I'm a big NaNiwa supporter, but I think saying that he'll advance is a little audacious. I don't think he'll absolutely bomb, but I think his record will look something like: Loss versus Puzzle, win versus Ryung, loss versus Puzzle. Getting a win in the rematch is how I see him advancing in the group. Maybe today will be one of MVP's off days and we'll see NaNiwa paired off with him instead of Ryung, but I'm pretty confident that NaNiwa can handle either Terran in the group. It's PvP that I'm concerned with.

Gladiator6

Sweden7024 Posts

April 12 2012 19:41 GMT

#64

Naniwa got a pretty good group I must say, but I think MVP will be on fire!

Majynx

United States1431 Posts

April 12 2012 19:41 GMT

#65

Really hope that Naniwa can pull through this group. This seems to be one of the easier groups and if Mvp's wrists are still affecting his play, it's possible to seem him in the bottom two. Go Naniwa/Mvp!

essencez

342 Posts

April 12 2012 19:44 GMT

#66

Mvp is coming back! Still I don't see why people are putting so much doubt on Mvp's TvP. Given the small enough samplesize the only TvP sets he has lost in 2011 is against MC at MLG providence which he came back to 3:0 MC from the loser bracket. Prior to that a 2:1 loss to NaNiWa. Those two along with Genius/Alicia adds up to a total of 4 sets lost to protoss in the entire 2011 year. Very far from being 'weak'.

stichtom

Italy695 Posts

April 12 2012 19:44 GMT

#67

GOGOGO MVP
It's your time.

torm3ntin

Brazil2534 Posts

April 12 2012 19:45 GMT

#68

I'm cheering for naniway but i don't see him advancing. It's a matter of pressure. GSL makes them crazy.

decaf

Austria1797 Posts

April 12 2012 19:45 GMT

#69

Leave Mvp alone, he has wrist problems

tuho12345

4482 Posts

April 12 2012 19:48 GMT

#70

Nani should be able to beat Puzzle, his PvP is pretty good, be beat MC before so no problem. Also MVP and Ruynh isn't really in a good form right now, so he has a decent chance to prove himself tho.

R3DT1D3

285 Posts

April 12 2012 19:48 GMT

#71

On April 13 2012 02:54 Waxangel wrote:
Why is Ryung the largest in the front page image?

I dunno.
Liquid`Ryung.
Ryung paid us at IPL4 for more exposure.
It was the easiest way to photoshop the picture.
There was no resizing, his head is actually to scale.

Should have been a poll. I'm rooting for Ryung and Naniwa since they're the most interesting out of the group.

9001

771 Posts

April 12 2012 19:49 GMT

#72

things may look bleak, but i'm still supporting Ryung all the way!
Kim Dong-Won fightingggg!

Balgrog

United States1221 Posts

April 12 2012 19:52 GMT

#73

Time for Naniwa to prove himself!

vorxaw

Canada245 Posts

April 12 2012 19:54 GMT

#74

most likely two tosses advance, theyve finally figured out how to effectively go both colossi and high templars, and i dont think terrans have found a good counter yet, other than through brute force/even sicker micro

mDuo13

United States307 Posts

April 12 2012 19:56 GMT

#75

I'd love to see Naniwa take it and I think he has the skills to pull through, but I worry that he'll defeat himself with the pressure to do well on the GSL stage. Just because Puzzle is boring doesn't mean he can't come out and knock out everyone on the way to proving he's no joke.

Given that MVP skipped IPL partly on the basis of his wrist injuries, and TvP has been his achilles heel anyway, I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if he divebombs out of this group. Ryung could go either way, but if BoxeR's Forgotten Son feels like he has something to prove, he could definitely show up and destroy anyone in the group to win.

Predicting Ryung & Puzzle to advance. Hoping I'm wrong.

kruxey

Bulgaria168 Posts

April 12 2012 19:56 GMT

#76

In a perfect world(for me):
Naniwa>Puzzle
Ryung>MVP
Naniwa>Ryung
Puzzle>MVP
Puzzle>ryung

FrostedMiniWheats

United States30730 Posts

April 12 2012 19:58 GMT

#77

Same prediction same reason. Just can't count out MVP, especially considering we haven't seen much of him lately to really know his condition. Just like with Nestea before IPL4. IM seems to think he's going to do fine according to their twitter.

As for Naniwa, he has a PvP, and a terran aside from MVP with a rep for bad TvP. I think he can make it.

Aunvilgod

2653 Posts

April 12 2012 19:59 GMT

#78

Really depends on Mvp. If he plays 2011 he will win. If he plays 2012 he will lose. Especially these Iron Squid games, he played just so BAD. </3

Ozira

Sweden150 Posts

April 12 2012 20:00 GMT

#79

GL naniwa! <3

RunningInSquares

United States215 Posts

April 12 2012 20:06 GMT

#80

Given the state of MVP's arms, I think Nani actually has a shot at this. Additionally, I would consider favoring Puzzle over MVP when it comes down to the swing match to see who makes it with Nani.