On novemBer 29 2012 13:44 BrokenMirage wrote:
Tree.hugger'S got this. MKP is probably going to bomb out of the tournament in the round of 8 by losing against LoWeLy or something. On an unrelated note I'd give 1 to 10 odds that HwangSin will make it to the WR4/LR5 (or further) despite his insane potential opponents( Life, Leenock ). My hipster senses are tingling.

Yea, MarineKing is known to do awful in foreign tournaments

zul

Germany5427 Posts

November 29 2012 15:37 GMT

#44

"Tree: Chance that Mill.Stephano shows up?
Wax: As opposed to?
Tree: EGStephano.RC"

:D I see what you did there.

YourGoodFriend

United States2197 Posts

November 29 2012 16:29 GMT

#45

I love TL for stuff like this. Makes my day

Melliflue

United Kingdom1389 Posts

November 29 2012 18:13 GMT

#46

I really enjoyed the article, thanks!

I expect there will be more Protoss whining than Terran whining. Three good Terrans are seeded high into the bracket compared to Crank and San for Protoss. I think Terran could do better overall. Even if they don't, it will only take a game or two of brood lord & infestor to get the complaints going.

HaniStream

Canada50 Posts

November 29 2012 18:31 GMT

#47

good read. But I think the funniest comment (Mill.Stephano) shouldn't have been the first one

The_Darkness

United States910 Posts

November 29 2012 19:28 GMT

#48

Here's a wager: Stephano will play more games in this IPL than he did in practice during the week leading up to the IPL. I'll give you 3:1 odds here.

FlukyS

Ireland485 Posts

November 29 2012 20:04 GMT

#49

I bet 1 foreigner in the top 8
Hyun wins both GSL and IPL
Korea will win the GSL world championship without taking it to the tie breaker
Half of the top 8 will be Zerg

MacNaughty

Canada41 Posts

November 30 2012 00:25 GMT

#50

This was a really fun read, thanks guys!!

MatiaasS !

Chile167 Posts

November 30 2012 03:39 GMT

#51

Viva Las Vegas, IPL5 + GSL it's awesome, good read !

ZigguratOfUr

Iraq16955 Posts

November 30 2012 18:32 GMT

#52

On November 29 2012 22:33 noddy wrote:

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Yea, MarineKing is known to do awful in foreign tournaments

I can now call myself a prophet for predicting MKP's elimination at the hands of LoWeLy before even knowing they were going to face each other. Too bad Hwangsin didn't perform.

sixfour

England11062 Posts

November 30 2012 19:29 GMT

#53

On November 29 2012 16:09 sixfour wrote:
I keep reading these threads and hoping that some day they'll actually realise that there's reputable sportsbooks that work outside of the united states that allow us to place actual bets on the actual matches, and they're breaking down real lines. Instead it's mildly amusing commentary on the tournament, using my favourite term in all of TL, things being "awkward". Oh well, I guess I'll just load up on bboong to beat sea and print my moneys

Well that was easy

JKM

Denmark419 Posts

December 01 2012 20:41 GMT

#54

"Tree: I think Wax is insane here. Absolutely no way that Protoss comes off looking worse in this tournament than Terran. Protoss is represented by players like Seed, HerO, Creator, Squirtle, and MC. Terran has Ryung, Bogus, Bomber, TaeJa, and YoDa. I think the edge is clearly in Protoss's favor. Is Terran 90% more likely to do better than Protoss here? No way."

Having the best (outside of Rain and Parting) protosses present is what makes watching them lose hit so much harder :-(. I am a proponent of protoss tears!

Edit:
In all seriousness, it's very hard not being somewhat sceptical about zerg power with GSL and IPL5 coinciding, although I am certain if you averaged the previous 10 tournaments it'd look a bit better (maybe not for terran, but meh).