| Player | Code S Rank | 2010 Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| TSLFruitDealer | Z | #1 | Champion, ro32, ro8 |
| oGsZenio | Z | #14 | ro32, ro8, ro64 |
| IMmvp | T | #27 | DNQ, ro32, ro16 |
| oGsjookTo | Z | #32 | ro32, ro64, ro64 |
FruitDealer needs no introduction, and Zenio and mvp have both looked dominating at times. oGsjookTo is clearly the odd man out, but with each player generally playing each other just once (unless tiebreakers are needed) there's plenty of opportunity for even the worst player (and using GomTV's rankings jookTo is the worst player in Code S) to upset the best (again, by their stats that would be FruitDealer).
As discussed yesterday, the structure for the round of 32 is single game round robin where you advance with two wins and are eliminated with two losses. GomTV puts all the group's action into one VOD though you can skip between games.
IMmvp (T) vs. TSLFruitDealer (Z) on Lost Temple
Match Rating: 3/10
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Close ground positions, FruitDealer at 12 and mvp at 9
Hatch first on 15 for FruitDealer, two barracks for mvp
The first marine arrives with an SCV and finds four drones ready to defend.
A second marine and SCV arrive to help, but there's a spine crawler building at the expansion.
mvp withdraws but only to the watchtower, where he masses up more marines.
Now with six marines to go with his two SCVs, he moves in to the ramp out of range of the spine crawler
FruitDealer tries to reposition the spine crawler, but the marines shoot it down while it is re-burrowing
Now FruitDealer is virtually helpless. The marines pick off an overlord and then annihilate the drones when they come to try to surround.
FruitDealer concedes
Not the epic game we were hoping for from these two excellent players. Slight tactical error by FruitDealer in his spine crawler placement, but you wonder if going hatch first in what turned out to be such close positions was a good idea.
Hatch first on 15 for FruitDealer, two barracks for mvp
The first marine arrives with an SCV and finds four drones ready to defend.
A second marine and SCV arrive to help, but there's a spine crawler building at the expansion.
mvp withdraws but only to the watchtower, where he masses up more marines.
Now with six marines to go with his two SCVs, he moves in to the ramp out of range of the spine crawler
FruitDealer tries to reposition the spine crawler, but the marines shoot it down while it is re-burrowing
Now FruitDealer is virtually helpless. The marines pick off an overlord and then annihilate the drones when they come to try to surround.
FruitDealer concedes
Not the epic game we were hoping for from these two excellent players. Slight tactical error by FruitDealer in his spine crawler placement, but you wonder if going hatch first in what turned out to be such close positions was a good idea.
oGsjookTo (Z) vs oGsZenio (Z) on Scrap Station
Match Rating: 6/10
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Pool first for both players, then zergling speed
Baneling nest for jookTo, spine crawler for Zenio
Both players scout each other with lings
Zenio gets a baneling nest in reaction to what he sees while the scouting zergling is still in his base
Two queens and a lair now for Zenio, jookTo moving zerglings into position outside his base and morphing about ten banelings
Banelings being morphed in Zenio's base, he moves out with two and picks off a few of jookTo's banelings
Quick infestation pit for Zenio, two queens at the ramp protecting his main
jookTo withdraws to his base, spire now for jookTo long after Zenio's infestation pit
Both players expand to their natural
Three infestors out for Zenio, jookTo cancels his spire and switches to a roach warren
Hydralisk den as well for jookTo
Zenio scouts jookTo with an overseer and sees the hydralisk den upgrading range
Two evolution chambers for Zenio as both players sit back and mass up
jookTo gets three spine crawlers and then starts a hive and spire, Zenio takes a third
jookTo's overseer contaminates the lair in Zenio's main but queens prevent further harassment
Zenio has hydralisks out now as well and is teching to hive
Zenio tears down the rocks with his roach/infestor army while building more hydralisks
Zenio moves in, fungals jookTo's roaches, and then adds a ton of infested terrans
jookTo flanks with roach reinforcements and destroys Zenio's army
jookTo tries to counter across the rocks but is driven back
Zenio starts a hatch at the gold base, he's already up three bases to two
Zenio moves in again with his roaches but again jookTo takes out his force
Brood lords finish for jookTo and are spotted by an overlord
Three brood lords at the edge of Zenio's main, jookTo is very careful to stay out of range of infestors
Gold base is finished for Zenio if he can survive the brood lords
Two corruptors out for Zenio, only a few hydralisks there to cover jookTo's brood lords
jookTo moves his whole army into Zenio's main and fights an enormous battle
Zenio's corruptors take out the brood lords and Zenio manages to clear out jookTo's large roach army
jookTo tries to attack Zenio's third but the economic advantage for Zenio is now overwhelming and he crushes it
jookTo concedes
Pretty close game due to Zenio's unnecessary attack across the rocks and subsequent loss of his army, but ultimately Zenio's economic advantage allowed him to win through.
Baneling nest for jookTo, spine crawler for Zenio
Both players scout each other with lings
Zenio gets a baneling nest in reaction to what he sees while the scouting zergling is still in his base
Two queens and a lair now for Zenio, jookTo moving zerglings into position outside his base and morphing about ten banelings
Banelings being morphed in Zenio's base, he moves out with two and picks off a few of jookTo's banelings
Quick infestation pit for Zenio, two queens at the ramp protecting his main
jookTo withdraws to his base, spire now for jookTo long after Zenio's infestation pit
Both players expand to their natural
Three infestors out for Zenio, jookTo cancels his spire and switches to a roach warren
Hydralisk den as well for jookTo
Zenio scouts jookTo with an overseer and sees the hydralisk den upgrading range
Two evolution chambers for Zenio as both players sit back and mass up
jookTo gets three spine crawlers and then starts a hive and spire, Zenio takes a third
jookTo's overseer contaminates the lair in Zenio's main but queens prevent further harassment
Zenio has hydralisks out now as well and is teching to hive
Zenio tears down the rocks with his roach/infestor army while building more hydralisks
Zenio moves in, fungals jookTo's roaches, and then adds a ton of infested terrans
jookTo flanks with roach reinforcements and destroys Zenio's army
jookTo tries to counter across the rocks but is driven back
Zenio starts a hatch at the gold base, he's already up three bases to two
Zenio moves in again with his roaches but again jookTo takes out his force
Brood lords finish for jookTo and are spotted by an overlord
Three brood lords at the edge of Zenio's main, jookTo is very careful to stay out of range of infestors
Gold base is finished for Zenio if he can survive the brood lords
Two corruptors out for Zenio, only a few hydralisks there to cover jookTo's brood lords
jookTo moves his whole army into Zenio's main and fights an enormous battle
Zenio's corruptors take out the brood lords and Zenio manages to clear out jookTo's large roach army
jookTo tries to attack Zenio's third but the economic advantage for Zenio is now overwhelming and he crushes it
jookTo concedes
Pretty close game due to Zenio's unnecessary attack across the rocks and subsequent loss of his army, but ultimately Zenio's economic advantage allowed him to win through.
Match 1 winner vs Match 2 loser
Match Rating: 5/10
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IMmvp (T) vs. oGsjookTo (Z) on X'el Naga Caverns
Hatch first on 15 for jookTo, gas, factory, then reactor for mvp
Two marines pick off an overlord on the right side of the map
mvp builds a command center at the natural, two hellions out to harass the expansion
Roach warren for jookTo finishes after mild damage, speedlings try to counter but four hellions drive them off easily
Lair coming for jookTo, marauders and stim for mvp
mvp moves out with six marauders and 8 hellions, jookTo has 3 roaches and 10 zerglings to defend...
mvp's army devastates jookto's natural, his desperation zerglings are demolished by the hellions
The hellions move into the main and kill all of jookTo's drones while they are bunched up
Marauders clean up the few remaining roaches
jookTo surrenders
mvp's hellion into marauder build is fairly unusual these days, but this kind of thing was quite common in the beta. jookTo didn't seem to know what to do and his tech switches came far too late to handle the crisis.
Hatch first on 15 for jookTo, gas, factory, then reactor for mvp
Two marines pick off an overlord on the right side of the map
mvp builds a command center at the natural, two hellions out to harass the expansion
Roach warren for jookTo finishes after mild damage, speedlings try to counter but four hellions drive them off easily
Lair coming for jookTo, marauders and stim for mvp
mvp moves out with six marauders and 8 hellions, jookTo has 3 roaches and 10 zerglings to defend...
mvp's army devastates jookto's natural, his desperation zerglings are demolished by the hellions
The hellions move into the main and kill all of jookTo's drones while they are bunched up
Marauders clean up the few remaining roaches
jookTo surrenders
mvp's hellion into marauder build is fairly unusual these days, but this kind of thing was quite common in the beta. jookTo didn't seem to know what to do and his tech switches came far too late to handle the crisis.
Match 2 winner vs Match 1 loser
Match Rating: 5/10
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oGsZenio (Z) vs. TSLFruitDealer (Z) on Xel'Naga Caverns
Pool first on about 12 for both players
Spine crawler for Zenio, FruitDealer moves a queen out to snipe an overlord
Quicker roach warren for FruitDealer, quicker lair for Zenio
Infestation pit coming for Zenio, he adds another spine crawler
Roach speed for FruitDealer, who's sticking with roaches while three infestors come for Zenio
Nydus network for FruitDealer, roach warren for Zenio
The nydus goes down at Zenio's expansion to allow for quick rallying as he roach rushes
Zenio has two queens and two spine crawlers at his ramp to defend...
Game is paused!
Game resumes, FruitDealer's roaches get fungaled on the ramp while in range of the spine crawlers
FruitDealer tries to put down another nydus inside Zenio's base but Zenio kills it easily before it finishes
FruitDealer sitting back in a contain, five infestors out for Zenio
One by one the infestors step down to fungal the containing roaches, FruitDealer expanding behind it
Zenio comes down the ramp with a lot of roaches and drives him back to the nydus, then destroys it
Zenio puts down his expansion not very far behind FruitDealer's
FruitDealer gets burrow and moves down to Zenio's expansion with about a dozen roaches
They get fungaled and can't burrow, so Zenio kills them easily
Zenio moves out with about twenty roaches and three infestors
FruitDealer counters but Zenio cleans it up while still attacking
Zenio now has overwhelming force and smashes through FruitDealer's base
FruitDealer surrenders
Fairly big upset as FruitDealer will have to play in the relegation matches while Zenio advances to the round of 16.
Pool first on about 12 for both players
Spine crawler for Zenio, FruitDealer moves a queen out to snipe an overlord
Quicker roach warren for FruitDealer, quicker lair for Zenio
Infestation pit coming for Zenio, he adds another spine crawler
Roach speed for FruitDealer, who's sticking with roaches while three infestors come for Zenio
Nydus network for FruitDealer, roach warren for Zenio
The nydus goes down at Zenio's expansion to allow for quick rallying as he roach rushes
Zenio has two queens and two spine crawlers at his ramp to defend...
Game is paused!
Game resumes, FruitDealer's roaches get fungaled on the ramp while in range of the spine crawlers
FruitDealer tries to put down another nydus inside Zenio's base but Zenio kills it easily before it finishes
FruitDealer sitting back in a contain, five infestors out for Zenio
One by one the infestors step down to fungal the containing roaches, FruitDealer expanding behind it
Zenio comes down the ramp with a lot of roaches and drives him back to the nydus, then destroys it
Zenio puts down his expansion not very far behind FruitDealer's
FruitDealer gets burrow and moves down to Zenio's expansion with about a dozen roaches
They get fungaled and can't burrow, so Zenio kills them easily
Zenio moves out with about twenty roaches and three infestors
FruitDealer counters but Zenio cleans it up while still attacking
Zenio now has overwhelming force and smashes through FruitDealer's base
FruitDealer surrenders
Fairly big upset as FruitDealer will have to play in the relegation matches while Zenio advances to the round of 16.
Deciding Game(s)
Match Rating: 6/10
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IMmvp (T) vs oGsZenio (Z) on Lost Temple to decide seeding in the round of 16
Close air positions, mvp at 9 and Zenio at 6
Hatch first for Zenio, two barracks for mvp
mvp tries to float a barracks to snipe Zenio's scouting overlord but it escapes
mvp gets a quick command center at his natural and moves his two barracks to wall off the natural choke
Zergling speed and then lair for Zenio, third barracks for mvp
mvp moves in with six marines and kills a bunch of zerglings before falling back having taken no damage
Fourth barracks for mvp and stim, spire and baneling nest for Zenio
Mutalisks coming for Zenio, they head out at the same time as mvp leaves his base with a large infantry force
Only three mutalisks though, so mvp ignores it and continues on
Zenio makes a bunch of spine crawlers, but they don't finish before the marauders leading mvp's force get in range
The marauders tank the banelings, Zenio manages a clever flank with some extra banelings but mvp spreads
A fair number of drones and all the mutalisks and banelings die before the last marines get cleaned up
mvp adds more barracks and starts making medivacs out of his starport
mvp takes a third at the main at 12, moves in to attack while the mutalisks harass his base
mvp goes to kill Zenio's third and finds that it doesn't exist
Zenio is up to 10 mutalisks but mvp has some turrets placed to limit the damage he can do
Two medivacs are caught in the open by the mutalisks while mvp combines his forces, but it's a huge army nonetheless
mvp moves with an enormous all-marine army, Zenio attacks with banelings and mvp spreads perfectly and destroys them
Only mutalisks now to defend Zenio's base, mvp gets a fusion core because, why not?
Meanwhile his infantry army moves into Zenio's natural and calls down a mule while he obliterates Zenio's units
Zenio concedes
mvp finishes top of the group in style, going 3-0 against two really good Zergs and jookTo (sorry jookTo but...).
oGsjookTo (Z) vs TSLFruitDealer (Z) on Xel'Naga Caverns for seeding in the relegation matches
Pool first and then zergling speed for both players
Roach warren for FruitDealer, scouted by jookTo who is getting one as well
Lair now for FruitDealer
jookTo pumping roaches, FruitDealer starts a spine crawler in his main
jookTo has many more roaches, FruitDealer cancels his lair and tries to block the top of his ramp with four roaches
jookTo's roaches get inside and move around the spine crawler killing the queen, zerglings rallying in
FruitDealer manages to hold, just barely
jookTo gets a spine crawler and then goes to lair while FruitDealer expands and gets his own lair
Spire now for jookTo, FruitDealer scouts jookTo's lair with an overlord but doesn't see the spire
Hydralisk den for FruitDealer, jookTo taking his natural
Two mutalisks are out for jookTo and snipe an overlord, but jookTo drones up instead of making more
FruitDealer moves out with his hydra/roach army, jookTo has very few units to defend
jookTo sends his drones to help his defending roaches and spine crawlers, but FruitDealer's army rolls over the expansion
jookTo concedes
FruitDealer may be out of the tournament but he salvaged some pride as well as improved his chances to avoid relegation by defeating jookTo, who looked a step slower strategically (which is hardly unexpected given it was #1 vs. #32).
Close air positions, mvp at 9 and Zenio at 6
Hatch first for Zenio, two barracks for mvp
mvp tries to float a barracks to snipe Zenio's scouting overlord but it escapes
mvp gets a quick command center at his natural and moves his two barracks to wall off the natural choke
Zergling speed and then lair for Zenio, third barracks for mvp
mvp moves in with six marines and kills a bunch of zerglings before falling back having taken no damage
Fourth barracks for mvp and stim, spire and baneling nest for Zenio
Mutalisks coming for Zenio, they head out at the same time as mvp leaves his base with a large infantry force
Only three mutalisks though, so mvp ignores it and continues on
Zenio makes a bunch of spine crawlers, but they don't finish before the marauders leading mvp's force get in range
The marauders tank the banelings, Zenio manages a clever flank with some extra banelings but mvp spreads
A fair number of drones and all the mutalisks and banelings die before the last marines get cleaned up
mvp adds more barracks and starts making medivacs out of his starport
mvp takes a third at the main at 12, moves in to attack while the mutalisks harass his base
mvp goes to kill Zenio's third and finds that it doesn't exist
Zenio is up to 10 mutalisks but mvp has some turrets placed to limit the damage he can do
Two medivacs are caught in the open by the mutalisks while mvp combines his forces, but it's a huge army nonetheless
mvp moves with an enormous all-marine army, Zenio attacks with banelings and mvp spreads perfectly and destroys them
Only mutalisks now to defend Zenio's base, mvp gets a fusion core because, why not?
Meanwhile his infantry army moves into Zenio's natural and calls down a mule while he obliterates Zenio's units
Zenio concedes
mvp finishes top of the group in style, going 3-0 against two really good Zergs and jookTo (sorry jookTo but...).
oGsjookTo (Z) vs TSLFruitDealer (Z) on Xel'Naga Caverns for seeding in the relegation matches
Pool first and then zergling speed for both players
Roach warren for FruitDealer, scouted by jookTo who is getting one as well
Lair now for FruitDealer
jookTo pumping roaches, FruitDealer starts a spine crawler in his main
jookTo has many more roaches, FruitDealer cancels his lair and tries to block the top of his ramp with four roaches
jookTo's roaches get inside and move around the spine crawler killing the queen, zerglings rallying in
FruitDealer manages to hold, just barely
jookTo gets a spine crawler and then goes to lair while FruitDealer expands and gets his own lair
Spire now for jookTo, FruitDealer scouts jookTo's lair with an overlord but doesn't see the spire
Hydralisk den for FruitDealer, jookTo taking his natural
Two mutalisks are out for jookTo and snipe an overlord, but jookTo drones up instead of making more
FruitDealer moves out with his hydra/roach army, jookTo has very few units to defend
jookTo sends his drones to help his defending roaches and spine crawlers, but FruitDealer's army rolls over the expansion
jookTo concedes
FruitDealer may be out of the tournament but he salvaged some pride as well as improved his chances to avoid relegation by defeating jookTo, who looked a step slower strategically (which is hardly unexpected given it was #1 vs. #32).
Group A Results and Commentary
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Results
IMmvp (1-0) defeats TSLFruitDealer (0-1)
oGsZenio (1-0) defeats oGsjookTo (0-1)
IMmvp (2-0) defeats oGsjookTo (0-2) [mvp advances, jookTo eliminated]
oGsZenio (2-0) defeats TSLFruitDealer (0-2) [Zenio advances, FruitDealer eliminated]
IMmvp (3-0) defeats oGsZenio (2-1) [mvp clinches top of the group]
TSLFruitDealer (1-2) defeats oGsjookTo (0-3) [oGsjookTo finishes at the bottom]
Standings
1. IMmvp
2. oGsZenio
3. TSLFruitDealer
4. oGsjookTo
Commentary
The big upset is FruitDealer, GSL 1 champion and overall points leader, finishing third, but frankly while FruitDealer is obviously very good he's not invincible and mvp and Zenio have been quite strong in the past. Despite their far lower rankings in Code S, the fact that either of them advanced is not a shock, though both of them going through is a bit of a surprise. jookTo at least looked about what you'd expect: not bad, but clearly overmatched.
IMmvp (1-0) defeats TSLFruitDealer (0-1)
oGsZenio (1-0) defeats oGsjookTo (0-1)
IMmvp (2-0) defeats oGsjookTo (0-2) [mvp advances, jookTo eliminated]
oGsZenio (2-0) defeats TSLFruitDealer (0-2) [Zenio advances, FruitDealer eliminated]
IMmvp (3-0) defeats oGsZenio (2-1) [mvp clinches top of the group]
TSLFruitDealer (1-2) defeats oGsjookTo (0-3) [oGsjookTo finishes at the bottom]
Standings
1. IMmvp
2. oGsZenio
3. TSLFruitDealer
4. oGsjookTo
Commentary
The big upset is FruitDealer, GSL 1 champion and overall points leader, finishing third, but frankly while FruitDealer is obviously very good he's not invincible and mvp and Zenio have been quite strong in the past. Despite their far lower rankings in Code S, the fact that either of them advanced is not a shock, though both of them going through is a bit of a surprise. jookTo at least looked about what you'd expect: not bad, but clearly overmatched.
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