I wonder if July will be playing for STX vs Khan. It's pretty clear that he has not been playing in PL at all to focus on the GSL, but STX would really benefit from his ZvP vs Khan.

thunk

United States6233 Posts

July 13 2009 19:35 GMT

#83

Combined with the fact that all the cool players will have to prep for multiple matches - expect Leta/Effort's OSL/MSL play to go down, should either of them play that far.

Playing this many matches really gives an edge to SKT1 and Lecaf, given that they get weeks to rest for it and stuff.

SuperArc

Austria7781 Posts

July 13 2009 19:37 GMT

#84

On July 14 2009 04:35 thunk wrote:
Combined with the fact that all the cool players will have to prep for multiple matches - expect Leta/Effort's OSL/MSL play to go down, should either of them play that far.

Playing this many matches really gives an edge to SKT1 and Lecaf, given that they get weeks to rest for it and stuff.

CJ has other strong ace players apart from Effort

udgnim

United States8024 Posts

July 13 2009 20:08 GMT

#85

I think it should have been 2 Bo5s

I'll be amazed if some fans in the audience don't doze off in the Bo7s

gchan

United States654 Posts

July 13 2009 20:24 GMT

#86

Wow thats a brutal schedule on the players...having to prepare for 2 matches in 2 straight days, with the best players preparing for ACE match as well. That and toss in the fact that some of the maps aren't even the same both days, and you get a really heavy burden on the star players for each team. They should have at least given one day rest between the two matches to be more fair to the players.

Ideas

United States8182 Posts

July 13 2009 20:38 GMT

#87

man whatever team has the fewest players in leagues is going to have the biggest advantage (so i think khan since all their players are out of the leagues right?).

Since all HITE players are in the same side of the bracket and guarenteed an OSL finalist, maybe the coaches will just make them practice exclusively for PL instead lol.

SuperArc

Austria7781 Posts

July 13 2009 20:40 GMT

#88

On July 14 2009 05:38 Ideas wrote:
man whatever team has the fewest players in leagues is going to have the biggest advantage (so i think khan since all their players are out of the leagues right?).

Since all HITE players are in the same side of the bracket and guarenteed an OSL finalist, maybe the coaches will just make them practice exclusively for PL instead lol.

I think Hite and Khan have the best chances to win in the long run too, but fortunately they are going to get kicked out by CJ and STX before the heavy SL schedules (bo5s) start. :p

TwoStep

United States294 Posts

July 13 2009 20:42 GMT

#89

It's too bad for Khan because all STX has three zergs that are great at ZvP.

Ideas

United States8182 Posts

July 13 2009 20:44 GMT

#90

if khan takes it to ace against STX it will be such a rock-paper-scissors (at least moreso than most teams that play). any zerg from STX should take out jangbi/stork, but firebathero stands a good chance vs calm/hero/july, but kal is hugely favored over FBH but might not be as good a choice vs jangbi vs stork.

but in the end it'll probably be calm beating whoever khan sends out.

Jaksiel

United States4130 Posts

July 13 2009 20:46 GMT

#91

On July 14 2009 05:44 Ideas wrote:firebathero stands a good chance vs calm/hero/july

Have you seen FBH's results against Zergs this year?

knyttym

United States5797 Posts

July 13 2009 21:06 GMT

#92

Minimum 8 games and max 15 over the course of two days is insane.

This format really punishes oz though. Will Hwaesung actually make Jaedong practice for 5 proleague matches? Maybe they will field Hiya in the first bo7 ace match but this looks like hell.

Ideas

United States8182 Posts

July 13 2009 21:10 GMT

#93

On July 14 2009 05:46 Jaksiel wrote:

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Have you seen FBH's results against Zergs this year?

lol i like to live in the past

but yeah you're right. Khan doesnt stand a chance if it goes to ace.

konadora

Singapore66366 Posts

July 13 2009 21:22 GMT

#94

Oz:

Jaedong,

HiyA,

Lomo,

BackHo,

Killer,

Young/

Spear

Most likely lineup

SuperArc

Austria7781 Posts

July 13 2009 21:24 GMT

#95

On July 14 2009 06:22 konadora wrote:
Oz:
(Z)

Jaedong,

HiyA,

Lomo,

BackHo,

Killer,

Young/

Spear

Most likely lineup

Young /

Spear /

PerfectMan

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United States3161 Posts

July 13 2009 21:28 GMT

#96

Clairvoyance: Calm will be STX's clutch ace player to save them if they go to that 1 game aggregate decider.

I'm so good :p

Klive5ive

United Kingdom6056 Posts

July 13 2009 21:32 GMT

#97

On July 14 2009 03:54 Plexa wrote:

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Exactly.

Show nested quote +

Strongly implies that whomever has the better set score wins

Well yeah it does... if you also ignore the rest of the post.
What he actually said was:

On July 13 2009 22:02 GTR wrote:
So basically, each playoff will consist of two games for each of the teams, one on each channel, Bo7, normal format.

If set scores are tied, a single ace match will decide who advances to the next round.

Think about it; to count up each game you'd have to play all 6 matches regardless.
Otherwise it's unfair because some players wouldn't get to play.
But if you play all 6 games... it's not a Bo7.
Also if you're counting all the games anyway... what's the point in the decider on the first day?

When you think about... what you suggested doesn't make any sense at all.

sixghost

United States2096 Posts

July 13 2009 21:36 GMT

#98

This is so damn confusing. Why can't they just split up the first 2 matches, then both cast the semifinals and finals. Wasn't that how they did it a year ago?