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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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Rookies Yoda and Harstem challenge the former GSL-champion jjakji

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In an almost all-Terran group in WCS Europe tonight, it’s rookie Kevin ‚Harstem‘ de Koning who has to challeng his Korean nemesis Jung ‚jjakji‘ Ji Hoon and his fellow countrymen Choi ‚YoDa‘ Byung Hyun, also a rookie. They are accompanied by the third Terran, danish Patrick ‚Bunny‘ Brix – stats and trivia of Group C.

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Results

[jjakji] 1:2 [harstem]
[bunny] 2:1 [yoda]
[harstem] 2:1 [bunny]
[jjakji] 0:2 [yoda]
[bunny] 1:2 [yoda]

Final Standings

  1. [harstem]
  2. [yoda]
  3. [bunny]
  4. [jjakji]

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

Trivia

  • [jjakji] was 5-0 (7-0 maps) against Protoss before he met Harstem
  • He and Harstem only met in the SeatStory Cup in March so far – the Korean won 3-0
  • [yoda] and [bunny] never played each other in a tournament or league
  • Harstem and Yoda are two of seven rookies this Premier League season
  • Yoda is now 10-1 in TvT at the moment
  • Jjakji was third last season of WCS Europe and is a former champion of GSL Code S
  • Bunny made it to the Round of 16 last season for the first time in three tries
Kevin 'Harstem' de Koning - Starcraft

Interview with Harstem: „I played like 300 games against Terran in the past week“

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It’s the first time ever that Kevin ‚Harstem‘ de Koning plays in the Premier League of WCS Europe. The dutch is one of the youngest players in this season and thus acts overmodest if asked about his ambition: „I hope I can play as well here as I can play in practice“, he tells in our interview – but he trained hard to maybe even be succesful.

[playerbox_harstem] How did you prepare for the Round of 32?
I played like 300 games against Terran in the past week.

How do you feel going into the matches?
If I play well I might win, on paper the other three players (Note: [jjakji], [bunny] and [yoda]) are better than me.

What are your chances to advance into Round of 16?
A realistic estimate would be 20 percent.

Who will be your hardest opponent in the group and why?
I think [jjakji] is the best player in the group. I only ever won one map against him on ladder. My total stats are like 1-22.

What are your goals for this season?
I hope i can play as well here as i can play in practice. I don’t really care about winning/losing as long as i can transfer the skill that i have in practice to tournaments.

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The first Lithuanian and the best foreigner enter the WCS-stage tonight

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While Jens ‚Snute‘ Aasgaard is considered to be the best foreigner at the moment, his opponent in WCS Europe Group tonight, Kristijonas ‚Krr‘ Barisas, will play his first Premier-League-match ever – and the first match a Lithuanian ever played in this competition. Seems to be obvious who will win this match but who will come in second: Gerzegorz ‚MaNa‘ Komincz or Samayan ‚BlinG‘ Kay? „It depends on who gets lucky in PvP“, both say in our double interview – which you should read after these stats and trivia about WCS Europe Premier League Group B.

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Results

[snute] 2:0 [krr]
[bling] 2:0 [mana]
[snute] 2:1 [bling]
[krr] 1:2 [mana]
[bling] 0:2 [mana]

Final Standings

  1. [snute]
  2. [mana]
  3. [bling]
  4. [krr]

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

Trivia

  • [snute] won 8 out of 9 matches against [krr], the Lithuanian last won in 2011
  • [mana] and [bling] met four times so far and BlinG won every map they played – until the deciding match in this group
  • Snute returned to Europe last season after one good and two disappointing WCS-seasons in America
  • Mana didn’t qualify for the last WCS season, in 2013 he played all three season but never made it to the Round of 8
  • It’s the third consecutive season in Premier League for Bling and so far he consistently improved from Ro32 to Ro16 to …
  • Krr is the first Lithuanian in WCS and one of sic debutants this season
Jo 'Patience' Ji Hyun

Patience: „I was nervous in the qualifier, but now i am confident to get into Premier League“

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He is so focused on Starcraft that he forgets to eat, especially after losses, and thinks he is a genius: Jo ‚Patience‘ Ji Hyun ist the last debutant of this season of WCS Europe. His first match in Challenger League will be against Mihaylo ‚Kas‘ Hayda tonight – and Patience knows that he failed in televised matches before

The Korean switched to Europe as part of the team of Alien Invasion along with [golden], who won his match against [slivko] yesterday and advanced into his first WCS Premier League, after having played Challenger League last year in Korea once.

What was the first time…

[playerbox_patience]
… you got nervous because you realized you are close to qualifying for WCS?
I was a little nervous throughout the whole qualifier.

… you evaluated your chances in the upcoming Challenger League?
Since i face [kas] and i think my PvT is pretty good i am confident to advance into Premier League.

… you forgot to eat because of playing Starcraft?
(laughing) All the time. I forgot it so often already.

… you smashed an (in-)animate object after losing a game?
I don’t break things! If I lose i just play more games!

… you did an embarrassing mistake in an important match?
I think i fail in so many tournaments 🙁

… you met a player you adore in real life?
My idol is [stork] and I met him at GSL Code B one year ago.

… you went clubbing?
The first time i went clubbing was at the Dreamhack After Party a few months ago.

… you got really drunk?
I don’t like alcohol 😀

… you played a video game?
The first videogame i played was StarCraft when i was six years old.

… you missed a flight?
No no never, i’m genius!!

… you asked someone for an autograph?
Hmm I never ask for an autograph but one time i asked [jaedong] for a picture.

… you failed an exam?
I have never failed an exam – as i said i am a genius! 😀

… you forgot the birthday of a family member?
Never!! I know all the birthdays of my family 🙂