StarCraft 2 daily: Jaedong meets an early end in WCS America

Group D of WCS AM Ro32 came to an unlikeliest conclusion. A tournament favorite and a five-times silver medalist in 2013 Lee “Jaedong” Jae Dong failed to make the cut for the next group stage, finishing last in the group with 1-4 score.

The famous Zerg had to play a tough opening match against Bomber which resulted in a 0-2 defeat, sending him to the losers match. There, he was paired with Taiwanese Has, who did not hesitate to showcase why Protoss is considered broken by the StarCraft community. Has recovered from his one set deficit and ousted Jaedong 2-1, putting an end to bonjwa’s aspiration for a strong start of 2013. Has would eventually lose to Bomber in the deciding match, allowing the WCS Season 2 champion from last year to advance as second.

Even more surprising that JD’s elimination was Arthur’s triumph in Group D. The young Protoss of team ISC took care of Arthur and Bomber with 2-0 and 2-1 respectively and got the higher seed into the Ro16.

With Zerg numbers thinning out in Code S, eyes were on StarTale’s prodigy Life to represent the race well and possibly join soO and Soulkey in the Ro16. With Dear and YongHwa in his group and with Protoss on the rise, however, fans were worried about the talented player.

Needlessly, as it turned out. The former Code S champion dropped just one map on his way to the Group G peak and slice through YongHwa and Dark 2-1 and 2-0 to be the third Zerg to make it out of the Ro32. Life was followed by Mousesports’ new recruit and 2013 WCS Season 3 champion Dear, completing the triumph of the fan favorites in Group G.

The last Code S group with Roro, Stats, Paralyze and Curious is tomorrow, February 28^th. 

Ex-BroodWar player gone caster Lee “Firebathero” Sung Eun will be leaving his job at Gom eXp to pursue a career in, report Fomos.kr. Lee follows the example of former BroodWar colleague of his such as Yellow (coach of Xenics Storm) and Reach (coach of Najin Black Sword) and will mentor a League of Legends team for Bigfile. 

Known for his elaborate victory ceremonies, the player career of Firebathero goes all the way back to 2005 when the, then, Terran player joined the roster of Samsung KHAN. Lee stayed there until 2011 when he transitioned to Airforce ACE, leaving them one year later to take a casting gig at GomTV.

Razer and Twitch have partnered to organize a four-figure invitational played on StarCraft 2’s popular mod StarBow. Combining BroodWar units and mechanics with elements from StarCraft 2, StarBow has been receiving a lot of support and love from the community and it’s about to gain even more exposure come March 1^st.

A total of eight players will compete through a double elimination group stage and single elimination playoffs before the champion of the tournament takes home half of the prize pool. The line-up features names like WCS champion Inovation, Axiom’s Ryung and Crank