[Dox]

WCS America Finals

Upper Bracket Round 1
HerO 3-1 Alicia
mOOnGLaDe 0-3 Ryung
CranK 0-3 aLive
Revival 3-1 Snute

Upper Bracket Round 2
HerO vs Ryung
aLive vs Revival

Lower Bracket
Alicia 3-2 mOOnGLaDe
Snute 3-0 CranK

Lower Bracket Finals
Alicia vs Snute

+ [Original Post] +

32 players were invited to participate in the WCS America Premier League. Of the 16 players who advanced to compete live at the MLG New York studio, we're now left with 8x , 5x & 3x . Of those Zergs, our very own mOOnGLaDe will stuck with the task of tipping the scales even further in favour of The Swarm.



I had a chat with our Aussie hero as he prepares for his departure next week:



"Even though my group doesn't consist of any Zergs, I can't neglect the match-up due to the high frequency who are likely to emerge from the other groups. Right now, my immediate focus is taking out the Terrans in my group. If I manage to proceed to the next round, I expect to see NesTea, Snute, CranK, Scarlett, HerO, Ryung and Polt advancing as well."

You can catch mOOnGLaDe's matches at 8:00AM AEST on Wednesday the 22nd of May. Check back to this post regularly as I'll be updating it with all the details! You can show mOOnGLaDe your support via @mOOnGLaDeau!

VOD'S

+ [Round of 32] +

+ [mOOnGLaDe vs Illusion] +

+ [mOOnGLaDe vs Maker] +

+ [mOOnGLaDe vs Illusion] +

+ [Round of 16] +

+ [mOOnGLaDe vs CranK] +

+ [mOOnGLaDe vs Apocalypse] +

+ [mOOnGLaDe vs TheStC] +

+ [Round of 8] +

+ [mOOnGLaDe vs Ryung] +

+ [mOOnGLaDe vs Alicia] +

More exclusive photos & content can be found over at TeamLiquid
Additional VOD's can be found on the Official MLG SC2 YouTube

[pXtAYY]

Gogo moonglade u sxy beast u

[Antel0pe]

gogo mOOnGLaDe, SEA represent <#

[ToRPandarine]

mooooooooooooooooooooonglade Repping SEA

[syfChadMann]

Was going to say 'Ouch, he got a tough group'.. then I looked at all the other groups! :S
Just shows the calibre of players Andy is amongst. Good luck dooood, I'm sure you will do us proud!

[Maynarde]

He couldn't have a better shot in this Ro16 than he does in this group!

I believe, brother! See you on the other side

[TCPLemminks]

Potentially a lot of zvz's beyond the RO16, either way look forward to watching Glade crush face

[Philosopher]

Well WCS Int. looks like only 1 NA will get through, or neither (though I have high hopes for Scarlett!). Good to see Glade got a pretty awesome group, he definitely has the chops to beat theSTC and Apocalypse.

[Stallion]

Gogo glade

[Seffy]

Glade definitely got a good group for him.

All the best in your RO16 Glade!

[SLCN.Petrify]

The groups in the OP are horizontally correct but not vertically :P

[syfChadMann]

I got a feeling glade is going to CranK up his practice and unleash an Apocalypse onto his opposition. But does he have THE Stamina to Continue into the Ro8?!

Good luck Andy.

Quick Comments

NvRossi:

WHY DO YOU ALWAYS DO THISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[syfSoundwave]

Sen has SICK SICK ZvZ but Ryung and Revival, despite being good, should be opponents GLaDe can take out.


EDIT: WTF At this OP, apparently his group his CranK, TheStC and Apocalypse. Well, CranK and TheStC are gonna be really, really, really tough. Apocalypse is beatable though.

Quick Comments

|Erasmus|:

read petrify's post...

[ToRSpookToR]

Those groups are wrong, the must have got mucked up when you changed the formatting.
Group A: May 20, 2013 18:00 EDT[local]
NesTea vs Snute
Alicia vs Sen

Group B: May 21, 2013 18:00 EDT
TheStC vs Apocalypse
CranK vs mOOnGLaDe

Group C: May 22, 2013 18:00 EDT
HerO vs Scarlett
Suppy vs Revival


Group D: May 23, 2013 18:00 EDT
viOLet vs aLive
Polt vs Ryung

[nirvAnA]

Originally Posted by SLCN.Petrify

The groups in the OP are horizontally correct but not vertically :P

oh so that explains it LOL. i was looking at glades comment and wondering what he meant by not playing any zergs when i saw his group had 3


Anyway I think glade got by far the easier group! GO GLADE!!!!!!!!!!

Quick Comments

ToRSpookToR:

earlier today it was fine :S

[Dox]

Dunno how it happened but yeah, somehow the groups have been completely changed. I'll fix 'em up.

[Antel0pe]

Holyshit.
Dunno if I was late on realizing this but, mOOnGLaDe-u!

[Dox]

Originally Posted by Antelopes

Holyshit.
Dunno if I was late on realizing this but, mOOnGLaDe-u!

He's been #1 pretty much all year, only recently fell down

[Matt93]

Glade's group is pretty hard, mainly because if spook's matchup post :

Originally Posted by Av.ToRSpook

Group B: May 21, 2013 18:00 EDT
TheStC vs Apocalypse
CranK vs mOOnGLaDe

is correct and WCS AM goes with GSL format (which so far it seems to follow) then Glade has a hard opponent in Crank first up and if he loses he then has to play two fairly strong korean terrans (in terms of the foreign scene anyway) in theSTC and apoc to move on - this is all at a studio though right?

Quick Comments

syfChadMann:

I believe so, yah..

[sR_Osiris]

Originally Posted by Dox

He's been #1 pretty much all year, only recently fell down

that is for Wol though

[FlashDrakE]

1st/2nd:

Nestea/Sen
Crank/Glade
Hero/Scarlett
Ryung/Violet

[syfSoundwave]

NesTea 1-2 Snute
Alicia 1-2 Sen
Snute 2-1 Sen
NesTea 2-0 Alicia
NesTea 1-2 Sen

Snute 2-0 (4-2)
Sen 2-1 (5-4)
NesTea 1-2 (4-4)
Alicia 0-2 (1-4)


TheStC 0-2 Apocalypse
CranK 2-1 mOOnGLaDe
Apocalypse 2-0 CranK
TheStC 2-0 mOOnGLaDe
CranK 0-2 TheStC

Apocalypse 2-0 (4-0)
TheStC 2-1 (4-2)
CranK 1-2 (2-5)
mOOnGLaDe 0-2 (1-4)


HerO 2-1 Scarlett
Suppy 2-0 Revival
HerO 2-0 Suppy
Scarlett 2-0 Revival
Suppy 1-2 Scarlett

HerO 2-0 (4-1)
Scarlett 2-1 (5-2)
Suppy 1-2 (3-4)
Revival 0-2 (0-4)


viOLet 2-0 aLive
Polt 0-2 Ryung
viOLet 2-1 Ryung
aLive 1-2 Polt
Ryung 2-1 Polt

viOLet 2-0 (4-1)
Ryung 2-1 (5-3)
Polt 1-2 (3-5)
aLive 0-2 (1-4)

Quick Comments

RVLiveR:

T_T have faith in gladuuu

[Dox]

After a long journey, Andy is now in NYC. He will play his first match in 46 hours!

[Narse]

Apoc did not have a good showing in his group and barely made it through IMO. If Glade has any chance he needs to either focus on taking out STC or Crank... personally i think he has better chances of taking out Crank and Apoc.

P.S.

GO SCARLETT!

[DarthBruton]

D: I will be in school D: someone keep me posted somehow!

[zenabi]

NesTea 1-2 Snute
Alicia 2-1 Sen
Snute 1-2 Alicia
NesTea 0-2 Sen
Snute 1-2 Sen

TheSTC 2-0 Apocalypse
CranK 2-0 mOOnGLaDe
TheSTC 2-1 CranK
Apocalypse 1-2 mOOnGLaDe
CranK 2-1 mOOnGLaDe

HerO 2-1 Scarlett
Suppy 1-2 Revival
HerO 2-1 Revival
Scarlett 2-1 Suppy
Revival 2-0 Scarlett

Violet 2-1 aLive
Polt 2-1 Ryung
Violet 0-2 Polt
aLive 2-1 Ryung
Violet 2-1 aLive

Alicia vs CranK, HerO vs Violet, Sen vs TheSTC, Revival vs Polt Quarter Finals.

Would love for moonglade to get out of his group in first though!

[Birdie]

Sen and moonglade have got this, rise of the pacific zerg!

[nirvAnA]

countdown timer please! moonglade!!!!!!!

[sl0th]

all the best glade
i think 3 foreigners will make it to round of round of 8, sen, glade and scarlett

[TCPKiaSu]

Gooooo moooongladeee!!!!

[ChowMuddha]

**** YEAH!!! I knew their was a reason to put AL on this date

[x5.Stormz]

I want Scarlett, Glade and Crank to make it through

[Dox]

Originally Posted by nirvAnA

countdown timer please! moonglade!!!!!!!

Added!

[RVLiveR]

Moonglade's predictions right so far! MOONGLADE HWAITINGGG

[Dox]

6.5 hours to go!

[Dox]

http://www.twitch.tv/wcs_america

LIVE NOW

[Dox]

PP

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Quick Comments

	Matt93:	everyone keeps linking this and my desk gets messier and messier each time
	NOM:	<3

[Seffy]

Hair flip so sexy, game has to be paused multiple times to embrace how majestic it is.

[Dox]

mOOnGLaDe has done it! After falling in a close series to CranK (1-2), he brought it back to defeat Apocalypse (2-0) and TheStC (2-1)!

He's going to the WCS America finals!

[cure]

Grats on the win Glade ! So gosu !

[NotKorean]

no one can best that lions mane, some say its the source of his power...

[ThatGuyDoMo]

Yea buddy! doing us proud

[TidaL]

Woot! Well done GlaDe!

[Matt93]

ugly studio, sexy hairflip.

[VB_Blake]

Snute goin down to that sexy hair flick

[SLCN.Wally]

So Gosu, that swarm host play on star station was thrilling to watch. the way he set up the sh and immediately unburrowed and was attack somewhere else always keeping the terran on his feet.

[syfNaMeK]

Congrats mOOnGLaDe well done man!

[Cyanide]

TL interview with glade

[Dox]

OP updated with all the VOD's and stuff. Will update again once the Ro16 has completed.

[nirvAnA]

Top 8!! SO AWESOME!!!!!!!

[eMp.distyL]

go mr pender!!

[TtSYF.tRoy]

Doesn't include Hair flick gif.
http://i.imgur.com/qSv1i.gif
GOO GLADE

Quick Comments

Dox:

Only 8 hours late to the party! :D

[Mox]

Unburrowing my lurker status just to say how baller Glade is. Awesome stuff mate. SEA fighting!

[AceWing]

sexy hair flip by moonglade! has anyone made a "jiiff" yet ?

http://sc2gifs.com/gifs/moonglade-hairflip.gif

oh wait

[Lord Byrnsy]

sick games by glade Just finished watching them (when i should have been doing my assignments >.<)

Good luck in the next stage glade!!

[LordByrnsy]

LOL i accidently made a new account... i have no idea how that happened.... hmm... Well ... Good luck glade twice as much!! From both of my accounts lol

[TABjornbrandr]

Spent all of my afternoon at uni refreshing liquipedia in the hopes of seeing a victory, was super stoked to see him take it through to next round. Really excited to see how he goes and who he's up against, will be much cheering occurring when it happens.

[SFTAElessar]

that hair flick :P awesome work Glade, making as all proud!
AUSSIE!!!!! AUSSIE!!!!! AUSSIE !!! OI!!!!! OI!!!!! OI!!!!!

[FSBenAD]

So so awesome, was so nerve racking watching those games. Very well done mOOnGLaDe, amazing achievement. Top 5 goes to the season finals! So almost there.

Still so impressed

[ToRSpartaz]

Dam, Gladuuu really impressive can't believe I missed such an epic comeback >< had to leave after the Crank series

Good luck for the Ro8! Bring it home for SEA

[SFTAElessar]

the interviewer in the interview looks like Hiro Nakamura from the Heroes TV series!! LOL

[ToR.Arnor]

Andy got a like he wanted!

[eMp.distyL]

how ever after andy smashes ryung he will have a P to deal with!
atleast its better than his ZVZ!

[uJeanZ]

Brilliant!!! All the way man. Bring it home

[SFTAElessar]

the hair flick will carry him all the way home with the gold, whoever said looks dont matter?

[Maynarde]

Feeling really good about a Ro4 finish at LEAST for Glade! Ryung is stronger than Apoc / STC but Glade's ZvT is lookin' real good, Hero / Alicia will be INCREDIBLY tough but anything's possible.

I think Ro4 will be tougher than the Final for Glade (if he makes it). Shall be following and cheering on regardless of course

[nirvAnA]

GLaDe will beat Ryung! Then he has gotta really train up ZvP. I think he will play crank again in the finals. I think if he can win the semi final, he will win the final. Come on glade take it home!!!!!!!!

[FlashDrakE]

I think Glade's okay vs Ryung, but Hero's gonna be really tough. A great result nonetheless, would be sick if he could make it to the season finals and rep SEA

[Dox]

Schedule & Brackets added to the OP!

[TidaL]

My predictions

+ [Bo3 Predictions] +

HerO vs Alicia 2-0
mOOnGLaDe vs Ryung 2-1
CranK vs aLive 1-2
Revival vs Snute 2-1

Apparently its Bo5, so my bo5 predictions are;
HerO vs Alicia 3-2
mOOnGLaDe vs Ryung 3-2
CranK vs aLive 1-3
Revival vs Snute 3-1

BoL Glade!

Quick Comments

	asdfSchnitzel:	aLive is terran
	Dox:	i fail at copy/paste, fixed now

[asdfSchnitzel]

Predictions:
HerO vs Alicia 2-0 (Alicia has such strong HOTS pvp)
mOOnGLaDe vs Ryung 2-1
CranK vs aLive 2-1
Revival vs Snute 2-1

Quick Comments

|Erasmus|:

psst, it's best of 5... :p

[syfSoundwave]

Guys, I genuinely think he can do it. With a lot of luck, mOOnGLaDe can actually win this tournament!

[x5_Potter]

Zergs on opposite side of the bracket playing against each other, versing a terran this round, practicing lots against protoss. Glade, how much did you pay MLG and Blizzard for this bracket? :P

[LordByrnsy]

Originally Posted by x5.Potthead

Zergs on opposite side of the bracket playing against each other, versing a terran this round, practicing lots against protoss. Glade, how much did you pay MLG and Blizzard for this bracket? :P

they were probably like... OMG A NON KOREAN!! Quick make it good for him so people have someone to cheer for!

[Dox]

Just received confirmation from MLG - Andy will be playing the opening match on Finals day. The schedule has been adjusted, and matches will commence at 3:00AM Sunday June 2nd, AEST. OP countdown updated to reflect this.

Quick Comments

	|Erasmus|:	glade hates me getting sleep, confirmed.
	fur:	Sweet I will actually be able to watch that !

[TidaL]

Originally Posted by Dox

Just received confirmation from MLG - Andy will be playing the opening match on Finals day. The schedule has been adjusted, and matches will commence at 3:00AM Sunday June 2nd, AEST. OP countdown updated to reflect this.

Guess I'll just have to watch the VODs

[Dox]

Originally Posted by ETL.TidaL

Guess I'll just have to watch the VODs

Stay up / Wake up early!!!!!!!!!

Quick Comments

Maynarde:

+1

[iM tgun]

Sadly, I'm fairly certain Ryung will beat Andy if he plays at the same level of his games vs Apoc / StC.

Hoping he can prove me wrong.

Quick Comments

	syfChadMann:	"Mr Confident" - get behind ya' boy!.. AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE!!!
	SFTAElessar:	OI OI OI!!!!
	TidaL:	Glade for WCS America champion!

[eMp.distyL]

go mr pender!
wooooooooot

[Benji]

Originally Posted by Dox

Just received confirmation from MLG - Andy will be playing the opening match on Finals day. The schedule has been adjusted, and matches will commence at 3:00AM Sunday June 2nd, AEST. OP countdown updated to reflect this.

Why MLG, would you not move his game to 4th to allow more Aussies to watch?

[Dox]

You either stay up late on Saturday night, or you get up early on Sunday morning, what difference does it make?

[Benji]

Originally Posted by Dox

You either stay up late on Saturday night, or you get up early on Sunday morning, what difference does it make?

Because getting up at 7am to watch his games is much better than staying up until 3am (4am when his games will likely end). I want to watch his games, but I'm not going to make myself feel like shit over the weekend to do so.

[ToR.Arnor]

Just finished updated alot of Stats RE WCS on

http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft...layer_Rankings

Some Interesting stats to take into the Playoffs

Hero vs Alicia- this will be the first PvP either of them have had in WCS!

Ryung vs mOOnGLaDe - Ryung has a 0% win rate against Zerg in WCS while Andy has a 69% record in maps and 80% record in sets!

Revival vs Snute- Snute is 4-1 in maps in ZvZ (2-0 in sets) while Revival is on 10-5 in maps!

very cool! ^_^

Quick Comments

	mGGDrGooSe:	My hero. I does love the numbers
	LordByrnsy:	Nice statting there! U shud tweet these deets at MLG
	Dox:	nice one

[LordByrnsy]

Hey doxie you gonna put the links to the vods on here after the games are played like you did for the earlier rounds? For those of us unlucky enuf to not be able to watch live lol =)

[Dox]

Most definitely sir!

[SLCN.Kez]

Wheres the #Dedication benji, **** a sleeping schedule, STRAYA NEEDS YOU!

[Flamga]

Amazingly I will most likely still be awake so hot damn im getting me some SC2 that morning!

[SFTAElessar]

man i am so nervous for Glade, but i am confident he can come out on top

[Another]

going to stay up for this me thinks

[Dox]

VOD's, results and more interviews added to the OP.

[Cyanide]

another interview, this time with hotbid, yay!

[Another]

hard games to watch glade lose, could have easily been a very different result. top 8 means he is in premier league next season i believe? hopefully he can do as well, or improve his results !

[Dox]

Originally Posted by IrisAnother

hard games to watch glade lose, could have easily been a very different result. top 8 means he is in premier league next season i believe? hopefully he can do as well, or improve his results !

I haven't seen the Alicia games yet (had to go to work) but he was definitely in the lead at one point or another in all of his games against Ryung. He'd be feeling pretty devastated. But yep, as for next season...