Flash has to be the favorite in this group and he did not disappoint. Flash is through to the next round, but if you missed KaL vs EffOrt, those games are definitely worth watching.
Flash, KaL, EffOrt. Source: Fomos
KaL vs EffOrt
EffOrt opened up the first game with fast lurkers and quickly opened up most of the map by destroying the eggs on Plasma. The game progressed into a series of small encounters, which might turn out to be the trend on this map. KaL was the most active one, continuously trying to harass the Zerg. EffOrt did well pincering a reaver shuttle and dodging some of the consequent storm drops nicely. In the end the Zerg macro was just too strong for the Protoss.
The second game was a further indication that the "July build" is gaining in popularity with the Korean Zergs. Building a spire just for scourges and going for lurkers while later adding a small strike force of mutalisks while the Protoss army is zealot heavy. EffOrt did it well and managed to grind KaL, or GooJila as he called himself ingame, down to scraps before GG'ing.
Flash vs EffOrt
Flash opened up with a floating proxy factory on Plasma. He did some nice harass with his vultures while building two starports. His wraith harass turned out to be rather effective as well, despite spore colonies and hydras. From this point the Zerg was so far behind that Flash simply went back to a more normal m&m and tank build. When EffOrt realized how far behind he was, he tried an all in attack but hardly killed anything at all before tapping out.
In the second game EffOrt opened with a 3 hatch mutalisk build, while Flash went fast exp and then heavy on the m&m. Flash for some reason sent his first m&m force to an empty corner after having scouted the zerg. This caused him to get caught out of position and killed easily by mutaling. Flash however had enough barracks and the strong economy to continue to press the action while EffOrt teched quickly to the greater spire. The guardians came out, but Flash managed to break the Zerg push with irradiate and m&m. Then he added some firebats to his army to deal with the lings and close the game out.
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 KaL | < |  EffOrt |  Plasma | |||||||||||||||||||||
| KaL | < | EffOrt |  Return of the King | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Flash | > | EffOrt | Plasma | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Flash | > | EffOrt | Return of the King | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Flash advances to round 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
The next playday in the OSL is on Friday and promises to be equally exciting. Here's a little video from Fomos during the OSL qualifiers to make your wait a little shorter.
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| Shark | vs | fOrGG |
| Much | vs | Winner |
Click the button to the left of the info button to view fullscreen. Source: Fomos
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