ploguidic3
2015-01-21 11:21:12
QXC begin his first game against JaeDong in the Homestory cup quite strong. Nearly wiping out JaeDong's economy and army with early pressure QXC had established quite a foot hold back home. Yet JaeDong managed to claw his way back into the game with only a pack of mutalisks and a some incredibly well placed corruptions on QXCs production. Check out the VoD below (starts at 3:19:15 audio resumes seconds into the game).
From 2011 onward MMA was one of the most dominant Terrans in StarCraft II, rivaled only by Mvp the so called “King of Wings”. With the launch of Heart of the Swarm and the completion of the KeSPA transition to StarCraft II MMA left the ultra competitive Korean region and begin playing in the “softer” European region where he continued to be a dominant force. Many felt that MMA would be unable to go toe to toe with those he left behind in Korea, but MMA was able to have an astounding run in Blizzcon. MMA should several upsets defeating the heavily favored Bomber and Classic. MMA showcased an incredibly high speed play style pulling his opponents apart with drops all over the map. Despite falling short in the finals MMA still put out a memorable performance and with his recent GSL qualification it's quite possible that we are experiencing a second coming of MMA. Here's my favorite game from his Blizzcon run.
This one may have been enhanced because of the fact that I was at Lincoln Theatre watching the game live, but Scarlett's proxy hatch against PartinG in Redbull BattleGrounds Washington was simply amazing to see. Scarlett managed to get a hatch up against PartinG by the skin of her teeth, and she eventually managed to pump out enough roaches to wipe out PartinG's entire economy.
2013 was known as the year of the Korean All-Kill. Korean players were able to win every single premiere tournament in 2013. This was the first time this had happened in StarCraft II history, and it appeared that 2014 was set for another Korean All-Kill, but the Taiwanese player Sen managed to win the Taiwanese eSports League securing the first foreign win of a tournament in over a year. Honorable mention here also goes to Bunny for winning the Gfinity G3.
ForGG was a notable Brood War player that has had a mostly resultsless StarCraft II career. This all changed with an amazing run through Dreamhack Winter for the Terran player. ForGG walked through most of the championship tournament, crushing championship class players such as MC and Polt beneath him. The game that made ForGG a StarCraft II champion was an insane low supply mech game against Life with non stop action.
In week 2 of Proleague Classic brought out a powerful cannon rush on Deadwing, where he cannon rushed Rogue's natural and then followed and continued cannon rushing when Rogue attempted to take his third. Rogue had a brilliant and brave response. The Zerg player had a few drones outside of his main which was well cannoned in, so he sent them two Classic's main base and built two hatcheries there. The result is one of the craziest comebacks in 2014.
Though the game itself was not especially good, many remember Scarlett race switching in a game point in MLG Anaheim as one of the highlights of 2014. Scarlett's tournament life was on the line when she rather astonishingly changed races at the last minute. She broke out a build that is perhapse best used by North American ladder player Hitman. Scarlett was able to highlight the power of two base gateway all ins when she defeated one of the most accomplished StarCraft II players using her off race.
In the last game of HomeStory Cup X PartinG was in a desperate position, and it appeared that Flash would claim his second StarCraft II Premiere victory. Yet despite Flash's seemingly overwhelming army PartinG managed to use a mixture of gateway units and impeccable blink micro to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. This was a game that truly highlighted the power of Protoss.
After securing second place in the first premier Heart of the Swarm tournament, many thought that Flash would secure dominance in StarCraft II. Sadly for fans of the KT Rolster Terran Flash would not go on to win a single tournament in 2013. For many one of the best moments of 2014 was finally seeing Flash hoist a trophy above his head.
Following a brief and unsuccessful switch to League of Legends, MarineKing returned to StarCraft and spent the 2013-2014 Proleague season as a solid, but not outstanding Proleague player with few notable results in individual leagues. Yet with his switch to MVP from team Prime it appears that MarineKing once again become a serious contender to win any tournament that he enters. For many fans it was tragic but perhaps appropriate that MarineKing's run was cut short in the finals by sOs. This deep run in Hot6ix coupled with his GSL Code S qualification showcased the fact that the King or at least the Kong has returned.Check out his final Hot6ix win below!