This looks sick! My 2 favorite teams AND incontrol casting!
I think it will go to the ace match with jiro beating slush, qxc beating ret, drewbie beating TLO and haypro beating kiwi. Liquid will pull the 4-3 win though

Char711

United States862 Posts

January 19 2011 07:05 GMT

#22

On January 19 2011 15:40 iNcontroL wrote:
I will be casting this btw!

Which makes me wish that Tyler was in this, because then it could end up being one of the funniest casts of all time.

As for my prediction, I'm thinking that Liquid is going to take it. Here's my blow-by-blow account:

Ret v. qxc
This is pretty even. I think the pros would put Ret significantly higher in terms of skill, but, in my experience, Ret seems to be slightly inconsistent and tends to not live up to his full potential in tournaments while qxc is consistently solid and has been improving day-by-day without fail. As those same people also say, though, Ret on his game is freaking unstoppable and his macro is godly. I think it could go either way here, but I'm giving the edge, and the win, to Ret, because I think qxc's harass with eventually fall to Ret's mighty macro. The games will either be incredibly close or clear Ret victories.

Jinro v. Slush
Jinro, no question. Sorry, Slush, but Jinro has been moving forward by leaps and bounds and I haven't seen the same from you. Mind you, who really wants to have to face the feared Gorilla Terran who just took down MC? I don't envy you.

TLO v. drewbie
This completely depends on what race TLO ends up rolling. Protoss and the victory goes to drewbie. Terran and Zerg I lean towards TLO (but I started SC2 as a TLO fanboy, so there you go). I think that TLO is going to start impressing with his random race play and, personally, I think his creativity combined with random race is a lethal mixture that can easily throw any opponent off. Don't discount the consistently solid play of drewbie, though. Edit: I'm thinking TLO might still be in a Z>T>P situation, though, so this match will be really, really interesting. There's also the fact that TLO is coming off an injury, so I think this might be the biggest toss-up of the entire set.

Haypro v. KiWiKaKi
Breaking my streak of Liquid victory predictions, I'm going to have to say KiWiKaKi. I love watching the guy play and he can do absolutely amazing things. Haypro is, certainly, an impressive player, but I'm not sure how well he'll cope with KiWiKaKi's non-standard shock-and-awe play. Haypro seems like even more of a "standard" type player than some of the other Liquid members, so, even though he's very solid, I think he faces the most difficulty against creative players like KiWiKaKi.

Of course, any ace match would go to Liquid, as I choose them as the overall winner regardless. I see a 3-0 out of the gate, though, which means that even the Haypro v. KiWiKaKi game might not happen (but, hey, these are some really impressive matchups -- it could totally go either way). If the games were ordered differently it might go all the way through, but, to me, the probabilities are pretty front-loaded for Liquid.

YoshEH

United States13 Posts

January 19 2011 07:05 GMT

#23

Should be fun

What possible Aces do both teams have? All I can think of right now is HuK/Nony for TL and CatZ for ROOT

edit: whoa scary clown face

DarkRise

1644 Posts

January 19 2011 07:07 GMT

#24

QXC
jinro
TLO
Kiwikai
2-2 ace match

Hurricane Sponge

868 Posts

January 19 2011 07:18 GMT

#25

Wow. Those lineups?

Yes, PLEASE!

Creem

Sweden254 Posts

January 19 2011 07:23 GMT

#26

On January 19 2011 15:08 Skillz_Man wrote:
Root just brought out the big guns. That is honestly the strongest line up Ive ever seen for a NA team for ROOT, and we'll teamliquid with their korean crew. Hard to call but Im handing this one to Root sadly.

Would love a Tyler/HuK vs Kiwikaki/Drewbie ace match though!

Was that an intended pun considering they benched minigun? Either way I lol'd. :D

Bobster

Germany3075 Posts

January 19 2011 07:27 GMT

#27

Wow, definitely one of the best clan matchups I've seen outside of Korea in a long time. This is definitely everyone's A-team (Tyler and huk could stand in anytime, of course).

On January 19 2011 15:40 iNcontroL wrote:
I will be casting this btw!

*faints*

I cannot miss this.

Kimaker

United States2131 Posts

January 19 2011 07:28 GMT

#28

This is going to be a sick match.

GL HF to both teams, and here's hoping for GG's

Troxior

United States168 Posts

January 19 2011 07:40 GMT

#29

I'm predicting a Liquid win. Granted there is a tossup with Ret vs. Qxc but if Ret is on his game then I think he can win, Qxc definitely has a strong chance (sorry Jos, but watching your code A :/).
TLO and Jinro I am highly confident can roll over even if TLO is protoss. Then finally with Haypro "the underrated" vs. Kiwikaki. Kiwikaki has some ridiculously devastating play that he can pull out, but Haypro isn't no scrub either (qualifying for the GSL is tough) my money's on a surprisingly close game between Haypro and Kiwikaki (if they play) with Kiwi pulling out with a win.

Also incontrol casting is absolutely awesome, this should guarntee an entertaining game upon solid play.

IPA

United States3206 Posts

January 19 2011 07:49 GMT

#30

Can't wait!

Man I really dislike that ROOT mascot/icon. I love their players so much, I wish they had an icon that didn't look like a late 90s comic book mascot. Liquid's distinguished horse is dreamy.

Looking forward to some amazing games.

Darpa

Canada4413 Posts

January 19 2011 07:57 GMT

#31

I would guess 3-0 Liquid. I think Roots only hope of a win is Kiwi, but he might not get a chance to play. Other than that, QXC might be able to take the game from Ret if he plays like he is capable of.

Graphex

United States123 Posts

January 19 2011 08:01 GMT

#32

omg!!! and incontrol casting this is going to be epiccccccccccccccc

Talin

Montenegro10532 Posts

January 19 2011 08:05 GMT

#33

On January 19 2011 16:23 Creem wrote:

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Was that an intended pun considering they benched minigun? Either way I lol'd. :D

Haha, brilliant. xD Don't think it was intended though.

Anyways, pretty stacked lineup from Root and it's not going to be easy for Liquid in the slightest. =(

Syben

United States512 Posts

January 19 2011 08:53 GMT

#34

Whats the Ace vs Ace?