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10 years ago

Clash of Koreans in Terror NINUS Starleague

Fish, the Korean server hosting the Terror NINUS Starleague Season 2 has been on fire, especially during the "Group of Death", the Group A matches.

Terror, a former StarCraft programer who played Zerg for STX Soul, has organised the Terror NINUS Starleague, which is sponsored by NINUS, a shoe company. Terror and Shuttle, also a former STX Soul player, are casting the online tournament. Four groups of four players have been formed and half of the matches in the Round of 16 have already been completed. 

In the Group of Death  Group A, Mind, ZerO, Bisu, and Movie have fought to be qualified and the first two of them made it. Initially, Bisu won against Movie in the Fighting Spirit map, only for Bisu to lose against in both of his next matches against Mind and ZerO. Apart from Bisu, Mind confronted ZerO successfully as well, completing the Group A matches with a final 2-0 score and qualifying for the Quarterfinals. Despite his defeat to Mind, ZerO won against Bisu and Movie and also qualified with a 2-1 score. 

In Group B, Sea, hero, and GuemChi met again together with Light. Unlike previous times, GuemChi did not qualify, having lost both to Sea and Latter. The former, apart from winning against GuemChi, also achieved a win against hero and qualified for the Quarterfinals together with hero, who scored 2-1, winning against Light twice. 

In the upcoming Group C matches, which are set for March 19th, EffOrt, free, HiyA, and sSak will meet. The next day, March 20th, the Round of 16 wil be completed with the Group D matches, where Mong, BeSt, Last, and Larva will fight for a position in the Quarterfinals.

The prize pool of Terror NINUS Starleague Season 2 is ?15,000,000 (? $13,500), out of which only ?10,000 ($10) will be awarder to the player who will score second in the online tournament.

Headline image by ESL.