Swedish born Faton 'LaLuSh' Rekathati made waves in our second qualification tournament. The vocal Zerg player decided on a couple different occasions that he wanted to chime in with more than your usual "glhf" and "gg" when he felt a match hadn't gone his way. In a series with the universally beloved and admired WhiteRa, LaLuSh and the Ukrainian Protoss had two separate exchanges. In game two, after losing, LaLush had this conversation with his opponent:
Lalush: I want to something bad words to you
Lalush: Good idea to say?
WhiteRa: omg dont say
WhiteRa: say Blizzard
Lalush: *&^% you David Kim!
Lalush: then gg
Then in game three, after LaLuSh won and closed the series, WhiteRa responded:
White-Ra: You not cry anymore
LaLuSh: Curse at David Kim
WhiteRa: You very BM
WhiteRa: not write me more about balance
WhiteRa: or next time I kick you &%&//!
WhiteRa: gg
I think it's entirely possible that this may have been the first time that WhiteRa, the poster child for good manner, has ever been provoked into threatening someone over a game of Starcraft. As if that wasn't enough, LaLuSh decided to leave BratOK with some parting words after the Russian Terran won their series. LaLuSh noted, "I will watch this replay and laugh" just before leaving the game. Very salty, indeed.
All that said, let's see what it took for this talented Zerg player to qualify:
First round he had a bye.
Second round he beat Kwest, a Masters Zerg player.
Third round he beat he beat RangeD, an up and coming Protoss player who played for Lazarus Gaming before their split.
Fourth round he beat Nadagast, a Terran player who used to play professional World of Warcraft.
Fifth round he beat WhiteRa, who might be the best foreign Protoss player.
Sixth round he beat DarkForCe, one of Europe's better Zerg players.
Seventh round he lost to BratOK.
Fantastic showing, I must say. The fact that he was outspoken throughout the event certainly means he'll be one of the players I'll pay most attention as our main event rolls around.
