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On June 27 2011 10:23 Incanus wrote:So do I understand this right, that the first July vs Tester match is meaningless? Since the loser gets an auto-win and they rematch for whoever makes it out of the group anyway? :-/ Aha, unless this is true? Show nested quote +On June 27 2011 10:10 fant0m wrote:
By the way, Winner plays Loser in Code S groups, so whoever wins in July vs. Tester will play against the forfeited spot, get a 2nd automatic win, and move on from the group.
No this is not true, winner plays winner, loser plays loser. By the way. The winner of July v Tester gets two chances to make it out of the group, albeit once versus NesTea but still. The loser has one chance.
On June 27 2011 10:29 PartyBiscuit wrote:Show nested quote +On June 27 2011 10:08 mikyaJ wrote:
People need to stop defending Polt by saying that he was doing bad until just recently blah blah, one of the worst in Code S. He never was. He won the first Code S Wild Card waaaaaaaaayyyy back in February, and 2 SK Gaming Trophies all the while while leading up to the Super Tournament. He wasn't bad, he was just secretly good, and people who don't actually pay attention to the Korean scene and the stuff that goes on OUTSIDE of the GSL were ignorant of that fact. Polt is great, and has been great. Just like San was never as terrible as people made him out to be, he just got lucky that one season by avoiding PvP, where as every other season he got knocked out early in PvP.
So, if you're going to try to defend/support Polt against the swarms of haters, at least try and get it right. I just want to point out, winning the Code S wildcard is sort of anti-accomplishment as it means he was knocked out in the right away in the first place in January.
No it means he won Code A essentially with the same player pool that Losira did.
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Great OP, can't wait for this GSL, looks to be epic, but the only way it can be better than the rest is if it actually has a good finals. MKP FIGHTING!
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Why did all the seeds go crazy with their picks? :l
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I could actually see MC finishing last in his group. Should he lose to Bomber he is going up against Inca in what could be a phenomenal PvP to avoid elimination and up and down matches (say what you want about Inca, but his PvP is insane).
Also extremely excited about MMA vs Puzzle, even though its kinda harsh to send one of them down to code B again when they certainly belong among the better players on the planet.
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Its really cool how some korean players contributed to this
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Really doubt jinro is going to win.
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On June 27 2011 10:52 mikyaJ wrote:
No this is not true, winner plays winner, loser plays loser. By the way. The winner of July v Tester gets two chances to make it out of the group, albeit once versus NesTea but still. The loser has one chance.
Not a single past season of GSL has had winner play winner. It would make a lot more sense, but they chose to play winner vs. loser. It would be impossible for there to be a 2x 2-0, 2x 0-2 group otherwise. AND you could never get an all 1-1 tie either, both of which happen quite a lot (surely you remember at least one?).
On June 27 2011 10:08 mikyaJ wrote:
No it means he won Code A essentially with the same player pool that Losira did.
Up until the super tournament or jsut before it, Polt was a Code A killer. Anyone of Code A caliber that he played against (or someone who had been promoted from Code A) he crushed, but anyone who was a Code S veteran crushed Polt horribly.
Which is why he was in several Up/Down matches, but easily stayed in Code S every time.
Arbitrary and meaningless, but that's how I saw him. 
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United States23455 Posts
For the Group A:
Nester vs. Rain - Nestea auto-win
Tester vs. July - Winner plays Nestea/Loser gets automatic win against Rain
Loser of Nestea/Winner Tester/July vs. Loser of Tester/July
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MMA losing to puzzle most likely? There is a chance but tbh i think MMA will likely win.
Pratice games and ladder results count way less than tournement games/results.
MMA beat Losira 4-1 (code S player) to win MLG, Puzzle really hasn't delivered.
Plus MMA has The emperor as his coach and Alicia as his teammate, what could go wrong 
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You guys are amazing. Excellent write up and it really helped me understand some of the more unknown players more.
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I think I snickered throughout this entire article.
Props, guys! Loved the humor (and, of course, the actual content)! 
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I kind of think the Code A predictions are crazy. Sheth is good but I don't think he's an easy pick over San. Picking against MMA and Ryung is also crazy.
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On June 27 2011 11:42 fant0m wrote:
Not a single past season of GSL has had winner play winner. It would make a lot more sense, but they chose to play winner vs. loser. It would be impossible for there to be a 2x 2-0, 2x 0-2 group otherwise. AND you could never get an all 1-1 tie either, both of which happen quite a lot (surely you remember at least one?).
True, but they changed it for this season.
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If I remember I'm sure Ryung never was in GSL Open 3, and Gumiho lost the first round that season. And I think Coca would beat Alicia, Coca is sick good at ZvP while Alicia is not.
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great read cant wait! I hope mkp finally gets his win !
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Excellent write-up and interesting predictions. Can't say I agree or disagree with most of them, which is a good thing as they seem rather objective.
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Great write-up. Nice to see these types of articles appear more and more often.
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EPT
