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On August 04 2011 08:53 FairForever wrote:Show nested quote +On August 04 2011 08:45 HolyArrow wrote:On August 04 2011 08:37 nilssonen wrote:
Kinda agree that its sad that they have all 4 of the foreigners in the same part of the bracket. It's kinda like shoving all the 4 koreans invited to MLG into pool C & D to (not accounting for open bracket) guarantee 1 foreigner in the Winner semifinal. The Code A brackets have always been randomly chosen as far as I know. Two different systems, apples and oranges. I believe it's always one new player (out of Code B) vs one of the existing Code A/S players.
Mm. So at least, with that system, none of the new foreigners can face each other in the first round (though it seems that Jinro vs. a new foreigner was a possibility). Beyond that requirement, it seems that things are random. I'm just tired of seeing people complain about how foreigners are in the same part of the bracket as if it's GOM's fault. They already gave the new foreigners an easier path into Code A than the rest of the players. Suddenly people complain as if Gom is also obligated to place all of them nicely into different parts of the bracket. People expect so much... -_-;;
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ZeNexHack has been owning the TL opens for a while now, think he's a bit of the underdog here. MKP is really bad right now, very ripe for the picking.
Another big surprise could be Ganzi on his side of the bracket... he has a very easy bracket right through the semis IMHO. I'm seeing him in the semis against DRG and perhaps with all the Slayers coaching he can spring a surprise.
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On August 04 2011 08:59 amazingoopah wrote:
ZeNexHack has been owning the TL opens for a while now, think he's a bit of the underdog here. MKP is really bad right now, very ripe for the picking.
Another big surprise could be Ganzi on his side of the bracket... he has a very easy bracket right through the semis IMHO. I'm seeing him in the semis against DRG and perhaps with all the Slayers coaching he can spring a surprise.
Sort of, he got destroyed in the macro games he decided to play v Protoss and won pretty much all of his vP with the 111. Banbans is pretty terrrible but Sase and Naniwa could do very very well against him especially once the 111 gets figured out.
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would be soo cool, if Naniwa,thorzain and jinro got in to code A 3 swedish progames represent! :D
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This is soooo weird... either Tails or Taeja has to go down 1st round, Fenix has to face Tassadar 1st round, and InCa is probs gonna lose 1st round. Code A is so volatile. Sometimes I feel like there is two divisions of Code S, not Code S and Code A.
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On August 04 2011 09:13 dooraven wrote:Show nested quote +On August 04 2011 08:59 amazingoopah wrote:
ZeNexHack has been owning the TL opens for a while now, think he's a bit of the underdog here. MKP is really bad right now, very ripe for the picking.
Another big surprise could be Ganzi on his side of the bracket... he has a very easy bracket right through the semis IMHO. I'm seeing him in the semis against DRG and perhaps with all the Slayers coaching he can spring a surprise.
Sort of, he got destroyed in the macro games he decided to play v Protoss and won pretty much all of his vP with the 111. Banbans is pretty terrrible but Sase and Naniwa could do very very well against him especially once the 111 gets figured out.
SaSe already has the 111 figured out... think back to dreamhack when he murdered Kas' attempt at marine banshee tank.
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August 10th <3 Can't wait! I think Hack is a darkhorse in the tournament and I'm very concerned for MarineKing.
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I think boxer has a real good chance vs leenock, he has some real strong timing pushes vs zerg. I wonder how much his shoulder is going to affect his play, at MLG it did not seem to be a problem. Poor inca has to face DRG in the first round, how far he has fallen. From Code S finalist to now having a strong chance of falling to Code B, if only he could of gotten PvP.
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Damn DRG vs Inca first round...that'll suck for someone involved.
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Tassadar vs. Fenix? lol that is too epic. Next we need Raynor vs. Mengsk.
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On August 04 2011 06:27 Navichi wrote:
Guys guys
Leenock practices TvZ with sCfOu and MarineKingPrime. Those 2 are easily in the top 5 of best TvZ players on the planet (yes MKP has recently been slumping, but he always gets mentioned as one of the scariest and most skilled players in interviews (by DRG and sC for example)
He kicks serious butt at ZvT, and I think he's the favorite going in, seeing as how he's a ZvT specialist with a rock-solid early game (which is THE area BoxeR is going to try and get an advantage in), compared to BoxeR who has never had too much success in TvZ, only really beating foreign Zergs and being 2-9 in TvZ in Korea.
6 of Boxers losses to zergs were against Nestea, and his most recent loss was a fairly competitive loss to DRG in the teamleague. His only other recent match was in march, losing to Zenio 2-1, a matchup zenio has a 71% win rate in. With only one game played in the last 3 months vs a korean zerg, it is rather difficult to judge boxer based on his record. His foreign matches is really all we got ot go by where he 3-2'd and 2-1'd sen, 4-0'd idra, and 2-1'd sheth, only losing one series to zenio, once again, a code s zerg with 71% win rate in that match up. His tvz has looked sickly good in the matches we have seen of him. I don't know who is the favorite but boxer could very well have one of the top tvz's in the world,only time will tell.
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PREDICTIONS:
DongRaeGu vs InCa
MarineKing vs Hack
BoxeR vs Leenock
Dream vs Maka
YuGiOh vs ThorZaIN
WHO I WANT TO WIN:
DongRaeGu vs InCa
MarineKing vs Hack
BoxeR vs Leenock
Dream vs Maka
YuGiOH vs ThorZaIN
These are the toughest matches, imo, and I feel bad for every player involved T_T
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Did Puma try and qualify this season?
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On August 04 2011 10:41 DMKraft wrote:
Did Puma try and qualify this season?
Nope, did not see him
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On August 04 2011 08:58 HolyArrow wrote:Show nested quote +On August 04 2011 08:53 FairForever wrote:On August 04 2011 08:45 HolyArrow wrote:On August 04 2011 08:37 nilssonen wrote:
Kinda agree that its sad that they have all 4 of the foreigners in the same part of the bracket. It's kinda like shoving all the 4 koreans invited to MLG into pool C & D to (not accounting for open bracket) guarantee 1 foreigner in the Winner semifinal. The Code A brackets have always been randomly chosen as far as I know. Two different systems, apples and oranges. I believe it's always one new player (out of Code B) vs one of the existing Code A/S players. Mm. So at least, with that system, none of the new foreigners can face each other in the first round (though it seems that Jinro vs. a new foreigner was a possibility). Beyond that requirement, it seems that things are random. I'm just tired of seeing people complain about how foreigners are in the same part of the bracket as if it's GOM's fault. They already gave the new foreigners an easier path into Code A than the rest of the players. Suddenly people complain as if Gom is also obligated to place all of them nicely into different parts of the bracket. People expect so much... -_-;;
You know the foreigners are in different groups besides Sase and Naniwa, right? They're just making them play at a later date because Thorzain, Naniwa, and Sase won't be in Korea until August 9th.
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Groups C and D are a bit stacked for my liking. =(
Liquid/Ogs Hwaiting.
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Wow 5 foreigners in this GSL, and I think they all have a chance of winning their matches easily
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Sase and Naniwa have to have to play each other in the round of 16 if they both win their first match ups =(
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EPT
