in the foreign community for his charismatic speech, he has picked up quite a bit of the Korean language. "David some do it T>T" he commented confidently.



However, he is still far away from reaching his goal of becoming as good as the top Koreans. Though he has competed in three GSLs in a row, he only has two RO32 finishes and a single RO8 finish to his name.



"I'm so proud of my RO8 finish last GSL. I faced one of the best Korean players, HuK, in the RO16, and it felt incredible to beat him 2-0. I wanted to do well against HongUn, but even with an injured wrist he was just too good for me."



The oGs-TL team definitely sees potential in their foreign mercenary MinChul, trusting him enough to send him out as their Ace in GSTL games. Unfortunately for MinChul, he loses more often than not.



When asked about his decisions to field MinChul, oGs-TL head coach TheWind replied "MinChul is a good player with a lot of talent, and he has great live tournament experience abroad. I think the Korean stage just rattles him on a different level than the international stages, knowing that he's up against a different kind of player altogether. A lot of fans criticized us for not sending out HuK as our ace more often, but I think that we were right in giving MinChul a chance."



MinChul now goes into IEM Cologne as part of Group A, which is being called the "Foreigner Group-of-Death," going against Idra, Kas, and Beastyqt. MinChul did not seem so worried about his opponents in the group stage. When asked about his goals for the tournament, he replied in his usual far-sighted manner.



"Winning this tournament would be nice, even though it's a long shot. The real goal is to get more experience and become a better player. My eventual goal is to become as good as oGsMC one day, and win multiple GSL championships like him. This is just another step down that road."





Back to top The Korean Wall. Many so-called "foreign" players are familiar with this concept. No matter how well they do among other international players, Koreans are an obstacle that simply cannot be overcome in competition.However, few of the foreigner players have felt this wall more painfully than Jang Min Chul. He has tasted defeat at the hands of Koreans four times in the last two months alone, being defeated by Losira at MLG Columbus, Bomber at DreamHack Summer, Huk at HSC3, and Puma at NASL. At the same time, Min Chul is considered to be one of the very top foreign players, winning tournaments such as the Copenhagen Games and DreamHack Invitational where there was no Korean opposition."I think it really shows the gap between foreigners and Koreans. I've only lost to players like Naniwa and ThorZain in foreigner tournaments, but I've never been able to beat a Korean in the higher rounds. That's why I decided to take a big risk and go to Korea to train."For the last few months, MinChul has been training with the oGs-TL team in South Korea, hoping to learn the secrets that make Korean players seem so invincible."I saw players like Jinro or the FXO team going to Korea and seeing big improvements in their skill level. Having lost to Koreans so many times, I thought this was the only way I could finally beat them."The Korean training seems to have paid off for MinChul as he has done very well in the GSL by foreigner standards, becoming a regular in Code-S competition. His adjustment to Korean life appears to be going smoothly as well. Always well-known in the foreign community for his charismatic speech, he has picked up quite a bit of the Korean language. "" he commented confidently.However, he is still far away from reaching his goal of becoming as good as the top Koreans. Though he has competed in three GSLs in a row, he only has two RO32 finishes and a single RO8 finish to his name."I'm so proud of my RO8 finish last GSL. I faced one of the best Korean players, HuK, in the RO16, and it felt incredible to beat him 2-0. I wanted to do well against HongUn, but even with an injured wrist he was just too good for me."The oGs-TL team definitely sees potential in their foreign mercenary MinChul, trusting him enough to send him out as their Ace in GSTL games. Unfortunately for MinChul, he loses more often than not.When asked about his decisions to field MinChul, oGs-TL head coach TheWind replied "MinChul is a good player with a lot of talent, and he has great live tournament experience abroad. I think the Korean stage just rattles him on a different level than the international stages, knowing that he's up against a different kind of player altogether. A lot of fans criticized us for not sending out HuK as our ace more often, but I think that we were right in giving MinChul a chance."MinChul now goes into IEM Cologne as part of Group A, which is being called the "Foreigner Group-of-Death," going against Idra, Kas, and Beastyqt. MinChul did not seem so worried about his opponents in the group stage. When asked about his goals for the tournament, he replied in his usual far-sighted manner."Winning this tournament would be nice, even though it's a long shot. The real goal is to get more experience and become a better player. My eventual goal is to become as good as oGsMC one day, and win multiple GSL championships like him. This is just another step down that road."

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