
With SK Telecom T1 just squeezing by CJ Entus a few weeks back, and handily beating Wemade FOX. They’re now set to take on STX SouL, though can they keep the streak alive to face KT Rolster in the Grand Finals?
Spoilers below, if you don't want to know the outcome DO NOT scroll down.
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SKTelecom T1 4:3 STX SouL |
Live updates! (Starting for game 2)
Set 2 :


12:28 EST: Bisu spawns at 1 and Kal at 9
12:32 EST: Kal going for fast robo, Bisu has core but goes fast expansion hiddeon at the 8 expansion below his base.
12:34 EST: Support bay up for Kal, reavers should be out soon. Seems like he knows about Bisu's hidden expansion. Bisu gets an observatory started and the first reaver is out for Kal.
12:35 EST: Shuttle almost flies directly into four dragoons of Bisu. Sneaks around, shuttle going to bottom left expansion. BOOM scarabs dominated probes. Shuttle going up to base now, Bisu is on the defensive.
12:36 EST: Reaver on the mineral line of Bisu, gets a shot off..... 2 probes go down. Kal runs is back to his base, Bisu has a shuttle out now as well. Moving across the map with it and 4 dragoons.
12:36 EST: Bisu gets a bit of revenge with a reaver only hitting one or two probes, his shuttle barely escapes with a bit of health. Bisu heads up to the main now, the last was on an expansion. Snipes a bunch of probes, shuttle escapes in the red.
12:37 EST: Kal goes after the 8 expansion of Bisu, REAVER GOES DOWN! Both Dragoons of Bisu go down. Probes kill the remaining dragoon that Kal had in the shuttle. Both players have a big army, we may get a battle outside of Bisu's base, he has two reavers set to battle.
12:39 EST: Battle just outside of Bisu's main exp, BISU GETS DESTROYED by reaver/goon combo. About 10 dragoons running into Bisu's base, but Bisu tries to get his shuttle with reaver into the main of Kal. Forced to move it away, Dragoons in bisu's base getting pushed out.
12:40 EST: Another battle just outside of Bisu's natural, this time Bisu had the advantage in army size and position. Kal forced back to his natural and bisu looks like he wants to apply a lot of pressure. Reaver lots it's shuttle, slowly making its way to the front lines.
12:41 EST: Battle at the natural of Kal! Bisu's reaver gets targeted by half the goons, goes down after getting a few scarabs off. Kal fights it off with a reaver in a shuttle set to go abuse somewhere, looks like 8.
12:42 EST: Another battle at Kal's Nat, his nexus is up there now so he has to be more cautious. Reavers from both doing a lot of the damage, and both barely escape. Bisu finds Kals expansion at 2.5, reaver shoots off on all the probes running away but the scarab cant connect.
12:43 EST: Kal counters by going after Bisu's 8. Gets a scarab hit on the cannon but no probes go down. Bisu really wants to keep Kal from mining at 2.5, sends up the shuttle again to meet up with the one dragoon a fresh reaver for Bisu. Shuttle for Kal drops by with a reaver to take out the dragoon.
12:44 EST: Battle in the middle, well Kal pushing Bisu back to the 6 position. Bisu has 3 reavers at his natural and a few dragoons. His army is split though and Kal is going after Bisu's nat!
12:45 EST: Bisu's army is in trouble! But his army from 6 is coming up. DTS for Bisu, no obs for Kal, this could be trouble. The reavers of Kal were doing a lot of damage but these DT's are just picking apart and Bisu is able to use his own reaver now to push away. Kal seems in the much better position.
12:46 EST: Kal sitting outside of Bisu's natural again. Two reavers trying to pick off units, Bisu only has one reaver but using his shuttle to keep it alive. Bisu isn't able to get close enough to snipe, but DTS TAKE OUT BOTH REAVERS OF KAL! The obs was too far away. If Bisu can hold this off and push out, Kal could be in trouble.
12:47 EST: Kal pushes the nat of bisu again, a lot of dragoons and he's picking off units.. Units sitting on the Nexus... GG!!!!!!
Set 3 :


1:02 EST: Modesty spawns at the 1 position and Best at the 7.
1:05 EST: Best is going the standard FE against zerg and Modesty does the obvious counter of a double expansion at both of his naturals.
1:07 EST: Spire is finished for Modesty and also getting hydra den.
1:08 EST: First mutas make their way out and Best is ready with more than a few corsairs set to grace the map.
1:09 EST: Modesty is looking to strike first, an army of about 8 mutas come down to meet with two cannons and three corsairs. Long story short, the mutas stood no chance.
1:10 EST: Hydras for Modesty trying to do as much damage as they can to the wall that Best has, but sneaky Best uses a DT to force him back!
1:11 EST: Scourge chasing down corsairs of Best, a lot of hydras and an overlord now. BES TIS IN TROUBLE! He has a HT but it doesn't look like he'll fight it off.. He manages to, one cannon left and a HT keep two hydras at bay.
1:12 EST. GOOD storm by Best to kill all but one hydra there, bad news a group of 9 come down. Focusing on HT's and weak cannons as Best tries to protect it with probes. It looks like this push could work for Modesty. He ignores the storm and keeps pushing.
1:13 EST: More probes coming up to get destroyed, Hydras are just doing too much and GG called by Best. STX takes the lead 2-1!
Set 4 :


1:25 EST: s2 spawns at the 7 position and hero at the 11. Hero is scouting the right direction with his ovie and s2 sent his towards 4 which is the wrong way.
1:27 EST: hero goes for his natural and s2 gets his expansion as well. Both players have gas being extracted and spawning pools done. 8 Lings out s2 at this point.
1:29 EST: Expansion finished for hero and he has lings out now. S2 starting his lair back at his base and hitting the nat of hero trying to lure him in to kill lings.
1:30 EST: Spire started for hero before s2 in his main, this could be interesting though hero is only a few seconds ahead.
1:31 EST: s2 getting the extractor at his nat and hero hasn't morphed one in yet, he must have a lot of gas to spare. There it is, extrator going up for hero.
1:32 EST: 2 lings from s2 go in to scout the nat of hero, exchange a few love taps and run off. Both players have a few scourges out, doing a little dance getting some laughs from the crowd. s2 has three mutas out to the 5 of hero.
1:33 EST: both players have a sizable muta army going and both are starting to integrate a few scourge into the mix. Hoping to get the edge in the battle which will come soon enough. Neither players is advancing just massing at the moment.
1:34 EST: s2 sends a ling up to see the damage, mutas take it out in an instant. s2 coming up, his mutas are extremely bunched together. Scourge coming in from both. hero had his army split up and more scourge come in for s2. HERO IS IN TROUBLE!
1:35 EST: s2 brings in some scourge for backup and the battle continues over the nat of hero. Hero takes the advantage until two scourge come in and force hero to back away. Both players going back into a lull to build up their army again.
1:36 EST: Looks like hero might be mining with a few more drones than s2 which could be game changing in the long run. s2 starting a creep colony, probably afraid of lings rushing into his base to take out his drones. Two sunkens for him now.
1:37 EST: hero snipes off an ovie of s2 and s2 looks for redemption as he's hitting the extractor of hero, forcing drones off. Mid-air battle. Tons of scourge coming in from s2 but hero has the fastest apm in the world for StarCraft so it'll be tough.
1:38 EST: Looks like s2 has the advantage, the scourge were able to clip off a few mutas and his army count is taking advantage. No mutas left for hero... GG!!!!!!!!!!
Set 5 :


1:51 EST: soO spawns at the 5 position and scouts towards 7, Calm at the 1 scouting to 5.
1:53 EST: Calm is going for his natural, soO is opting for a very fast lair. Both players had the same timing on pool and extractor finishing.
1:54 EST: Calm is sending out lings to scout but soO is ready with a crescent style defence at the top of his ramp giving him the edge in a lot of ways.
1:55 EST: I stand corrected, before soO went for his hatch in his main instead. Spire started for soO and Calm is forced to go spore colonies to defend.
1:56 EST: First two scourge and 5 mutas out for soO, takes down a muta that was just to his 9. There's a ling of Calm inside soO's base, looks like it's playing tag with soO.
1:57 EST: soO going for some abuse on the mineral line at the expansion of Calm. Takes down 3 drones no problem even with the spore getting a few hits off, nothing too big though.
1:58 EST: soO going for his natural and the spire is finally done for Calm. He's under in the muta count but his spores will keep soO from fighting over his base.
1:59 EST: soO sitting with all his mutas and lings at his natural, it's only moments from being finished. He's started his extractor there as well, it's all he's going for. Looks like 4 drones going to it. Calm is starting to go around the map more, he has quite a few mutas now.
2:00 EST: soO snipes a scourge of Calm no problem, the second barely escaped. Looks like soO has about 10-12 scourge, reminds me of the last game with both teams having the same style except those spores.
2:01 EST: soO on the move, picked off a scourge and went back to his base. Looks like Calm is being forced on defence even with his few spore colonies that he has. soO on the move again, trying to make sure that nothing gets into his base for sight. We could get a battle here as the scourge are coming with the mutas of soO. Once again going after the drones, but not getting a single hit off.
2:02 EST: Looks like Calm has a carapace upgrade for his mutas, that could make a BIG difference in the upcoming battles. Makes you wonder if soO has any on the go or if he's going to start some now. Scourge of Calm sneaks by to see inside of soO's base. Wow, soO going for an EXP at 6 and it gets spoted by that pesky scourge of Calm. Looks like Both players have atleast 16-18 Mutas at this point.
2:03 EST: Calm doesn't want to start any battles, he just waits on soO to come to him. Expansion at 6 is up, this is such a huge advantage for not only the added gas but another hatchery to pump mutas from. Though a ling is going down there, no worries for SKT fans as a sunken is being started.
2:04 EST: CALM ON THE MOVE! Sitting just east of the middle of the map. Looks like the battle is at soO's base. Scourge of soO do a lot of damage, but lings come rushing in from Calm, they're taking a lot of the glaives hits meaning less on Calm's mutas. UHOH Calm's carapace upgrade is unbelievable, he waited on +2 before the battle. He wins the battle hands down.
2:05 EST: soO forced to call GG with one muta left to at least 16 of Calm. GG!
Set 6 :


2:17 EST: Canata spawns at the 11 position, FrOzen at the 8. Pretty close position, Canata has to win this though. I think SKT was expecting a zerg to be sent out by STX.
2:18 EST: FrOzen trying to be sneaky? Building his barracks near the middle of the map, nah he's just going to get a few marines then left it off for vision.
2:19 EST: Both players have their factory started, looks like we're not going to see some uber cheese this game.. Though there's still plenty of time for that. Neither player has been scouted yet.
2:20 EST: FrOzen starting his CC at his natural and Canata mimics him doing the same at his own only a second behind. Factory done for both players.
2:21 EST: Starport started for FrOzen, he's trying to hide it at the bottom of his base. Little bit of BM from Canata as he lands his barracks right where the factory addon would go. He has no idea about the starport though. Expansions done for both players, looks like Canata is going double factory. I don't see an armory yet, there should be one soon though.
2:22 EST: FrOzen does the same to Canata with his barracks, though the floating barracks of Canata goes to the south end of FrOzen's base to see the Starport. Vulture battle at the EXP of FrOzen. Canata might have the advantage, his double factory is very useful right now. Though his barracks was just sniped by a wraith.
2:23 EST: Vultures on Canata DESTROYING scvs, they stand no chance. It's like a kid with a magnifying glass. Tank and wraith of FrOzen push the vultues back. Two goliaths out for Canata, forced the wraith in his base out but right to his expansion. He also saw the comsat on the base.
2:24 EST: Canata takes out the wraith, and is getting double addons as well, hiding two starports at the 12 locations. He also takes out the barrack of FrOzen that was sitting near 12.
2:25 EST: First sieges of the game as FrOzen is prepping a little bit of a push, 4 tanks now to the 8? goliaths of Canata. FrOzen scouting 1, see's the CC that was being started. Goliaths come in to destroy the pesky SCV. Another wraith of FrOzen is in the base of Canata, though using it as a scout to see what's going on. He still has no idea about the double starports that Canata has.
2:26 EST: He knows now! Two wraiths are out and pushing the tanks back, two more wraiths out. Four on the field for Canata right now. He also found the CC at 9 that FrOzen had just started. A few goliaths out for FrOzen.
2:27 EST: Forgot to press update for 5 minutes.. oops.. Canata is looking good right now! Forcing FrOzen and winning the battles with 4 tanks out, a bunch of goliaths and wraiths still doing their thing... Tanks hit the CC at the natural of FrOzen and GG is called! Canata ties it up, WE'RE GOING TO ACE!
Ace :


2:43 EST: Kal spawns in at the 1 and Fantasy at the 7. Wonder if the coaches told them to cheese, but Fantasy plays a lot of Ace matches and is almost always straight up pimpin.
2:44 EST: No scouting being done by Kal or Fantasy, it's a 2 player map so they know where the other is. It's also too early for something strange except a proxy which neither is going for.
2:45 EST: Looks like Kal is going to hide something, at about the 3 position there's a great spot to place a pylon and he did that. I wouldn't be surprised to see Fantasy scout it out with his SCV that's on the way to Kal's base. Marine trying to gauss that Probe to the void. SCV of Fantasy sneaks by the zealot on the ramp.
2:46 EST: Fantasy went right by the pylon and iddn't scout it out, though he was just waiting it seems.
2:47 EST: First goon out for Kal and he's already started abusing. Fantasy was triyng to get a CC up and the scv was snipe. Fantasy was having none of that though, brought a bunch of SCV's with 4 marines. Vulture there now two, but two Dragoons are still alive. one with 4 kills the other going after the vulture in Fantasy's base. HE's trying to repair it and actually succeeding.
2:48 EST: Fantasy opted for another vulture and mines before getting his tank, I think that shocked Kal a bit, he sniped a vulture before heading out. But wait another goon comes in, the CC has finished and he's now forcing Fantasy to waste units and a mine finishes that fun.
2:49 EST: EXP Started a little ago for Kal and he's starting an observatory. Robo Support started, we're going to see reavers here soon. Fantasy getting an academy and building another CC, he's trying to prep for late game but it looks like Kal doesn't want it to get there.
2:50 EST: First reaver out for Kal and the shuttle is as well. Second factory finally started for Fantasy and two dragoons are sniping mines across the map. Third gate going up for Kal and he's throwing 2 zealots in the shuttle with the reaver.
2:51 EST: Fantasy scanned to see the reaver tech coming his way, he's ready for it.. sort of, the vulture saw it coming down but Fantasy makes an idiotic mistake. He's placing mines around his minerals to try and force a landing to kill the units but Kal was just dropping the zealots to kill off SCVS with the mines.
2:52 EST: Reaver still hasn't shown it's self and there it is. Dropped it right on the mineral line, he didn't select and it went after a vulture but missed. This time in the main he's done some damage, looks like 8 SCVS were taken out from 2 scarabs.
2:53 EST: Another batch of SCVS taken out at the natural of Fantasy, and the reaver is back at the main. Looks like all the SCVS there are pretty much gone. All the while Kal tried to push the natural of Fantasy with some dragoons but wasn't able to because of tanks. Fantasy is on the hunt with some vultures. Taking out all the probes at the newly finished 3 expansion of Kal.
2:54 EST: Two reavers in the shuttle, it's at the main of Fantasy! He was ready, the sound of mines wanting their target and he was scared off. A goliath took some damage but survived (from what I could tell). Kal is hiding two stargates, possible carrier or arbs? We'll have to wait and see.
2:55 EST: Fantasy is pushing! His three bases are now starting to show but there are A LOT of dragoons for Kal. 6th Factory being started for Fantasy as he keeps getting vultues into the base of Kal. Too bad he didn't wander around more he may have spotted the Stargates, as I'm unsure if he's scanned them.
2:56 EST: Fantasy expanding up at 11, and it seems like he's taken full control of this game now. Vultures going after the probes of 3.5? All the while Kal tries to push the 10 of Fantasy but he had mines and tanks set there waiting on him.
2:57 EST: Kal trying to take 12, but Vultures eat the probe up. Arbiter Tribunal spotted in the base of Kal, so that's what those two Stargates are for, no scouts sorry guys! Fantasy starting to push towards Kal now, Kal has a fair size army composed mostly of dragoons but his shuttle is full of zealots. Battle at 11!
2:58 EST: Zealot mine bombs take out three tanks, and here comes the rest of Kals army, a lot more zealots than I think Fantasy expected. Though "Re-enforcements have arrived" saved that for fantasy.
2:59 EST: Once again Fantasy not allowing Kal to expand anymore, Kal was trying to take 5 but 6 vultures make quick of any attempt until goons come down.
3:00 EST: Arbiter is out for Kal, SKT team is cheering their happy with Fantasy now that he fought off that reaver ordeal earlier. Kal trying to do something to 9/10 but unable to even with the arbiter there. Dragoons snipe off some vultures but Fantasy doesn't care, he's got double Armories upgrading right now. Looks like an EMP on the arbiter, good snipe by Fantasy there. DOWN IT GOES TO VULTURES!
3:01 EST: Fantasy pushing 12 with some tanks, and he's setting up a mindfield to slow the progress but Kal got a statis field on 4 tanks, he's trying to take him on at 10 but it'd be a losing battle in my opinion.
3:02 EST: Kal walks into a mine field losing a few units. Fantasy has given up on 12, he's killed all he wants. He's head towards the main of Kal now. A fight at center, Fantasy just has too many units now and map control.
3:03 EST: Fantasy is starting to push 3 with a lot of tanks on the lower ramp, more vultures are being rallied in. The STX coach looks like he wants to leave, another EMP by Fantasy. SKT is standing, they know this game is over, everyone is waiting on two letters now.
3:04 EST: GG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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