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Nation Wars Season 2 Week 2 Powered by Neolution

This thread will contain the matchups, replays, game summaries and everything you need to know for week 2.

Recap written by Cute

Singapore vs Malaysia started off week two of the Neolution Nation Wars. EveJaff started the night on a high for the Singaporean squad, beating greenwood 2-0 on Xel’Naga Caverns. Malaysia were quick to even the score however as Nirvana, being the kind person he is, decided that both teams deserve to win a game. Not sharing the same mindset as their team mate, SG zerg players Revenant and ice quickly dispatched oneplus and ryper (2-0 in both games) before Renson forfeited the final game, leaving the final score at 4:1 Singapore’s way.

After a few short delays, China and Thailand played off in a series that went down to the very last game. Indy took the first game for Team Thailand, before Va.YHY and iG.CoMM reclaimed the lead for China. A walkover proceeded to even the series up for a second time. An ace match between Tyloo.Uhen and Strafe went 2-1 to Uhen giving China their second win, and leaving Malaysia currently winless.

A clash spanning the Tasman Sea was the theme for the week’s third match. As Australia and New Zealand like to compete at pretty much anything, be it Starcraft, drinking games or sheering sheep, things were bound to get interesting fast.

Australia got off to a flying start, and never really slowed down. Tgun, Azz and Rossi all took down their opponents (Haze, Kowi and Master, respectively) without dropping a single game. It was not until the fourth match when New Zealand’s JazBas finally claimed a win for their side, edging out Edge (lame, I know) 2-1. Unfortunately for the New Zealand side, they had already lost the match at this point. In the final game, Light defeated Another 2-0, giving Australia their first win in this season’s Nation Wars.
Although Australia was indeed the favorite, the final results were surprisingly one sided (contrary to what some Australian players will tell you, only dropping a total of two games was, in fact, a surprise)

A protoss heavy team from Taiwan proved to be to strong for the zerg heavy Philippines. Blazing through the four sets while only dropping a single game, Taiwan looked nearly unstoppable until EnDerr managed to shut down Bai 2-0, putting the Philippines on the board. But it was too little, too late for the island nation.

+ [Week 2 Results] +

Singapore <4-1> Malaysia
Stream in English - http://www.twitch.tv/jaczie

EveJaff <MLG Xel'Naga Caverns> greenwood 2:0
nirvana <GSL Xel'Naga Fortress> cobo 1:2
revenant <MLG Shattered Temple> oneplus 2:0
ice <GSL Crossfire SE> ryper 2:0
han <MLG Shakuras Plateau> renson 2:0 (forfeit)

Renson choose to forfeit since Malaysia have already lost 3-1 and they were playing in a Malaysian LAN at the same time.

New Zealand <1-4> Australia
VODS: http://www.justin.tv/benjisc2

Haze <0-2> FXOtgun
TtGiGaKowi <0-2> Azz
nGenMaster <0-2> TARossi
nGenJazbas <2-1> TAEdgE
Another <0-2> nGenLight

Taiwan <4-1> Philippines
VODS: English www.justin.tv/wawasc

XpecIMGow <2-1> Fate
TtApolloHRU <2-0> Msk
XpecIMFZJ <2-0> CUBEdione
XpecIMHui <2-0> CUBEbishop
XpecIMBai <0-2> eXoEnDerr

Thailand <2-3> China
Stream in Thai - http://www.livestream.com/thaistreamer

iG.MacSed <1-2> NEOindy
Va.YHY <2-0> Fah
iG.CoMM <2-1> NeoRedArchon
Va.Syc <0-2> GviewHaDeZ W.O.
Tyloo.Uhen <2-1> Strafe

+ [Map Pool for Round 2] +

<MLG Xel'Naga Caverns>
<GSL Xel'Naga Fortress>
<MLG Shattered Temple>
<GSL Crossfire SE>
<MLG Shakuras Plateau>

+ [Announced Matchups] +

Group A matches this week

Saturday, 6th of August 2011 @ 7PM SGT
Singapore VS Malaysia
Stream in Singlish - http://www.justin.tv/kellymilkies

+ [Show Matchup] +

EveJaff <MLG Xel'Naga Caverns> greenwood
nirvana <GSL Xel'Naga Fortress> cobo
revenant <MLG Shattered Temple> oneplus
ice <GSL Crossfire SE> ryper
han <MLG Shakuras Plateau> renson

Wednesday, 10th of August 2011 @ 7PM SGT
Thailand VS China
Stream in Thai - http://www.livestream.com/thaistreamer

+ [Matchup] +

iG.MacSed <MLG Xel'Naga Caverns> NEOindy
Va.YHY <GSL Xel'Naga Fortress> Fah
iG.Comm <MLG Shattered Temple> NeoRedArchon
Va.Syc <GSL Crossfire SE> GviewHaDeZ
Tyloo.Uhen <MLG Shakuras Plateau> Strafe

Group B matches this week

Sunday, 7th of August 2011 @ 5PM SGT
New Zealand VS Australia
Stream in English - http://www.justin.tv/benjisc2

+ [Match up] +

Haze <MLG Xel'Naga Caverns> FXOtgun
TtGiGaKowi <GSL Xel'Naga Fortress> Azz
nGenMaster <MLG Shattered Temple> TARossi
nGenJazbas <GSL Crossfire SE> TAEdgE
Another <MLG Shakuras Plateau> nGenLight

Subs: mOOnGLaDe (Z), aLtiaugz (T), TASenSei (P)

Sunday, 7th of August 2011 @ 5PM SGT
Taiwan VS Philippines
Stream in Chinese http://zh-tw.justin.tv/sobadrush
Stream in English www.justin.tv/wawasc

+ [Match up] +

XpecIMGow <MLG Xel'Naga Caverns> Fate
TtApolloHRU <GSL Xel'Naga Fortress> Msk
XpecIMFZJ <MLG Shattered Temple> CUBEdione
XpecIMHui <GSL Crossfire SE> CUBEbishop
XpecIMBai <MLG Shakuras Plateau> eXoEnDerr

+ [League Table] +

+ [Rules] +

As this event has a healthy prize pool, the rules for subs will be spelled our clearly. Only in the event of a player not being able to make it, to prevent a walkover all teams are entitled to make a maximum of ONE substitution using a player in their National Team lineup. This player must be:

1. Of the same race as the player substituted
2. Not playing in another match on that day
3. Other substitutions may be allowed but that will be at the opposing teams managers discretion and he is not obliged to make any concessions

Loser Picks map from this maps pool and you cannot play the same map twice.

+ [About our sponsor] +

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