StarCraft II
it is almost here, just around the corner. The GSL March grand final is less than a day away and, boy, do we have some amazing players in it! At the grandest of venues, those two players will clash so hard that the sound of battle will echo back, forward and sideways of time to leave a mark for years to come. The epicness will struck us so stunningly, that we will discover how yellow tastes and where does lost love go.
This is the least I expect from gamers from the class of
Sung-Jun 'July' Park and . These pillars of might has brought the GSl to a historical crossroads with each path leading, inevitably, to something worthy of remembrance.
The first road leads to the golden mouse winner "July", the legend of old, the God of War. July has come a long, hard road, rising from a BroodWar slump and being reincarnated as a SC2 maestro. Mr. Park has shown us such an amazing play throughout the season that I do indeed begin to believe that they named the month after him. If he wins it all, he will be the first true BroodWar legend to come this far in StarCraft 2.
The second road leads to July's opponent (naturally) "MC", who has just as much motivation to fight for the gold. Even if one disregards the pile of money that comes with the first place there is still one more thing of far greater importance. MC could be the first ever player to win two GSL titles. Only he and Jung-Hoon 'MarineKing' Lee have made it to two GSL finals but "MC" already has a gold in his pocket so he's got the quill to write history in the making.
But how did those two climb all the way up to the battle for the GSL throne? Looking back at the semi-finals played a week ago, I remember the marginal differences skill-wise between our two heroes and their opponents.
MC ended the Cinderella story of Cho Won 'San' Kang, who fought bravely and valiantly through opponent that he, in theory, shouldn't have beaten, considering his performance in earlier GSLs. His mojo, however, ran out during the fight against "MC" and the oGs protoss not only drew the final line of the fairy tale but burned the carriage, stole the shoe, killed the prince and punched Cinderella in the face with brass knuckles. MC kept his cool throughout the sets, made the right decisions and microed his way up to a 3-1 win.
July, on the other hand, played relentlessly against Jung Hwan 'Anypro' Lee, inspiring many Zergs with his quite unique PvZ style. The untiring aggression of "July" is truly a testament for his BroodWar glory and Anypro just could not hold his ground for long enough and, similarly to San, fell 1-3 to the God of War.
Thus, it all arrives at the final match of the GSL, which, as already mentioned, should be no less than legendary. And I cannot recall a closer finals to predict ince "Nestea" vs "MarineKing" in GSL 2. Both players walked a thorny isle to end up where they are. Although one might say that MC got the easier half of the brackets, referring to such a data seems insulting. Both players qualified from the same group of death, defeating the then reigning champion Jong Hyeon 'MVP' Jung, so saying that one is far better than the other would be total bullshit.
July enters the finals as a Zerg that is to play the currently problematic ZvP. Furthermore, he already met MC in group A and lost, which, for the crazy statisticians out there, would mean that he has lower chances of winning. But despite all the previous history and the state of the game, July doesn't seem to care. He looks more than confident playing a ZvP. His uniquely aggressive style that he uses both with low econ techs and fluent end-game macro might turn out troublesome for MC as there really isn't anyone else who exploits these capabilities of Zerg. Finding a suitable training partner might be difficult.
Looking at the other side of the coin, MC is just as strong as he has been since he won the gold. His skill level is not at all withering and although he fought the relative darkhorses of GSL (at least compared to the monsters like Yoon-Yeol 'NaDa' Lee and Kyu Jong 'Clide' Han who July had to defeat), MC has no doubt what it takes to stop July's unstopping onslaught.
At the end of the day, there isn't a clear winner in my head. I would really like to see July winning if only for the fact that he deserves to claim a trophy that early in his SC2 career. But even from the unbiased journalist's point of view, I dare not allocate preferences to either player because whoever sits on the throne, the ending will be huge. Indescribably, earthcrackingly huge!
P.S. There is always the possibility of the game ending faster than the speed of light in a bobsleigh, in which case I would look really, really stupid.
This is the least I expect from gamers from the class of
Sung-Jun 'July' Park and . These pillars of might has brought the GSl to a historical crossroads with each path leading, inevitably, to something worthy of remembrance. The first road leads to the golden mouse winner "July", the legend of old, the God of War. July has come a long, hard road, rising from a BroodWar slump and being reincarnated as a SC2 maestro. Mr. Park has shown us such an amazing play throughout the season that I do indeed begin to believe that they named the month after him. If he wins it all, he will be the first true BroodWar legend to come this far in StarCraft 2.
The second road leads to July's opponent (naturally) "MC", who has just as much motivation to fight for the gold. Even if one disregards the pile of money that comes with the first place there is still one more thing of far greater importance. MC could be the first ever player to win two GSL titles. Only he and
Jung-Hoon 'MarineKing' Lee have made it to two GSL finals but "MC" already has a gold in his pocket so he's got the quill to write history in the making.But how did those two climb all the way up to the battle for the GSL throne? Looking back at the semi-finals played a week ago, I remember the marginal differences skill-wise between our two heroes and their opponents.
MC ended the Cinderella story of
Cho Won 'San' Kang, who fought bravely and valiantly through opponent that he, in theory, shouldn't have beaten, considering his performance in earlier GSLs. His mojo, however, ran out during the fight against "MC" and the oGs protoss not only drew the final line of the fairy tale but burned the carriage, stole the shoe, killed the prince and punched Cinderella in the face with brass knuckles. MC kept his cool throughout the sets, made the right decisions and microed his way up to a 3-1 win.July, on the other hand, played relentlessly against
Jung Hwan 'Anypro' Lee, inspiring many Zergs with his quite unique PvZ style. The untiring aggression of "July" is truly a testament for his BroodWar glory and Anypro just could not hold his ground for long enough and, similarly to San, fell 1-3 to the God of War.Thus, it all arrives at the final match of the GSL, which, as already mentioned, should be no less than legendary. And I cannot recall a closer finals to predict ince "Nestea" vs "MarineKing" in GSL 2. Both players walked a thorny isle to end up where they are. Although one might say that MC got the easier half of the brackets, referring to such a data seems insulting. Both players qualified from the same group of death, defeating the then reigning champion
Jong Hyeon 'MVP' Jung, so saying that one is far better than the other would be total bullshit. July enters the finals as a Zerg that is to play the currently problematic ZvP. Furthermore, he already met MC in group A and lost, which, for the crazy statisticians out there, would mean that he has lower chances of winning. But despite all the previous history and the state of the game, July doesn't seem to care. He looks more than confident playing a ZvP. His uniquely aggressive style that he uses both with low econ techs and fluent end-game macro might turn out troublesome for MC as there really isn't anyone else who exploits these capabilities of Zerg. Finding a suitable training partner might be difficult.
Looking at the other side of the coin, MC is just as strong as he has been since he won the gold. His skill level is not at all withering and although he fought the relative darkhorses of GSL (at least compared to the monsters like
Yoon-Yeol 'NaDa' Lee and Kyu Jong 'Clide' Han who July had to defeat), MC has no doubt what it takes to stop July's unstopping onslaught. At the end of the day, there isn't a clear winner in my head. I would really like to see July winning if only for the fact that he deserves to claim a trophy that early in his SC2 career. But even from the unbiased journalist's point of view, I dare not allocate preferences to either player because whoever sits on the throne, the ending will be huge. Indescribably, earthcrackingly huge!
P.S. There is always the possibility of the game ending faster than the speed of light in a bobsleigh, in which case I would look really, really stupid.
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