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[Code A] Ro32 Day 2 Recap/Day 3 Preview (S1)

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February 20th, 2013 00:55 GMT

Code A

GSL 2013 Season 1 Code A



Code A Ro32: Day 2 Recap
Stephano, Nestea, sOs, and friends.

Code A Ro32: Day 3 Preview
Rain, Fantasy, Shine, and compatriots.

Code A Ro24: Day 1 Preview
HerO, Bomber, MKP and pals.


Brackets and results at Liquipedia

Code A Ro32: Day 2 Recap

by: stuchiu

Results from Live Report Thread by Pandemona
+ Show Spoiler +
sOs vs Noblesse
(P)sOs (sHy) <Bel'Shir Vestige> (T)Noblesse
(P)sOs (sHy) <Akilon Flats> (T)Noblesse
(P)sOs (sHy) <Cloud Kingdom> (T)Noblesse

(P)sOs (sHy) wins 2-1!

EffOrt vs Lure
(Z)EffOrt <Akilon Flats> (P)Lure
(Z)EffOrt <Daybreak> (P)Lure
(Z)EffOrt <Neo Planet S> (P)Lure

(P)Lure wins 2-0!

NesTea vs aLive
(Z)NesTea <Icarus> (T)aLive
(Z)NesTea <Cloud Kingdom> (T)aLive
(Z)NesTea <Whirlwind> (T)aLive

(T)aLive wins 2-1!

Flying vs Stephano
(P)Flying <Daybreak> (Z)Stephano
(P)Flying <Neo Planet S> (Z)Stephano
(P)Flying <Bel'Shir Vestige> (Z)Stephano

(P)Flying wins 2-1!


Protoss Victory March
-Protoss takes the day as they win out 3 out of 3 matches.


It was a good run last night for Protoss fans as (P)Woongjin_sOs, (P)MVPLure and (P)Woongjin_Flying all took down their opponents with skill and flair. The day started off with sOs beating (T)MVPNoblesse. While not a world destroying Protoss like Rain, sOs is still one of the very strongest Kespa Protosses and he proved it last night in his series against Noblesse. It started off badly for him as Noblesse got a quick win in the first game with a run-by while defending against sOs gateway immortal all-in. The second game had sOs taking to the offense with an immortal gateway pressure into a macro game. Noblesse would get the lead in economy and would try to bust sOs with an IM style SCV pull, but sOs’ storms were enough to hold him off and take the game. The third game was a contest of sOs’ defense against the Noblesse offensive as they fought across the map for vision and positioning. It was a lot of tiny battles across the map as proxy pylons, drops and run-bys ran all around Cloud Kingdom. Noblesse kept putting on the pressure, but one misstep with his ghosts let sOs take the decisive advantage to win the game.

The Chinese Emperor Lure continued his triumphant march through Code A as he took out (Z)CJ_EffOrt. It was a very convincing win as he rolled over Effort in the first game with a 3 base timing made up of archons, immortals and gateway units. The second game had Effort trying to hydra bust, but was easily held off. Lure was able to predict the muta switch and made a preemptive response. After holding off the multi-pronged attacks, Lure would counter attack for the victory, adding another Kespa Zerg to his ever growing list of Zerg victims.

The last match of the night was the foreign (Z)EG.Stephano and the Kespa protoss Flying. It was an important match as Stephano was the big foreigner hope this season and while he had lost his Code S group, he had still shown good games. But Flying was something of a mystery man heading into this group as he had just come off of a long slump in Proleague and despite doing much better than before had yet to really prove himself in PvZ.

Flying started off the series by showing he knew the classics as he would re-enact Inca’s greatest hits using dts to secure the first game against Stephano. But he was then run over by Stephano in the second game as Flying would try to secure a third base off of immortal sentry, but would get run over by Roach ling and then killed by Roach hydra.

The third game was where Flying would really make an impression showing off his preparation and multitasking. Flying used a phoenix warpgate strategy that pulled Stephano apart as he lost queens, drones and tech. Stephano tried for a counter attack, but Flying already had cannons and immortals up to stop it. Flying then secured the third and hit Stephano with a strong colossus blink stalker attack that would secure him the victory.

Dr. Nestea is unable to win before his transformation into Mr. Zergbong

It was a typical night for (Z)LG-IM_Nestea last night in Code A. It all started off well as Nestea stopped (T)aLive’s marauder/hellion push as he did a ling run-by. He then followed up with a very fast ling/bane bust to take the game. Then game 2 happened as viewers could glimpse the slow transformation as Nestea bounced back and forth repeatedly from good to bad decision making. One moment he was sacrificing his fourth to kill Alive’s third and reinforcements while holding off the push. The next he was losing base after base to small bio pushes and losing large amounts of drones to some harassment. By the end, Nestea lost his army and was forced to leave the game.

In game 3, everything started well for Nestea. He got his economy up, held off Alive’s hellion marine push, and he had done some decent trades with lings and banes against Alive’s army and SCVs. But then a pause happened mid game and as the game resumed Mr. Zergbong had taken over. It was a rough to watch as Nestea’s advantage slowly slipped out of his fingers with botched attacks and weird infestor-less unit compositions until it was too late.


Code A Ro32 Day 3 Preview

by: Zealously

Afternoon Matches - 04:10 GMT (+00:00)

(Z)Crazy (Crazy-Hydra) vs (Z)TRUE (Alone)

This match-up has the potential to be truly...crazy. Silly puns aside, these players have actually faced off recently – just two weeks ago in Proleague. Crazy emerged victorious then, and will look to do so again. While Crazy has played 7 ZvZ’s. Until this week, TRUE’s only recorded ZvZ is his loss vs his Code A opponent, until he added a loss to Sacsri to make things even worse for him. On one hand, it would feel weird not to favor the guy that’s actually won games versus Zerg. But on the other hand, Team 8 has risen from the pit of mediocrity in Proleague, and with TRUE having beaten a relatively strong player in Hack to get here, who can say for sure that he’s not been giving his ZvZ everything in preparation for this match?

While this match might just as well be a coinflip, in the end I’m going to go with Crazy here anyway. He’s beaten a few Zergs in Proleague (most notably Jaedong), and lost to a few good ZvZers. However, the fact that TRUE has only played (and lost) two games makes him hard to predict in this series.

Prediction: Crazy 2 – 1 TRUE

(P)Rain vs (T)KeeN

Rain came into Code A intent on making a statement, and he began to so as he dispatched Shine with very little trouble. And since Keen intended to make the first Code S of 2013 his season, he will be in a hurry to get back.

Rain’s PvT may have lost its aura of invincibility since his loss to MVP’s Dream last season, he has hardly looked helpless. In fact, I would go as far as to say that anyone who has been criticizing Rain’s play after his loss to Dream (who has been beating Protoss players left and right recently) will be proven wrong in this series. I don’t for a second doubt Keen’s ability, and he could very well bring out a strong timing attack or two to bring Rain down, but Rain’s defenses tend to be rock-solid. Given the fact that Keen hasn't played a TvP recently, I’m inclined to go with Rain.

In the end, this will come down to Keen’s rate of improvement. He played some rather impressive TvP in Code S toward the end of last year, and if 2013 really is to be the year that "gives birth to him", this is the series to win.

Prediction: Rain 2 – 1 Keen

(P)Killer vs (Z)soO

soO has gone from being a somewhat unremarkable, often overlooked KeSPA Zerg to "The guy that knocked Mvp out of GSL". Killer, on the other hand, has gone from "That one guy on MVP that everyone’s always giving credit" to someone who looks to have improved a lot recently. Taking out Happy, a very solid Terran with strong TvP, is no mean feat, and adding soO to his kill list would go a long way to convince people that he’s back in form and ready to roll.

Personally, I’m liking the way this match looks for Killer. It’s statistically his strongest match-up, and he has a beyond great set of practice partners with different styles in DongRaeGu, Sniper and Monster. With practice partners like that, Killer’s will likely have a whole deck of cards up his sleeve. soO isn’t completely helpless in this series given that he has practice partners of his own (if he has been getting sufficient practice time with Parting, he should be developing an immunity to the immortal/sentry), but Killer is still looking like the favorite.

Prediction: Killer 2 – 1 soO


(Z)Shine vs (T)FanTaSy

"Choo-choo" says the Fantasy TvZ-train, picking up the pace after easily dispatching Zenio last week and playing one of the greatest TvZ’s in Proleague against Effort. "Uh oh" says Shine, knowing that he’s the definite underdog. Whereas Fantasy has been looking very solid in the match-up for a long time, with his heavy aggression-style capable of picking apart even the toughest opponents, Shine has looked quite the opposite. While he regularly gets fielded in Proleague, his ZvT hasn’t exactly been a strong point – with his only win in the match-up being against Canata in the Hybrid Season.

This match seems set in stone, dangerously so. I want to predict a Fantasy 2-0 based on his recent form and how well his aggression style seems to work on the maps he gets to work with, but the match-ups that seem the most clear often end up being not so, and I’ll give Shine a small chance considering that he has had ample preparation time. Knowing SKT’s preferences, it is entirely possible that Fantasy has hardly even looked at this match, instead favoring Proleague with him already being guaranteed a spot in the Up&Downs. But with how the two have looked in the match-up, there is only one reasonable conclusion to this series.

Prediction: Fantasy 2 – 1 Shine


Code A Ro24 Day 1 Preview

by: stuchiu


(P)HerO vs (T)Bomber

With this being the last WoL tournament, the stakes of the ro24 Code A are higher as getting into the first Code S for HotS will be a historic moment. As such with the volatility of a new release, it will be one of the best chances for anyone to get a GSL trophy. With that in mind, two perennial Code S players must now duke it out for that coveted spot. The one that wins is guaranteed to get Code S, the one that loses is regulated to Up/Down purgatory.

Both Hero and Bomber are well known for their consistency problems. Hero can’t perform his best outside of the month of December and the second Bomber sees the letters Code S, his skill and gameplay start to falter. With this being Code A though, both players will be playing their best. On top of that both players are on good form lately, with Hero doing well in Proleague and a nice Code A run while Bomber won one Code S group and played well in the other. This will come down to who is better in the matchup and their condition on the day, but I’ll side with Bomber here as his specialty has always been TvP and Hero seems to have trouble with the higher echelon of TvP players.

Prediction: Bomber 2 – 0 Hero

(P)YongHwa vs (Z)Leenock

On any given day, Yonghwa can beat anybody and he proved it in his last round taking down Creator, one of the best Protosses WoL has to offer. While no one doubts that he can play at the top with the very best, Yonghwa’s nerves and confidence seem to get the best of him as the more important the match, the more likely he is to fumble the game. This will be a problem as his opponent is Leenock, the best Zerg player to have never won a GSL. On the best of days, Leenock would be a hard opponent to beat, but when you factor in his inconsistency issues and possible eye problems, Leenock seems to be the clear favorite here.

Prediction: Leenock 2 – 0 Yonghwa

(T)YoDa vs (T)MarineKing

With MVP out of GSL, it is now up to Yoda to fulfill the sacred duty of making MKP cry at the hands of an IM Terran. It will be a tough task to fulfill as TvT is one of MKP’s better matchups and varies his play style enough to make him hard to prepare for. Yoda’s only real advantage here is that he hasn't played a TvT since November last year making him a bit of a question mark for MKP. While Yoda is a very strong solid Terran, MKP’s experience and builds will be too much for him to handle.

Prediction: MKP 2 – 1 Yoda

(Z)Sniper vs (Z)HyuN

The fun killer meets the King of Fighters for an encore of last year’s GSL Finals. This ZvZ should be interesting as the last time these two met they went the entire 7 sets and in the last game they fought tooth and nail with Sniper barely coming out on top. Since then they have both fallen down a bit as they were both knocked out of Code S. While both players are no longer the best in the world, this will be a critical match for both.

Sniper wants the recognition and respect he is due as the last GSL Champion. Every victory he has ever has has been overshadowed. He all-kills Slayers, and everyone only remembers he made Eve cry. He wins GSL and everyone talks about Ryung's last words. While he can no longer win GSL, he will do his best to make sure he is in the first HotS Code S ever, even if it means he has to take Hyun's Fight Club gloves and bludgeon him with them.

Hyun wants redemption. Ever since his loss at Sniper’s hands he went from a world destroyer to just another strong Zerg in the mix. Afterwards he joined Zombie Quantic and just like his team, Hyun wants a revival. This victory could be the very thing Hyun is looking for as it would lay to rest any demons he may still have from his GSL run. This will be a very hard fought match by both players as they are both extremely strong in ZvZ, but I’ll favor Sniper just the tiniest bit as he played a touch better in Code S than Hyun did.

Prediction: Sniper 2 – 1 Hyun

Writers: stuchiu, Zealously.
Graphics: Meko.
Editor: Heyoka.
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The_Templar
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your Country52797 Posts
February 20 2013 00:58 GMT
#2
Already a RO24 preview?
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East Gorteau22261 Posts
February 20 2013 01:01 GMT
#3
On February 20 2013 09:58 The_Templar wrote:
Already a RO24 preview?


Same day.
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Heyoka
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Katowice25012 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-02-20 01:03:03
February 20 2013 01:02 GMT
#4
Yeah it plays a few hours after.

GET EXCITED FOR EXTRA GSL ACTION
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Shellshock
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States97276 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-02-20 01:16:17
February 20 2013 01:10 GMT
#5
On February 20 2013 09:58 The_Templar wrote:
Already a RO24 preview?

13:10 KST = Code A Ro32
18:10 KST = Code A Ro24
although it's somehow still code A ro32 day 2 according to Gom's schedule which makes no sense. Here are the links to premade OPs. I can never do Wednesdays so whoever wants them can have them
Code A Ro32
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Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Australia54784 Posts
February 20 2013 01:15 GMT
#6
gooo mkp
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llIH
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Norway2142 Posts
February 20 2013 01:24 GMT
#7
I'm pretty sure mkp will take it
Zenbrez
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Canada5973 Posts
February 20 2013 01:36 GMT
#8
Didn't realize both were tonight.. I was planning to wake up to watch Fantasy/Rain, but since it's a double code A night.. no way I'm staying up
Refer to my post.
freeshooter
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
United States477 Posts
February 20 2013 01:37 GMT
#9
HerO in good form? He lost two of his last Proleague matches very recently. This'll be a tough match for him.
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United States17662 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-02-20 01:41:04
February 20 2013 01:40 GMT
#10
such sick ro24 matches, I'm so sad I have to miss them
I'll watch the VODs tomorrow
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Netherlands3111 Posts
February 20 2013 01:51 GMT
#11
Agree with these predictions, have betted the same winners already on LB
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United States758 Posts
February 20 2013 01:54 GMT
#12
Hero 2-0 pls.
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United States4605 Posts
February 20 2013 01:55 GMT
#13
How come no write up for Ro16 group D?
Anyway, I'm gonna disagree on killer vs soo and mkp vs yoda, but agree with the rest. After all, mvp has had the free time to tell yoda mkp's weaknesses :p
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Philippines3613 Posts
February 20 2013 01:57 GMT
#14
Thanks! Yonghwa will beat Leenock!
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Canada902 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-02-20 02:21:15
February 20 2013 02:13 GMT
#15
Good predictions, the only ones I can maybe disagree with are:

On February 20 2013 09:55 TeamLiquid ESPORTS wrote:
(Z)Shine vs (T)FanTaSy

Fantasy has been looking very solid in the match-up for a long time [...] I want to predict a Fantasy 2-0 based on his recent form

You mean the recent form in Proleague which looks like this: LLLLLLLL? He's also only 2-4 in TvZ in Proleague. We know he's the better player but right now he is clearly in his own head. I think this is one of those times where we're going to see which player is the least bad.

Prediction: Killer 2 – 1 soO

This is hard to call since Killer disappeared for a long time, but when in doubt, I bet on zergs and elephants.
KaiserKieran
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
United States615 Posts
February 20 2013 02:26 GMT
#16
HYUN FIGHTING!!!
Really sad about NesTea though. He should have won.
asdfOu
Profile Joined August 2011
United States2089 Posts
February 20 2013 02:26 GMT
#17
yee flying do work son
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kochanfe
Profile Joined July 2011
Micronesia1338 Posts
February 20 2013 02:37 GMT
#18
My Predictions
Crazy 2-1 TRUE
Rain 2-0 KeeN
Killer 2-0 soO
Shine 0-2 FanTaSy

HerO 2-1 Bomber
YongHwa 0-2 Leenock
YoDa 1-2 MarineKing
Sniper 2-1 HyuN
"The flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long." - Lao Tzu
The_Templar
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
your Country52797 Posts
February 20 2013 02:38 GMT
#19
On February 20 2013 11:13 Evil_Sheep wrote:
Good predictions, the only ones I can maybe disagree with are:

Show nested quote +
On February 20 2013 09:55 TeamLiquid ESPORTS wrote:
(Z)Shine vs (T)FanTaSy

Fantasy has been looking very solid in the match-up for a long time [...] I want to predict a Fantasy 2-0 based on his recent form

You mean the recent form in Proleague which looks like this: LLLLLLLL? He's also only 2-4 in TvZ in Proleague. We know he's the better player but right now he is clearly in his own head. I think this is one of those times where we're going to see which player is the least bad.

Show nested quote +
Prediction: Killer 2 – 1 soO

This is hard to call since Killer disappeared for a long time, but when in doubt, I bet on zergs and elephants.

Yeah, Fantasy vs Shine seem a bit too based on general trends and not really how they are currently doing. Shine does not look that bad currently (2-1 this round of proleague I think?)
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Profile Blog Joined February 2013
United States83 Posts
February 20 2013 03:26 GMT
#20
On February 20 2013 11:37 kochanfe wrote:
My Predictions
Crazy 2-1 TRUE
Rain 2-0 KeeN
Killer 2-0 soO
Shine 0-2 FanTaSy

HerO 2-1 Bomber
YongHwa 0-2 Leenock
YoDa 1-2 MarineKing
Sniper 2-1 HyuN


Basically my predictions as well (although MKP will 2-0 and I picked soO over Killer)

Go go MKP! Go go Rain! Gonna be a (LONG) fun night ahead!!
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Gorlin
Profile Joined November 2010
United States2753 Posts
February 20 2013 03:46 GMT
#21
Go Killer, YongHwa, and Hyun!
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Singapore141 Posts
February 20 2013 04:04 GMT
#22
Holy crap, even Code A is so stacked! Just look at the line-up for the evening!
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Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States8308 Posts
February 20 2013 05:35 GMT
#23
after reading this article, i scrolled back up to see that it was the product of the greenhorn TL writers.

good job maintaining high writing standards.

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do better and try to surpass the old guard!
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Hong Kong853 Posts
February 20 2013 05:59 GMT
#24
a final rematch! ZvZzzzz is exciting ahahahaahaaa
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Profile Joined September 2012
1163 Posts
February 20 2013 07:30 GMT
#25
Sniper must be exhausted playing ZvZs over and over again

Also agree with the Bomber v HerO prediction. an unfortunate draw for HerO that he has to play the best TvP in history of the game
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February 20 2013 07:47 GMT
#26
I feel like the general trend in all these predictions is to favor the ESF player and Stephano then be in for a shock when the kespa player stomps them. Only a few of the ESF over kespa player predictions have really come true.
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Canada38 Posts
February 20 2013 08:19 GMT
#27
I must, stay awake, must see bomber make it. Gogo bomber, sad that it has to be hero tough .
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United States3596 Posts
February 20 2013 08:29 GMT
#28
Fucking Sniper, asshole made Eve cry.

I will never forgive you, Sniper! Never!
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Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Australia54784 Posts
February 20 2013 08:30 GMT
#29
On February 20 2013 16:47 BackSideAttack wrote:
I feel like the general trend in all these predictions is to favor the ESF player and Stephano then be in for a shock when the kespa player stomps them. Only a few of the ESF over kespa player predictions have really come true.

stop trying to bait
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Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Netherlands7031 Posts
February 20 2013 10:44 GMT
#30
Only 25% correct, outside of Rain vs Keen, which everyone would get right. You might be TL writer material after all. :o
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East Gorteau22261 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-02-20 11:47:46
February 20 2013 11:47 GMT
#31
Now, all we need is for Hyun to win and we'll be sitting at a grand total of 3/8 >.>
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llIH
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Norway2142 Posts
February 20 2013 12:49 GMT
#32
Bomber yes!
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Norway2474 Posts
February 20 2013 14:54 GMT
#33
I've always loved these previews but usually their dead wrong :-P Except for Bombers unstoppable TvP!
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United States3726 Posts
February 20 2013 15:13 GMT
#34
When do these VoD's get posted (EST)? I'm dying to watch Bomber vs. HerO
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Zealously
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East Gorteau22261 Posts
February 20 2013 18:45 GMT
#35
On February 20 2013 23:54 NeWeNiyaLord wrote:
I've always loved these previews but usually their dead wrong :-P Except for Bombers unstoppable TvP!


More often than not Code A is really hard to predict, though
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Germany1449 Posts
February 20 2013 19:25 GMT
#36
On February 21 2013 03:45 Zealously wrote:
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On February 20 2013 23:54 NeWeNiyaLord wrote:
I've always loved these previews but usually their dead wrong :-P Except for Bombers unstoppable TvP!


More often than not Code A is really hard to predict, though


I dont think this one (day1) was hard to predict - sure the mapscore always is but I myself was totally sure who would win the games. I dont want to take anything away from the writers- they do an awesome job and put a lot of effort in it. I love the articles and i hate how low the response to those are. but it seems to be a tradition for tl writers to predict the wrong players. ^.^

but 50% is a quiet good quote this preview! keep going writers! i know a lot of ppl love these articles, but they just dont tell you how awesome you guys are!´.
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Germany335 Posts
February 20 2013 20:58 GMT
#37
u guys should rly give a lot more credit by now to kespa players... whos doing rly rly well atm...3 are in 1/4 playoffs and half dozen by now are going hard for those code s slots!
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Canada902 Posts
February 20 2013 22:10 GMT
#38
On February 21 2013 04:25 Tppz! wrote:
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On February 21 2013 03:45 Zealously wrote:
On February 20 2013 23:54 NeWeNiyaLord wrote:
I've always loved these previews but usually their dead wrong :-P Except for Bombers unstoppable TvP!


More often than not Code A is really hard to predict, though


I dont think this one (day1) was hard to predict - sure the mapscore always is but I myself was totally sure who would win the games.

So sure that you got 8 calls out of 8? I doubt it. Hyun-Sniper easy to predict? Last time they met they played each other into the ground. That was basically a coinflip. Crazy-True? Another coinflip. Crazy beat True the last time they played so that was the smarter call. This time it was True. Did you call Yoda over MKP? That was another hard one.

Sure a couple of those predictions coulda been tighter but I wouldn't say they were ezpz.
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East Gorteau22261 Posts
February 20 2013 22:34 GMT
#39
On February 21 2013 05:58 jeri wrote:
u guys should rly give a lot more credit by now to kespa players... whos doing rly rly well atm...3 are in 1/4 playoffs and half dozen by now are going hard for those code s slots!


I don't know how the other writers do it, but I don't factor in "is KeSPA" or "is eSF" when I preview matches. I try to evaluate stats, records and (if such exists) past games against their opponents. As such, I won't discredit a player for being KeSPA, but I won't give them any bonus points either.
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