Gowerly takes a great look at builds from IEM Katowice and came to the following conclusions:
-Pros are consistent (no surprise)
-Matchups swing back and forth over time
-We can probably find optimal scouting routes
-Protoss players hate the middle of the map
-Players attacked right to left and top to bottom; most fights happen on the left or bottom of the map
I saw a great Go4sc2 Cup on Monday (17th) between MMA and Starbuck (game three of their series), with the Zerg going for triple nydus, burrowed roaches, drops, and the whole bag of tricks versus MMA's mech. No VOD yet, sadly.
Speaking of great (or at least fun) games, TLO vs Harstem (game three) in the recent Vasacast International fits the bill, as TLO went for a hatch in Harstem's natural while the Protoss went for the gold base as his expo--the constant battling back and forth between the two lasted for over ten minutes and was a ton of fun. The VOD has not been posted yet, but I expect Khaldor to do so at some point (I'll post the link when it appears).
VortiX won Vasacast, defeating jjakji 3-2 in the final. It was a good tournament featuring a solid group of foreign participants along with a sprinkling of lesser Koreans. MajOr took third (beating StarDust). It was puzzling to see Jaedong lose to back-to-back immortal pushes from StarDust (in the R8) as he refused to build hydras, attempting to overcome the attack with roaches.
It comes as no surprise that NaNiwa was released from Alliance. The only interesting tidbit is apparently NaNiwa tried to tell his team he didn't want to go to IEM Katowice, but they forced him to go anyway. Regardless, whenever he returns to SC2 there will be a team who will take a chance on him.
This article is written by Peter Levi (@eyeonthesens)
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