In the map pool there are 4 maps, and in a best of 5 there are five games.
Therefore one map will be played twice (usually games 1 and 5).

Thumbing down a map removes it from being the map that is played twice.
Thus the repeated map will be chosen from the remaining maps in the pool,
then the other 3 maps will make up the games in the middle.

GTR

51319 Posts

February 02 2008 15:04 GMT

#91

This might be the fastest MSL ever to be played out.

jkillashark

United States5262 Posts

February 02 2008 17:06 GMT

#92

Top Bracket
I was really expecting Sea to beat (T)

Light but I guess since they're teammates it really became a coin flip. I seriously thought Sea would have had a better TvT but I guess since Light is the Super Terran with this multi-tasking skills, TvT is totally his game.

(P)

Kal is really impressing me with his play. I wouldn't be surprised if he goes farther than most people would expect him to. I still voted for Light because I like Light's TvP and he has slightly more experience, but wow. Then again Kwanro's ZvP isn't all too amazing... Sucks, I was starting to have high hopes for Kwanro since he rocks against T and Z, but I guess compared to his other matchups, his ZvP is abysmally terrible. =[

(P)

JangBi is another Protoss that comes from the PS3 era. I know very little about this guy except that he's from Samsung Khan and had a short stint on the Power Rankings. I think for him to succeed in the quarterfinals, he has to be flexible in his gameplay because he's playing the unorthodox and creative UpMagic.

(T)

UpMagiC really is a hit or miss. His unorthodox plays either pay off really well or fall flat in his face. I think with B or even A rank players he can really catch off guard, but S-rank players (such as Jaedong in Ever 2007 OSL) are not phased by those plays. Up has the ability to win with a straight-up style which he isn't afraid to show sometimes. His Boxeresque creativity can oft be his fortune or his bane.

Lower Bracket
(Z)

Jaedong is riding on freaking Cloud 9 right now. He is sky high and on fire, I don't see him slowing down yet. Jaedong is that freaking creature that is going to stop a N64 final (NaDa). Everybody else is like a PS3, XBox360 or a Wii.

(T)

Flash is a love or hate story with me. I love watching this kid play. I hate watching this kid play past the 20/25 minute mark. However he walked over HwaSIn in his ro16 match but I see him having little chance against the monster that is Jaedong.

(T)

NINTENDO 64 BIOTCH! When I see NaDa, it brings back the good old memories of Goldeneye 007, and Zelda: Ocarina of Time. His first game against Anytime was flat out disgusting. Send one SCV to repair a supply depot that's in red being attacked by two zealots? Yikes. It's not like he had much to micro either. But he toughed it out in the last two games and is facing WeMade's new star, Mind.

(T)

Mind doesn't wow me with micro. He doesn't wow me with his macro. What he does wow me is with his unbelievable game sense. He seems to have the right units for the right battles and times the battles for his favor. I believe that if NaDa had the game sense of Mind, he would no doubt be the best player SC has ever seen. Mind excels in what NaDa sometimes shows a lack of. This will be an interesting quarterfinal match. The brain against the machine fingers.

datscilly

United States528 Posts

February 04 2008 12:20 GMT

#93

Looking at the team distribution of the top 8, it's quite different from the last msl. In GomTV S3 half of the top eight were from CJ, and half of the top 4. This year there are no CJ players and all of the top eight are from different teams except for WeMade, with Nada and Mind. It's a bit unlucky that they face each other in the quarterfinals.

semioldguy

United States7488 Posts

February 04 2008 12:26 GMT

#94

Hm... no Terrans lost in the Round of 8 except to other Terrans

pachi

Melbourne5338 Posts

February 04 2008 12:37 GMT

#95

Or you could look at it as: No Zergs won except to other zergs

Resonate

United Kingdom8402 Posts

February 04 2008 13:07 GMT

#96

so few zergs is really unusual at this stage

GrandInquisitor

New York City13113 Posts

February 04 2008 15:58 GMT

#97

On February 02 2008 06:41 pachi wrote:
I was learning what GrandInquisitor said about Regular Expressions.
Quite useful now that I worked it out.

=D hehe

gwho

United States632 Posts

February 06 2008 00:47 GMT

#98

KAL! a newcomer, with a strong record to start. i finally see his games and he's amazing! I was first amazed and kwanro, but then wondered how he went down so hard after beaing savior and i think... bah someone else so hard in the previous rounds. KAL! im rooting for him to win the finals.

gwho

United States632 Posts

February 06 2008 00:50 GMT

#99

how do you add a player link (tzp symbol) in front of players' names?

semioldguy

United States7488 Posts

February 06 2008 00:58 GMT

#100

On February 06 2008 09:50 gwho wrote:
how do you add a player link (tzp symbol) in front of players' names?

Type in the player's name. Example: Savior

Then click on the button above the reply box that looks like a red hydralisk