The champion is back: Lee ‚MarineKing‘ Jung Hoon plays his 14th season of Code S this month – more than any other player ever did in Starcraft 2 and almost two years after his last. Whom will he face? Here are all participants of this years first GSL Code S as trading cards Weiterlesen
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] |
Final Standings
WCS is played in Double Elimination mode: A player who wins two matches advances, a player who loses twice is out |
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] |
Final Standings
WCS is played in Double Elimination mode: A player who wins two matches advances, a player who loses twice is out |
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] |
Final Standings
WCS is played in Double Elimination mode: A player who wins two matches advances, a player who loses twice is out |
It’s not so rare to see three Protoss in one group in WCS, in fact it happened twice last season – and never could the Zerg make it to the next round. So might Sebastien ‚FireCake‘ Lebbe be an exception tonight when fighting Son ‚StarDust‘ Seok Hee, Kang ‚First‘ Hyun Woo and Jon ‚BabyKnight‘ Andersen in WCS Europe? Stats and trivia of Group E
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Results[stardust] 2:0 [firecake] |
Final Standings
WCS is played in Double Elimination mode: A player who wins two matches advances, a player who loses twice is out |
In an all-Protoss group, Sebastien ‚Firecake‘ Lebbe is the lonely Zerg tonight in WCS Europe. But as he tells in our interview, he has specially prepared for this situation: „I leave every ZvT & ZvZ in ladder in order to play only Protoss.“
[playerbox_firecake] How did you prepare for the Round of 32?
Well, I played a lot. Since I know my group, I leave every ZvT & ZvZ in ladder in order to play only Protoss and I have to thank my friends and my team to accept to train with me. I hope it will be enough.
How do you feel going into the matches?
It is going to be very tough. I believe I got the strongest group with three very high-level Protoss including two top Koreans. [babyknight] is a very dangerous Protoss, playing for the best French team. [first] has played for a long time for IM and [stardust] won a Dreamhack. I have so much respect for them and I wish them good luck. I will need to make a surprise. I am able to do it.
What are your chances to advance into Round of 16?
It is the third time i qualified for WCS Premier League Europe. This is a very high performance so i guess i am not so bad. I feel confident because i am able to deal with late game in ZvP. If i can deal with the 2 or 3 base all-ins, I will be fine.
Who will be your hardest opponent in the group and why?
I believe [stardust] has the strongest all-ins.
What are your goals for this season?
Advancing into Round of 16.
On paper tonights group of WCS Europe is a sure thing: Jung ‚Mvp‘ Jong Hyun is a former champion and Kang ‚San‘ Cho Won was third last season while Yoan ‚ToD‘ Merlo never made it to the Round of 16 and Marc ‚uThermal‘ Schlappi hasn’t played a single match in WCS Premier League yet – any hopes for surprises? Maybe. Check the stats and trivia about WCS Europe Group D.
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Results[san] 2:1 [uthermal] |
Final Standings
WCS is played in Double Elimination mode: A player who wins two matches advances, a player who loses twice is out |
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] |
Final Standings
WCS is played in Double Elimination mode: A player who wins two matches advances, a player who loses twice is out |
In his first season of WCS Premier League, Marc ‚uThermal‘ Schlappi got three really tough opponents to beat. Therefore his goals are set very low, as he tells in this interview: „I just want to win one map.“ But the past days have shown that more is possible for dutch underdogs this season.
[playerbox_uthermal] How did you prepare for the Round of 32?
I don’t really prepare for people, i don’t like playing custom games that much either, so i just play the same amount of ladder as usual.
How do you feel going into the matches?
Not very good, my shape in both TvT and TvP is really bad at the moment, I don’t really have any strategies i can win with either.
What are your chances to advance into Round of 16?
On a good day, maybe 1%? haha
Who will be your hardest opponent in the group and why?
[mvp] for sure, it seems really hard to beat people that are better than you in TvT. In TvP and TvZ it is alot easier to make upsets, beating [mvp] is probably close to impossible for me.
What are your goals for this season?
I just want to win one map. I think it looks really silly when people qualify and then lose 0-4. So i would be really embarrassed if I would lose every single map.
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] |
Final Standings
WCS is played in Double Elimination mode: A player who wins two matches advances, a player who loses twice is out |
