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15 years ago

Ryung wins a wildcard for up-and-down matches

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The SlayerS terran will take the spot of ex-TSL player Rain in the up-and-down matches. Rain has forfeited Code S to move to the United States as a result of joining team Fnatic.

Ryung came victorious in the wild-card mini tournament comprised of all the Ro16 losers in Code A. Ryung went through YuGiOh, Yoda and Luvsic to earn the right to compete in the up-and-down matches, through which players get promoted to Code S

GSL Wild Card Tournament
Round of 8
South Korea Checkwalkover*United States Sheth
South Korea Luvsic2:0South Korea Tails
South Korea YuGiOh2:0Sweden Jinro
South Korea Yoda1:2South Korea Ryung
Round of 4
South Korea Check0:2South Korea Luvsic
South Korea Ryung2:0South Korea YuGiOh
Final
South Korea Ryung2:0South Korea Luvsic


GomTV state that Sheth's forfeit is due to personal reasons. The American zerg elaborates the situation further in a post on TL.net.

To put it simply, I had planned on staying in Korea for 1 month. This was for the GSTL the team league that FXO is in. I found out that while there I could play in code A, and I decided to accept that as I thought it would be a great experience. It was.

However I have other commitments that I have to deal with back home. I never planned to stay longer then 1 month in Korea. I will very likely go back to Korea in the future as I'm having a great time here. Still I'd only planned on staying here a month and if I do come back I'd like to be a little better prepared. (I'm still paying rent back in the states for instance)

Hopefully you can understand why I won't be staying in Korea however I'll definetly come back and continue to play SC2 in the states and outside of the states whenever I can. (Dreamhack?!) Hope that clears it up. =)


The up-and-down matches will be played between 26th and 28th of July, just prior to the Code S grand final.

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GomTV.net - Source
TeamLiquid.net - Source