VortiX is definitely good enough to take a few games if Squirtle leaves a few more openings than normal, but I don't see this being terribly close, especially since Squirtle went 5-3 against CoCa just last week

Squirtle 5-2 VortiX

HaXXspetten

Sweden15718 Posts

July 16 2012 19:51 GMT

#44

Vortix has been very impressive lately...

which isn't gonna mean shit here, Squirtle 5-1 or Blastois 5-0, depends on how seriously he takes it :s

ref4

2933 Posts

July 16 2012 20:12 GMT

#45

they should get somebody that poses an actual challenge for Squirtle at least

TeeTS

Germany2762 Posts

July 16 2012 20:16 GMT

#46

I don't want to take anything away from Vortix... but anything aside from 5-0 or 5-1 in Squirtles favor would be a major surprise.
Squirtle has definately one of the best PvZs in the world. (I would place Seed and Creator above him, but hardly anyone else...) This might be a way to hard task for Vortix

Aeroplaneoverthesea

United Kingdom1977 Posts

July 16 2012 20:19 GMT

#47

It could be DRG vs random masters player and so long as the guy was from a country not called South Korea there'd be some people in this thread better against the best player in the world.

MasterOfPuppets

Romania6942 Posts

July 16 2012 20:21 GMT

#48

VortiX is even more underrated (relative to his skill) than Squirtle used to be before his IPL4 run, which is kinda sad IMHO. That said, I doubt he will win, but I expect him to make it a closer and more entertaining series than most people predict here. Should be some good games either way. ^^

Champloo

Germany1850 Posts

July 16 2012 20:22 GMT

#49

On July 17 2012 05:19 Aeroplaneoverthesea wrote:
It could be DRG vs random masters player and so long as the guy was from a country not called South Korea there'd be some people in this thread better against the best player in the world.

It could be random bronze league Korean against the best EU GMs and Aeroplaneoverthesea would still be on the side of the Korean.

RageCommodore

Germany912 Posts

July 16 2012 20:24 GMT

#50

My brain says 5:1 / 5:2 Squirtle. I hope that Vortix can make this a close one, though. He's become one of the best EU Zergs over the last months, would be cool for him if he could show that in this showmatch.

Aeroplaneoverthesea

United Kingdom1977 Posts

July 16 2012 20:29 GMT

#51

On July 17 2012 05:22 Champloo wrote:

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It could be random bronze league Korean against the best EU GMs and Aeroplaneoverthesea would still be on the side of the Korean.

Well I'd probably want the Korean to win purely for the laugh but I wouldn't be in this thread mindlessly running my mouth about how he would.

Whatson

United States5356 Posts

July 16 2012 20:55 GMT

#52

On July 17 2012 05:21 MasterOfPuppets wrote:
VortiX is even more underrated (relative to his skill) than Squirtle used to be before his IPL4 run, which is kinda sad IMHO. That said, I doubt he will win, but I expect him to make it a closer and more entertaining series than most people predict here. Should be some good games either way. ^^

Squirtle was at least known for killing IMMVP (back when he was near unbeatable) in GSTL at almost beating NesTea, and for being a strong ST Protoss in team leagues.

Berceno

Spain401 Posts

July 16 2012 21:06 GMT

#53

squirtle have this, maybe vortix can take 1 game but squirtle is damm good

Hiea

Denmark1538 Posts

July 16 2012 21:44 GMT

#54

On July 17 2012 03:49 MrMercuG wrote:

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Obvious american...

I think what you mean is anyone who watched NASL where 90% of the games was PvZ.

MCXD

Australia2738 Posts

July 16 2012 22:01 GMT

#55

On July 17 2012 06:44 Hiea wrote:

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I think what you mean is anyone who watched NASL where 90% of the games was PvZ.

The "obvious american" was in response to the fact that they don't know who VortiX is, even though he qualified for TSL and is generally one of the most talked about european zergs at the moment.

s1ege

Korea (South)123 Posts

July 16 2012 22:03 GMT

#56

squirtle will 5-0 this vortix kid.

Shellshock

United States97276 Posts

July 16 2012 22:04 GMT

#57

Squirtle has some of the best PvZ in Korea atm. VortiX has been playing pretty well lately, but it would be really hard for me to see him taking down someone like squirtle. I'm going to go ahead and say 5-1 squirtle, maybe 5-2 but probably no closer than that.