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GOMTV StarCraft 2 Open Round of 32 Day 2 - Live report

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Followed the live updates from the second day of the Round of 32 in GSL.


And that ends day 2 of the Ro32.


14:28 Idra takes the match 2-0 with a very convincing win in the second game, rolling over Gon with ultralisks, roaches, and infested terrans.


14:25 Idra techs to ultralisks and infestors to seal the deal. Idra is maxed out while Gon is at 119 supply.


14:22 Idra takes map control as Gon keeps losing scouting hellions while he attempts to harass Idra. Gon moves out with a small army and is easily flanked by Idra's roach army.


14:19 Gon responds with blue flame hellions to harass Idra's base. Pushed back by Queen.


14:17 Idra does produce a lot of roaches, but Gon scans in time to see them spawn. Gon bunkers up in time to stop Idra's roach push.


14:16 Idra opts for a roach warren, but Gon does not see this. Gon expects an expansion instead of roaches and is currently blind as to what is happening with no scouts out.


14:15 Gon opens up again with an engineering bay at Idra's natural to delay the hatchery.


14:13 Game number 2 on Xel'Naga Caverns with Idra spawning in top right and Gon spawning in the bottom left.


14:11 Idra overwhelms Gon with over 100 supply over Gon's and takes the first game.


14:09 Gon attempts to take out Idra's fourth base but is taken out by a mass of zerglings and mutas with banelings as follow up.


14:07 Thors come out to help Gon battle the mutas, but Idra has a sizable mass of banelings ready. Gon is short on medivacs due to too many tanks early on.


14:05 Idra showing great control with his mass of mutas taking out several supply depots and tanks.


14:04 8 mutas come out for Idra with +1 air attack upgrading. Gon's bunker slows Idra's second expansion only for a bit, eventually the bunker is taken out by zerglings while mutas harass Gon's main.


14:01 Idra techs to lair, while Gon goes tank and marines and even places a bunker at Idra's second natural.


14:00 Gon sends out several marines to provide pressure while he expands to his natural quickly.


13:58 Gon places an engineering bay at Idra's natural to delay the hatchery.


13:56 First Set will be on Jungle Basin, Idra spawns at the top left and oGsGon spawns at bottom right.


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IdrA getting ready to take on Gon in a TvZ

13:45 Interview with NaDa:

Q: You seemed to behind after your banshees died, what made you push with tanks after that?

I was shocked my banshees didn't do more damage, but I was confident with my unit control so that's why I decided to push

Q: You seem confident in TvT do you feel the same about your other match ups?

TvT is the most complicated matchup, but I've practiced it a lot of TvT lately, and when I practice the other matchups more as well I will feel confident


13:40 ParkJongHyuk tries to hold on to the game, but can't cope with NaDa's massive macro, now having thors and tanks attacking ParkJong. ParkJongHyuk is trying to snipe some of NaDa's tanks with a nuke, but NaDa moves away, and ParkJong GG's.

2-0 for NaDa, moving on to the round of 16 and an interview will be coming up.


13:37 NaDa is dropping ParkJong's mainbase with a bunch of tanks and landed his vikings while ParkJong is doing a final push, he does get the golden expansion but NaDa got so many bases.


13:34 NaDa lost a few vikings to ParkJongHyuk's marines, but he basically got half of the map already, while ParkJong only just recently expanded to his third. It's just a question of time when ParkJongHyuk will be overran.


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NaDa's containing ParkJongHyuk

13:31 NaDa is being very clever, instead of attacking risking losing his army, he keeps on expanding, now to the lower golden expansion which has just finished.


13:30 NaDa is containing ParkJongHyuk and expanding to his third. He did lose some tanks however, but is still getting ahead as he's making vikings and killed off ParkJong's banshees with marines.


13:28 While NaDa is slowly pushing, ParkJongHyuk drops marines in NaDa's main, but a siege tank is prepared and waiting for the rines.


13:25 ParkJongHyuk is taking a bunch of damage to NaDa's cloaked banshees, though sieging up on the cliff of his base taking out one siege tank of NaDa before NaDa backs off.


13:23 NaDa somehow manages to survive 2 vikings and a scan in ParkJong's base. NaDa has also got his expansion up now. Another factory and barracks for NaDa.


13:22 ParkJongHyuk is expnding while he's also sending in three hellions into NaDa's base and doing a lot of damage, but the bashee is out for NaDa.


13:18 The second game has started with NaDa in the bottom mid position of Metalopolis, and ParkJongHyuk in the top mid position.


13:16 The push is too tough for ParkJongHyuk who loses his command center and GG's. 1-0 for NaDa making a lot of fangirls happy.

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13:15 NaDa pushing out with a successful attack, ParkJong loses a lot of units, and NaDa is now in the lead. Another thing worth mentioning is ParkJongHyuk's great positioning of his supply depots all over the map for map control.


13:13 ParkJongHyuk is doing a great job, killing off another banshee with stim before the banshee could do any major damage, like the first one. NaDa has sieged up outside his expansion preventing ParkJongHyuk from attacking, who is instead killing off the rocks at his gold expansion.


13:12 ParkJong's command center is up and running, while NaDa just made his while the Banshee is doing harassment with cloak, but gets killed off by stimmed marines and scan.


13:11 A supply depot of ParkJong blocked the reaper and that was the end for the reaper. A banshee is being made by NaDa.


13:08 The scouting SCV for both players has been chased out by a marine, the thing that differs them now is that NaDa is sending a Reaper and making a factory, while ParkJong is upgrading stim, making a command center and marauders.


13:06 First game coming up. Before the game started Artosis told us an interesting story about how all players want to be warm before they play.. expect from one guy - JulyZerg, he actually wants to be cold when he plays.

Alright, the first game is on Xel'Naga Caverns, NaDa in the top right position as the red Terran, ParkJong bottom left, blue Terran.


13:04 Artosis:
I feel bad for ParkJongHyuk, he plays NaDa... If he wins a lot of fangirls will cry, if he loses he's out of the GSL.


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NaDa getting ready for a TvT

12:59 NaDa vs ParkJongHyuk is coming up very soon. NaDa playing Terran of course, and so is ParkJongHyuk, so a TvT coming up. Maps: Xel'Naga Caverns, Metalopolis, Lost Temple.


12:53 Interview with Leenock:

Q: Is it hard balancing the game with school?

My school supports me and allows me to practice, so it's not that hard.

Q: How was your gameplan after the banelings?

I was going to progress to roaches and infestors.


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Suoshin after the loss

12:51 Leenock killed a lot of drones which led to another gg from Suoshin, and 2-0 victory for Leenock who moves on to the round of 16.


12:49 Suoshin is attacking, and got a few drones with his banelings. Counterattack coming up from Leenock.


12:47 Suoshin is putting down an expansion, and Leenock responds in making an expansion himself instead of pressuring Suoshin.


12:46 Both players are making their spawning pool first.


12:45 Game 2 has started on Metalopolis. Close positions, the red zerg at the 12 o clock position is Suoshin, and Leenock in the 9 o clock position as the blue zerg.


12:43 Leenock takes the first game as Suoshin GG'd.


12:42 Baneling and zergling action, Suoshin is getting heavily pressured now, having 12 drones against Leenock's 16.


12:41 Suhoshin is losing many drones to the banelings and the zerglings of Leenock now, and it looks like Leenock will take the first game.


12:40 Suhoshin is pressuring Leenock now, but the zergling/baneling attack was not very effective. Both have their expansion up and running now. Leenock is countering with his own banelings now.


12:38 Expansion is going up for Leenock, while a baneling nest is being made for Suhoshin. Suhoshin has a lot of zerglings and getting his banelings ready in his own base, surprisingly he didn't move the zerglings closer and then made banelings.


12:36 Gas first for Suhoshin who spawned in the top left position as the blue zerg. Leenock spawned in the right position as the red zerg.


12:34 First game between the two zergs is on Scrap Station, and it started right now.


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12:24 CheckPrime is being interviewed:

I was prepared for that (fast expansion with cannons) strategy because I've seen it a lot on the ladder. - CheckPrime


12:23 Next match is about to start, being a Zerg vs Zerg between Leenock and NEXSuhoshin.


12:20 A starport is coming up from sanZenith, another queen is being made by CheckPrime. While this happens CheckPrime gets to kill the only pylon powering the cannons, and all of sudden sanZenith was history from GSL Season 2. CheckPrime wins 2-0.


12:18 CheckPrime is going for the kill with around eight or nine roaches, sanZenith has blocked his entrance and is helping out with his probes now, more roaches incoming.


12:16 sanZenith does not seem to change his style after the first game flop and is again going for a fast expansion. CheckPrime doing the same as last game as well, roach warren and no expansion.


12:15 Game two has started on Scrap Station. CheckPrime in the blue on the right side position, and sanZenith the top left.


12:13 A nightmare of a start for sanZenith who gg'd after the roaches had killed a ton of probes. CheckPrime in the lead, 1-0.


12:12 sanZenith misplaced a photon cannon, had to kill it to place a nexus, and has made a bunch of cannons. CheckPrime is doing a huge amount of damage with his roaches.


12:09 sanZenith is going a fast forge and is looking to expand while CheckPrime has his spawning pool done already, no expansion for the zerg.


12:07 sanZenith vs CheckPrime has started out with the first game on Delta Quadrant with close positions. sanZenith as the red Protoss bottom left, CheckPrime the blue zerg top left.