I feel like JyJ and RoyaL (sOrry) are two dark horses of this tournament. JyJ used map terrain to his advantage so his BCs could hit and run multipe hatcheries, I think BCs brough him to the victory.
SoMa also played really well but it's going to be tough for him if he gets into group with best terrans.
Ruin showed poor performance, especially that last game, all that 500 APM and couldn't save his observers.
For sSak group was tough although he didn't play bad at all.

Djabanete

United States2786 Posts

February 16 2022 22:55 GMT

#85

On February 17 2022 06:54 outscar wrote:
I feel like JyJ and RoyaL (sOrry) are two dark horses of this tournament.

They both look pretty great. I've never seen a disappointing game from JyJ, and Royal seems to be on fire.

BLinD-RawR

ALLEYCAT BLUES51104 Posts

February 17 2022 05:44 GMT

#86

On February 17 2022 02:24 BisuDagger wrote:
I can't believe an unnamed member of the TL staff decided to doubt Jyj.

fuck skt

also I bet on him, still #1

ExpatRights

53 Posts

February 17 2022 06:32 GMT

#87

On February 16 2022 19:42 TMNT wrote:

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Isn't the reason apparent: 2 Cannons is standard vs 9 Pool. 1 Cannon is kinda middle of the road, you can't apply pressure but at the same time is not totally safe. Might as well go for Gate expand instead. There's a reason the greatest PvZ players (Bisu, Mini) almost always go for Gate instead of Forge expand. That's what I find unfair about this match-up. As a Protoss in PvZ, playing safe doesn't win you the game unless Zerg fucks up his macro by himself.

Mini >>>>>>>> Bisu in 2022 bro

ggsimida

1156 Posts

February 17 2022 07:15 GMT

#88

bisu standard pvz is still better than mini, mini himself mentions that he cannot hope to overcome top zergs without prepared builds to glean out advantages in the early/midgame.

NotoriousSCV

27 Posts

February 19 2022 16:55 GMT

#89

Didn't finish watching the games yet.. but JyJ vs Soma best game of ASL so far? great game. Especially after a perfect TvT. I wasn't a JyJ fan but now I am.

Its usually the Z unit mix that causes the T problems. But this is T causing the Z the same problems. I've seen BC's fail so often but really nice this time.

TornadoSteve

1117 Posts

February 21 2022 15:14 GMT

#90

On February 17 2022 16:15 ggsimida wrote:
bisu standard pvz is still better than mini

Man i dont think they are in the same league anymore lol

BisuDagger

Bisutopia19368 Posts

February 21 2022 17:52 GMT

#91

On February 22 2022 00:14 TornadoSteve wrote:

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Man i dont think they are in the same league anymore lol

This year Bisu and Mini hold nearly 60% winrates in spon matches against every Zerg but Soulkey. Statistically they are on par, but I have little faith in Bisu in the ASL. It has been like watching him in OSLs.

TMNT

3247 Posts

February 21 2022 19:08 GMT

#92

On February 17 2022 15:32 ExpatRights wrote:
Mini >>>>>>>> Bisu in 2022 bro

On February 22 2022 00:14 TornadoSteve wrote:Man i dont think they are in the same league anymore lol

The ASL results may skew people's opinion a little bit because Mini 4-1 Queen twice in consecutive seasons. Problem is he prepared specific builds for those series and Mini is a bit like Queen's bogeyman. He's not that dominant against Hero, Soma and especially Soulkey.

In truth if you really pay close attention to other matches like spongames, KCM,... his PvZ is in no way more impressive than what Bisu did. Right now Mini is a bit better but mostly due to match sharpness after Bisu took his hiatus. I'd say when Bisu gets his form back (pre-crypto scandal) they are equal.

TMNT

3247 Posts

February 21 2022 19:15 GMT

#93

Btw, talking about Queen. What happened to the guy? He dropped to like top 30 on sponbbang, can lose to pretty much anyone now. He isn't even streaming often anymore.

BisuDagger

Bisutopia19368 Posts

February 21 2022 23:12 GMT

#94

On February 22 2022 04:15 TMNT wrote:
Btw, talking about Queen. What happened to the guy? He dropped to like top 30 on sponbbang, can lose to pretty much anyone now. He isn't even streaming often anymore.

Certain players reduce streaming time before ASL matches. I'm sure Zero is doing just that.

lamarine

591 Posts

February 21 2022 23:14 GMT

#95

On February 22 2022 04:15 TMNT wrote:
He isn't even streaming often anymore.

maybe that's the problem

you can be talented and smart and all, but if you are not training constantly, your performance becomes unpredictable which means you can lose to anybody.
You can also see this happening to Light. He reduced streaming time a lot in past few months. He still can absolutely kill anyone, but he can also lose to anyone.
While players like best and mini a streaming/playing all the time, and you can see the results.