TSL 4 Week one: VODs and results

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[RESULTS and VODS]: Round of 32, Day 1





Lots and lots of zergs. This was the tagline of the very first day of the Team Liquid Starleague 4, which opened with a zerg player in every one of the four series played this Saturday.

If only to bring the swarm hegemony to a whole new level, TSL's HyuN opened with a quick 2-0 against Major and for a moment it seemed that with our prediction for a 3-2 for HyuN we were giving the Mexican too much credit. Three series later, the Korean lay defeated and dying and it would appear that we had, in fact, given Major too little credit.

The next two series went according to expectations with Curious absolutely destroying Lalush and Vortix taking a convincing victory against BabyKnight, unaffected by the Dane's wacky openings. The fourth and final series of the day saw two of tournament's best - Ret and Squirtle - engage in a five-game ZvP. Despite his numerous positional mistakes and the whimsical approach of building mass carriers in one of the game, Squirtle walked out the victory, leaving the Dutch TSL veteran out of the tournament.

SERIES OF THE NIGHT: Major vs HyuN for the amazing reverse kill

[RESULTS and VODS]: Round of 32, Day 2





In day two, TSL 3 runner-up Naniwa faced up-and-coming Brit JonnyREcco in a series that should've gone decisively in Swede's favor, given his Code S top 8 status and all. However, Naniwa soon found out that Dignitas's newest addition is a hard nut to crack and the biggest punch JonnyREcco suffered - apart from that one loss on Metropolis - were Naniwa's parting words "Congratulations, you play zerg".

Kas vs Fraer and Keen vs Welmu were painfully painfully unmemorable and dull in the victors' flawless 3-0 kills but same could not be said for Life vs Elfi, who played the absolutely most entertaining series in week one, indulging in nydus plays, compulsive cannon rushing, criminally early pools and more. After going neck and neck through the entire series, StarTale's crazy zerg earned his Ro16 spot.

SERIES OF THE EVENING: Elfi vs Life for being as far from your everyday PvZ as it gets.