On January 23 2013 06:40 Zealously wrote: Virus retired, and July is in the military, I think. Those two will never (well, not in the foreseeable future) play in IPTL, and I don't think listing them is of any use.
Anyway, I don't see StarTale losing this. Between Hack, Bomber (BOMBING RUN), Curious and Life, possibly Avenge or Sparta, I don't think Prime can beat them on a normal day.
MKP fighting though I remember MarineKing all killing ST 2 times in finals and the rivalry where Prime has more wins. Prime won 6 times. StarTale 4 times.
On January 23 2013 06:56 PhoenixVoid wrote: ST will get their revenge this time. Prime's roster has never looked weaker, and ST still has solid players like Life, Curious, Bomber and Hack.
ST 5-2 Prime
ST has 4 solid players (Life, Curious, Bomber and Hack) and Prime has 4 solid players (Creator, MarineKing, Maru and ByuN). ST has 4 Code S players, Prime has 3 Code S players. New Prime player btw and his IEM results http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/IEM_Season_VII_-_Katowice/Korean_Qualifier : HogU 2-0 Classic HogU 2-0 RagnaroK HogU 2-1 ByuN HogU 2-1 jjakji HogU 0-2 First HogU 0-2 YoDa
I think you are underestimating the potential of Life/Bomber/Curious and overestimating Creator/MKP/Byun. But that is, of course, mostly the huge ST fan in me speaking - we'll just have to wait and see how it turns out.
On January 23 2013 06:56 PhoenixVoid wrote: ST will get their revenge this time. Prime's roster has never looked weaker, and ST still has solid players like Life, Curious, Bomber and Hack.
ST 5-2 Prime
ST has 4 solid players (Life, Curious, Bomber and Hack) and Prime has 4 solid players (Creator, MarineKing, Maru and ByuN). ST has 4 Code S players, Prime has 3 Code S players. New Prime player btw and his IEM results http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/IEM_Season_VII_-_Katowice/Korean_Qualifier : HogU 2-0 Classic HogU 2-0 RagnaroK HogU 2-1 ByuN HogU 2-1 jjakji HogU 0-2 First HogU 0-2 YoDa
But would you really consider ByuN's wins to Code S convincing? Creator has been slumping more than ever, and is vulnerable in every match-up. MKP and Maru have yet to be consistent. Life is a huge factor because he is consistent and absolutely dominant in every match-up, which Prime really lacks.
In fairness, Creator is still pretty damn good. On an average day, he can beat most high Code A - low Code S players, and on a good day he can cause a lot more damage than that. People were hyping him up as the next Protoss President, which he may not yet have become, but he's hardly "slumping". If anything, I'm much less convinced by Byun.
Creator out already? Prime is already in a deep hole. I wonder why they send Creator first so often now, it is too much of a risk to lose such an important player that early.
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Classic
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