Daum OSL - Final - Iris vs. GGPlay

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DennizR

Sweden653 Posts

July 19 2007 17:46 GMT

#21

I agree with Hot_Bid... Iris probably wants this more than anyone, so I think he will pull through... but Im kinda rooting for GGplay since terran is gay -_-

Moletrap

United States1297 Posts

July 19 2007 20:23 GMT

#22

This is going to be an insane matchup. I think it's too close a matchup to call... GGPlay has been beating all kinds of top level terrans, just coming off of beating Hwasin and before that, Flash. Not to mention that he's been playing a lot of terrans this entire tournament, taking out Casey and UpMagic early on. Against Hwasin he displayed a lot of grit and determination and ingenuity to pull out a win in the third game coming from behind.
On the other hand, Iris is the one who took Savior out of this OSL. His last game was Stork, yes, where, I hate to say it (being a Stork fan), he owned. But immediately previous to Stork he took out the #1 Kespa ranked player considered the top zerg in the world right now. AND last OSL he barely lost to, again, Savior, who ended up winning last seasons OSL. Honestly, watching through lots of Iris (including vs savior) vids and GGPlay vids, I'd put Savior's play above GGPlay. Just a little better defiler micro and scourge micro.
So, on that basis I almost have to bet on Iris for this match. Iris about equal with Savior, Savior better than GGPlay means Iris > GGPlay.
BUT.. I also noticed that Iris tends to be fairly unimaginative with his TvZ. He goes almost entirely medic/marines (later with science vessels) every time. Even late game he doesn't much use tanks, or even firebats, that I've seen. So I'm thinking that maybe GGPlay's ingenuity will break Iris's rigidity in this matter.
All considered, I really can't decide who I favor to win. If I had to choose, I'd bet on Iris.
But whatever happens, game 5 will be a lot of fun to watch :D

Moletrap

United States1297 Posts

July 19 2007 20:28 GMT

#23

To add more to the uncertainty.... I just noticed both Iris and GGPlay got eliminated by some random people in the MSL qualifiers. Iris lost to a protoss (after pwning Stork!?!?) and GGPlay lost to a terran I can't find on any team roster. WTF.