I feel like if one of these two wins it all, they'll be one of the least impressive players with 2 golds. Even as an SKT fan, it's hard to imagine such an inconsistent player such as Fantasy having back to back OSL golds. And Hydra just seems pretty solid but unimpressive.

Foolishness

United States3044 Posts

August 30 2011 16:39 GMT

#62

While I think Fantasy will win, this is definitely Hydra's time to shine (especially since Flash got eliminated). Hydra winning this OSL will secure his spot as the next star player, and possibly pave the way for him to become the next bonjwa (hate using this word but couldn't think of anything better at the moment). Especially if he beats Jangbi in the finals, it will show that he is deadly on every matchup.

gds

Iceland1391 Posts

August 30 2011 16:42 GMT

#63

Hydra will not play a regular game on pathfinder, he will prepare a special all-in strategy. I cant wait to see what it will be! My guess is 3 hatchs lurk lings all-in.

lizzard_warish

589 Posts

August 30 2011 16:51 GMT

#64

I'm hoping for a Hydra-Jangbi finals. And I do expect at least hydra to get there, I havent been impressed with Fantasy in like two months or more. He's only here because of an easy road, hes certainly not semi final material IMO.

Gescom

Canada3509 Posts

August 30 2011 16:57 GMT

#65

After watching Fantasy struggle so hard against Perfective in the SPL finals I don't know what to expect...

Kalent

Canada253 Posts

August 30 2011 17:16 GMT

#66

Hydra sucks ZvT against A class terranes. I expect fantasy to win, and he has a good chanc of winning against Jangb because his vP is amazing.

KamMoye

United States721 Posts

August 30 2011 17:25 GMT

#67

On August 31 2011 01:39 Foolishness wrote:
While I think Fantasy will win, this is definitely Hydra's time to shine (especially since Flash got eliminated). Hydra winning this OSL will secure his spot as the next star player, and possibly pave the way for him to become the next bonjwa (hate using this word but couldn't think of anything better at the moment). Especially if he beats Jangbi in the finals, it will show that he is deadly on every matchup.

I don't think you can even begin to make a case for Hydra as the next bonjwa unless he completely dismantles Fantasy and Jangbi in convincing 3-0's.

What's up with the rush to find the "next" something all the time?

soujiro_

Uruguay5195 Posts

August 30 2011 17:48 GMT

#68

awesome new banner ^-^

i think fanta will win, id love to have a tvp finals

BLinD-RawR

ALLEYCAT BLUES50716 Posts

August 30 2011 17:59 GMT

#69

On August 31 2011 01:26 faruq wrote:

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No youre just saying it now LOL. original text was different.

Fuck that's what an appropriate banner should look like! Thanks Hyde!
Now I'm hyped!

WTF?I said it in the original OP.(the original OP was like "Banner by me,If you have a better banner please PM me.)

I don't get what you are trying to do here really,if you are trying to say my photoshop skills suck then fine,if you are calling me a liar then you are wrong.

Tianx

United States1196 Posts

August 30 2011 18:37 GMT

#70

Fantasy lives to troll the hell out of everyone. I'm not sure what the result will be, but it's guaranteed to be really weird.

Caos2

United States1728 Posts

August 30 2011 18:44 GMT

#71

Hydra! His vT in the last five months have been solid, if you exclude Flash that is

Kipsate

Netherlands45349 Posts

August 30 2011 19:03 GMT

#72

Fantasy 3-0

Vultures galore.

Yoshi Kirishima

United States10366 Posts

August 30 2011 19:15 GMT

#73

Fantasy, Hydra, and Kal (or someone). The next bonjwa trio? :D

Hemula

Russian Federation1849 Posts

August 30 2011 19:20 GMT

#74

hohoho can't wait

chaosTheory_14cc

Canada1270 Posts

August 30 2011 19:28 GMT

#75

Should be a good match. As for predictions, I could see Fantasy taking the match in the first 4 games.

Chibithor

Brazil514 Posts

August 30 2011 19:33 GMT

#76

I've never watched a BW game live before, but for some reason this grabbed my attention. I guess I'll be tuning in to see this, even if it'll confuse the hell out of me.

Iplaythings

Denmark9110 Posts

August 30 2011 19:36 GMT

#77

On August 30 2011 22:10 Lightwip wrote:

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It's never going to happen.

Circuit breakers did this to me tbh

So many good gameson that map...

Cambium

United States16368 Posts

August 30 2011 19:48 GMT

#78

Fighting spirit is boring. Mostly just standard play with maxed out armies.

2-player or even 3-play maps are my favourite map types. There is always one player who shows a lot more aggression because of the lack of resources.

e.g. PvT on a typical 2-player map, the Protoss will be a lot more aggressive because if the Terran manages to split the map, then P typically loses.

Whereas PvT on a 3-player map, the Terran is typically more aggressive because there are no expansions to take if P manages to snatch two out of the three bases.

KamMoye

United States721 Posts

August 30 2011 19:51 GMT

#79

I liquibetted Fantasy, expecting him to 3-1 Hydra (my rational pick), but the fanatic side of me is LDO hoping for 3-2 Hydra. The more games the better!

The only way I won't be ecstatic, however, is if either Hydra or Fantasy crush the other. It's always a treat to see two top five players in the world duke it out over a Bo5; we should cherish this moment.

Azriel

Mexico462 Posts

August 30 2011 20:25 GMT

#80

I think Fantasy is going to win. He likes fooling around on unimportant matches but he gets to be clutch when it counts. I can't get off my mind the beatdown he gave Stork in the last finals.