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 Flash is without a doubt the best Starcraft player right now, and a huge favorite to win the MSL. He has no weak matchups. He's gone on double-digit win streaks in TvT and TvZ, and took out nearly every Protoss teams could throw at him in Winner's League. The last time a finals not involving him was held was last August. Although he has been slumping in proleague, going 1-6 in his last 7 ace matches, 5 of those losses were against Terrans, and the only Terran in his group is...
Classic is a new Terran player for eSTRO who made his way onto their A-team following the retirements of UpMaGiC and  SangHo. He has a solid record of 10-5 in televised games, although his only notable win was using M&M as well as firebats to defeat BeSt on Tornado last fall. [VOD] With big names like Flash and EffOrt in the group, it would be an upset if Classic made it out.
 EffOrt is the defending OSL champion who defeated Flash in an epic 3-2 comeback. Flash responded by picking EffOrt into his MSL round of 32 group in an attempt to get a revenge win. While EffOrt has a nearly 75% win rate against Protoss, he never gets any Protoss in his groups and as such rarely advances from individual leagues. His ZvT and ZvZ matchups are very inconsistent. If he brings his best play, he could advance 2-0, and if he brings his worst, he could be eliminated 0-2.
s2 was the number four overall draft for SK Telecom T1 in an attempt to revive their Zerg lineup, drafted ahead of hero, great, and ZerO. For the most part, s2 has delivered 3 years of mediocrity, although he has shown signs of improvement lately with wins against sKyHigh, Stork, and Leta. This is a tough group for even a slightly improved s2, and even a ZvZ coinflip upset against Effort will leave him one win short of making the round of 16.
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Nice, can't wait to see who will take it home
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I want Flash to go 0-2, that would be pretty huge upset! And oh imagine if BOTH Flash and Jaedong got knocked out on the same day. Then ANYONE can take the MSL!
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wow group of death much? i remember classics game vs best
deep 5 sup?
Flash and Effort easy. But s2 could give effort a bit of trouble
his ZvZ isnt bad
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I'm getting a feeling that there will be an upset tonight... Perhaps Flash or Effort. I'm hoping for Flash to cross into Ro16, as well as Effort, but anything can happen.
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Poll: Who are you rooting for?KT fan, rooting for Flash (32) 30% Rooting for s2 or Classic (28) 26% CJ fan, rooting for Effort (17) 16% Other fan, rooting for Flash (17) 16% Other fan, rooting for Effort (13) 12% KT or CJ fan rooting for the other side (1) 1% 108 total votes Your vote: Who are you rooting for? (Vote): KT fan, rooting for Flash
(Vote): CJ fan, rooting for Effort
(Vote): Other fan, rooting for Flash
(Vote): Other fan, rooting for Effort
(Vote): Rooting for s2 or Classic
(Vote): KT or CJ fan rooting for the other side
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FREEAGLELAND26782 Posts
For some reason, seeing Roger Federer lose to Berdych has made me think that there will be an upset... Not really feeling both Flash and EffOrt getting through--one will, but then the other spot will be snagged by either Classic or s2.
Who knows, anything could happen.
More excited for Jaedong's group since I like Jaedong, but this group should produce some better games, I hope.
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Yes sir, I love your prediction.
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s2! SKT represent even if he's mediocre!
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On July 01 2010 10:55 flamewheel wrote:
For some reason, seeing Roger Federer lose to Berdych has made me think that there will be an upset... Not really feeling both Flash and EffOrt getting through--one will, but then the other spot will be snagged by either Classic or s2.
Who knows, anything could happen.
More excited for Jaedong's group since I like Jaedong, but this group should produce some better games, I hope.
 i was so depressed
its Nadal's wimbledon to lose
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FREEAGLELAND26782 Posts
On July 01 2010 11:00 DreaM)XeRO wrote:Show nested quote +On July 01 2010 10:55 flamewheel wrote:
For some reason, seeing Roger Federer lose to Berdych has made me think that there will be an upset... Not really feeling both Flash and EffOrt getting through--one will, but then the other spot will be snagged by either Classic or s2.
Who knows, anything could happen.
More excited for Jaedong's group since I like Jaedong, but this group should produce some better games, I hope. i was so depressed its Nadal's wimbledon to lose
Haha, I'm kind of thinking Soderling is going to beat Nadal in retaliation for what happened at the French...
Just has to abuse that serve of his on fast grass.
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Roffles
Pitcairn19291 Posts
On July 01 2010 11:02 flamewheel wrote:Show nested quote +On July 01 2010 11:00 DreaM)XeRO wrote:On July 01 2010 10:55 flamewheel wrote:
For some reason, seeing Roger Federer lose to Berdych has made me think that there will be an upset... Not really feeling both Flash and EffOrt getting through--one will, but then the other spot will be snagged by either Classic or s2.
Who knows, anything could happen.
More excited for Jaedong's group since I like Jaedong, but this group should produce some better games, I hope. i was so depressed its Nadal's wimbledon to lose Haha, I'm kind of thinking Soderling is going to beat Nadal in retaliation for what happened at the French... Just has to abuse that serve of his on fast grass.
Sorry to burst your bubble, but they already played...
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On July 01 2010 11:02 flamewheel wrote:Show nested quote +On July 01 2010 11:00 DreaM)XeRO wrote:On July 01 2010 10:55 flamewheel wrote:
For some reason, seeing Roger Federer lose to Berdych has made me think that there will be an upset... Not really feeling both Flash and EffOrt getting through--one will, but then the other spot will be snagged by either Classic or s2.
Who knows, anything could happen.
More excited for Jaedong's group since I like Jaedong, but this group should produce some better games, I hope. i was so depressed its Nadal's wimbledon to lose Haha, I'm kind of thinking Soderling is going to beat Nadal in retaliation for what happened at the French... Just has to abuse that serve of his on fast grass.
true but i feel like Nadal's in prime shape. and a big serve doesnt equate victory on grass
roddick's out already and he's got the biggest serve. isner also struggled a bit.
Nadal's court coverage i think will give him the wimbledon
he's too quick when he's on his game
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On July 01 2010 11:08 Roffles wrote:Show nested quote +On July 01 2010 11:02 flamewheel wrote:On July 01 2010 11:00 DreaM)XeRO wrote:On July 01 2010 10:55 flamewheel wrote:
For some reason, seeing Roger Federer lose to Berdych has made me think that there will be an upset... Not really feeling both Flash and EffOrt getting through--one will, but then the other spot will be snagged by either Classic or s2.
Who knows, anything could happen.
More excited for Jaedong's group since I like Jaedong, but this group should produce some better games, I hope. i was so depressed its Nadal's wimbledon to lose Haha, I'm kind of thinking Soderling is going to beat Nadal in retaliation for what happened at the French... Just has to abuse that serve of his on fast grass. Sorry to burst your bubble, but they already played...
yah. Nadal already in semi's
Nadal beat Soderling 3 sets to 1 dropping the first set
Murray, Berdych and Djokovich are also in the semi's
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gogo s2!
prediction: s2 will get bbs'd and then win
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s2 Fighting! SKT shall upset this group.
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Mystlord
United States10264 Posts
Oh shit... The night that I was planning on going to bed early because I have to get up early tomorrow... Now I think I'll nap and catch this group. :< I'll post later if I'm streaming~
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S2 Fighting!!! Pull off the upset.
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FREEAGLELAND26782 Posts
On July 01 2010 11:08 Roffles wrote:Show nested quote +On July 01 2010 11:02 flamewheel wrote:On July 01 2010 11:00 DreaM)XeRO wrote:On July 01 2010 10:55 flamewheel wrote:
For some reason, seeing Roger Federer lose to Berdych has made me think that there will be an upset... Not really feeling both Flash and EffOrt getting through--one will, but then the other spot will be snagged by either Classic or s2.
Who knows, anything could happen.
More excited for Jaedong's group since I like Jaedong, but this group should produce some better games, I hope. i was so depressed its Nadal's wimbledon to lose Haha, I'm kind of thinking Soderling is going to beat Nadal in retaliation for what happened at the French... Just has to abuse that serve of his on fast grass. Sorry to burst your bubble, but they already played...
Oh ff I fail.
X_X
Oh well Nadal should still lose.
Okay time to stop derailing.
Go Flash o/
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Saying Flash is by far the best player in the world atm (since the MSL finals) doesn't say much for the state of top SC play.
I can see Flash losing a game (to classic or effort) but he'll make it out of the grp.
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