i got to go with zero canata leta and Yellow[ArnC] i think Canata's got a few good tricks that will be a surprise. Of course Leta and Yellow are dominant. I just think Zero is on top of his game. It's going to be a great series.

Dazed.

Canada3301 Posts

July 22 2009 03:50 GMT

#24

leta is going to bend yarnc over backwards and go to town with him.

ryuu_

United States1266 Posts

July 22 2009 04:14 GMT

#25

I'm hoping for a Jaedong vs Yarnc final that will quite possibly be better than an Effort vs JD match.

casshern

United States29 Posts

July 22 2009 04:18 GMT

#26

i predict jaedong vs leta final.

Grobyc

Canada18410 Posts

July 22 2009 04:25 GMT

#27

On July 22 2009 12:10 SilverSkyLark wrote:
If Jaedong loses.........I bet there will be less people watching the finals.

One less for sure...

Avidkeystamper

United States8556 Posts

July 22 2009 04:39 GMT

#28

Great writeup JWD, and I like how you always give in depth responses to some of the comments.

Roffles

Pitcairn19291 Posts

July 22 2009 04:39 GMT

#29

On July 22 2009 12:10 SilverSkyLark wrote:
If Jaedong loses.........I bet there will be less people watching the finals.

Yup true indeed. I'm actually looking more forward to a possible Fantasy/Jaedong semis, which would be more interesting than whatever the finals has in store for us.

eshlow

United States5210 Posts

July 22 2009 05:33 GMT

#30

Man... these quarterfinal games look pretty shoddy from the outside. Let's hope for some good ones.

Athos

United States2484 Posts

July 22 2009 05:35 GMT

#31

Great writeup, although I don't think these brackets hurt OGN at all since this way they can guarantee an OGN finalist *cough Leta cough.

Imagine if you will that the OSL round of 8 brackets looked like this:

Yarnc------------------------------------------------------------ GoGo
Fantasy ------------------------------------------------------------ Canata

Zero ------------------------------------------------------------ Jaedong
Type B ------------------------------------------------------------ Leta

I wouldn't favor an OGN player in any of these matchups. My conclusion is that OGN benefits from having domination of the left side of the bracket. Hell, when was the last time they even had a silver medalist anyways?

simfarm

Ireland75 Posts

July 22 2009 05:39 GMT

#32

JAEDONG!!!!!!!!!!!

miseiler

United States1389 Posts

July 22 2009 05:44 GMT

#33

I BELIEVE IN YOU ZERO

But if not, I'm perfectly thrilled to have Jaedong get his golden mouse.

Nice writeup. I laughed at "Neo Emperor" being a backhanded compliment.

Sosha

United States749 Posts

July 22 2009 06:45 GMT

#34

shed a tear, light a candle, pay omage, bow your head and a moment of silence for our brave-fallen Protoss stalwart warriors who were vanquished and eliminated from this tourmanent.
For it is now a slightly more dismal and depressing tournament, w/ no fancy-ful or omniscent, magically or unique chances for brilliant strategic rush/open strategy like DT drops or masterful sair/rvr control etc.

Mass ZvT's, TvT's, ZvZ's incoming!
bleh.. but gL

johanes

Czech Republic2229 Posts

July 22 2009 06:57 GMT

#35

On July 22 2009 11:56 JWD wrote:

Show nested quote +

Obviously there's no way to prove that his wandering eyes are an intentional attempt to get some useful information from the audience...I was just joking around.

That said, I do think Leta's eyes move around an inordinate amount in some VODs...

Also Artosis mentioned in his weekly news recently, that Leta is known for cheating, ofcourse there is no direct evidence, but he heard this from several coaches and players

saikeraku

Canada2933 Posts

July 22 2009 07:30 GMT

#36

JD ftw! Get your golden mouse =).

JD vs fantasy match would be way better than the final match =D.

ondik

Czech Republic2908 Posts

July 22 2009 07:46 GMT

#37

In Bisu we all trust.

Quarterfinals without Him, Flash, Effort? Not cool

knyttym

United States5797 Posts

July 22 2009 07:55 GMT

#38

Oh my god if Fantasy get's second place again I am going to cry myself to sleep. Looks like his only obstacle at the moment is Jaedong. No zerg except Jaedong can keep up with his wacky Bo5 style and he is 3-0 vs Leta.

stroggos

New Zealand1543 Posts

July 22 2009 07:57 GMT

#39

i think jaedong will crush fantasy this time around, that is if he gets to play him. EffOrt is definitely jaedongs biggest challenge, as EffOrt showed in gom that he can out psychology jaedong with build orders pretty easily. I dont think yarnc has a good chance because he has to beat either jaedong or effOrt, and i dont think he will do that in a series, although there is always a chance.

As for the protoss slump...meh, all i can say is quit slacking protoss progamers.

Another interesting fact is that many programmers do believe zerg is the best race if all races are played perfectly. I guess playing perfectly is impossible though hehe.