Squirtles good matchup is PvT. All the games he won in GSTL were PvT. Ive seen Huk beat MC on his stream several times and im sure hes faced squirtle on the ladder too. I'm not sure if he can win code A but I definitely wouldnt make any bets against him either. He's self proclaimed Top 3 in the world in unit control and i wanna see what he can do

Vehemus

United States586 Posts

February 15 2011 04:10 GMT

#43

On February 15 2011 12:42 Goibon wrote:
I'm not sold on Squirtle at this Point. Huge Fan but One win against MVP and a 4-0 against a fOu team Which doesn't look like the same team from a GSL or 2 ago, i'm not convinced. He's clearly very very good, but i don't see him dominating like popular opinion would dictate.

Would dearly Love to eat my words.

gogo ggoboogie!

Well he's also a 4000+ point KR ladder player and has really been dominating everyone he's played recently.

But besides that, I'd say (P)

HuK has the clearest route to the Up&Down matches. (Z)

mOOnGLaDe, despite in my opinion being the weakest foreigner of the four seeded, probably has the second best shot due to semi-favorable matchups.

I'd put (Z)

Ret in third and (Z)

HayprO fourth, simply because (T)

GanZi has looked really, really good recently. I'll be genuinely surprised if (T)

GanZi doesn't make the round of 8.

BrahCJ

Australia659 Posts

February 15 2011 04:18 GMT

#44

I'm Australian, so very biased, however I like (Z)

mOOnGLaDe ringer to top 8 here. Purely because I like his ZvT. That's my brain talking - minimal top 8. However, my heart says he can get to the final :D

We're all waiting for HuK to back up what he says. We all know he is a force on KR ladder, but it's getting frustrating to expect him to win an entire tourney, only to under achieve. From all the foreigners, I think Henie thenmost capable, but being capable isn't enough in these type of tourneys.

Chodes

Canada212 Posts

February 15 2011 04:26 GMT

#45

Slayers_Jjob is my pick to win Code A. sorry ret but this guy is really impressive

Looky

United States1608 Posts

February 15 2011 04:28 GMT

#46

CODE A actually looks decent this season. code a last season was so bad

pieisamazing

United States1234 Posts

February 15 2011 04:29 GMT

#47

On February 15 2011 10:54 iseefor wrote:

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but what a epic final that would be!

I think it would be more along the lines of squirtle grinding HuK into a bloody paste with a 4-0 victory.

Boblhead

United States2577 Posts

February 15 2011 04:39 GMT

#48

SlayerS_YUGIOH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FIGHTING

Gooey

United States944 Posts

February 15 2011 04:40 GMT

#49

Why does it feel like I am more excited to watch this season's Code A groups than the Code S groups? After watching a great deal of these players tear it up in the team league the past few months, I am dying to see how they do in the solo competition stages of GSL. Sure I want to see a few people in Code S play, but Code A looks like it is anybody's game. Half of the participants can honestly be considered for having a good chance at winning it.

znowstorm

Australia281 Posts

February 15 2011 04:40 GMT

#50

If I'm reading this right Ret is against Job straight up. Should be epic.

dc302

Australia576 Posts

February 15 2011 04:46 GMT

#51

Hope ret makes it to the top 8 :D

eviltomahawk

United States11135 Posts

February 15 2011 04:47 GMT

#52

Kinda disappointing to see SlayerS_YuGiOh be up against LeenockfOu so early in the tournament. Both are strong players with a very strong chance of making it far in the tournament, though one of them will have to be knocked out of Code A in the first round. Leenock is definitely Code S material, though it's sad to see the possibility of him falling out of Code A after dropping from Code S. YuGiOh has an awesome name and has produced some good games, and I really want to hear Tastosis crack more YuGiOh jokes.

Other than that, the brackets look relatively straightforward, especially considering that HuK won't have to face anyone too tough until the third round when he might have to face Losira or Loner.

Stark1

Canada120 Posts

February 15 2011 05:06 GMT

#53

HuK's chances are pretty good, depending on matchups/maps: I give him a 70/30 chance of hitting top 4 or higher, especially if Loner goes down before him.

Moonglade just has Rain to worry about before RO8: 70/30 on him getting that far - 50/50 vs Maka, 40/60 vs Junwi.

Haypro has Leenock, Virus and Ace to get through: 50/50 vs Virus/Ace, 60/40 vs Leenock.

Ret, we hardly knew ye - Killer, Squirtle and Alive are all solidly above him: even against Jjob 1st round, I can only give him 60/40 odds. 30/70 vs Killer/Alive, 20/80 vs Squirtle.

Noev

United States1105 Posts

February 15 2011 05:07 GMT

#54

Looks like a good set of brackets, nice to see we won't have any liquid team kills until the finals of group A and ret can just take group B by himself :D

OptimusYale

Korea (South)1005 Posts

February 15 2011 05:07 GMT

#55

Top 8 predictions
Loseira
Huk
ACE
Virus
Moonglade
Junwi
Squirtle
Killer

I don't think Haypro and Ret stand a chance in these brackets. I think anyone in moonglades position out of the foreigners would do well, but Ret and Haypro drew some difficult players!!!!

Eko200

United States101 Posts

February 15 2011 05:09 GMT

#56

Hoping for Ret to win but Ggoboogie will probably win.

iseefor

United States162 Posts

February 15 2011 05:10 GMT

#57

On February 15 2011 13:29 pieisamazing wrote:

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I think it would be more along the lines of squirtle grinding HuK into a bloody paste with a 4-0 victory.

your probably right..

Vitamins

United States680 Posts

February 15 2011 05:16 GMT

#58

Ret, Job, Leenock, or Loner.

Funny to see people hype Squirtle after watching GSTL.

Phayt

Canada346 Posts

February 15 2011 05:17 GMT

#59

I feel like some of you are really overestimating some players here, like Leenock for example. That kid is NOT code S material, honestly. I mean, look, just check him out on TLPD. His last relevant bo3 win was last NOVEMBER. The guy literally got knocked out of Code S by LiveForever, who was even kind enough to GIVE him the first game.

He's not totally awful or anything, and he may well hang around Code A for a bit if he can manage a win against Yugioh(probably not though), but he won't be seeing Code S again, unless he gets dramatically better.

And what's with the Ganzi hype anyways? I have yet to see anything at all out of this guy myself, and as far as I can tell he doesn't even have a team? Has he been tearing up ladder or what? He seems like a total unknown to me. Maybe he'll give Haypro a hard time, but it's hard to see the guy coming out of nowhere and taking the whole thing, imo

ANYWAYS, I'll throw out my predictions for the top 8, just for fun:

Loner vs. HuK
Moon vs. Ace
Moonglade vs. Maka
Squirtle vs. ... this is the hardest corner of the bracket to call, actually, but I'm gonna say Jjob. Sorry Ret!

Hikko

United States1126 Posts

February 15 2011 05:23 GMT

#60

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=192434

Same information and more, already in the news section.