Scrimmage Report
The night opened with a ZvT between DarkForce and Rain where the German zerg was almost at the verge of winning the series. Just almost though. After turning Rain's banshee opening around to get a nice position for himself, DF engaged carelessly without baneling speed and lost most of his army to tank fire. After tying the score with a nicely timed ling run by while defending against a hellion pressure, DarkForce proceeded to lose the series in the third set on Antiga. DarkForce played close to perfect early and mid-game zerg expanding and creeping aggressively, but could never engage properly with his brood lords or protect his bases from late-game medivac drops.
In the second series, Haypro came strong 2-1 over Axslav after foolishly dropping game one by going for a proxy hatch in Axslav's base. When it came to standard play, however, Haypro was way more solid, winning the Metalopolis game after sprinting to hive and four bases by the 15th minute and keeping his brood lord count ever so high. He then finished the series with a single, bullseye mutalisk counter attack, launched just when Axslav was moving out with his archon/sentry/zealot army.
A quick PvT between Cloud and Mana closed the evening. Mana opened game 1 with an early stalker pressure but Cloud held on to his defenses and smelled the timing window in Mana's fast colossus transition and punished it with a bio counter attack. The second game ended at the hands of Cloud'a marauders as well as after two one-base pushes, Mana lost his quick nexus and had to GG out of the series.
Division II Week 5 Results
HayPro2-1 Axslav
Rain2-1 DarkForce
Cloud2-0 Mana
Climactic Amplitude
Sadly enough, week 5 was not a good one for the division. Not even by a long shot. Indeed, both Haypro and DarkForce were at times really close to receiving an actual praise but there just was not a performance worth writing about.
Thus, this week the division witnessed a significant climactic downfall, a two-way amplitude to be more precise. On one hand we saw players sprinting (seemingly unhindered) to an excellent mark for the evening but were detoured by either their own engagement mistakes, or misfortunate opponents who move out just before mutas enter their base and win the game.
On the other, we are seeing a week-to-week fluctuation, as I still remember and cherish the Axslav vs Cloud game to which I devoted an editorial spot. I can only hope that the coming end of the group stage does not entail an end of entertaining games as well. I am not fond of waiting till the play offs, no, not at all.
Division Standings and Overview
Division II after Week 5
PlayerScorePoints
1st Huk4-0+6
2nd Rain4-1+2
3rd Mana3-2+1
4th Cloud2-2+2
5th BratOK2-2+1
6th DarkForce1-3-3
7th Haypro1-4-4
8th Axslav1-4-5
Aside from Rain, there wasn't much movement within the division. The Korean is slowly but surely on his ascent to the top and although he might not trump HuK (after all it's a +4 lead for the Canadian and he is also a match behind), the Fnatic terran should be more than satisfied with his performance.
Haypro beating Axslav was a result with no meaning at all (both are at the bottom of the division so this match of theirs was more a formality than actual strive for a good placement).
Finally, Cloud's triumph over Mana is very, very important for the Italian. Needless to say, a 4-1 score for Mana would be a tough fortress to storm but as it is, both Europeans are now balancing a gentle equilibrium in the middle of the division.
Barely Clairvoyant: Week 6 on October 27th
Division II week 6 matches
HukVS DarkForce
HayproVS Cloud
BratokVS Axslav
Frankly, I can't judge if next week's matches are crucial for the division or are devoid of meaning as far as the big picture is concerned. HuK's PvZ is incredibly strong at the moment so he is probably looking at another easy victory.
Same, though, cannot be said for Cloud or BratOK, who desperately need to make something happen. Their 2-2 score is as fragile as it is mediocre but although their opponents are running slightly worse it is by no means an indication for the matches to come. Both HayPro and Axslav have showed that they can play a top-tier game and against very worthy opponents to that, so terrans' business might taste saltier than it is healthy. After all, this is not the GSL.
The night opened with a ZvT between DarkForce and Rain where the German zerg was almost at the verge of winning the series. Just almost though. After turning Rain's banshee opening around to get a nice position for himself, DF engaged carelessly without baneling speed and lost most of his army to tank fire. After tying the score with a nicely timed ling run by while defending against a hellion pressure, DarkForce proceeded to lose the series in the third set on Antiga. DarkForce played close to perfect early and mid-game zerg expanding and creeping aggressively, but could never engage properly with his brood lords or protect his bases from late-game medivac drops.
In the second series, Haypro came strong 2-1 over Axslav after foolishly dropping game one by going for a proxy hatch in Axslav's base. When it came to standard play, however, Haypro was way more solid, winning the Metalopolis game after sprinting to hive and four bases by the 15th minute and keeping his brood lord count ever so high. He then finished the series with a single, bullseye mutalisk counter attack, launched just when Axslav was moving out with his archon/sentry/zealot army.
A quick PvT between Cloud and Mana closed the evening. Mana opened game 1 with an early stalker pressure but Cloud held on to his defenses and smelled the timing window in Mana's fast colossus transition and punished it with a bio counter attack. The second game ended at the hands of Cloud'a marauders as well as after two one-base pushes, Mana lost his quick nexus and had to GG out of the series.
Division II Week 5 Results
HayPro2-1 Axslav
Rain2-1 DarkForce
Cloud2-0 Mana
Climactic Amplitude
Sadly enough, week 5 was not a good one for the division. Not even by a long shot. Indeed, both Haypro and DarkForce were at times really close to receiving an actual praise but there just was not a performance worth writing about.
Thus, this week the division witnessed a significant climactic downfall, a two-way amplitude to be more precise. On one hand we saw players sprinting (seemingly unhindered) to an excellent mark for the evening but were detoured by either their own engagement mistakes, or misfortunate opponents who move out just before mutas enter their base and win the game.
On the other, we are seeing a week-to-week fluctuation, as I still remember and cherish the Axslav vs Cloud game to which I devoted an editorial spot. I can only hope that the coming end of the group stage does not entail an end of entertaining games as well. I am not fond of waiting till the play offs, no, not at all.
Division Standings and Overview
Division II after Week 5
PlayerScorePoints
1st Huk4-0+6
2nd Rain4-1+2
3rd Mana3-2+1
4th Cloud2-2+2
5th BratOK2-2+1
6th DarkForce1-3-3
7th Haypro1-4-4
8th Axslav1-4-5
Aside from Rain, there wasn't much movement within the division. The Korean is slowly but surely on his ascent to the top and although he might not trump HuK (after all it's a +4 lead for the Canadian and he is also a match behind), the Fnatic terran should be more than satisfied with his performance.
Haypro beating Axslav was a result with no meaning at all (both are at the bottom of the division so this match of theirs was more a formality than actual strive for a good placement).
Finally, Cloud's triumph over Mana is very, very important for the Italian. Needless to say, a 4-1 score for Mana would be a tough fortress to storm but as it is, both Europeans are now balancing a gentle equilibrium in the middle of the division.
Barely Clairvoyant: Week 6 on October 27th
Division II week 6 matches
HukVS DarkForce
HayproVS Cloud
BratokVS Axslav
Frankly, I can't judge if next week's matches are crucial for the division or are devoid of meaning as far as the big picture is concerned. HuK's PvZ is incredibly strong at the moment so he is probably looking at another easy victory.
Same, though, cannot be said for Cloud or BratOK, who desperately need to make something happen. Their 2-2 score is as fragile as it is mediocre but although their opponents are running slightly worse it is by no means an indication for the matches to come. Both HayPro and Axslav have showed that they can play a top-tier game and against very worthy opponents to that, so terrans' business might taste saltier than it is healthy. After all, this is not the GSL.
