NesTea <Daybreak> MMA
Leenock <Bel'Shir Beach Winter> NaNiwa
NesTea <Crossfire SE 1.1> Polt
MMA <Dual Sight 1.1> Leenock
NaNiwa <Tal'Darim Altar LE> Polt
Leenock <Antiga Shipyard 1.1> NesTea
NaNiwa <Calm Before the Storm> MMA
Leenock <Shakuras Plateau 2.0> Polt
NaNiwa <Antiga Shipyard 1.1> NesTea
MMA <Bel'Shir Beach Winter> Polt

1. NesTea 4-0
2. NaNiwa 2-2
3. MMA 2-2
4. Leenock 1-3
5. Polt 4-0

RastaMonsta

304 Posts

December 12 2011 21:01 GMT

#67

hope naniwa makes it, will be very tough

windsupernova

Mexico5280 Posts

December 12 2011 21:01 GMT

#68

My predictions:

NesTea <Daybreak> MMA : Pretty much a close game I do think Nestea wants to win this more but too close to call it with certainty.
Leenock <Bel'Shir Beach Winter> NaNiwa: Bleshir Beach while changed is still a pretty good Zerg map, Leenock has the momentum too.
NesTea <Crossfire SE 1.1> Polt: Corssfire has been good for Zerg lately and Polt is not as good in TvZ as in his other MUs
MMA <Dual Sight 1.1> Leenock Leenock has the momentum and I think Leenock has a better style than Nestea vs the style MMA plays
NaNiwa <Tal'Darim Altar LE> Polt: Polt is the TvP hero
Leenock <Antiga Shipyard 1.1> NesTea: Nestea still has the best ZvZ, criticize his other MUs but his ZvZ is still damn awesome
NaNiwa <Calm Before the Storm> MMA: MMA has a meh TvP hahahaall SlayerS have.
Leenock <Shakuras Plateau 2.0> Polt: I feel Polts style is better suited against Leenock
NaNiwa <Antiga Shipyard 1.1> NesTea As much as I love Nestea his ZvP did not look good at MLG against Naniwa.
MMA <Bel'Shir Beach Winter> Polt Do I really need to explain this?Polt beats MMA just like Bulbasaur beats Brock

1:Nestea: 3-1
2:Leenock:2-2
3

olt:3-1
4:Naniwa:2-2
5:MMA:0-4 hahaha sorry guys I love him but I am watching watch MU

Mystgun

Hong Kong311 Posts

December 12 2011 21:03 GMT

#69

Would love to see Naniwa advance but I don't think he's going to make it. I predict MMA, Polt, and Leenock to advance

Pippi

Sweden540 Posts

December 12 2011 21:14 GMT

#70

I think Naniwa got a better shot at this than what everyone else predicts tbh. MMA doesn't got the best TvP, Nestea he already beat, Leenock wasn't on another lvl at MLG (Nani did some huge misstakes) and Naniwa loves to practice for players he lost to. Polt got good TvP, it can go either way.

Hopefully I don't get called in by my job tomorrow, like I was today!

anatem

Romania1369 Posts

December 12 2011 21:14 GMT

#71

nestea won't take more than 2 games.

and naniwa won't take less than 2 games.

i predict.

kabar

United States616 Posts

December 12 2011 21:14 GMT

#72

1. mma
2. leenock
3. nestea
4. naniwa
5. polt

could see naniwa over nestea, but i feel like nestea will be better prepared this time.

McFeser

United States2458 Posts

December 12 2011 21:15 GMT

#73

Edit: sorry for the long post!
NesTea <Daybreak> MMA,
MMA will go for a early SlayerS style push (AKA something strange and from the mind of Boxer). Nestea will not hold.

Leenock <Bel'Shir Beach Winter> Naniwa
Whatever happens, Naniwa is not favored to win this match. I'd like to seem him do some kind of unique all-in but I feel like the way bashes his head into the wall by relying on a fast expand and his late game mechanics - Leanock will kill him. Now if Leenock goes for an early roach bust, and Naniwa holds it off briliantly and follows up with a strong push - he will win.

NesTea <Crossfire SE 1.1> Polt
It's Nestea. And this is Polt, who's TvZ has never looked that stellar.

MMA <Dual Sight 1.1> Leenock
Ooh, this will be a good matchup. I don't feel like I have seen enough of Leenock TvZ to judge him though (I missed MVP and Jjajki) and while I feel like MMA should never be underestimated Leenock is the safer bet.

NaNiwa <Tal'Darim Altar LE> Polt
Long rush distance means that whatever early pessure that Polt wants to put on will be easily scouted (and he will try to put on some early pressure). This map also favors Naniwa macro-until-I kill-you style so I'm actually going to say Naniwa will win this. That prediction feels Fione-esque, as in I am overthinking it and overlooking the fact that Polt is unbeatable in TvP. I'm not overlooking Polt TvP - especially his last fews TvPs where he decided not to scout and generally played sloppily. Expect good micro from Polt and good forcefields from Naniwa either way.

Leenock <Antiga Shipyard 1.1> NesTea
I kind of just want Nestea to win a ZvZ again so we can call him a god at the matchup. Also because the matchup doesn't make a lick of sense to the pros, I don't want to try and make a prediction.

NaNiwa <Calm Before the Storm> MMA
Isn't this like the Protoss TvP map? But isn't this MMA? Yes, and yes. My gut says MMA due to his ability to play scrappily. I forsee a strong push by Naniwa around the same time MMA goes for a powerful drop on Naniwa's base. If it doesn't go into a base trade scenario from there, MMA wins, and if it does go into a basetrade scenario MMA will probably still win.

Leenock <Shakuras Plateau 2.0> Polt
Polt doesn't stand a chance.

NaNiwa <Antiga Shipyard 1.1> NesTea
I think people are in the mentality that Naniwa is not a good player because (1) he is a foriegner and (2) is kind of unlikable. I think he is good player and Nestea's PvZ has looked weak as of late. Also Nestea does not seem like the type to punish Nani early on, so expect our Swedish Protoss to mass up on three bases and defeat Nestea.

MMA <Bel'Shir Beach Winter> Polt
I feel like at this point Polt should win so he gets back some of his dignity and not go 0-4. In fact of all the matchups, this is the one where Polt has the best chance (even after considering his fabled TvP). However MMA is the stronger player, so I expect him to win.

1st Leenock 3-1
2nd MMA 3-1
3rd Naniwa 2-2
4th Nestea 2-2
5th Polt 0-4

Linwelin

Ireland7554 Posts

December 12 2011 21:17 GMT

#74

MMA
Nestea
Leenock
Polt
Naniwa

FinestHour

United States18466 Posts

December 12 2011 21:21 GMT

#75

Bunch of doubters and haters gonna eat their words when popt takes this whole thing

NeWeNiyaLord

Norway2474 Posts

December 12 2011 21:24 GMT

#76

Both A and B are seriously groups of death. This whole tourney pretty much is tournament of death! :D

_Nova_

United States167 Posts

December 12 2011 21:24 GMT

#77

NesTea <Daybreak> MMA
Leenock <Bel'Shir Beach Winter> NaNiwa
NesTea <Crossfire SE 1.1> Polt
MMA <Dual Sight 1.1> Leenock
NaNiwa <Tal'Darim Altar LE> Polt
Leenock <Antiga Shipyard 1.1> NesTea
NaNiwa <Calm Before the Storm> MMA
Leenock <Shakuras Plateau 2.0> Polt
NaNiwa <Antiga Shipyard 1.1> NesTea
MMA <Bel'Shir Beach Winter> Polt

1st MMA 4-0
2nd NesTea 2-2
3rd Leenock 2-2
4th NaNiwa 2-2
5th Polt 0-4

If I got their judging system right, I believe those places are accurate. Anyway, that's my prediction.

Catatonic

United States699 Posts

December 12 2011 21:26 GMT

#78

1: MMA
2: NesTea
3: Nani
4: Polt
5: Leenok

in that order lol

MMA fighting :DD