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Zealo · Thu, 13th-Dec-2012, 2:28 PM

a reminder that the first round of matches for this are to be played at 8pm tonight unless you've arranged for another time with your opponent.

all replays of matches played so far can be found on the challonge page by clicking the letter next to the relevant match and viewing attachments.

http://challonge.com/PBSL2

Zealo · Fri, 14th-Dec-2012, 9:50 AM

Round 1 Review:

maps:
WCS Daybreak
WCS Entombed Valley
WCS Shakuras plateau

players still in the running for the competitors prize: 38

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- I was assuming the random seeding for round 1 would give about 4 or 5 close matches that would be fun to cast. unfortunately, as my visits to the casino confirm, random luck hates me. every match was (on paper) completely one-sided with the exception of FaDeRawfish vs wTMrToast.

- Unfortunately, FaDeRawfish was kicked out of the league as punishment for politely requesting to withdraw from the league. I hope he learned his lesson. Rawfish vs Toast turned out even more one-sided than the rest of the round with Toast securing a solid walkover.

- Liquid vs Sedz, my pick for match of the round, was indeed close every game, with Sedz managing to secure the win after dropping the first game. My prediction as match of the round was looking pretty good until the very last match to be played was submitted.

- AsGriefer decided he wants to play in this league after all, and asked to replace the slot in the bracket left by Rawfish's departure. This request was granted, with the penalty for late sign-up being that Griefer forfeits round 1.

- Match of the round: Gubna vs TNnomad. Some verry close PvPs between the GM nomad and the diamond ranked Gubna.

- Upset of the round: Nabi walked over SuperNova, but all matches that actually got played went to the clear favourites. Platinum player Paulsgay did manage to take a game off a GM with a well executed 7 pool.

All forfeits this round gave their opponent enough notice, with the exception of the double no show match, so no one had to waste any time sitting in a channel which I'm very happy with. I'm looking forward to round 2, and hoping to see the 3rd map used a bit more this time.

Zealo · Fri, 14th-Dec-2012, 10:22 AM

Zealo's round 2 preview:

ROUND 2
game 1: WCS antiga shipyard

game 2: WCS daybreak

game 3: WCS ohana

Looks better than round 1, but still plenty of (probably) 1 sided matches, especially amongst last week's winners.

With RFlan this weekend, many of these players are going to be playing a lot of SC2 this week

Match to watch: AsGZealo vs AsGThor games are always hilarious, and I think Goosejuice and AsGArmi's styles will be interesting to watch match up against each other. However, all of that is just distracting from what may be the match which decides the winner of the league.

after both of them received walkovers last week, we have: wTMrToast versus Frustration.

i can't wait

CHoBo(kice) · Fri, 14th-Dec-2012, 2:46 PM

AsGCHoBo vs AsGArmi round 2.... How awkward were practice partners lol

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Zealo:

armi vs goose round 2, you're vsing the guy who beat jasper

Gubna · Fri, 14th-Dec-2012, 2:48 PM

on the plus side, since I lost, i get an easier opponent next round

give me someone in gold to make up for the GM PvP hey?

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Zealo:

that's how it works! :D

AsGThor · Fri, 14th-Dec-2012, 2:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zealo

Zealo's round 2 preview:
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Match to watch: AsGZealo vs AsGThor games are always hilarious

ffffffffffffffffffuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

how does one prepare for someone who doesnt know how to play sc2?

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Zealo:

i suggest you practice double expand before 1st rax openings

CHoBo(kice) · Fri, 14th-Dec-2012, 5:44 PM

I just use the same build against him doesnt matter which race he gets works errry time :P

Gubna · Sun, 16th-Dec-2012, 1:38 PM

I had a great time at RFLan too, managed losers round 5. not sure where that put me though in the bracket, I think top 8 or 12?

Zealo · Mon, 17th-Dec-2012, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Gubna

I had a great time at RFLan too, managed losers round 5. not sure where that put me though in the bracket, I think top 8 or 12?

put you much better than me

nomad · Fri, 14th-Dec-2012, 4:30 PM

Gubna we had and awesome series. You don't need someone easier

Zealo · Mon, 17th-Dec-2012, 12:08 PM

wish i'd known about that buck hunter tournament, pink glitter lamp sounds awesome

Gubna · Mon, 17th-Dec-2012, 4:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zealo

wish i'd known about that buck hunter tournament, pink glitter lamp sounds awesome

it was a random present from under the tree. I wonder when/where the photos will be released. I must have looked pretty silly.

Zealo · Mon, 17th-Dec-2012, 5:08 PM

RFlan facebook has all the photos they took.

that's you right?

pretty sure i look more silly with my prize

Zealo · Wed, 19th-Dec-2012, 2:58 AM

as the above posts indicate, between round 1 and 2 of PBSL an RFlan (largest regular LAN event in australia) happened.

this gives us a chance to compare my ranking predictions to some actual recent results.

my prediction on the left, RFlan finish on the right. (DNA = did not attend)

1) Frustration - 1st, did not drop a map

2) MrToast - DNA

3) AsGNadir - DNA
4) Goosejuice - 5th-6th, lost to AsGChoBo 1-2 and AsGArmi 1-2
5) AsGCHoBo - 2nd, lost to Frustration twice

6) Mvp - DNA
7) TNnomad -DNA
8) Why - DNA
9) Scalaz - DNA
10) FaDeUndoNe - DNA

11) AsGSedz - DNA
12) AsGZealo (me) - 7th-8th, lost to AsGArmi 1-2 and AsGThor 0-2

x) Paul - 9th-12th, lost to Goosjuice and AsGZealo

the players in my 'don't show up to tournaments often' group lived up to their reputation. but the players who did show up finished in approximately the order i predicted (the exceptions being goosejuice and myself under performing)

other: probably worth watching these players in PBSL
AsGArmi - 3rd, lost to frustration and AsGChoBo. beat Zealo and Goosejuice
AsGThor - 4th, lost to AsGChoBo and AsGArmi. beat Zealo and BLTdAXn
both of them were considered for the 'wildcard' section of my early predictions, but were omitted because the list was already too long and I rated them below sedz and myself.
my explanation/excuse is that goose and i had both screwed up our sleep schedules and showed up really tired, though it was pretty obvious that these two had been practising much more lately than I realised. I think every series Armi won was a 2-1 score line where he came within inches of losing the series, which speaks to his ability to perform under pressure.

BLTdAXn - 5th -6th, lost to frustration and AsGThor
i had seen his name a few times, but never seen him play. very impressed he got as far as he did, taking down Default along the way.

Gubna - 7th-8th, lost to chobo and armi,
I remember playing against this guy at lans back when we were both gold terrans. now he's come out of seemingly nowhere as a diamond protoss, taken down Default on the way and produced some very entertaining games, especially in PvP.

RFlan42 rematches in PBSL2 round 2:
AsGArmi vs Goosejuice - RFlan = 2-1, PBSL =

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AsGThor vs AsGZealo - RFlan = 2-0, PBSL =

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Zealo · Sat, 22nd-Dec-2012, 10:54 PM

some round 1 matches have been casted and are viewable at Moosable's youtube

if anyone else wishes to cast any PBSL games feel free to do so.

Round 2 Review:

maps:
WCS antiga shipyard
WCS daybreak
WCS ohana

players still in the running for the competitors prize: 31

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- the swiss system match making is starting to kick in, a lot more close matches this round.

- Unfortunately, we've had another withdrawal, TEAlordkabab. his future opponents will all receive byes.

- Toast vs Frustration; my pick for match of the round ended up being awarded to frustration as a walkover. toast didn't show up for RFlan either despite having pre paid for a ticket

I'm hoping that eventually Frustration will actually have to play to pick up a win instead of scaring his opponents into forfeiting

- there were just as many walkovers as there were in round 1, i was hoping there would be less each week as the tournament progressed

- Match of the round: AsGArmi vs Goosejuice. even more entertaining than their RFlan match. Solid macro from both players producing a very entertaining back and forth series. also very entertaining was Nomad vs Why (Nomad is making a habbit of winning awesome series), especially game 3 which came down to 1 hero dt.

- Upset of the round: obsta vs gubna. after gubna's impressive PvPs lately i assumed he would have no trouble with obsta, who recently switched race and has seemed inactive lately. obsta chose to play as his old race (zerg) and picked up a 2-0.

nomad · Sun, 23rd-Dec-2012, 1:40 PM

Hero dt ftw!!!

Zealo · Fri, 28th-Dec-2012, 6:04 PM

]Zealo's round 3 preview:

ROUND 3

game 1: WCS cloud kingdom

game 2: WCS shakuras plateau

game 3: WCS entombed valley

The swiss system is finally doing a good job of match making, most of the mismatches this round are due to one or both of the players either getting walked over or receiving a free win from walkover in the first 2 weeks, but not much can be done about that.

this round takes place over the xmas and new year period, so players are given 2 weeks to organise their matches, could be some interesting results if one player has more chance to practice over the break.

Match to watch: The obvious ones are Nomad vs Undone and mvp vs Nadir, Scalaz vs Chobo will probably also be exciting. My pick's going to be Nomad vs Undone because it's not ZvZ.

Zealo · Tue, 8th-Jan-2013, 9:57 PM

Zealo's round 4 preview:

ROUND 4

game 1: abyssal city

game 2: WCS tal darim altar

game 3: WCS cloud kingdom

The swiss continues to improve the matchups, i expect almost every match this week to be close (with a couple of glaring exceptions caused by walkovers in earlier rounds)

with abyssal and tal darim both in the list this week and next, i imagine most protosses won't be happy. fortunately for them they have CK as map 3. most of the protosses in contention for the finals have PvP this week anyway.

this week will also see the top ranked BSG player awarded the coaching session prize.
player who look to be in contention:
(name-score-tie break score)
AsGNabi-2-2
Khyron-1-2
sandhippo-1-2
InvaderZim-1-2
criven-1-2
Paulsgay-1-2
bigtwinkie-1-2

i don't know if it's mathematically possible for Nabi to fall behind, but i think it's possible kice may pass the prize on to 2nd place.

Match to watch: Scalaz vs MVP, both had solid performances last week and will be going into this week very confident.

CHoBo(kice) · Wed, 9th-Jan-2013, 5:03 PM

Zealo in regards to the coaching prize, Roze already gets coaching when ever she pleases haha however is too stubborn :P She loves dem banshee

Anyway I give you permission to pass on prize to second place. If it is tied I want to see a BO3 between top 2 to fight for prize

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Zealo:

that sounds best :)

Zealo · Sun, 13th-Jan-2013, 6:33 AM

Zealo's round 5 preview:

ROUND 5
game 1: WCS shakuras plateau

game 2: abyssal city

game 3: WCS tal darim altar

HAHAHA look at those maps! Of course the 3 least popular maps in the pool would show up together in one of the rounds! Hahaha...

Hopefully we see a lot of 'unique' and 'classic style' games

Most of the people who regularly no-show are matched against others who do the same thing, which is nice.

Match to watch: Nomad vs Frustration - The match which will finally give us an outright leader. Undone vs MVP should also be a good match, but the top of the table PvP (on Tal darim!

) is what i'm excited about.

RFLan#42 rematches:
Goosejuice vs CHoBo (2-1 CHoBo @ RFLan)