Many fans labelled this group the "Group of Death" and for good reason - just look at the names. Also, when MMA daringly picks NesTea, convinced that he can beat him again, you can be certain that there will be battles to remember.
Keen vs Nada @ Metalopolis
Nada tried to be sneaky, proxying his whole tech (factory and cloak banshee) outside of Keen's natural. What the Genius Terran probably did not expect was for his rush to fail so badly, as Keen response to every Nada action was perfect and he actually entered the mid-game with a hefty advantage.
Nada continued with unstopping aggression while heavily outexpanding Keen but was eventually forced into a turtling state as his army kept growing smaller and smaller due to the constant engagements. Nada fell back with his mech army and secured such positions that Keen's bio could not break through. As the minutes went by, Keen started starving more and more and Nada was still looking unbeatable. As his mineral patches were close to depleted, Keen attempted one last attack towards the alley between the two bases but Nada's thors cleaned everything up for a gg.
Keen had no chance passing through those defences
NesTea vs MMA @ Terminus
MMA attempted a push towards NesTea's base when an army trade went bad for the zerg and he lost a lot of precious banelings. Little did MMA know that NesTea's macro was unfaltering and as his tank push arrived there were even more baneling waiting for him. As MMA skipped a beat during his marine micro, NesTea carpeted his army to gain a 5- supply lead.
From that point on it was a late-game fiesta for NesTea. His maxed out Brood Lord army could not be stopped at all, as MMA had far from enough ghost to battle zerg's tier 3 efficiently.
MMA's units face a gooey death
NaDa vs NesTea @ Belshir Beach
Nada opened with a proxy rax at NesTea's natural but the zerg's senses were apparently highly attuned to cheeses. Nada's rax got spotted and he had to cancel it and transition into hellion/thor-based mech army.
NesTea, whose mid-game plan was the usual muta/ling composition had to make something special in order to fight an army that hard counters him badly. A that he did but instead of the finesse of a perfect micro, NesTea reached a stupidly critical mass of banelings and just blew Nada's whole army in a single charge.
One might say that banelings are not particularly good against thors. One will be wrong.
MMA vs Keen @ Tal'Darim Altar
Going gas first allowed MMA to launch a preigniter timing attack which, despite not doing world-shattering amounts of damage, scouted perfectly Keen's preigniter drop plans. But despite being stripped of his surprise potential, Keen proceeded with the drop play, encountering however a most tight of defense. Just as Keen's hellions were surging towards the mineral line, MMA landed two of his vikings in the most perfect moment, blocking the small choke Keen was planning to abuse. The MVP terran had to go home empty handed, while transitioning to banshee.
Unfortunately for him, this transition got scouted as well. Being outplayed on every level, Keen just sent his vikings down to MMA's base to see that even with one starport the Slayers player is overpowering him. Keen gg-ed, dropping to the up-and-down matches.
MMA in a moment of pure gosuness
Nada vs MMA @ ANtiga Shipyard
MMA opened with reactor staport and abused the close air distance to exert his air excellence upon Nada. Taking control of the area around the enemy starports, MMA did not allow any newly built viking of Nada to live more than a few seconds. While Nada was trying to figure a way out of this difficult situation, MMA sent his overwhelming preigniter army for a checkmate. MMA deservedly got his Ro16 spot.
Nada is checkmated
Code S October Group C Standings
NesTea20
MMA21
Nada12
Keen02
All in all, the group of death did not quite end with the levels of tension I expected but I guess that was just the results of a self-overhype. NesTea's dominance was scary and when people like MMA and NaDa can't do squat to him one starts to wonder who is up to the challenge.
Keen vs Nada @ Metalopolis
Nada tried to be sneaky, proxying his whole tech (factory and cloak banshee) outside of Keen's natural. What the Genius Terran probably did not expect was for his rush to fail so badly, as Keen response to every Nada action was perfect and he actually entered the mid-game with a hefty advantage.
Nada continued with unstopping aggression while heavily outexpanding Keen but was eventually forced into a turtling state as his army kept growing smaller and smaller due to the constant engagements. Nada fell back with his mech army and secured such positions that Keen's bio could not break through. As the minutes went by, Keen started starving more and more and Nada was still looking unbeatable. As his mineral patches were close to depleted, Keen attempted one last attack towards the alley between the two bases but Nada's thors cleaned everything up for a gg.
Keen had no chance passing through those defences
NesTea vs MMA @ Terminus
MMA attempted a push towards NesTea's base when an army trade went bad for the zerg and he lost a lot of precious banelings. Little did MMA know that NesTea's macro was unfaltering and as his tank push arrived there were even more baneling waiting for him. As MMA skipped a beat during his marine micro, NesTea carpeted his army to gain a 5- supply lead.
From that point on it was a late-game fiesta for NesTea. His maxed out Brood Lord army could not be stopped at all, as MMA had far from enough ghost to battle zerg's tier 3 efficiently.
MMA's units face a gooey death
NaDa vs NesTea @ Belshir Beach
Nada opened with a proxy rax at NesTea's natural but the zerg's senses were apparently highly attuned to cheeses. Nada's rax got spotted and he had to cancel it and transition into hellion/thor-based mech army.
NesTea, whose mid-game plan was the usual muta/ling composition had to make something special in order to fight an army that hard counters him badly. A that he did but instead of the finesse of a perfect micro, NesTea reached a stupidly critical mass of banelings and just blew Nada's whole army in a single charge.
One might say that banelings are not particularly good against thors. One will be wrong.
MMA vs Keen @ Tal'Darim Altar
Going gas first allowed MMA to launch a preigniter timing attack which, despite not doing world-shattering amounts of damage, scouted perfectly Keen's preigniter drop plans. But despite being stripped of his surprise potential, Keen proceeded with the drop play, encountering however a most tight of defense. Just as Keen's hellions were surging towards the mineral line, MMA landed two of his vikings in the most perfect moment, blocking the small choke Keen was planning to abuse. The MVP terran had to go home empty handed, while transitioning to banshee.
Unfortunately for him, this transition got scouted as well. Being outplayed on every level, Keen just sent his vikings down to MMA's base to see that even with one starport the Slayers player is overpowering him. Keen gg-ed, dropping to the up-and-down matches.
MMA in a moment of pure gosuness
Nada vs MMA @ ANtiga Shipyard
MMA opened with reactor staport and abused the close air distance to exert his air excellence upon Nada. Taking control of the area around the enemy starports, MMA did not allow any newly built viking of Nada to live more than a few seconds. While Nada was trying to figure a way out of this difficult situation, MMA sent his overwhelming preigniter army for a checkmate. MMA deservedly got his Ro16 spot.
Nada is checkmated
Code S October Group C Standings
NesTea20
MMA21
Nada12
Keen02
All in all, the group of death did not quite end with the levels of tension I expected but I guess that was just the results of a self-overhype. NesTea's dominance was scary and when people like MMA and NaDa can't do squat to him one starts to wonder who is up to the challenge.
