Parting has the best PvT because he beat Jjakji last season? Lol his greedy builds got absolutely destroyed by Code S terrans after that. Fin and Polt/Oz will advance.

lessQQmorePEWPEW

Jamaica921 Posts

April 10 2012 21:25 GMT

#44

Why is ForGG an elephant?

onedayclose

United States1145 Posts

April 10 2012 21:28 GMT

#45

LOL Baneata!

onedayclose

United States1145 Posts

April 10 2012 21:30 GMT

#46

On April 11 2012 06:25 lessQQmorePEWPEW wrote:
Why is ForGG an elephant?

He is an ex-brood war Starleague champion! The esports elephant seems most appropriate!

THM

Bulgaria1131 Posts

April 10 2012 21:45 GMT

#47

go go ForGG and Polt

babybell

776 Posts

April 10 2012 21:47 GMT

#48

Oz and Fin !!!

HaXXspetten

Sweden15718 Posts

April 10 2012 21:51 GMT

#49

On April 11 2012 06:24 power-overwhelming wrote:
Parting has the best PvT because he beat Jjakji last season? Lol his greedy builds got absolutely destroyed by Code S terrans after that. Fin and Polt/Oz will advance.

...clearly you've not seen PartinG's High Templars...

Burns

United States2300 Posts

April 10 2012 21:52 GMT

#50

This is one of the most intense groups i think i have ever seen in the gsl, looking throught the bets i deff had a hard time deciding on who to bet for but i ended up with polt/forgg

mDuo13

United States307 Posts

April 10 2012 21:53 GMT

#51

I would put Polt and PartinG on about even footing. Both are especially good against their opponent's race. That matchup will be one to watch.

I expect Oz to win if it comes to PvP but lose TvP versus both of these players (for the reasons in the OP).

But as much as I like Polt and want to see him advance, I sort of expect him to go down 2-1 versus Fin. Obviously he didn't win the Super Tournament by having terrible TvT, but it's not been good for him lately. (49% in Korea!) Fin already has a 2-0 record vs. Polt, more rest, and time to plan. That particular prediction is definitely a case of Fionn's wishful thinking taking over.

So let's look at this. Let's say PartinG beats Polt:
Parting > Polt; Fin > Oz
Parting ? Fin, Oz < Polt
EITHER: Fin advances with winner of PartinG vs. Polt; or, PartinG advances with Fin (due to Fin > Polt)

Now let's say Polt beats PartinG in the first match:
Polt > Parting; Fin > Oz
Polt < Fin; Parting < Oz
Fin advances; Polt > Oz and Polt advances.

So that means Fin has a really good chance of advancing either way, and Oz probably drops. Polt or PartinG advancing will come down to their direct matchup. And they've never met each other in a tourney game, so... tough call. I'll go with my heart and say Fin and Polt advance. But of course an upset could happen and I'd be dead wrong. In any case, this is quite a tough group... as are many of the Code S groups these days.

Lawliet

United States70 Posts

April 10 2012 21:57 GMT

#52

Parting for sure. And prolly Polt. Parting's PvT will put him into winners. Oz's PvT will send him into losers. PvP won't be a factor in this group.

On a totally different topic. If parting and oz fused into one player he would be the greatest player in the galaxy.... Tastetosis! Make it happen!

Ace1123

Philippines1187 Posts

April 10 2012 21:58 GMT

#53

ForGG and Polt I hope. Polt is a nice guy and so as Fin :D And I hope Fin Prepared enough.

chillswithhippos

United States74 Posts

April 10 2012 22:08 GMT

#54

i just realized... this groups stacked as fuck O.o a lot of the groups have been actually, thats why i love the new code S format, it really shows who belongs and who got lucky.

eviltomahawk

United States11135 Posts

April 10 2012 22:15 GMT

#55

Never doubt the Pretender, or else you'll be Fin-ished and begging For that GG.

Good write-up. I'm very excited about this group. All are fine players, and I would cheer for them all if I was not a raging ForGG fanboy.

GhandiEAGLE

United States20754 Posts

April 10 2012 22:18 GMT

#56

W00t! I feel soooo cool for having the same predictions for in-depth reasons...

threshy

Qatar550 Posts

April 10 2012 22:25 GMT

#57

Why the misogyny? Really ugly.

Flightan

France147 Posts

April 10 2012 22:29 GMT

#58

Parting > Polt
Fin > Oz
Parting > Fin

You almost had me for a second, I was thinking "What is this? They're not predicting Polt to advance after his recent results? Has Fionn been fired???". Then I read the rest..

Polt > Oz
Polt > Fin

Ollie

United States144 Posts

April 10 2012 22:35 GMT

#59

There was a time when Oz's PvT was his best match up. I don't really think he's awful at it now, he's just in a kind of slump. I say that because when I watch his PvTs, I don't see any flaws that tell me that he doesn't understand the matchup, I just see that he makes a lot of little mistakes that get him in bad shape throughout the game.

He has the potential to beat all of these players. I just hope he can.