We are down to just 8 players who have survived and have made it into the Round of 8 in the 2010 Korean Air OSL. In case some of you hardcore StarCraft viewer's missed the action, here is a thread leading to some of the best tie-break matches and VOD's of the recommended games.
So there they are. In no paticular order, the final 8 are: + Show Spoiler +
BaBy, Flash, Pure, EffOrt, Movie, Kal, ZerO, and fOrGG
Now I want to hear your opinion TeamLiquid.net! I want to know what is your prediction as to who goes all the way and who will place second in the Korean Air OSL. I can't speak for everyone, but I would like to see a fOrGG vs. BaBy final just because both players have been really good recently and I want to see the best of the best in the final. Don't get me wrong, I love Flash like the rest of you, but I would like to see someone else win it all for a change. Also, which match-up will be the best? Let me know! Personally, I'm looking forward to all of the mirror match-ups but the best on just might be Kal vs fOrGG. Answer below:
Poll: What will be the best Bo3 series in the Round of 8?
Kal vs fOrGG (30)
55%
Flash vs Baby (18)
33%
EffOrt vs ZerO (4)
7%
Movie vs Pure (3)
5%
55 total votes
Your vote: What will be the best Bo3 series in the Round of 8?
(Vote): Flash vs Baby (Vote): Movie vs Pure (Vote): EffOrt vs ZerO (Vote): Kal vs fOrGG
Flash will not lose a Bo5 so this is really the last chance to eliminate him I think. There's sure as hell enough terrans on Baby's team for him to get a lot of TvT practice in so maybe he can pull that out. So there's definitely a chance Flash vs Baby can be an amazing series. Voted Kal vs Forgg though cuz I do think that Flash will ruin Baby quite handily.
Kal vs. ForGG, for one because of the epic history behind the pretender and his significant other, and for another because it is not a mirror MU that will result in a total rape (i got a feeling effort is gonna get rolled... and + Show Spoiler +
blaming hardware twice would just make you look like a jackass
fOrGG vs. Kal should definitely be interesting. Perhaps fOrGG will think he's playing vZ and go biomech timing push (or just mech timing push, like he's been doing recently, meh) and Kal will be confused. I'd laugh at that. BaBy is good, we saw that in his most recent match against Really. If there's one thing stopping him from being really really really amazing right now, it's his macro. He's great with multitasking and harassment, and can micro and defend well, and I can see his match versus Flash being the one to watch. EffOrt... don't throw the match ZerO is cute though, and ZvP is definitely my favourite matchup to watch, so I'll be very entertained by it. Movie versus Pure... no.
hoping flash gets upset before the finals just to keep it interesting. I dont want another snorefest/prisonrape like last OSL. maybe baby can cheese flash out of the league like leta did in the lost saga MSL
Kal vs forgg easily. Flash vs baby is going to be pretty one sided. effort vs zero could be good, but as a ZvZ it doesn't have the potential of a high level TvP. PvP can get pretty entertaining, but I don't see any spectacular games coming out of those two.
Kal and ForGG will be extremely fun, but I'm extremely interested in BaBy vs FlaSh. I've only seen one game of BaBy's that's TvT, thus, I can't say much about his play. But it was a phenomenal game, triple expanding to be 6 bases to 3 of Hwasins. I still think FlaSh will win 2-1, or 2-0, but baby may pull and upset. We'll just have to see what comes out. Kal vs ForGG will also be cool. They are almost same in skill, thus I hope to see them in the Ro. 8, or even Semi's
You guys realize that fOrGG is 0-5 or something against protoss in the last 2 months, and the only matchup he can win is TvZ, right? And you know that Kal is probably the best PvT player in that same time period, right?
It's probably the MOST one-sided matchup of the OSL RO8
EPT
Also, which match-up will be the best? Let me know! Personally, I'm looking forward to all of the mirror match-ups but the best on just might be Kal vs fOrGG. Answer below:
ZerO is cute though, and ZvP is definitely my favourite matchup to watch, so I'll be very entertained by it.
