![]() Meanwhile, the other finalist spot was contested between frequent Europe cup opponents Clem and MaxPax. Overall, Harstem had a relatively favorable bracket up to the finals, beating Jieshi, Kas, and Botvinnik along the way. ![]() Most impressively, Romanian Protoss CuKu took out HeroMarine 2-1 in the so-called 'Big Gabe Weekly.' Also, last week's finalist SKillous was taken out in the RO8 by Botvinnik, who himself lost to Harstem in the semis. In fact, the five Zergs that reached the RO32 did not even take a game off their opponents.īesides the Zerg wipeout, other interesting results happened early on. Indeed, not a single Zerg managed to reach the RO16, which was filled with Protoss and Terran. There were a lot of participants in this European cup, but barely any notable Zergs. However, this is at best a slight upset, as Dark does not play at his usual scary level in the ESL Open Cups. Upset(s) of the day: No real upset happened on the week, except maybe Cure beating Dark. Dark was forced into a desperate counter-attack after falling very behind economically, and he GG'd out after failing to narrow the gap.Ĭure is now at 17 gold medals in Asia, right behind Zest at 21. Finally, Cure won the deciding map of Inside and Out by using multiple harass tools successfully-Hellions, Liberators, and Marines squads all got some damage in. Then, Cure defended Dark's early Ling-Roach aggression perfectly on Moondance, riding that momentum to tie the series 2-2. It started on Tropical Sacrifice, where his Marine-Marauder composition ran over the Zerg defenders at a weak timing. Although Cure was on the verge of stabilizing a few times, his main was in shambles and he eventually had to tap out.ĭark was up 2-0 after those two games, but Cure showed great resolve to pull off a reverse sweep. The second game on Waterfall was shorter, as Dark was the one to use an aggressive strategy with multiple Nyduses early on. Ultimately, Dark managed to stay in control of the game with plenty of expansions, and overwhelmed Cure after almost 26 minutes of battles. Despite this costly hold, Dark was able to play himself into a more or less even macro game. Dark went for an aggressive defense with Drones, stopping the attack but losing 7 Drones in the process. Cure opened up with proxy -Barracks in game one on Data-C, which was scouted relatively late by his opponent. The finals between Dark and Cure was very close, with Cure earning a narrow 3-2 reverse sweep victory ( VOD). The semis went according to most expectations, with Dark defeating NightMare 2-0 while Cure defeated SpeCial 2-0 as well. These three players performed well as expected and all reached the semifinals. Presumably because of TSL9 being played offline in the Netherlands, week #139's Korean cup had a low turnout that was highlighted by Dark, Cure, and SpeCial. In week #139, Cure won the Korean cup with a reverse sweep against Dark in the finals, MaxPax achieved a back-to-back victory in Europe, and trigger won his first ever weekly cup on the Americas server.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |