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[Hazaro]

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*Protip: Watch every game. Buy the Season pass just for the Finals. Best TvZ series in SC II. Best GSL Finals.

Graphics by Meko, Art by fishuu

(T)Jjakji <Tal'Darim Altar> (Z)Leenock
(T)Jjakji <Crossfire SE> (Z)Leenock
(T)Jjakji <Daybreak> (Z)Leenock
(T)Jjakji <Bel'shir Beach> (Z)Leenock
(T)Jjakji <Dual Sight> (Z)Leenock (if needed)
(T)Jjakji <Calm Before the Storm> (Z)Leenock (if needed)
(T)Jjakji <Antiga Shipyard> (Z)Leenock (if needed)

When: 3h 30m from this post.
Event Time: 17:10 KST (12/3/2011)
09:10 CET
03:10 EST
00:10 PST
00:10 PST (12/3/2011)


Where: South Korea
GOMTV GSL November 2011 Live Link or http://www.gomtv.net/live/index.gom?conid=66643
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The Money:

Champion 	₩ 50,000,000 	[B]$ 46,000[/B] 	€ 32,000
Runner-up 	₩ 20,000,000 	[B]$ 18,500 [/B]	€ 13,000

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[Yoshichan]

Jjakji !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

edit: there's pretty much 0 chance I'll be awake when the finals are live though It'll be like 8am...

 

[AdventureRacing]

Jjakji !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

edit: there's pretty much 0 chance I'll be awake when the finals are live though It'll be like 8am...

8pm and right at the perfect time for me . Come on Leenock end the terran dominance!

 

[questionmark]

Uhh. I am pretty certain that the finals are already over.

Spoiler

Leenock took out Mvp in a close series, 3-2.

 

[Quadratic]

Leenock's got this. But I don't think it's going to be a one sided finals like the others. At least I hope it isn't.

 

[PhoenixDark]

Who is the Zerg savior, Stephano or Leenock? We may find out tonight

 

[Mairu]

Who is the Zerg savior, Stephano or Leenock? We may find out tonight

stephano lost a bo3 to drewbie

leenock would never lose a bo3 to drewbie.

 

[Hazaro]

Who is the Zerg savior, Stephano or Leenock? We may find out tonight

The answer is neither. It's Flash.

 

[Yoshichan]

Flash wouldn't survive a second in SC2!

 

[AdventureRacing]

Who is the Zerg savior, Stephano or Leenock? We may find out tonight

Leenock is clearly the best right now. Not sure what's going on with Stephano but he is losing quite a few matches i wouldn't have expected him to lose. Hopefully he picks it up again soon.

 

[Corran Horn]

Who is the Zerg savior, Stephano or Leenock? We may find out tonight

Savior is the savior. Foreign tournaments havnt banned him yet!

 

[Aaron]

Flash wouldn't survive a second in SC2!

That's because he would win in less than a second.

 

[Hazaro]

Flash wouldn't survive a second in SC2!

Flash said he'd pick Zerg if he had to start over in BW. So. Get hype.

 

[Q8D3vil]

Flash said he'd pick Zerg if he had to start over in BW. So. Get hype.

Fucking flash better choose terran if he ever decided to switch (in 3 years like he planned ).

 

[AdventureRacing]

Flash said he'd pick Zerg if he had to start over in BW. So. Get hype.

He says that now......

 

[J-Rod]

I hope Jakji manages to take a match off Leenock.

 

[slidewinder]

Leenock better beat the shit out of this scrub.

 

[Mindlog]

I hope Jakji manages to take a match off Leenock.

There is the chance that with all that time to prepare we could end up with another 2011 GSL Super Tournament final where Polt crushed MMA 4-0.

My money is still on Leenock.

 

[AdventureRacing]

Jjaki and Leenock have met before in GSL and all the matches were close. That plus Jjaki showed some very different build. I wouldn't be surprised to see him pull a polt or MMA and come out on top in a few matches with some unique tactics.

 

[Zzoram]

stephano lost a bo3 to drewbie

leenock would never lose a bo3 to drewbie.

Losing to Drewbie is pretty embarrassing. MKP will never live that down, although he didn't really lose at least, he nuked himself after winning and turned it into a loss.

 

[fallagin]

Flash said he'd pick Zerg if he had to start over in BW. So. Get hype.

That would be pretty boss.

 

[ultron87]

I don't know if I want to stay up 45 more minutes to start to watch Leenock roll to victory.

It will probably actually be way closer than everyone is anticipating.

 

[(._.)]

staying up to watch this. I just have a feeling these finals will be really great.

NASL is going off if they aren't over by the time these start

 

[Hazaro]

I think we will have some good fights and at least 2 close games.
So already 300% better than most GSL Finals.

 

[slidewinder]

I think this is going to be a good finals, too.

 

[sixghost]

Who is the Zerg savior, Stephano or Leenock? We may find out tonight

still hurts seeing those two words together

 

[Pancakes]

I'm be asleep while this is going on but I predict that Leenock will rock Jakkji 4-0 EZPZ.

ZzzZzzzz

 

[Max]

The bracket changes are really great, seeing these two relatively unknown players rise to the top as a result

 

[Mairu]

The bracket changes are really great, seeing these two relatively unknown players rise to the top as a result

I'm not so sure that the bracket changes led to these players getting to the top. The only change to the actual code s advancement was changing ro16 from bo3s to group play.

It's also kind of unfair to call Leenock an unknown considering he's been a main stay of GSL since almost the beginning, even if he's had trouble getting to Code S until just recently.

The real changes to Code S are going to be seen next season, where we see the difference in the ~24 players who managed to advance to Code S after all the former main-stays of Code S have been weeded out

I'm really hoping for something other than Leenock 4-0

edit: stream is live with kpop! sorry puma & sheth but I'm turning NASL off as soon as the kpop is over

 

[jersoc]

leenock should 4-0 this imo

 

[(._.)]

stream is live but acting funny

ending from the new IU mv keeps replaying

 

[Corran Horn]

stream is live but acting funny

ending from the new IU mv keeps replaying

Working now. it crashed on me, reopened and now works.


Get this open early as possible because sometimes people have issues joining once the traffic hits

 

[Quadratic]

I wonder what the pregame will be like. They weren't promoting a K-pop group this season. It'll be weird not having an awkward lip synced performance before the finals.

 

[Corran Horn]

Best intro will always be the LG 3d tourny finals.

Wish they did that more. It was awesome to see sc2 before more sc2

 

[Mairu]

I wonder what the pregame will be like. They weren't promoting a K-pop group this season. It'll be weird not having an awkward lip synced performance before the finals.

They didn't have one last season either, and I don't think that was the first time they didn't have a Kpop group associated as well

I think this is the first time in awhile the Kpop quality has matched the stream quality (on hq), usually it's really lq

 

[Hazaro]

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[Zzoram]

So do KPop girls definitely lip sync?

 

[TheThunder]

I really hope we get a great, close finals this time/

Cheering for Leenock

 

[Wedge7]

Alot of people are worried, or not, that its going to be another horrible 4-0. Hopefully not the case, Leenock is sick, but I got alot of faith Jjajki, I remember him impressing me in previous Code A seasons.

 

[Corran Horn]

I really dont get this song.





Also Jjajki will win, 4-2.

 

[Zzoram]

wtf is this video

Some rich guy picks up a homeless girl covered in dirt and seduces her?

 

[perryfarrell]

Zerg OP so Leenock wins, trolol

 

[Corran Horn]

wtf is this video

Some rich guy picks up a homeless girl covered in dirt and seduces her?

It gets worse.

 

[slidewinder]

Leenock 4-3. Epic series that is for years and years hereafter pointed to as one of the finest exemplars of the "classic" period of competitive SC2.

 

[Zzoram]

It gets worse.

She's a car accident victim he kidnapped? He's trading her for a new slave? I'm not really sure what's going on.

 

[UnluckyKate]

Wait, People are saying that Stephano has the level to play a Gsl final?

 

[Corran Horn]

She's a car accident victim he kidnapped? He's trading her for a new slave? I'm not really sure what's going on.

He trades her for the other girl? I really dont know.

 

[evlcookie]

We need an english translation of this song asap.

 

[slidewinder]

Dude, don't rape her.

 

[Zzoram]

This music video is so bizarre, I must know what it's about.