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The first round of matches in the Razer StarCraft 2 GosuCup group stage is over. DarkCell, Terran, Nerchio, Adelscott, RunA, Socke, Kas and Grubby are the winning eight who are only one win away from qualifying for the playoffs.

Despite the three disappointing forfeit losses, the group stage of the €1,500 Razer StarCraft 2 GosuCup served us five exciting matches.

We saw Six Jax Gaming's Terran defeat Empire's Beastyqt in a three-game series. After 1-1, Beastyqt changed it up by choosing Zerg on Tal'Darim Altar instead of his main race Terran. But the Mexican Terran could hold his ground against Beastyqt's attempted baneling bust.

Another Terran mirror match was seen today, with GosuGamers own LastShadow go up against Empire's Kas. The American Terran was able to take game one on Metalopolis thanks to a proxy barracks marauder performance against Kas' ill-timed fast expansion. But Kas could come back and take the following two games to come out as a victor.

Nerchio, DarkCell and Socke also made it through, all three with clear 2-0 wins against Merz, Mover and Spades respectively.

€1,500 Razer StarCraft 2 GosuCup Group Stage Day 1

Group A

Quantic|DarkCell

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Epsilon.Mover

2-0

DarkCell > Mover @ Metalopolis
DarkCell > Mover @ Xel'Naga Caverns

sixjaxTerran

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Empire.Beastyqt

2-1

Terran > Beastyqt @ Metalopolis
Terran < Beastyqt @ Xel'Naga Caverns
Terran > Beastyqt @ Tal'Darim Altar

Group B

Empire.Nerchio

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dignitasMerz

2-0

Nerchio > Merz @ Metalopolis
Nerchio > Merz @ Crevasse

Mill.Adelscott

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Trimaster

2-0 (W.O)

AdelScott wins by walkover

Group C

inFRunA

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coLCrunCher

2-0 (W.O)

inFRunA wins by walkover

aTn.Socke

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VTSpades

2-0

Socke > Spades @ Metalopolis
Socke > Spades @ Shakuras Plateau

Group D

GGLastShadow

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Empire.Kas

1-2

Lastshadow > Kas @ Metalopolis
LastShadow < Kas @ Bel'Shir Beach
LastShadow < Kas @ Tal'Darim Altar

Grubby

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coLrsvp

2-0 (W.O)

Grubby wins by walkover

The next matches will feature the winning and losing players of this weekend. The winner of the upper bracket matches will qualify for the playoffs. The winner of the lower bracket matches gets another shot against the loser of the upper bracket final. Full broadcast schedule will be announced soon.