In Russia, four players from four different countries had a showmatch where the winner would have to play the WCG 2004 Champion Xellos.
The winner of WCG
Ukraine, 
Russia, 
Uzbekistan, and WCG 
Baltic would face eachother and the winner would play 
Xellos.| Round 1: Overdrive[a2] < ROX'iG.EX[S2] 1 - 2 mYm.yAn > Cool2die 2 - 0 |
| Round 2: ROX'iG.EX[S2] > mYm.yAn 2 - 1 |
The winner
ROX'iG.EX[S2] would face Xellos on three different WCG maps.| Final Results: ROX'iG.EX[S2] < Xellos 0 - 3 |
As was expected by most the progamer went undefeated in his matches against the Russian. All of the three games were TvT on
Gaia, 
Paranoid Androide, and 
Estrella. Short Interview with EX[S2]
Hi, what can you say about your games today? What impressions did you get about your rival?
- I am shocked, it's unreal to beat him. He plays stronger, controls better and knows more. I will be more prepared in Singapore and I'll try to win there.
Please give a short summary of your games
- First game on Estrella I felt mentally weaker and was afraid to get an expo fast, though my strategy was oriented on it.
On Paranoid Android I tried to do a rush from the middle, but got unlucky, I made a [hidden] starport, he found it and killed building SCV. I made a second starport then, and game focused on wraiths. His control was better, both micro and macro, he just owned the map.
Third game on Azalea I missed a tank which triggered a mine, and this lead to death of three or four vultures. I had to play defensively, and that is not the way to win.
(Posted by Cyberfight and translated by
Random() on TeamLiquid.net )Reps.ru was kind enough to upload replays from this event which you can download by clicking here.
Also, several pictures have been added from this event showing the StarCraft and WarCraft III competitors. To view these pictures please visit the links below.
Links
Reps.ru - News and Replays
es4x.com - Image Gallery
TeamLiquid.net - Xellos' Showmatches in Russia
