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Today's Line-Up! Sunday, 3rd June! 14:00 GMT (+00:00):
KSL Team League - Season 1
Startale Prime
History:
Starters:
Bomber vs MarineKing
Polls and Hype:
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Poll: Who will win?
Prime (123)
55%
StarTale (99)
45%
222 total votes
StarTale (99)
222 total votes
Your vote: Who will win?
Poll: Who do you want to see most from Prime?
MarineKing (44)
51%
GhostKing (15)
17%
Creator (14)
16%
Maru (7)
8%
BBoongBBoong (5)
6%
AnnYeong (1)
1%
Other (1)
1%
87 total votes
GhostKing (15)
Creator (14)
Maru (7)
BBoongBBoong (5)
AnnYeong (1)
Other (1)
87 total votes
Your vote: Who do you want to see most from Prime?
(Vote): Maru
(Vote): MarineKing
(Vote): GhostKing
(Vote): Creator
(Vote): BBoongBBoong
(Vote): AnnYeong
(Vote): Other
Poll: Who do you want to see most from StarTale?
PartinG (22)
28%
Squirtle (17)
22%
Bomber (16)
21%
July (11)
14%
Virus (6)
8%
Curious (3)
4%
Other (3)
4%
78 total votes
Squirtle (17)
Bomber (16)
July (11)
Virus (6)
Curious (3)
Other (3)
78 total votes
Your vote: Who do you want to see most from StarTale?
(Vote): Squirtle
(Vote): PartinG
(Vote): July
(Vote): Curious
(Vote): Bomber
(Vote): Virus
(Vote): Other
Poll: Most valuable player?
MarineKing (37)
49%
Squirtle (13)
17%
PartinG (7)
9%
Creator (7)
9%
Bomber (2)
3%
Curious (2)
3%
July (2)
3%
Byun (2)
3%
Other (2)
3%
Maru (1)
1%
BBoongBBoong (1)
1%
76 total votes
Squirtle (13)
PartinG (7)
Creator (7)
Bomber (2)
Curious (2)
July (2)
Byun (2)
Other (2)
Maru (1)
BBoongBBoong (1)
76 total votes
Your vote: Most valuable player?
(Vote): Squirtle
(Vote): MarineKing
(Vote): PartinG
(Vote): Maru
(Vote): Bomber
(Vote): BBoongBBoong
(Vote): Curious
(Vote): Creator
(Vote): July
(Vote): Byun
(Vote): Other
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On June 03 2012 06:03 Fusilero wrote:
I've decided to do my own write up, I'll take a look at some of the potential match ups that may happen
Byun vs Bomber aka "I WANT A REPEAT" - ST_Bomber
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MarineKing vs PartinG aka "RAAAAGGGEEEEEEE" -The startale fanbase
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Maru vs Curious aka The obvious start
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Can't be bothered to write any more, maybe I'll do something for creator, squirtle, ace and B4 when I can think of players they'd likely play.
I've decided to do my own write up, I'll take a look at some of the potential match ups that may happen
Byun vs Bomber aka "I WANT A REPEAT" - ST_Bomber
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Ah yes this is probably a match that bomber would love to play, in what can only be described as the worst BO5 in bomber's career he was so close to finally making medal position in code S, he dominated the byunjwa (Or from my perspective of the byunjwa being the most perfect and flawless player ever, the byunjwa letting bomber get his hopes up) only to embarrassingly defeat himself not once, not twice, but 3 times in a row to somehow lose the series, after the byunjwa pressed E and waited for bomber to throw his army away bomber proceeded to make marauder tank vs marine tank (Bomber believes that real men shouldn't scout ever) and finally fell apart vs blue flame drops (That was more down to byun's great harass though) but now with this oppurtunity in such an important match bomber may get his rematch given that despite his struggles ST still sees him as their ace while byun seems to back up creator as the ace for prime the chance of the facing off in an important match (Perhaps even the ace match) in this series seems like so how would it go down? Hard to say, one the one hand byun tore through nada and tree before falling in a close series to thestc who is one of the best TvTers in Korea when he doesn't go full retard, they did have their rematch at IPL4 which byun won 2-1 which suggests that his puppy earning win vs bomber back in july was not a fluke but I'm now certain that bomber is the sea[shield] of SC2, he plays great but while he blows in solo leagues is great at team leagues therefore if the two met I predict
Bomber > The byunjwa
Bomber > The byunjwa
MarineKing vs PartinG aka "RAAAAGGGEEEEEEE" -The startale fanbase
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Do I really need to write anything? After a long string of epic clashes marineking and parting met up in the GSTL finals where we all know what happened, since then well while startale and prime seem to be throwing shit at eachother all the time the two despite being the ones involved in the controversy have remained surprisingly neutral with MKP even doing his best to patch up relations between the two teams while parting seems to hold no ill feelings towards prime. Again the two are likely to meet due to the importance of their roles within the team, both have proven to be unclutch which indicates a mid series duel between the two, in the event of that it really will come down to 2 factors:
1. What map is it
2. Will parting go full retard with one base robo all ins?
In the event of 2 happening then marineking easy, if not then things become harder to judge, on a map like cloud kingdom, entombed valley or tal darim altar parting will find himself at home able to comfortably play defensive 3base before going berserk with chargelot/HT but on maps which don't like that such as crossfire things become more troublesome for parting who despite from how good he is at the lategame I've noted he has issues beyond that, once psi storm is finished it's pretty much gg no re for the terran but before that parting has shown remarkable weakness vs all ins and timings intended to hit before storm which is where marineking's best shot lies, ultimately though ST aren't stupid and they know that full well, I don't think parting will just come out, they have squirtle and ace to deal with their own prime terran counterparts in the form of byun and maru, when MKP comes out parting will probably come out afterwards, I have no doubts that ST will get parting onto one of these macro maps so I'll give the prediction to parting
Parting > Marineking
1. What map is it
2. Will parting go full retard with one base robo all ins?
In the event of 2 happening then marineking easy, if not then things become harder to judge, on a map like cloud kingdom, entombed valley or tal darim altar parting will find himself at home able to comfortably play defensive 3base before going berserk with chargelot/HT but on maps which don't like that such as crossfire things become more troublesome for parting who despite from how good he is at the lategame I've noted he has issues beyond that, once psi storm is finished it's pretty much gg no re for the terran but before that parting has shown remarkable weakness vs all ins and timings intended to hit before storm which is where marineking's best shot lies, ultimately though ST aren't stupid and they know that full well, I don't think parting will just come out, they have squirtle and ace to deal with their own prime terran counterparts in the form of byun and maru, when MKP comes out parting will probably come out afterwards, I have no doubts that ST will get parting onto one of these macro maps so I'll give the prediction to parting
Parting > Marineking
Maru vs Curious aka The obvious start
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These two have enjoyed their positions as starters for their respective teams, it's pretty easy to see why both are versatile and can pull out every kind of play and execute it well, both also represent the oddest corners of their race, curious is part of the zerg group who loves to get aggressive and then drone which has in general worked out very well, maru on the other hand is a madman (Or should it be madboy?) he loves banshees, hellions drops and all that slightly off stuff especially his favouring of 2 banshee + raven pressure. But all of this analysis is irrelevant because I have to look at them now, curious has just made code S mostly by holding 2rax, maru has just been doing 2rax all ins in TvZ right now, he was pretty good at TvZ for a while so why he's suddenly turned into bitbybit in the MU is a mystery to us all, ah well it works out for now but curious is immune to terran pressure and cheeses so I'll call it for startale again.
Curious > Maru
Curious > Maru
Can't be bothered to write any more, maybe I'll do something for creator, squirtle, ace and B4 when I can think of players they'd likely play.
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Results:
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Overall results:
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Bomber < Antiga Shipyard > MarineKing
Curious < Crux Metropolis > MarineKing
PartinG < Crux Daybreak > MarineKing
StarTaleAce < ESV ClouD Kingdom > MarineKing
Hack < Crux Bel'shir Beach Winter > MarineKing
Squirtle < Crossfire SE > MarineKing
Prime wins 6-0!
Curious < Crux Metropolis > MarineKing
PartinG < Crux Daybreak > MarineKing
StarTaleAce < ESV ClouD Kingdom > MarineKing
Hack < Crux Bel'shir Beach Winter > MarineKing
Squirtle < Crossfire SE > MarineKing
Prime wins 6-0!
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