I only care about Innovation, he is the best player in the world in terms of raw play imo. If he doesn't make it I will be very surprised and very disappointed.

SHODAN

United Kingdom1061 Posts

April 17 2013 01:59 GMT

#82

Gumiho, the god of nine. I hope he finds a way. Gumiho will be well prepared for Rain. they were meant to face off in season 5, but the kespa protoss forfeited his place shortly before the match. kespa practice partners are not enough to prepare you 100% for Gumiho. he could proxy all his buildings, throw a cheese you have never even imagined, or play an extremely unorthodox macro style. vs Bogus, I can picture Gumiho playing some mass widow mine style, drop-centric mech or some heavily upgraded hellion/viking stuff. Gumiho completely stopped streaming a month ago. even in the few broadcasted games Gumiho has played, he hasn't revealed much about his macro style. I keep thinking back to how well he figured out Losira... extremely clever teching, little to no over-aggression, and always one step ahead in his composition. his mechanics may not be as good as Rain/Innovation, but in the elusive land called "supreme lategame" Gumiho is king.

Innovation 2-1 Rain
Hyun 1-2 Gumiho
Innovation 2-1 Gumiho
Rain 2-0 Hyun
Rain 1-2 Gumiho

fixed_point

Germany4891 Posts

April 17 2013 02:04 GMT

#83

Sorry protoss brothers, but I'll be supporting innovation over rain.

Incubus1993

Canada140 Posts

April 17 2013 02:18 GMT

#84

this group is just insane I can't wait. I think Innovation will be the first out because he's probly the best Terran right now. And I have to pick Gumiho because he's one of my favs, I think his creative gameplay will thrive in HotS and he'll make it out.

shin_toss

Philippines2589 Posts

April 17 2013 02:28 GMT

#85

inno and rain. Hmm but Hyun can be too. Zerg 2 stronk

Ace1123

Philippines1187 Posts

April 17 2013 02:33 GMT

#86

Bogus and Rain Please!!!

zar11

United States26 Posts

April 17 2013 02:34 GMT

#87

Terrans in this group look really strong, and Hyun hasn't really been impressive in Hots so far. Of course if Rain plays to his potential he could make it through, but I feel like drop play might be too much for him tonight. Looking forward to some good, close games!

snakeeyez

United States1231 Posts

April 17 2013 02:41 GMT

#88

Yeah anything could happen really, but I think rain and innovation have to be the clear favorites even though they play each other first meaning the loser only gets one chance to save themselves so its possible an upset
If I had to pick the upset I think innovation beats rain and then rain loses

tuho12345

4482 Posts

April 17 2013 02:51 GMT

#89

Damn this is the sickest group in this GSL. We're gonna have some epic TvT between Bogus and Gumiho haha

teddyoojo

Germany22369 Posts

April 17 2013 02:54 GMT

#90

i see hyun completly chanceless going down 0-4 (maybe 1-4 if lucky)
as rain and innovation are amongst the favourites to win everything i think itll be hard for gumiho, but i believe !
innovation+gumihoo!

tuho12345

4482 Posts

April 17 2013 03:03 GMT

#91

On April 17 2013 10:16 lichter wrote:
Does Gumiho even have any anti-fans?

It feels like he's one of those players that's almost universally loved because his games are always fun, even though he doesn't get much individual success

he only has anti-Terran fans. Seriously only some whining bitches would hate a player like Gumiho blindly.

lichter

1001 YEARS KESPAJAIL22272 Posts

April 17 2013 03:12 GMT

#92

On April 17 2013 11:51 tuho12345 wrote:
Damn this is the sickest group in this GSL. We're gonna have some epic TvT between Bogus and Gumiho haha

Anything less than a 3 hour TvT with 4 pronged drops, base trades and base switches, doom drops, nukes, HSMs and 300 SCVs killed will be a disappointment

spork1859

United States11 Posts

April 17 2013 03:22 GMT

#93

For everyone saying what a "sickomfgwtfanyboy" group this is, nobodys giving Hyun the respect the guy deserves. Innovation and Hyun make it out!

SHOOG

United States1639 Posts

April 17 2013 03:25 GMT

#94

This is a very tough group. I feel confident that Innovation will make it out, but the second could be any of the other players.
If I had to guess, I would go with Rain.

HolyArrow

United States7116 Posts

April 17 2013 03:35 GMT

#95

Rooting for Rain and Gumiho!

suicideyear

Ivory Coast3016 Posts

April 17 2013 03:36 GMT

#96

Bogus and Gumiho to advance.

FrostedMiniWheats

United States30730 Posts

April 17 2013 03:38 GMT

#97

hmm... y'know I forgot Artosis has a crazy obsession with Bogus. No ways he's getting out now.

Gumiho, you're in the clear :D

Griffins

United States98 Posts

April 17 2013 03:44 GMT

#98

I hated GuMiho when I first saw him at WCS 2011. He was wearing this nappy-ass flannel jacket and had a bad swath of acne when he came out to play NesTea. Keep in mind NesTea was godlike back then. Anyway, GuMiho won like 2-0 and I was absolutely furious, like who the hell is this guy? He doesn't even micro his hellions, just sends them everywhere! Then a month later, he goes on to make a ro4 run in the GSL, taking out a bunch of fan favorites before finally losing to Jjakji. By then he's like knee-deep in my shit-list. I'm like, for god sakes the guy plays with a towel on his mouse because he sweats like a pig!

Fast forward 2 years and I'm a huge GuMiho fan, lol. I don't know what happened, but now I tune in for all his matches, expecting good things. I think for me he's been such a colorful addition to code-S for so long that it's impossible to not like him now. It's kind of like how I thought Curious was some dead-eyed psycho until I saw him in group noms, then he turned out to be a hilarious guy. Ahhhh, first impressions!

sitromit

7051 Posts

April 17 2013 03:45 GMT

#99

Gumiho's play has been disappointing lately. I hope he plays better today and shows some entertaining games. Same for Hyun.

Gorribal

Canada186 Posts

April 17 2013 03:55 GMT

#100

This is gonna be good, just when I was afraid I wouldn't have a Kespa fix without SPL.

Kreygasm