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by Slasher, Level 31
Last updated at February 28, 2008, 1:57 pm
Young Ho "Flash" Lee has won the GomTV StarCraft Invitational!

(T) Flash 3 > 2 Stork (P):
Map 1 Katrina - Winner: Flash
Map 2 Blue Storm - Winner: Stork
Map 3 Baekmagoji - Winner: Stork
Map 4 Katrina - Winner: Flash
Map 5 Blue Storm - Winner: Flash

The GomTV StarCraft Invitational grand finals have been set as the 15-year old Terran prodigy Young Ho "Flash" Lee defeated Oh Yeong "Anytime" Jong and Byung Goo "Stork" Song steamrolled Byun "Berserker (Iris)" Hyung Tae.


Young Ho "Flash" Lee
After losing to Jong in the first game of the best of five series, things looked bleak for Lee as the next match would be on the heavily Protoss favored Kartrina. With some poor micromanagement skills by Jong and smart play by Lee, the Terran was able to fend off the Carrier push and secure a crucial come from behind victory. Jong, obviously frustrated from being so close to match point, attempted two risky proxy rushes in the next two games. Lee fought off both after some close calls and secured himself a place in the final.

Song, nicknamed "The Bird" for his devastating air dominance, enacted revenge for the Protoss by demolishing Hyung Tae in three straight maps. Dark Templars, a fleet of carriers and a two gateway proxy rush sealed the fate for the Bisu-killer.

VOD's of each of the matches can be found below:

Flash (T) 3-1 Anytime (P)

Map 1 Map 2 Map 3 Map 4

Stork (P) 3-0 Berserker (T)

Map 1 Map 2 Map 3

The grand finals will take place this Saturday at 4 AM EST (10:00 CET) and will once again be broadcasted in english by Nick "Tasteless" Plott. The match will be played in best of five format and can be seen live at the GomTV website. VOD's will once again be posted shortly after the match has commenced.
     
18 comments
Truth
Truth Feb 28, 2008 at 2:03 pm
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Looking forward to this. Rooting for Stork and hoping for some good matches.
Slasher
Slasher Feb 28, 2008 at 2:08 pm
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I'm rooting for Flash, would be amazing to see a 15 year old kid win over all these amazing players
det
det Feb 28, 2008 at 2:46 pm
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im rooting for stork so i can see him do a winning pose in his neo-like leather jacket:D
outraged
outraged Feb 28, 2008 at 3:03 pm
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while flash no doubt showed some very good quality games, i bet stork will win.
he seems to be very very good vs terrain.
Slasher
Slasher Feb 28, 2008 at 4:02 pm
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yeah I think Stork will end up winning as well. Although Flash played some amazing games, I thought it was more of Anytime's poor play at times that swung the favor in Flash's direction. Anytime could have won that set easily, while Berserker had no chance vs Stork.
Slapnuts
Slapnuts Mar 1, 2008 at 6:26 am
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Flash is so damn impressive... just wow.
Slasher
Slasher Mar 1, 2008 at 6:27 am
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yeah both wins on Katrina is crazy, fifth map is gonna be intense
Slapnuts
Slapnuts Mar 1, 2008 at 6:50 am
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Very good final, flash is a damn prodigy.  I guess i tuned in on a good week to break into starcraft watching.  =p
Tweed
Tweed Mar 1, 2008 at 6:54 am
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that was incredible!
what a classic, 3-2!
yeah same as you slapnuts, this was the first SC tourny i'd ever watched, it was really really amazing, great commentary and games
Vess
Vess Mar 1, 2008 at 7:07 am
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Amazing display of skill from Flash, taking down the best PvT player in the world in a 5 game series, especially on those maps is unbelievable.
DJTyrant
DJTyrant Mar 1, 2008 at 7:53 am
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Flash showed great composure and his use of goliaths is just stunning. Stork really should have changed it up from using Carriers every game since Flash really showed that he knows how to deal with them, even on maps that favor Carriers.
Nobbeh
Nobbeh Mar 1, 2008 at 9:26 am
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wow.. i never played Sc to a high level but watching them shows i would never stand a chance. Flash is only 15 years old, just goes to show age means nothing in gaming.
Stryider
Stryider Mar 1, 2008 at 12:41 pm
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Flash...I mean he...but then he...and after that...wow...just wow...
Dyzz
Dyzz Mar 1, 2008 at 12:59 pm
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I used to play SC ALOT, and i would dominate most everyone i faced, but these guys are like gods hah.
det
det Mar 1, 2008 at 3:16 pm
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that was an amazing match. left to go sleep in the middle of the 3rd map because ti was like 7 am and it looked like stork was going to win. just wow.
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