General thoughts:
Maru won't win against anyone but Zest here imo, so his only advancement chance lies on beating Zest twice.
Soulkey won't win against Dear, but will certainly beat Maru. Dunno if he can beat Zest.
Dear... well i have no f-n clue what form he is in, so whatever.
Zest is my pick to advance. Soulkey/Dear to follow. Sorry, Maru, good luck surprising me.

Lazzi

Switzerland1923 Posts

March 03 2014 15:06 GMT

#44

Aligulac says :

                 Top 2      1st      2nd      3rd      4th    
--------------------------------------------------------------
       Zest     57.41%   30.60%   26.81%   21.92%   20.67%    
       Dear     52.25%   25.93%   26.32%   24.67%   23.08%    
    Soulkey     48.27%   23.69%   24.59%   25.81%   25.91%    
       Maru     42.07%   19.78%   22.29%   27.60%   30.34%

Estimated by Aligulac. Modify.

StarVe

Germany13591 Posts

March 03 2014 15:39 GMT

#45

On March 03 2014 22:33 Marcinko wrote:
Don't think I have ever seen a group more entitled to be called the group of death than this one. Good luck to
(T)

Maru and

Soulkey.

Innovation, Flash, Life and Parting a year ago was pretty decent, too

This group probably trumps that old one still though.

Ej_

47656 Posts

March 03 2014 15:58 GMT

#46

On March 04 2014 00:39 StarVe wrote:

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Innovation, Flash, Life and Parting a year ago was pretty decent, too

This group probably trumps that old one still though.

welp first you have to see if the games are actually better. the parting-life-innovation-flash group had some really fantastic games

lichter

1001 YEARS KESPAJAIL22272 Posts

March 03 2014 16:02 GMT

#47

If I recall correctly only Parting vs Flash on Daybreak was truly a highly rated game.

alexiii

Belgium41 Posts

March 03 2014 16:14 GMT

#48

Zest didn't look good in proleague today. His confidence is probably shattered, I like Maru's odds more now. Although there hasn't been a substantial amount of TvP's yet to draw any conclusions from, it seems the balance patch is going to do it's work.

Ej_

47656 Posts

March 03 2014 16:20 GMT

#49

On March 04 2014 01:02 lichter wrote:
If I recall correctly only Parting vs Flash on Daybreak was truly a highly rated game.

both series of Life vs Parting were good (the game on Starstation with the 10pool esp.)
INnoVation stomping Life near his ZvT peak was pretty satisfying as well

Nightsz

Canada398 Posts

March 03 2014 17:07 GMT

#50

Oh man.......Soulkey is gonna get trashed by dear again, just like in WCS Toronto

LockeTazeline

2390 Posts

March 03 2014 17:18 GMT

#51

On March 04 2014 01:02 lichter wrote:
If I recall correctly only Parting vs Flash on Daybreak was truly a highly rated game.

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ANLProbe

667 Posts

March 03 2014 17:32 GMT

#52

I don't think the group is as strong as everyone is making out to be form wise, Dear has been extremely sub-par, Zest looked off in PL and Maru hasn't been winning many games recently. Going by names the group is so stacked. And Dear won't beat Soulkey or Maru if he plays as bad as he has recently.

Zealously

East Gorteau22261 Posts

March 03 2014 17:37 GMT

#53

On March 04 2014 02:32 ANLProbe wrote:
I don't think the group is as strong as everyone is making out to be form wise, Dear has been extremely sub-par, Zest looked off in PL and Maru hasn't been winning many games recently. Going by names the group is so stacked. And Dear won't beat Soulkey or Maru if he plays as bad as he has recently.

There's no better Terran to put in this group from any region (besides the BBYONGJWA), and it's be pretty hard to find a more consistent GSL Zerg, whereas the Protoss are both pretty good. Dear drags it down, I agree, but Zest is still really good until more than 2 games tell us otherwise.

ANLProbe

667 Posts

March 03 2014 18:16 GMT

#54

On March 04 2014 02:37 Zealously wrote:

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It's weird saying that Dear drags it down lol. Innovation? Taeja? I agree with Soulkey.And I think Zest is far scarier than Dear right now. I think the SKY! Protoss group is just as strong.

dgwow

Canada1024 Posts

March 03 2014 18:33 GMT

#55

I wonder if Zest botched his last proleague match because he didn't want to showcase his builds before code s

The_Templar

your Country52797 Posts

March 03 2014 18:41 GMT

#56

Maru 2-0 Zest
Soulkey 2-1 Dear
Maru 2-1 Soulkey
Zest 0-2 Dear
Dear 1-2 Soulkey

NeThZOR

South Africa7387 Posts

March 03 2014 18:50 GMT

#57

Hmm... this group is going to be a slaughterhouse for sure.

Best guesstimation is Dear goes 2-0 with Soulkey coming out 2nd

oo_Wonderful_oo

The land of freedom23126 Posts

March 03 2014 19:05 GMT

#58

Having LR for group B and not for A is fun :D

Zest 2-0 Maru
Soulkey 1-2 Dear
Zest 0-2 Dear
Maru 1-2 Soulkey
Zest 0-2 Soulkey

Ezpz.

pure.Wasted

Canada4701 Posts

March 04 2014 03:39 GMT

#59

On March 04 2014 02:37 Zealously wrote:

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I'd prefer Captain America's chances in this group to Maru's. Polt has a legit chance of taking down Dear and Zest... Soulkey not so much, but then again neither does Maru so...

Head

Zest 2-0 Maru
Soulkey 2-1 Dear
Zest 1-2 Soulkey
Maru 0-2 Dear
Zest 2-1 Dear

I think there's a very real possibility that Zest and Soulkey meet up again in the finals.

Heart

Maru and Soulkey > Maru and anyone who plays really well that day > people who play really well that day > people who cheese other people out... unless it's Maru and Soulkey doing the cheesing.