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And so ends PiG's incredible run at DreamHack Summer! He has played his heart out the past two days!

Recap: It all started with that first set. Beating FXO.Lucky allowed him to come first in his group, which placed him well for the Group Stage #2. Once there he took out slivko, Cytoplasm and PoYo to once again advance first from his group to Stage #3.

As luck would have it he was placed in a group with Life. No worries. If he could beat StarNan and ToD he would have been through. So he took down StarNan 2-0 and faced ToD.

After a series of pauses, restarts due to map error (very comical, see this http://oi41.tinypic.com/2rd7t40.jpg) and one computer change the matches got under way. The first game was over pretty quick. Cannon rush beat hatch first. In the second game they played a long, intense and back-and-forth macro game where PiG came out on top. The last game looked to be in the bag for PiG but ToD's Warp Prism and DT harass was highly effective and PiG (though he had his chances) could not claw his way back.

It was at this stage that everyone started to do some math. How could PiG get through to the next stage? The major consensus was that he had to either 1) defeat Life or 2) StarNan had to defeat ToD and he had to take a game off Life.

And so began his games against the greatest Zerg on this planet right now. In the first game PiG attempted to go earlier Roaches but Life shut it down very well. In game two, PiG and Life warred with Roaches again. Life seemed to be on top when he took out PiG's third, only for PiG to come back with 1-1 Roaches against Life's 1-0 to take the game. At this point all the Aussies and SEA-tizens in chat were going insane - some from sleep exhaustion. Unfortunately (for PiG) Life showed why he is the number one favourite to win DreamHack Summer by taking the third game decisively with a Roach Bane timing.

Some fans went over to Axeltoss' stream to cheer on StarNan. ToD took it out 2-0 however which ended PiG's run here at DreamHack.

Could PiG have made it through? Judging by the games, definitely. He had his chances. His opponents however got the better of him today. He should be proud of himself for his best international showing to date and also for the quality of his play throughout. I know the whole SEA region is behind him.

Keep an eye out for PiG, there's plenty more of him to come!

EDIT: I would like to thank Duckville for doing such an amazing job with his casting. He made sure we got coverage of all of PiG's games, even when he could have casted better matches than, say, PiG vs i Eat Puppies! Big thumbs up to the guy