I still have faith in the elephants. Proto-elephant Hyun performed up to expectations, it just took him over nine months. KeSPA players started later, had to play Brood War for a while, so they probably need another six months to catch up. Fortunately, HotS will be out by then, so they should be on completely even footing. Expect the best players in HotS to be the same KeSPA players that picked up on SC2 the fastest, such as Bogus, Flash, Rain, as well as some new talent like Creator, Life.

wklbishop

United States1286 Posts

January 11 2013 02:11 GMT

#43

On January 11 2013 10:58 Elite_ wrote:

Show nested quote +

Reread the sentence please. It says HuK lost one relevant game. The game against NesTea didn't matter to him. He was guaranteed Code S before the game.

edit - predictions
1. Symbol - playing against 2 Terran players, a teammate that he's better than, and a jetlagged Jaedong...
2. Center - Has better chances than everyone else in the group.
3. Shine - Dat 3rd place curse yo.
4. Jaedong - jetlagged, still has a 25% win rate against Terran in the GSL booth.
5. ByuN - 40% TvZ and Center, who he already lost to in Code A to fall into the Up & Downs...

It was edited to reflect what he said.

Notice the fact that a bunch of people also said the same thing before the edit time at the bottom right of the article.

Master of DalK

Canada1797 Posts

January 11 2013 02:14 GMT

#44

EG.JD.RC and Center are who I'm rooting for. Such a lack of toss lately too =/

well w.e, HuK SMASH.

mclalimace

Canada66 Posts

January 11 2013 02:18 GMT

#45

1. Symbol
2. Center
3. JD
4. Shine
5. ByuN

althaz

Australia1001 Posts

January 11 2013 02:20 GMT

#46

I feel like Jaedong will win all of his ZvZs and that will see him through. I also feel Symbol will make it on the back of smashing a couple of terrans, although if Byun brings it things could get interesting.

BoxingKangaroo

Japan955 Posts

January 11 2013 02:30 GMT

#47

I don't think any prediction of JD winning has been right so far. Getting 3rd in his U/D group was pretty indicative of his current level, so I'd expect the same again. Symbol probably first, maybe Shine or Byun second.

GolemMadness

Canada11044 Posts

January 11 2013 02:46 GMT

#48

Really, Nestea is just going to get demolished in code S. His play looked extremely sloppy, and he was lucky to get probably the weakest U&D group and a bit of a walkover against Huk, who had already qualified for code S by the time they played.

IMLyte

Canada714 Posts

January 11 2013 03:17 GMT

#49

Jaedong <3!!!!!
I'm hoping for Center to come in second, I really enjoy his personality.

Swisslink

2954 Posts

January 11 2013 03:29 GMT

#50

On January 11 2013 11:46 GolemMadness wrote:
Really, Nestea is just going to get demolished in code S. His play looked extremely sloppy, and he was lucky to get probably the weakest U&D group and a bit of a walkover against Huk, who had already qualified for code S by the time they played.

NesTea looked kinda decent, imo. At least until he had to play the standard late game, he's just horribly bad when it comed to BL/Infestors, beside that, I was surprised how well he played

And the walkover didn't really matter, he won against Center and would have been qualified with a 3:2 as well. Thanks to Center beating fantasy in the last game, the previous game between Huk and NesTea was irrelevant for both of them.

But yeah, you're right, he had the easiest possible group and his opponents played some weird shit (WHY should someone EVER try to 4-Gate NesTea, the one player who dominated the scene at the times were these strats were used? I don't get it), but I still think he deserves it to get another chance in Code S - and with the release of HotS his strategical skills will bring him to the top again!

CloudMage

Canada221 Posts

January 11 2013 03:39 GMT

#51

Yes HuK back in Code S, I once again have a reason to watch GSL :D HuK Fighting!

Gorlin

United States2753 Posts

January 11 2013 03:45 GMT

#52

Dang, I really like most of these players. Symbol just belongs in Code S, but I really want to see Jaedong and Center do well. Hrmmmmm

Advantageous

China1350 Posts

January 11 2013 03:51 GMT

#53

HuK is back?!

Takkun

United States9 Posts

January 11 2013 04:00 GMT

#54

Gogo JD Symbol <3
Happy to see Huk making a comeback tbh.
And NesTea... -tear- I knew it.

tili

United States1332 Posts

January 11 2013 04:01 GMT

#55

Wait... I really can't tell if the 5-1 rankings are favoring the 5 or the 1.....

maybe I'm dense though

Edit: Jaedong!!!

LockeTazeline

2390 Posts

January 11 2013 04:32 GMT

#56

My thought process is this:

Symbol's too good of a player not to pass this group.
I don't think Center's as good as he might be.
Jaedong is a Kespa players.
That leaves Shine and Byun who will both go 3-2 with Byun having beat Shine to make Code S in a tiebreaker.

Dragoonstorm7

United States599 Posts

January 11 2013 04:45 GMT

#57

they are all going to go 2-2.
=P

Antimatterz

United States1010 Posts

January 11 2013 05:07 GMT

#58

NESTEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

God I'm so fucking happy, if Nestea comes back I will quit all other video games and focus on Starcraft again.

X3GoldDot

Malaysia3840 Posts

January 11 2013 05:12 GMT

#59

'This is a new game and it doesn't matter if you're a former A-team star or a practice partner who cleaned the floors. The strong will survive and the weak will fall.'

best part of it all