On July 21 2010 21:35 Jayme wrote:
Why anyone would want Hyuk to advance is beyond me.

The guy is horrible and he sucks and him moving on would prevent an actual contender from advancing.

if he's able to beat contenders, he IS a contender...

Roffles

Pitcairn19291 Posts

July 21 2010 14:52 GMT

#602

On July 21 2010 23:10 cascades wrote:
Flash's group is easy as fuck as usual. Probably thanks to Hyuk making OSL Ro16.

It's cause he swapped out Bisu for Hyuk. Traded the best Protoss out for a scrub in Hyuk.

But hey, Hyuk vs Flash on Blue Storm anyone?

Zlasher

United States9129 Posts

July 21 2010 15:01 GMT

#603

Fantasy gonna cakewalk this. Kal is on an epic slump, 3 protoss's in his group when TvP is his best matchup, gG

dukethegold

Canada5645 Posts

July 21 2010 15:01 GMT

#604

Very good groups! None of the group is boring and the distribution of power is pretty good.

Jaedong got the easiest group of the four as usual. Sea isn't looking very hot right now. Flash's group is pretty much auto-seeding for him as well.

The center of attention for me, as a SKT fan, is group A and D. Both groups have two superpowers and two talented players in each. They should promise some excellent gameplay. I will try to stay up and watch those two if I am able.

monk

United States8477 Posts

July 21 2010 15:01 GMT

#605

My favorite ro8 would have to be
A: Effort/Bisu
B: Flash/Zero
C: Jaedong/Sea
D. Stork/Fantasy

LunarDestiny

United States4177 Posts

July 21 2010 15:13 GMT

#606

A)Bisu and Effort
B)Flash and HYUK(please?)
C)Jaedong and another chump
D)This group is FUCKING, OMG, zomg, xomg, !@#$ brutal.

Ursadon-n-Pals

United States928 Posts

July 21 2010 15:15 GMT

#607

I believe in Hyuk's all-in mutaling to win his group. ;D
Fantasy and 3 dragons? Wow.
Hehe... I believe in Bisu and Sea to deliver.
Are there VODs of this out yet?

Milkis

5003 Posts

July 21 2010 15:16 GMT

#608

looooool i'm so looking forward to translating this

watching it now and it's hilarious

bisu and hyuk are retarded as every other public appearance they've made

jalstar

United States8198 Posts

July 21 2010 15:20 GMT

#609

Fantasy gets 3 protosses XD

lone_hydra

Canada1460 Posts

July 21 2010 15:23 GMT

#610

Effort 3-0 Bisu 1-2 winning in tie breakers as he is gonna drop a few games due to playoffs, his standard game>>>Action, Leta with all the added practice from playoffs so he will make it.

Flash 3-0 Hiya 2-1, Zero is gonna get hyuked and owned by Flash. Hyuk is gonna lose to both terrans.

Jaedong 3-0 Pure 2-1, For a guy whose name is hydra, his ZvP and hydra control blows, and Sea is gonna get roflstomped by Pure and Jaedong again.

Stork 2-1, Fantasy 2-1. Honestly, this group is a toss up between free, stork, and fantasy. Kal is not going to win in his current form. Can't see fantasy winning 3-0 against all these tosses with really different/good PvT styles and Playoffs. I really can't see anyone making it 3-0 out of this group.

Levistus

1134 Posts

July 21 2010 15:26 GMT

#611

is it possible to have ro4 to be Bisu, Flash, Jaedong and Stork?
I would love for it to be Flash vs Stork then Bisu vs Jaedong. All strong matchups against one another.

yanmaodao

United States430 Posts

July 21 2010 15:29 GMT

#612

Bisu should have an easy enough time with his group. Leta's not good in vP or in Starleagues, and is especially not good vP during Starleagues. Action's ZvP is getting better but hardly intimidating yet. Only Effort poses a significant threat.

I'm mixed about group D. By definition, a Protoss has to advance, I guess. I'm hoping that there's an upset and two advance over Fantasy. Stork because he's always brought his A-game against Flash and Jaedong, or maybe Free because he's got that Royal Road thing going out.

Pure has an okay chance in group C, but I've never been a big Pure fan. I'd rather Hydra make it and represent CJ. A lucky cheese or build order against Jaedong, perhaps, and exploit generic Z>P gayness against Pure. I doubt he'll beat Sea.

Hiya and Zero for group B! :D

lone_hydra

Canada1460 Posts

July 21 2010 15:30 GMT

#613

On July 22 2010 00:26 Levistus wrote:
is it possible to have ro4 to be Bisu, Flash, Jaedong and Stork?
I would love for it to be Flash vs Stork then Bisu vs Jaedong. All strong matchups against one another.

Another epic possibility is Stork Bisu and Flash Jaedong as I see this pairing having more rivalry between each other.

Crisium

United States1618 Posts

July 21 2010 15:30 GMT

#614

Group D = Group of Death.

There is no group of life this year, but (T)

Flash will probably have the easiest time in group B out of all the major players.

(P)

Bisu and

EffOrt

Flash and

ZerO

Jaedong and (T)

Sea

Fantasy and (P)

Stork

Though it would not surprise me to see Hiya and Pure make it instead of Zero and Sea, respectively. And free could make it in instead of Stork if Stork doesn't bring his A game.

moopie

12605 Posts

July 21 2010 15:39 GMT

#615

Didn't stay up this time around, but thanks to WaxAngel for the LR, was an entertaining read, I'll have to catch the vod later.

Crisium

United States1618 Posts

July 21 2010 15:46 GMT

#616

OSL Ro8 is completely random*. So if all 4 of those players advance, they have a small chance of avoiding each other. Remember a couple OSL's ago where Flash and Jaedong met in the Ro8? Best two players right there were forced to go at it in only a Bo3, and because JD lost in the Ro8 he did not get rewarded with a seed, while players like Shine were.

I thought that season would have convinced Ongamanet that the Ro8 should be Bo5, but they insist that having the second best player eliminated in the Ro8 in a Bo3 is perfectly fine.

*I could be wrong, but irrc.

infinity2k9

United Kingdom2397 Posts

July 21 2010 15:53 GMT

#617

On July 21 2010 22:58 SimonB wrote:
<insert CJ player> has a 65% win percentage over 20 games against this race. He's clearly the best in that matchup!

Reminds me of people saying Movie is the best at PvZ.

Bifur

Russian Federation1208 Posts

July 21 2010 16:05 GMT

#618

Group D is a group of death