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The SlayerS terran will take the spot of ex-TSL player Rain in the up-and-down matches. Rain has forfeited Code S to move to the United States as a result of joining team Fnatic.
Ryung came victorious in the wild-card mini tournament comprised of all the Ro16 losers in Code A. Ryung went through YuGiOh, Yoda and Luvsic to earn the right to compete in the up-and-down matches, through which players get promoted to Code S
GSL Wild Card Tournament
Round of 8
Checkwalkover* Sheth
Luvsic2:0 Tails
YuGiOh2:0 Jinro
Yoda1:2 Ryung
Round of 4
Check0:2 Luvsic
Ryung2:0 YuGiOh
Final
Ryung2:0 Luvsic
GomTV state that Sheth's forfeit is due to personal reasons. The American zerg elaborates the situation further in a post on TL.net.
To put it simply, I had planned on staying in Korea for 1 month. This was for the GSTL the team league that FXO is in. I found out that while there I could play in code A, and I decided to accept that as I thought it would be a great experience. It was.
However I have other commitments that I have to deal with back home. I never planned to stay longer then 1 month in Korea. I will very likely go back to Korea in the future as I'm having a great time here. Still I'd only planned on staying here a month and if I do come back I'd like to be a little better prepared. (I'm still paying rent back in the states for instance)
Hopefully you can understand why I won't be staying in Korea however I'll definetly come back and continue to play SC2 in the states and outside of the states whenever I can. (Dreamhack?!) Hope that clears it up. =)
The up-and-down matches will be played between 26th and 28th of July, just prior to the Code S grand final.
Links
GomTV.net - Source
TeamLiquid.net - Source
