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On February 28 2011 04:15 hmunkey wrote:Show nested quote +On February 28 2011 02:03 Kleinmuuhg wrote:Morrow vs Idra Finale would be epic indeed. Too bad my ESL.TV subscrition ran off this week so I only have semi-high quality on the stream  MorroW's ZvZ is really weak though, so it would probably suck. IdrA plays in a similar way to Ret, albeit stronger, and Ret dominated MorroW's Zerg a week ago. Now put either of them in the finals against someone else and it'll be epic as hell. And isn't Fenix from South America?
Morrow's ZvZ isn't weak, he is one of the strongest ZvZ player outside of Korea.
Let me summarize the ZvZ against ret: Morrow did his one-base all-in against a fast expansion because it worked in his practiced matches against the build order (I think he tried it in 3 games, because he didn't want to throw away his practiced strategy). Ret's fe build was too refined, so it didn't work out. Morrow said this in the Interview.
I doubt that he will try the same all-in build again. The only map both players did the same fast expansion BO (on Metalopolis) morrow won because of better unit control. If idra plays the same way ret did, morrow probably will be prepared.
Idra is probably stronger in ZvZ, though. So I think that he will win.
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Already bought my HD pass for this! 6€ is totally worth of 5 days pure gaming.
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There is no way that MorroW has a Code S ZvZ.
I predict the winner to be either IdrA, WhiteRa, or Squirtle. I don't think anybody other than WhiteRa or Squirtle can beat IdrA in a full set, and if they do they'll be finalists. Glade is great, but I don't think his ZvP is strong enough to win a full set against them.
A lot of it will come down to how good Squirtle performs. If IdrA beats WhiteRa and Squirtle turns out to have been slightly overhyped after GSTL then IdrA is in good shape to win.
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On February 28 2011 05:12 Zerokaiser wrote:
There is no way that MorroW has a Code S ZvZ.
Depends...Morrow has just no clue about the metagame and you can't really blame him for that, because EU is basicly a wasteland when it comes to good zergs and I don't think morrow can train with most of these few since afaik they mainly play ladder.
Anyway, his mechanics are scary like hell, seriously he has insane micro, creep spread and everything but he is still weak at adapting fast which made him look like a fool against Ret.
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Day and TLO casting? YES PLEASE
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I like the flavour of the tournament, some americans, europeans and a few koreans + 1 aussie innit mate? 
Then 4 of each race, just a nice combo to make sure you get varied games with top talent and great casters to promote that talent
I just hope there will be only a few technical difficulties and we get a great tourney
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I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that I think the some of the Euro players have caught up with Idra and have a very good chance of knocking him out of contention early. I'll take White-Ra, QXC, and Squirtle for the top three, with Idra, Sjow and Morrow at their heels..
And were the groups drawn randomly? Group A seems a LOT tougher than B..
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Can't wait for this, should be a blast. Since Assembly I've been watching GSL so this should be a good change indeed.
Thanks for the writeup.
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Squirtle + IdrA hwaiting!
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I'd kill to see a MorroW vs IdrA show down again! And TLO as a caster .. what more could you ask for?
The Koreans should also do pretty well; Squirtle and Ace showed some impressive skills in GSTL and Code A..
At the end of the day i see Sjow, White Ra or IdrA taking this one..
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My wild random bet is on White-Ra for group A (with Idra getting taken out by him or QXC) and SjoW for group B (taking it from Squirtle), with White-Ra for the win
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If you buy the HD access, there are VODs posted yea? Just might not be able to watch many games live, so hoping they post the VODs onsite instead of just adding a replay etc
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I'm really looking forward to this^^ I'm a fan of Rotti's casting.
Also, I laughed my ass off at Three Koreans and an Aussie
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To the creator of the front page picture: Have a second look on the map, there is no Hanover in Germany 
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Morrow doesn't stand a chance vs Idra, to be kind. Ret is worse than Idra and Ret dominated Morrow's face 2 weeks ago.
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On February 28 2011 07:26 Sephimos wrote:
Morrow doesn't stand a chance vs Idra, to be kind. Ret is worse than Idra and Ret dominated Morrow's face 2 weeks ago.
The way i see it, Ret simply won because hes build was better. He only needed to get roaches out and that's it. There was not much of effort done for the wins. One game where Ret didn't open with the same build he lost. Morrow just microed better and won that game.
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qxc, Fenix + IdrA going to crush Euro and KR face. 
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On February 28 2011 07:43 Steamroller wrote:Show nested quote +On February 28 2011 07:26 Sephimos wrote:
Morrow doesn't stand a chance vs Idra, to be kind. Ret is worse than Idra and Ret dominated Morrow's face 2 weeks ago. The way i see it, Ret simply won because hes build was better. He only needed to get roaches out and that's it. There was not much of effort done for the wins. One game where Ret didn't open with the same build he lost. Morrow just microed better and won that game.
Ret was better. Morrow glided through the easier side of the bracket and hit a brick wall in the Finals. His ZvZ wasn't bad, it was awful. Ret was a quantum leap ahead of him in the metagame.
What kind of argument is that anyway? "It's just that his build was better"? This game is 90% having "a better build", adapting to your enemy and being solid like Ret is.
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On February 28 2011 07:47 Sephimos wrote:Show nested quote +On February 28 2011 07:43 Steamroller wrote:On February 28 2011 07:26 Sephimos wrote:
Morrow doesn't stand a chance vs Idra, to be kind. Ret is worse than Idra and Ret dominated Morrow's face 2 weeks ago. The way i see it, Ret simply won because hes build was better. He only needed to get roaches out and that's it. There was not much of effort done for the wins. One game where Ret didn't open with the same build he lost. Morrow just microed better and won that game. Ret was better. Morrow glided through the easier side of the bracket and hit a brick wall in the Finals. His ZvZ wasn't bad, it was awful. Ret was a quantum leap ahead of him in the metagame. What kind of argument is that anyway? "It's just that his build was better"? This game is 90% having "a better build", adapting to your enemy and being solid like Ret is.
lolz easier side of the bracket???
Kas, TLO, Tarson, Socke vs Sase, Naniwa, Pomi, Adelscott ???
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EPT
