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Despite repelling a Marine, Hellbat and Medivac attack by sandwiching the drop in his main, Dark was wounded badly.

ByuN reinforced with more units and Widow Mines, and one last extermination of the swarm won the map. With his life on the line, Dark had to climb back on King Sejong Station and it would be one of the best games of the entire tournament.

In a classic back-and-forth Terran vs Zerg, both Dark and ByuN matched wits for over 23 minutes of battle. From the mid game until the bell both players were constantly fighting all over the map.

Over 10 different engagements ended even, with neither player gaining ground from the middle of the map. ByuN and Dark hammered each other with every last ounce of their strength and it looked as though neither player would ever find a way.

Finally, however, Dark saw an opening. With one last breath ByuN barreled into the middle base, but a hero Ultralisk would stand firm and seal the win for Dark.

After a setback in the last game, ByuN again resorted to Reapers on Frost. However, the game mirrored Game 1: behind his pressure ByuN had taken his natural expansion and started stim and Medivacs.

Though Dark expanded as soon as he was given the space, ByuN had taken a large economic lead from pinning the Zerg back for so long. Try as he might Dark could not catch up and it was just a matter of time until the Terran attacked.

When Dark defended one location, ByuN hit two others until every single base was in flames. SpeCial 1. Stats 3.

Rogue 3. Dark 0. Serral 3. Semifinals Bo5. November 3, - PDT. Rogue 1. Finals Bo7. Serral 4. August 9, Retrieved August 28, Reynor 3.

Trap 2. November 2, - CET. Dark 3. Maru 0. Semifinals Bo5. Classic 0. Finals Bo7. Reynor 1. Dark 4.

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Each division will have a home server that all matches must take place on, unless both players in a match prefer and agree on a different server, while the rules for the season finals are still to be determined.

Prize Money. LB Ro8b. LB Ro4b. Q [6]. Q [8]. Q [7]. Latin America. North America. Coinciding with the release of StarCraft II ' s first expansion pack, Heart of the Swarm , the World Championship Series' format was changed drastically to center around Blizzard-run events, turning it into the highest level of professional StarCraft II competition.

Starting with the season, the WCS transitioned to a GSL -inspired league format where seasons would run over multiple weeks and months. Nationality requirements were removed for the first year of the new league format and though reintroduced in , region-locking remained minimal.

This led to Korean players, historically dominant in professional competition for both the original StarCraft and StarCraft II , winning all leagues across all regions for both years of open league play.

After s consolidation, the WCS Premier League was completely phased out in favor of regional qualifiers and large weekend tournaments.