So awesome drg and boxer made it, but man sucks boxer got matched with leenock cause I like them both. However leenock messed up in the up/down and should never have lost that game to inca and he threw it away. Damn scared for MKP against hack. Ideally, I'd want to see a DRG vs MKP finals! Hope drg makes code S as he's the 2nd best zerg in the world behind nestea.
FruitDealer vs. Maru - Maruuu! I think FD has had his time, and it's time to make way for the up and coming Kid Flash. It's only Maru's 3rd time in the booth though, so nerves may get to him. vanvanth vs GanZi - Ganzi - vanvanth has failed to impress me every time I've seen him play through terrible decisions and micro. Ganzi's MLG performance was incredible. Yoda vs TheBest - Yoda - unless TheBest has pulled a Rain within the last month, Yoda's incredibly solid play will tear him apart Luvsic vs Jjakji T.T - Luvsic - we've seen very little of both these players, but from what I've heard Luvsic is better sC vs (Sickness?) - sC should win this, but if Extreme is Sickness he'll do something unexpected and may catch sC off guard Tails vs Taeja - Taeja - his TvP is actually real good from what I've seen from the iCCups DRG vs InCa - DRG lol - if InCa vs NesTea is any indication.. anypro vs JYP - JYP - he's a better player than anypro imo (he's also known as Smart if that rings any bells) Tassadar vs Fenix - Tassadar - Tassadar is great at ripping apart lesser Terrans, and Fenix isn't ready to face someone like Tassadar yet. After Korea though, he (may) be. MKP vs Hack - Hack - MKP's TvT has been his downfall lately, and I'm not foreseeing too many changes in the near future. BoxeR vs Leenock T.T.T.T - Leenock - he's really good at crisis management and coming back from dire situations. I think that'll give him the edge. Dream vs Maka - Dream - I love Maka, but I think it's time for him to make way for the up and coming Kid Leta Jinro vs Lucky - Jinro - I think his TvZ is good enough to beat Lucky, last time Lucky was in GSTL he didn't leave an impression YuGiOh vs ThorZaiN - ThorZaiN - ThorZaiN and Nani are the best foreigner hopes hands down, and I think they are already well equipped to take down middle of the pack Korean players SaSe vs Sniper - SaSe - not sure if he really has a chance, but watching Sniper's qualifications he didn't do anything too astounding. So I'm giving it to my fav. foreign WC3 player. Check vs Nani - Nani - Nani, like ThorZaiN, has a good chance to make it far into this tournament, and I think Check should be easy enough for him
On August 04 2011 00:58 SadMachine wrote: It seems that out of the foreigners only Fenix has a tough 1st round...
I think everyone but naniwa has a tough 1st round. I have only seen one bo3 of sniper but he looked decent and SaSe is not exactly a player you would expect to beat korean pros (yet).
Lucky is not impressive at all, but Jinro has been in a slump for quite some time now and didn't make it out of the mlg open-bracket.
ThorZaIN's tvz is probably his weakest matchup and YuGiOh played in the last 5 gsl seasons. Very underrated and experienced player, I see him as the favorite against Thorzain.
Everyone has a fighting chance, but only nani is the clear favorite in his game for me.
wednesday is gonna be sick, 4 foreigners playing on the same day.
FD I think is not in his season1 form, but hes still a solid player. Maru is young and might still be nervous Ganzi is obvious Don't care about this match lol Jjakji is actually a beast
sC obviously better Taeja is a beast. This will be a close match though If Nestea vs Inca finals were any indication, DRG. JYP is a baller. Besides, I want to see TSL do well after what happened recently
Tassadar is pretty good. Hoping for a Fenix win though MKP. Poor Hack. BoxeR has been playing well, he even beat IdrA in MLG. Poor Leenock I feel bad Dream is good, but this will be close. <3 Maka
Jinro's comeback starts here! Thorzain is too much of a baller to fall. Sase is a beast Naniwa is a PvZ beast.
Poor poor InCa, he is awesome, but a 0-4 in the GSL finals vs NesTea and a 10% win rate vs Z is not good when going vs DRG...
Anyways, I hope non-koreans can make it through, specially Jinro! And I would like to see sC vs Maru at some point if possible, still FD is FD he is not a player to mess around, looks like a nice Code A season.
On August 04 2011 01:14 KoTakUEurO wrote: My Predictions: + Show Spoiler +
FruitDealer vs. Maru - Maruuu! I think FD has had his time, and it's time to make way for the up and coming Kid Flash. It's only Maru's 3rd time in the booth though, so nerves may get to him. vanvanth vs GanZi - Ganzi - vanvanth has failed to impress me every time I've seen him play through terrible decisions and micro. Ganzi's MLG performance was incredible. Yoda vs TheBest - Yoda - unless TheBest has pulled a Rain within the last month, Yoda's incredibly solid play will tear him apart Luvsic vs Jjakji T.T - Luvsic - we've seen very little of both these players, but from what I've heard Luvsic is better sC vs (Sickness?) - sC should win this, but if Extreme is Sickness he'll do something unexpected and may catch sC off guard Tails vs Taeja - Taeja - his TvP is actually real good from what I've seen from the iCCups DRG vs InCa - DRG lol - if InCa vs NesTea is any indication.. anypro vs JYP - JYP - he's a better player than anypro imo (he's also known as Smart if that rings any bells) Tassadar vs Fenix - Tassadar - Tassadar is great at ripping apart lesser Terrans, and Fenix isn't ready to face someone like Tassadar yet. After Korea though, he (may) be. MKP vs Hack - Hack - MKP's TvT has been his downfall lately, and I'm not foreseeing too many changes in the near future. BoxeR vs Leenock T.T.T.T - Leenock - he's really good at crisis management and coming back from dire situations. I think that'll give him the edge. Dream vs Maka - Dream - I love Maka, but I think it's time for him to make way for the up and coming Kid Leta Jinro vs Lucky - Jinro - his TvP is still very good, and if he can beat ShinyStar, he can beat Lucky YuGiOh vs ThorZaiN - ThorZaiN - ThorZaiN and Nani are the best foreigner hopes hands down, and I think they are already well equipped to take down middle of the pack Korean players SaSe vs Sniper - SaSe - not sure if he really has a chance, but watching Sniper's qualifications he didn't do anything too astounding. So I'm giving it to my fav. foreign WC3 player. Check vs Nani - Nani - Nani, like ThorZaiN, has a good chance to make it far into this tournament, and I think Check should be easy enough for him
On August 04 2011 01:14 KoTakUEurO wrote: My Predictions: + Show Spoiler +
FruitDealer vs. Maru - Maruuu! I think FD has had his time, and it's time to make way for the up and coming Kid Flash. It's only Maru's 3rd time in the booth though, so nerves may get to him. vanvanth vs GanZi - Ganzi - vanvanth has failed to impress me every time I've seen him play through terrible decisions and micro. Ganzi's MLG performance was incredible. Yoda vs TheBest - Yoda - unless TheBest has pulled a Rain within the last month, Yoda's incredibly solid play will tear him apart Luvsic vs Jjakji T.T - Luvsic - we've seen very little of both these players, but from what I've heard Luvsic is better sC vs (Sickness?) - sC should win this, but if Extreme is Sickness he'll do something unexpected and may catch sC off guard Tails vs Taeja - Taeja - his TvP is actually real good from what I've seen from the iCCups DRG vs InCa - DRG lol - if InCa vs NesTea is any indication.. anypro vs JYP - JYP - he's a better player than anypro imo (he's also known as Smart if that rings any bells) Tassadar vs Fenix - Tassadar - Tassadar is great at ripping apart lesser Terrans, and Fenix isn't ready to face someone like Tassadar yet. After Korea though, he (may) be. MKP vs Hack - Hack - MKP's TvT has been his downfall lately, and I'm not foreseeing too many changes in the near future. BoxeR vs Leenock T.T.T.T - Leenock - he's really good at crisis management and coming back from dire situations. I think that'll give him the edge. Dream vs Maka - Dream - I love Maka, but I think it's time for him to make way for the up and coming Kid Leta Jinro vs Lucky - Jinro - his TvP is still very good, and if he can beat ShinyStar, he can beat Lucky YuGiOh vs ThorZaiN - ThorZaiN - ThorZaiN and Nani are the best foreigner hopes hands down, and I think they are already well equipped to take down middle of the pack Korean players SaSe vs Sniper - SaSe - not sure if he really has a chance, but watching Sniper's qualifications he didn't do anything too astounding. So I'm giving it to my fav. foreign WC3 player. Check vs Nani - Nani - Nani, like ThorZaiN, has a good chance to make it far into this tournament, and I think Check should be easy enough for him
So many people expecting the foreigners to do a clean sweep... I have a feeling there'll be a lot of tears after the first round of Code A this season...
Oh god. MKP has a TvT and hack is pretty solid T_T. Thank god DRG and sC don't play until the round of 8. Fruitdealer might be done. Idk about Maru's TvZ besides him eliminated Cella a year ago, but his TvT against Lyn was pretty solid. My predictions Ro32 Fruitdealer vs Maru Banbanssu vs Ganzi Sase vs Sniper Check vs Naniwa
sC vs Extreme Tails vs Taeja DongRaeGu vs InCa anypro vs JYP
Tassadar vs Fenix Yoda vs TheBest Boxer vs Leenock Dream vs Maka
Jinro vs Lucky Luvsic vs Jjakji YugiOh vs Thorzain MarineKing vs Hack The one's I am most unsure about : MKP vs Hack because MKP likes to suck it up in TvT and Hack is pretty good; Sase vs Sniper: Don't know enough about Sniper; Tassadar vs Fenix: which Tassadar is going to show up? The one that got rated and F in his code A debut and just got 1-1-1 and had no chance in the up and downs or the one that made it to the code A finals.
Saddest Match: FXOLeenock vs SlayerSBoxer T_T_T_T_T__T_T I want both of them to be in teh up and downs
Prediction for up and downs 1. Ganzi 2. Naniwa 3. sC 4. DRG 5. Yoda (secretly hoping for TheBest to see the nerd rage) 6. Leenock 7. Jjakji 8. Marineking (Thorzain or Hack could get this through Marineking. Yugioh might be able to get it through Hack in the ro16 since hack looked kind of shaky vs Superstar and MKP has solid TvZ usually.)