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Arena MSL 2008 - Ro16 - Week 2.2
Giving this some ahead footage, these games should be just as good as Thursday's.
Matchups
Game 2 of 3
fOrGG < Athena > Sea
Canata < Othello > Kal
Lomo < Colosseum > Kwanro
LuCifer < Colosseum > Jaedong
Game 3 of 3 (if needed)
fOrGG < Colosseum > Sea
Canata < Tiamat > Kal
Lomo < Othello > Kwanro
LuCifer < Tiamat > Jaedong
Re-Infestation - Warning, following text may contain spoilers!
Today, the MSL is finally seeing some fresh faces and fresh races. We had to bear the appearance of six Terrans in total on the other playday, but thankfully + Show Spoiler +
only two of four possible made it through
Previous to our pretty little doggy darlings running after their favourite plaything, i.e. human limbs and protoss babies, we have to bear the last Terran mirror for this round. But so far, even those games have not been disappointing us. Sea will definitely be looking to make up for his early dropout in the OSL. fOrGG will try to perform the leap from Proleague monster to MSL monster.
The second game matches up Canata against Kal. Canata has been playing well recently, he was a major part in SKT1's resurgence, reached a personal Elo peak, and has been going 9-3 since the last MSL. But these stats are misleading. Going 8-0 against Terran and 1-3 against Protoss shows an unhealthy diet of matchups. Sorry Canata, unless you start to perform miracles, Kal will mutilate you and leave a shapeless pulp of flesh where once was shiny Terran hope.
Third matchup is everyone's favourite rabid lemming going against "The fantastic Lomo" (tm). Lomo is a phenomenon to me. Recently he was included in Lecaf's proleague lineup for the first time in ages (read: since more than half a year). He used that opportunity to beat Nada. He casually ousted Hwasin out of the GSL. Since survivor he has gone 6-0, 8-0 if you count GSL in. And it only goes to show Lecaf's solo strength that they could allow themselves to preclude this player from their lineups. His enemy is Kwanro, the former next big Zerg. Entertainment value, yes, was once. But consistent success? Not likely.
The final match of the day features, namely speaking, the matchup of matchups, but personally speaking merely Jaedong outsmarting yet another Protoss. The first game must have been quite unsatisfactory to Lucifer, as he lost to an early cannonbreak performed by the current apex of Zergship. This not only put him down 0-1, but also broke his 9-game winstreak he boasted before. Today we might be looking for some closer games, although Lucifer yet has to prove his matchup. His PvT is fairly accomplished, but what can his PvZ do?
+ Show Spoiler [Standings] +
fOrGG [1-0] Sea
Canata [0-1] Kal
Lomo [1-0] Kwanro
Lucifer [0-1] Jaedong
+ Show Spoiler [Standings & Yesterday's Results] +
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+ Show Spoiler [Results] +
fOrGG [2-0] Sea --> fOrGG meets Kal in Ro8.
Kal [2-1] Canata --> Kal meets fOrGG in Ro8
Lomo [2-0] Kwanro --> Lomo meets Flash in Ro8.
Lucifer [0-2] Jaedong --> Jaedong meets Hwasin in Ro8.
Complete Ro8 now:
Group A: Hwasin vs. Jaedong
Group B: free vs. Much
Group C: Flash vs. Lomo
Group D: fOrGG vs. Kal
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Kal [2-1] Canata --> Kal meets fOrGG in Ro8
Lomo [2-0] Kwanro --> Lomo meets Flash in Ro8.
Lucifer [0-2] Jaedong --> Jaedong meets Hwasin in Ro8.
Complete Ro8 now:
Group A: Hwasin vs. Jaedong
Group B: free vs. Much
Group C: Flash vs. Lomo
Group D: fOrGG vs. Kal
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How to watch
- Yaoyuan should work, with some delay to the Daum stream. Works only in IE and requires the TVAnts plugin (dl here)
- If you have a good connection, use the GOM player. You have to use the Korean version and a guide can be found here.
- The games will also be watchable via the Daum player (guide here)