On August 05 2014 13:15 carlfish wrote: Lineups posted on Facebook:
SK Telecom Starcraft II Proleague Grand Final Lineup SKT vs KT / Proleague Format (08/09, 6:30 p.m KST ~) Game 1 : [Z] SoulKey vs [P] Stats - Out Boxer Game 2 : [P] Parting vs [T] FlaSh - Merry Go Round Game 3 : [P] Rain vs [P] Zest - King Sejong Station Game 4 : [Z] Dark vs [Z] Action - Overgrowth Game 5 : [Z] soO vs [Z] Sleep - Habitation Station Game 6 : [P] Classic vs [T] TY - Frost ACE : Out Boxer
Of course, this doesn't mean 100% or anything like that but does mean that there is a higher possibility of having retiring.
he hasn't been in their lineup all season.
looks very likely to be retiring and playing BW then. fuk yeah.
hmm is it true that those 6 new players would be exactly 2T 2Z 2P? haven't any guesses on to the Z players yet...
On August 06 2014 03:18 BigFan wrote: oh wow, didn't realize it was 6 of them. I thought it was 3 of them that were being kept a secret. Guessing last and possibly Fantasy. Hydra as well but not sure who else.
On August 06 2014 00:47 [sc1f]eonzerg wrote:
On August 06 2014 00:24 derElbe wrote: bisu please?
Love already promises us six new ex-progamers who never streamed on Afreeca :D
But seriously why Bisu not playing any tournament (
I think Bisu realizes that he's making bank from balloons and streaming on top of being with SKT for a while thus he's giving an opportunity for other pros to make a bit as well. My theory at least.
I doubt it's Hydra considering he's was still in the regular lineup of CJ Entus (who got to the semi finals of the playoffs of Proleague) and is going to play in Red Bull Battlegrounds Global this weekend for a chance to qualify at Red Bull's major tournament in Washington.
there have been weirder retirements from SC2. Jangbi was in Code S and at peak form when he abruptly retired, and Jaehoon was Team 8's ace and probably better at SC2 than he ever was at BW.
JangBi's story is different, from memory Samsung GALAXY KHAN and JangBi basicly had a falling out over prize money and stuff, Samsung then didn't let JangBi out of his contract nor allowed JangBi to basicly play in any tournaments so JangBi basicly got forced to retire, JangBi himself said he still enjoys and wanted to play SC2 but due to Samsung's contract he's basicly unable to do so.
Well, fantasy changed his handle on twitter. No more SKT, it's now sc2fantasy so likely he's not going to be with SKT T1 anymore. Wonder if this means that he plans to change teams since sc2 is still there or if this is still retirement indication.
On August 05 2014 13:15 carlfish wrote: Lineups posted on Facebook:
SK Telecom Starcraft II Proleague Grand Final Lineup SKT vs KT / Proleague Format (08/09, 6:30 p.m KST ~) Game 1 : [Z] SoulKey vs [P] Stats - Out Boxer Game 2 : [P] Parting vs [T] FlaSh - Merry Go Round Game 3 : [P] Rain vs [P] Zest - King Sejong Station Game 4 : [Z] Dark vs [Z] Action - Overgrowth Game 5 : [Z] soO vs [Z] Sleep - Habitation Station Game 6 : [P] Classic vs [T] TY - Frost ACE : Out Boxer
Of course, this doesn't mean 100% or anything like that but does mean that there is a higher possibility of having retiring.
I don't know what they're thinking, FanTaSy is the ultimate Proleague finals bonjwa. Even when people criticized his shape at the time of the games, he pulled wins out of nowhere.
Also as you may have noticed, Love did a series of test matches on maps to see if they're viable for today's standards, confirmed maps as of now: Bifrost 3 ver.2014, Neo Guillotine and Katrina.
On August 06 2014 13:55 Xiphos wrote: Imagine this
SKT's Bisu, Best, Fantasy vs CJ's SkyHigh, Hydra, Movie vs Woonjin's Free, 0, and Piano vs Hwaseung's Killer, Hiya, Anytime
nerdgasm,,,
Sweet good news Stratos!
Guys, imagine if some players that played in SOSPA matches and other players in speculation to come back:
SKT: Bisu, Best, Fantasy, s2, Dove, Larva, Ssak
CJ: SkyHigh, Hydra, Movie, Mong, Kwanro, Iris
Stars: Free, ZerO, Piano, Guemchi
Oz: Killer, Hiya, Anytime, Sky, Perfectman
MBC: Light, Sea, Pusan, Jaehoon, Tyson
STX: Hero, Shuttle, Modesty, Calm, Mini
Khan: Brave, JangBi, minus)Eagle, Great, TurN
All teams looks fairly balanced and legit for seasons of ProLeague. If Kespa Team were ever to pick up Brood War for PL again, this lineup is real good for Best of 5s.
EDIT: Ironically, SKT is still the most stacked team.
On August 05 2014 13:15 carlfish wrote: Lineups posted on Facebook:
SK Telecom Starcraft II Proleague Grand Final Lineup SKT vs KT / Proleague Format (08/09, 6:30 p.m KST ~) Game 1 : [Z] SoulKey vs [P] Stats - Out Boxer Game 2 : [P] Parting vs [T] FlaSh - Merry Go Round Game 3 : [P] Rain vs [P] Zest - King Sejong Station Game 4 : [Z] Dark vs [Z] Action - Overgrowth Game 5 : [Z] soO vs [Z] Sleep - Habitation Station Game 6 : [P] Classic vs [T] TY - Frost ACE : Out Boxer
Of course, this doesn't mean 100% or anything like that but does mean that there is a higher possibility of having retiring.
I don't know what they're thinking, FanTaSy is the ultimate Proleague finals bonjwa. Even when people criticized his shape at the time of the games, he pulled wins out of nowhere.
Problem is that you're considering that from the BW perspective. His SCII performance doesn't really stack from what I hear though his vZ is supposedly his best mu. As it stands, I believe the terran race is considered weakest in SCII right anymore and they are getting buffs so that can only help him. SKT is also now loaded with crazy good players. Soulkey, Rain, Parting, soO have all achieved more than Fantasy has (and I believe there are more I've forgotten lol). Also, Classic won a GSL like SK and soO made it to and lost 3 GSL finals in a row LOL so better than Fantasy. Rain is quite the solid defensive player and Parting has been rock solid as well and is Flash's achilles heel from what I've read. I dunno how much has changed in the past several months though since I don't watch SCII anymore. To top that off, Fantasy hasn't even made Code S (I think he's in Code B now >.>) so ya, I doubt he'll make the lineup anytime soon if he stays in SKT. Rumours are he'll switch to the prime team since he'll have a better chance of playing PL (and it would explain the sc2 still in his name) but who knows.
On August 05 2014 13:15 carlfish wrote: Lineups posted on Facebook:
SK Telecom Starcraft II Proleague Grand Final Lineup SKT vs KT / Proleague Format (08/09, 6:30 p.m KST ~) Game 1 : [Z] SoulKey vs [P] Stats - Out Boxer Game 2 : [P] Parting vs [T] FlaSh - Merry Go Round Game 3 : [P] Rain vs [P] Zest - King Sejong Station Game 4 : [Z] Dark vs [Z] Action - Overgrowth Game 5 : [Z] soO vs [Z] Sleep - Habitation Station Game 6 : [P] Classic vs [T] TY - Frost ACE : Out Boxer
Of course, this doesn't mean 100% or anything like that but does mean that there is a higher possibility of having retiring.
I don't know what they're thinking, FanTaSy is the ultimate Proleague finals bonjwa. Even when people criticized his shape at the time of the games, he pulled wins out of nowhere.
Problem is that you're considering that from the BW perspective. His SCII performance doesn't really stack from what I hear though his vZ is supposedly his best mu. As it stands, I believe the terran race is considered weakest in SCII right anymore and they are getting buffs so that can only help him. SKT is also now loaded with crazy good players. Soulkey, Rain, Parting, soO have all achieved more than Fantasy has (and I believe there are more I've forgotten lol). Also, Classic won a GSL like SK and soO made it to and lost 3 GSL finals in a row LOL so better than Fantasy. Rain is quite the solid defensive player and Parting has been rock solid as well and is Flash's achilles heel from what I've read. I dunno how much has changed in the past several months though since I don't watch SCII anymore. To top that off, Fantasy hasn't even made Code S (I think he's in Code B now >.>) so ya, I doubt he'll make the lineup anytime soon if he stays in SKT. Rumours are he'll switch to the prime team since he'll have a better chance of playing PL (and it would explain the sc2 still in his name) but who knows.
If Dark didn't made it to Code S (imo hes another average zerg) fantasy could have replaced him in the lineup (and hes going against action which fantasy could have a good chance against)