Vara WTL 2023 – Recapitulare Săptămâna 7/Previzualizare Săptămâna 8

de: Ceara

After a relatively uneventful Week 7 that saw the rankings stay completely unchanged, we're in store for a treat in Week 8. While I didn't go back and check the schedule for every season, this is easily one of the most entertaining regular season weeks in WTL history.

To start, we have a massive clash between two championship contenders in DKZ and ONSYDE, with Maru vs Oliveira being the opening bout. Then, PSISTORM will fight for their playoff lives vs TL, with new signee Spirit finally eligible to play. There's also a solid mid-table battle between Shopify and ABYDOS, with both teams looking to improve their playoff seeding.

On top of that, the matches that are less interesting on paper have some intriguing twists when you take a closer look. BASILISK might not be guaranteed to stomp Starlight Twinkle, RotterdaM will be making his WTL debut in that match. Also, iG vs Berserker is the darkly humorous 'who's finishing in last place?' match, which should be of great interest to the WTL's most devoted fans.

Notă de programare: This week's games will be played on June 9th, June 12, and June 13th.

Săptămâna 7 Recapitulare

Primele 7 echipe se califică în playoff.
Cele 2 ultimele echipe trebuie să se recalifice.
Punctele sunt acordate după cum urmează:

• 3 puncte pentru o victorie dintr-o serie care nu necesită un meci de as
  
• 2 puncte pentru o victorie într-o serie care necesită un meci as
  
• 1 punct pentru o pierdere dintr-o serie care necesită o potrivire as
  
• 0 puncte pentru o pierdere dintr-o serie care nu necesită un meci as

Invictus Gaming 1 - 5 BAZILIC
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XY a decis să renunțe la brânză și să meargă la Serral în macrojocuri onorabile™ pentru a începe seria, iar curajul lui a fost răsplătit cu o înfrângere unilaterală cu 0-2.

BreakingGG a încercat, de asemenea, să joace Reynor direct în primul lor joc, dar a fost previzibil depășit în războaiele Roach. Apoi a încercat o brânză Nydus în jocul doi, dar Reynor a deviat-o pentru a lua victoria cu 2-0 și a blocat trei puncte pentru BASILISK.

MacSed managed to salvage a map for Invictus against Trigger, taking the first game of their series by defending his fast expansion against Trigger's one-base all-in. Trigger took a map for himself to end the series, beating MacSed in a mid-game brawl between Gateway armies.

Platinum Heroes 2 - 4 ABYDOS
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Mondo a intrat în meci cu un record de 0-4 și a părut că ar putea fi veriga slabă care a costat punctele ABYDOS împotriva unei echipe mai slabe din Platinum Heroes. Cu toate acestea, Mondo și-a strâns greutatea de data aceasta, obținând prima sa victorie pe hartă a sezonului cu un 1-1 împotriva lui ShaDoWn.

Mondo got his win immediately, beating ShaDoWn on NeoHumanity with mass Hydra-Ling-Bane before his opponent had sufficient splash damage. Game two followed a peculiar pattern, with Mondo starting off with a Speedling cheese but still somehow finding himself in a late-game standoff fifteen minutes later. Ultimately, Mondo had to tap out to ShaDoWn's golden armada, as he couldn't transition out of his Lurker-based force in time.

Creator then took a 2-0 over Goblin to put his team on match point. Game one was a dizzying Blink-Stalker duel, with both players constantly putting themselves in weird, semi-basetrade situations. Creator was just a bit faster and more decisive with his movements, which gave him the victory in the last of these exchanges. Creator closed out with defense in game two, holding his fast expansion against Goblin's one base Stalker all-in.

NightMare finished the job for ABYDOS by taking a win against DnS on the very next map. The two played an action-packed game on Gresvan, where DnS's proxy-Robo led to much early skirmishing. NightMare came out ahead in those trades (Disruptors!), and was able to compound his lead and force the GG. DnS got himself a tie in the final game, successfully defending against a Cannon + proxy Gateway rush.

Team Liquid 5 - 1 Berserker eSports
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Jucătorul as Clem a luat poziția de punct pentru Liquid și a marcat 2-0 împotriva lui Spatz pentru a începe lucrurile. Primul joc s-a încheiat pentru Spatz în primele minute, deoarece a pierdut 10 Sonde în fața unui singur Hellion în timp ce încerca o hărțuire Adept fără succes. Spatz sa dublat prin hărțuirea proxy-Gateway în jocul doi, dar Clem a ridicat din umeri pentru a lua scorul de 2-0.

SKillous și-a pus echipa în pragul victoriei împotriva DIMAGA, luând primul joc din seria lor cu Glaive-Adepts și un atac ulterior Zealot. Cu toate acestea, Zerg din vechea școală a reușit să-și mențină echipa în viață luând jocul doi, aruncându-l pe Psi Storms cu fața pentru a-l învinge pe SKillous în adevăratul stil roi.

It seemed like Papi had a chance to continue the comeback against MaNa, as he took the lead in game one after holding off MaNa's proxy-Robo cheese. However, he dealt with MaNa's follow-up Immortal drop very poorly, which allowed MaNa to win with an unusual, one-base, two-Robo all-in. With all three points in hand, MaNa took a final win for the road to keep Liquid at #3 in the standings with a +17 map differential.

ONSYDE Gaming 4 - 2 瘦死骆驼 (Starving Camels)
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Notă: ordinea reală de meci pentru această serie a fost diferită de ordinea de meci programată afișată mai sus.
În timp ce Ryung și TooDming au fost programați inițial să joace în cel de-al treilea meci al seriei, unele modificări de programare i-au văzut pe cei doi trecând în partea de sus a difuzării. Ryung a trecut devreme pe ambele hărți cu hărțuirea Banshee, pe care a urmat-o cu Marine-Tank în jocul unu și battle-mech în jocul doi pentru a lua scorul de 2-0.

In a surprising twist, Ryung's 2-0 actually ended up being quite important for ONSYDE as Maru gave up his first map loss of his season against Firefly. The plucky Protoss stole a map off of Maru in an extremely close basetrade, where his Blink-Stalkers raced Maru's 3-Barracks Marine-Marauder in a destruction derby. While the finish was tight, the lack of Medivacs helped Firefly's Blink-Stalkers barely prevail in the end. Maru got his tying point very quickly in game two, going for a series of proxy-Starport Hellion/Mine drops that completely ravaged Firefly's economy.

Solar a încheiat seria împotriva lui Cyan, reținând atacurile Oracle-Stalker înainte de a contraataca cu Roach-Ravager pentru a lua primul joc. Cyan a luat harta finală cu un joc bun Glaive-Adept, dar a fost doar o victorie morală, deoarece ONSYDE a asigurat deja cele trei puncte.

Starlight Twinkle 1 - 5 Dragon KaiZi Gaming
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Oliveira got his team off to a strong start with a 2-0 over Cham. Game one was a fairly one-sided beatdown, with Oliveira's bio mopping up Cham's Roach-Ravager army. The second game got a bit hectic after Cham forced a basetrade, but the superior firepower of Oliveira's bio won out once more.

herO a făcut rapid scorul de 3-0 pentru echipa sa împotriva Nisei, cu proxy-ul său Stargate Oracle prinzând complet Nisa nepregătit și provocând daune majore. Nice a câștigat un punct înapoi într-un mod similar, deoarece tehnologia sa rapidă Dark Templar a luat-o prin surprindere pe herO.

Dark a blocat victoria în seria de victorii împotriva lui ReWhite, zdrobindu-i pe Protoss în primul joc cu Mutalisk-uri în masă. Apoi a urcat scorul pe harta finală, câștigând rapid cu un all-in Nydus-Queen-Ling.

Shopify Rebellion 4 - 2 PSISTORM Gaming
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Shopify ace ByuN got his team going by taking down Gerald on NeoHumanity in game one, winning with heavy 3-Barracks pressure while holding off proxy-Oracles. Gerald survived for longer in game two, but ultimately couldn't keep up with ByuN's multi-directional bio attacks and surrendered another GG.

SpeCial started his match against Lambo by channeling ByuN, opening with 2-Barracks and transitioning into non-stop Marine pressure. However, Lambo was held strong on defense, and eventually overpowered SpeCial with his superior tech and economy. SpeCial attempted to go for his signature BC-into-mech in game two, but Lambo had it scouted every step of the way. After defending against harassment and establishing a powerful economy, Lambo ruthlessly busted through SpeCial's defenses before they could be fully entrenched.

That left MaxPax to pick up a rather empty 2-0 victory against Scarlett to finish the day, wielding the 'herO style' Stalker-Oracle strategy expertly in both games. Still, if PSISTORM somehow pulls off a late-season run to make the playoffs, these map points may actually end up mattering.

MVP săptămânal: SR.Lambo

Au fost o mulțime de rezultate de 2-0 în săptămâna 7, dar aproape toate au fost între un favorit clar și un defavorabil. Doar un singur câștigător cu 2-0 și-a luat victoria într-un meci pe care l-am considerat oarecum provocator: Lambo împotriva SpeCial. Desigur, Lambo a fost un favorit moderat înaintea meciului – chiar l-am ales să câștige cu 2-0. Cu toate acestea, în lipsa oricărui 2-0 mai impresionant în săptămâna, a trebuit să dau semnul lui Lambo.

I did briefly consider giving Firefly the award for stealing a 1-1 against Maru, but I'm pretty reluctant to pick 1-1's over 2-0's. Also, the Camels ended up earning 0 points from the match, and it was hard for me to reward what was ultimately just a moral victory.

MVP săptămânal:

• Săptămâna 7: SR.Lambo
  
• Săptămâna 6: DKZ.herO
  
• Săptămâna 5: Liquid`Clem
  
• Săptămâna 4. PH.DnS
  
• Săptămâna 3: Toată lumea pe SSLT/瘦死骆驼/Starving Camels
  
• Săptămâna 2: ABYDOS.Cure
  
• Săptămâna 1: BASILISK.Serral

Previzualizare: Sezonul obișnuit săptămâna 8

Vineri, 09 iunie 12:00 GMT (GMT + 00: 00) Meciuri

ONSYDE a jucat un ordin fix de jucători de Maru-Solar-Ryung în fiecare săptămână (cu excepția celei de o săptămână în care a jucat Crank), așa că trebuie să vă întrebați ce gândea DKZ trimițând-o pe Oliveira să-l înfrunte pe Maru. Toate rezultatele din luna martie au confirmat ceea ce majoritatea oamenilor credeau deja despre IEM Katowice: a fost cursa miracolă a vieții pentru Oliveira. Totuși, trebuie să existe un motiv pentru care DKZ și Oliveira să aleagă acest meci – poate că ei cred că campioana mondială are încă un avantaj psihologic față de câștigătorul 6SL.

Din moment ce cred că Maru va câștiga cu 2-0, Solar și herO ar trebui să fie adevăratul meci swing al seriei. Solar a fost în mod constant unul dintre cei mai buni jucători online din 2023, în timp ce herO a jucat foarte bine în ultimele săptămâni după o scurtă scădere de formă. Cred că un 1-1 este rezultatul cel mai probabil într-o ciocnire între doi jucători care prosperă absolut în cadrul WTL.

The final match favors DKZ quite heavily, with Dark playing his best match-up against Ryung's clear worst. My 'bold' prediction here is that Ryung is going to all-out cheese against Dark, and whether or not he successfully hides his proxies will decide if he can steal a map.

Ultimately, I think a 3-3 tie is the most likely result in the initial three series, which would send us to a very exciting ace match. Both Maru vs herO and Maru vs Dark have the potential to be very entertaining, especially with Gresvan being pre-set as the ace map. I'm going to give Maru the slightest edge in a BO1, out of deference to his 6SL title and 13-1 WTL record.

Predicție: ONSYDE Gaming 4 - 3 Dragon KaiZi Gaming

Following their loss to Shopify last week, PSISTORM are now five points below the playoff cutoff with matches against TL, ONSYDE, SSLT, and Berserker remaining. You don't have to go through all the match combinations to realize that this is a MUST WIN match if PSISTORM is to have any hope of making the playoffs at all.

Din fericire pentru PSISTORM, noul semnatar Spirit este în sfârșit eligibil să joace. Polonezul Terran joacă cel mai bun StarCraft II al carierei sale în 2023 și a arătat și în WTL unde a înregistrat un record de 8-3 înainte de a fi pus în stază temporară de transfer.

The transfer means Spirit is actually playing SKillous for the second time this season, with the two players fighting to a 1-1 draw during the SLT vs TL match. I don't think Spirit can settle for that result this time—he needs a 2-0 for PSISTORM to feel good about their chances.

The second match is a real puzzler, with Namshar making his season debut against Elazer. Gerald and SpeCial might not be in great form, but I have to think there were some outside-the-game circumstances for PSISTORM to reach so deep into their bench. The randomness of ZvZ might give Namshar a chance of stealing a 1-1, but a 2-0 Elazer win is the outcome I'm picking.

MaxPax vs Clem is a fantastic match to potentially end this series, with Europe's best Terran going up against its best Protoss. MaxPax has had a slight edge against Clem in head-to-head matches as of late, but the Aligulac.com odds still see them as being close to even. While I'd love to see this extend into an ace match and be decided in a pseudo-BO3, I think Liquid will be able to end things earlier with a 4-2 victory.

Predicție: Team Liquid 4 - 2 PSISTORM Gaming

ABYDOS rămâne una dintre cele mai confuze echipe din WTL, deținând o formație de top patru cu putere maximă, dar pur și simplu refuzând să o desfășoare vreodată. În timp ce Mondo se întoarce pe bancă în locul lui DRG, aceasta marchează a treia săptămână consecutivă în care jucătorul as Cure nu joacă. Și, totuși, au o șansă bună de a lua câteva puncte de pe Shopify.

Lambo versus DRG is basically a dead even match in my eyes, and I'll predict a 1-1 while knowing it could easily swing 2-0 either way. If ABYDOS somehow gets some points out of this match, it will be because DRG rolled high and got the 2-0 on the day.

The ByuN vs. NightMare match-up is the key advantage Shopify have, with TvP monster ByuN being heavily favored to win in a 2-0. NightMare is cunning enough to occasionally steal maps off stronger players in PvZ, but I just can't see him pulling it off in PvT.

Harstem vs Creator is the PvP mirror image of Lambo versus DRG, where I arrive at a 1-1 prediction as a middle ground amid the chaos. In the end, I'm predicting Shopify to win off the strength of ByuN in TvP, but the two mirrors could easily complicate things.

Predicție: Rebeliunea Shopify 4 - 2 ABYDOS

When ONSYDE Gaming's Crank made his WTL debut, he did it in the safest way possible against the winless Berserker eSports. RotterdaM and BASILISK are being a bit more daring, deploying the caster/captain/Protoss against the 2W-5L Starlight Twinkle.

While Solar and Maru had to rescue ONSYDE from Crank's 0-2 start, RotterdaM might be able to hold his own here. Unlike Crank, he's actually played some official tournament matches this year, and he managed to go 1-2 against Creator, 1-1 against goblin, and 1-2 against MaxPax in PvP. While he's definitely the underdog against Nice, a 1-1 tie isn't out of the question.

Of course, you expect Reynor and Serral to clean up with 2-0's if RotterdaM stumbles out the gates. However, you have to remember that Reynor hasn't completely beat the 50/50 allegations yet, and a ZvZ against Cham could be surprisingly tricky. I can definitely envision a scenario where Rotti goes 0-2 to start and Reynor goes 1-1 against Cham, costing BASILISK a point.

Predictii: Starlight Twinkle 2 - 4 BAZILIC

Marți, 13 iunie 12:00 pm GMT (GMT + 00: 00) Meciuri

This is the highlight match of the season for a particularly perverse group of fans, as it's very likely to decide who suffers the ignominy of finishing in last place.

Three of the players involved in this match have zero map wins so far: Mixu (0-6), Spatz (0-10), and BreakingGG (0-12). Surely (hopefully), they'll all get a win on the board here?

In what might seem like a surprise, I'm going to give Berserker the slight edge due to DIMAGA. Sure, his 2-6 record is worse than iG ace MacSed (5-9), but I've been impressed by the quality of his play in straight-up macro games against strong players.

Predictii: Invictus Gaming 3 - 4 Berserker eSports

The Camels currently stand at #6 in the rankings due to hugely overperforming against the stronger teams in the WTL—this week we'll see if they get the job done against an opponent they 'should' beat.

This match is awfully hard to predict, largely because of the pair of PvP's that start things off. DnS vs. Cyan and goblin vs. Firefly are essentially coin flips, though perhaps I'd give Firefly a slight edge purely based on vibes (the dude is just really good in WTL, man).

Vreau să spun că ShaDoWn vs TooDming este meciul în care Platinum Heroes au un avantaj clar, dar TooDming are un sezon WTL inexplicabil de bun cu un record de 5-5. În general, deși îmi plac puțin mai mult Eroii pe hârtie, trebuie să mă alătur cu Camels din cauza necuantificabilului și de neînțeles avantajul lor WTL.

Predictii: Platinum Heroes 3 - 4 瘦死骆驼 (Camile înfometate)

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