• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EDT 11:09
CET 16:09
KST 00:09
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
ByuL: The Forgotten Master of ZvT30Behind the Blue - Team Liquid History Book19Clem wins HomeStory Cup 289HomeStory Cup 28 - Info & Preview13Rongyi Cup S3 - Preview & Info8
Community News
2026 KongFu Cup Announcement3BGE Stara Zagora 2026 cancelled12Blizzard Classic Cup - Tastosis announced as captains15Weekly Cups (March 2-8): ByuN overcomes PvT block4GSL CK - New online series19
StarCraft 2
General
GSL CK - New online series BGE Stara Zagora 2026 cancelled Blizzard Classic Cup - Tastosis announced as captains BGE Stara Zagora 2026 announced ByuL: The Forgotten Master of ZvT
Tourneys
RSL Season 4 announced for March-April PIG STY FESTIVAL 7.0! (19 Feb - 1 Mar) Sparkling Tuna Cup - Weekly Open Tournament 2026 KongFu Cup Announcement [GSL CK] Team Maru vs. Team herO
Strategy
Custom Maps
Publishing has been re-enabled! [Feb 24th 2026] Map Editor closed ?
External Content
The PondCast: SC2 News & Results Mutation # 516 Specter of Death Mutation # 515 Together Forever Mutation # 514 Ulnar New Year
Brood War
General
BGH Auto Balance -> http://bghmmr.eu/ BSL 22 Map Contest — Submissions OPEN to March 10 ASL21 General Discussion Are you ready for ASL 21? Hype VIDEO Gypsy to Korea
Tourneys
[Megathread] Daily Proleagues [BSL22] Open Qualifiers & Ladder Tours IPSL Spring 2026 is here! ASL Season 21 Qualifiers March 7-8
Strategy
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Soma's 9 hatch build from ASL Game 2 Fighting Spirit mining rates Zealot bombing is no longer popular?
Other Games
General Games
Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread Path of Exile Nintendo Switch Thread PC Games Sales Thread No Man's Sky (PS4 and PC)
Dota 2
Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion The Story of Wings Gaming
League of Legends
Heroes of the Storm
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Deck construction bug Heroes of StarCraft mini-set
TL Mafia
Five o'clock TL Mafia Mafia Game Mode Feedback/Ideas Vanilla Mini Mafia TL Mafia Community Thread
Community
General
US Politics Mega-thread Mexico's Drug War Russo-Ukrainian War Thread Things Aren’t Peaceful in Palestine NASA and the Private Sector
Fan Clubs
The IdrA Fan Club
Media & Entertainment
[Manga] One Piece Movie Discussion! [Req][Books] Good Fantasy/SciFi books
Sports
Formula 1 Discussion 2024 - 2026 Football Thread General nutrition recommendations Cricket [SPORT] TL MMA Pick'em Pool 2013
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
Laptop capable of using Photoshop Lightroom?
TL Community
The Automated Ban List
Blogs
Funny Nicknames
LUCKY_NOOB
Money Laundering In Video Ga…
TrAiDoS
Iranian anarchists: organize…
XenOsky
FS++
Kraekkling
Shocked by a laser…
Spydermine0240
Unintentional protectionism…
Uldridge
ASL S21 English Commentary…
namkraft
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 2759 users

TSL group of death?

Forum Index > Polls & Liquibet
Post a Reply
Normal
ondik
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Czech Republic2908 Posts
December 15 2009 23:51 GMT
#1
B all the way O_O
Bisu. The one and only. // Save the cheerreaver, save the world (of SC2)
John49ers
Profile Joined May 2009
United States237 Posts
December 15 2009 23:54 GMT
#2
F is ridonkulous.
“The beauty of Bill's system was that there was always a place to go with the ball, ... I was the mailman, just delivering people's mail, and there were all kinds of houses to go to.”-Joe Montana
s.a.y
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
Croatia3840 Posts
December 15 2009 23:55 GMT
#3
group F
I am not good with quotes
Grobyc
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Canada18410 Posts
December 15 2009 23:57 GMT
#4
F is sick xD
If you watch Godzilla backwards it's about a benevolent lizard who helps rebuild a city and then moonwalks into the ocean.
538
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Hungary3932 Posts
December 16 2009 00:07 GMT
#5
I almost went with F, but then decided on B instead. Literally either player can end up taking group B.
BW fighting!
Pulimuli
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Sweden2766 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-12-16 00:08:50
December 16 2009 00:08 GMT
#6
Ret is gonna pwn group F

group B is abit harder to predict since there are 3zergs and one morrow

anyway gogo Naugrim
oob
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Sweden630 Posts
December 16 2009 00:09 GMT
#7
B and F both look pretty deadly, but I voted F
Happiest man on earth
GoAudio
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Sweden400 Posts
December 16 2009 00:10 GMT
#8
B... naugrim is a beast
EffOrt[fOu] & Hyvaa[S.G] <3 :D
PangO
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Chile1870 Posts
December 16 2009 00:17 GMT
#9
GRoup B for me
F pretty intenso too
In Economics, the majority is always wrong. aka: MattRz
Holgerius
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Sweden16951 Posts
December 16 2009 00:24 GMT
#10
Both group F and B are pretty damn awesome. Voted F.
I believe in the almighty Grötslev! -- I am never serious and you should never believe a thing I say. Including the previous sentence.
Sadistx
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Zimbabwe5568 Posts
December 16 2009 00:24 GMT
#11
Only one vote for Tarson's group?
JWD
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States12607 Posts
December 16 2009 00:24 GMT
#12
Has to be F purely because ret is lurking there and he is a head above everyone else in this qualifier (but I took a good look at B too).
✌
Chaos
Profile Joined July 2009
United States772 Posts
December 16 2009 00:25 GMT
#13
Like most other people had a tough decision between B and F but I went with B
FruitMarket
JWD
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States12607 Posts
December 16 2009 00:25 GMT
#14
On December 16 2009 09:24 Sadistx wrote:
Only one vote for Tarson's group?

Yeah I think H deserves more votes, but more because of Sziky than Tarson. Sziky is a major darkhorse in this tournament, he is relatively unknown but better than most people think.
✌
SchOOl_VicTIm
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
Greece2394 Posts
December 16 2009 00:29 GMT
#15
Why is group A not included in the poll? Not that I wanted to choose it, just wondering..
Grobyc
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Canada18410 Posts
December 16 2009 00:29 GMT
#16
Same with group L
If you watch Godzilla backwards it's about a benevolent lizard who helps rebuild a city and then moonwalks into the ocean.
ggrrg
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
Bulgaria2716 Posts
December 16 2009 00:30 GMT
#17
So, what do you mean by group of death?

- A group where favorites are packed and it's hard to predict who will advance (obviously B)
or
- A group where one player will easily stomp dead his opponents (Mondragon is basically in R16 already)
JWD
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States12607 Posts
December 16 2009 00:30 GMT
#18
On December 16 2009 09:29 SchOOl_VicTIm wrote:
Why is group A not included in the poll? Not that I wanted to choose it, just wondering..

It's slightly different than the other groups in that we're not sure who its Q3 player will be (it's either NonY or IdrA).
✌
Daigomi
Profile Blog Joined May 2006
South Africa4316 Posts
December 16 2009 00:31 GMT
#19
The poll can only have 10 options, so group A and Group L were excluded. Group A because I think it's quite weak, and group L because it's the last one.
Moderator
tre2ettsexsju
Profile Joined May 2008
Sweden248 Posts
December 16 2009 00:32 GMT
#20
B! sadly 2 swedes in the same group :<
CoL_Drake
Profile Joined March 2005
Germany455 Posts
December 16 2009 00:50 GMT
#21
>G is killergroup ^^
aqui
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Germany1023 Posts
December 16 2009 00:59 GMT
#22
no love for L?
Trozz
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Canada3456 Posts
December 16 2009 01:01 GMT
#23
Group F looks deadly.
Looks like Ret is the last boss!
I like group J too.
A build is not a guess, an estimation or a hunch, a feeling, or a foolish intuition. A build is a dependable, unwavering, unarguably accurate, portrayer of your ambition.
aeroH
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States1034 Posts
December 16 2009 01:04 GMT
#24
group F
ShadowDrgn
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States2497 Posts
December 16 2009 01:06 GMT
#25
I bet Morrow is really wishing he had passed IdrA for #1 now.
Of course, you only live one life, and you make all your mistakes, and learn what not to do, and that’s the end of you.
Mastermind
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Canada7096 Posts
December 16 2009 01:06 GMT
#26
F is insane, and B is pretty tough too.
StorrZerg
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States13919 Posts
December 16 2009 01:08 GMT
#27
On December 16 2009 09:30 ggrrg wrote:
So, what do you mean by group of death?

- A group where favorites are packed and it's hard to predict who will advance (obviously B)
or
- A group where one player will easily stomp dead his opponents (Mondragon is basically in R16 already)


option one fits it closest. Biggest baddest group
Hwaseung Oz fan for life. Swing out, always swing out.
7mk
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Germany10157 Posts
December 16 2009 01:09 GMT
#28
Mh voting for a group of death in osl/msl where there's only 16 people left instead of 48 is much easier. I don't think this TSL has a real group of death tbh
The strongest ones I think are B,F and G though
beep boop
vx70GTOJudgexv
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States3161 Posts
December 16 2009 01:27 GMT
#29
Group G is going to be insane. Just callin' it right now, I can't wait to watch that group play out.
(-_-) BW for ever. #1 Iris fan.
Athos
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States2484 Posts
December 16 2009 01:33 GMT
#30
I had a tough time choosing between F and G. They are both incredibly strong groups. these are going to be fun.
TheFallofTroy
Profile Joined May 2009
Canada780 Posts
December 16 2009 01:37 GMT
#31
Group G

It seems like every group has 2 notable players and 2 unknowns. Hopefully that means we will see some interesting play and great games.
^_^V
Guybrush
Profile Blog Joined December 2002
Spain4744 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-12-16 01:42:46
December 16 2009 01:40 GMT
#32
Group L. No clear favorite, and all four of them are very solid players. Kinda like the ret, Yayba, CastrO, HayprO group in TSL1.

Group B is also very strong, but I feel like kolll is a slight favorite given his ZvZ, and ZvT.
Live2Win is awesome. Happy new year scarabi!
Signet
Profile Joined March 2007
United States1718 Posts
December 16 2009 01:46 GMT
#33
On December 16 2009 09:09 wolfy4033 wrote:
B and F both look pretty deadly, but I voted F

Agreed.
Weaponx3
Profile Joined January 2009
Canada232 Posts
December 16 2009 01:56 GMT
#34
group B and G ,

Group B - because octzerg is allin, and morrow is cheese.. agaisnt koll's korean style is just asking for some interesting results.

Group G - because it is totally up for grabs all these players are solid all around so should make for some close games

btw. pretty sure Ret will win group F
Pulimuli
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Sweden2766 Posts
December 16 2009 02:01 GMT
#35
Is it only 1 player from each group that will advance? if thats the case kinda sucks that both Naugrim and Morrow got the same group t_t
Titusmaster6
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States5937 Posts
December 16 2009 02:21 GMT
#36
The prospect of Drone vs. White-ra makes me tickle.
Shorts down shorts up, BOOM, just like that.
Titusmaster6
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States5937 Posts
December 16 2009 02:23 GMT
#37
On December 16 2009 11:01 Pulimuli wrote:
Is it only 1 player from each group that will advance? if thats the case kinda sucks that both Naugrim and Morrow got the same group t_t


Ya just one plus the others that already qualified through their results from the last TSL.
Shorts down shorts up, BOOM, just like that.
rredtooth
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
5461 Posts
December 16 2009 02:25 GMT
#38
F for sure. ret and cloud alone would make a sick group.
[formerly sponsored by the artist formerly known as Gene]
JoMal
Profile Blog Joined April 2006
Trinidad/Tobago1177 Posts
December 16 2009 02:28 GMT
#39
Group B obviously
Oh you mad cause i'm stylin on you
IdrA
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
United States11541 Posts
December 16 2009 02:33 GMT
#40
not sure why group f gets so many votes




pretty clear cut win for g5
http://www.splitreason.com/product/1152 release the gracken tshirt now available
Try
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
United States1293 Posts
December 16 2009 02:50 GMT
#41
On December 16 2009 11:33 IdrA wrote:
not sure why group f gets so many votes




pretty clear cut win for g5


LOL the saga continues.
Cambium
Profile Blog Joined June 2004
United States16368 Posts
December 16 2009 03:30 GMT
#42
I think Group B is particularly hard, but I can definitely see why F is wining the race.

GL to all~
When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.
pripple
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Finland1714 Posts
December 16 2009 03:34 GMT
#43
can't decide between B & F, both look sick!
Jaedong! <> Team MVP <> Mouz.
hyst.eric.al
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United States2332 Posts
December 16 2009 03:56 GMT
#44
F vs B, chose B anyways
Leta , BeSt, Calm fan forever! 김정우, I am sorry I ever lost faith in you.
GreEny K
Profile Joined February 2008
Germany7312 Posts
December 16 2009 04:08 GMT
#45
I really dont think that Rets group is a group of death, it takes more than just him to make it that kind of group... And to be honest i dont see that potential in it.
Why would you ever choose failure, when success is an option.
foppa
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Canada451 Posts
December 16 2009 04:37 GMT
#46
group A is group of death. no chance of anyone but nony/idra to advance.
i can take you
Foreplay
Profile Joined May 2008
United States1154 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-12-16 05:26:04
December 16 2009 05:24 GMT
#47
F for sure Ret should take it easily... So i guess that makes it not really a group of death unless by group of death you mean "everyone but ret is going to die"
Better than Pokebunny
Robinsa
Profile Joined May 2009
Japan1333 Posts
December 16 2009 05:42 GMT
#48
I think F is going to be interesting!
4649!!
Geo.Rion
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
7377 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-12-16 06:08:36
December 16 2009 06:05 GMT
#49
How i F a group of death? We have ret cleaning that up, with a couple of protosses, who used to be top notch, now barely made it the qualifiers, not in small part due to some really good players, who would've qualified anyways, cheating and getting DQd.

Group B ez
"Protoss is a joke" Liquid`Jinro Okt.1. 2011
OneOther
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
United States10774 Posts
December 16 2009 06:06 GMT
#50
B is definitely the hardest

azndsh
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States4447 Posts
December 16 2009 06:42 GMT
#51
E for dronE
meeple
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
Canada10211 Posts
December 16 2009 07:05 GMT
#52
Group F and B are tied in my mind, except that Group F has some of the more popular players in it.
PhilGood2DaY
Profile Joined September 2005
Germany7424 Posts
December 16 2009 07:24 GMT
#53
B F G
in no particular order
hatred outlives the hateful
PhilGood2DaY
Profile Joined September 2005
Germany7424 Posts
December 16 2009 07:28 GMT
#54
group of death = best names in it

then I would go for group B or F

group of death = group where everyone can advance and theres no favourite

then I would go for G
hatred outlives the hateful
Raiju
Profile Joined December 2007
Australia235 Posts
December 16 2009 07:48 GMT
#55
Group L stupidly good
pokerface
Profile Joined April 2007
507 Posts
December 16 2009 08:14 GMT
#56
On December 16 2009 09:25 JWD wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 16 2009 09:24 Sadistx wrote:
Only one vote for Tarson's group?

Yeah I think H deserves more votes, but more because of Sziky than Tarson. Sziky is a major darkhorse in this tournament, he is relatively unknown but better than most people think.


Amen brother
ShadowDrgn
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States2497 Posts
December 16 2009 08:36 GMT
#57
Everyone seems to have different definitions of "group of death."

To me, the group of death is the one with the highest average skill level between the players. It's more than being hard to predict because a group of 4 mediocre players wouldn't have a clear favorite either.

Group B
Morrow almost got A+ and finished second on the ladder.
OctZerg put in a ton of games and has a great ZvZ win percentage. He's guaranteed to play a zerg in Q2.
Kolll would have made top 12 if he had played more. Everyone knows him from his WCG performance.
Naugrim is a solid player that participates in loads of tournaments and does well. He beat Morrow at Dreamhack this year too.

That's just killer.
Of course, you only live one life, and you make all your mistakes, and learn what not to do, and that’s the end of you.
AmstAff
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Germany949 Posts
December 16 2009 09:42 GMT
#58
i voted for group G because i think everyone can advance in that group. but fenix will make it finally vs nyoken i think^^
after 2 years i reached it = marine icon
PeAcY6969
Profile Joined January 2008
France621 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-12-16 09:44:38
December 16 2009 09:44 GMT
#59
Group F: ret, FlaF, G5, Cloud.

>:-(
"MBCGame HERO... What Else ?"
meegrean
Profile Joined May 2008
Thailand7699 Posts
December 16 2009 10:08 GMT
#60
lol, i don't know most of these players.
Brood War loyalist
BookTwo
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
1985 Posts
December 16 2009 10:30 GMT
#61
the one with ret in it
SkelA
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Macedonia13069 Posts
December 16 2009 10:55 GMT
#62
Easy hardest is group B and A is ez one.

Octzerg got preety good chance to play Morrow because his zvz is awesome not so sure if he can win Morrow.
Stork and KHAN fan till 2012 ...
MorroW
Profile Joined August 2008
Sweden3522 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-12-16 11:17:46
December 16 2009 10:58 GMT
#63
group A would have been nice but i have 3 zergs in my group just like ESL which is so lucky jesus christ this is unbelievable xD

are these groups like everyone play 1 series with each other like ESL?

edit: oh wait i just saw http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=107964 xd
Progamerpls no copy pasterino
bellweather
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States404 Posts
December 16 2009 11:17 GMT
#64
Why are so many voting F? As a whole, the players in group B are clearly better than those in F.
A mathematician is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat which isnt' there. -Charles Darwin
NiGoL
Profile Joined September 2008
1868 Posts
December 16 2009 11:34 GMT
#65
group B is the group of death! ;-D
http://www.twitter.com/NiGoLBW playing league on a competitive level
Horiz0n
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
Sweden364 Posts
December 16 2009 11:42 GMT
#66
On December 16 2009 20:17 InsideTheBox wrote:
Why are so many voting F? As a whole, the players in group B are clearly better than those in F.


I think its the same mentality that comes to play as when you put boxer in a pool, people see ret and vote for him, not because they think, but just because its ret...
IdrA
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
United States11541 Posts
December 16 2009 12:44 GMT
#67
that and g5 and cloud are way better than morrow oct and naugrim, and at least as good as koll
http://www.splitreason.com/product/1152 release the gracken tshirt now available
PhilGood2DaY
Profile Joined September 2005
Germany7424 Posts
December 16 2009 14:04 GMT
#68
an active Cloud yes and g5 way better than morrow and naugrim ?
I doubt it.. g5 and cloud are both awesome but naugrim and morrow are pretty good, too

In my opinion group G is getting far too few votes..
hatred outlives the hateful
Intr3pid
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
Switzerland336 Posts
December 16 2009 14:18 GMT
#69
It's easily Group B, people just fanboying ret (not that I hate him or anything, the guy's great) doesn't make his group the group of death. Actually I think he won't have much trouble advancing, whereas in Group B it is much harder to tell because the skill is on a very high but yet balanced level.
Schnake
Profile Joined September 2003
Germany2819 Posts
December 16 2009 14:26 GMT
#70
Nubs, it's group E obviously.
"Alán Shore" and "August Terran" @ LoL EUW - liquidparty
IdrA
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
United States11541 Posts
December 16 2009 14:30 GMT
#71
On December 16 2009 23:18 Intr3pid wrote:
It's easily Group B, people just fanboying ret (not that I hate him or anything, the guy's great) doesn't make his group the group of death. Actually I think he won't have much trouble advancing, whereas in Group B it is much harder to tell because the skill is on a very high but yet balanced level.

balanced level doesnt make it a group of depth. ask any player if theyd rather be in B or F, every one of them will say B.
http://www.splitreason.com/product/1152 release the gracken tshirt now available
Intr3pid
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
Switzerland336 Posts
December 16 2009 14:49 GMT
#72
I respect that and think a poll should be made amongst those 48 Players, the result would just be much more representative.
wifebeater
Profile Joined January 2008
178 Posts
December 16 2009 16:12 GMT
#73
Who the fuck is FlaF?
Villain Terran~~~~~~~~~~
Zinbiel
Profile Joined October 2008
Sweden878 Posts
December 16 2009 17:19 GMT
#74
To me a group of death is a group where there are more good players than there are qualification spots. Since only 1 person advances here I'd say that the group with the strongest 2 players are the group of death. For example: An OSL group with firefist, flash, jaedong and spear would not be a group of death (since all players who should be in the ro8 will probably advance) whereas a group with Stork, Effort, Fantasy and pokju would be since we have 3 likely top 8 players in the same group.
Backho fan since 080416. Favourite terran: Mind. Favourite Zerg: Jaedong.
Subversive
Profile Joined October 2009
Australia2229 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-12-16 18:10:49
December 16 2009 18:08 GMT
#75
On December 17 2009 02:19 Zinbiel wrote:
To me a group of death is a group where there are more good players than there are qualification spots. Since only 1 person advances here I'd say that the group with the strongest 2 players are the group of death. For example: An OSL group with firefist, flash, jaedong and spear would not be a group of death (since all players who should be in the ro8 will probably advance) whereas a group with Stork, Effort, Fantasy and pokju would be since we have 3 likely top 8 players in the same group.


Yeah I totally agree. Reminds me of the recent poll about the hardest OSL/MSL groups. It was clearly the one that had 3 high level A or S pros (in that case it was Fantasy, Effort, Calm). Not just the one with Flash/Stork in it.

EDIT: even though Kwanro/Tybe-B are very good
#1 Great fan ~ // Khan // FlaSh // JangBi // EffOrt //
meathook
Profile Joined December 2007
1289 Posts
December 16 2009 18:21 GMT
#76
Lol.. do you even need a poll for this? F, of course... anybody who says anything different is either a retard or did not read the brackets at all.. or both.
An ugly planet. A bug planet.
Djzapz
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Canada10681 Posts
December 16 2009 18:22 GMT
#77
F. Go Kawaii!
"My incompetence with power tools had been increasing exponentially over the course of 20 years spent inhaling experimental oven cleaners"
cYaN
Profile Joined May 2004
Norway3322 Posts
December 16 2009 18:44 GMT
#78
Group of death to me means the one that will produce the closest games all the way. Doesn't matter at what level. To me that's group g. i doubt the winner of the tsl is in there, but anyone can win that group imo.
Louder
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States2276 Posts
December 16 2009 18:52 GMT
#79
No group of death.
Intr3pid
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
Switzerland336 Posts
December 16 2009 19:03 GMT
#80
If I knew how I would make a vote amongst the players, like "which group are you happy not to be in?". Ideas how to do it? Don't know if all of them are on TSL, I would do it over PM and post it somewhere.
Musli
Profile Blog Joined February 2004
Poland5130 Posts
December 16 2009 22:18 GMT
#81
On December 17 2009 03:44 cYaN wrote:
Group of death to me means the one that will produce the closest games all the way. Doesn't matter at what level. To me that's group g. i doubt the winner of the tsl is in there, but anyone can win that group imo.

This
Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall || mail/msn: muslii@gmail.com
PhilGood2DaY
Profile Joined September 2005
Germany7424 Posts
December 16 2009 23:09 GMT
#82
On December 16 2009 23:30 IdrA wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 16 2009 23:18 Intr3pid wrote:
It's easily Group B, people just fanboying ret (not that I hate him or anything, the guy's great) doesn't make his group the group of death. Actually I think he won't have much trouble advancing, whereas in Group B it is much harder to tell because the skill is on a very high but yet balanced level.

balanced level doesnt make it a group of depth. ask any player if theyd rather be in B or F, every one of them will say B.


depends on whom they would replace though

If any player had to replace ret in group F and have flaf,g5 and cloud in his group he would surely favour this over replacing octzerg and being in a group with morrow,kolll and naugrim..

get my point ?

in group F ret is standing out followed by two very good players Cloud and G5

in group B kolll, naugrim and morrow are all very good players
hatred outlives the hateful
Sc2ggRise
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States607 Posts
December 17 2009 01:23 GMT
#83
B
IdrA
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
United States11541 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-12-17 03:08:33
December 17 2009 03:07 GMT
#84
On December 17 2009 08:09 MaGic~PhiL wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 16 2009 23:30 IdrA wrote:
On December 16 2009 23:18 Intr3pid wrote:
It's easily Group B, people just fanboying ret (not that I hate him or anything, the guy's great) doesn't make his group the group of death. Actually I think he won't have much trouble advancing, whereas in Group B it is much harder to tell because the skill is on a very high but yet balanced level.

balanced level doesnt make it a group of depth. ask any player if theyd rather be in B or F, every one of them will say B.


depends on whom they would replace though

If any player had to replace ret in group F and have flaf,g5 and cloud in his group he would surely favour this over replacing octzerg and being in a group with morrow,kolll and naugrim..

get my point ?

in group F ret is standing out followed by two very good players Cloud and G5

in group B kolll, naugrim and morrow are all very good players

well cloud and g5 is still harder to get through than kolll naugrim morrow, but we're talking about the strength of the group, not the strength of 3 players.
ya, F wouldnt be as strong without ret. but none of the groups would be as strong without their strongest player so whats the point of even discussing that?
http://www.splitreason.com/product/1152 release the gracken tshirt now available
IdrA
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
United States11541 Posts
December 17 2009 03:08 GMT
#85
On December 17 2009 03:44 cYaN wrote:
Group of death to me means the one that will produce the closest games all the way. Doesn't matter at what level. To me that's group g. i doubt the winner of the tsl is in there, but anyone can win that group imo.

why do people think that
you can have 3 D players and have dead even games, would you call that a group of death?
http://www.splitreason.com/product/1152 release the gracken tshirt now available
FragKrag
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States11556 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-12-17 03:59:00
December 17 2009 03:58 GMT
#86
Gonna have to go with B. Morrow Naugrim and Koll should make the games interesting indeed
*TL CJ Entusman #40* "like scissors does anything to paper except MAKE IT MORE NUMEROUS" -paper
ThE_OsToJiY
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
Canada1167 Posts
December 17 2009 04:04 GMT
#87
GROUP D DAMNIT!
@ostojiy
BlueStar
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
Bulgaria1169 Posts
December 17 2009 09:52 GMT
#88
A I would say ~_~
Leader of the Bulgarian National SCBW/SC2 team and team pSi.SCBW/SC2
SpaNiarD
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
Spain351 Posts
December 17 2009 10:22 GMT
#89
C is the group of death

GoGo oct, miko and technics
InFiNitY[pG]
Profile Blog Joined December 2002
Germany3474 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-12-17 11:15:58
December 17 2009 11:12 GMT
#90
B or G, went with G in the end. I don't see how so many people can vote F, imo Ret will take this group with ease. A group that has one clear favorite can't really be a group of death imo, it's like putting three strong terrans in a group with Flash.
"I just pressed stimpack, and somehow I won the battle" -Flash
PhilGood2DaY
Profile Joined September 2005
Germany7424 Posts
December 17 2009 15:04 GMT
#91
On December 17 2009 12:07 IdrA wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 17 2009 08:09 MaGic~PhiL wrote:
On December 16 2009 23:30 IdrA wrote:
On December 16 2009 23:18 Intr3pid wrote:
It's easily Group B, people just fanboying ret (not that I hate him or anything, the guy's great) doesn't make his group the group of death. Actually I think he won't have much trouble advancing, whereas in Group B it is much harder to tell because the skill is on a very high but yet balanced level.

balanced level doesnt make it a group of depth. ask any player if theyd rather be in B or F, every one of them will say B.


depends on whom they would replace though

If any player had to replace ret in group F and have flaf,g5 and cloud in his group he would surely favour this over replacing octzerg and being in a group with morrow,kolll and naugrim..

get my point ?

in group F ret is standing out followed by two very good players Cloud and G5

in group B kolll, naugrim and morrow are all very good players

well cloud and g5 is still harder to get through than kolll naugrim morrow, but we're talking about the strength of the group, not the strength of 3 players.
ya, F wouldnt be as strong without ret. but none of the groups would be as strong without their strongest player so whats the point of even discussing that?



How comes u think G5 and cloud are harder to beat than morrow,kolll or naugrim ?
I think they are pretty even in skill. I mean you played them okey u should know best. So i cant really know better than you but we agree it mainly depends on what race you play and what match up u like, too doesnt it ?

imagine a player who hates to play vs p and isnt that comfortable vs z being in the group with cloud,g5 and ret.. he probably would like to be in the zzzt group instead..

vice versa..

And people here thinkin that this group isnt a group of death because ret in it is simply wrong, too.

Ret is the big favourite to win this group but let me tell u:

In many other groups Cloud and maybe G5 would be favs too. Granted they dont have ret in the same group obviously..

hatred outlives the hateful
cYaN
Profile Joined May 2004
Norway3322 Posts
December 17 2009 16:56 GMT
#92
On December 17 2009 12:08 IdrA wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 17 2009 03:44 cYaN wrote:
Group of death to me means the one that will produce the closest games all the way. Doesn't matter at what level. To me that's group g. i doubt the winner of the tsl is in there, but anyone can win that group imo.

why do people think that
you can have 3 D players and have dead even games, would you call that a group of death?

Yes.

1) Bisu, Jaedong, IdrA, ret
2) C, C, C, C (since they are more consistent that D)

My group of death is 2 in this case. Group 1 bisu and jaedong qualifies, group C.. who knows. Obviously that wouldn't be the same tournament so we're not talking anywhere near as big a range of skill.

Why do people think that? Why do you think otherwise? Do you have anything to back that up? Stop passing your opinion off as fact please. I was very careful to explain what i meant and that it was my definition. A quick google search reveals that there is no hard definition, but everyone is split on it. Football fans, starcraft fans.. you name it.
IdrA
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
United States11541 Posts
December 17 2009 17:19 GMT
#93
On December 18 2009 00:04 MaGic~PhiL wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 17 2009 12:07 IdrA wrote:
On December 17 2009 08:09 MaGic~PhiL wrote:
On December 16 2009 23:30 IdrA wrote:
On December 16 2009 23:18 Intr3pid wrote:
It's easily Group B, people just fanboying ret (not that I hate him or anything, the guy's great) doesn't make his group the group of death. Actually I think he won't have much trouble advancing, whereas in Group B it is much harder to tell because the skill is on a very high but yet balanced level.

balanced level doesnt make it a group of depth. ask any player if theyd rather be in B or F, every one of them will say B.


depends on whom they would replace though

If any player had to replace ret in group F and have flaf,g5 and cloud in his group he would surely favour this over replacing octzerg and being in a group with morrow,kolll and naugrim..

get my point ?

in group F ret is standing out followed by two very good players Cloud and G5

in group B kolll, naugrim and morrow are all very good players

well cloud and g5 is still harder to get through than kolll naugrim morrow, but we're talking about the strength of the group, not the strength of 3 players.
ya, F wouldnt be as strong without ret. but none of the groups would be as strong without their strongest player so whats the point of even discussing that?



How comes u think G5 and cloud are harder to beat than morrow,kolll or naugrim ?
I think they are pretty even in skill. I mean you played them okey u should know best. So i cant really know better than you but we agree it mainly depends on what race you play and what match up u like, too doesnt it ?

imagine a player who hates to play vs p and isnt that comfortable vs z being in the group with cloud,g5 and ret.. he probably would like to be in the zzzt group instead..

vice versa..

And people here thinkin that this group isnt a group of death because ret in it is simply wrong, too.

Ret is the big favourite to win this group but let me tell u:

In many other groups Cloud and maybe G5 would be favs too. Granted they dont have ret in the same group obviously..


octzerg is trash, morrow and naugrim are mediocre and kolll is questionable, given his performance since wcg. g5 is very good and cloud was the best or 2nd best foreign protoss for a long time, he dropped off the radar given his inactivity but he just laddered for 3 weeks and has another 3 weeks to prep for his matches, once youve reached that level its not that hard to regain alot of it.
obviously personal preference depends on matchup, though theres not many players with matchups so skewed that theyd rather face ret g5 cloud than morrow naugrim koll, but we're talking about the overall strength of the group, where that doesnt matter.
http://www.splitreason.com/product/1152 release the gracken tshirt now available
IdrA
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
United States11541 Posts
December 17 2009 17:21 GMT
#94
On December 18 2009 01:56 cYaN wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 17 2009 12:08 IdrA wrote:
On December 17 2009 03:44 cYaN wrote:
Group of death to me means the one that will produce the closest games all the way. Doesn't matter at what level. To me that's group g. i doubt the winner of the tsl is in there, but anyone can win that group imo.

why do people think that
you can have 3 D players and have dead even games, would you call that a group of death?

Yes.

1) Bisu, Jaedong, IdrA, ret
2) C, C, C, C (since they are more consistent that D)

My group of death is 2 in this case. Group 1 bisu and jaedong qualifies, group C.. who knows. Obviously that wouldn't be the same tournament so we're not talking anywhere near as big a range of skill.

Why do people think that? Why do you think otherwise? Do you have anything to back that up? Stop passing your opinion off as fact please. I was very careful to explain what i meant and that it was my definition. A quick google search reveals that there is no hard definition, but everyone is split on it. Football fans, starcraft fans.. you name it.

because its a "group of death" not a "group of evenly matched players with an uncertain outcome"
we're talking about the best, hardest, scariest group.
http://www.splitreason.com/product/1152 release the gracken tshirt now available
cYaN
Profile Joined May 2004
Norway3322 Posts
December 17 2009 18:42 GMT
#95
lol, why do i bother^^
aTnClouD
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Italy2428 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-12-17 18:58:13
December 17 2009 18:46 GMT
#96
I'm not sure if my group is the one of death, but seriously group B is nowhere the hardest in this TSL. In my opinion groups F E J K D are all harder than group B, and you are giving Kolll too much credit. He's very good, but he has still a lot of room to improve and plays very risky most of the times. You can't compare him, Naugrim or octzerg to Mondragon, Strelok, Sen, White-Ra or whatever major obstacle you could meet in these groups. And I'm saying it because I know these guys and they are SCARY in tournaments (especially White-Ra). I would rather play in group B than in any of these.
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/hunter692007/kruemelmonsteryn0.gif
BlasiuS
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States2405 Posts
December 17 2009 18:51 GMT
#97
Was debating between group G and group B, but then I thought to myself "I have no idea who FlaF is" and that settled that.

Definitely group B
next week on Everybody Loves HypnoToad:
Shikyo
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Finland33997 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-12-17 19:27:41
December 17 2009 19:24 GMT
#98
On December 18 2009 01:56 cYaN wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 17 2009 12:08 IdrA wrote:
On December 17 2009 03:44 cYaN wrote:
Group of death to me means the one that will produce the closest games all the way. Doesn't matter at what level. To me that's group g. i doubt the winner of the tsl is in there, but anyone can win that group imo.

why do people think that
you can have 3 D players and have dead even games, would you call that a group of death?

Yes.

1) Bisu, Jaedong, IdrA, ret
2) C, C, C, C (since they are more consistent that D)

My group of death is 2 in this case. Group 1 bisu and jaedong qualifies, group C.. who knows. Obviously that wouldn't be the same tournament so we're not talking anywhere near as big a range of skill.

Why do people think that? Why do you think otherwise? Do you have anything to back that up? Stop passing your opinion off as fact please. I was very careful to explain what i meant and that it was my definition. A quick google search reveals that there is no hard definition, but everyone is split on it. Football fans, starcraft fans.. you name it.

It's a group of death because it forces elimination of players who deserve to place higher in the tournament -> death.

A group of C C C C has none so it's not a group of death. Also, if 2 of them are koreans its not even at all.

On December 17 2009 08:09 MaGic~PhiL wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 16 2009 23:30 IdrA wrote:
On December 16 2009 23:18 Intr3pid wrote:
It's easily Group B, people just fanboying ret (not that I hate him or anything, the guy's great) doesn't make his group the group of death. Actually I think he won't have much trouble advancing, whereas in Group B it is much harder to tell because the skill is on a very high but yet balanced level.

balanced level doesnt make it a group of depth. ask any player if theyd rather be in B or F, every one of them will say B.


depends on whom they would replace though

If any player had to replace ret in group F and have flaf,g5 and cloud in his group he would surely favour this over replacing octzerg and being in a group with morrow,kolll and naugrim..

get my point ?

in group F ret is standing out followed by two very good players Cloud and G5

in group B kolll, naugrim and morrow are all very good players


So you believe that OctZerg is as good at Ret?

This comparison makes no sense in the first place. OctZerg isn't even the first seed.
League of Legends EU West, Platinum III | Yousei Teikoku is the best thing that has ever happened to music.
DreaM)XeRO
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Korea (South)4667 Posts
December 17 2009 20:34 GMT
#99
G5 + Ret + Cloud is fucking SICK

but a Morrow, OctZerg, Koll, Naugrim group comes in a close second
that is ridic. Morrow @ second, Octzerg is gosu, Koll is wonderkid with like an umlat over the "O". UBER wonderkid, and Naugrim is a gosu and gm player.
cw)minsean(ru
EpiK
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Korea (South)5757 Posts
December 17 2009 20:56 GMT
#100
Definitely group B. But group F is probably going to produce the sickest games
Synwave
Profile Joined July 2009
United States2803 Posts
December 17 2009 22:28 GMT
#101
Idra had his interview where he was the bad guy of the "pro-wrestling" world and here he is with fake acting galore to try and prove it more so. Gotta love it.
♞Nerdrage is the cause of global warming♞
PhilGood2DaY
Profile Joined September 2005
Germany7424 Posts
December 17 2009 23:12 GMT
#102
I have no clue how u can say morrow and naugrim are mediocre, kolll is questionable but call G5 very good

Seriously that has to be some heavy bias going on there for whatever reason

morrow and naugrim are very good too if G5 is ..
hatred outlives the hateful
Artosis *
Profile Blog Joined June 2004
United States2140 Posts
December 18 2009 00:57 GMT
#103
ACTUALLY,

group L is the group of death, someone messed up making this poll.
kolll's group is not as hard as ret's group.
Commentatorhttp://twitter.com/Artosis
PhilGood2DaY
Profile Joined September 2005
Germany7424 Posts
December 18 2009 07:10 GMT
#104
Yes leaving out group L just because it was the last group was stupid.. Could have leaved out other groups instead..

Infernal,Haypro,GosiTerran and Saywer is so sick

Infernals like top 3 foreign tosses right now
Hapyros ZvP and ZvT are basically the best after ret and mondi
GosiTerran is just freaking good..
hatred outlives the hateful
Jonoman92
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
United States9107 Posts
December 18 2009 08:17 GMT
#105
It was between F and B for me but I went with F because I think G5, Cloud, and Ret all would be capable of advancing past the ro16 if they were to get there.
BloodDrunK
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Bangladesh2767 Posts
December 18 2009 14:19 GMT
#106
group F to me seems the most difficult
You have the power to create your own destiny.
Liquid`HayprO
Profile Joined March 2003
Iraq1230 Posts
December 18 2009 17:55 GMT
#107
i dont get why f is supposed to be group of death. a group of death should be a group with equally skilled players and the possibility for all of them to win. thats not the case. ret is a much better player and a big fav to win.
Team LiquidOur friendship will be the stuff of legend.
Tarmak_mk
Profile Joined May 2004
Macedonia410 Posts
December 18 2009 20:04 GMT
#108
group F its seems to be pretty easy for jos. u guys speaking about cloud? :O we know how he gonna cry after his lose's we dont need to speak more, about g5 he is nice and mannered guy who know how to play starcraft but he is still weak to bea jos. dont know much about flaf
OctoberZerg
TT1
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada10021 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-12-19 05:58:56
December 19 2009 05:53 GMT
#109
all the groups seem kinda equal but i think L and G (even tho i feel like its going to come down to the winner of pat vs haypro in l.. dunno much about gosi[terran] and sawyer can always cause a suprise) are the hardest
a hard group for me is = when alot of players are around the same skill level
ab = tl(i) + tl(pc), the grand answer to every tl.net debate
RobertKang
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Japan18 Posts
December 19 2009 10:46 GMT
#110
Ha Ha Lol! I Believe that!
RobertKang Luv SK Telecom T1
Archaic
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States4024 Posts
December 20 2009 03:37 GMT
#111
On December 16 2009 11:33 IdrA wrote:
not sure why group f gets so many votes




pretty clear cut win for g5

Ahahaha, ouch!
ghermination
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
United States2851 Posts
December 20 2009 19:39 GMT
#112
group b is crazy.
U Gotta Skate.
Trezeguet
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States2656 Posts
December 20 2009 20:26 GMT
#113
Feel bad for ret, I hope this tough group doesn't get between him and 10K
oo_xerox
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States852 Posts
December 21 2009 04:15 GMT
#114
I thought F at first, but cmon.......ret has this, so i guess B is more balanced...
I could get a more coherent article by gluing a Sharpie to a dog's cook and letting it hump the page.
aqui
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Germany1023 Posts
December 21 2009 12:13 GMT
#115
Not having group L in the poll but group k where sen is gonna rape everyone lefthandedly is so ridicolous! someone fix this please!
Normal
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
WardiTV Team League
12:00
Group B
WardiTV987
Liquipedia
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
MindelVK 38
StarCraft: Brood War
Calm 16018
firebathero 7198
Horang2 2215
Jaedong 1928
BeSt 463
Mini 456
EffOrt 419
Stork 348
Rush 268
Soma 241
[ Show more ]
Dewaltoss 137
actioN 128
Last 99
ToSsGirL 80
Mind 73
Backho 52
sorry 39
Barracks 38
Hm[arnc] 32
JulyZerg 29
IntoTheRainbow 29
Nal_rA 26
GoRush 20
Aegong 17
Terrorterran 15
NaDa 12
SilentControl 11
ivOry 10
Dota 2
Gorgc6018
BananaSlamJamma133
League of Legends
Rex48
Counter-Strike
fl0m2051
byalli901
x6flipin331
kRYSTAL_40
Heroes of the Storm
Khaldor410
Liquid`Hasu272
Other Games
B2W.Neo2646
Liquid`RaSZi1093
DeMusliM295
KnowMe205
Fuzer 175
Hui .165
crisheroes118
Mew2King65
Organizations
Dota 2
PGL Dota 2 - Main Stream16994
Other Games
gamesdonequick902
ComeBackTV 273
StarCraft: Brood War
lovetv 20
Kim Chul Min (afreeca) 12
StarCraft 2
Blizzard YouTube
StarCraft: Brood War
BSLTrovo
sctven
[ Show 18 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• StrangeGG 71
• musti20045 33
• poizon28 18
• Adnapsc2 11
• iHatsuTV 1
• sooper7s
• intothetv
• Kozan
• IndyKCrew
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• LaughNgamezSOOP
• Migwel
StarCraft: Brood War
• blackmanpl 38
• iopq 1
• BSLYoutube
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
Dota 2
• C_a_k_e 1245
Upcoming Events
Patches Events
1h 51m
BSL
4h 51m
GSL
16h 51m
Wardi Open
20h 51m
Monday Night Weeklies
1d 1h
WardiTV Team League
1d 20h
PiGosaur Cup
2 days
Kung Fu Cup
2 days
OSC
3 days
The PondCast
3 days
[ Show More ]
KCM Race Survival
3 days
WardiTV Team League
3 days
Replay Cast
4 days
KCM Race Survival
4 days
WardiTV Team League
4 days
Korean StarCraft League
5 days
uThermal 2v2 Circuit
5 days
BSL
6 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

Proleague 2026-03-13
WardiTV Winter 2026
Underdog Cup #3

Ongoing

KCM Race Survival 2026 Season 1
Jeongseon Sooper Cup
BSL Season 22
RSL Revival: Season 4
Nations Cup 2026
ESL Pro League S23 Finals
ESL Pro League S23 Stage 1&2
PGL Cluj-Napoca 2026
IEM Kraków 2026
BLAST Bounty Winter 2026
BLAST Bounty Winter Qual

Upcoming

CSL Elite League 2026
ASL Season 21
Acropolis #4 - TS6
2026 Changsha Offline CUP
Acropolis #4
IPSL Spring 2026
CSLAN 4
Kung Fu Cup 2026 Grand Finals
HSC XXIX
uThermal 2v2 2026 Main Event
NationLESS Cup
Stake Ranked Episode 2
CS Asia Championships 2026
IEM Atlanta 2026
Asian Champions League 2026
PGL Astana 2026
BLAST Rivals Spring 2026
CCT Season 3 Global Finals
IEM Rio 2026
PGL Bucharest 2026
Stake Ranked Episode 1
BLAST Open Spring 2026
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2026 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.