Code A Ro32/24 Recap & Code S Ro8 Preview - Page 4

On February 21 2013 12:57 Alryk wrote:
Man, I was really hoping for Innovation to get through, but I guess he's done now. Thanks a lot Fionn.

^.^ loved the writeup, these are awesome!

On February 21 2013 22:41 Zealously wrote:
Don't worry Fionn, 0/2 isn't so bad

On February 21 2013 10:16 Evil_Sheep wrote:
Wow talk about doing your homework. This is a freakin dissertation. Well thought out picks.

Parting is the biggest favourite to advance from the quarters. Curious frankly was extremely fortunate in the manner by which he escaped his ro16 jinx, with Gumiho and Losira basically fighting to the death, leaving MC and Curious to simply step over their bodies to the next round. Curious's only hope is that knowing his ex-teammate so intimately he will be able to read his play perfectly every game. The question is whether he will also be able to execute. The other question is if Curious can actually stop the soul train. If anyone has the resources around him to do so, it's Curious, with his teammate Life added to his own experience. Even so, Parting has squashed many a zerg with the soul train even when they saw it coming a mile away. This will be the biggest upset of the round if Curious manages to advance.

Innovation-Symbol is only a little closer. Innovation has clearly demonstrated he is one of the best terrans if not the best terran in the world. As we saw in his games against Stephano, he doesn't care if zerg macros into infestor/BL, he just avoids the slow zerg army and harasses with his multitask and medivac drops until they are weakened to the point he can move in for the kill. Symbol is statistically the worst player in the last 8, with an 8-6 record in games, and having needed a wildcard even to make it to code S in the first place. Although his ZvT should not be underestimated, and he has the handy knack of scraping out wins against more illustrious opponents, he doesn't appear to offer anything that DRG and Stephano didn't.

It's fascinating how this round is 4 matches of kespa v esf and also 4 matches of zvx -- 2 zvt, 2 zvp. It's a perfect symmetry.