OSL Ro16 day 1: KeSPA vs GSL reiterated

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With his victory over NesTea, Fantasy is the first KeSPA player to score a victory in the OSL against a GSL contender.

Unlike the first days of WCS Korea, the Ro16 of OSL began with KeSPA and GSL contingents being on equal footing, winning two matches a piece.

Many things are known about Jangbi, including his back-to-back OSL titles, his legendary psi storms and his dragon status from years ago. Today we learned another one – that Jangbi cannot (or will not) use forcefields or zealots to close his wall-off.

As a result, DRG’s lings twice found their way into Jangbi’s main, munching down 17 probes to ruin his evening. Yet, this was the worst thing that happened to the reigning champion today by far as his fragile, rich on stalkers army got surrounded, fungalled and cleaned by lings in the middle of the map, putting the game in a state where a 2-base toss is against a 5-base zerg with 100 food lead.

Another match, another OSL champion in the booth as Fantasy met NesTea on Entombed Valley. Fantasy would quickly avenge his KeSPA brother (and his OSL grand finals rival) as a 4-rax opening (easily shut down by NesTea) evolved into a rancor medivac harass. Having marines shooting down every mineral line of his, NesTea’s income and supply plummeted down and by the 15th minute, Fantasy was 80 food ahead, marching a life-ending marine/tank army down zerg territory. NesTea needed miracle baneling connects. He did not get them.

When arguably the best PvTer in the world went against a Brood War youngster with very few televised SC2 games, the lot of the audience knew how the match would likely end. BaBy opened with some slight medivac harass and delayed taking his natural but Parting’s defense was already tight as a kebab wrap. Not only did Parting suffer zero damage from this early pressure but his army kept growing bigger and stronger. As the colossus and storm timing windows for BaBy closed, Parting moved out and burnt the terran army to cinders.

With the “Ultimate Weapon” not making the WCS or WCG Korea finals, the new season of the OSL was the only individual tournament in which the golden mouse winner could show his skills. And against San on Ohana, there was the Flash everybody knows and fears: the solid, well-rounded macro beast that simply gets more bases, makes more units and goes for kill.

Tomorrow, the GSL vs KeSPA rivalry continues with the second day of OSL Ro16. MarineKing, Oz, Mvp and MC will face Rain, Last, Flying and BeSt respectively.

OSL Ro16 Day One