[GSL] Code S Group C Recap/Group D Preview (S1) - Page 4

On February 15 2013 09:45 neoghaleon55 wrote:
If life dies in a fire tonight, we're going to hang you, zealously!
:D

TL writer curse too strong.

On February 15 2013 10:06 Flinch wrote:
RorO and Parting advance. Life is a patch zerg without a patch now.

On February 15 2013 10:17 Aunvilgod wrote:
I will be surprised if people will not be surprised if Life falls out. I am still doubting him.

On February 15 2013 22:21 Flinch wrote:


Called it.

On February 15 2013 22:34 Aunvilgod wrote:

Yup, no bonjwas for you, Blizzard.



Life is no patchzerg. Patchzergs were foreigners.

On February 15 2013 17:39 Evil_Sheep wrote:
In theory this group is putty in the hands of Life and Parting. In reality, Life and Parting have been hyped up beyond belief, while RorO and BBoongBBoong represent a serious danger. Let's not forget Life and Parting both failed to make it out of the ro16 last code S; Parting has failed to advance beyond this stage in his last three attempts.

We haven't seen much from BBoongBBoong so far in his career, but taking down Squirtle and Hyun, two top protoss and zerg, in the last round was a strong statement. Can he repeat the trick? Odds are not but he created the upset last time, and he can no doubt do it again.

RorO on the other hand would be a favourite to emerge from almost any group except this one. Right now he is red hot, winning 12 of his last 15 games. His ZvZ is outstanding but his ZvP has stood out as a weak spot.

Parting is vulnerable. Ever since Life exposed the fatal weakness in his soul, the aura of invincibility has fell away. He could no longer be called the best player in the world. Now we remember he's never been a GSL champion or even finalist. He failed to impress in his last 2 tournaments, falling short of his lofty standards at Iron Squid II and IEM Katowice.

But Life is perhaps even more vulnerable. We will soon see if choosing Parting to be his first opponent was confidence or arrogance. Has he fatally overreached? He might feel confident because of his decisive victory in the Blizzard Cup finals, but this time Parting will be desperate for revenge. He won't rely on the old, broken down soul train this time. He'll have new builds ready, and since their last meeting, the terrain has also shifted in his favour. The infestor nerfs have thrown the zerg-dominated metagame into disarray, and there are new protoss-favoured maps as well.

It's impossible to say, but I have the feeling that Parting will continue the theme of revenge in this GSL's ro16. Innovation shutdown DRG in their ro16 rematch after getting shutout the previous round. Curious did the same to MC. Symbol managed to exact his revenge against Squirtle by the end of the same night.

And if Life takes the L in his first match, he'll have no more margin for error. It could come down to him and RorO in the last match of the night for the last spot in the quarterfinals. RorO's zvz is world class. So is Life's but he has also shown dangerous vulnerabilities. In a match at Iron Squid II last month against Goswser, an unheralded zerg from North America (which says a lot right there), Goswser managed to take the first two games against Life before Life came back with three in a row. In the finals against DRG, Life had thrown it away after going down 0-3 in a bo7 with some sloppy play and questionable decisionmaking before storming back in the next 4 with, frankly, more than a little help from DRG. In a bo3 with everything on the line, if he makes two slipups in a row again, this time he'll be going home empty-handed.

I still think Life and Parting are favoured to make it through, but it wouldn't be a big surprise to see one of them joining pre-tournament favourites Mvp, Nestea, DRG, Leenock, and Sniper in the practice queue for HotS games.

On February 16 2013 05:25 dcemuser wrote:


I just wanted to take a moment to say that this mini-writeup and player skill analysis was spot on and hit some things that even the preview writers missed.

You would actually do great as a TL.net writer if all of your writing is up to this quality, in my humble opinion. You are diplomatic in your analysis, and you dole our praise but do not overly hype players... it was pretty much all good.

On February 16 2013 16:38 Riner1212 wrote:
Lol the life has been taken out of life. patch zerg imo!