For the Ups and Downs how many players advance from each group?

It would really suck since MKP and NesTea are in the same group. And MVP and Genius are too

bokchoi

Korea (South)9498 Posts

March 11 2011 12:35 GMT

#42

Wow Leenock got owned by the draw TT_TT..

Huk can't be happy about the 2 PvPs and having to play InCa either. Hopefully him and InCa just play a shit ton so that if either of them lose they'll just destroy chOya.

I'm guessing...
A: HuK / InCa (interchangable)
B: NesTea, MarineKing
C: FruitDealer, Ace
D: Killer, Zenio
E: MVP, Alicia
F: TOP, Hyperdub
G: SuperNoVa, Polt
H: LosirA, Rainbow

dunc

Netherlands1105 Posts

March 11 2011 12:38 GMT

#43

On March 11 2011 21:34 GinDo wrote:
For the Ups and Downs how many players advance from each group?

It would really suck since MKP and NesTea are in the same group. And MVP and Genius are too

Two advance.

HQuality

2682 Posts

March 11 2011 12:43 GMT

#44

On March 11 2011 20:42 xOTian wrote:
Well Im going make predictions on who will go down or stay in code A

A- Choya
B- Leenock
C- Virus
D- Boxer
E- Genius
F- Hyperdub
G- Polt
H- Rainbow

+1

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Irrelevant

United States2364 Posts

March 11 2011 12:49 GMT

#45

Rain making another code S without insane improvements to his game while someone like Leenock gets stuck in Code A would really displease me.

Blueblister

Sweden321 Posts

March 11 2011 12:51 GMT

#46

Wow, HuK got an incredibly lucky draw!
No more excuses. Now it's entirely up to him to prove he belongs in Code S =D

Also, poor Alicia, poor Leenock =(

cordlc

United States360 Posts

March 11 2011 12:52 GMT

#47

Funny how some of the best matchups from all of GSL will be in the Up & Downs, gotta say I'm looking forward to SlayerS_Alicia vs Mvp more than anything. Shame these aren't Best of 5's, 2-3 games determining placement is rough.

My predictions:
Group A: HuK, Inca, Choya
Bit of a dice roll here, Choya's the worst of the bunch, but anything can happen.

Group B: Leenock, Nestea, MKP
Leenock is good, but Nestea and MKP, c'mon.

Group C: Virus, FruitDealer, Ace
Virus has yet to impress me. If FD manages to lose this one, I'll have to admit he's definitely fallen off (... he better take this).

Group D: Killer, Zenio, BoxeR
BoxeR has a shot, but it'll be tough... hope I'm wrong here

Group E: Alicia, Mvp, Genius
Genius has never impressed me (despite winning Blizzcon), while Alicia has shown some amazing play, also taking out ST_Bomber on his way to these Up & Downs. As for Mvp, nothing needs to be said.

Group F: Rain, Top, Hyperdub
One of the weaker groups, Hyperdub is the weakest of the three.

Group G: SuperNoVa, Polt, TheBest
Hard one to call, between Polt and TheBest, but I think Polt will pull through.

Group H: LosirA, BanBans, Rainbow
Another tough one (between BansBans/Rainbow), going with Rainbow though.

magha

Netherlands427 Posts

March 11 2011 12:53 GMT

#48

Argh is was really hoping Leenock was going to code S again but he has a hard group. Interesting choices of Supernova though, he thinks TvT is his best matchup?

cYaN

Norway3322 Posts

March 11 2011 13:01 GMT

#49

Poor fucking leenock:\
gl huk, leenock, FD, Boxer, mvp, hyperdub (i just like his nick

), nova and losira^^

Daniel C

Hong Kong1606 Posts

March 11 2011 13:01 GMT

#50

Does anyone else think that it's kinda good to be picked by a code a finalist? Because even if the code a finalist wins, you're going to get to play another code s scrub. Whereas if you're in the random draw, you might get sandwiched between a strong code a player and mvp.

Polt prime, the perennial code s doormat.

EchoZ

Japan5041 Posts

March 11 2011 13:03 GMT

#51

We need hyperdub in Code S, his pure existence gives us awesome games.

red4ce

United States7313 Posts

March 11 2011 13:03 GMT

#52

My picks

A: Inca, Choya
B: Nestea, MKP
C: Virus, Ace
D. Zenio, Sangho
E. MVP, Alicia
F: TOP, Rain
G. Supernova, Polt
H. Losira, Rainbow

Welmu

Finland3295 Posts

March 11 2011 13:05 GMT

#53

I think HuK got pretty lucky group, but PvP can be always tricky ;/

AxionSteel

United States7754 Posts

March 11 2011 13:06 GMT

#54

HuK should get through, he hates pvp but he's got 2 chances and if he can control his nerves he'll be fine.

Group B looks amazing, but i went for the upset, with MKP crashing out.

Went for BoxeR to go down to code A as well, which is a shame. Hope he can prove me wrong.

Not totally confident in Mvp advancing vs 2 protoss, but hopefully sanity prevails.

Markwerf

Netherlands3728 Posts

March 11 2011 13:07 GMT

#55

This is so retarded. MKP, leenock and nestea in one group while an other group is supernova, polt & the best.

GSL tournament setup atm is just completely retarded. There should definately be some more seeding to avoid random knockouts of good players.
It is already stupid that both finalists of the previous GSL have to play up and down matches, who should play up and down from the code S players should really be determined by results in the previous two GSL's or even three. Ie. If you reach final your safe for the next 2 GSL's.

Even then if that is not used there should at least be a seeded placement for the up and down groups. Nestea and MKP, the 2 players with the best overall GSL results, in the same group? That is just retarded, the chance of one of them getting knocked out is fairly decent now as Leenock is quite a fine player who nearly beat MKP in previous GSLs already.
They should have just paired the best GSL players from code S to the worst in the up down matches, ie MVP with Polt, MKP with Hyperdub or something like that.

tyCe

Australia2542 Posts

March 11 2011 13:10 GMT

#56

A: InCa, Choya
B: Leenock, NesTea
C: Virus, Ace
D: Killer, BoxeR
E: Alicia, MVP
F: TOP, Hyperdub
G: SuperNoVa, TheBest
H: LosirA, BanBans

kellymilkies

Singapore1393 Posts

March 11 2011 13:14 GMT

#57

Leenock in group of death

hahaha

raf3776

United States1904 Posts

March 11 2011 13:15 GMT

#58

wow poor draw for huk considering he hates PvP. butttt it could work out as he has MC to practice with and MC has pvp to practice for

Frankon

3054 Posts

March 11 2011 13:23 GMT

#59

Well TLO complained about HuK always cannon rushing him.
Now HuK can cannon rush himself into code S

Escapist

Portugal548 Posts

March 11 2011 13:34 GMT

#60

Group B is the "death group" in my opnion, but there are other solid groups and this is getting set to be the most hype Up & Down event till this date. So many upsets in Code S could only result on having such beastly groups set for this matches.

Oh and btw, HuK has a lot of work ahead of him, his groups isnt easy at all. Best of luck for him.