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GSL Season 3 Ro8 Foreigner Special: Liquid`Jinro

By Hot_Bid







TLAF-Liquid`Jinro 3-2 choyafOu -2



T7 Game 1 - Game 1 - Steppes of War P1

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Choya opens with an offensive gas and standard warpgates. Jinro proxies a factory to float-scout Choya's main, and then techs to a 1-Raven PDD timing rush similar to what he did to TT1 on their Steppes game for MLG Dallas. Jinro is on 3 rax 1 starport, making banshees after his raven to harass before he moves out.



Choya makes a phoenix which disposes of Jinro's first banshee, but when Jinro moves out with his army and many SCVs, Choya only has stalkers sentries and one immortal. Forcefields split a lot of Jinro's army, but after they run out Choya simply doesn't have the firepower to beat Jinro's remaining units.













Choya opens with an offensive gas and standard warpgates. Jinro proxies a factory to float-scout Choya's main, and then techs to a 1-Raven PDD timing rush similar to what he did to TT1 on their Steppes game for MLG Dallas. Jinro is on 3 rax 1 starport, making banshees after his raven to harass before he moves out.Choya makes a phoenix which disposes of Jinro's first banshee, but when Jinro moves out with his army and many SCVs, Choya only has stalkers sentries and one immortal. Forcefields split a lot of Jinro's army, but after they run out Choya simply doesn't have the firepower to beat Jinro's remaining units.



T8 Game 2 - Game 2 - Xel'Naga Caverns P2

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Choya makes an offensive gas again, and this time opens with proxy DT tech into expand. Jinro opens fast expand as well, but his turret is slightly late, and he's forced to use several scans to remove the dark templars. This allows Choya to safely expand and build up a large colossus army.





Jinro attempts a drop but four stalkers easily defend. Jinro techs to ghosts and vikings, but wisely doesn't engage when Choya pokes at his expansion. Choya retreats and takes his gold just as he maxes out. When Jinro attempts to take his third, Choya attacks. Jinro pulls his MMM back however, and uses his vikings to flank from the open hole in the center of the map. The vikings take out all 5 of the colossus, and Jinro turns a 180 to 200 supply disadvantage into a 140 to 120 supply lead. More importantly, the expensive, hard to replace colossus are dead, and Choya will never again reach the critical mass of 4+ colossus.







Jinro takes out Choya's gold and expands to his own. Jinro snipes one of Choya's two fresh colossus, then lands perfect EMPs on all of Choya's sentries. When the armies engage, Choya's stalkers melt without forcefield or colossus support. Choya GG's.





Choya makes an offensive gas again, and this time opens with proxy DT tech into expand. Jinro opens fast expand as well, but his turret is slightly late, and he's forced to use several scans to remove the dark templars. This allows Choya to safely expand and build up a large colossus army.Jinro attempts a drop but four stalkers easily defend. Jinro techs to ghosts and vikings, but wisely doesn't engage when Choya pokes at his expansion. Choya retreats and takes his gold just as he maxes out. When Jinro attempts to take his third, Choya attacks. Jinro pulls his MMM back however, and uses his vikings to flank from the open hole in the center of the map. The vikings take out all 5 of the colossus, and Jinro turns a 180 to 200 supply disadvantage into a 140 to 120 supply lead. More importantly, the expensive, hard to replace colossus are dead, and Choya will never again reach the critical mass of 4+ colossus.Jinro takes out Choya's gold and expands to his own. Jinro snipes one of Choya's two fresh colossus, then lands perfect EMPs on all of Choya's sentries. When the armies engage, Choya's stalkers melt without forcefield or colossus support. Choya GG's.



T8 Game 3 - Game 3 - Metalopolis P2

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Both players open fast expand, Jinro producing the standard MMM and viking combination while Choya makes standard Protoss ground units with a few immortals before switching to colossus. Choya adds a few stargates and phoenixes to his army. Jinro takes his non-gold third and attempts a drop but loses the medivac to stalkers.







Choya moves out with a massive ground army with 5 colossus, but Jinro has a large number of vikings. However, Choya's phoenixes delay the vikings just enough for the colossus to deal their damage to Jinro's army, and Jinro is forced to retreat.



With 3 surviving colossus and most of his ground units remaining, Choya attacks and traps Jinro's army up against the side of Metalopolis, forcing Jinro to tap out.





Both players open fast expand, Jinro producing the standard MMM and viking combination while Choya makes standard Protoss ground units with a few immortals before switching to colossus. Choya adds a few stargates and phoenixes to his army. Jinro takes his non-gold third and attempts a drop but loses the medivac to stalkers.Choya moves out with a massive ground army with 5 colossus, but Jinro has a large number of vikings. However, Choya's phoenixes delay the vikings just enough for the colossus to deal their damage to Jinro's army, and Jinro is forced to retreat.With 3 surviving colossus and most of his ground units remaining, Choya attacks and traps Jinro's army up against the side of Metalopolis, forcing Jinro to tap out.



T5 Game 4 - Game 4 - Delta Quadrant P1

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Choya opens 2-warpgate robotics while Jinro does the same raven build he did in Game 1. Choya attacks up the ramp, walking past the bunkers at Jinro's choke. Choya loses his units but forces Jinro to pull all his SCVs for some time. Choya follows it up with 1-base, 4 warpgates colossus. Jinro harasses with a banshee, netting 4-5 probe kills.





Choya hits with ground units and two colossus (no range), but a PDD and bunker at the ramp takes out one colossus before Choya retreats. Jinro takes his back expansion. Choya shows his front expansion but cancels it. Jinro attacks, but Choya has his units in good position, letting his zealots tank damage while his stalkers eliminate all of Jinro's vikings.







Choya counterattacks, and traps Jinro's remaining army below his ramp, forcing a GG.





Choya opens 2-warpgate robotics while Jinro does the same raven build he did in Game 1. Choya attacks up the ramp, walking past the bunkers at Jinro's choke. Choya loses his units but forces Jinro to pull all his SCVs for some time. Choya follows it up with 1-base, 4 warpgates colossus. Jinro harasses with a banshee, netting 4-5 probe kills.Choya hits with ground units and two colossus (no range), but a PDD and bunker at the ramp takes out one colossus before Choya retreats. Jinro takes his back expansion. Choya shows his front expansion but cancels it. Jinro attacks, but Choya has his units in good position, letting his zealots tank damage while his stalkers eliminate all of Jinro's vikings.Choya counterattacks, and traps Jinro's remaining army below his ramp, forcing a GG.



T7 Game 5 - Game 5 - Blistering Sands P1

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Jinro opens 2-rax, while Choya opens DT expand. Jinro uses a hero reaper which suicides to barely see the DT tech, allowing him to get turrets up in time. Jinro then techs to cloaked banshee, and his first one gets a dozen kills before it's driven off.







Jinro attacks with PDD, but some nice forcefields from Choya defend it.







Ahead in supply, Jinro expands to his gold, while Choya masses colossus. Unfortunately, he forgets the thermal lance upgrade. Both players max out, and move back and forth across the center of the map trying to gain a positional advantage.







Jinro lands two huge EMPs on Choya's army, which retreats to regenerate shields. This allows Jinro's vikings to snipe two colossus. Jinro's banshee gets more probe kills and a separate small MM group forces a nexus cancel, so Choya is forced to move in through Jinro's back rocks. The lack of thermal lance proves to be too much as Jinro wins the battle convincingly with marauders and vikings. Choya GG's shortly after.





Jinro opens 2-rax, while Choya opens DT expand. Jinro uses a hero reaper which suicides to barely see the DT tech, allowing him to get turrets up in time. Jinro then techs to cloaked banshee, and his first one gets a dozen kills before it's driven off.Jinro attacks with PDD, but some nice forcefields from Choya defend it.Ahead in supply, Jinro expands to his gold, while Choya masses colossus. Unfortunately, he forgets the thermal lance upgrade. Both players max out, and move back and forth across the center of the map trying to gain a positional advantage.Jinro lands two huge EMPs on Choya's army, which retreats to regenerate shields. This allows Jinro's vikings to snipe two colossus. Jinro's banshee gets more probe kills and a separate small MM group forces a nexus cancel, so Choya is forced to move in through Jinro's back rocks. The lack of thermal lance proves to be too much as Jinro wins the battle convincingly with marauders and vikings. Choya GG's shortly after.



TLAF-Liquid`Jinro Ro8: The Aftermath



You reached the semifinals! Now that you had a few hours to collect yourself, how does it feel?



Woo, I feel about the same as after I won except now I can actually say that I feel that way. After I won I had a hard time saying anything :D !



You were up 2-0 but the series went to a fifth game. What was going through your head after Game 4?



"**** how did I let this get to Blistering Sands? Gotta focus 100% now." Then nothing.



In Game 1, you did a Raven rush similar to what you did vs TT1 in MLG Dallas finals. But Choya stole your gas.



Stealing the gas doesn't affect the build very much at all, I was a little worried when I saw the phoenix as I thought this meant he had analyzed how to beat this build. However, he only made one phoenix and he made observers as well, so at that point I knew he would be too low on sentries to defend and felt confident I could win.



In Game 2 Choya decided to proxy a Dark Shrine. Did you know it was coming?



Yes, in Game 2 I thought DTs might be possible -- I scanned the 2 warp gates and it immediately brought to mind some comments made by Hero about being mindful to have 2 scans at the 7:30 timing. Even after accidentally misclicking one scan I was able to defend, but it was close.



Choya's army was very large, but you picked off colossus with vikings and landed an EMP on all his sentries. Did you feel relieved after winning from a disadvantageous position?



I was definitely happy, it was a pretty damn hard fought game.



In Game 3 both you and Choya did standard fast expansion builds.



I should have expoed sooner because of the positions. I wasn't really sure what his composition was aside from the colossus, despite trying to scout him a lot. I ended up fighting in a bad spot, which cost me the game.



In Game 4 you were caught by a very good forcefield. Did you know Choya didn't expand the entire game?



No, I thought he expo'd. I was told he canceled his nexus afterward though. The force field didn't matter much, if I had known he didn't have an expo I'd have just stayed back. Also, they told me he had no units after his attempted attack in the beginning, while I thought he was on 4+ gate, so I should have attacked immediately



In Game 5, your reaper was critical in scouting his Dark Templar tech.



Yeah, that's why it was made basically. It's reason for being was to scout. oGsHero told me to do this build when I asked him for advice on Blistering Sands, and while I asked many people for builds this was the one I liked the most. You 2 rax, pressure some see what hes doing, then fac and 3 rax or expo depending on what you see



You were very conservative in the late game, what were you thinking when you saw he didn't take a 3rd base and kept building an army?



It's very hard to find a good place to engage on Blistering, and I wasn't really sure where I stood in regards to army size as I'm not really used to this situation. I think taking a 3rd is pretty difficult for anyone on this map so I didn't think much of it, I just tried to find a favorable fight while delaying his 3rd as much as possible.



You celebrated with a lot of the oGs guys outside your booth. What did they say to you?



Congratulations, that they are proud of me, that they were really happy - just what you'd expect basically . I haven't really celebrated any wins until now, but I couldn't contain it this time.



ChoyafOu seems like a nice guy.



He is really nice. Before the games, he told me I look like his cousin and and that he liked me. His coach translated for him.



You play your teammate and friend oGsMC next. Did you check TL before the match to see MC's results? Did he say anything to you before your match?



Yeah I was keeping up via the live report . He didn't say anything special, just normal good lucks before the games.



Is there going to be any house tension now that you guys have to play each other?



Nah, I don't even think I will bother to use anything but my normal account - we all trust each other. It sucks that team kills happen but on the other hand, we have a 100% guaranteed player in the finals.



Are you guys going to practice with different teammates?



Yeah, I think we'll split things up a bit to avoid having the practice partners be put in difficult situations.



Who gets TheStc?



Hahaha, maybe we can roshambo it for him.



Ret told a story about you sleep talking about how impressive gorilla man was.



Well he is pretty impressive...



Have you adjusted your goals for this tournament now that you are in the semifinals? Will it be hard trying to beat a teammate?



Always one goal at a time, first round of 8, now round of 4. It will be hard but not because it's a teammate, but because he's the scariest Protoss in the world right now.



Did MC help you practice for Choya?



Yeah, but we only shared two maps so we mostly focused on our own practice. He gave me lots of advice though whenever I needed it.



You already secured quite a bit of prize money. Are you thinking about the prize money at all? Does this put more nerves or pressure on you?



Money doesn't feel real until paid for the most part, but yes, 9k vs 3k is a big difference - it does add to it.



Is there any established tradition at the oGs house when someone gets this far? Do you and MC buy chicken or pizza or something?



Pretty sure we will be buying a loooooot of chicken/pizza if we win. But yes, that is basically what happens - winners pay for this stuff =)



Did you see the Chinese nicknames for you? "Muscle man" and "Scandinavian Thor".



The Chinese nicknames are gosu. I wonder where muscle man comes from, I'm not exactly buff (yet! I have aspirations). Maybe compared to average progamer, I don't know.



Your beanie and facial hair are very intimidating.



Ah maybe that is why lol



We're enjoying these interviews every round. Hopefully we'll get another winners' one in a few days. Any last shoutouts?



Thanks to everyone who helped me prepare for this - oGsHero, oGsWant, oGsCarmel, oGsInca, oGsMC, oGsVINES, IMYongHwa, oGsTOP, oGsGon, oGsTheWind, LiquidHuk and LiquidNazgul. Thanks to TLAF and everyone supporting me and especially thanks to the people making those sick gorilla Terran posters ^^



Woo, I feel about the same as after I won except now I can actually say that I feel that way. After I won I had a hard time saying anything :D !"**** how did I let this get to Blistering Sands? Gotta focus 100% now." Then nothing.Stealing the gas doesn't affect the build very much at all, I was a little worried when I saw the phoenix as I thought this meant he had analyzed how to beat this build. However, he only made one phoenix and he made observers as well, so at that point I knew he would be too low on sentries to defend and felt confident I could win.Yes, in Game 2 I thought DTs might be possible -- I scanned the 2 warp gates and it immediately brought to mind some comments made by Hero about being mindful to have 2 scans at the 7:30 timing. Even after accidentally misclicking one scan I was able to defend, but it was close.I was definitely happy, it was a pretty damn hard fought game.I should have expoed sooner because of the positions. I wasn't really sure what his composition was aside from the colossus, despite trying to scout him a lot. I ended up fighting in a bad spot, which cost me the game.No, I thought he expo'd. I was told he canceled his nexus afterward though. The force field didn't matter much, if I had known he didn't have an expo I'd have just stayed back. Also, they told me he had no units after his attempted attack in the beginning, while I thought he was on 4+ gate, so I should have attacked immediatelyYeah, that's why it was made basically. It's reason for being was to scout. oGsHero told me to do this build when I asked him for advice on Blistering Sands, and while I asked many people for builds this was the one I liked the most. You 2 rax, pressure some see what hes doing, then fac and 3 rax or expo depending on what you seeIt's very hard to find a good place to engage on Blistering, and I wasn't really sure where I stood in regards to army size as I'm not really used to this situation. I think taking a 3rd is pretty difficult for anyone on this map so I didn't think much of it, I just tried to find a favorable fight while delaying his 3rd as much as possible.Congratulations, that they are proud of me, that they were really happy - just what you'd expect basically. I haven't really celebrated any wins until now, but I couldn't contain it this time.He is really nice. Before the games, he told me I look like his cousin and and that he liked me. His coach translated for him.Yeah I was keeping up via the live report. He didn't say anything special, just normal good lucks before the games.Nah, I don't even think I will bother to use anything but my normal account - we all trust each other. It sucks that team kills happen but on the other hand, we have a 100% guaranteed player in the finals.Yeah, I think we'll split things up a bit to avoid having the practice partners be put in difficult situations.Hahaha, maybe we can roshambo it for him.Well he is pretty impressive...Always one goal at a time, first round of 8, now round of 4. It will be hard but not because it's a teammate, but because he's the scariest Protoss in the world right now.Yeah, but we only shared two maps so we mostly focused on our own practice. He gave me lots of advice though whenever I needed it.Money doesn't feel real until paid for the most part, but yes, 9k vs 3k is a big difference - it does add to it.Pretty sure we will be buying a loooooot of chicken/pizza if we win. But yes, that is basically what happens - winners pay for this stuff =)The Chinese nicknames are gosu. I wonder where muscle man comes from, I'm not exactly buff (yet! I have aspirations). Maybe compared to average progamer, I don't know.Ah maybe that is why lolThanks to everyone who helped me prepare for this - oGsHero, oGsWant, oGsCarmel, oGsInca, oGsMC, oGsVINES, IMYongHwa, oGsTOP, oGsGon, oGsTheWind, LiquidHuk and LiquidNazgul. Thanks to TLAF and everyone supporting me and especially thanks to the people making those sick gorilla Terran posters ^^



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