I haven't watched his stream, but I seriously doubt that Stork could challenge JD. His only wins so far are against Light, Rush and a number of PvP's. Light and Rush are not that tough, and PvP is a low eco matchup where his lack of recent practice would be less of a factor, and where his amazing understanding of the game would be a huge positive factor. Stork have been extremely lucky so far, imo, and he have proven the least among the top 8.
This is so different. JD knows his ZvP. I think this is JD's series to lose. He lost to Best, but so did Hero, who is considered the best zerg right now, and more or less a ZvP specialist. Stork is not Best.

But I hope to be proven wrong, because I have always liked Stork as a player, and maybe Stork doing well could bring Daniel the austrian out of the woodwork. And if he's in form, Stork vs Flash would be equally epic to Flash vs JD.

Sawamura

Malaysia7602 Posts

January 10 2017 07:24 GMT

#43

Jaedong easy 3-0 definitely

Wolf

Korea (South)3290 Posts

January 10 2017 07:56 GMT

#44

Going to the studio to watch this one in person.

Peeano

Netherlands5203 Posts

January 10 2017 07:59 GMT

#45

On January 10 2017 16:56 Wolf wrote:
Going to the studio to watch this one in person.

Have fun, and please make a funny cheer sign for Stork

phosphorylation

United States2935 Posts

January 10 2017 08:14 GMT

#46

On January 10 2017 09:32 duke91 wrote:
whatever happens today, we will all win

exactly

flash vs jaedong
flash vs stork

both mouth-watering matches
(although flash vs stork bo5 is more exciting to me)

radadaundandan

Bulgaria3148 Posts

January 10 2017 08:32 GMT

#47

Who dares to think that the birdtoss stands any chance against the mighty tyrant?

Grettin

42381 Posts

January 10 2017 08:37 GMT

#48

Fuck me I'm hyped. LETS GO JAEDONG!!

Th1rdEye

United States1074 Posts

January 10 2017 08:40 GMT

#49

So soon

Gonna be up for this one. Sorry FlaSh, my sleep more important

neutralrobot

Australia1025 Posts

January 10 2017 08:49 GMT

#50

Is the TL calendar correct, and this starts in a bit over an hour? Not like 10 min?

Grettin

42381 Posts

January 10 2017 08:58 GMT

#51

On January 10 2017 17:49 neutralrobot wrote:
Is the TL calendar correct, and this starts in a bit over an hour? Not like 10 min?

In an hour.

Hildegard

Germany348 Posts

January 10 2017 09:00 GMT

#52

My two favorite players of all time facing off against each other. Can't decide whom to root for but whatever the outcome is these will be amazing matches.

alypse

2771 Posts

January 10 2017 09:00 GMT

#53

ZOMG

This is going to be SO sick!

Musicus

Germany23576 Posts

January 10 2017 09:09 GMT

#54

Stork vs JD at WCG 2009 was the first BW match I ever watched and what made me realise how good StarCraft is.

Only played and watched WC3 before then. Really hyped to watch them again in 2017.

Grettin

42381 Posts

January 10 2017 09:14 GMT

#55

Glioburd

France1911 Posts

January 10 2017 09:15 GMT

#56

It will be hard for Stork, from what I've seen on his stream, he seems weak in PvZ recently. But I still believe for a great bo5 ! Regardless of the winner, I'll be happy