BlizzCon: Mvp snipes NesTea in grand final to raise $50,000 check

Jong-Hyun "Mvp" Jung could turn the series around after being down 0-1 in sets coming into the BlizzCon 2011 grand final. He would then show his extremely effective sniping skills in a 45-minute long game on Shakuras Plateau to seal the victory.

Jae-Duk "NesTea" Lim, who seemed unstoppable throughout the tournament, especially in the upper bracket finals against Mvp with some deadly timing attacks, would suffer defeat in the grand final. Aside from taking the first game in the second set, the three-time GSL winner was unable to budge his reinvigorated team mate IMMvp.


With effective blue flame hellion harass on the first game, Mvp could build up his strong Terran machinery in the first game, on Antiga Shipyard. With four thors, four siege tanks backed up by marines and SCVs against him there was little NesTea could do with his roaches and mutalisks.

NesTea was looking for a fast win on game two, but his baneling bust accompanied by roaches could be fended off by MVp who had to pull his SCVs. With opportunity at hand, Mvp went for a counter-attack with 10 marines and two siege tanks to go at NesTea's wide open natural.


In the second set of the grand final, NesTea once again looked unstoppable, macroing up to a total of 35 banelings, 100 zerglings and 13 mutalisks to raze the entire front line of Mvp who's defense consisting of marine and siege tanks was not enough.

Shattered Temple saw the players spawn cross-position. Mvp, being allowed to gear up for an eight-marine two-tank timing attack unthreatened by Nestea, could in a quick game take out the in-the-dark Zerg player to squeeze out a final game on Shakuras Plateau.

The final game of BlizzCon 2011 had it all. NesTea proved his larvae injection abilities, getting up at 85 drones at one point allowing him to spawn in over 20 mutalisks to hit Mvp's base.


Mvp proved why he should be called the new Red Sniper, landing more than 6 nukes on the map as well as sniping countless of brood lords, ultralisks and overlords with his fully upgraded ghosts.

The game went on for a good 45 minutes, but ended in the most spectacular way. 27 brood lords, ultralisks and corruptors were sent in for a final push on Mvp only to get completely smashed by 18 ghosts, 14 vikings and a tonne of siege tanks.

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