Common guide on winning WCS:

1. Play SC2 10hrs a day
2. Get stressed up and nervous about the event
3. Play some more SC2
4. Lose sleep and play more SC2

Scarlett's guide on winning WCS:

1. Go have fun for a week
2. New hairstyle
3. See Proleague with friends
4. Play WCS and win flawlessly.

William paradise

1753 Posts

August 12 2014 01:44 GMT

#6682

So happy to see her back in WCS rd 16 this is where she belongs. Congrats Sasha you played superbly

Yhamm

France7248 Posts

August 12 2014 01:47 GMT

#6683

On August 12 2014 10:42 xtorn wrote:
Scarlett's guide on winning WCS:

1. Go have fun for a week
2. New hairstyle
3. See Proleague with friends
4. Play WCS and win flawlessly.

well, it was not flawlessly

but still, grats! we will soon see a lot of your new haircut

Phil0s0pher

Australia317 Posts

August 12 2014 04:18 GMT

#6684

On August 12 2014 10:47 Yhamm wrote:

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well, it was not flawlessly

but still, grats! we will soon see a lot of your new haircut

Fortunately, unlike Samson, Scarlett's power of Starcraft does not rest in her hair. Glad to see Heart get through as well <3 Heart. <3 Scarlett. Round of 16 is going to be amazing with Iaguz there as well.

Congratulations Sasha on being a dominating contender as always.

nerpderp

United States780 Posts

August 12 2014 05:15 GMT

#6685

Can't wait to see her at WCS Round of 16 with her new haircut! :D

Vaftrudner

Sweden1185 Posts

August 12 2014 11:05 GMT

#6686

On August 12 2014 10:44 William paradise wrote:
So happy to see her back in WCS rd 16 this is where she belongs. Congrats Sasha you played superbly

I thought bly was on acer?

:D seriously though so happy to see Scarlett in ro16! The Seed games gave me a heart attack

William paradise

1753 Posts

August 13 2014 20:09 GMT

#6687

IEM is shaping up to be one the hardest tournaments this year. Its going to feel so great when Sasha wins it.

Shellshock

United States97277 Posts

August 14 2014 02:22 GMT

#6688

Her Ro16 WCS AM group is: (T)

nerpderp

United States780 Posts

August 14 2014 02:29 GMT

#6689

Really good draw for Scarlett. She got probably the easiest group out of the 4. I certainly pick her to be one of the players to advance out of the group.

Thax

Belgium1060 Posts

August 14 2014 02:37 GMT

#6690

On August 14 2014 11:22 Shellshock wrote:
Her Ro16 WCS AM group is: (T)

That's a fantastic group for Scarlett IMO.

The weakest Terran of the RO16. -> she should win this with her ZvT
Probably the weakest Zerg of the RO16, though still a very good one in his current form. -> closer, but with her current ZvZ she should be more than capable of winning this.
and, probably the most challenging, a phenomenal, but out of shape Protoss. -> depending on their relative forms this shouldn't be an impossible match either.

William paradise

1753 Posts

August 14 2014 02:41 GMT

#6691

Her group looks good compared to the others. Is there a tournament in Taiwan all the acer players are heading there, just wondering?

HEADD

Czech Republic611 Posts

August 14 2014 02:49 GMT

#6692

On August 14 2014 11:41 William paradise wrote:
Her group looks good compared to the others. Is there a tournament in Taiwan all the acer players are heading there, just wondering?

not sure about Bly or Nerchio
BTW nice group for scarlett

Yhamm

France7248 Posts

August 14 2014 02:50 GMT

#6693

On August 14 2014 11:41 William paradise wrote:
Her group looks good compared to the others. Is there a tournament in Taiwan all the acer players are heading there, just wondering?

there is a team show match Team Acer vs yoe Flash Wolves
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/sc2-tournaments/464117-iron-forum-night-aug-16-17th

William paradise

1753 Posts

August 14 2014 02:56 GMT

#6694

On August 14 2014 11:50 Yhamm wrote:

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there is a team show match Team Acer vs yoe Flash Wolves
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/sc2-tournaments/464117-iron-forum-night-aug-16-17th

O cool didn't know about this thanks for the link.

xtorn

4067 Posts

August 14 2014 06:25 GMT

#6695

On August 14 2014 11:22 Shellshock wrote:
Her Ro16 WCS AM group is: (T)

Fantastic group for Scarlett, maybe HerO or iaguz may be challenging but she can definitely get 1st.

Great idea with the team showmatch! Looks like Acer sent the best players they have. So much foreign activity at the yoeFW house lately

thats a nice pic, Scarlett looking great as usual!

nerpderp

United States780 Posts

August 14 2014 06:47 GMT

#6696

On August 14 2014 11:50 Yhamm wrote:

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there is a team show match Team Acer vs yoe Flash Wolves
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/sc2-tournaments/464117-iron-forum-night-aug-16-17th

Surprising that they'd fly three players to Taiwan just for a showmatch, and that Team Acer would agree to go even though there's no cash prize.

nerpderp

United States780 Posts

August 14 2014 06:54 GMT

#6697

On August 14 2014 11:37 Thax wrote:

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I agree. Ironically, Scarlett's most volatile matchup in the last month has been ZvT (as is true for everyone) after the recent buffs. But I don't see Iaguz beating her in a series, especially if it goes to a macro game. She's also beaten viOLet easily the past few times they played, even with an injured hand during IEM qualifiers. HerO has also been very inconsistent lately, losing to both Life and Kane in the Destiny I tournament (and once to Xigua during RO32). Scarlett's PvZ is also vastly improved over last year. If all goes as planned, she should win this group.

                  Top 2      1st      2nd      3rd      4th    
---------------------------------------------------------------
    Scarlett     75.84%   45.59%   30.24%   14.19%    9.98%    
      viOLet     54.05%   25.28%   28.77%   24.88%   21.07%    
        HerO     39.63%   15.97%   23.65%   31.73%   28.65%    
       iaguz     30.49%   13.16%   17.33%   29.20%   40.30%

Estimated by Aligulac. Modify.

VoidVerse

Germany3 Posts

August 14 2014 09:51 GMT

#6698

On August 14 2014 15:47 nerpderp wrote:

Surprising that they'd fly three players to Taiwan just for a showmatch, and that Team Acer would agree to go even though there's no cash prize.

Acer is a Taiwanese Corporation. This showmatch might be part of the promtiotional activities in their home country.

Go Scarlett!

nerpderp

United States780 Posts

August 14 2014 09:52 GMT

#6699

Upcoming Scarlett schedule

8/16 - Team Acer showmatch vs. YoeFlashWolves
8/22 - Redbull Battlegrounds Detroit
8/28 - IEM Toronto
9/8 (I think) - WCS America, Group A

It's going to be a very busy few weeks coming up for Scarlett. It's good that she has WCS America last out of the list, since she usually gets stronger the more she competes (ASUS ROG and MLG Anaheim were her two most successful events, and they were both last in a series of successive meets for Scarlett).