On July 17 2009 21:57 arbiter_md wrote: Any team with good zergs has a chance against SKT. This means cj and stx have a good chance if they get to finals.
it will depend a lot on luck with the matchups. skt1 has many strong players but also many rather weak players to be sacrificed. if skt1 get lucky and sacrifice their weak players to stx´ or cj´s top zerg guns im very confident skt1 will win in the end.
much will depend imho on the question if skt1s 4 "big" players will win their games. it could also depend on mindgames: there will be 1 - max 2 maps which are rather bad for zerg, so the opposing team can expect skt1 fielding best on that map. so they might in fact intentionally send a zerg on a map that is bad for zerg, hoping to snipe best.
one big asset of skt1 is that we got 2 viable ace match choices while the others only got 1. so if it goes to an ace match we got a big advantage imho. especially as bisu is a major favorite over any1 not named jaedong or effort.
edit: btw will the grand final be played in 2 bo7s like the playoff matches or will it be only one single bo7?
On July 17 2009 22:26 Black Gun wrote: one big asset of skt1 is that we got 2 viable ace match choices while the others only got 1. so if it goes to an ace match we got a big advantage imho. especially as bisu is a major favorite over any1 not named jaedong or effort.
I'm actually not worried about Bisu facing Effort, given that Effort is sort of known as being Neo-Savior. And if Effort's play style is like Savior's when he faces Bisu... well yeah....
One Zerg player you didn't mention is by.hero from STX. I feel he has both a psychological advantage over Bisu, and his play style counters Bisu's very well.
On July 17 2009 21:57 arbiter_md wrote: Any team with good zergs has a chance against SKT. This means cj and stx have a good chance if they get to finals.
it will depend a lot on luck with the matchups. skt1 has many strong players but also many rather weak players to be sacrificed. if skt1 get lucky and sacrifice their weak players to stx´ or cj´s top zerg guns im very confident skt1 will win in the end.
much will depend imho on the question if skt1s 4 "big" players will win their games. it could also depend on mindgames: there will be 1 - max 2 maps which are rather bad for zerg, so the opposing team can expect skt1 fielding best on that map. so they might in fact intentionally send a zerg on a map that is bad for zerg, hoping to snipe best.
one big asset of skt1 is that we got 2 viable ace match choices while the others only got 1. so if it goes to an ace match we got a big advantage imho. especially as bisu is a major favorite over any1 not named jaedong or effort.
edit: btw will the grand final be played in 2 bo7s like the playoff matches or will it be only one single bo7?
fantasy is only viable against a team with a single ace player like Hite or Oz.
SKT1 for the win! Boxer and Oov are the heart and soul of the team and it would be wonderful for them if SKT win the grand final (which I think they will do!) .
I was looking through TLPD and Canata is 24-7 (77.4%) since the beginning of March. WTF?
If anything I'd say he's playing better than BeSt and at least better results than fantasy (although fantasy has been playing better quality opponents).
I'm almost tempted to join the Canata fanclub. Maybe he's actually turned the corner after being medicore since like what... '05? '06?
fantasy is definitely performing better than Canata at the moment. If you watch the games he's been playing, his play is far more consistent and solid than Canata's.
BeSt is kind of iffy. All they have to do is put him on a map with no chance of a Zerg appearing and he's set.
On July 20 2009 18:29 Mystlord wrote: fantasy is definitely performing better than Canata at the moment. If you watch the games he's been playing, his play is far more consistent and solid than Canata's.
BeSt is kind of iffy. All they have to do is put him on a map with no chance of a Zerg appearing and he's set.
Yeah, not to say I'd take Canata over Fantasy.... but if he keeps putting up the results it could become interesting. He is in both leagues still (although fantasy had the misfortune of meeting Bisu... and vice versa last OSL).
True for BeSt. As long as he's not vs. a zerg he's good. Kind of like Stork. They both don't really have a good sense of the metagame but if they make it to late game against a Zerg they can probably pull it out with the macro and such.
I hope they put him against a Terran but.... I don't know if I can stand another 2 base arbs game.
On July 20 2009 18:29 Mystlord wrote: fantasy is definitely performing better than Canata at the moment. If you watch the games he's been playing, his play is far more consistent and solid than Canata's.
BeSt is kind of iffy. All they have to do is put him on a map with no chance of a Zerg appearing and he's set.
Yeah, not to say I'd take Canata over Fantasy.... but if he keeps putting up the results it could become interesting. He is in both leagues still (although fantasy had the misfortune of meeting Bisu... and vice versa last OSL).
True for BeSt. As long as he's not vs. a zerg he's good. Kind of like Stork. They both don't really have a good sense of the metagame but if they make it to late game against a Zerg they can probably pull it out with the macro and such.
I hope they put him against a Terran but.... I don't know if I can stand another 2 base arbs game.
Yeah, I really wanted fantasy to win this OSL oh well.
Lol with Stork, yeah, he has enough game sense to win late game PvZ. With BeSt... Ehhh I have a lot of doubts
SKT definitely has one of the best line-ups out of all the pro league teams. I think that CJ is the only other team that can really compete with SKT due to CJ's sheer depth and skill. So I am hoping for a SKT vs CJ finals and for SKT to take home the win.
so true. SKT is by far the best team ever, pretty balanced around some players; they deserve the win way more than these Oz ****ers, who mostly (only?) rely on their super ace GOGO SKT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
EPT
But SKT fanboyism is all about bandwagoning. Khan FTW. They have two great tosses. SKT only has 1. THat's why they got my vote.
oh well.
