StarCraft 2 NewSCast for Thursday, June 23rd

Hello again everyone, I am TheAmazombie and this is your StarCraft 2 NewSCast for Thursday, June 23rd.

First of all, we have to start with the GSTL match that happened last night.  We had Slayers putting up a good fight, but falling to MVP 4-3.
As for tonight we had day 2 of the GSTL with FXO taking on StarTale.  The foreigners test in the team leagues.  This was very exciting, so I will give you a bit of commentary.  The open game was ST.Tiger going up against the terran hero QXC.  QXC was fine, until the DT's got to his base, gg.  Game 2 was against Sheth.  After a huge 2-base push from Tiger, Sheth held!  He held, took the toss's gold on metal, and with banelings abound he took the game!  The first foreign team win!  In response ST sent out Curious to take down Sheth.  This prompted FXO to release their Korean mate Oz who took down Curious with a couple of manner Nexus.  ST countered with Squirtle who just killed him with DTs.  Moonan was the next to come up but fell quickly with an all-in push.  The final results were ST over FXO 4-2.  At least it was not the walkover everyone predicted.  IM is taking on fou as I speak, so I will cover those games tomorrow.

Over in Germany this morning was the first day ni the Homestory Cup 3 tourney.  We have the first 4 groups finish their play today and here are the results with the first two players per group advancing:
Group A:
Sase: 3-0, Jinro: 2-1, then NightEnd: 1-2, and Moman at 0-3.
Group B:
ToD, Thorzain, and HasuObs all tied at 2-1, but I believe because of the system that it is ToD and Thorzain that advance with HasuObs falling and Haypro finishing at 0-3.
Group C:
We had Idra looking strong at 3-0, Cloud going 2-1, then Grubby at 1-2 and Delphi at 0-3.  In the final group of the day, Group D we also had 3 players coming in tied at 2-1 with Socke, Adelscott, and Ret, but due to the records it looks like Socke and Adelscott advance.  The final player was Jimpo falling 0-3.
Be sure to tune in tomorrow as there is a ton more group action to happen with players like MC, Tyler, Huk, Naniwa, and White-Ra still to play.

Tonight we also have day 2 play in the NASL Open tourney for that spot in the championships.  Today we have the ro64 and ro32 play.  Notable players that have advanced through these rounds include Thorzain, Rain, NightEnd, Cocoa, DeMuslim, and Inka.  Notable eliminations from today include Agh, ToD, Attero, Dimaga, Major, Hashe, and Lalush.  Tune in tomorrow for the ro16 play.

Team Gosu eSports has announced the signing of PokeBunny.  Congrats to him, hope it all works out.  We also have a report that Trickster and FruitDealer have left TSL.  If correct, this is 3 players in as many weeks. 

Well, that's about going to wrap it up for today.  Don't miss any of the action, but if you do you can find it here the next morning at SC2NewSCast.com.