8/20 PSL (OGN Offline Qualifiers) - Page 24

I don't know what the maps are, so my predictions at this point are just wild guesses based on how strong people are in various match-ups. I'm sure there will be a predictions thread later, but I feel like predicting now, just for fun really.

Group A: 910 has sick TvT and TvZ. My picks from this group are 910 and Luxury. Much seems to be the biggest name from the group, but I don't trust his PvZ. He should be a sure win over 910, but he has to win against one of the Zergs to even have a chance of getting out. Luxury has strong enough ZvT that he can give 910 his all and his ZvZ is also really solid, though that MU is finicky. His ZvP isn't amazing, but should be good enough depending on the map. By.Raid is the wildcard. His results from the group stages though speak well for him, eliminating Boxer in a ZvT. -_-

In other words, it's actually somewhat hard to pick winners from this group as a lot will come down to maps and who's how strong on a given day.

Group B: Hiya is a no name with shit except for TvZ. Up until today I would not have believed him capable of doing what he did. 1-8 in TvT and then he walked through Ggoma, Casy and and Sheis. Granted, Ggoma never really does that well, Casy is slumping and Sheis has fairly average TvT, sometimes beating strong players and other times losing, but still, that's unexpected. However, IMO Yarnc is too much Zerg for him to handle, Jy is a wildcard (a player who IMO doesn't have results that match his level of ability) and Reach is a strong Terran killer. Yarnc is almost a sure thing from this group while IMO it's a toss up between Reach (I don't trust his PvZ and he needs to beat one of the Zergs to make it) and Jy (who IMO is stronger than his shitty record indicates). Then again, Hiya surprised me simply by making it.

Group C: Flower is the wildcard. He face trounced 3 Terrans in a row to come here, one of whom was OOV! Backho isn't a particularly amazing player. Rumble and Sync are the logical bets. I think Rumble will lose to Sync, but will beat Backho and maybe Flower. Rumble is someone I called out a long time ago as underrated when he made MSL. Hopefully, he won't disappoint me again.

Group D: Death group. In fact, why does D always seem to correspond to a death group? Is it because the D stands for death? Xellos is in a slump but should never be underestimated, Anytime is one of those gamers who either prepares the right builds and wins it all or tries to play it normally and plays at a very average level (yes, you heard me, aside from the special strategies he comes up with, his gaming is very average -- what the hell kind of player has been in 2 OSL championship matches, won one of those and also won a dual tournament AND IS A PROLEAGUE ACE and yet has a 92-89 50.8% lifetime win record?), while Shark is strong against Terrans (and there are 2 of them in this group) while terrible against toss (lose to Anytime? or will Anytime randomly suck?) and Midas is a monster even on his off days.

Midas should come out, but if everybody brings their A game to the table, it really will be a toss up.

Group E: Jaehoon is a no name as is Hogil. Canata and Yooi (even if he has very low win averages) are the logical choices as they both are past starleague qualifiers (Yooi is even a starleague regular).

Group F: Sea is a monster and none of the others are accomplished. Obviously, he should walk through this group. Skyhigh is a total unknown. Best and Calm both have some experience and it seems like Calm is a strong proleague ace despite not being able to go anywhere in the individuals. I'll put my money on Calm as the #2 man.

Agree with Mortalitys picks and I think Anytime will advance with Midas from D