The groups are played through over at Red Bull Battlegrounds New York. Surprisingly, Bomber was eliminated by Scarlett who will face up with sOs later today. The other semi final pairing is PartinG vs MC.
To the surprise of many, crowd favorite Bomber did not survive group A. Despite tackling Golden in his first match, he lost to PartinG in the winners match to face off with Scarlett. Scarlett seemed surprised herself as she managed to bounce back from the 1-0 lead set up by Bomber to eventually pull the upset by winning the match 2-1.
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ahhhhhhhhh :D happiest i've been after a match
— Scarlett (@AcerScarlett) November 23, 2013
Both PartinG and Scarlett move on to to the Final Four of Red Bull Battle Grounds, which so far has proven to be a masterfully organized event. Joining them from Group B are MC, the runner-up and of course sOs, who is dominating the scene right now. Coming fresh off his Blizzcon victory, sOs proves he has full control of the game and dispatched first of HyuN and then MC without dropping a map.
Many predict, expect and crave the all-Protoss final of PartinG versus sOs and it is indeed a likely scenario. PartinG will have to go through fellow Korean Protoss player MC first though while Scarlett will be standing as an obstacle in the path of sOs. The two challengers played well in the groups and are likely to contest for spots in the final later today. No matter who ends up going through to the final will surely deserve to be there.
The group results and playoff bracket can be seen below. The competition continues later today at 13:00 EST (19:00 CET).