EPTsome of my thoughts
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For me Bisu showed up a bit more well put together than in previous seasons. It might be too early to call but he seemed to deal with Speed quite well, albeit Speed put himself into a difficult situation with his choice of BO. Word is he increased the size of his BW client window, and that he might have switched to a wireless mouse on Flash's advice. Could this have been holding him back for all these past seasons? I am really curiois to find out in the Ro16 where he will be tested for real. High expectations from him which I usually don't have.
similarly SoMa looked in great shape. His multitasking, macro, and micro all looked superb in his two games. whichever group he goes into, probably as one of the last to be picked, i am confident he will get out and go to Ro8. possibly at the expense of a first seed in that group.
Jaedong likewise looked more solid. decisive and confident. Two things he seemed to be lacking in prior years when you could see self-doubt in his play. He even talked about his self-doubt on stream and in interviews. If regaining his confidence is what is required for him to ascend yet again, I hope this season is the one where he stays confident for long enough to get far into the tournament.
Calm and Hyun I expected to show up out of shape because their activity was very low going into the qualifiers, and remained low after. I was not wrong. Their play looked uninspired and sloppy. And if there is one thing you can't be in ZvZ it is being sloppy. ZvZ in particular exposes your discipline and physical preparedness. Once again feels like their spots in ASL were wasted on them. Would have much rather seen two players who put in more work to show up in peak condition. Harsh words but sadly it is true.
