On April 26 2012 01:09 NrGmonk wrote: Really smart for liquid, sending hero to snipe idra. Daybreak is the only map Idra would want to play on out of those maps.
Ehhhhh why is that smart?
I would say Idra wouldn't be favoured to win against any of the four players Liquid sent out (except Ret who seems to be weak at ZvZ), so it's not a huge big deal anyway. Though I suppose Hero's PvZ is a lot better than his other matchups so I can see why they'd rather have a guaranteed win there.
I wonder if the teams actually put as much thought into their lineups as the general public does...
Ret is not really weak at ZvZ. Probably his weakest matchup yeah, but I would still favor him a lot above Idra at the moment.
TL should take this. Taeja and Hero will win their games, and Ret and Zenio both have a chance. Even if they both lose, Hero or Taeja could clean up the ace.
so i'm thinking HuK over teaja, hero over IdrA, JYP over ret and puma over zenio, 3 - 1 eg? but huk teaja could go either way, i'm still cheering for IdrA to beat HerO, but i doubt it :/
Honestly, I'd say Liquid is largely favored, but to really make it a rivalry, EG has to win a match once in a while, would be a nice diversion from Liquid winning everything else.
On April 26 2012 01:09 NrGmonk wrote: Really smart for liquid, sending hero to snipe idra. Daybreak is the only map Idra would want to play on out of those maps.
Ehhhhh why is that smart?
I would say Idra wouldn't be favoured to win against any of the four players Liquid sent out (except Ret who seems to be weak at ZvZ), so it's not a huge big deal anyway. Though I suppose Hero's PvZ is a lot better than his other matchups so I can see why they'd rather have a guaranteed win there.
I wonder if the teams actually put as much thought into their lineups as the general public does...
Ret is not really weak at ZvZ. Probably his weakest matchup yeah, but I would still favor him a lot above Idra at the moment.
Bumblebee (TL player manager) said in an interview that that is part of his job, he sits together with Nazgul and thinks about all the possible matchups in team leagues and how to use the players correctly.
This kinda looks like a 2-2 to me. Taeja should take out Huk - Huk's PvT is nothing to rave about As much as I like IdrA, I expect he'll get destroyed by HerO. IdrA's ZvP is so weak, though it's slowly getting better. JYP's PvZ is solid. He should manage to take out Ret, unless Ret has studied the games JYP played against Stephano. PuMa vs Zenio is kind of a toss-up. Zenio's ZvT has looked so weak recently, but PuMa is not always super solid vs Z either. I'll still give him the edge.
Not sure EG can do much against two RO8 code S players in the ace match.
EPT
