GSL Season 2 - Grand Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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  BoxeR | (Shakuras Plateau)  NesTea BoxeR(Lost Temple) NesTea BoxeR(Scrap Station) NesTea BoxeR(Jungle Basin) NesTea BoxeR(Steppes of War) NesTea BoxeR(Xel'Naga Caverns) NesTea BoxeR(Metalopolis) NesTea | |||||||||||||||||||||||
13:39 - "In the future seasons I will come back better prepared," said BoxeR.
13:35 - NesTea is the champion of the GOMTV StarCraft 2 Open!
BoxeR is crushed.
"I feel like my heart is about to burst!" says NesTea in the victory interview.
BoxeR is crushed.
"I feel like my heart is about to burst!" says NesTea in the victory interview.
13:30 - An all-in SCV Marine attack pulled to take out the hatchery. Drones and Zerglings now. It will come down to this!
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A beautiful surround for the Drones and Zerglings! NesTea makes a great decision.
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12-ish Zerglings out and a spine crawler. BoxeR with his six marines and scvs. Drones keeps flanking the marines, and NesTea kills off BoxeR's all-in attempt.
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A beautiful surround for the Drones and Zerglings! NesTea makes a great decision.
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12-ish Zerglings out and a spine crawler. BoxeR with his six marines and scvs. Drones keeps flanking the marines, and NesTea kills off BoxeR's all-in attempt.
13:28 - Metalopolis. NesTea in top, BoxeR left.
NesTea fast expansion, BoxeR double barracks. Very risky.
NesTea fast expansion, BoxeR double barracks. Very risky.
13:22 - BoxeR advancing with a handful of Marines to NesTea's expansion, hoping to take out the Baneling nest, but is faced against zerglings. "We're gonna see some Kyrix styler aggression from NesTea!" shouts Artosis.
Counter-attack by NesTea, attacking BoxeR's expansion. Perfect timing attack!
Banelings popping out. Totally running over the Terran base.
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SCV and mules defending, to no avail. More zerglings coming in. Expect GG any time soon.
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GG from BoxeR, now it's tied 3-3 as we go in to the seventh and last game.
Counter-attack by NesTea, attacking BoxeR's expansion. Perfect timing attack!
Banelings popping out. Totally running over the Terran base.
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SCV and mules defending, to no avail. More zerglings coming in. Expect GG any time soon.
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GG from BoxeR, now it's tied 3-3 as we go in to the seventh and last game.
13:17 - Game five has begun. "In the red, he's up in this game and can take it home..." BoxeR.
NesTea in the bottom left.
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Fast expand by both players. Looking as we are in for a normal game for once.
NesTea in the bottom left.
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Fast expand by both players. Looking as we are in for a normal game for once.
13:03 - NesTea trying to break BoxeR, but fails.
BoxeR can now just slowly push forward. Too much ahead in macro, slim chances for NesTea to come back from this.
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GG from NesTea!
BoxeR can now just slowly push forward. Too much ahead in macro, slim chances for NesTea to come back from this.
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GG from NesTea!
13:01 - Perhaps a little bad timing to expand for NesTea, as BoxeR's marine squad moves forward. But NesTea can fend it off with his Roaches and Zerglings forcing BoxeR to back away.
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BoxeR gonna slow push with tanks and bunkers across the map.
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BoxeR gonna slow push with tanks and bunkers across the map.
12:59 - Another double bunker block at NesTea's ramp. Roaches and Zerglings gonna raze the bunkers. "BoxeR too aggressive in this game!" shouts Artosis.
NesTea moving ahead with his troops up to BoxeR's entry. Falls back.
NesTea moving ahead with his troops up to BoxeR's entry. Falls back.
12:55 - Steppes of War! Top right we have BoxeR, bottom left NesTea.
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Low ground double barracks. NesTea does instead an early tech.
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Low ground double barracks. NesTea does instead an early tech.
12:53 - Banelings knocking in the Terran door. Banelings totally wrecking BoxeR's marine force. With the ramp wide open, NesTea keeps sending zerglings and banelings to the Terran main.
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GG! 2-2! Baneling bust is the phrase of the day.
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GG! 2-2! Baneling bust is the phrase of the day.
12:48 - BoxeR moving in with his marine squad at the natural expansion of NesTea. The zerglings can pick them off. NesTea in okay shape, now having fended off the attack he'll transition to droning.
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BoxeR has his natural expansion up.
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BoxeR has his natural expansion up.
12:47 - NesTea has scouted BoxeR's main, and understands what's going on. Zerglings and a Spine Crawler up.
BoxeR does not back away. Builds two bunkers outside the ramp of NEsTea.
BoxeR does not back away. Builds two bunkers outside the ramp of NEsTea.
12:46 - NesTea at bottom right, BoxeR at top left.
Nothing unusual in the start. Barracks at the choke, NesTea expands at 14.
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Hold that thought! BoxeR with another barracks in the middle of the map. NesTea sends a drone out to scout, but misses the barracks structure at the mineral field. Bunker rush?
Nothing unusual in the start. Barracks at the choke, NesTea expands at 14.
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Hold that thought! BoxeR with another barracks in the middle of the map. NesTea sends a drone out to scout, but misses the barracks structure at the mineral field. Bunker rush?
Photo by: Fomos.kr
Age 28 against age 17. Fourth set coming now, Jungle Basin!
12:29 - Too many banelings for even micro master BoxeR to handle. Breaking the main with the banelings, NesTea is now roaming free in the main of BoxeR.
GG, we have 2-1!
GG, we have 2-1!
12:26 - Both players looking after their economy. NesTea droning up, BoxeR landing his Command Center at the island expansion.
Factory up for BoxeR, and two Engineering Bays. Starport on the way. 1-1 Marine drop on the way?
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Vikings out, desperately trying to kill the Overlord at the island expansion. NesTea throwing down a Nydus canal at the island expansion. BoxeR manages to hold it off.
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Marine drop from BoxeR on NesTea's main. Has to run away as Roaches and Zergligns defend. Gold base in the bottom left taken by NesTea. "Great choice by him," says Artosis.
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Nydus Worm outside BoxeR's main. Banelings and Roaches preparing to attack BoxeR's front.
Factory up for BoxeR, and two Engineering Bays. Starport on the way. 1-1 Marine drop on the way?
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Vikings out, desperately trying to kill the Overlord at the island expansion. NesTea throwing down a Nydus canal at the island expansion. BoxeR manages to hold it off.
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Marine drop from BoxeR on NesTea's main. Has to run away as Roaches and Zergligns defend. Gold base in the bottom left taken by NesTea. "Great choice by him," says Artosis.
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Nydus Worm outside BoxeR's main. Banelings and Roaches preparing to attack BoxeR's front.
12:20 - Right side of the map we have BoxeR, left side NesTea. Barracks at the ramp for BoxeR, very quick expansion for NesTea.
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BoxeR placing down a Command Center in the top of his base, opting to land it at the top right island expansion. Perhaps a double expansion on the way?
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BoxeR placing down a Command Center in the top of his base, opting to land it at the top right island expansion. Perhaps a double expansion on the way?
12:19 - Early Banshee attack for BoxeR, another Thor drop or will we see a more passive style? Srap Station coming up.
12:11 - NesTea had some tough micro slips in the last game. Going at the Thors with his Banelings instead of at the Marines in the mid-game middle battle gave BoxeR the opportunity to take over the game pace. Ouch.
12:01 - BoxeR kills of NesTea's upper right expansion with a Marauder drop. Tough blow for NesTea's economy.
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Another attack in the middle, NesTea with too little units now to fend off BoxeR's Marine/Marauder pack.
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GG from NesTea after a walk-in to the main.
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Another attack in the middle, NesTea with too little units now to fend off BoxeR's Marine/Marauder pack.
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GG from NesTea after a walk-in to the main.
12:00 - Big attack in the middle, an attack NesTea had to run away from. Now only roaches against BoxeR's Marauder/Marine/Medivac. Things looking tough for NesTea.
NesTea holds it off, but took quite a beating. "This is one of the games that it just keeps seasawing back and forth," says Tasteless.
NesTea holds it off, but took quite a beating. "This is one of the games that it just keeps seasawing back and forth," says Tasteless.
11:56 - BoxeR moving in with Thors, Medivacs, Marines, hoping to do the final blow. But NesTea defends with his Roach/Muta/Queen army. Incredible micro, and have now bounced back. "An economy explosion on the way," says Tasteless about NesTea.
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"NesTea's decision making is unparallelled!"
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"NesTea's decision making is unparallelled!"
11:55 - Trying to turn things around, NesTea expands in the upper right. Eight mutalisks in the air for NesTea now, attacking BoxeR's main, but to little luck as the Thors are there to defend.
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Tech switch now for NesTea. Moving away from mutalisks to instead go for Baneling/Roach.
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Tech switch now for NesTea. Moving away from mutalisks to instead go for Baneling/Roach.
11:51 - The Tro landed at the upper cliff next to NesTea's natural expansion. Things looking rough for NesTea. The Thor has range to the three right-aligned mineral patches on the expansion.
BoxeR sniping out the Queen in the main with another Thor drop.
The high cliff Thor has now moved down to the expansion. Not much NesTea can do. The four mutalisks he have out can not do much to the Thors.
BoxeR sniping out the Queen in the main with another Thor drop.
The high cliff Thor has now moved down to the expansion. Not much NesTea can do. The four mutalisks he have out can not do much to the Thors.
11:48 - NesTea fast expanding. BoxeR going for standard supply-barracks build.
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NesTea going double queens. "That allows him to spread a lot of creeps," said Artosis.
Armory and Starport in the making for BoxeR, which points towards a Thor drop. NesTea has not yet seen the tech, but an overlord will be able to see it.
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NesTea going double queens. "That allows him to spread a lot of creeps," said Artosis.
Armory and Starport in the making for BoxeR, which points towards a Thor drop. NesTea has not yet seen the tech, but an overlord will be able to see it.
11:46 - Close positions. BoxeR as red Terran in the bottom left, and NesTea as purple Zerg in the bottom center.
NesTea scouting with the overlord in the wrong direction.
NesTea scouting with the overlord in the wrong direction.
11:42 - In case you guys missed that commercial with SlayerS_BoxeR, we're trying to get it up on YouTube soon.
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Second game to start soon on Lost Temple.
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Second game to start soon on Lost Temple.
11:31 - NesTea's first game loss in the tournament.
Sit tight as we await for game two on Lost Temple.
Sit tight as we await for game two on Lost Temple.
11:29 - BoxeR not giving up on his initial plan. More marines on their way to NesTea's expansion. Too many SCVs and Marines for NesTea to handle this.
A nice SCV surround, and NesTea GGs!
A nice SCV surround, and NesTea GGs!
11:27 - BoxeR taking th eopportunity to SCV rush with a lone marine to NesTea's expansion. Drones trying to surround the marines, a zergling out now. This comes down to micro for the players.
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More marines coming in! Only five drones left, but there are a new set of Zerglings there. NesTea holds the expansion, and now NesTea could turn it around.
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More marines coming in! Only five drones left, but there are a new set of Zerglings there. NesTea holds the expansion, and now NesTea could turn it around.
11:26 - Game started. NesTea top left and BoxeR bottom right. BoxeR throwing down two barracks at the natural choke. Seems like we're gonna see an offensive BoxeR right away.
NesTea getting a fast expansion.
NesTea getting a fast expansion.
First game will be on Shakuras Plateau.
11:16 - Players finally moving to their booths. In a couple of minutes we'll see Tasteless and Artosis coming in. Eagerly awaiting for the casting Archon!
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11:13 - They are now interviewing the finalists' mothers. Here's the woman who conceived the Terran Marine micro master:
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And here's NesTea's mother:
The two did some light trashtalking. Both mothers hoping their sons to win, but
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And here's NesTea's mother:
The two did some light trashtalking. Both mothers hoping their sons to win, but
11:10 - "BoxeR" said that his new nickname will be OptimusPrime. OptimusPrime?!
11:05 - While we wait, check out the finalists' road to the finals, written by our feature writer PromeditoR:
10:58 - Matches are soon to begin, right now the hostess is boasting with some statistics and fluffing the sponsor.