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Two-times-winner Polt faces his chinese and mexican challengers MacSed, Courage and MajOr

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Two times winner of WCS America, Choi ‚Polt‘ Seong Hun, starts his season tonight against chinese rookie Zanqi ‚Courage‘ Qian, while his countryman Xiang ‚MacSed‘ Hu challenges mexican Terran Juan Carlos ‚MajOr‘ Tena – while Polt seems set for the Round of 16, who may follow – or even stop him?

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Results

[polt] 0:0 [courage]
[macsed] 0:0 [major]
[-] 0:0 [-]
[-] 0:0 [-]
[-] 0:0 [-]

Final Standings

  • [polt]
  • [macsed]
  • [major]
  • [courage]

    • WCS is played in Double Elimination mode: A player who wins two matches advances, a player who loses twice is out

Trivia

  • [polt] has never played against [courage] before
  • [macsed] is 8:1 in matches against his fellow countrymen and lost his only match against Polt so far
  • [major] and MacSed never met before either but the Mexican has an even match-score (1:1) against Polt
  • Polt might face every other race in this group – his efforts against Zerg are the worst (on a high level though) lately while he is best in TvT, having a 10:1 record since February with a loss against [bunny]
  • MacSed is even in PvT lately so he can’t gain confidende from that going into the match against MajOr, but the Mexican struggles with TvP as well
  • Courage is 6:2 in ZvT this year but he only played chinese opponent with one exception mentioned further below
  • Polt won WCS America twice last year and was fifth at the 2013 Global Finals
  • MacSed plays his fourth consecutive season and was in the Round of 16 each time so far
  • MajOr however dives into his fifth season but he never survived the Round of 32
  • Courage is a rookie in WCS America. Last season he dropped out in Challenger League against [alicia], this time he beat [thestc]
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Defending champion Hyun enters the stage of WCS America tonight to face Jaedong, Jim and Heart

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The defending champion Ko ‚Hyun‘ Seok Hyun enters the stage in WCS America tonight to survive the first round – probably together with his world-class countrymen Lee ‚Jaedong‘ Jae Dong. But Hyun has to face his kind of nemesis Jin ‚Jim‘ Hui Cao first – and maybe even Kim ‚Heart‘ Min Hyuk can disturb the force.

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Results

[hyun] 0:0 [jim]
[heart] 0:0 [jaedong]
[-] 0:0 [-]
[-] 0:0 [-]
[-] 0:0 [-]

Final Standings

  • [jaedong]
  • [hyun]
  • [jim]
  • [heart]

    • WCS is played in Double Elimination mode: A player who wins two matches advances, a player who loses twice is out

Trivia

  • Beating the odds, [jim] won 3 out of 5 matches against [hyun] so far and is even 6:3 in maps
  • [Jaedong] won all three matches against [heart] so far, they last met at May 3rd in LoneStar Clash 3
  • Jaedong has met with Jim (2013 WCS Season 2 Round of 8) and Heart (2013 WCS Season 3 Round of 16) in WCS earlier – and won all matches against them
  • Jaedong has problems in ZvT, lately he has lost many matches against [innovation] and [ryung] for example
  • In May alone Hyun is 10:1 in ZvP
  • Both Jim and Heart are rather weak in matches against Zergs lately – not the best omen for tonight
  • Jaedong has to recover from a disappointing last season where he dropped out in the Round of 32 – before that he was runner-up at 2013 WCS America Season 2, Season 2 Finals and the Global Finals
  • Hyun is the defending champion of WCS America – before that he never reached the Round of 8 in any WCS season
  • Don’t underestimate Jim: He was fifth in 2013 WCS America Season 2, beating [nestea] and [alicia]
  • Heart plays his fourth WCS America Premier League but only once qualified for the Round of 8
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Statistically, Oz will win WCS America, but he has to beat puCK, viOLet and qxc first

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The WCS career of Kim ‚Oz‘ Hak Soo reads as follows: 17th, 7th, 3rd, 2nd. So what is left to gain? But before the Korean can win WCS America, he has to survive in the Round of 32 tonight against Brandon ‚puCK‘ Qual, Kim ‚viOLet‘ Dong Hwan and WCS-rookie Kevin ‚qxc‘ Riley. We already saw some favourites fall early this season…

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Results

[oz] 0:0 [qxc]
[puck] 0:0 [violet]
[-] 0:0 [-]
[-] 0:0 [-]
[-] 0:0 [-]

Final Standings

  • [oz]
  • [puck]
  • [violet]
  • [qxc]

    • WCS is played in Double Elimination mode: A player who wins two matches advances, a player who loses twice is out

Trivia

  • [oz] and [violet] met five times in tournaments, the score is 3:2 for Oz
  • Oz and [puck] met in last seasons Round of 16, where Oz won 2:1
  • viOLet won four out of six matches against [qxc], puCK three out of four
  • PvT isn’t Oz‘ strongest matchup, lately he is pretty even in it in tournaments
  • In the past month, puCK is 9:3 in PvZ, viOLet is 9:1 in ZvP in the same period
  • qxc is 15:5 in TvP since March, but he didn’t beat any top-player
  • Oz steadily improved in his four seasons of WCS America, he was #25 first, then #7, then #3, lately #2… so only one possible outcome left
  • puCK plays his fourth consecutive season, last season was the first one for him to reach the Round of 16
  • viOLet took a break from September to January, in the two seasons before that he was in the Round of 16 twice
  • qxc is a rookie when it comes to WCS America – it’s his fist time playing there ever
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Bomber to face his countrymen CranK and NesTea tonight in WCS America, but MaSa first

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Yesterday, the best player on paper didn’t make it to the Round of 16 but once again i dare to problaim Choi ‚Bomber‘ Ji Sung as the huge favourite for tonights WCS America group B. However he faces Canadian Maru ‚MaSa‘ Kim first whose TvT is his best matchup. And former GSL-champion Lim ‚NesTea‘ Jae Duk will be as hard to beat as Choi ‚CranK‘ Jae Won – so it might be more exciting than it looks once again.

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Results

[bomber] 2:1 [masa]
[crank] 2:1 [nestea]
[bomber] 2:0 [crank]
[masa] 0:2 [nestea]
[crank] 0:2 [nestea]

Final Standings

  1. [bomber]
  2. [nestea]
  3. [crank]
  4. [masa]

WCS is played in Double Elimination mode: A player who wins two matches advances, a player who loses twice is out

Trivia

  • [bomber] and [masa] have never met in a tournament before, but TvT is one of Masas strongest matchups. Since last July, he is on a 11-3 record in tournaments
  • [crank] and [nestea] also never played against each other in a tournament
  • Crank is now 1-4 in PvZ including losses against on paper weaker opponents like [hendralisk] and [starbuck]
  • Nestea however was knocked out in an all-Protoss-group last season so ZvP is not his best matchup either
  • Bomber won the 2013 WCS Season 2 Finals and was fifth last season
  • Crank dropped out in Ro16 for three seasons in a row
  • Nestea played all seasons of WCS America and made it to the Ro16 twice, but never further
  • Masa however plays his second consecutive season, last time he dropped out with only one map won
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HerO and Revival kick off WCS America tonight as huge favourites over HuK and Pigbaby

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Three Protoss, amongst them one former champion, will kick off WCS America Premier League tonight. On paper, Song ‚HerO‘ Hyeon Deok and Kim ‚Revival‘ Dong Hyun are way ahead, but can Chris ‚HuK‘ Loranger and rookie Yang ‚Pigbaby‘ Hee Soo maybe keep up?

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Results

[revival] 0:2 [pigbaby]
[huk] 2:1 [hero2]
[pigbaby] 2:1 [huk]
[revival] 2:0 [hero2]
[huk] 0:2 [revival]

Final Standings

  1. [pigbaby]
  2. [revival]
  3. [huk]
  4. [hero2]

WCS is played in Double Elimination mode: A player who wins two matches advances, a player who loses twice is out

Trivia

  • [revival] and [pigbaby] never met in a tournament or league before
  • [huk] has now won 4 out of 5 matches vs [hero2]
  • Revival was third last season, since then he was on a 5-1 record vs Protoss before losing to Pigbaby
  • Huk and Revival met in Ro16 last season, the Korean won 2:0
  • Huk was knocked out by a Zerg now in 4 of his 5 Premier-League-seasons
  • Hero is a former champion of WCS America, but fortunately for Huk, PvP is Heros weakness
  • Pigbaby plays in WCS for the first time – but PvP is his strongest matchup, he is currently also on a 6-1 record
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These are the players of WCS America – as trading cards

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WCS America Premier League kicks off in just two days. Until June, 32 players fight to be the champion of the Americas. Have an overview over all players with these trading cards.

Some interesting facts:

  • Only one quarter – eight players – really originate from an american country. This is due to the opening of WCS America for players from South East Asia and of course, the many many South Koreans that switched from their home region.
  • All former champions, [hyun], [polt] and [hero2], are still in the competition. Polt won twice in 2013
  • Seven players, [hero2], [revival], [crank], [nestea], [oz], [major] and [huk], have played all seasons of WCS America Premier League so far
  • We got five debutants this season, [pigbaby], [check], [courage], [hendralisk] and [qxc]
  • [revival] was twice close to victory, being 2nd and 3rd once
  • [huk] played all seasons but never got into the Round of 8
  • [bomber] won the 2013 WCS Season 2 Finals
  • [violet] is back in WCS America Premier League after two seasons in which he couldn’t qualify
  • In last years WCS, [jaedong] was three times runner-up – at WCS America Season 2, Season 2 Finals and the Global Finals
  • [nestea] is the oldest player in this WCS season globally being 31 years old

And here are all the players, sorted by groups from A to H

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[group_4_oz_puck_violet_qxc]
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[group_4_jaedong_hyun_jim_heart]
[group_4_alicia_toodming_illusion_hendralisk]
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