EPTThe Up and Down contestants are decided and battle out spots, fame and money. Race numbers are evening out and we finally get a grip on players styles instead of race styles.
Code A Round of 8 Recap and Prediction Analysis
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My predictions in parenthesis
LosirA 2-0 HuK (0-2)
HuK going down in a rather one-sided series, LosirA did not look like he was really nervous and brought home the victory after two solid ZvPs, I don't think HuK showed his A game here and therefor seems to have problems with stability in his performances.
Virus 0-2 Leenock (2-1)
Leenock showing impressive games here, not looking like he is about to tumble at any point, nothing but straight forward games here.
Rain 0-2 Alicia (0-2)
Rain showing what gained him disliking all season 3 long, short term or poor strategy and SCV allins. The most onesided series of the 4 as Alicia was way ahead in both games and just outplayed Rain.
SuperNova 2-0 Killer (2-1)
Despite Killer not showing the total will of winning these games in my eyes, as he seems to be pleased with a spot at the up and down matches, SuperNova displayed some nice solid Mech TvP here, and held off a very tense Void Ray game aswell, proving to be the overall more sound player of the two.
Code A Round of 4 predictions
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Suppose them to be Bo3, did not read otherwise anywhere.
Losira(Z) vs. Leenock(Z)
Leenock did not drop a single map yet in this tournament, and he gets his cherry matchup here in the semi finals. Although I am a fan of LosirA's playstyle, I see Leenock here ahead after two maps, his ZvZ is just too refine.
Alicia(P) vs. SuperNova(T)
Both of these players are really on fire so far. Alicia hasn't dropped a single map this tournament and has not come close to this yet either, and SuperNova has not dropped a map in this specific matchup yet, despite playing rather big names.
Alicia has looked overall better so far, but he also had the weaker opponents, still I see him slight ahead after a tense 3 map battle.
Summary
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Round of 8 - score:
2 games of 4 correct, 1 with scores (fair enough)
Round of 4 - predictions:
Losira 0-2 Leenock
Alicia 2-1 SuperNova
