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Okay this is it. Let's get to the bets boys and girls!
I'm kind of nervous about NaDa, I hope he uses the mineral only natural to his advantage with plus vultures. As long as ZeuS beats oov then I'll be okay.
ReD]NaDa vs [Oops]Reach
Nostalgia
Hopefully no suprises here like last week.
Silent_Control vs Kingdom
Requiem
Another hard one, I voted for Xellos because I think he's cool but I think a zergless semi-finals sounds kind of bunk.
July Zerg vs Xellos
Mercury
I don't know Namja's T v P record. I really hope ZeuS shows oov why he's been a dominate p v t player for the past few years. GOGO God Zeus!
iloveoov vs ZeuS
Namja Iyagi
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when is it?, man i miss the free mms links : * (
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Reach/Kingdom/July/Oov
My reasons are as follows.
Reach vs. Nada:
Reach has recent defeated nada twice, which will hurt Nada's ego to a degree which will consequently affect his game-play. In addition, Nostalgia is definitely a Protoss map with a PvT record of 13-6 (I think, definitely to Protoss's favour). The only way nada could win is through early harass, of which reach is capable of fending off; or reach doing something unreasonable, such as the ineffective reaver drop in round 1. In conclusion, if reach plays safely, he should win this one without too much trouble.
Kingdom vs. Control:
A relatively easy matchup for the protoss machine, plus a protoss-favouring map should create a protoss winner. I'm sure not a lot of people will disagree with me. However, Kingdom mustn't scout rush again O_o
Julyzerg vs. Xellos:
From the bottom of my heart, I wish Xellos could win this one (he's been my idol since he defeated boxer and yellow and took the champion title, although I stopped using Terran). However, Julyzerg is definitely a great ZvT player, and Mercury is a Zerg map.
Zeus vs. Iloveoov:
This will be the most unpredictable match yet, with Zeus, arguably the best PvT player, and Oov, the next boxer. The advantage Oov has over zeus is the practices he had with kingdom (a Protoss on the same level), and from Gundam's sub, Iloveoov likes Namja Iyaji and thinks that is it a good TvP map. Regardless of what he thinks or what statistics may suggest, his confidence will do him good and push him a long way; hence, my choice of Oov.
Personal opinions only 
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Reach v Nada
Probably the game of the round. Two old champion adversaries going at it hammer and tong. Nada proved he could win without a gas at expo in round 1. However, this map will be even more swayed towards protoss. It'll probably go out to a long macro war with the better microer winning. I'd say Reach, though I want Nada!
Kingdom v Control
Control isn't that bad. Not as bad as everyone makes him out to be. It's just that Kingdom is that much better. Kingdom goes through in the easiest game of the round. (Unless Control does an Elky on him)
Xellos v July
I don't think July is all that crash hot. He doesn't have the sparring partners that concretes his play. Oov crushed him, but Xellos is not Oov. Xellos, though has done it all before and looks to it all again. I'm thinking Xellos, but wouldn't mind if July goes through. I want to see at least 1 decent PvZ final series.
Zeus v Oov
I really think Oov is a better player. However, Zeus' boring style may match equally with Oov's boring though dominant style too. I had a premonition Zeus would 2-1 Oov before this series began. After the walloping Oov gave in round 1, I think it's 2-1 Oov's way. Zeus really needed to win the 1st round.
I love terrans, but not TvT finals. There's been plenty of TvZ finals, and TvP finals. But not many PvZ (decent) series. And no way in hell please, no PvP!
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China3334 Posts
i will stick to my 6th sense
oov/july/control/reach
i've gained 4 points with the same series of bets in past two weeks
everything could happen in osl, i'm wondering who will get the most points in this drama which has been lasting three weeks.
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Any Koreans plz read latest page of ' I'm headed to Korea thread ' in Broodwar section, it's about Gillette OSL.
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Zeus has a tremendous PvT record.. but that utter look of disgust on his face when his nexus blew up in round 1 was priceless :p
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between reach and nada, I want to see nada win. But nada has been off form of late and reach is hungry! Potential wise, at their best, Nada will eat Reach for breakfast. Although I voted for Nada, I have this feeling that Reach will win.
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On June 24 2004 19:56 homoerectus_ wrote:
Zeus v Oov
I really think Oov is a better player. However, Zeus' boring style may match equally with Oov's boring though dominant style too. I had a premonition Zeus would 2-1 Oov before this series began. After the walloping Oov gave in round 1, I think it's 2-1 Oov's way. Zeus really needed to win the 1st round.
I love terrans, but not TvT finals. There's been plenty of TvZ finals, and TvP finals. But not many PvZ (decent) series. And no way in hell please, no PvP!
What the hell are you talking about "walloping"???? Oov got lucky as hell in game one then he got his ass handed to him in game two. There is no way Zeus is gonna lose this one just to pay Oov back for that m&m bs in game one. In my mind Zeus > Oov is more of a sure thing than Kingdom > Control O.o!
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Reach/Kingdom/JulyZerg/Zeus
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heh Im terran and I dont want any of the terrans to win
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i think its start at 4am Pacific
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Zeus/July/Control/Reach.
GoGoGo!
One thing about Control, is that Requiem is a relatively new (and revolutionary) map, in which Control is good at. Similar to Boxer I think (I think the next Boxer is Control, not Casy. He seems to have good micro and perfect timing.) Anyway, that's why. 
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Norway10161 Posts
Uh StormIII I would agree with you if the map was not requiem. That map has proved a protoss map again and again, and Kingdom is just THAT good right now.
Other bets I made:
Nada over Reach.
Not sure about this, Reach has been impressive lately, but somehow I've gotten the feeling he won't go all the way this time. Nada on the other hand - people keep talking about his "slump", but everytime I see him play he makes cheesecake of his opponent. This match can go either way, I guess.
oOv over Zeus.
More a matter of being a Boxer fan than anything else. If Boxer can't be here; let his student do the dirty. Besides, once Zeus run into Kingdom he is out no matter how they turn and twist it, while oov vs kingdom would be the final of the millennium.
July over Xellos.
I've never been a Xellos fan. I'm all for equal race distribution in the OSL. Gogo July.
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what would be a really cool end to this league would be this:
oov/july/reach/kingdom go through
oov vs reach in a bo5 for semi finals
kingdom vs july in a bo5 for semi finals
oov and kingdom qualify and play it out in a all skt bo5 finals
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EPT
