Zergman vs JulyZerg @ OSL - Game 2

October 4rth 2006, ShinHan OSL2 R16, Best of 3, JulyZerg vs Zergman @ Arcadia II

Every game in BO3 is played one week apart.

July won over Casy ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cu6Cj1H0qWc ) but lost to Midas and Anytime in previous OSL weeks, therefore fell to the wildcard brackets where he beat JiHyun[jOypOp] and Ever)P(TT ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxe1Je-SuCo ), Zergman on the other hand beat Sea.Jy and Light[Alive] and only lost to NaDa, and finished 2nd in his group.

Players with 3-0 victories in their group get to chose their opponents for the BO3. No one chose July, and Zergman was more than glad to get him, because Zergman's ZvZ is godly: "I don't lose ZvZ"

Zergman plays purple, July plays white

Interview with JulyZerg after the match:

** SPOILER ALERT **

Q: You have won after a loss.
A: Winning is always joyous. Although it's a day before Thanksgiving holidays, many teammates stayed and helped me prepare the match. I am very grateful. I have won because of them.

Q: Your recent ZvZ winning percentile is poor.
A: I can not say that I am strong against zergs but I do not think I am weak against them either. Since ZvZ is a build(tech) fight no matter who the opponent is, the match is always fifty-fifty. I have won this match because I had to win. The next match is also a must win match.

Q: Your opponent's zergling struck first.
A: If they had come to my base right away, I would have had to cancel my hatchery. They have made a stop in some other base first and I was able to defend it without cancelling.

Q: If any, have you focused on particular matter while practicing?
A: I was about to use a different strategy. It's win ratio was 100% during the practice. When burrowing and unburrowing zerglings continuously they merge into one point. Then my zerglings would not be killed if I fight with the same number of opponent's zerglings. I didn't use it because it's controversial on defining whether it is a bug or not. I wish I can publicize this and let it be defined whether or not it's a bug. I will return to dorm, save a personal replay, and post it in forum.

Q: At what point have you assured yourself that you won?
A: Since there was only a small gap on how fast the spire was being built, when I have produced Mutalisks I thought that I won. If I defended, I felt that I can win with the lead that I had with attacking with zerglings.

Q: To all the fans spending Thanksgiving
A: I wish all a happy Thanksgiving. Since I am spending it in Seoul, I will practice through the holidays and win the third match. After I have made it to quarter-finals, I will reap the 1st place trophy in WCG Italy.

Big thanks to rinizim from TL for translating the interview :-)

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• Starcraft
• Broodwar
• JulyZerg
• Zergman
• Zerg
• July
• progamer
• ShinHan
• OSL
• Starleague
• July[z-zone]
• ZvZ
• MBC
• Hero
• Arcadia

[VioleTAK]

I just added in video description an interview with JulyZerg after the game.

[chrstilen5]

I know hot to get a big doog

[Killervx1]

hey does anyone know how to bring ur saved data on starcraft to ur youtube account???

[gvjuiceman1]

P.S. You can't compare the american MLG to the starcraft leagues...that's like comparing pee wee football to the NFL.

[gvjuiceman1]

timestop,

I have been watching starcraft league since 99, and I look at the MLG and think dumb americans. It's a console game...that's why people make fun of it. Console games take a 10th of the skill a computer game does. You can't even measure clicks per minute on a console...it's for kids.

[ferdgreg]

what technique?

[Grumbullpuss]

How much resources do the minerals and vespene geysers have? 1500 and 5000 (default) or is there more than that?

[timestop007]

all countries are differnt...anything cna be a sport and exzactly what markmachine said they look at the mlg league with halo 2 and think "wtf? why is that a sporting event? dumb americans"

[HopesLastStand]

lol they are both named park sung jun

[BigD666]

Oh I know about that technique, that technique is ancient. It's not that hard, Zerglings do it the best, it looks like a cloud of ants if you do it right. It works with hydralisks as well.

[DivineStrength]

wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!