NASL Grand Finals Day 3 July vs Sen

Day 3 3rd place match
Sen vs July

This will be the last Best of 5 series, I am unsure of the maps that will be used.

Game 1
First map will be Crossfire. Both players opting in for a Economic build by placing early Hatcheries. They are pretty much mirroring each other with their pools and extractors going down. Sen opting in for Banelings and July is going Roaches, the same unit comp and build he did against Moon. Sen also going Roaches now. He tries to attack with Roaches and Banelings but is rebuffed but July's massive amounts of Roaches. July pushes in and is streaming in reinforcements to Sens natural and Sen gg's.

Game 2
Map is Shattered Temple. Close by Air positions are spawned in the north. Same builds are before, but July goes Banelings this time first, and Sen follows up shortly there after. But Sen is grabbing alot of Zerglings really early on. 24 on their way out right now. And July has a few Banelings that get thwarted by Sens excellent unit Micro. Neither side takes an advantage still though as both continue to build up. Something of note is that no real Creep spread is going on. July has made alot of Roaches again, and Sen creating alot of Spine Crawlers and Roaches to help hold July's attack, armies look pretty even, Sen loses alot to the Banelings but holds Julys attack off due to the +1 Attack for Sen. July looks to be making another attack with the same unit comp, Roaches and Banelings are on thier way in again, Banelings go off, Roaches charge in and spine Crawlers from July rush in as well and begin to burrow, but Sen plays very well and holds it off. July gg's and Sen will take game 2. 1-1 is the score.

Game 3
Map is Taldarim Altar. Both players spawning on the East sides, Sen up top, July on bottom Sen favoring some early aggression and forgoes the early Hatch for a Pool. He applies some early pressure to pick off a few drones and also places a Baneling Nest down. Both players favoring Zerglings, and July decides to counterattack and take out all the defending Zerglings of Sen as well as a Queen. It appears July is going all in and just rallies all future Zerglings to Sens Natural, Sen responds by making alot of Banelings, clears up Julys Zerglings and decides to make a counterattack with Banelings and Zerglings. Its not looking good, but he manages to sneack past Julys defenses and clears up the Mineral line of July's main July is now on the defensive and has half the food of Sen, 42 to 22.  July's 2 Spinecrawlers are still up, but Sen has alot of Zerglings on the field with alot more on the way July decides to wall off with an Evo Chamber and a Roach Warren, but Sen sneaks in again and picks off Julys main. July has to gg as his economy is just crippled, Sen will take game 3. Sen now leads 2-1.

Game 4
Map is Crevasse. Players Spawn in the North, July in the East, Sen in the West. Sen will take his Natural early and July will take his protected. Both players again playing standard, no cheese. In fact the only cheesy plays we have seen in this entire tournament has been from Puma. July decides to attack with some early Zerglings and Roaches, Sen trys to pick them off, but the Roaches do extra damage to Zerglings and Sen is forced to retreat. July is building up and breaks down the rocks and makes it into Sens base with no resistance, Sen decides to go for a base trade and charges in, July loses his zerglings and only have a few Roaches left. Sen clears up both bases of units and July has lost all Hatcheries. July sends in a few Roaches, a very wierd game going on its 5 Roaches vs 12 Zerglings 10 vs 14 food. Sen clears up that base and July has 0 food left vs 8 of  Sen, Sen takes game 4 and the 3rd place title.

NASL Grand Finals Day 2 Sen vs Darkforce

Day 2 Match 3
Sen vs Darkforce

Metalopolis, Crevasse, Typhon Peaks

Game 1

Another ZvZ on Metalopolis in cross positions, left and right, and Darkforce opens up with a 10 pool and Sen is going for the long term game play, no pool down for Sen and Darkforce already has 6 Zerglings out, but Sen holds it off very well even though he lost quite a few Drones. Darkforce going for Banelings and forces Sen to stay on guard. Sen also goes Banelings and walls his ramp off with a pair of Queens. Both players just macroing up now, building mainly drones and gearing up for the mid-game. Both palyers grab Zerglings and Roaches and try to engage but Sen ends up coming out slightly better than Darkforce and Sen takes his 3rd. Sen continues to build up Roaches and attacks Darkforce at his Natural and the exchange is clearly in favor of Sen and Darkforce gg's out. Sen takes game 1.

Game 2

Creveasse spawn points are both at the top, left and right respectively. Both players seem to be playing very simirlaly but Darkforce grabs his naturals expansion while Sen grabs his protected Natural. Darkforce looking to favor Banelings again and Sen going for more Zerglings and it costs him as a Baneling gets a good hit off and Darkforce manages to sneak a Baneling in and before they even explode, Sen gg's knowing full well it was game over. score is tied 1-1.

Game 3

Map starts out with both players spawning on the left hand side on Typhon Peaks, Sen on top, Darkforce on bottom. Both players playing simiraly, no expansion, and favoring some early Zerglings for a very defensive type of play. Darkforce again favoring Banelings, while Sen is grabbing Roaches, this match is looking to be similiar to game one, but Darkforce manages to sneak in a few Banelings into the mineral line, so Darkforce expands to help push this game into a more long term play. Sen decides to go for a 1 base timing push and puts a Baneling nest down and starts mining more gas. Darkforce makes a push with a huge amount of Zerglings and Roaches but Sen brilliantly holds it off with some great transfuses, he finishes off the attack and Darkforce is down and on the run, Sen pushes and clears up Dark forces attack, his natural, and he gg's, Sen takes game 3, and the series, 2-1. Sen will be up against Select or MC next.

NASL Grand Finals Day 2 July vs Moon

Day 2 Match 2

Moon vs July

Metalopolis, Crevasse, Typhon Peaks

Game 1

First ZvZ of the day and its between 2 incredible players in cross positions. July opens up with a 10 pool and sneaks some zerglings in, but Moon holds it off. He counterattacks and takes out a few drones, but the food count for both players are very similar. No clear advantage is being taken with small skirmishes here and thier until finally July pushes in with roaches and Moon responds with a mass of Banelings, but they dont do enough damage and the Roaches break Moons defenses and takes the game.

Game 2

Both players spawn in North and South positions on the right side of the map Crevasse. Both players early expand so we are looking at a longer game. Moon seems to be going for some Banelings while July continues to macro up. July is caught off guard with Zergling and Banelings coming in and only Roaches to defend. He loses a few drones but not enough to take a lead, however a second attempt allows him to gain the lead after 14 total drones have now been killed. Both players proceed to now generate higher amounts of units but July walls off and builds up mass Roaches just like in Game one. Moon cannot hold it, loses his drones, army, queens and he gg's. July takes game 2.

NASL Grand Finals Day 2 Starts in just 30 minutes!!!

I'm hoping to see some Best of 5's today. Yesterday was best of three, but if they mimic the GSL's format in anyway, the Quarterfinals and Semifinals will be Best of 5's. Also, out of all the matches yesterday, I have to say the MC vs Boxer match was my favorite. MC just played an awesome game with Archons, Templar, and Stalkers. We got some good matches today, even though half the Protoss players are now eliminated. Only Squirtle and MC remain. But on the bright side, only 2 Terrans are still in the running. Nice change from what we see in the GSL(98% Terrans). Out of the original 8, only 4 Zerg remain. So we will have 2 ZvZ's, and 2 PvT's First match of the day will be Puma vs Squirtle.

GO SQUIRTLE!!!!!

NASL Standings

NASL Grand Finals Day 1 Sen vs Zenio

Match 5
Sen vs Zenio

Game 1

ZvZ is one of the more interesting Matchups. Both players start very similarly and go for the same unit composition, Zergling, Baneling, Roach. A great timing push from Zenio causes Sen to GG early on.

Game 2

This Game starts the same as before but Zenio favors an early Baneling nest for some kind of surprise while Sen begins prepping for some more Roach play. His Roach numbers are much higher and he attacks and Baits Zenio into attacking enough for him to clear out both mineral lines and Sen will take game 2.

Game 3

Wow, a match finally makes it to game 3! Shattered Temple is the map, and players spawn in Northern Close by Air positions. Sen goes for Roaches and Zerglings While Zenio goes for Zerglings and Spine Crawlers and Macros up for extra Defense and a better Economy. Sen decides to push in with his Roaches, just like last time and it worked very well. Sen takes the 3rd game and is the first non-Korean to advance to the next level.