EPTFavourites are falling and a season of upsets is continuing. How will it develope further, what favourites are shining out? As a bonus, from now on we see best of five battles.
Code S Round of 16 Recap and Prediction Analysis
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In paranthesis, my predictions
MC 2-0 Byun (2-0)
No surprises here, MC continuing his drive with zero maplosses further, becoming the number one tournament favourite here in my eyes.
Jinro 1-2 HongUn (2-0)
After a solid start, Jinro played the weakest series I remember him to play in Starcraft2 since release. Sadly, the last foreigner drops out not be being outmatched but not playing up to his level.
san 2-1 TheWind (2-0)
San not quite repeating his stellar performance one round before, but still for oGs coach TheWind, he was big enough.
Tester 1-2 sC (2-1)
Tester getting beaten in a close serious by babyface sC, could have gone either way.
July 2-1 Clide (2-0)
July playing exactly the way I supposed him to, displayed an aggressive counterpart to Nestea as the Zerg hope better than dissapointing Fruitdealer once again, Clide had to give up after a close series.
Check 0-2 NaDa (0-2)
While the first map was literally decided by a single missing baneling, the second was far clearer, overall NaDa with the precision of a pianist displaying the beauty of macro starcraft once again.
Ensnare 0-2 Lyn (2-1)
Clear better on the first map, profiting from a weird mistake of Ensnare in the second, Lyn, being looked down by the broodwar community as a warcraft player, well-deserved advances to the Round of 8.
Kyrix 0-2 AnyPro (0-2)
AnyPro showing how timing can pay off when your opponent does not make razor sharp decisions. Kyrix hesitating in decisions just a few seconds costing him both maps, and AnyPro advances further.
Code S Round of 8 Predictions
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MC(P) vs. HongUn(P)
Although MC is the favourite here and will advance, the playstyle of HongUn, his aggression and the state of PvP will give him at least one mapwin, meaning MC advances after 4 maps, on any other matchup MC wouldn't drop a map here either.
san(P) vs. sC(T)
With sC beating Inca and Tester and san dominating his group against Terrans, both prove solid in this matchup. But as sC beat one of the top protoss on the planet a round ago, I give him the edge in a awesome 5 map series here.
July(Z) vs. NaDa
July having only lost to MC so far and beaten all Terrans in his way, I believe this will continue. NaDa played beautiful until here but the insane aggression and thought out busts of July will let the latter come out on top after 5 tense and diverse maps, seeing macro games aswell as cheeses and early game aggression.
Lyn(T) vs. AnyPro(P)
Two players that were not expected to be in this round beforehand, facing in the last quarter final. They both had their struggles and shines, but I think overall AnyPro displayed the better level of starcraft, and see him advance 3-1 here, although he hasn't played against a Terran yet.
Summary
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Code S Round of 16 Predictions Analysis:
5 of 8 correct, 3 with scores (narrowing down the player skills finally)
Code S Round of 8 Predictions Summary:
MC 3-1 HongUn
san 2-3 sC
July 3-2 NaDa
Lyn 1-3 AnyPro
