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Korean players have long dominated StarCraft tournaments, but that streak has finally been broken at this year’s World Championship Series: Finnish player Joona “Serral” Sotala (Zerg) managed to best Kim “Stats” Dae Yeob (Protoss) 4-2 in the StarCraft II final yesterday. Per PC Gamer, “skip to 1:40:00 to watch Serral's final, decisive push—accompanied by some brilliant commentary.”
He took a 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven series before Stats surged back to win the next two games. It wasn't enough to stop Serral, however, who won the sixth game to take a commanding victory. He was expected to meet Cho “Maru” Seong Ju, considered the world's second best player, in the finals, but Maru was beaten by Kim “sOs” Yoo Jin in the playoffs. Stats went on to sweep sOs in the semis.
He took a 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven series before Stats surged back to win the next two games. It wasn't enough to stop Serral, however, who won the sixth game to take a commanding victory. He was expected to meet Cho “Maru” Seong Ju, considered the world's second best player, in the finals, but Maru was beaten by Kim “sOs” Yoo Jin in the playoffs. Stats went on to sweep sOs in the semis.