SearchA very exciting ending to the round of 16
Posted by Lasse "Get.Enron" Engen 5 months ago
The final games of the round of 16 have been played, being probably the most exciting round so far in the tournament. The quarterfinals starts next weekend.
| Ro 16 Results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
  IdrA | 3-0 |   XiaOzI | ||||||||||||||||||||||
  Draco | 0-3 |  Sen NonY3-0 | Tarson kolll1-3 |  Fenix KaBaL2-3 |  White-Ra IefNaij3-1 |  Terran Ret3-1 | CaStrO BRAT_OK1-3 | Mondragon | ||||||||||||||||
“
I tried using abnormal strategies to throw Terran offguard since he enjoys playing really solid games”- IefNaij (read the full interview with TL.net)
| Quarterfinals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| IdrA | bo5 | NonY | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sen | bo5 | Ret | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fenix | bo5 | Mondragon | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| IefNaij | bo5 | White-Ra | ||||||||||||||||||||||
The final weekend of the round of 16 started out with the protoss versus protoss between TT1 and White-Ra, being the only series that went to a fifth game. Five very exciting games eventually made White-Ra advance, who will be facing another protoss in the quarterfinals, namely IefNaij.
IefNaij managed to bring down Terran in a 3-1 series, filled with reaver action and also a very interesting micro oriented third game, which was also the only game Terran made in his favor. IefNaij proxygated next to Terran's main, who also made a wall-in, and did not notice the gateways until the zealots were inside his base. But Terran managed somehow to defend himself, and take the game. After that, IefNaij secured the last game and moved on to the quarterfinals.
Ret, explaining that his reason for choosing zerg for the upcoming game was the fact that he had been practicing zerg versus zerg a lot before his third courage, and he remembered losing to CaStrO in a terran versus zerg just before he moved to Korea.
The zvz series turned out to be amazingly entertaining however, where Ret pulled the longest straw in the end, winning the set 3-1. Ret is up for another zerg versus zerg in the quarterfinals, against Sen who overran Draco in the round of 16. In an interview with Teamliquid, Mondragon claims the game will be a 50/50 chance for both of the players.
Speaking of Mondragon, the German veteran played the Dreamhack Winter 2009 champion and terran player, BRAT_OK, and another amazing series was a fact. Four games full of plague, swarm and irradiate action on a very high level made the games very entertaining, in a series that Mondragon played very well and managed to beat down the Russian 3-1. The final game showed an amusing hidden hatchery in BRAT's mineral expansion tactic, making Mondragon able to harass the terran's neutral with lurkers and hydralisks for a long period of time. The games are really worth watching, so don't miss out the VODs.
| Links |
| Teamliquid.net - Source |
| GET EM NONY. BEAT THAT NERDS ASS! SEN gonna 3-0 Ret You heard it first. |
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| no replays? vods are boring :-O |
| only surprise win is fenix ^^ |
| kabal from poland kk; |
| When playing the quarterfinals? |
| #2 agree |
| epic games incoming! |
| when are they gonna release reps? i hate watching vods. :( |
| Idra > NonY SEn > Ret Fenix > Mondragon IefNaij < White-Ra |
| 3 Protoss, 3 Zergs and 2 Terrans. Nice balance between the races. Nony > Idra Sen > Ret Fenix > Mondragon White-Ra > IefNaij |
| vods is far better than a replay. stupid guys. |
| Well with replay you can actually follow up with builds |
| shows how close to reality the gg.net database is, as 5/8 quarterfinalists are in the top 8 of the database, (excluding JF, nony and sen, the later 2 are just making a comeback though) |
| 2 mirror matchs! i would rather see Ret vs Mondragon tho! but what the hell, nony vs idra again! i think Nony will do better this time but Idra will still win it ;| ;| |
| #11 Yeah but you need a lot of time to watch 20+ VODS they released. |
| Idra > NonY SEn < Ret Fenix < Mondragon IefNaij < White-Ra Vod are cool, replayes are better! :) Reps after tsl finished, may be |
| Idra > Nony Ret > Sen Mondi > Fenix JF > White-ra |
IdrA < NonY Sen > Ret Fenix >< Mondragon IefNaij < White-Ra |
| Idra > NonY (i'd bet on a close 3-2) Sen > Ret (zvz easy going for sen.. 3-1) Fenix < Mondragon (0-3 Dissy all the way) IefNaij < White-Ra (2-3 but it could go either way) |
| JF wont win vs White-ra thats for sure Ret vs Sen could be a really good series, Since both is very good atm. Idra vs Nony? oh well Idra is atm #1 foreigner, and nony is good ya but wont stand a chance sry ;| so. JF < White-Ra Ret <> Sen ( i think Ret, but who knows ) IdrA > NonY Mondragon > Fenix ( easiest to predict imo ) |
| IdrA > NonY (T_T) Sen < Ret (T_T) Fenix < Mondragon IefNaij < White-Ra my predictions |
| Idra > NonY (i'd bet on a close 3-2) Sen > Ret (zvz easy going for sen.. 3-1) Fenix < Mondragon (0-3 mondi have been playing alot of zvt) IefNaij > White-Ra (3-2 but it could go either way)  |
| Idra > NonY 3-1 Sen < Ret 1-3 Fenix > Mondragon 3-2 IefNaij > White-Ra 3-1 - reavers > ra |
| idra>nony ret>sen mondragon>fenix iefnaij>white-ra |
| IdrA > Nony (3-1 again) ret > sen (3-2) fenix > mondragon (3-0) Ra > JF (3-0) |
| noone cares about noname's predictions guys, quit it please release replays, vods consume too much time... i wasted like an hour of my life watchin idra vs nony two weeks ago and it was no fun whatsoever  |
| most of you guys are saying that Fenix will > Mondi... Did you see Mondi's ZvT vs Brat? it was rape rape rape.... and Brat's TvZ is two Times better than Fenix.. And kolll played bad all the games vs fenix.. thats why fenix won |
| Brat has a very standard game and very defensive. Fenix is much smarter player he wont let mondi get to the late game and he will put presure every moment. Even though I think mondi will take it but it will be hard. |
| Idra > NonY SEn < Ret Fenix < Mondragon IefNaij < White-Ra |
| rly, as nice this event is, this tactics to make people watching their vods is retarded :-) |
#27 I think brat played bad all the games  |
| I really just care about who will take down the Robot Harry Potter |
| IdrA > NonY Sen < Ret Fenix < Mondragon IefNaij > White-Ra |
| IdrA > NonY Sen > Ret Fenix < Mondragon IefNaij > White-Ra quite obvious |
they do not release replays of the Round of 16. |
| i just hope anyone but idra wins tsl2 |
| i really hope jf gets to the semis so we'll see him play twice more idra vs nony will be pretty sad, both of those definitely deserve to be in the top4.. while i respect idra for being (by far) the best foreigner ever, i gotta hope nony wins this so the following rounds would be more fun. plus, nony is awesome. it's funny how the lineup as a whole is SO stacked and then there's fenix vs mondragon.. not to disrespect them but, in comparison to the others, they haven't showed nearly as much skill during this tsl.. and one of them is gonna be a semifinalist =/ |
| I dont really know why so many people think that Ret is bad in ZvZ ! I mean he used to be really lame at that but now his ZvZ is really good! The way he won Castro proves that! Ret is takin Sen down 100% |
| Idra > NonY (will be the best series imho, NonY became really really good) Ret > Sen (ret's Muta micro too strong and Sen cant win 3 games with lings) Mondi > Fenix (no doubt about that if Mondi keeps his shape) White-Ra > JF (close 3:2 but can be the ohter way round as well )  |
| Idra > NonY SEn < Ret Fenix < Mondragon IefNaij > White-Ra |
| #26: oO ?? shut up? This is, after all, a community site. Idra > NonY SEn < Ret Fenix < Mondragon JF == White-Ra (too hard to call, really, depends on their shape on that day) |
| LOl is impossible to predict this games now ^^ Maybe only Idra vs Nony and even still is hard |
#43 No replays will be released in the near future. Gosu you should already know that, cause this has been published almost since the very announcement of TSL2. Take it or leave it as the nonames we all are.  |
my point of view  #1 Idra (For me he has clearly the professionnal level. Everything what he does is perfectly executed, in particular timing, micro, and strategy.) #2 Mondragon (What a surprise! I couldn't imagine he boosted his level so much and so fastly! I still remimber how he disapointed me 2 months ago in ESL... if he keeps his current level till the end he can surely win this TSL.) #3 IefNaij & NoNy (they are my two outsiders ^^) -------- #5 ret & Sen (Sen has certainly progressed a lot since december 09 but i'm waiting for a reference game before giving my opinion about him. Imo Draco was too far of his true level to take this game for example, 3-0 draco at 50% doesn't mean anything for me. Whereas i remimber YioSen[Rush] was a fucking monster ZvZ beating korean specialists regulary. It will be harder match for ret than agaisnt Castro or FlaF... but i still trust him!) -------- #7 White-Ra & FeNix (WR makes a lot of mistakes which he was not used some years ago. He won't win this TSL if he doesn't erase it. That's just my opinion. About Fenix even if he beats Koll 3-1 i haven't been really convinced by him. Perhaps because he won too easily agaisnt Casper and koll who were under stress influence...and more a very strong Mondragon is his next opponent...) |
| how come no Chinese players??? |
| they lag |
These matches are going to kick ASSSSS  I'll be sure to watch them when they are live. |
| #47 casted replays you mean. |
| #48 shhhh ^^ |
| vods of this is 10 times funnier than the replays if u wanna see good builds to analyse and copy then go watch progamer replays because foreigners dont have good build orders lol o,o i hope JF wins vs ra, he deserves it imo for being so awesome :D i hope nony wins idra too but thats unlikely |
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