I don't think any American player is expected to advance. alive is definitely favored over major, even though major is quite possibly the best AM player in this. It will be interesting to see if there are any upsets though!
Edit: At least I would bet that alive is favored over major; can't say for sure.

Jknighty

159 Posts

April 29 2013 20:55 GMT

#42

This is sad, all these sick players who should be in Code s playing deeply average foreigners. Fail to see what the forthcoming roflstomp will add to SC2. Would have been even worse with only deeply average foreign players though, at least things should get interesting from the RO16 (maybe RO8) onwards.

Cricketer12

United States14000 Posts

April 29 2013 21:01 GMT

#43

completely agree TL good job bros

BAAEEMM

Germany412 Posts

April 29 2013 21:09 GMT

#44

Well... First four groups and you predicted one American (a Mexican who's been living in Korea) to go through. Not that I woould have predicted anything differently, just shows what state the NA scene and this WCS is in.

Yngvi

Netherlands70 Posts

April 29 2013 21:16 GMT

#45

Gogo Major!

SHOOG

United States1639 Posts

April 29 2013 21:20 GMT

#46

There's no way I can see Major winning over aLive. Well now I probably jinxed it...

xeo1

United States429 Posts

April 29 2013 21:22 GMT

#47

anyone know if you can attend this event in person?

zmsFlood

Finland169 Posts

April 29 2013 21:26 GMT

#48

majOr over Alive would be awesome. Unlikely though imo

Tobon

United States372 Posts

April 29 2013 22:39 GMT

#49

On April 30 2013 06:22 xeo1 wrote:
anyone know if you can attend this event in person?

Nope. The RO32 in AM is online this season. Nothing to attend.

Greendotz

United Kingdom2053 Posts

April 29 2013 22:57 GMT

#50

Will actually be interested in the results of this. Obviously on one expects the locals to make it past the group stages but Starcraft can be anything but predictable. I’d honestly be very surprised if there weren’t any upsets. I’m not going to make any predictions but here’s a list of players I want to see go through;

(Z)

Snute: mainly just so I can be a complete snob and make obnoxious EU>NA comments a little while longer
(Z)

NesTea: Because I like to see my main man Artosis, happy (also, it’s fricking NesTea guys!)
(Z)

mOOnGLaDe: This WCS format isn’t perfect but we still got a much better deal than the SEA region. It would be nice for mOOnGLaDe (and great for the SEA scene) to have a good showing here.
(P)

Alicia: Axiom fan-boy, that is all
(P)

Killer: Just because I truly think he can do it. He’s no longer ‘unknown’ enough to be a hipster choice, but I still think he’ll raise a few eyebrows if he makes out of his group.

Unfortunately I’ll have to settle for Vods (if there will be any) since a 1am start isn’t a very work-friendly view schedule for me. Still loving this excess of SC2 content. Seems the cold, harsh, baron winter of the WoL>HotS transition is finally over

figq

12519 Posts

April 29 2013 22:58 GMT

#51

OGN might not be happy with such frontpage: + Show Spoiler +

Also, I believe Vibe will advance. So underrated, even after proving last year to be probably the best US player. People just forget how strong Vibe can be when he plays well.

WhX

Germany778 Posts

April 29 2013 23:06 GMT

#52

I agree with the first two groups, not sure about the other ones though... We'll see!

ZigguratOfUr

Iraq16955 Posts

April 29 2013 23:24 GMT

#53

Move aside China, Latin America is now the main target of MLG's ire.

I don't know about that. MLG also seem to have their ire focused on Canada, considering the fact that they gave Canadians two seeds, and gave Americans nine.

diophan

United States1018 Posts

April 30 2013 00:21 GMT

#54

On April 30 2013 08:24 BrokenMirage wrote:

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I don't know about that. MLG also seem to have their ire focused on Canada, considering the fact that they gave Canadians two seeds, and gave Americans nine.

US has nine times as many people. I don't think Canada has more than twice the density of good SC2 players.

ZigguratOfUr

Iraq16955 Posts

April 30 2013 00:56 GMT

#55

On April 30 2013 09:21 diophan wrote:

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US has nine times as many people. I don't think Canada has more than twice the density of good SC2 players.

If you look at earnings at sc2 tournaments, Canada and the United States are essentially on par, Canada being slightly ahead in fact, so yes I would say that Canada has a higher density of good SC2 players. Additionally I don't think many people would disagree that someone like Ostojiy would have been a more logical choice to invite than HelloKitty or theognis based on their WCS performances and sc2 performances generally.

Polygamy

Austria1114 Posts

April 30 2013 01:37 GMT

#56

Thanks for the write up I enjoyed the read. It's kinds of sad though, it seems like most matches are just going to be watching Koreans kick around the rest of the competition.

kubiks

France1328 Posts

April 30 2013 03:13 GMT

#57

On April 30 2013 04:59 FrostedMiniWheats wrote:

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Why is it always the EU users that complain about this?

I mean Dreamhack, IEM, and Iron Squid are hell to watch for NA viewers. You don't see much whining from us.

In what is it "a hell to watch" ? Most european finals are air on saturday or sunday night CET, aka end of morning/begging of afternoon in the week-end in US. Maybe the first matches are a bit early, but that's all.
As far as "not in the same timezone" goes, you just can't ask for better...
Compare with NASL finals beeing aired at 6AM on a MONDAY for europe, yep you have an easy time america.

And for GSL everyone is screwed anyway, as in europe it's in the morning in the week days, and in the early moring in the week-end. At least in the USA you can decide to put an alarm clock and watch it in the night even if you work

Radicalness

United States271 Posts

April 30 2013 08:20 GMT

#58

I think Vibe actually has the best chance to represent America (USA) and advance. I'd really like to see either him or Illusion do some damage in this tournament though.

Also, go alive in group A but I hope Major advances as well.

Potthead

Australia121 Posts

April 30 2013 11:41 GMT

#59

Wait... Is this a team liquid write-up which actually expects a SEA player to go through groups?!??! :O Thanks guys, you've probably cursed him now :p