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STX will go to the playoff !

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trollbone
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
France1905 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-06-25 14:23:00
June 23 2008 18:10 GMT
#1
STX will go to the playoff


Warning : spoiler about recent proleagues matches

Prologue

I am excited. This season unlike the 2 precdents, no teams are far superior than the others leading to good games, more hype.
There is only 2 teams that wont go below the 4th spot and they are Samsung and lecaf currently 1st and 2nd of the rankings. They are leading with 1 or 2 more victories than the orther. They are not at all dominant.
The amazing thing when all 4 teams of the playoff are so close in skills is that its leading to over-fanboyism. Yes, fan can happily cheer for a team and believe that she can win the whole thing.

Remember last 2 seasons ? The R1 was a total domination by Samsung (4-0 in final), the R2 was a pure rape by Lecaf (4-1 in final).
Who seriously believed that the others teams had a chance ? At least not me...

Back to the topic, the 3rd and 4th team that will go to the playoff are not written in rock, there is still 4-5 match to play for each teams. So basicly, the 3rd and 4th spot are free and an epic battle beetween the 3 teams below will occur !

[image loading]

So closeeeee......



The 3 teams

SKT

The great SKT lead by Midas and Best. They have also Bisu, Fantasy, Canata to complete them.

Here is the list of their matchs played :

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As u can see they have 5 match yet to play. 2 of this match are versus diffcult opponent Lecaf and KHAN, i expect SKT to drop one of this match, the 3 others are not against the best teams but they have the possibility to make an upset . I predict that at the end of the season SKT will have a record of 15-7.


STX

The great combinaison of Hwasin/Kal/Calm are doing well. But its the 2vs2 team July/SoO that impress me the most.... Also the new rising talent Yoonjoong is developping at an exponential rate !

Their list :

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The only teams that can take them down (without upset) are lecaf who is currently 2nd of the rankings. STX has won previously against them and can do it again.
STX will win against Ace and estro easy but the match against MBC will be depending on the lineup. I expect them not to drop a single game ! And at the season their record will be 15-7


KTF

Great team, great lineup. Flash, lucifer, 815 and the oldschool lineup of Ra, Reach, Yellow can do a lot of damage.

Here is the list :

[image loading]


U can see that they have also 2 hard match, against Khan and Lecaf. I expect them to loose one of them.At the end of the season they will have a record of 14-8


The others teams

OGN can be a contender for the 4th spot but i dont see that hapenning
Wemade and MBC were also potential candidate but with the loss of Wemade by CJ and the win of estro over MBC, they stand at 9-9, they wont reach the 4th spot clearly.


Epilogue : I Believe

I Believe the top 4 will be Samsung, Lecaf, SKT, STX. KTF deserves a spot too but it will be for the next season.
What an amazing season ! 4 greats teams and no clear winner. The gap beetween them is so tight !
Also there is so many stories :
The possible lecaf vs Khan rematch of last season grand final
The resurection of SKT, who would have thought ? Can they go to the Top ?
The newcommer STX, who maybe will defeat them all !
(if KTF suceed to take the 4th spot there is at least a dozen of others stories ^^)

I believe this will be the best season i have never experienced before.

STX Fans UNITED



Update 24/06


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The gap beetween the top 5 teams is reducing !
Like i have predicted STX won against Lecaf, they have now 2 match easy (Ace, Estro) and 1 match against MBC who could produce an upset (but non likely)


Update 25/06



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KTF lost against Estro O_O and MBC won againsst Ace
STX has so secure the 4th spot (i cant see them dropping) and so if its a 4 team playoff they are in !

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Sorry for my bad english, i have more insight toughts but i cant put the right word on them.

*****
Wizard
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Poland5055 Posts
June 23 2008 18:16 GMT
#2


no CJ
sAviOr[gm] ~ want to watch good replays? read my blog: http://www.teamliquid.net/blog/wizard
Plexa
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
Aotearoa39261 Posts
June 23 2008 18:18 GMT
#3
Uh

It's top 6
Administrator~ Spirit will set you free ~
Plexa
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
Aotearoa39261 Posts
June 23 2008 18:19 GMT
#4
which basically means its ogn/mbc/wemade fighting out for spot 6
Administrator~ Spirit will set you free ~
Plexa
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
Aotearoa39261 Posts
June 23 2008 18:21 GMT
#5
http://teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=67629
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zer0das
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States8519 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-06-23 18:24:28
June 23 2008 18:22 GMT
#6
Yeah, knew it was top 6... but all the proleague reports make it seem like it's top 4, since so much emphasis is placed on them. I thought about bringing it up but I figured it was just assumed the reader knew it was top 6...

STX doesn't really need to worry too much at this point. MBC on the other hand...

Edit: Typos and whatnot. :d
o3.power91
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
Bahrain5288 Posts
June 23 2008 18:27 GMT
#7
About the chart, with those stats, how is KTF 3rd and SKT 4th?

KTF 11-7
SKT 11-6
Plexa
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
Aotearoa39261 Posts
June 23 2008 18:30 GMT
#8
Daigomi is adamant that it's only top 4.. so hum.. =/
Administrator~ Spirit will set you free ~
Last Romantic
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
United States20661 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-06-23 18:39:45
June 23 2008 18:35 GMT
#9
The initial reports were top 6

If my KTF doesn't make playoffs, heads will roll.
ㅋㄲㅈㅁ
trollbone
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
France1905 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-06-23 18:41:22
June 23 2008 18:39 GMT
#10
i think there is one season of transition, this is not top6

look at the chapter "Format"
zer0das
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States8519 Posts
June 23 2008 18:41 GMT
#11
WUT.

Crap.
Plexa
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
Aotearoa39261 Posts
June 23 2008 18:44 GMT
#12
On June 24 2008 03:39 trollbone wrote:
i think there is one season of transition, this is not top6

look at the chapter "Format"
Like i said, daigomi (as far as he knows) thinks its top 4.. im trying to get a source on it as we speak
Administrator~ Spirit will set you free ~
trollbone
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
France1905 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-06-23 18:47:40
June 23 2008 18:47 GMT
#13
it would be so good if there is a top 6 playoff this season. The teams are so good. They deserve it
Plexa
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
Aotearoa39261 Posts
June 23 2008 18:48 GMT
#14
no koreans online atm (and no surprises there)

so ill sleep and get info tomorrow ~
Administrator~ Spirit will set you free ~
SuperJongMan
Profile Blog Joined March 2003
Jamaica11586 Posts
June 23 2008 18:50 GMT
#15
Wouldn't it be awesome to have
SKT1, KTF, Lecaf, and Samsung final 4?
These are the two biggest rivalries in PL.
SKT1,KTF and Lecaf/Samsung.
No matter the outcome, it would be so heated and awesome.

DIE SOUL DIE.
POWER OVERWHELMING ! ! ! KRUU~ KRUU~
New104
Profile Joined September 2007
United States127 Posts
June 23 2008 20:07 GMT
#16
STX FIGHTING!!!
I believe
pachi
Profile Joined October 2006
Melbourne5338 Posts
June 23 2008 20:10 GMT
#17
I'm pretty sure when I first clarified with snowbird that its top 4 last previous rounds.
Top 6 style play off was for combined rounds proleague next season.
Moderatorpachi fanclub http://goto.tl/6DI9 。◕‿◕。
QuietIdiot
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
7004 Posts
June 23 2008 20:26 GMT
#18
On June 24 2008 03:50 SuperJongMan wrote:
Wouldn't it be awesome to have
SKT1, KTF, Lecaf, and Samsung final 4?
These are the two biggest rivalries in PL.
SKT1,KTF and Lecaf/Samsung.
No matter the outcome, it would be so heated and awesome.

DIE SOUL DIE.

Word..that would be sickest shit ever.
EvoChamber
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
France2505 Posts
June 23 2008 20:49 GMT
#19
On June 24 2008 03:50 SuperJongMan wrote:
Wouldn't it be awesome to have
SKT1, KTF, Lecaf, and Samsung final 4?
These are the two biggest rivalries in PL.
SKT1,KTF and Lecaf/Samsung.
No matter the outcome, it would be so heated and awesome.

DIE SOUL DIE.


Yes.
That's not awful writing, DAMMIT. It's perfectly sensical english construction.
anch
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
United States5457 Posts
June 23 2008 21:01 GMT
#20
top 4 are set for Lecaf, Samsung, SKT and KTF
now its juts battle for 5,6th spot with mid tiers.
sadly, CJ is on low tier.
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