Intro: Out of the 16 players who made it into the Korean Air Starleague, 15 have a chance to win it. The one and only player who's been eliminated for sure is (Z)

Kwanro, and we only have one day of matches until that pool of 15 is narrowed down to 8.

Who's already guaranteed a spot? (T)

BaBy,

ZerO, and

fOrGG will be advancing no matter what.

With the potential for tiebreakers in all 4 groups, it could be a very long night.

"Strap yourselves in, boys."

Tiebreaker Format: If 3 players end up tied in group standings, the 3 tied players each play each other once for a total of 3 games. If one player goes 2-0, he advances. If two players are needed, the player who went 1-1 advances as well. If all 3 players go 1-1, there is another tiebreaker with the same format.

Kwanro < Fighting Spirit > (Z)

hyvaa

Kwanro's ZvZ this season: 15-6
hyvaa's ZvZ this season: 5-9
Kwanro vs hyvaa this season: 0-0

If Kwanro wins: (T)

Flash advances as A1, (P)

Kal advances as A2, hyvaa and Kwanro are eliminated.

If hyvaa wins: Flash, Kal, and hyvaa have a 3 way tiebreaker for the two advancing spots, Kwanro is eliminated.

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BaBy < Eye of the Storm > (P)

Movie

Baby's TvP this season: 5-5
Movie's PvT this season: 9-10
Baby vs Movie this season: 1-1
TvP on Eye of the Storm: 21-30

If Baby wins: Baby advances as B1; (P)

Stork, Movie, and (T)

Hwasin have a 3 way tiebreaker, winner advances as B2.

If Movie wins: Movie advances as B1, Baby advances as B2, Stork and Hwasin are eliminated.

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Pure < Great Barrier Reef > (Z)

ZerO

Pure's PvZ this season: 9-9
ZerO's ZvP this season: 13-7
ZerO vs Pure this season: 2-1
PvZ on Great Barrier Reef: 5-2

If Pure wins: Pure advances as C1, ZerO advances as C2, (Z)

Calm and

fantasy are eliminated.

If ZerO wins: ZerO advances as C1; Pure, Calm, and fantasy have a tiebreaker for C2.

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fOrGG < Match Point > (Z)

Shine

fOrGG's TvZ this season: 11-5
Shine's ZvT this season: 8-10
fOrGG vs Shine this season: 1-0
TvZ on Match Point: 67-57

If fOrGG wins: fOrGG advances as D1; Shine, (Z)

EffOrt, and go.go have a 3 way tiebreaker for D2.

If Shine wins: Shine advances as D1, fOrGG advances as D2, Effort and go.go are eliminated.

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Kwanro > (Z)

hyvaa

I don't see anyone but Flash or Kal advancing from this group no matter who wins this game. But I have to pick a winner, and when in doubt, pick Kwanro.

(T)

BaBy < Movie

Baby is the better player but Movie's shown strong carrier play on EotS, and I think the map imba will carry him to victory. This is NOT a CJ fanboy pick.

(P)

Pure < ZerO

Great Barrier Reef is basically El Nino, and ZerO's muta micro is a lot better than Shine's. Pure is solid and beat Calm, but Match Point is much better for PvZ than GBR.

fOrGG > (Z)

Shine

This is a CJ fanboy pick, because if Shine wins Effort can't advance. However, I don't think many people would pick Shine over fOrGG anyway.

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Kwanro > (Z)

hyvaa

BaBy < Movie
(P)

Pure < ZerO
fOrGG > (Z)

Shine

4/4 there's nothing more satisfying than just copying your predictions into the results box

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Kwanro vs hyvaa - overlord drop in ZvZ. watch this game
Baby vs Movie - lots of lead changes, very back and forth

Round of 8:
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A1:

Flash 2-1
A2: (P)

Kal 2-1
B1: (P)

Movie 2-1
B2: (T)

BaBy 2-1
C1: (Z)

ZerO 3-0
D1: (T)

fOrGG 3-0

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Many thanks to disciple for the layout! Thanks to boesthius for PMing it to me.

iamho

United States3347 Posts

April 16 2010 01:53 GMT

so if there ends up being 3 or 4 tiebreakers will they all be played right after these games? if so then we could end up with 5 or 6 hours of starcraft

Housemd

United States1407 Posts

April 16 2010 01:59 GMT

Question: So Pure loses, after that can someone plz explain the format to me for the tiebreakers between calm, pure, and fantasy? Thanks in advance.

jalstar

United States8198 Posts

April 16 2010 02:03 GMT

Tiebreaker Format: If 3 players end up tied in group standings, the 3 tied players each play each other once for a total of 3 games. If one player goes 2-0, he advances. If two players are needed, the player who went 1-1 advances as well. If all 3 players go 1-1, there is another tiebreaker with the same format.

Fr33t

United States1128 Posts

April 16 2010 02:13 GMT

Here's to kwanro throwing it!

boesthius

United States11637 Posts

April 16 2010 02:16 GMT

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dukethegold

Canada5645 Posts

April 16 2010 02:27 GMT

Lol, this could end up being a long ass morning (for those of us who have EST zone) and extend well into lunch time.

Funny enough there wouldn't be a TvT no matter what.

Captain Peabody

United States3126 Posts

April 16 2010 02:31 GMT

BaBy!

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seRapH

United States9776 Posts

April 16 2010 02:47 GMT

i have to agree with your ideal, as much as i would love to have hwasin advance, its just not happening =\

tree.hugger

Philadelphia, PA10406 Posts

April 16 2010 02:55 GMT

#10

EffOrt and (T)

fantasy! Neither of you are playing, but go anyway! Hope you've helped your hopeful group winners practice!

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saritenite

Singapore1680 Posts

April 16 2010 03:18 GMT

#11

GO ZERO!
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FORRRRR FANTASYYYYYYY

boesthius

United States11637 Posts

April 16 2010 03:23 GMT

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alffla

Hong Kong20321 Posts

April 16 2010 03:27 GMT

#13

if zero loses to pure then who would he be facing as C2 or whatever? why wouldn't he just lose his game, hes guaranteed to advance anyway lolz and he gets to fuck calm and fantasy over haha

jalstar

United States8198 Posts

April 16 2010 03:32 GMT

#14

On April 16 2010 12:27 alffla wrote:
if zero loses to pure then who would he be facing as C2 or whatever? why wouldn't he just lose his game, hes guaranteed to advance anyway lolz and he gets to fuck calm and fantasy over haha

He'd face a top seed if he was C2, so probably Baby, fOrGG, or Flash. It's randomized but judging from past Day 6 OPs we find out right after the games.

FireGuyX

United States1712 Posts

April 16 2010 03:38 GMT

#15

hyvaa>Kwanro - I want Kwanro to win, but hyvaa has been playing much better recently. There will be a tiebreaker, but I still think Kal and Flash will advance.

Baby<Movie

Pure<Zero

Forgg>Shine

I just hope my predictions are right.

Ideas

United States8142 Posts

April 16 2010 04:12 GMT

#16

zero and kwanro, PLZ WIN

Lebesgue

4542 Posts

April 16 2010 04:24 GMT

#17

Here I am hoping for
1. Kwanro
2. Baby
3. Either way I am fine with it
4. ForGG

Black Gun

Germany4482 Posts

April 16 2010 04:29 GMT

#18

imagine the suspicions if hyvaa beats kwanro and flash then drops out of the tiebreaker, ie goes 0-2 against kal and hyvaa....

i just hope stork, fantasy and effort somehow find a way to get out of their miserable situation and make the ro8.