EPTI would expect Life, JYP and Happy to be picked (in that order), after DRG's pick.
Last pick will either be TaeJa, Rain or Symbol.
EDIT: Also depending on how things go, Rain could very well be first pick.
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InoyouS2
1005 Posts
I would expect Life, JYP and Happy to be picked (in that order), after DRG's pick. Last pick will either be TaeJa, Rain or Symbol. EDIT: Also depending on how things go, Rain could very well be first pick. | ||
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Laryleprakon
New Zealand9496 Posts
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The_Templar
your Country52798 Posts
DRG --> MKP Squirtle --> Taeja Mvp --> JYP Seed --> HerO And then Life will be chosen last, or some other zerg. | ||
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InoyouS2
1005 Posts
On September 14 2012 10:24 The_Templar wrote: methinks: DRG --> MKP Squirtle --> Taeja Mvp --> JYP Seed --> HerO And then Life will be chosen last, or some other zerg. Lol... So basically DRG, Squirtle and Seed all want to die in the group stages and drop to code A? | ||
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Shellshock
United States97276 Posts
 + Show Spoiler + Group A: 1st pick  DRG -->  Heart -- With DRG bouncing back in good TvZ form Heart definitely looks like the weakest player on paper. Although Heart did manage to defeat another zerg in Sniper in the first round, Sniper did not look particularly impressive. DRG has beaten Heart in the past but Heart could definitely be competitive. alternate pick: Polt+ Show Spoiler [later picks] + 8th pick Heart --> Life -- Life isn't a weak player by any means but he may be the "weakest" left at this point. I'd say Life's ZvT isn't took off from the level of MvPSniper. Heart can lower the amount of matchups he has to practice with this pick and Life can give DRG hell in the same time in ZvZ as a revenge pick if they meet up. alt pick  Rain9th pick Life --> Rain -- I like Life's ZvP and ZvZ over his ZvT. Rain is a very good player but Symbol is also a very scary prospect in the mirror matchup. I think it'll be one of those two. Could potentially see the MKP pick since his TvZ has been up and down recently and also to set up the DRG vs MKP factor. alt pick Symbol or MKPGroup B: 4th pick Squirtle --> Happy. weakest terran left. If Life was still on Zenex he would have picked him imo. He could after go after a protoss player with his strong PvP. Hero isn't necessarily known as a strong PvPer so he could be the backup pick. I'm also still not sold on Symbol's ZvP but he was able to beat Squirtle in the series that mattered last season in the ro16. Alternate pick HerO+ Show Spoiler [later picks] + 7th pick Happy --> HerO -- This is pretty tough to call but the Terrans left (MKP and TaeJa) are too scary in TvT. Happy was able to defeat both Genius and By.Rain in the ro32 so I think he'll take his chances against another protoss. Having more protoss in the group also makes it less matchups he has to practice. alt pick Rain10th pick HerO --> Symbol -- Hero would get kind of boned with this pick. He has recently said he is not too confident in the PvZ matchup, but his choices left for here are Marineking, TaeJa, and Symbol, none of which most people would want to face. Symbol is probably the weakest vP player left of the 3. He wont pick TaeJa obviously because of the Team Kill so it's between MKP and Symbol. alt pick MKPGroup C: 3rd pick Mvp --> Jyp -- Mvp would normally be looking for a T here I think but with the choices being Taeja (4-1 vs Mvp recently), MKP (80% TvT this year), Happy (teammate), and Polt (recently defeated Mvp in WCS), I see him looking elsewhere for a pick. Jyp seems to have come a long long way in his PvT, but Mvp should still definitely be favored in a head to head pick. Jyp's improved vT should still be the weakest possible matchup left at this point, and Mvp is known for getting pretty favorable groups. alternate pick: Life or Marineking for the fans+ Show Spoiler [later picks] + 6th pick Jyp --> Leenock -- Pretty sure Jyp will be looking for a Zerg here. The remaining terrans are all far too strong in the matchup and PvP too risky. Life just beat Jyp so he wont pick him. alt pick Symbol11th pick Leenock --> Marineking -- before recently I would never have said this. Although Leenock has always been a great ZvT player, Marineking was historically been the Terran who has had his number. However, the tide has begun to turn lately with Leenock winning the last few head to head meetings I believe. Taeja is the scariest player on the planet right now and he looks much better than Marineking in the matchup recently. alt TaejaGroup D: 2nd pick Seed --> Curious -- I think Seed will definitely be looking to pick a zerg in this spot. In the past I would have given the choice to Leenock but Leenock looks much stronger in ZvP now than he has compared to most of his career. Even though Curious has been very strong lately, + Show Spoiler [IPTL ST vs IM spoiler] +recently defeated Seed in IPTL Symbol+ Show Spoiler [later picks] + 5th pick Curious --> Polt -- Curious showed some strong ZvT in the first round and Polt's weakest matchup currently is definitely vs zerg. Curious could also be looking for a player that has a shot at taking out Seed at the time tame and Polt's TvP is definitely strong enough to be competitive. alt pick MKPLast pick Polt --> TaeJa -- sorry Polt+ Show Spoiler [Groups I came up with] + Group A: DRG, Heart, Life, RainGroup B: Squirtle, Happy, HerO, SymbolGroup C: Mvp, JYP, Leenock, MarinekingGroup D: Seed, Curious, Polt, TaeJa I'm sure many people will potentially disagree, but that's what is so much fun about the group selection! There are so many combinations that can turn out :D! Can't wait! | ||
Waxangel
United States33625 Posts
Squirtle -> Happy (2) -> MKP (7) -> HerO (10) Mvp -> Curious (3) -> Polt (6) -> TaeJa (11) Seed -> Rain (4) -> Leenock (5) - > Symbol (12) obv the first thing that goes wrong, the entire prediction goes wrong. | ||
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mambar
United States841 Posts
On September 14 2012 10:26 InoyouS2 wrote: Lol... So basically DRG, Squirtle and Seed all want to die in the group stages and drop to code A? Uh? | ||
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andaylin
United States10830 Posts
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Yoshi Kirishima
United States10372 Posts
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Ender2701
United States581 Posts
On September 14 2012 10:26 InoyouS2 wrote: Lol... So basically DRG, Squirtle and Seed all want to die in the group stages and drop to code A? Meh, HerO's PvP is pretty bad, the Seed pick wouldn't be that bad. | ||
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Dosey
United States4505 Posts
On September 14 2012 11:05 Yoshi Kirishima wrote: whoa... 5 6 5 ? so balanced! holy fuck! (lol slightly terran heavy though, <3) Indeed. There are six too many Terran for my liking. | ||
CosmicSpiral
United States15275 Posts
On September 14 2012 10:49 Waxangel wrote: DRG -> Heart (1) -> JYP (8) -> Life (9) Squirtle -> Happy (2) -> MKP (7) -> HerO (10) Mvp -> Curious (3) -> Polt (6) -> TaeJa (11) Seed -> Rain (4) -> Leenock (5) - > Symbol (12) obv the first thing that goes wrong, the entire prediction goes wrong. Seed gets the second pick, Mvp the third, and Squirtle the fourth. So it's A-D-C-B, then B-C-D-A and A-D-C-B. | ||
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The_Templar
your Country52798 Posts
On September 14 2012 10:26 InoyouS2 wrote: Lol... So basically DRG, Squirtle and Seed all want to die in the group stages and drop to code A? yes I don't like Squirtle/seed that much, and DRG needs a challenge to re-prove his worth D: | ||
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189984268
Canada299 Posts
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sc2chronic
United States777 Posts
On September 14 2012 09:45 Proseat wrote: Ah I love group nominations!  I hope that Marc "snowbird" Schnell will translate this time! snobird is awesome... he deserves more recognition! | ||
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189984268
Canada299 Posts
On September 14 2012 10:49 Waxangel wrote: DRG -> Heart (1) -> JYP (8) -> Life (9) Squirtle -> Happy (2) -> MKP (7) -> HerO (10) Mvp -> Curious (3) -> Polt (6) -> TaeJa (11) Seed -> Rain (4) -> Leenock (5) - > Symbol (12) obv the first thing that goes wrong, the entire prediction goes wrong. Hope ur prediction come true. | ||
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sam05396
United States783 Posts
On September 14 2012 10:49 Waxangel wrote: DRG -> Heart (1) -> JYP (8) -> Life (9) Squirtle -> Happy (2) -> MKP (7) -> HerO (10) Mvp -> Curious (3) -> Polt (6) -> TaeJa (11) Seed -> Rain (4) -> Leenock (5) - > Symbol (12) obv the first thing that goes wrong, the entire prediction goes wrong. i would think curious would be after jyp/mkp/polt | ||
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sam05396
United States783 Posts
On September 14 2012 11:10 The_Templar wrote: yes I don't like Squirtle/seed that much, and DRG needs a challenge to re-prove his worth D: how can u not like seed? such a baller | ||
lichter
1001 YEARS KESPAJAIL22272 Posts
DRG 1 Life (Haven't seen a DRGvZ in a while) 8 Happy (worst player available?) 9 HerO (dunno why) Squirtle 2 By.Sun (Squirtle confidence makes me think he'll want to face a Kespa player) 7 Symbol (By.Sun wants to pick a good player) 10 Taeja (Symbol confident, wants to make it harder to everyone else) Mvp 3 Polt (Mvp > Polt??) 6 MKP (Polt wants to punish Mvp for picking him) 11 Leenock (MKP wanted to pick Taeja but he got picked so now he's picking Leenock) Seed 4 Curious (just beat him in IPL ace match) 5 Heart (worst player in the whole draft?) 12 JYP (weird how he ended up the last player picked) Groups B and C look nuts. DRG, HerO, Symbol, Taeja, Mvp, MKP, Seed and JYP to advance. | ||
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CosmicSpiral
United States15275 Posts
Dongraegu (1), Heart (5), Hero (12), Life (13) Squirtle (4), By.Sun (8), Leenock (9), Taeja (16) Mvp (3), JYP (7), Symbol (10), Curious (15) Seed (2), MarineKing (6), Happy (11), Polt (14) On September 14 2012 12:30 lichter wrote: Predictions! DRG 1 Life (Haven't seen a DRGvZ in a while) Life would destroy DRG in the mirror matchup. I don't understand why people think he will be one of the first players to be chosen. He is everything you don't want in a Stage 1 choice. | ||
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