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[SSL] Round of 16 Preview - Where It All Began - Page 2

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Jetaap
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France4814 Posts
October 12 2012 08:25 GMT
#21
Amazing writeup, I had no idea there was still such a big amateur league in korea even before the end of "official" broodwar. Nice to see that the game continues to live.
remag
Profile Joined August 2009
Germany354 Posts
October 12 2012 09:12 GMT
#22
awesome!Thanks for all that.
Thats what i needed. Some of the games have just been incredible.
dRaW
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
Canada5744 Posts
October 12 2012 09:21 GMT
#23
great write-up, pusan was training earlier... this gonna be awesome!
I don't need luck, luck is for noobs, good luck to you though
AzureHath
Profile Joined October 2011
Bulgaria154 Posts
October 12 2012 10:10 GMT
#24
BROOD WAR LIVES !
BW: iloveoov/JulyZerg/BoxeR/Midas/NaDa/Bisu[Shield] | SC2: IdrA/HuK/Grubby/WhiteRa/DIMAGA/JulyZerg/DongRaeGu
2Pacalypse-
Profile Joined October 2006
Croatia9571 Posts
October 12 2012 10:37 GMT
#25
SSL warms my heart <3

Great work guys!
Moderator"We're a community of geniuses because we've found how to extract 95% of the feeling of doing something amazing without actually doing anything." - Chill
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TehRei
Profile Joined April 2012
Sweden261 Posts
October 12 2012 10:52 GMT
#26
great writeup! There were several gems in there that I would otherwise have missed.
It'll be interesting to see how spot-on the predictions are, I haven't followed the Afreeca scene too closely so while most of the names ring a bell I have no idea about how they stack up vs each other in their current form. Most of the predictions seemed reasonable, but as you mentioned in the writeup, I suspect Groups B and D might play out differently than predicted...

My thoughts (not predictions) on the groups:

Group A - I've seen IcaruS and Larva provide for many exciting games before, there's also Pusan who's basically my childhood hero, meaning I'm going to watch most (if not all) of the games in this group.
PS: I don't think I've ever heard of Soma. Should I feel embarrassed by that?

Group B - Prior to reading the predictions I had no idea about Mong's shaky performance lately, but since his play has impressed me so many times before I'm gonna give him another chance, if he plays really poorly for some reason I might skip his games... Or at least I would if he were in any other group, but as it stands Perfectman, Shinee and Saber have all showed talent and/or hilarious games before, so I suspect this will a group worth watching every single game in anyway
As previously stated I have no idea who's gonna advance in this group, which makes it all the more interesting.

Group C - KangTaeWan was previously unknown to me, but then I saw one of his TvZ's during RO32 and had to see the rest, they were all extremely entertaining (and most were very educational as well). With Hiya and Killer also being in this group I don't think I need to give any additional justification for why I will (and why you should also) watch every single game in this group. Yeah, Hiya and Killer are almost certainly gonna be the ones to advance, but that doesn't make this group any less exciting.

Group D - Sky and Cola are both cool, the 2 terran bros in this group I'm not familiar with. This is the group I'm personally the least keen to watch, but Cola might pull something off, and Sky almost certainly will. I might check out some of Ample's games as well since kjwcj gave him some cred in the predictions... but yeah I feel somewhat ambivalent about this group...


Thanks again for the writeup! I <3 u long tiem
Holgerius
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Sweden16951 Posts
October 12 2012 11:10 GMT
#27
Awesome write-up! BW feels very much alive again. :D
I believe in the almighty Grötslev! -- I am never serious and you should never believe a thing I say. Including the previous sentence.
TehRei
Profile Joined April 2012
Sweden261 Posts
October 12 2012 11:27 GMT
#28
OMG

Game 3 Icarus vs PusaN

Just OMG... beautiful game that was
Jonoman92
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
United States9111 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-10-12 11:40:55
October 12 2012 11:40 GMT
#29
Amazzzing, thanks guys, looking forward to the ro16.
red4ce
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States7313 Posts
October 12 2012 12:16 GMT
#30
Wish Killer hadn't quit progaming. He has so much potential. Awesome writeup and thanks for keeping the tradition alive guys. I'll be sure to tune in whenever the ex progamers play.
nbaker
Profile Joined July 2009
United States1342 Posts
October 12 2012 12:24 GMT
#31
This is an awesome preview. Thanks so much--makes it much easier to get into the games.
ArvickHero
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
10387 Posts
October 12 2012 12:32 GMT
#32
On October 12 2012 21:16 red4ce wrote:
Wish Killer hadn't quit progaming. He has so much potential. Awesome writeup and thanks for keeping the tradition alive guys. I'll be sure to tune in whenever the ex progamers play.

could say the same for many of the ex-OZ players. They didn't necessarily quit because they didn't have the chops, but rather they just couldn't get into another team after the disbandment .. a real shame. But all of these guys in the Ro16, are pretty amazing lol
Writerptrk
SilSol
Profile Joined April 2012
Sweden2744 Posts
October 12 2012 13:49 GMT
#33
wow nice job!
http://fragbite.se/user/117868/silsol since 2006 http://www.reddit.com/u/silsol77
SamirDuran
Profile Joined May 2012
Philippines895 Posts
October 12 2012 13:54 GMT
#34
lets wait for the kespa guys who are not interested in sc2 an bw will live on
Don't practice until you can get it right, practice until you can't get it wrong.
saroir
Profile Joined December 2011
Germany244 Posts
October 12 2012 15:16 GMT
#35
gogo broodwar, show us your epicness
JohnChoi
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
1773 Posts
October 12 2012 18:42 GMT
#36
wow a most awesome article haha cant wait for group b i wanna see saber :D
CobaltBlu
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States919 Posts
October 12 2012 18:46 GMT
#37
Thanks for the great article about SSL guys.

Group A looks a little weaker than the other groups.
red4ce
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States7313 Posts
October 12 2012 19:03 GMT
#38
On October 12 2012 21:32 ArvickHero wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 12 2012 21:16 red4ce wrote:
Wish Killer hadn't quit progaming. He has so much potential. Awesome writeup and thanks for keeping the tradition alive guys. I'll be sure to tune in whenever the ex progamers play.

could say the same for many of the ex-OZ players. They didn't necessarily quit because they didn't have the chops, but rather they just couldn't get into another team after the disbandment .. a real shame. But all of these guys in the Ro16, are pretty amazing lol


Yes the reason I singled out Killer is because he is only 20 years old and his career trajectory was still on the upswing up until Oz's disbandment.
Stratos
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Czech Republic6104 Posts
October 12 2012 19:51 GMT
#39
Stunning!!! This and the BJgirls made my day Amazing job everyone and I'm super hyped for tomorrow, thanks!
En Taro Violet
soujiro_
Profile Joined June 2010
Uruguay5195 Posts
October 12 2012 20:28 GMT
#40
thanks for the ssl coverage ^____^
ace hwaiting!!
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