Zenio <Planet S> Sacsri
-Sacsri because even though he lost to action he still looks better then Zenio. I expect to see a lot of aggressive baneling/ling/queen/spine crawler wars.

(T)

PuMa <Arkanoid> Fantasy
-This is a no brainer, Fantasy is one of the hottest players right now, PuMa will try to 2-base all-in only for fantasy to out macro him.

TaeJa <Bifrost> (T)

JyJ
-Again another no brainer, JYJ hasn't looked up to par yet and Taeja is one of the strongest players on TL. Will be a standard macro game where JYJ looks like he has a fighting chance supply wise but gets out maneuvered by Taeja.

JYP <Cloud Kingdom> (Z)

soO
-From what I've seen of Soo's ZvP is that it is decent but there are definitely areas that JYP could take advantage of if he comes out guns blazing. I forsee an immortal/sentry all-in or a 1-base all-in of some time(probably blink stalkers)

(P)

HerO <Antiga Shipyard> Rain
-Rain is SKT1's strongest protoss and one of the best kespa SC2 pros, that said Hero is no slouch either even though he is playing what seems to be his worst match up. I think Hero has a fighting chance in the range of 35% him 65% Rain if Rain slouches. If rain brings his A-game Hero will lose to robo macro play.

Jaedong <Tal'Darim Altar> (Z)

s2
-From what Ive seen of Jaedong streaming and his current zvz record, he is as big a beast at zvz in sc2 as he was in brood war. I expect Jaedong to FE with ling/banes/queens and then transition to roach/muta for the win.

Ace -
(T)

TaeJa - Rain
-Taeja will be sent out for EG-TL and Rain will be sent out for SKT1, I'd expect to see some sort of harassment expo build from Taeja while Rain goes standard 1-gate expo into 3-base colossi/gateway ball.

SKT1 4 > EG-TL 3

WarrickHunt

United Kingdom393 Posts

December 31 2012 04:25 GMT

#14

pretty ballsy to leave Jaedong and Her0 out of the first 4, need people to win or 2 of the main 3 players won't even play

Still seeing a win for EG-TL though in the ace match

fingers crossed

Kentredenite

United States220 Posts

December 31 2012 04:26 GMT

#15

On December 31 2012 13:23 FromShouri wrote:
(T)

PuMa <Arkanoid> Fantasy
-This is a no brainer, Fantasy is one of the hottest players right now, PuMa will try to 2-base all-in only for fantasy to out macro him.

Two-base all-in on Arkanoid? How does that work?

FromShouri

United States862 Posts

December 31 2012 04:30 GMT

#16

On December 31 2012 13:26 Kentredenite wrote:

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Two-base all-in on Arkanoid? How does that work?

in tvt with siege tanks, bio, and medivacs you can't possibly see how they could 2-base all-in when someone goes for a triple cc...?

Cel.erity

United States4890 Posts

December 31 2012 04:33 GMT

#17

I don't know who I'm supposed to root for QQ

Also, a lot of the matches are really close, like I have no idea who's going to win Zenio/Sacsri, JYP/SoO, or HerO/Rain.

Zenio <Planet S> Sacsri
PuMa <Arkanoid> Fantasy
TaeJa <Bifrost> JyJ
JYP <Cloud Kingdom> soO
HerO <Antiga Shipyard> Rain
Jaedong <Tal'Darim Altar> s2

Ace:
TaeJa <CalDeum> Rain

11cc

Finland561 Posts

December 31 2012 04:34 GMT

#18

I am saddened that the unholy alliance's lineups are so korean-heavy. I don't much care for either team but i was hyped for the foreigners v koreans storyline. I look forward to seeing what kind of results stephano will have in proleague, and I hope thorzain can extend his victory into a nice win streak so we can see him more often.

Also I hope huk will start to play to his full potential and take some wins and maybe resolve any personal issues with naniwa so he would also join the roster.

Cel.erity

United States4890 Posts

December 31 2012 04:34 GMT

#19

On December 31 2012 13:25 WarrickHunt wrote:
pretty ballsy to leave Jaedong and Her0 out of the first 4, need people to win or 2 of the main 3 players won't even play

Still seeing a win for EG-TL though in the ace match

fingers crossed

It doesn't make any difference about the order of your players, if your first two players lose then they theoretically would've also lost if you placed them as your last two. They pick player order based on the maps.