OUCH at the Haypro vs Ganzi matchup. Not that Haypro is a bad player, but Huk has hyped up Ganzi a bit and the dude seems solid as hell on Huk's stream.
It looks like huk definitely has the easiest route to the ro8 (which is qualifying for the up/down matches) of any of the foreigners. ret is the only one of the zergs to have a protoss possible in the 2nd round, depending on the maps that could be a good thing.
On February 12 2011 15:14 tree.hugger wrote: HayprO draws Ganzi, mOOnGLaDe draws Destination Ret draws Jjob
Well that's just amazing.
On the other hand, there aren't very many bad players in Code A. In fact, Code A is looking more entertaining than Code S.
Yeah I gotta say, it could certainly be a much worse of a draw than that for our boys, but I wouldn't go as far as to say Code A has more quality. Maybe entertaining is different from quality? I honestly think there's more at stake in the Code A matches anyways for the initial stages because if you don't make it out, you have to regrind all the way back into it from the qualifiers while in Code S you merely go down to up/down matches.
If the order corresponds to the bracket then i think Ret has it tough.
Job and then Sangho possibly. If he wants to move further than he will face Squirtle/Alive as well. Or possibly cezanne he knocked him out last season.
Huk's draw seems managable but Code A is just full of suprises.
On February 12 2011 15:17 Garnet wrote: Awesome draws. No foreigner collision.
I highly doubt that's a coincidence.
Foreigners seem to have easier first matches in general. No one got Rain or Squirtle or Leenock, etc.
Ret is going to have to practice super hard for his match, he has the third strongest player in code A first round. (rain, leenock then JJob)
ST.Squirtle might be higher then Jjob IMO. But never the less I think they can pull it off.
I think of the 3 Liquid Guys, Huk probably has the nicer groupings IMO, although it is pretty close overall. Huk has to deal with Loner and Losira, Haypro has to deal with Ganzi, Leenock and Yugioh, and Ret has Jjob and Squirtle in the same group, not to mention 3 oGs guys who are probably familiar with Ret's play. They all got the skill to make it, but it won't be a cake walk. Haypro and Ret especially.
Looks like Huk has the most favorable matchup in the first round. Haypro probably won't make it past Ganzi. Ret and Moonglade both have a decent chance to advance.
Haypro and Ret are going to have a difficult time. I hope they can make it, but it looks rough, very rough. Jjob is no push over, and as others have said GanZi is hyped and has been training with the other ballers on his team (IM have LosirA, Nestea and Junwi). Come on HayprO, you can do it!
Moonglade and Huk have relatively easy paths in comparison, good luck boys.
I feel bad for Supernova, Squirtle's PvT looks menacing.
Guess i have to go change my fantasygsl team. I originally both had leenock and yugioh on it but I think leenock is going to take that match. Bye bye yugioh, your trap card was not activated.
On February 12 2011 15:12 BraveGhost wrote: So I'm really confused, who did they kick out of code A to make room for the new players? Were there up/down matches for Code A as well that I missed?
I think players who lose in Ro32 get kicked out of code A and have to qualify for next season. Players who make it in Ro16 get to stay in Code A, and the Top 8 are automatically qualified for Up/Down matches for Code S.
On February 12 2011 15:12 BraveGhost wrote: So I'm really confused, who did they kick out of code A to make room for the new players? Were there up/down matches for Code A as well that I missed?
I think players who lose in Ro32 get kicked out of code A and have to qualify for next season. Players who make it in Ro16 get to stay in Code A, and the Top 8 are automatically qualified for Up/Down matches for Code S.
On February 12 2011 16:11 Bobble wrote: mOOnGLaDe fighting! I'm happy he hasn't got the toughest time in Code A, looks like he'll pull this off.
watching moonglade in some korean ladder and the ESL asia qualifiers againts loner im pretty sure he has zvt down.
Agreed, watching his streams, it looks like he can really manhandle most of the Terran openings against Zerg, and his muta control against Loner in the last game really gets my hopes up!
I want ret to win so bad barely got to see him even play last time, also sucks to see Yugioh vs leenock first round two zergs i really liked. HuK seems set to advance i cant see him losing to code A, also looking forward to seeing what squirtle can do.
code A just gets tougher and tougher. I think there goal's should just be reaching the r08 so they can get into the up down matches and from there try to win it. Looks to be a hard journey though with all the new talent. Looking forward to squirtle and huk matches.
I think Liquid.Ret is being underestimated. SlayersJjob certainly was one of the surprising stars of the GSTL, but at the same time is was a best of 1 team league. I think it will be very close and it is a difficult game to call off hand, but I would have to give the edge to Ret. Considering the heads up to who he is facing and the practice partner resources at his disposal.
I have not heard from Haypro (quiet guy?) but what I have heard is good things. But Huk has stated good things about Ganzi as well, even through his very confident attitude at Assembly. My hopes go to Haypro but my head doesn't know enough to make a technical call.
And barring some big mistake or tricky play, I think Huk will go far in his group.
Obviously Go Team Liquid....and Squirtle....but mostly Liquid....but Nazgul should try and get Squirtle to go to Liquid....but go Liquid regardless~!
I fully expect Ret to win. Slayers, as a team, has been a dissapointment. Ret gets to practice against Jinro every day, and if it gets into a macro war, I know Ret will come out victorious. If, however, he dies to a banshee harass, I won't be surprised.
On February 12 2011 16:42 Torpedo.Vegas wrote: I think Liquid.Ret is being underestimated. SlayersJjob certainly was one of the surprising stars of the GSTL, but at the same time is was a best of 1 team league. I think it will be very close and it is a difficult game to call off hand, but I would have to give the edge to Ret. Considering the heads up to who he is facing and the practice partner resources at his disposal.
I have not heard from Haypro (quiet guy?) but what I have heard is good things. But Huk has stated good things about Ganzi as well, even through his very confident attitude at Assembly. My hopes go to Haypro but my head doesn't know enough to make a technical call.
And barring some big mistake or tricky play, I think Huk will go far in his group.
Obviously Go Team Liquid....and Squirtle....but mostly Liquid....but Nazgul should try and get Squirtle to go to Liquid....but go Liquid regardless~!
Squirtle v Supernova in the RO32? Seriously? That could've been the finals if Supernova lives up to (his own) hype O_o Wanted to see good things from him but I don't think he can take Squirtle =(
I think some of you are overselling Maka's TvT. Unless MvP_Dog is a scrub (and I really doubt it with the skill needed to qualify from the recent qualifier), Maka may go out right there. His play has been really lacking since Blizzcon.
As for the way they've seeded these, it's pretty good. The races are evenly split up. Returning Code A mostly play "new" Code A. Only 3 mirror match ups. No potential Team Kills in Ro32 (in which the loser drops out of Code A), and foreign invites won't be taking each other out until the Ro4 at the earliest.
All told, a solid bracket. Let's hope the games are MUCH better than last time, as last Ro32 was pretty sad.
Oh, one other thing: be careful when trying to take some of the Team League performances and apply them to Code A. As the recent Power Rankings for SC:BW was talking about, there is a big difference between the two types of competition. We could very easily see some of the good players from the GSL Team League go out in the Ro32.
On February 12 2011 15:17 Garnet wrote: Awesome draws. No foreigner collision.
I highly doubt that's a coincidence.
Foreigners seem to have easier first matches in general. No one got Rain or Squirtle or Leenock, etc.
Ret is going to have to practice super hard for his match, he has the third strongest player in code A first round. (rain, leenock then JJob)
Theres no way squirtle isnt in the top 3
you are 100% right, i started off saying rain is no where near the top 3, and then put him in there myself by accident, rain should be squirtle in my list.
On February 12 2011 16:41 godemperor wrote: With the exception od MoonGlade all liquids got some pretty tough opponents, i will be glad if 2/3 gets to ro16.
I don't understand this statement. Does it mean that mOOnGLaDe is not a tough opponent, or that mOOnGlaDe has easy opponents? Cause if it's the latter, then I'll say that mOOnGLaDe isn't part of liquid...
Loner>August : just because i am Loner fanboy and i've seen more play from Loner Curious<HuK : Mainly for the fact that PvZ is in such huge favor in protoss GanZi>HayprO : just because i believe HayprO just isnt that strong mOOnGLaDe> Destination : mostly because of their Stats, havent seen their playstyle CchapSeungEu> Ret : Ret doesnt look as promising as he did in broodwar and that why
I think If the quality of players increases at the rate is is going, GOM is either going to have to increase the population of Code S and Code A players, or seriously consider adding Code B and even a Code C.
With so few major SC2 Korean tournaments, I get the feeling many many quality players who are Code S level or Code A level are left on the cutting room floor so to speak. The definitely belong there skill wise, but there are just not enough spots, so it feels like there is this overflow going on of players who could perform, but are disqualified due to the cutthroat nature of the qualifiers.
You can argue this improves the overall quality of the current Code A and Code S, but I feel like if someone trains for a month or a month and a half and plays what could easily be seen as an upper Code S level (skillwise) match against another tough opponent and does not qualifiy for Code A, thus resulting in another month or two of nothing but training. It could create some disillusioned players and hurt the pro scene in the long run.
On February 12 2011 17:05 Torpedo.Vegas wrote: I think If the quality of players increases at the rate is is going, GOM is either going to have to increase the population of Code S and Code A players, or seriously consider adding Code B and even a Code C.
With so few major SC2 Korean tournaments, I get the feeling many many quality players who are Code S level or Code A level are left on the cutting room floor so to speak. The definitely belong there skill wise, but there are just not enough spots, so it feels like there is this overflow going on of players who could perform, but are disqualified due to the cutthroat nature of the qualifiers.
You can argue this improves the overall quality of the current Code A and Code S, but I feel like if someone trains for a month or a month and a half and plays what could easily be seen as an upper Code S level (skillwise) match against another tough opponent and does not qualifiy for Code A, thus resulting in another month or two of nothing but training. It could create some disillusioned players and hurt the pro scene in the long run.
Or perhaps I am looking too far into things.
Or..... Just make an actual Team League to run alongside the GSLs similar to BW with the pro league + MSL/OSL. most players get their play in pro league, except the best o the best get far the MSL/OSL (or the ones who are currently playing amazingly)
Without knowing too much of a lot of the newer code A players I tentatively feel that mOOnGLaDe and Huk have the best groups and brackets.
Haypro need to get through first Moon and then Ganzi. Even then he has Ace, Yugioh and Leeknock.
ret has to content with both Killer and CchapSeungE and then players like squirle, Alive and Cezanne. (This would be the group of death for a foreigner imo).
Looks like Code A will be worth watching this season!
Whats with all the hype for Squirtle, though? I've only seen him play once, when he 4-0'd the first set of the GSTL, and his play was (relativley) horrible. So many stupid mistakes and bad micro that it almost seemed like he was doing it on purpose.
After that 4-0 I decided I'd be happier asleep, so I jsut gave up on GSTL for the night and forgot about it until now.
Did he end up sucking less later? and when I say 'suck' I mean relative to other top players; obviously it takes a certain amount of skill to even be in that position.
Huk seems to have an easier bracket with only one really strong (but still shaky) LosirA, still be cautioned since Curious did beat MC before
HayprO surely got much love but there'll be as many ppl rooting for GanZi, always looking forward to see an ex-bw pro
moonglade has the easiest route (in comparing to other foreigners). He should be able to beat destination, rain doesnt look so solid either, dont know about Yeah, still a good way to relegation matches
Ret is so doomed, 1st jjob, which imo is even better than BoxeR, then probably SangHo, then SaiR/Squirtle (omg)/Cezanne (beat him last codeA)/aLive (very solid TSL player), all looks codeS material. Chance is so slim unless Ret plays 3x better than last season
On February 12 2011 17:29 Crazyeyes wrote: Looks like Code A will be worth watching this season!
Whats with all the hype for Squirtle, though? I've only seen him play once, when he 4-0'd the first set of the GSTL, and his play was (relativley) horrible. So many stupid mistakes and bad micro that it almost seemed like he was doing it on purpose.
After that 4-0 I decided I'd be happier asleep, so I jsut gave up on GSTL for the night and forgot about it until now.
Did he end up sucking less later? and when I say 'suck' I mean relative to other top players; obviously it takes a certain amount of skill to even be in that position.
On February 12 2011 17:29 Crazyeyes wrote: Looks like Code A will be worth watching this season!
Whats with all the hype for Squirtle, though? I've only seen him play once, when he 4-0'd the first set of the GSTL, and his play was (relativley) horrible. So many stupid mistakes and bad micro that it almost seemed like he was doing it on purpose.
After that 4-0 I decided I'd be happier asleep, so I jsut gave up on GSTL for the night and forgot about it until now.
Did he end up sucking less later? and when I say 'suck' I mean relative to other top players; obviously it takes a certain amount of skill to even be in that position.
Yeah, it was a pretty good game. Although, I think Bomber played better against MvP even though he lost then Squirtle against MvP even though he won. I think a big part of Squirtles victory had to do with MvP getting too greedy too quick and going for the triple expand early on instead of redirecting his attention towards harassment and early upgrades/army units. Squirtle was able to create a sufficient death ball that could not break MvP outright, but contain and starve him. Bomber on the otherhand was able to go tit for tat with MvP who I think made fewer mistakes during that match.
On February 12 2011 17:32 Arceus wrote: Huk seems to have an easier bracket with only one really strong (but still shaky) LosirA, still be cautioned since Curious did beat MC before
HayprO surely got much love but there'll be as many ppl rooting for GanZi, always looking forward to see an ex-bw pro
moonglade has the easiest route (in comparing to other foreigners). He should be able to beat destination, rain doesnt look so solid either, dont know about Yeah, still a good way to relegation matches
Ret is so doomed, 1st jjob, which imo is even better than BoxeR, then probably SangHo, then SaiR/Squirtle (omg)/Cezanne (beat him last codeA)/aLive (very solid TSL player), all looks codeS material. Chance is so slim unless Ret plays 3x better than last season
On February 12 2011 15:17 Garnet wrote: Awesome draws. No foreigner collision.
I highly doubt that's a coincidence.
Of course it's no coincidence since 4 of those foreigners were actually invited into Code A. It would make no sense to pit them against each other early on.
Wow Rets group is so fucking stacked! Squirtle who just beat MVP in an epic game in the GSTL, Alive and Cezanne, Killer and the SlayerS dude. Atleast HuKs group doesn't look too bad.
Squirtle is good, but everyone is overestimating him. That game against mvp was good, but mvp has yet to show any stellar tvps. He beat MC sure, but MC cheesed and failed. He 4-0ed Tester sure, but Tester is still in his slump, he even lost bad to polt prime in the GSTL. Lastly, he got 0-2ed by choya... squirtle is good, but people are overestimating him. Yugioh although im rooting for, he went 6-0 for code a qualifiers, 2-0ed rainbow, but keeps getting zvz.... and he got it again...
On February 12 2011 20:54 Manimal_pro wrote: all these great players in code A but code S still has a lot of jobers, not to name any names sanzenith or oGsTheWind
it only takes time to get these players into code S, it will happen for sure.
nice to see that the foreigners all got a different group
God, Supernova vs Squirtle? God, that's an insane matchup. We haven't seen anything from Supernova yet (he just recently switched over, didn't he?), I want to see him do well, but damn that's a tough round 1.
this code a looks very interesting unlike the last one
huk should be able to roll through the early stages, while haypro's probably gonna get slaughtered.
really hoping at least one of ret and moonglade does well too, but i strongly doubt both of them will, or if either of them will be able to pass the first stages, seeing as how code a is looking more challenging by the day.
I hope Ret/HayPro just believes in themselves... they're probably pretty down at their overall GSL experience especially in the shadow of JinrO. If they just can play their best then they can do this.
Poor Ret. Winning two is going to be tough, and from what he's said in interviews and such, I wouldn't be surprised if he leaves Korea should he not make code S :-(
On February 12 2011 15:12 BraveGhost wrote: So I'm really confused, who did they kick out of code A to make room for the new players? Were there up/down matches for Code A as well that I missed?
I guess if you lost up and down, you're still in code A, but if you didn't even make it tup up and down from code A, you dropped out and had to play in the qualifiers.
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say HuK and Ret both advance. I believe Ret has the potential to go far in Code A. HuK's matchup doesn't seem very tough, at least not as much as some of the other ones. I'll be surprised if HayprO made it out and I'm really not sure about glade. Regardless, I'm definitely rooting for the foreigners. Liquid/glade hwaiting!
On February 12 2011 15:12 BraveGhost wrote: So I'm really confused, who did they kick out of code A to make room for the new players? Were there up/down matches for Code A as well that I missed?
I believe bottom 2 from each group of the first round of play were kicked out of Code A and would have to go through qualifiers again in order to make it. No up/down, just out the door.
Didn't Destination 3 Kill SlayerS team until being stopped by Jjob
On February 13 2011 00:53 pullarius1 wrote: Poor Ret. Winning two is going to be tough, and from what he's said in interviews and such, I wouldn't be surprised if he leaves Korea should he not make code S :-(
I think Haypro will be killed by Ganzi, HuK says he's a beast. Can't really judge the others, Code A players are all so unknown. Feb 21st we'll not only see HuK on GSl for the first time, it's Announcement Day too. Soooo goood!
On February 13 2011 03:55 JayDee_ wrote: No Bomber? He's better than most Code S players.
Yeah it's a shame, the guy can't get into code A, even though he's very deserving. Reminds me of testers absence in gsl's. I really think they should incorporate performances from other gsl tournaments like the team league, gisado,etc. The guy almost beat the unbeatable!
Its very smart of GSL to put the foreigners on dif days, it should make more ppl tune in. Too many zzzzzzzzzz's not even p's. Seems like Haypro got a bad draw having to face Ganzi although (no hate intended I <3 TL) I think Haypro deserves a Code A spot least of all players involved. Thats just imho. GLGL to the Liquidians. I just wish this started sometime sooner
Hope to see some more foreigners advance to Code-S. I think Ret has a really good chance if he doesnt get out-done early with cheese and sneaky stuff.
Sadly I dont see HuK having what it takes to advance out of this field. Im supriced he qualified for Code-A, its pretty obvious he needs more time to build fundamentals. Hopefully he can take this in and really elevate himself with the task at hand!
Ret has a brutal draw. Fortunately he's perfectly capable of overcoming that, he'll just have to play his best. He's certainly got his work cut out for him though.
To be honest I haven't been too impressed by Ret's play. He's far too greedy. I hope to see him step up his game but with his group, it's gonna be tough.
On February 13 2011 07:37 Aquafresh wrote: Ret has a brutal draw. Fortunately he's perfectly capable of overcoming that, he'll just have to play his best. He's certainly got his work cut out for him though.
, I think he has a good chance. Obviously, the competition here (at least this season) is quite a bit more difficult, but I think his confidence is growing.
wow either yugioh or leenock going down into the qualifier will make it really hard for one of them. considering the way leenock ended up for code A it would be extremely frustrating and drastic for him to suddenly be out of GSL completely.
These matchups are looking pretty awesome. I like the foreigners chances! On another note, I think the team league definitely will help Code A, and is making it much more exciting!
I'll play in the predictions as well :3 1. IMLosirA vs SlayerS_LegalMind 2. ST_August vs WE.LonerPrime 3. ST_Curious vs LiquidHuk 4. ST_Posh vs ZeNEX_ButterflyEffect
1. ST_Virus vs FOXMoon 2. GanZi vs LiquidHayprO (I believe!) 3. ZeNEX_Coca vs ST_Ace 4. SlayerS_YuGiOh vs LeenockfOu
1. TSL_Rain vs Yeah (I also believe lol!!) 2. mOOnGLaDe vs ZeNEX_Destination (super believe!) 3. IMJunwi vs SlayerS_Alicia 4. MvP_Dog vs MakaPrime.WE
1. oGsSuperNova vs ST_Squirtle 2. TSL_Alive vs oGsCezanne 3. SlayerS_CchapSeungEu vs LiquidRet 4. TSL_Killer vs oGsjookTo <- This is the one guarantee, if SangHo loses to jookto...I don't know what else to say
On February 13 2011 14:24 hmsrenown wrote: People forget loner is foreigner too...sad that he's in HuK's bracket. HuK may have an easy first round, but Losira/loner aren't exactly pushovers.
And WTF! Leenock vs yugioh first round? Sigh.
WOW somebody who shares my same sentiment.
edit: after looking again it really is quite astounding, that Leenock vs Newdawn occurred. Given its the one ZvZ and Code A is rather Zerg heavy.
On February 13 2011 14:24 hmsrenown wrote: People forget loner is foreigner too...sad that he's in HuK's bracket. HuK may have an easy first round, but Losira/loner aren't exactly pushovers.
And WTF! Leenock vs yugioh first round? Sigh.
Oh well, some people just lump Chinese and Korean together, and is there a lot of Chinese people here to barrack for Loner? Besides, people are only really caring for the foreigners who have just come into Code A, not people who are already in Code A previously.
On February 12 2011 15:12 BraveGhost wrote: So I'm really confused, who did they kick out of code A to make room for the new players? Were there up/down matches for Code A as well that I missed?
On February 12 2011 16:41 godemperor wrote: With the exception od MoonGlade all liquids got some pretty tough opponents, i will be glad if 2/3 gets to ro16.
But then again, moonglade isn't a liquid, he's a FXO ^^
I'm rooting for HuK in the qualifiers, as he's a fellow toss.. Haypro, my dear countryman hasn't really impressed me at all throughout his games tbh. Has he won, or placed well in any tournament at all in sc2? I hope they do well though ♥ Liquid whaiting!
I like the matchups for HuK and mOOnGLaDe, but it will be very tough for HayprO. Ret vs. SlayerS_Jjob is an extremely tough call. Unless Ret gets bad maps, I think he has the advantage, but it will be close.
Sadly I dont see HuK having what it takes to advance out of this field. Im supriced he qualified for Code-A, its pretty obvious he needs more time to build fundamentals. Hopefully he can take this in and really elevate himself with the task at hand!
None of the foreigners, except I guess loner qualified. They were given spots. As much as I'd like to root for them all, because they were given spots and not actually qualified, I really have no expectations. It'd be great if they did well, but its really hard to know if they're on par or way behind and simply got invited to code-A. The Koreans have already shown they have the stuff, so this will be a big challenge.
Either way I have to root for my pokepal squirtle. I think he can take it all and not nearly just because of his game vs mvp. I am excited to see if liquid+moonglade have what it takes to cut it in Code A...surprise me please.
Sadly I dont see HuK having what it takes to advance out of this field. Im supriced he qualified for Code-A, its pretty obvious he needs more time to build fundamentals. Hopefully he can take this in and really elevate himself with the task at hand!
None of the foreigners, except I guess loner qualified. They were given spots. As much as I'd like to root for them all, because they were given spots and not actually qualified, I really have no expectations. It'd be great if they did well, but its really hard to know if they're on par or way behind and simply got invited to code-A. The Koreans have already shown they have the stuff, so this will be a big challenge.
Either way I have to root for my pokepal squirtle. I think he can take it all and not nearly just because of his game vs mvp. I am excited to see if liquid+moonglade have what it takes to cut it in Code A...surprise me please.
Huk, Haypro and Ret are all staying at the same house as Jinro and the oGs guys. So they are exposed to the same treatment as them. Also, Huk mentioned at assembly his MMR is matching him a lot with people like MvP and MKP, so at least as for as the Korean ladder goes, hes not doing too shabby. And obviously he is owning the EU ladder. I think all three have what it takes, but it is really going to come down to how the maps play out. The new maps are a bit more even I think, but the older maps are more volatile depending on map positions and what not. So we will have to see.
On February 12 2011 16:41 godemperor wrote: With the exception od MoonGlade all liquids got some pretty tough opponents, i will be glad if 2/3 gets to ro16.
But then again, moonglade isn't a liquid, he's a FXO ^^
I'm rooting for HuK in the qualifiers, as he's a fellow toss.. Haypro, my dear countryman hasn't really impressed me at all throughout his games tbh. Has he won, or placed well in any tournament at all in sc2? I hope they do well though ♥ Liquid whaiting!
I think haypro's highest was 4 place in that pokeridol tournament.
On February 12 2011 15:17 Garnet wrote: Awesome draws. No foreigner collision.
I highly doubt that's a coincidence.
Foreigners seem to have easier first matches in general. No one got Rain or Squirtle or Leenock, etc.
Ret is going to have to practice super hard for his match, he has the third strongest player in code A first round. (rain, leenock then JJob)
lol Leenock and Rain havn't won any games in a while, they fell all the way from Code S down to here, and you say that they are top 1 and 2? Also you say it like that rank is fact.
On February 14 2011 05:07 JustPassingBy wrote: Aw, crap. So none of the foreigners passed the qualification tournament? I had hoped that at least a couple of them would make it into code A. <.<
You must have really been "Just passing By" if your that far out of the loop.
5 foreigners are playing in Code A. Ret, Haypro, Huk, Moonglade, and Loner.
Loner is a hold over from last Code A tournament when he made the R016.
However all the Liquid guys/ Moonglade were just invited to Code A, rather than earning it by going through the qualification rounds.
but then I looked up cchapseungeu on TLPD and saw that he's beaten byun, puzzle, top, ensnare, and tester this year. Don't know how good his TvZ is but ret has a steep hill to climb.
I think HuK's got some pretty good chances. I've heard he practises more than the koreans even (and let's face it. Practice is more important than where you're from), and watching his stream gives me goose bumps every time. Too bad he stopped though.. Damn code A ^^
On February 14 2011 12:25 Spekulatius wrote: I'm totally cheering for Ret. Let there be more consistent Zergs in Code S!
Ehh sorry but I totally can't see Ret winning his match. ChapseungFu is SlayersSJjob isn't it? That dude is a totally baller... probably code S material.
Don`t forget Ret won Assembly Winter 2011, this is until now the best rated tourney (at least in price) this month. I guess this will give him some self estimation, and he will make the RO8.
On February 14 2011 12:25 Spekulatius wrote: I'm totally cheering for Ret. Let there be more consistent Zergs in Code S!
Ehh sorry but I totally can't see Ret winning his match. ChapseungFu is SlayersSJjob isn't it? That dude is a totally baller... probably code S material.
code a is getting so good. i think haypro and moonglade have their hands full. huk and ret should win there first round, huk especially. looking forward to it.
After the way I've seen SlayerS_Alicia play, and the way we saw ST_Bomber stand toe to toe with IMMvP, I'm absolutely SHOCKED to hear that result. Haven't seen a lot of games from Bomber, is TvT just his strongest matchup, or did alicia pull some all-in five warpgate crap at an awkward timing? Eh, can't be helped. I'm sure we will see bomber in future seasons.
Code A overall is looking murderous though. Comparing the Code S matches and the Code A bracket, there are quite a few trades I can see that NEED to happen by the end of this season. There are even more Code A hold-overs that need to make way for some better players though. I also can't believe I'm not seeing IMSeed and IMyonghwa in there. As far as representing protoss I'd much rather see either of those two (or ZenexFFMon) than TSL_killer, SlayerS_Alicia, or SlayerS_Legalmind.
Ah well - four foreigners, so even with nothing else, there's still no reason to complain. Gogo liquid + FOX! HayprO + Ret fighting!
23 Feb 1. ST_Virus < FOXMoon (gogogo NElf4ever) 2. GanZi < LiquidHayprO (TL!!!) 3. ZeNEX_Coca < ST_Ace (dude! ACE will win the whole shit) 4. SlayerS_YuGiOh < LeenockfOu (no trap cards this time)
25 Feb 1. TSL_Rain > Yeah (lets the "queso" begins) 2. mOOnGLaDe > ZeNEX_Destination 3. IMJunwi < SlayerS_Alicia (meh!, Junwi is Code B) 4. MvP_Dog < MakaPrime.WE (MAKAHª!!)
28 Feb 1. oGsSuperNova < ST_Squirtle (no way the team killer can be defeated) 2. TSL_Alive > oGsCezanne (he will stay alive in the tourny) 3. SlayerS_CchapSeungEu < LiquidRet (<3 ret) 4. TSL_Killer > oGsjookTo (lol poor guy, SongHo will destroy him so badly)
23 Feb 1. ST_Virus < FOXMoon (gogogo NElf4ever) 2. GanZi < LiquidHayprO (TL!!!) 3. ZeNEX_Coca < ST_Ace (dude! ACE will win the whole shit) 4. SlayerS_YuGiOh < LeenockfOu (no trap cards this time)
25 Feb 1. TSL_Rain > Yeah (lets the "queso" begins) 2. mOOnGLaDe > ZeNEX_Destination 3. IMJunwi < SlayerS_Alicia (meh!, Junwi is Code B) 4. MvP_Dog < MakaPrime.WE (MAKAHª!!)
28 Feb 1. oGsSuperNova < ST_Squirtle (no way the team killer can be defeated) 2. TSL_Alive > oGsCezanne (he will stay alive in the tourny) 3. SlayerS_CchapSeungEu < LiquidRet (<3 ret) 4. TSL_Killer > oGsjookTo (lol poor guy, SongHo will destroy him so badly)
most bias predictions I've seen in a lonnnnnnng long time......the only good predictions you made were TSL Killer and Rain......
I think that Ret has the most difficult path. He potentially could face each race on his way to the finals. Moonglade could potentially only face terrans all the way through. The practice for each match is important, as many have said, and I think the luck may have some bearing on the foreigner outcomes.
On February 15 2011 04:23 phyre112 wrote: Ah well - four foreigners, so even with nothing else, there's still no reason to complain. Gogo liquid + FXO! HayprO + Ret fighting!
23 Feb 1. ST_Virus < FOXMoon (gogogo NElf4ever) 2. GanZi < LiquidHayprO (TL!!!) 3. ZeNEX_Coca < ST_Ace (dude! ACE will win the whole shit) 4. SlayerS_YuGiOh < LeenockfOu (no trap cards this time)
25 Feb 1. TSL_Rain > Yeah (lets the "queso" begins) 2. mOOnGLaDe > ZeNEX_Destination 3. IMJunwi < SlayerS_Alicia (meh!, Junwi is Code B) 4. MvP_Dog < MakaPrime.WE (MAKAHª!!)
28 Feb 1. oGsSuperNova < ST_Squirtle (no way the team killer can be defeated) 2. TSL_Alive > oGsCezanne (he will stay alive in the tourny) 3. SlayerS_CchapSeungEu < LiquidRet (<3 ret) 4. TSL_Killer > oGsjookTo (lol poor guy, SongHo will destroy him so badly)
most bias predictions I've seen in a lonnnnnnng long time......the only good predictions you made were TSL Killer and Rain......
Man do you srsly think that Junwi is better than Alicia? or that Cezanne can beat Alive?
EPT
IMLosirA vs 
SlayerS_LegalMind
ST_August vs 
Curious did beat 
MC before
