EPTNote: I am a biased, so take that into consideration before making any remarks like "Why didn't you highlight game XXX or why don't you highlight any games with qxc". I only highlighted about 1 game out of every 6, so please consider that too.
Thanks to Insanious for helping me find some good games that I missed.
Stats:
225 total matches
I selected 39 matches that I consider interesting(or 1 in 6ish)
Predictions
Group winners
Division 1: Morrow Kiwikaki
Division 2: July TT1
Division 3: naniwa squirtle
Division 4: MC Ace
Division 5: Idra Sen
5 Wildcards:
White-Ra
zenio
tyler
socke
nada
1 Open bracket winner:
No idea at this point.
Playoff Semis
July vs Ace
Idra vs MC
Finals
MCvs July
Biggest underdog to go far:
Fenix
Biggest Fan favorite to do well:
select
Biggest favorite to choke:
sjow
Biggest fan favorite to choke:
tlo
Most likely to lose their deposit from BM:
Naniwa
Most likely to win every single match:
July
Most likely to lose every single match:
slush
4/12
![[image loading]](/images/flags2/ks.png)
FOX_Moon vs ![[image loading]](/images/flags2/nl.png)
Grubby![[image loading]](/images/flags2/us.png)
NrG.ViBE vs ![[image loading]](/images/flags2/de.png)
TLAF-Liquid`TLO sixjax.Artosis vs FXO.Sheth![[image loading]](/images/flags2/pe.png)
FnaticMSI.Fenix vs ![[image loading]](/images/flags2/ca.png)
ROOT.KiWiKaKiST.RainBOw vs ![[image loading]](/images/flags2/se.png)
mouz.MorroWThe wc3 rivalry should be interesting (despite both not being top tier players). Also I believe morrow will do extremely well in this tournament and he goes up against a topish korean player. Artosis' grand return to pro-gaming... not to mention Sheth is the best NA ZvP.
4/13
ST.July vs ![[image loading]](/images/flags2/ua.png)
White-Ra FXOqxc vs ![[image loading]](/images/flags2/fr.png)
CN.MoMaN aTn.DarKFoRcE vs coL.CrunCher FnaticMSI.TT1 vs dignitas.SjoW EG.iNcontroL vs oGsEnsnareJuly vs White-ra is probably the most interesting match of the entire NASL, and only on day 2. Look forward to the unorthadox zerg vs the foreign protoss master.
4/14
dignitas.NaNiwa vs mouz.Strelok![[image loading]](/images/flags2/au.png)
FXOmOOnGLaDe vs ROOT.SLush FnaticMSI.KawaiiRice vs TLAF-Liquid`Haypro sixjax.dde vs oGs.NaDaST.Squirtle vs EG.AxslavWe can see if NaNiWa can continue his reign of terror from MLG by trying to take out one of EU's strongest terrans
4/15
dignitas.SeleCT vs mouz.HasuObs ESC.GoOdy vs ROOT.CatZ Liquid`Ret vs ST_Ace coL.Stalife vs EG.Machine![[image loading]](/images/flags2/ru.png)
BRAT_OK vs oGs.MCTwo unorthadox players, can CatZ use his "standard" play to beat the panzer general? MC is the world's current #1 player, he is a beast. BRAT_OK is seen by many as the #1 EU player, period. Can MC beat this powerhouse terran? Or will the "boss" prevail? Not to mention we will get to see how much the lag affects MC's FF micro.
4/16
EGIdrA vs aTn.Socke![[image loading]](/images/flags2/pl.png)
mouz.MaNa vs TLAF-Liquid`Tyler LG.PainUser vs ![[image loading]](/images/flags2/it.png)
MYM.ClouDoGsZenio vs ![[image loading]](/images/flags2/tw.png)
FnaticMSI.Sen ROOT.Drewbie vs SlayerSBoxeRIdra has a tough time against protoss and it will be interesting to see if he can adapt quickly enough to take out socke like he took out huk in mlg.
Sen vs zenio is definitely the most interesting zvz of the whole season.
4/19
Grubby vs FnaticMSI.Fenix mouz.MorroW vs TLAF-Liquid`TLO NrG.ViBE vs FOX_Moon FXO.Sheth vs ST.RainBOw ROOT.KiWiKaKi vs sixjax.ArtosisAgain selecting a morrow matchup, but this time it's because it's tvz. TLO is a fan favorite, but morrow is definitely the favorite (imo) going into this match.
Also I didn't highlight, but artosis vs kiwikaki should be interesting. Likely artosis will hopefully use some mind games to take a game.
4/20
FXOqxc vs FnaticMSI.TT1 CN.MoMaN vs aTn.DarKFoRcE White-Ra vs dignitas.SjoW coL.CrunCher vs EG.iNcontroLST.July vs oGsEnsnareTwo of EU's strongest players, White-Ra is a legend while SjoW has a beastly 65% win rate against almost every race. Two amazingly tallented Koreans are duking it out on the KR server (I hope) under no lage situations. Ensnare has been tearing up the international scene while July has been destroying players at home.
4/21
TLAF-Liquid`Haypro vs ROOT.SLushoGs.NaDa vs FXOmOOnGLaDe sixjax.dde vs EG.Axslav dignitas.NaNiwa vs FnaticMSI.KawaiiRiceST.Squirtle vs mouz.StrelokNothing interesting
4/22
mouz.HasuObs vs ESC.GoOdy EG.Machine vs BRAT_OKdignitas.SeleCT vs ROOT.CatZ coL.Stalife vs ST_AceoGs.MC vs Liquid`RetRet is one of the worlds best Zergs, he just hasn't had a chance to show how amazingly powerful he is. Vs. MC he has a world class opponent to show case the power of his Zerg play.
4/23
TLAF-Liquid`Tyler vs ROOT.Drewbie aTn.Socke vs LG.PainUser mouz.MaNa vs oGsZenio EGIdrA vs MYM.ClouDSlayerSBoxeR vs FnaticMSI.SenA game where I believe the favorite is definitely the non-korean. Sen's style will most likely punish boxer's playstyle. This should be a great tvz.
4/26
FnaticMSI.Fenix vs NrG.ViBE mouz.MorroW vs ROOT.KiWiKaKi sixjax.Artosis vs FOX_Moon Grubby vs FXO.Sheth TLAF-Liquid`TLO vs ST.RainBOwThe only interesting tvt in the entire tournament. I give TLO a decent chance of winning this game.
4/27
White-Ra vs coL.CrunCher FXOqxc vs EG.iNcontroL aTn.DarKFoRcE vs FnaticMSI.TT1 CN.MoMaN vs oGsEnsnare dignitas.SjoW vs ST.JulyAgain, SjoW is a BEAST, huge win rates... and then we have the god of war, what isn't to like about this game? ZvT is very interesting if they get past the early game and considering how strong July's aggressive play is...
4/28
sixjax.dde vs dignitas.NaNiwaoGs.NaDa vs mouz.StrelokFXOmOOnGLaDe vs EG.Axslav FnaticMSI.KawaiiRice vs ROOT.SLush TLAF-Liquid`Haypro vs ST.SquirtleNothing
4/29
BRAT_OK vs ROOT.CatZ Liquid`Ret vs ESC.GoOdydignitas.SeleCT vs coL.Stalife mouz.HasuObs vs EG.MachineoGs.MC vs ST_AceCan ace topple the master protoss? I believe the answer is yes, check out this high level pvp.
4/30
FnaticMSI.Sen vs LG.PainUser mouz.MaNa vs EGIdrA ROOT.Drewbie vs MYM.ClouDSlayerSBoxeR vs oGsZenio TLAF-Liquid`Tyler vs aTn.SockeThe emporer vs one of the world's strongest Zergs, what's not to like? Also, Another pvp with a big interest. Tyler is set out to prove himself because of his disappointing performance at mlg while socke shows himself to be the master of foreign pvp.
5/3
mouz.MorroW vs FOX_Moon FXO.Sheth vs TLAF-Liquid`TLO Grubby vs NrG.ViBEST.RainBOw vs ROOT.KiWiKaKi FnaticMSI.Fenix vs sixjax.ArtosisKiWiKaKi is an AMAZINGLY strong protoss, and he is going to be facing RainBOw a powerful KR. Will KiWi's interesting stlye pay off vs RainBOw? Or will the korean crush the Canadian's dreams?
5/4
FnaticMSI.TT1 vs CN.MoMaN aTn.DarKFoRcE vs EG.iNcontroLST.July vs coL.CrunCher FXOqxc vs White-RaoGsEnsnare vs dignitas.SjoWNothing
5/5
EG.Axslav vs mouz.Strelok sixjax.dde vs FXOmOOnGLaDeST.Squirtle vs FnaticMSI.KawaiiRice ROOT.SLush vs dignitas.NaNiwa TLAF-Liquid`Haypro vs oGs.NaDaI don't think haypro has the best chances to win very many games, but this is definitely a series where I think haypro can win it all as long as he decides not to make mutas.
5/6
Liquid`Ret vs coL.Stalifedignitas.SeleCT vs ESC.GoOdy mouz.HasuObs vs ROOT.CatZ BRAT_OK vs ST_Ace EG.Machine vs oGs.MCBRAT_OK Didn't get to face Ace is IEM, but now is his chance. One of the strongest EU T vs a player with a 100% PvT win rate outside KR.
5/7
FnaticMSI.Sen vs mouz.MaNa ROOT.Drewbie vs oGsZenio EGIdrA vs LG.PainUser aTn.Socke vs MYM.ClouDSlayerSBoxeR vs TLAF-Liquid`Tylernothing
5/10
mouz.MorroW vs FnaticMSI.Fenix ROOT.KiWiKaKi vs FXO.Sheth sixjax.Artosis vs NrG.ViBE TLAF-Liquid`TLO vs GrubbyFOX_Moon vs ST.RainBOwSheth is the #1 NA ZvP player, period. He is facing off against his old teammate KiWiKaKi, this will be an amazing match up pitting two former teammates up against each other.
5/11
dignitas.SjoW vs CN.MoMaN EG.iNcontroL vs FnaticMSI.TT1 coL.CrunCher vs oGsEnsnare aTn.DarKFoRcE vs White-Ra FXOqxc vs ST.JulyBoth of these players are SUPER SUPER SUPER aggressive. Which will produce some VERY face passed and destructive matches. If you want to watch drops + reapers vs. drops + Zergling counter attacks this is your sceries.
5/12
EG.Axslav vs TLAF-Liquid`Haypro mouz.Strelok vs FXOmOOnGLaDe FnaticMSI.KawaiiRice vs oGs.NaDa ROOT.SLush vs sixjax.ddeST.Squirtle vs dignitas.NaNiwaNaniwa, the champion of mlg taking on a top tier korean protoss, definitely the most interesting match to watch in may.
5/13
mouz.HasuObs vs BRAT_OK ESC.GoOdy vs EG.MachineoGs.MC vs coL.StalifeST_Ace vs ROOT.CatZdignitas.SeleCT vs Liquid`Retnothing
5/14
aTn.Socke vs ROOT.Drewbie LG.PainUser vs TLAF-Liquid`TyleroGsZenio vs MYM.ClouDSlayerSBoxeR vs mouz.MaNaFnaticMSI.Sen vs EGIdrAI only marked this interesting because I believe IdrA will dominate this match and we will finally get to see idrA at his fullest potential.
5/17
TLAF-Liquid`TLO vs ROOT.KiWiKaKi Grubby vs sixjax.Artosis NrG.ViBE vs mouz.MorroWFOX_Moon vs FXO.Sheth FnaticMSI.Fenix vs ST.RainBOwnothing
5/18
FXOqxc vs oGsEnsnare CN.MoMaN vs EG.iNcontroL dignitas.SjoW vs coL.CrunCherST.July vs aTn.DarKFoRcE FnaticMSI.TT1 vs White-RaPVP foreigners dream match. most likely a 4 gate every game, but we will get to see who truly has the better micro, my guess is white-ra. Pvt is the least interesting MU imo, but hopefully sjow and cruncher show us a really close game
5/19
mouz.Strelok vs sixjax.ddeST.Squirtle vs ROOT.SLushFXOmOOnGLaDe vs TLAF-Liquid`Haypro FnaticMSI.KawaiiRice vs EG.Axslav dignitas.NaNiwa vs oGs.NaDaNaNiwa show cased his power at MLG, he is a BEAST. NaDa is a living legends, these games will be AMAZING.
5/20
ST_Ace vs dignitas.SeleCT ROOT.CatZ vs coL.Stalife Liquid`Ret vs EG.Machine ESC.GoOdy vs BRAT_OKoGs.MC vs mouz.HasuObsThe zvz foreigner special. Ret and machine are both trying to prove themselves very hard, and I think this matchup will have a lot of suprises.
5/21
FnaticMSI.Sen vs TLAF-Liquid`Tyler LG.PainUser vs ROOT.DrewbieSlayerSBoxeR vs aTn.Socke MYM.ClouD vs mouz.MaNa EGIdrA vs oGsZenioOnly interesting because of zenio wanting to play idra. Too bad idra will dominate. Last time they met I believe IdrA wasn't playing nearly as seriously as his opponent. Time for IdrA to show his real strength.
5/24
FOX_Moon vs TLAF-Liquid`TLO sixjax.Artosis vs mouz.MorroWST.RainBOw vs NrG.ViBE ROOT.KiWiKaKi vs Grubby FnaticMSI.Fenix vs FXO.Shethnothing
5/25
FXOqxc vs dignitas.SjoW aTn.DarKFoRcE vs oGsEnsnare White-Ra vs EG.iNcontroL coL.CrunCher vs CN.MoMaN FnaticMSI.TT1 vs ST.JulyThis is my favorite match in the end of may, can TT1 adapt to July's crazy style in time to stop him?
5/26
oGs.NaDa vs ROOT.SLush dignitas.NaNiwa vs EG.AxslavST.Squirtle vs sixjax.dde FnaticMSI.KawaiiRice vs FXOmOOnGLaDe TLAF-Liquid`Haypro vs mouz.Streloknothing
5/27
ROOT.CatZ vs oGs.MCdignitas.SeleCT vs EG.MachineST_Ace vs mouz.HasuObs ESC.GoOdy vs coL.Stalife BRAT_OK vs Liquid`RetMC plays a very aggressive but less safe style. CatZ plays a very unorthadox style, will CatZ be able to find a chink in MC's armor in order to take some games from the worlds best player? OR will CatZ simply fall to MC's powerfull 4 gate?
5/28
ROOT.Drewbie vs FnaticMSI.Sen EGIdrA vs TLAF-Liquid`TyleroGsZenio vs aTn.Socke LG.PainUser vs mouz.MaNa MYM.ClouD vs SlayerSBoxeRThe rivalry of the ages, I think these will be loooong drawn out games with IdrA barely winning in the end by stopping a 6 gate blink stalker all in.
5/31
TLAF-Liquid`TLO vs FnaticMSI.Fenix FXO.Sheth vs NrG.ViBE Grubby vs mouz.MorroW sixjax.Artosis vs ST.RainBOw ROOT.KiWiKaKi vs FOX_Moonnothing
6/1
FnaticMSI.TT1 vs oGsEnsnare CN.MoMaN vs White-Ra aTn.DarKFoRcE vs dignitas.SjoW FXOqxc vs coL.CrunCher EG.iNcontroL vs ST.Julynothing
6/2
EG.Axslav vs ROOT.SLushFXOmOOnGLaDe vs dignitas.NaNiwa TLAF-Liquid`Haypro vs sixjax.dde FnaticMSI.KawaiiRice vs mouz.StrelokST.Squirtle vs oGs.NaDaThe only intersting pvt of the entire tournament is between two korean powerhouses. I'm putting my money on nada, but I wouldn't count squirtle out.
6/3
BRAT_OK vs dignitas.SeleCT ROOT.CatZ vs Liquid`Ret mouz.HasuObs vs coL.Stalife ESC.GoOdy vs oGs.MC EG.Machine vs ST_AceGoOdy makes tanks, while MC has struggled in the past to unorthadox terran. Should be interesting at least.
6/4
EGIdrA vs ROOT.Drewbie aTn.Socke vs mouz.MaNaFnaticMSI.Sen vs MYM.ClouD TLAF-Liquid`Tyler vs oGsZenio LG.PainUser vs SlayerSBoxeRnothing
6/7
FOX_Moon vs FnaticMSI.Fenix TLAF-Liquid`TLO vs sixjax.Artosis NrG.ViBE vs ROOT.KiWiKaKi FXO.Sheth vs mouz.MorroWST.RainBOw vs Grubbynothing
6/8
dignitas.SjoW vs EG.iNcontroL FXOqxc v aTn.DarKFoRcE FnaticMSI.TT1 vs coL.CrunCher White-Ra vs oGsEnsnare CN.MoMaN vs ST.Julynothing
6/9
oGs.NaDa vs EG.Axslav ROOT.SLush vs mouz.Strelok dignitas.NaNiwa vs TLAF-Liquid`Haypro FnaticMSI.KawaiiRice vs sixjax.ddeST.Squirtle vs FXOmOOnGLaDenothing
6/10
oGs.MC vs dignitas.SeleCT coL.Stalife vs BRAT_OK ROOT.CatZ vs EG.Machine mouz.HasuObs vs Liquid`RetST_Ace vs ESC.GoOdynothing
6/11
mouz.MaNa vs ROOT.Drewbie MYM.ClouD vs TLAF-Liquid`TyleroGsZenio vs LG.PainUser aTn.Socke vs FnaticMSI.SenSlayerSBoxeR vs EGIdrAThe only day where I marked 3 intersting matches and also the last day. Idra vs Boxer for obvious reasons, sen vs socke because I believe sen will show a new style of zvp somehow and zenio vs painuser with painuser coming through with the biggest upset of the tournament and winning 2-1.
