WTL 2023 Summer - Week 4 Recap/Week 5 Preview

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WTL Summer kept bringing on the surprises in Week 3—or at least, the Starving Camels did. The underdog squad forced BASILISK all the way to an ace match, further establishing their wild card credentials. The other surprise of the week was PSISTORM's 2-4 loss to Platinum Heroes, which may have started a crisis for last season's 3rd place team. PSISTORM owner کی جی توییت کرد تغییرات فهرستی در راه است و ما را نسبتاً کنجکاو می کند که تقویت کننده ها چه کسانی خواهند بود.

با نگاهی به هفته 5، به نظر می رسد که مسابقه خیمه شب بازی Shopify در مقابل Team Liquid باشد. TL از زمانی که SKillous را اضافه کرد عملکرد خوبی داشته است، اما در چالش‌برانگیزترین مسابقه خود مقابل ONSYDE شکست خورد. پیروزی مقابل Shopify به ما نشان می‌دهد که این تیم TL واقعاً نسبت به فصل‌های گذشته سطح بالاتری داشته است و می‌تواند با تیم‌های پلی‌آف همراه باشد.

Also, the Starving Camels are on upset watch again as they go up against ABYDOS. Perhaps ABYDOS didn't get the memo that SSLT are the most dangerous team in the league at the moment, deploying Mondo over NightMare or DRG. This gives the Camels a chance to force another ace match against a stronger opponent, or even get the win.

خلاصه هفته چهارم

7 تیم برتر جواز حضور در پلی آف را کسب می کنند.
2 تیم پایین باید مجدداً صعود کنند.
امتیازات به شرح زیر تعلق می گیرد:
3 امتیاز برای پیروزی در یک سری که نیازی به بازی آس نیست
2 امتیاز برای پیروزی در یک سری که نیاز به یک بازی آس دارد
1 امتیاز برای باخت در یک سری که نیاز به یک بازی آس دارد
0 امتیاز برای باخت در یک سری که نیازی به بازی آس نیست
瘦死骆驼 (شترهای گرسنه) 3 - 4 ریحان
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After some scheduling confusion, TooDming and Trigger opened the 4th week of WTL Summer (the Liquipedia graphic above lists the 'official' match order, but the actual match order was TooDming vs Firefly, Silky vs Serral, and then Firefly vs Reynor).

Things were seemingly benign for the Protoss player going through his build progression in game one, but only because he didn't realize the impending danger. Trigger only found out about TooDming's Roach-Bane all-in when it already reached the middle point of the map, and he ended up losing his vulnerable third base after panic-warping units behind some defensive sim city. Despite this, Trigger still had a card to play by hunkering down on defense and playing for a longer game, but he misread ToodMing's intentions once again. Trigger stepped out onto the map just as TooDming was getting ready for a second wave of attacks, which meant he ended up walking headfirst to his doom.

Looking to keep up his momentum, TooDming followed with a good old Queen-Nydus all-in on Altitude. Had his Nydus Worm been spotted a second earlier, his initial attempt in the main may not have worked, but luckily for him, hypotheticals don't go on the scorecard. TooDming took the 2-0 and put the Camels in a fantastic starting position. (By the way, just so everyone remembers they’re old, Trigger said in a post-match interview that he didn’t even know who TooDming was. Still, you figure SOMEONE who watches the WTL should have told him TooDming is one of the cheesier players.)

After stunning Shopify's ByuN with a 1-1 last week, Silky didn’t come close to delivering SSLT the needed upset this week against Serral (although we did get to see a pretty quirky Muta-into-Lurker build). Serral took the 2-0, leaving it to Reynor and Firefly to break the tie.

If one could frame a game of StarCraft and hang it like a painting, Firefly's game one against Reynor deserves a prime spot on his wall. After showing air-tight defense against Reynor's infamously slippery Lings, Firefly also pulled off a near-perfect hold against the committed Roach-Ravager-Bane-Queen attack off of cour bases. That left Firefly with four Colossus and a huge army, which he used to shove the Zerg's head under water and keep it there. For the second week in a row, Firefly had the opportunity to close a match with PvZ on Dragon scales. He chose a similar idea as last week's match versus Lambo, going for a Stargate into a greedy quick fourth with double-robo Colossus behind it. Despite his build being a bit safer than last week, Firefly could not psych out Reynor the same way he did to Lambo. Reynor's mass Roach hit while Firefly was still weak, cutting through him like a hot knife through butter.

با توجه به اینکه سرال بین یک مرد و منیت او قرار نمی گیرد، ما دیدیم که رینور برای مسابقه آس برای تصمیم گیری BO3 خود در برابر فایرفلای صف آرایی کرد. رینور بار دیگر تهاجمی را با آزار و اذیت Roach-Ravager-Queen انتخاب کرد که مجدداً توسط Firefly از آن دفاع شد - این بار از طریق کنترل ناخن جویدن Blink-Stalker. شترها احتمالاً می‌توانستند برای یک ثانیه طعم پیروزی را بچشند، اما فایرفلای در تعقیب او رانده شد و باعث شد که بسیاری از استالکرهایش را بیهوده از دست بدهد. با کاهش سرعت بازی، رینور توانایی عجیب و غریب خود را در بازی از پشت به نمایش گذاشت و با یک دراپ لینگ در پروتوس اصلی در حالی که با ارتش روچ-راوجر خود، چهارمین را هل داد، دریچه ای برای خود ایجاد کرد. این حرکت صدمات اقتصادی بزرگی به او وارد کرد که به او اجازه داد تا با خیال راحت به Vipers ارتقا یابد و بازی را به طور خالص برنده شود.

Overall, SSLT followed their eye-opening performance versus Shopify last week with another surprising showing, highlighted by Firefly's performance. The #7 seed and a playoff berth seems very much in play for SSLT, and taking a single point against Basilisk may end up being hugely valuable. As for Basilisk, dropping a point is far from the end of the world, but the #1 seed might become an unrealistic goal if ONSYDE continues to dominate and collect full points.

Berserker eSports 1 - 5 ABYDOS
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دو چهره آشنا رهبری برسرکر را بر عهده داشتند، اگرچه در نهایت این یک حمله به شکست بود. ابتدا اسپاتز یک PvP نزدیک و محترمانه مقابل Creator انجام داد و سپس 0-2 را شکست داد. شماره 3 Zerg Mixu فنلاندی تقریباً یک تساوی را در برابر Cure به سرقت برد، زیرا Queen-Ling-Nydus او در بازی دوم در برابر یک زمان بندی Hellbat-Marauder معامله کرد. با این حال، Cure وضعیت آشفته را بسیار بهتر مدیریت کرد و 2-0 را به ثمر رساند.

Continuing their rather endearing commitment to giving everyone a chance to play in the WTL, Berserker sent out their 8th different player of the season in TeebuL in the final match. The former DHM Oceania champion salvaged a point for Berserker in the very last game, thanks to every Plat-2 player's favorite build ‘’nothing into DT’’.

مایع تیم 5 - 1 ستاره نور چشمک زدن
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Spirit and SKillous clashed in their 63rd match against each other, this time with their teams' success in the balance as well. SKillous took game one, absorbing a lot of damage and surviving some scary moments before prevailing with his Colossus-Gateway army. Looking to get the 2-0, SKillous went for a two-base Blink attack in game two. However, a bit of anti-micro saw him lose his Prism during his first attack, and he had to content himself with a 1-1 tie.

Clem did not give an inch to Nice in our second BO2 of the night. On Gresvan, Clem denied any scouting by the Protoss and surprised him with a three-rax attack for the win. Things were looking more promising for Nice on Royal Blood, with his good defense against a Mine drop giving him a shot at winning with Glaive Adept + Phoenix all-in. However, Clem seemed to sense something and stayed on mass Widow Mines, and blasted Nice's army to smithereens.

The final match opened with Cham trying to be the aggressor in the Ling-Bane phase, but he couldn’t find any holes in Elazer defense. That strong initial Ling-Bane control proved decisive as Cham's follow-up Roach attack off of 45 Drones fell just short of breaking his opponent. It was then Elazer's turn to go on the offensive in game two, and he found much more success with a similar Roach-Ling attack on 45 Drones.

Overall, it was a strong showing for TL, who are looking more and more like a safe pick to make the playoffs. As for SLT, they're running out of 'winnable' matches, and a playoff spot could be out of their grasp unless they activate SSLT mode.

بازی ONSYDE 6 - 0 شورش Shopify
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ONSYDE رکورد کامل خود را برای فصل حفظ کرد و Shopify را 6-0 شکست داد تا به دیفرانسیل نقشه +20 هیولا ارتقا یابد.

Maru improved to 8-0 on the season with a 2-0 against Scarlett in the opener. Taking advantage of Altitude in game one, Maru busted out a battlemech composition to start. While Scarlett didn't get totally bullied, she wasn't able to impede Maru's ghost-mech transition at all, and eventually tapped out to a pre-Brood Lord timing. Game 2 was a weirdly impressive display from Scarlett, where she managed to keep things close for a while despite two absolutely boneheaded moments: losing a full hatch to three Reapers, and trading about 30 Banes for two tanks. Could she have stolen the tie otherwise? Perhaps—but as mentioned above, WTL doesn't deal in hypotheticals.

Solar and Lambo played a gentlemanly match on Gresvan to start, mirroring builds for much of the early/mid-game. Both players went for Overlord drop harass as well, but Lambo added Tunneling Claws on top of that. It seemed like the German Zerg got the better of the exchange by taking out 15 Drones, but Solar's decisiveness on the counterattack paid off. Possessing a temporarily higher Roach count, he secured a great fighting position outside of Lambo's fourth base and forced a fight that was enough to win him the game. In game two, Lambo once again found himself in an advantageous position, this time sniping Solar's third base with his early Ling pressure. But despite being a base down and on the same Drone count, Solar somehow not only kept up with Lambo's economy but actually overtook it. He expertly slipped in just a few more Drones into his army mix without exposing himself on defense. Solar then went on to defend Lambo’s Roach-Ling push, and from there rode his advantage to victory.

Ryung has yet to play a match that actually affects the outcome for ONSYDE, but he continued his quietly excellent campaign with a 2-0 over ByuN. The old fox out-positioned ByuN in two back-to-back marine-tank TvT's, completing the sweep for ONSYDE.

Invictus Gaming 1 - 5 بازی Dragon KaiZi
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این یکی دیگر از از دست دادن‌های قابل پیش‌بینی برای iG بود که به دلیل برنامه‌ریزی وحشیانه اولیه بسیار تحت فشار هستند. herO ساخت نسبتاً جالبی را در بازی 1 در مقابل Macsed ارائه کرد، و در اواسط بازی با Glaives اواخر پس از افتتاحیه DT رفت. این تقریباً به همان اندازه جالب بود - BreakingGG vs Oliveira طولانی بود، اما هرگز به طور خاص نزدیک نبود، و XY vs Dark نیز همانطور که انتظار می رفت یک طرفه بود.قهرمانان پلاتینیوم 4 - 2 بازی PSISTORM
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پس از یک بازی سخت در سه هفته اول، PSISTORM به دنبال کسب اولین امتیازات فصل خود در برابر Platinum Heroes بود.

DnS’s faked an Oracle against SpeCial's Reaper scout in game one, and the mind game was perhaps the reason why SpeCial marched a Cyclone, four naked Marines, and a Medivac across the map. There, he was welcomed by a couple of Stalkers and Phoenix that cleaned up the push. SpeCial doubled down on aggression, but that only deepened the hole he had dug for himself, and the game ended in a loss. DnS's early game success continued in game two, getting the build order-win with a proxy-Gate opening versus a Reaper-expand. After dealing disastrous early damage to the Terran, DnS held off a one-base all-in from SpeCial (which did look threatening at moments), to give his team an unexpected 2-0 lead.

That gave Goblin an opportunity to close out the series with a good PvP performance against Gerald. It started well for Goblin, as Gerald panicked when he couldn’t find his opponent's hidden second Pylon and played overly defensive in game one. After figuring out he was safe Gerald tried to move out with Immortals, but Goblin chose that moment to Blink into the main, forcing a frustrated Gerald to turn back after losing a bunch of Probes. The PSISTORM Protoss tried to go for some sort of last-ditch Disruptor play, but Goblin finished the game before they could reach critical mass.

A visibly distraught Gerald had the weight of his team on his shoulders and opened game two very safely against any possible threats from his opponent. The game progressed into a similar Robo vs Blink scenario as game 1, with Goblin gearing up for a two-base killing blow while Gerald transitioned to Disruptors. Gerald put up a valiant effort on defense, but he couldn't stop Goblin's all-in attack and had to sign off on another loss for PSISTORM with his GG.

MaxPax's 2-0 over ShaDoWn came too late to change the result. All in all, it was a great result for PH and a ponderous loss for PSISTORM.

I said after last week's 2-4 defeat at the hands of ABYDOS that it was not yet time for PSISTORM to press the panic button. However, we have passed that threshold and the button has been vigorously pressed.

While we wait to see what roster changes are coming, it should be noted that there's a waiting period for new signees to become eligible to play in the WTL. The current roster needs to hold the fort until the reinforcements are allowed to play, so there should be plenty of more stressful matches ahead for PSISTORM.

MVP هفتگی: PH.DnS

In a week full of one-sided matches, it was hard to pinpoint our ace. Reynor did manage an ace win, but considering he was a heavy favorite going into his match, it would be wrong to crown him. Conversely, Firefly did steal the best 1-1 tie of the week against Reynor, but he can't be MVP with an overall negative 1-2 record.

Elazer and Goblin put in valuable 2-0 performances for their teams, but I think another 2-0 winner had the bigger impact: Platinum Heroes' DnS. The Frenchman's 2-0 victory over SpeCial, who is ostensibly PSISTORM's second best player, was the main reason PH managed to prevail. While PSISTORM's losing streak might be what stands out first, it was also a crucial win for the Heroes that put them a step ahead of Berserker and IG in avoiding relegation.

MVP هفتگی:

هفته 4. PH.DnS
هفته 3: همه در SSLT/瘦死骆驼/شترهای گرسنه
هفته 2: ABYDOS.Cure
هفته 1: BASILISK.Serral

پیش نمایش: فصل عادی هفته 5

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بازی ONSYDE vs Starlight Twinkle

به نظر می رسد ONSYDE فصل عالی خود را در برابر تیم Starlight Twinkle که راه سختی در پیش دارد ادامه دهد.

Maru will be headed into his match with Nice just two days after the GSL RO4/Finals—Nice's only chance is if Maru is afflicted by a celebratory hangover or is in a catatonic despair state.

روح بازی بسیار بهتری در برابر سولار دارد. این دو بازیکن از ابتدای سال 50 بر 50 مقابل یکدیگر قرار گرفته اند و اسپیریت بهترین SC2 دوران حرفه ای خود را بازی می کند. روح هنوز در این فصل 0-2 را واگذار نکرده است، در حالی که سولار حتی نقشه ای را رها نکرده است. با پایان یافتن یکی از این رگبارها در روز جمعه، من به سمتی متمایل شدم که اسپیریت 1-1 را از آن خود کند، اما اگر سولار بتواند بی عیب بماند، یک بیانیه قوی خواهد بود.

If Spirit does in fact take a map (or two), Ryung will have to play his first consequential match of the season against Cham. It's not the best match-up for him to draw, as TvZ has been his weakest match-up since his return from military service. Also, with the GOMTvT going on at the AfreecaTV studio, we can bet that he has probably spent the last week practicing the match-up with Maru rather than preparing for the WTL.

آیا چند اشاره از یک ترکیب ناراحت به چیزی واقعی تبدیل خواهد شد؟ مشکوک - ONSYDE در خاموش کردن افراد ضعیف عمل کرده است.

پیش بینی: ONSYDE Gaming 5 - 1 ستاره نور چشمک زدن

بازی Invictus vs PSISTORM Gaming

احساس ناخوشایندی از ترس در اطراف مسابقه دوم ما خواهد بود. این مسابقه در مقابل IG باید جایی باشد که PSISTORM مارپیچ رو به پایین خود را متوقف می کند. آنها در هر سه مسابقه مورد علاقه هستند و اگر به نحوی به نتیجه برسد، یک برد تقریبا تضمینی دارند، اما این نگرانی وجود دارد که اگر اجازه دهند فشار روی آنها وارد شود، ممکن است اوضاع به طرز وحشتناکی اشتباه پیش برود. اگر PSISTORM بتواند اعصابی را که در هفته گذشته نشان می داد سرکوب کند و بازی خودش را انجام دهد، باید بتوانند بازگشت خود را شروع کنند.

پیش بینی: Invictus Gaming 1 - 5 بازی PSISTORM

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瘦死骆驼 (شترهای گرسنه) در مقابل ABYDOS

ما اولین ظاهر Mondo را در Code S دریافت می کنیم! با کمال تعجب، Cure یک روز مرخصی پس از چهار فینال Code S نخواهد داشت، بلکه Nightmare/DRG است که روی نیمکت هستند.

از قضا، پس از عملکرد بیش از حد پشت سر هم توسط Camels، من فکر می کنم که آنها نخواهند توانست از این شانس استفاده کنند. اشتباه نکنید، هنوز شانس خوبی وجود دارد که سیلک یا سیان چیزی از مقابل حریفان خود بگذرند. اما با توجه به اینکه Creator در حال حاضر مقداری PvZ لعنتی را پخش می کند و Cure شاید بهترین پخش کننده TvP در جهان است، ABYDOS باید بتواند در این هفته یک پیوند ضعیف را تحمل کند.

هر چند مسابقه آس بین Cure و Firefly لذت بخش خواهد بود…

پیش بینی: Starving Camels 2 - 4 ابیدوس

بازی‌های Platinum Heroes vs Dragon KaiZi Gaming

Platinum Heroes' bottomless roster strikes again, this time with HateMe and ArT making their season debut (they were mainstays in previous Heroes campaigns in the WTL). There probably won't be any fanfare for their arrival, considering DKZ are 5 to 1 favorites or better in all three matches according to Aligulac, but it’s still nice seeing the team's veterans getting a chance to play again.

پیش بینی: قهرمانان پلاتینیوم 0 - بازی 6 DKZ

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Berserker eSports vs BASILISK

یک تیم 2 برتر در لیگ در برابر یک تیم پایین 2 در لیگ در بازی باید کار تمام شده باشد، اما ما می توانیم سرگرمی های ارزشمندی داشته باشیم. بدیهی است که سرال به راحتی به رکورد 11-0 نمی رسد، اما اسپاتز می تواند به Trigger به عنوان فردی نگاه کند که در یک روز خوب می تواند ناراحت شود.

If Spatz gets the 1-1, that could raise Rotti's stress level going into Reynor's match. Since the last WTL season, Reynor has won only two out of his fifteen regular season matches (the same as MacSed). Now I’m not saying the youngest player with $500,000 in career earnings is cursed in the WTL… …but I’m also not saying he’s NOT cursed. So, here’s to hoping he somehow breaks his 1-1 streak with a LOSS to PAPI to make this narrative as funny as possible.

پیش بینی: Berserker eSport 1 - 5 ریحان

TeamLiquid در مقابل Shopify Rebellion

در حالی که TL و Shopify اغلب روی کاغذ قوی به نظر می رسند، Rebellion دائماً در WTL بیش از حد عمل کرده است در حالی که پسران آبی پوش اغلب ناامید شده اند. با این حال، TL می تواند جدول را در این فصل تغییر دهد، به خصوص اگر آنها بتوانند به طور مستقیم Shopify را شکست دهند.

SKillous opens the match against the opposing team's ace Terran once more, and will again be looking to get a 1-1 for his team. However, ByuN is even scarier than Spirit, and the maybe-new-GSL-champion should be a favorite to get the 2-0 victory.

Clem's reputation as an unbeatable TvZ player has taken some hits over the years, especially when he's played against Korea's best players. However, a closer examination of the match-up shows that in the last year, he has lost exactly one TvZ against foreigners not named Serral or Reynor. Amusingly enough, Lambo is the foreign Zerg who managed to snatch that one win, but it's buried under a mountain of many more losses to the Liquid ace. I’m ready to give this match to Clem.

Elazer and Harstem have played 40 matches and 104 games against each other in their careers, and in that span, Elazer leads by a 2:1 ratio in games (76-38). Incidentally, that's the chance Aligulac gives Elazer to win a BO3, with the statistics website predicting a 2-1 as the most likely outcome. A 2-1 needs to be a 1-1 before that, so by that logic, I’ll say Harstem manages to take the tie and force the ace match.

If that scenario comes to pass, it will be interesting to see who gets TL's vote of confidence to face Shopify's likely ace in ByuN. Clem has lost to ByuN in previous ace matches, but Elazer and SKillous aren't exactly great alternatives against a player of ByuN's caliber. Whatever choice Liquid makes, ByuN is the favorite to close it out.

پیش بینی: مایع تیم 3 - 4 شورش Shopify