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Last Romantic
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
United States20661 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-11-02 02:00:04
November 02 2008 00:28 GMT
#1
<font size=3>Preview of Shinhan Proleague 08-09 Week 5</font>

Air Force ACE vs WeMade FOX

Bottom of the barrel ACE faces off against lackluster WeMade. The military’s draw is nearly the best they could have hoped for – OversKy ZvP, fOrU PvT, BoxeR TvZ – giving them some hope of taking it to the closer. This is one of the best shots ACE has at claiming a match, so one hopes they are able to. One can never discount NaDa though; WeMade is definitely advantaged.

STX SouL vs eSTRO

eStro is plainly overmatched, despite SouL sending a somewhat sub-par lineup. Calm and Hwasin should be near-guaranteed wins, though perhaps the neophytes on eSTRO may have tricks up their collective sleeves. UpMagic on Requiem seems to be a popular theme, so I’d tip him for the W. The fourth game is a wildcard – Notice is developing quite well under the tutelage of Hwasin, but SangHo has experience. I’d guess Notice for the 3-1 simply because SangHo is ass terrible. July to win closer if it gets there.

MBCGame HERO vs Lecaf Oz

These two ProLeague titans face off for positioning in the upper echelons, with both sides sending top lineups. Sea is simply a better TvTer than fOrGG, especially since it’s ProLeague; thus I expect HERO to lead off with a win. Saint will practice like crazy and Backho is rather unintelligent, lending MBC an extended lead. Jaedong’s ZvZ and HiyA’s TvP [sorry Pusan] should tie it up, after which we will see some sort of epic battle on Chupung. I have slightly more faith in Jaedong over any of MBC’s aces, so a close win for Lecaf.

CJ Entus vs Samsung KHAN

While Samsung reiterates its strong ProLeague performance, CJ is, due to a dropoff in individual performance, only middle-of-the-pack. Fortunately for them, EffOrt is really shaping up to be one of CJ’s best cards. Great is one of KHAN’s few zergs that they trot out every once in awhile to serve as cannon fodder, but his ZvZ is quite respectable. I’m expecting EffOrt to take it, though. The second game is a tossup; sAviOr should win the third and fbh should take the fourth. I want to see sAviOr vs FBH on Andro, but probably won’t get it if it goes to ACE. Stork vs EffOrt or something, in which case our Dino toss will edge it out for KHAN.

SK Telecom T1 vs KTF MagicNs

The best and greatest team rivalry in ProGaming heats up with completely different faces. KTF’s draw is pretty much the worst they could have gotten – ZvP against Bisu, PvP against Best, TvT against Fantasy – but then the KTF players are no slouches either. Luxury, Best, Hyuk, Flash, then Flash against Midas on Harmony for a KTF 3-2. Either that or a T1 3-0 if Bisu beats Luxury.

OnGameNet SPARKYZ vs Woongjin Stars

Woongjin is starting to flex their economic muscles, adding two coaches and buying back GGPlay from CJ. This infusion of money gives them two strong players – free and GGPlay – who should hopefully improve their ProLeague chances. For some reason, however, they are not fielding Free this match. Leta, Yarnc, and go.go look fairly intimidating across the line. Leta should take PianO fairly easily. The second game is of most interest, as Yarnc is coming off of a hard 0-3 fall while Guemchi, the “King of ProLeague”, is not doing much on his supposed throne. GGPlay in a Woongjin uniform is also worth a gander. Go.go to take the fourth, so either Sparkyz in 4 or Free takes it for Woongjin in 5.

STX SouL vs WeMade FOX

STX’s all-out balls to the wall lineup. No NaDa for Fox. Things look rather grim for our green-and-black clad warriors. RorO is a goner; so is Pure considering Kal’s play against Stork. Hwasin TvZ is always a joy to watch, so I’d keep an eye out for that one. Mind will probably win against Calm, but I’m not seeing WeMade lasting through the initial onslaught. SouL in 3. I doubt they’re sending out NaDa in the fifth set since he’s practicing like a madman for his match against free. So SouL in 5 if it gets there.

Air Force ACE vs eSTRO

Another solid draw for ACE against the other sick man of ProLeague. Daezang should probably win against by.funny; Oversky against Sangho should be entertaining but only because both players play so… strangely. Drones = 1 vs Dragoons = 0? BoxeR TvZ on Requiem – what’ll we see this time? Someday the Emperor will integrate lockdown into standard TvZ. fOru will most likely lose against Tester, after which Reach will be unveiled to annihilate all comers in the closer.
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Hot_Bid
Profile Blog Joined October 2003
Braavos36374 Posts
November 02 2008 02:03 GMT
#2
I'm excited about CJ vs Samsung and the possibility of a Savior-FBH ace match (though it's unlikely). I'm also excited by Boxer in a TvZ, the SKT-KTF match with Bisu vs Luxury in the first game, and seeing if Woongjin can keep their streak going against #2 ranked OGN.
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BlackStar
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
Netherlands3029 Posts
November 02 2008 02:08 GMT
#3
No way Savior will be sent out as Ace. And no way there will be a terran on Andromeda as long as people sent out protosses. And CJ has Much.
Avidkeystamper
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States8552 Posts
November 02 2008 02:13 GMT
#4
Lol, I refreshed this page and BlackStar got banned.

I'm apprehensive about Lecaf, this game will be a challenge and will set the tone for the season, I believe.
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Descent
Profile Joined January 2008
1244 Posts
November 02 2008 02:32 GMT
#5
Nice preview LR. Yay for STX, hopefully they'll win both of their matches this week~

Also looking forward to seeing GGPlay back on the Stars; hopefully we'll see free's play soar with a bit of his burden lifted.
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Ozarugold
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
2716 Posts
November 02 2008 02:44 GMT
#6
If a FBH vs. Savior ace match happened, my head would explode. If Savior won, my head would regenerate and explode again~
this is my quote.
Realpenguin
Profile Joined December 2006
8253 Posts
November 02 2008 02:49 GMT
#7
Oooh, STX vs eSTRO tonight. I hope this gets to ace.
Also, SangHo has certainly been doing good this PL, taking out Jaedong and Zero. But then again, his vT is just fail. Hopefully he trained hard for this.

and STARS BABY
Surprised they aren't playing free. At least he gets a well-deserved break.
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Darth Peter
Profile Joined October 2008
Romania438 Posts
November 02 2008 07:34 GMT
#8
Sea better T v T than ForGG? Are you kidding me? ForGG has by far the best T v T these days,and he will own Sea.
IntoTheWow
Profile Blog Joined May 2004
is awesome32274 Posts
November 02 2008 07:38 GMT
#9
Yeah, let's hope effort wins so we get an ACE match :D
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GHOSTCLAW
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States17042 Posts
November 02 2008 07:45 GMT
#10
I'm excited for SKT1 vs KTF.

I bet that Woongjin doesn't send out free in ace if the match gets there- He's got to practice for nada, even though free is their best player by far.
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blabber
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States4448 Posts
November 02 2008 07:48 GMT
#11
Woongjin got GGPlay back..
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baubo
Profile Joined September 2008
China3370 Posts
November 02 2008 08:06 GMT
#12
On November 02 2008 11:44 Ozarugold wrote:
If a FBH vs. Savior ace match happened, my head would explode. If Savior won, my head would regenerate and explode again~


Kind of sucks that Savior only plays raid assualt, and January only puts her young zergs on the map too. So no chance of the rematch in the PL unless Savior decides to start playing other maps.
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TarsTarkas
Profile Joined April 2007
United States169 Posts
November 02 2008 08:15 GMT
#13
You predict Luxury > Bisu ??

Why? On a sidenote, I think that SKT will dominate KTF with ease - they are a better team (and always have been!). Now that the OSL is over and Bisu is their only player with Individual league commitments, I think the team as a whole will start doing much better. If only GoRush could regain his former skill...
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Last Romantic
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
United States20661 Posts
November 02 2008 08:18 GMT
#14
Bisu > Luxury is more likely statistically. Just some random hunch of mine.

KTF leads SKT all time by something like 16-7. It's just that SKT does better in clutch [read: final] situations.
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drug_vict1m
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
844 Posts
November 02 2008 15:05 GMT
#15
On November 02 2008 11:44 Ozarugold wrote:
If a FBH vs. Savior ace match happened, my head would explode. If Savior won, my head would regenerate and explode again~

+1
fbh vs savior vendeta rematch (again) would be so awsome to watch
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SingletonWilliam
Profile Joined April 2008
United States664 Posts
November 02 2008 20:05 GMT
#16
I don't see KTF beating SKT. I see it going 3-0 SKT
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