This will not be used for the live thread. Thus I will not take time to make it look all pretty.

I'm just here to post the lineups, and start a discussion.

<center>Play Off - 1/19 14:00
▶MBCGame Heros vs CJ Entus
(T)

Sea <Monty Hall SE> (T)

DarkElf

Pusan <Baekmagoji> (Z)

Kwanro

Saint/

Light <Hwangsanbul> (Z)

sAviOr/

Nbs[gm]

Bisu <Katrina> (T)

Iris

HyuN <Blue Storm> (P)

Much

910/

Thezerg <Seongangil> (Z)

Jy/

Memory
Ace Match <Python></center>

ray1234

Canada679 Posts

January 17 2008 08:49 GMT

savior replaced by kwanro!!!

Umbrella

Taiwan936 Posts

January 17 2008 08:51 GMT

oh man, Bisu vs. Iris would have been really interesting to watch =D ....except its on Katrina

Darkmole

United States900 Posts

January 17 2008 08:53 GMT

noooo why no savior T.T

Live2Win

United States6657 Posts

January 17 2008 08:55 GMT

My predictions:

(T)

Sea >

DarkElf

DE is good, I'll admit. But (T)

Sea is MBC's go to guy with good results. (T)

DarkElf shows results, but he's not always reliable. (T)

Sea shows solidity.... plus DE is ugly.

(P)

Pusan >

Kwanro

I have yet to understand (Z)

Kwanro's ZvP skills. His games vs (P)

Bisu were ok, but they weren't THAT impressive, and it wasn't Enough for me to see exactly how good (Z)

Kwanro is. (P)

Pusan plays with (P)

Bisu, which means his PvZ, which was originally really good during his first rise, is probably pretty damn good. That and the fact that (P)

Pusan's been on fire this PL season has me leaning towards him.

(Z)

Saint/

Light >

sAviOr/

Nbs[gm]

Tough choice. Nbs is someone I don't trust just yet, and (Z)

sAviOr still has much to prove if he wants to convince that he's back in form (and so far he's failed to do that). (Z)

Saint/

Light are a much more experianced team I believe, and TZ is usually better than ZP on this map. Considering those facts, I am leaning towards MBC... again.

(P)

Bisu >

Iris

Katrina + (P)

Bisu....

Iris has been on a downward slope lately, so I dunno what to expect of him as of late.

(Z)

HyuN <

Much

If my predictions are correct MBC should win 4-0, but I doubt it will be all right so I'm just gonna continue guessing. (P)

Much is just a better player here, and Blue Storm is a fair map.

(T)

910/

Thezerg <

Jy/

Memory

Cuz I'm a (Z)

Jy fan and (Z)

Jy/Mania are a good combo.

Ace Match
If it gets this far, it will be difficult to predict. MBC has so many aces right now it's almost impossible to pick one. CJ has a good number too. The map is Python too so all 3 races are a viable choice. My best guess would be Sea vs Much... but it could be anything.

Felagund

Philippines504 Posts

January 17 2008 09:02 GMT

MBC is definitely not fooling around.

I thought I'd see Ruby, though . . .

GTR

51574 Posts

January 17 2008 09:03 GMT

How do you predict past 4-0? :O

Hot_Bid

Braavos36390 Posts

January 17 2008 09:08 GMT

On January 17 2008 18:03 GTR-2-Go wrote:
How do you predict past 4-0? :O

if one of his predictions are wrong, it won't be 4-0

so he just predicted the others just in case

noobienoob

United States1173 Posts

January 17 2008 09:08 GMT

Ugh, CJ looks pretty boned looking at that line up.. I hope they can pull through.

CJ FIGHTING!!

ray1234

Canada679 Posts

January 17 2008 09:10 GMT

#10

agree with live2win's predictions

basically CJ needs to steal a win from MBC in the first 4 games to stand a chance...
im calling kwanro > pusan

RowdierBob

Australia13358 Posts

January 17 2008 09:13 GMT

#11

Wtf were they thinking putting Iris vs Bisu on Katrina.

I'd rather sacrifice Kwanro and have Iris play Pusan.

Poor decision imo...

The first two games are real coinflips. I'd expect Bisu and Much to win, but they're the only two I'll confidently tip.

Aepplet

Sweden2908 Posts

January 17 2008 09:46 GMT

#12

i suppose they will use one of these guys for the ace game. Even though there are some unused players (Ruby? Shark? Xellos?), none of them are of the kind I would entrust such an important game too.

Emlary

China3334 Posts

January 17 2008 10:03 GMT

#13

ACE MATCH: Ruby vs Savior

would make this perfect!

RowdierBob

Australia13358 Posts

January 17 2008 10:05 GMT

#14

Savior vs Bisu would be epic.

FoieGras

Canada270 Posts

January 17 2008 10:06 GMT

#15

I think Live2Win's predictions are right

DarkElf, TvT, and Monty Hall reminds me of that game where he played iloveoov. 20 factories vs 5 factories and he still lost. But out of the first 4 games, I think game 1 would be the most likely one that CJ can win.

I don't think they should put Nbs in there at all...he's done practically nothing. In that game where he 2v2 with sAviOr, it ended up being more like a 1v2 with sAviOr just dominating the game. Despite that Xellos has been playing poorly recently, I still think that he should take a spot in the first 2v2 with Kwanro while sAviOr moves to game 2 against Pusan.

Bisu vs Iris sounds interesting but once you say Katrina it all just kinda turns blah. I wish they got rid of that map.

Game 5 and 6 will probably go to CJ.

If there's an Ace Match, MBC will probably send Bisu or Sea (most likely Bisu), while CJ will probably play sAviOr or maybe Iris.

CJ looks like they're going to have a tough first 4 games =/

JoxxOr

Sweden1502 Posts

January 17 2008 10:11 GMT

#16

(P)Bisu <Katrina> (T)Iris

And once again they like throwing in a TvP mu on katrina... so fucking lame

Raithed

China7078 Posts

January 17 2008 10:18 GMT

#17

xellos is useless atm...

HaXxorIzed

Australia8434 Posts

January 17 2008 10:29 GMT

#18

Darkelf's done well as an ace for CJ in this season, so I'm wary of betting against him. Nevertheless, Sea is definently the favourite there (as with Pusan against Kwanro). MBC seems to have the edge in matchups, particularly Bisu on Katrina, moreso given Iris's form of late.

CJ's placement of a Terran on Katrina is odd, which makes me suspect Iris is preparing something. Otherwise, surely Much would be the right pick for katrina, given his PvT/PvP?