Sigh...as much as I don't like IdrA for his notorious BM, I was still kind of sad that he got knocked out of the GSL. I have to give props to his opponent LotzePrime though, especially on game 3 where he beats IdrA in his own game (macro-fest) thanks to a hidden expansion. I also liked his game 2 where he tricks IdrA into thinking he would go for a common robo build that Lotze played in the past by building a robo in his base, all while building a proxy Stargate and pumping out 3 void rays that totally threw IdrA off-guard. Seems a lot of game I've been watching and playing have been games of deception .

And oh, regarding the GSL, there is only 1 foreigner left: TLO!

What separates this "new" cannon rush from a typical cannon rush is the pylon contain. A typical cannon rush is fairly easy to stop even when a pylon has been built because you can just take 4 probes off mining to zap any warping cannons. The pylon contain however makes this impossible as the cannons will be built outside the ramp. This is a variation of the pylon contain typically done in PvZ, but the difference is that the cannons are not behind the pylons, but rather behind the opponent's mineral line outside the base, still within range of the pylons blocking the ramp (hence why this can't work for all maps). Once the cannons are finished, all the opponent needs to do is ensure the probe in the base is alive as he warps in a pylon close enough to the cannons outside the base such that the zealots cannot touch it but also within range of the mineral fields to kill probes. Once the pylon in the base is finished, cannons can now be warped in easily, again thanks to the cannons already built behind the base.

From what I can see, the best way to handle this strategy is to get a quick core and stalker. A decent opponent will micro his probe so that it can kite any zealots and not bump into any of your probes. Since time is spent building the pylon contain and then the cannons behind the base, there should be more than ample time to get a Stalker and ensure that you kill the probe so that all you need to worry about is taking out the pylons blocking the ramp.

However, this is a 50/50 gamble. In the game, Inca's opponent realized he was doing something fishy since there was nothing in Inca's base, but he couldn't determine whether he was proxy 2-gating or cannon rushing until the pylon contain, by which he was already warping in the 2nd gate assuming the proxy 2-gate (which was an appropriate assumption; after all, who cannon rushes in a major tournament?). You'll get more zealots, sure, but as you'll see in the game that doesn't mean you can kill the vital probe. And if he had gotten the quick core, then he would have lost to a proxy 2-gate.

He pretty much achieves the impossible and beats a proxy 2-gate with just 1 gate, a very very late Forge, lots of pure micro, and a bit of luck. The luck comes from NEXFreeSaga's clever tactic that ultimately proved to be his downfall where he builds a pylon behind Tester's mineral line outside the base, initially fooling Tester that he was going for a cannon rush. This forced him to take probes out to damage the pylon and send out Zealots to FreeSaga's base to do some damage to his exposed worker line as he kept watching for warping cannons.

While he does succeed with the worker harass, this also meant he had less Zealots for defense as FreeSaga's zealots came into Tester's base and only then did Tester realize it was actually a proxy 2-gate and that the pylon behind the minerals was a fake. And yet he still, incredibly, manages to hold his defense and buy time to build a Forge and a few cannons. Just goes to show how, with micro, you don't need to have more units than your opponent to win the game even if the unit compositions are the same. The game got a 98% for recommendation, where 268 out of 274 who voted in the poll would recommend this game.