I can see this going to an ace match. Both sides got on the wrong side of the draw with Zenio against Puma and Idra against Hero so that should be at least 1 win a piece. The other 2 matches should be pretty close with either team picking up the points. Puma will be sent as the Ace for EG and it will be up to Liquid to pick the right player to take him out

ssg

United States1774 Posts

April 25 2012 02:45 GMT

#24

Isnt jyp a beast vs. Z? Why would ret be favored

DarkPlasmaBall

United States45017 Posts

April 25 2012 02:45 GMT

#25

On April 25 2012 11:37 mambar wrote:

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emphasis mine because I don't understand this statement

Ret has sick ZvP and doesn't JYP have weak PvZ?

mambar

United States841 Posts

April 25 2012 02:47 GMT

#26

On April 25 2012 11:45 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:

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Ret has sick ZvP and doesn't JYP have weak PvZ?

JYP has amazing PvZ haha

HotGlueGun

United States1409 Posts

April 25 2012 02:50 GMT

#27

JYP recently 2-0'd Seal in Code A where most people were expecting Seal to win. His PvZ is pretty good but stephano style seems to throw him off, as he lost to Stephano 2-1 in IPL. I'd say his PvZ is pretty good. Ret definitely has a chance of winning though.

Whatson

United States5357 Posts

April 25 2012 03:11 GMT

#28

HuK < TaeJa
TaeJa's TvP in his IPL4 run wasn't against any top-level players, but it still looked very solid. Add in the fact that HuK looked really off on his PvT in his Code A matches...Code S > Code B.

IdrA < HerO
IdrA v Korean Code S Protoss. GG.

JYP > Ret
This could go either way, but JYP 's PvZ in his Code A matches (against Seal, no less) looked a lot better than Genius's PvZ during his DH games against Ret. Closest of the 4 regular matches by far.

PuMa > Zenio
PuMa TvZ by far his weakest matchup right now, but it's still much better than Zenio's most recent ZvT games. PuMa is also 4-0 against Zenio, with the most recent matches being kinda lopsided.

PuMa < TaeJa
From everything I've seen during ESVs, Code A/S, on stream, TaeJa's bio and marine-tank TvT is much better than PuMa's as long as he doesn't get far behind due to early pressure. Most of PuMa's TvT succeeds and fails depending on how much damage he can do early game, so I'll take my chances with TaeJa being the better overall player.

snowfox330

Canada61 Posts

April 25 2012 03:14 GMT

#29

Losing to stephano doesn't say much about his PVZ. Haven't seen a protoss beat Stephano yet. (Inori doesn't count, Stephano said he was thrown off by the huge bracket with shitty players)

Is it just me or is this the first time HuK's been in a team fight?

ChrysaliS_

United States261 Posts

April 25 2012 03:15 GMT

#30

On April 25 2012 11:45 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:

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Ret has sick ZvP and doesn't JYP have weak PvZ?

JYP is Korean and Ret isn't...

Whatson

United States5357 Posts

April 25 2012 03:17 GMT

#31

On April 25 2012 12:14 snowfox330 wrote:
Losing to stephano doesn't say much about his PVZ. Haven't seen a protoss beat Stephano yet. (Inori doesn't count, Stephano said he was thrown off by the huge bracket with shitty players)

Is it just me or is this the first time HuK's been in a team fight?

Definitely one of the very few. He almost never participates in any team league games due to cross server latency issues.

Dodgin

Canada39254 Posts

April 25 2012 03:18 GMT

#32

Hmm best players from both teams going at it, should be good.

Ksquared

United States1748 Posts

April 25 2012 03:27 GMT

#33

On April 25 2012 11:45 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:

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Ret has sick ZvP and doesn't JYP have weak PvZ?

JYP has good PvZ, his PvT on the other hand...

johnnywup

United States3858 Posts

April 25 2012 03:37 GMT

#34

JYP's PvZ is his best matchup guys

mrtomjones

Canada4020 Posts

April 25 2012 03:40 GMT

#35

No one thinks Zenio will win? The last two games could go either way imo. Unfortunately for EG Huk and Idra got bad matchups for them so I think barring a big upset those wont go well for them. I think liquid wins with a few close matches

McFeser

United States2458 Posts

April 25 2012 03:45 GMT

#36

I don't think anyone on EG can defeat Taeja, and I don't think IdrA can touch HerO so there is no way Liquid can lose this (assuming Taeja is used as the ace).

rasnj

United States1959 Posts

April 25 2012 04:10 GMT

#37

On April 25 2012 11:37 mambar wrote:

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I guess definitely is an exaggeration, but I feel Ret will take it. Ret has great zvp and has really been on form lately; he looks much better than his results would suggests (especially than his vp at the winter mlgs suggest). JyP does have great zvp, but IMO it has been way too overhyped and is not really that special (sort of like Inca's pvp), and an online match with minimal preparation is completely different to a GSL match. In addition I'm assuming JyP is in Korea, while Ret is in EU which usually gives at least a slight advantage to the EU player in terms of latency.

AxionSteel

United States7754 Posts

April 25 2012 04:11 GMT

#38

TaeJa to roflstomp HuK
HerO to slaughter IdrA
JYP to beat Ret
PuMa to stomp Zenio

then TaeJa/HerO to win the ace match.

mrtomjones

Canada4020 Posts

April 25 2012 04:15 GMT

#39

On April 25 2012 12:15 ChrysaliS_ wrote:

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JYP is Korean and Ret isn't...