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**Elusory** · Thu, 3rd-Oct-2013, 5:25 PM

GPD League Season 1

Announcement: GPDL has officially concluded! [MTi] Carmour is your official champion!

Greetings to all who've taken the time to find this elusive thread at the elusive corner of SC2SEA!

Groupings and Results

Grand Finals

Matches to be played on 17 November 2013 3:00PM SGT, 6:00PM AEDT.
Stream: http://www.twitch.tv/elusoryx
Bracket link: Here

+ [MTi.Carmour v.s. AxS.indursex] +

3rd Place Match

+ [MTi.MrLando v.s. VB.Inter] +

Semi Finals
Matches to be played on 10 November 2013 3:00PM SGT, 6:00PM AEDT.
Stream: SCS Countdown
Bracket link: Here

+ [MTi.Carmour v.s. MTi.MrLando] +

+ [AxS.indursex v.s. VB.Inter] +

Quarter Finals

Matches to be played on 3 November 2013 3:00PM SGT, 6:00PM AEDT.
Stream: http://www.twitch.tv/inter_18
Bracket link: Here

+ [MTi.Carmour v.s. VB.Enak] +

+ [AxS.SouL v.s. MTi.MrLando] +

+ [FS.Totodile v.s. AxS.indursex] +

+ [ToR.Luneth v.s. VB.Inter] +

Ro16

Vote for your group of death here!

+ [Example bracket] +

+ [Group 1] +

+ [Group 2] +

+ [Group 3] +

+ [Group 4] +

+ [Qualified for Ro8] +

+ [Interviews for Ro8 participants] +

+ [ToR.Luneth] +

ToR.Elusory:
Tell us more about yourself

ToR.Luneth:
I like cheese, both in game and out, live in Adelaide and enjoy SC2, Smash Bros and Deadman Wonderland (a manga).

ToR.Elusory:
Tell us more about your SC2 journey. How long have you played, and what were your greatest moments?

ToR.Luneth:
I've played since the start 2011 and joined ToR in mid 2011 where I started to improve. I mucked about in

for a long time before I finally got promoted to

. At end of WoLm I got

(my highest point).

My greatest moment would probably be my (successful) mothership rush in a 4V4 vs mGG (Clan metaGameGods) to send off

ToR.ThePandarine to his military service.

ToR.Elusory:
You went through a group of death all

would call it as, managing to get 1st place with a score of 4-0. Along the way you beat

VB.Enak and fellow

ETL.NaMeK. How did you do it?

ToR.Luneth:
I have this idea that if I see early double gas (15 15) it almost never means robo, instead being an early sentry expo, stargate or DTs of their own. I think the best way to counter that is to go for a hidden DT rush which was succesful. I noticed

VB.Enak scouted late in the first game so I proxied 2 gates in the second.

Against

ETL.NaMeK, it was early expo vs early expo with mine being quicker, I sniped his Mothership Core and his army got trapped and died. Again

ETL.NaMeK scouted late so I just proxied 2 gates in game 2 and won.

TL;DR cheese OP

ToR.Elusory:
Seems like you're the proxy 2 gate king... Now that people know how your games went, will you still be using the same strategies in the playoffs if you meet a

?

ToR.Luneth:
If they show the same tendencies probably (or will I?), but it seems unlikely that'll get a

next round from what I've seen of the brackets so far,

ToR.Elusory:
You'll face 2nd place of Group 1, which has 3

and 1

.

ToR.Luneth:
AHK TY

I hope I get

because I know more all ins against

ToR.Elusory:
All the best to your all ins! Definitely a match to be looked out for. Any last words or shoutouts?

ToR.Luneth:
Get through to fight me

ToR.missAsuzy so I can crush you. Hopefully

FS.Totodile gets through too so I can crush him. Ah... so many people I want to crush, so little time

My favourite unit is the DT btw. I'm going to sleep now. Night~

+ [AxS.SouL] +

ToR.Elusory:
Congratulations on advancing to the Ro8! To begin with, tell us more about yourself.

AxS.SouL:
Thanks! Well, not much to tell, I'm just a kid from Adelaide that plays the OP race

. I play Warhammer 40K from time to time, but most of my spare time is devoted to school. Used to play sports, but injuries made sure that the only sport I will play again is eSports.

ToR.Elusory:
You've advanced through the Ro16 as 1st place, winning 2-1 for each series you played. Wanna walk us through your games?

AxS.SouL:
The Ro16 for me;

First off I had to take on

eMp.Infected, this was scary as he just came off an all-kill against ETL's GPD team, but I had to put my fear behind me and just accept my fate.

Game 1 against this

from eMp was played on the map Yeonsu, very distasteful for me, I hate the map. I decided to proxy 2 gate in his base because I felt like opening up with such a suicidal cheese would keep him on his toes early on in the set, he hatched first and I walked in with 3 zealots. 1-0 for me.

Game 2 was a completely different story, I felt like I was in the lead for parts of the game, sniping hatches and keeping macro up, but I over committed and ended up losing 5 Colossus to viper pull backs into waiting roach hydra. 1-1 tied up.

Game 3 I felt the nerves, I opened up with a 1 gate expand into 4 gate pressure but some part of me told me to not grab the nexus but to instead tech to DT as fast as I could while keeping the pressure up. My attacks with gateway units were largely ineffective but by the time he mustered enough roaches to move out, I had killed the rocks with aleast 7 DT (this is Akilon) and I just ran past the defences at the front into the main.

A dirty 2-1 victory for me.

Then I had to vs my clan mate

AxS.indursex.
Game 1 was just me 4 gating like an idiot, which I lost quite convincingly. 0-1 to him.

Game 2 was a nice macro game where my DT harass kept him down on bases and his sick multi prong drops kept me down on workers all game long.
It eventually ended up turning into a deathball v deathball scenario but I hit just before Ghosts could affect the game and with a +1 upgrade advantage to crush his army. 1-1.

Game 3 I opened up with a 1 gate DT expand into 3 gates, I killed him before the game went any longer. 2-1 to me.

So yeah.. I love DT's but don't expect me to use them every game

ToR.Elusory:
That's very detailed and lots of solid play involved. Hope to see you do well in the Ro8! Any last words or shoutouts?

AxS.SouL:
Shoutouts to my clan AxS! Feels good to represent you guys after just managing for so long, and shoutout to my mum! Wouldn't have got where I am today without her sandwiches.
Thanks ~~

+ [AxS.indursex] +

+ [FS.Totodile] +

ToR.Elusory:
Congratulations on getting to the Ro8. Tell us more about yourself!

FS.Totodile:
My name is Kong, and I'm 14. I started playing StarCraft at the age of 9, and practising has been everything to me in StarCraft 2. I always watch GSL and try to become better. My dream is to be a champion like Life! My English name is Kong, Vietnam name is Khang.

ToR.Elusory:
Tell us how are you feeling after advancing through your group with 1st place.

FS.Totodile:
Pretty great! I had my team Fusion Slugs supporting me, always wishing me luck. When I told them I advanced to the Ro8, they were typing "GJ" and all that. So I'm pretty happy representing Team FS.

ToR.Elusory:
Walk us through your games in the Ro16.

FS.Totodile:
I started off vsing

ToR.missAsuzy. I was feeling pretty intimidated because he was in Silicon Sports Academy. I thought they had pretty hardcore training for him, but I pulled myself together and remembered that I had been through lots of practice, so it was my time to shine.

In Game 1, I opened up muta ling baneling, and used separate groups of banes and lings to kill his army efficiently and killed some widow mines in the process. I then transitioned into Ultralisks, which then pretty much he GGed out.

Game 2, he did an early push with a bio force. That kept pushing me back, and then I was forced to GG because my minerals were so high and I didn't have any larvae.

Game 3, I used Soulkey's roach ling bane muta strategy. I prepared this for 5 days to use against my opponent, and I managed to pull it off. Eventually, I took a good win against SLCNA's

ToR.missAsuzy. 2-1!

My second opponent was

MTi.MrLando. In Game 1, I followed the same strategy as I used in Game 1 with

ToR.missAsuzy. The standard 3 hatch at 6 mins, then I did the same ling bane and spread lots of creep tumours. I scouted 2 factories, so I was like, alright, hellions because of the reactors. I created 16 lings to defend it with 1 queen, and then transitioned into ultralisks and he killed my spire. By then, I needed to save the rest of my mtas in case of drops. I had 10 mutas and 9 ultras with the rest lings and banes. I traded efficiently enough for him to tap out GG. A great start to the game for me 1-0!

In Game 2, I did the same thing again, but this time he destroyed my 4th several times. I was attacked early at my 3rd which I defended with 14 banes and some lings, and then rushed into ultras. At the 12 minute mark, I started destroying his 4th and 3rd, then I did a ling runby which destroyed pretty much of all the things in his main base while he was focusing on my army. I had almost 15 ultras in the army and I split it evenly. 7 to kill the army with ling and banes, 8 to kill off the main and the natural including the reinforcements. He lifted his buildings and tried to escape but I remember having 10 mutas. So I tracked the CC down and he was forced to tap out! A great 2-0 for me.

ToR.Elusory:
Seems like you have pretty solid play! You'll face

AxS.indursex in the Ro8. How are you feeling and how will you prepare against him?

FS.Totodile:
I'm pretty prepared to play against him. I seemed to have faced him last time in a clan war and I'm pretty sure I won. I've got plenty of tricks up my sleeve and who knows, there might just be another clean sweep!

ToR.Elusory:
Any last words or shoutouts you would like to make?

FS.Totodile:
Shoutout to my Clan Fusion Slugs for supporting me! And

ToR.missAsuzy if you're gonna be in Ro8, prepare for some wicked builds!

+ [MTi.MrLando] +

ToR.Elusory:
Congratulations on getting to the Ro8! Tell us more about yourself.

MTi.MrLando:
Hey there, I'm James and I'm from Melbourne. I play

. I love watching and also making films in my spare time. At the moment I'm doing some artwork to pass the time.

ToR.Elusory:
Sounds cool! What kind of films and art do you like?

MTi.MrLando:
Haha, I just doodle shiz. I'm loving 80's films currently and am watching a stint of incredibly bad films lately, modern movies just aren't appealing anymore to me. I'm a bit of a film nazi.

ToR.Elusory:
I see. Your thoughts on advancing through the Ro8 with 2nd place?

MTi.MrLando:
I'm surprised my TvZ has been so bad lately, it's usually my best match up by far. I feel quite lucky to not face many

because it's my weakest match up. Overall, I feel good for getting through.

ToR.Elusory:
Care to walk us through your games in the Ro16?

MTi.MrLando:
I played

TCP.Rendorian first and then a

player. I think my TvZ was solely solid in those games. I just played normal 3 CC stuff pretty simple.

Player 2 was

FS.Totodile who had my number. My pushes were pretty crushed I seemed to kill his fourth a lot. But he managed to get 3 bases and tech to ultras to roll me over both games. Game 2 was a lot closer because I noticed a mine at this third got 25 drone kills which was nice. I tried a 2 basey more style that worked better but didn't do enough damage in the end.

Player 3 was

ToR.missAsuzy. Game 1 was pretty solid TvT, I went double rax reaper becasue it's so good on Yeonsu and it worked quite well to contain him and annoy him whilst I transitioned into a solid macro game.

Game 2 was a lot closer. I can't believe I won to be honest. I went 1 rax fast expand refused to scan his main because I love greed and was punished for it. His hellion marine drop killed a buttload of SCVs. However, I made bio and flanked a lot, sniepd his third and dropped the main to slow him down a bit, the drops kept me in the game. Eventually, I forced him to try push my natural and then I won.

ToR.Elusory:
You'll be facing a

in the Ro8. How are you feeling?

MTi.MrLando:
I'm feeling alright, hopefully I can play well. I've been playing on KR against many

, and facing many all ins so hopefully I can play well.

ToR.Elusory:
Any last words or shoutouts?

MTi.MrLando:
Thanks for setting this up! It's a fun tourney, gives me goals and more of a competitive reason to play. Shoutout to Adam who got knocked out and carmour (hopefully he gets through, we wanna play). Shoutout to all

players! I would have stopped playing if this race wasn't so fun to play and interesting. Hopefully I can do well! Also, good luck to all the VB guys!

+ [VB.Enak] +

ToR.Elusory:
Congratulations on advancing to the Ro8! Tell us more about yourself

VB.Enak:
I'm a

player from New Zealand, representing the clan VB. I'm finishing off my Bachelor of Sport with a major in coaching in a couple of weeks' time, really looking forward to that. Play and coach football as part of my degree as well.

ToR.Elusory:
That sounds cool. Which football team do you support?

VB.Enak:
Love Chelsea!

Supported them since a young age.

ToR.Elusory:
You're the second player to advance through your group. Tell us what you thought about the group when you first saw it. (His group is 4

)

VB.Enak:
Coming from VB, a clan full of

players I was really happy, yet concerned at the fact it was all gonna be PvP.

ToR.Elusory:
You went 0-2 and then 2-0 twice in a row. Walk us through your games?

VB.Enak:
First set vs

ToR.Luneth felt really frustrating, Game 1 I made 2 massive errors that cost me the game. I scouted heavily for any proxy plays but then lost my probe before any ranged unit got on the field which left me in the dark. My robo was late and I missed my forcefield to keep his dts out, so lost Game 1.

Game 2 was really unlucky for me, I scouted my main base and natural for proxy gates and barely missed them by a hex or 2 with my scouting probe going to my 3rd, really messy start for me.

Second set vs

AxS.Kite, Game 1 we both opened really similar. I got aggressive and ended up doing a lot of damage to his economy in the mid-game and sniped his main and 3rd within 20 seconds of each other which left him in a near unrecoverable position and I took Game 1.

Game 2 was tough,

.AxS.Kite had adjusted really well from Game 1 and we ended up having a near 35 minute macro-fest with all bases being fought for with harassment from both players all over the place. I had the watch tower and the high ground, got a really nice engagement and it snowballed for me and was relieved to get the 2-0.

Third set vs

ETL.NaMeK, Game 1 was close throughout the game, I harassed and did damage to get a narrow lead which lasted through the game, we both maxed out and were trying to find the best way to engage each other. While

ETL.NaMeK went to deny my 4th, I managed to catch 3 colossus for free, trapped him and took a good engagement to get a 1-0 lead.

Game 2 was more of the same, early game harass from both players, killing off 5-6 probes each, my expansion was a lot quicker, eventually went all in off 2 bases and took Game 2.

ToR.Elusory:
That sounds very good for you. Any last words or shoutouts you would like to make?

VB.Enak:
I would like to thank Elusory and Dekid for organising this tournament and doing a great job. Where would I be without giving a shoutout to VB too? Love all you guys

also, to VB.Inter, VB.Bandit and eMp.Infected for all the practice matches too, you guys are awesome! Go go VB! Also, shoutout to MTi players too, they're awesome!

More to come...

Ro32

+ [Example bracket] +

+ [Group A] +

+ [Group B] +

+ [Group C] +

+ [Group D] +

+ [Group E] +

+ [Group F] +

+ [Group G] +

+ [Group H] +

+ [Qualified for Ro16] +

What?

+ [What?] +

Why?

+ [Why?] +

Who?

+ [Who?] +

When?

+ [When?] +

Where?

+ [Where?] +

How?

+ [How?] +

I hope none of you skipped any of those parts, because each section contains important information for the participants to know of (i.e. how to register, when is it). I apologise if the whole post looks very disorganised, or too organised (due to the sheer amount of spoilers).

Clan leaders, please help me spread the word to your clans if you see this!

Sign ups so far

+ [Participants] +

Credits
Organiser: ToR.Dekid
Admins: ToR.Djvillian, ToR.Luneth, ToR.ZooS

More will be added if needed...

Announcements archive

+ [Archive] +

Patch notes for the post:
1.0.0 (03-10-2013): First post!
1.0.1 (03-10-2013): Added in a "prize pool" under "How?"
1.0.2 (03-10-2013): Added more required information to sign up (SC2Ranks page)

1.1.0 (03-10-2013): Changed qualifying round's rules, finalised map pool, fixed time error
1.1.1 (03-10-2013): Added participants list
1.1.2 (03-10-2013): Changed required information to sign up (SC2Ranks -> Battle.net)
1.1.3 (03-10-2013): Added a disclaimer at the top of the page
1.1.4 (04-10-2013): Changed disclaimer to announcements
1.1.5 (04-10-2013): Changed requried information to sign up (Battle.net -> Battle.net or SC2Ranks)
1.1.6 (04-10-2013): Added announcements archive for people to see any missed information

1.2.0 (06-10-2013): Big update! Updated prize pool and updated points system under "How?", updated default server and rules for selecting server under "Where?"
1.2.1 (09-10-2013): Updated races of players for participants list
1.2.2 (13-10-2013): Changed the time for SGT and AEST... made a huge mistake regarding that

1.3.0 (13-10-2013): Added groupings for Ro32
1.3.1 (14-10-2013): Changed time to AEDT. Thanks Djvillian aka Dylan!

1.4.0 (21-10-2013): Added groupings for Ro16
1.4.1 (25-10-2013): Added Interviews for Ro8 participants

1.5.0 (27-10-2013): Added Quarter Finals matches
1.5.1 (29-10-2013): More admins! Djvillian, Luneth and ZooS added
1.5.2 (1-11-2013): Estimated time for matches to start added

1.6.0 (3-11-2013): Added Semi Finals matches, updated Map Pool for Grand Finals / 3rd Place. New maps to be featured!

1.7.0 (14-11-2013): Added Grand Finals and 3rd Place matches
1.7.1 (17-11-2013): Added VOD to 3rd Place match