Didn't Koll take a game off of Bisu at the last WCG? The Koreans were always the favorites, and they always won, but there were some good games along the way.

I personally am going to miss watching BW at WCG.

Blitzkrieg0

United States13132 Posts

November 25 2011 05:29 GMT

#29

The fact that that is even an accomplishment should tell you something.

R04R

United States1631 Posts

December 07 2011 06:27 GMT

#30

Didn't know this existed. Bumping because the time has come.
I give group of death to either B or D, as a majority of the teams in those groups are fairly competitive. In group C the skill gap (otherwise known as the familiarity of the teams) between CDE and CLG CA and the rest of the group is too big.

Predictions
A: Acer
B: IG
C: CDE
D: FTW

Two_DoWn

United States13684 Posts

December 07 2011 06:34 GMT

#31

Do we know how many advance from each group yet?

JBright

Vancouver14381 Posts

December 07 2011 06:59 GMT

#32

On December 07 2011 15:34 Two_DoWn wrote:
Do we know how many advance from each group yet?

I see LoL quarterfinals on the schedule, so probably 2 teams per group.

fuzzbox

235 Posts

December 07 2011 07:08 GMT

#33

i want to watch the games! too bad no streams. :-(

Chrispy

Canada5878 Posts

December 07 2011 07:35 GMT

#34

Cheering for Dignitas.

Ryuu314

United States12679 Posts

December 07 2011 07:39 GMT

#35

On November 25 2011 12:15 GreenManalishi wrote:

Show nested quote +

bolded for emphasis. Korea has 0 competition in BW. At most, foreigners can hope to win a single game, not even a set. WCG axed BW from their lineup a while ago. It's sad to be sure, but it makes sense.

Cuddle

Sweden1345 Posts

December 07 2011 07:45 GMT

#36

Elementz back in lineup with CLG? I didn't think he'd go back after all the drama.

infinitestory

United States4053 Posts

December 07 2011 07:48 GMT

#37

On December 07 2011 16:45 Cuddle wrote:
Elementz back in lineup with CLG? I didn't think he'd go back after all the drama.

He's not. They just qualified for WCG grand finals before Elementz was booted.

Mondieu

Romania803 Posts

December 07 2011 08:38 GMT

#38

I'm pretty sure the korean team will win this just because they are koreans. How come TSM did not make it to the WCG though ?

infinitestory

United States4053 Posts

December 07 2011 08:41 GMT

#39

On December 07 2011 17:38 Mondieu wrote:
I'm pretty sure the korean team will win this just because they are koreans. How come TSM did not make it to the WCG though ?

Most of the members (everybody but TRM) did. Since WCG goes by country and CLG, TSM both have canadian and Americna members, the Canada and CDE (USA) teams are both conglomerations of CLG, TSM, and Dyrus members.

EDIT: oh right
i saw team canada practicing in ranked 5s earlier today with Woong as a ringer... they looked horrible, barely won against some randoms. i hope they were not playing seriously

overt

United States9006 Posts

December 07 2011 08:43 GMT

#40

On December 07 2011 17:38 Mondieu wrote:
I'm pretty sure the korean team will win this just because they are koreans. How come TSM did not make it to the WCG though ?

TSM is not an all-American team and neither is CLG. CLG is a combination of people from CLG and TSM who are Canadians while CDE is a combination of people from CLG, TSM, and Dyrus who are American. CLG's captain is HotshotGG and CDE's captain is Chauster (although saintvicious makes most of their team's calls).

I think iG wins this. With the US teams all doing good as well. The Korean teams aren't terrible but honestly they're not as good as the US teams from what I've seen in scrims.

I don't know dick about the various EU teams so they're a wild card for me. Still I wouldn't be surprised to see iG take first and CDE, CLG, and Dignitas all take 2-4 (although this assumes two teams qualify from each group).

'nother edit:
While looking at the teams more closely is the French team the only EU team that's actually people who routinely play with each other? The rest of the teams just look like some pro EU players with random high ELO kids as well.