This is a tough one. With 6 groups, it is harder to have a stacked group among the bunch. I would have to say the Boxer/Pusan/Jju group is going to be tough, as ShinHwa is an unknown, and the other three are really hot.

My other pick is Midas, Yellow, and Iris, with newcomer Stork in the mix. Another mix of veterans and youngsters. All in all there should be some intruiging matchups. I think we will see some real changing of the guard this season. Also, liquibet got a whole lot harder.

HonestTea

5007 Posts

April 11 2006 21:52 GMT

This is pointless. All groups are "groups of death" at this level.

Manifesto7

Osaka27178 Posts

April 11 2006 22:05 GMT

On April 12 2006 06:52 HonestTea wrote:
This is pointless. All groups are "groups of death" at this level.

(yeah but the old poll was stale and i had no ideas so shhhh....)

ManaBlue

Canada10458 Posts

April 11 2006 22:21 GMT

I'm going with the Pusan,Boxer,Jju group. Seems pretty deadly, but overall these groups seem really mixed and balanced. There isn't one that stands out as crazy hard like usual.

sundance

Slovakia3201 Posts

April 11 2006 22:40 GMT

Midas, Yellow, Stork, Iris easily

1tym

Korea (South)2425 Posts

April 11 2006 23:04 GMT

July, GoRush, Rock, Sync

Locked

United States4182 Posts

April 11 2006 23:06 GMT

don't think there's a real group of death this OSL, interesting ;O

on the same note there isn't a really weak group either

X)Benny

France1270 Posts

April 11 2006 23:09 GMT

On April 12 2006 07:21 ManaBlue wrote:There isn't one that stands out as crazy hard like usual.

Actually the Goodfriend group stands out... to be the less difficult. Ra's one isn't that bad either.

But you're right, we don't have that usual Boxer/July/Reach/Gorush group.

intrigue

Washington, D.C9935 Posts

April 11 2006 23:12 GMT

#10

yay i'm happy about Nal_rA getting into a group where he's more likely to do well
his other one seemed a little bit more difficult for him =)

voted for midas, yell0w, stork, iris
does it annoy anyone else that there are three [gm]s in this group alone? what if they gang up for the sake of old times to make sure poor yellow gets owned? =(

Coulthard

Greece3359 Posts

April 11 2006 23:23 GMT

#11

Pusan, Boxer,Jju,Shinhwa for sure

sTrAtO

Mexico1084 Posts

April 12 2006 00:19 GMT

#12

Midas, Yellow, Stork, Iris (15) for sure...

HorsementalitY

United States1159 Posts

April 12 2006 01:21 GMT

#13

On April 12 2006 07:40 sundance wrote:
Midas, Yellow, Stork, Iris easily

yup

FireBlast!

United Kingdom5251 Posts

April 12 2006 01:39 GMT

#14

poor Rock and Sync they're gonna be eaten up by the swarm.

hasuprotoss

United States4679 Posts

April 12 2006 04:01 GMT

#15

Pusan, Boxer, Shinhwa, and Jju is a hard one to predict. It all comes down to Pusan's PvZ capabilities, which still seems untested.

funkie

Venezuela9377 Posts

April 12 2006 06:21 GMT

#16

It is not Sea.Shield it is Sea[Shield], shield is a korean west clan or something ;o

JoMal

Trinidad/Tobago1177 Posts

April 12 2006 06:25 GMT

#17

Oov, Cloud, ChoJJa, Yellow[Name

Yikes

NonYold

United States2814 Posts

April 12 2006 07:00 GMT

#18

They're all such good groups. Especially after reading HonestTea's posts, I have a lot of respect for each and every player that has qualified to this point.

logitech

Canada230 Posts

April 12 2006 07:51 GMT

#19

Midas, Yellow, Stork, Iris for sure

dyodyo

Philippines578 Posts

April 12 2006 08:29 GMT

#20

yay!

this is going to be tough.. voted for pusan/boxer's group... I cant wait for the rematch!

Manifesto7

Osaka27178 Posts

April 12 2006 08:31 GMT

#21

On April 12 2006 15:21 FunKiE wrote:
It is not Sea.Shield it is Sea[Shield], shield is a korean west clan or something ;o

Yeah I realized that after I posted but I cant edit it.. sorry.

Purind

Canada3562 Posts

April 12 2006 09:12 GMT

#22

I voted Midas' group. We know that each player in that group is dangerous. We've seen great performances from all of them. In the other groups, there are pretty new people that seem to be very strong, but we just don't know (which is why I didn't vote for shinhwa or yellow[name]'s groups), but Midas' group is for sure very tough.

rA's group looks to be the easiest. Two not-top-of-the-line zerg players and a very untested TvP (atleast I THINK stay is Z)

Raidern

Brazil3821 Posts

April 12 2006 09:50 GMT

#23

I didn't vote because I don't think there is actually a *group of death* this time...

there was already a group of Boxer, Julyzerg and Nada once, so yeah eheh that's a group of death.

SoMuchBetter

Australia10606 Posts

April 12 2006 10:00 GMT

#24

jju's group looks pretty tough
this time around though, all the groups looks fairly even
except maybe goodfriend's group

Luhh

Sweden2974 Posts

April 12 2006 10:24 GMT

#25

The groups are rather equal, since they get to choose their opponents, but I say the Pusan boxer one.

Pusan chose Boxer for two reasons;

1) to get even with the legend.
2) Boxer would in turn choose a "weak" zerg. (Pusan has confidence in his PvZ).

So this group may become rather worrisome for both of these players if Pusan beats boxer, but loses to the "weak" zerg chosen.

b_unnies

3579 Posts

April 12 2006 16:59 GMT

#26

i seriously have no idea.

Ilikestarcraft

Korea (South)17743 Posts

April 12 2006 19:43 GMT

#27

Boxer's group hands down. 2 giants one excellent zerg and a newcomer. Whatever group jju is in is usually always hard cause he can be a monster at times. Any group with boxer is a group of death haha.
edit. actually now that i think about it each group is balenced with a giant or two in each group a newcomer and a good player.

KimmoL

Norway256 Posts

April 12 2006 22:38 GMT

#28

midas, yellow, stork and iris!!! a hard group!!

cYaN

Norway3322 Posts

April 13 2006 03:24 GMT

#29

Midas, Yellow, Stork, Iris imo... just very equal and i don't think anyone will get completely crushed in all games. The boxer and july groups are also not bad, but i think the midas group will be more even.
MIDAS FIGHTING

Guybrush

Spain4744 Posts

April 13 2006 07:13 GMT

#30

Definitely Yellow, Midas, Stork and Iris group. These players are all good enough to beat each other, and I'd have a hard time figuring out who to vote for in these games. Maps will probably be the biggest influence.

bsj9

United States927 Posts

April 13 2006 07:48 GMT

#31

-_-

How could Boxer's group be a group of death? It's more about the pusan/boxer rematch, not the group itself

Unless Sea could pull a Casy, that is...

BeaTeR

Kazakhstan4130 Posts

April 13 2006 11:06 GMT

#32

Midas, Yellow, Stork, Iris

Because i can't predict who will make it to the top16.

Plexa

Aotearoa39261 Posts

April 13 2006 11:34 GMT

#33

On April 12 2006 15:21 FunKiE wrote:
It is not Sea.Shield it is Sea[Shield], shield is a korean west clan or something ;o

yes like fellow POS team mate BiSu[Shield].. i guess it is kindof annoying that sea and shield are both clans ... go on west and check for yourself.. hes there quite a bit- op shield
anyways the poll...
voted pusans group... im not sure how its going to unfold but i hope boxer/pusan and jju advance

! preferably pusan from his group.. and the other two.. welll their problem lolz

Zeto

United States2290 Posts

April 13 2006 13:21 GMT

#34

let's see how much ass Pusan kicks in PvZ

EAGER-beaver

Canada2799 Posts

April 14 2006 01:16 GMT

#35

All of these groups = death, even the rookies like Sea can brutalize the group they're in. I had a lot of trouble picking one in specific, I ended up randomly selecting the july one.