Nothing better than early LR threads for hype! Thanks for the effort Lightwip.

As a Bisu fan I have a terrible feeling about this one. I admire Bisu's cockiness for not moving Shine from his group, but my brain says he's just inviting further mental torment.

Bottom line is Bisu will prevail if he's good enough (and I still think he's yet to prove that he is). Shine's recent defeats show he's very beatable, but I've no doubt that Shine is in Bisu's head now.

Kal's my favourite Toss after Bisu and Stork, so hopefully Bisu and Kal can make it out of this group of death.

PineappleLumpsToss

New Zealand2434 Posts

December 27 2010 22:30 GMT

#23

On December 28 2010 07:05 mustaju wrote:

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I thought of it first and foremost about a test for any of those players. But I'll try to balance it out with a piece about Kal.

I agree with both of you. On the one hand it's clearly a test of Bisu's weakest match-ups, while on the other hand it's also a test for Kal and Shine, in particular, to show they're worthy of their recent praise - Kal with his (deserved) 2010 award, and Shine with his impressive form this season.

Two weeks ago I would've said this group was all about Bisu's test, but since Dec 17 it's now also about a test for Kal and Shine, as each of them have won only twice from six games since then.

vectorix108

United States4633 Posts

December 27 2010 22:38 GMT

#24

great OP.
lets go Bisu and Kal!

Apex

United States7227 Posts

December 27 2010 22:54 GMT

#25

Shine has two dragons to feast on in this MSL group. He seems to love facing them.
Shine to annoy people once more and beat Kal and Bisu on his way to a 1st place finish in the group through double HYDRA BUST OF DOOM?

This group does look insanely tough though. If Really finds his past form with his beast TvP, it's going to be an absolute bloodbath.

Hazard

Norway594 Posts

December 27 2010 22:56 GMT

#26

It's time for Protoss to try and win OSL and this MSL! Go Bisu and Kal.

Deekin[

Serbia1713 Posts

December 27 2010 22:59 GMT

#27

Its a badass banner as I said before Lightwip but I think it would look nicer if you removed the names of the players from it, would look much cleaner and awesome (even though its awesome-sauce already)

Elefanto

Switzerland3584 Posts

December 27 2010 23:02 GMT

#28

if shine manages to defeat bisu again i'm going berserk

it's time for that kid to go down : /

go bisu
(go kal also)

Apexplayer

United States406 Posts

December 27 2010 23:09 GMT

#29

kal>really
bisu>shine
winners: bisu>kal
losers: shine>really
final: shine>kal

bisu advances 2-0
shine advances 2-1

Lightwip

United States5497 Posts

December 27 2010 23:09 GMT

#30

On December 28 2010 07:59 Deekin[ wrote:
Its a badass banner as I said before Lightwip but I think it would look nicer if you removed the names of the players from it, would look much cleaner and awesome (even though its awesome-sauce already)

I'll put it up to a vote.

Poll: Which do you like better?

Banner 2 (22)

88%

Banner 1 (3)

12%

25 total votes

Your vote: Which do you like better?

(Vote): Banner 1
(Vote): Banner 2

+ Show Spoiler [Banner 1] +

+ Show Spoiler [Banner 2] +

1Eris1

United States5797 Posts

December 27 2010 23:12 GMT

#31

Come on bisu. That being said, I'm torn between shine and kal

Yxes2211

United States1587 Posts

December 27 2010 23:21 GMT

#32

Bisu better win... I want a a JD vs Bisu Bo5 bad.

Lonyo

United Kingdom3884 Posts

December 27 2010 23:28 GMT

#33

Both banners bad.
Bisu isn't crying in either of them.
You should at least make a banner that will reflect the situation in 3 days.

renzy

Canada781 Posts

December 28 2010 00:10 GMT

#34

On December 28 2010 08:28 Lonyo wrote:
Both banners bad.
Bisu isn't crying in either of them.
You should at least make a banner that will reflect the situation in 3 days.

You're mistaking Bisu for Shine. Bisu won't lose!! GOGO BISU!!

Lonyo

United Kingdom3884 Posts

December 28 2010 00:34 GMT

#35

On December 28 2010 09:10 renzy wrote:

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You're mistaking Bisu for Shine. Bisu won't lose!! GOGO BISU!!

Bisu is a little girl, and Shine isn't afraid to hit little girls and steal their lollipops. Bisu gonna lose his lollipop and then cry to mommy.

BeeSuit_

8 Posts

December 28 2010 00:35 GMT

#36

if bisu this time to lose Shine,i've lose my believing for Bisu...beat 3-0 Ma Bonjwa sAviOr and lose Shine?i cant believe this.

Seraphic

United States3849 Posts

December 28 2010 00:38 GMT

#37

This group really will prove to us if Bisu is really back or not. His Proleague record is really impressive it's true, but it's the individual leagues that matters, everyone knows this. If he can prove to us this time in the MSL that he CAN do this like he used to, then maybe we can have some more faith. It doesn't look good, I'm a big fan of his it's true but I'm still really on the fence.

Prove it to use Taek Shin.

But I'm hoping that Bisu's refusal to move Shine out of his group is simply him telling the rest of us, what happened in OSL against Shine recently was a fluke. That he is trying to prove to us. I hope he isn't cocky about it because Flash did that...and look what happened to him.

hacklebeast

United States5090 Posts

December 28 2010 00:59 GMT

#38

So... If bisu goes 2-0, then 20 pages of "bisu is bonjwa" if he loses 0-2 then 20 pages of "bisu is chobo" and anything else means 30 pages of debate?

Hope that the bisu vs shine thing develops into a rivalry. Jaedong and Flash have each other, stork and flash have each other, fantasy and stork have each other, but it seems like bisu's greatest rival is himself.

Predictions:
kal>really(easy prediction)
bisu>shine(bisu had best be prepaired for this one, he has known the opponent and map for weeks, and has replays of their matchups)
bisu>kal(tossup)
really>shine(i think shine has been figured out, especialy vT)
Kal>really(or bisu)