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The land of freedom23126 Posts
On August 21 2014 23:42 Jazzman88 wrote:
Parting, if you pull any fuckery like you did last time this was a big deal, I hope Flash double 11-11's you in both games of the winner's match to send you home.
I could reliably see Zest picking Innovation or Cure since his PvT is so sick. Rain I can't see picking Terran for his group (if Rain is in fact one of the people making selections first). Maru should probably be picking a Zerg, I'd guess Solar or DRG. soO... probably selects a Protoss, maybe Parting, since the Soul Train is no longer the single most feared ZvP strategy on all maps.
Zest's PvT is by far his worst matchup, that's why his IEM group is just hilarious.
soO can freely go for anyone, he has all three matchups being legit, Maru should go for Protosses.
This is a big deal, if Rain or TRUE going to be first tier though.
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Perfect racial balance, no weak players, group selections are back.
Things are looking great for GSL.
On August 22 2014 00:15 oo_Wonderful_oo wrote:Show nested quote +On August 21 2014 23:42 Jazzman88 wrote:
Parting, if you pull any fuckery like you did last time this was a big deal, I hope Flash double 11-11's you in both games of the winner's match to send you home.
I could reliably see Zest picking Innovation or Cure since his PvT is so sick. Rain I can't see picking Terran for his group (if Rain is in fact one of the people making selections first). Maru should probably be picking a Zerg, I'd guess Solar or DRG. soO... probably selects a Protoss, maybe Parting, since the Soul Train is no longer the single most feared ZvP strategy on all maps. Zest's PvT is by far his worst matchup, that's why his IEM group is just hilarious. soO can freely go for anyone, he has all three matchups being legit, Maru should go for Protosses. This is a big deal, if Rain or TRUE going to be first tier though.
If anything Maru should be picking Terrans, he's only lost 1 TvT in the booth this year, meanwhile Inno did lose to Apocalypse...
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United States97277 Posts
Flash is playing the best he's ever played in sc2 imo. People are going to be scared to pick him
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United States23455 Posts
On August 22 2014 00:22 Shellshock wrote:
Flash is playing the best he's ever played in sc2 imo. People are going to be scared to pick him
I would be scared to pick him. This might be premature but he finally seems to be really getting the game. Wouldn't be surprised to see him top four this season
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On August 21 2014 23:42 Jazzman88 wrote:
Parting, if you pull any fuckery like you did last time this was a big deal, I hope Flash double 11-11's you in both games of the winner's match to send you home.
I could reliably see Zest picking Innovation or Cure since his PvT is so sick. Rain I can't see picking Terran for his group (if Rain is in fact one of the people making selections first). Maru should probably be picking a Zerg, I'd guess Solar or DRG. soO... probably selects a Protoss, maybe Parting, since the Soul Train is no longer the single most feared ZvP strategy on all maps.
I guess everyone is going to try to pick Reality, he's probably the weakest member of the ro16 (not meaning he's bad at all)
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United States23455 Posts
On August 22 2014 00:24 Pino wrote:Show nested quote +On August 21 2014 23:42 Jazzman88 wrote:
Parting, if you pull any fuckery like you did last time this was a big deal, I hope Flash double 11-11's you in both games of the winner's match to send you home.
I could reliably see Zest picking Innovation or Cure since his PvT is so sick. Rain I can't see picking Terran for his group (if Rain is in fact one of the people making selections first). Maru should probably be picking a Zerg, I'd guess Solar or DRG. soO... probably selects a Protoss, maybe Parting, since the Soul Train is no longer the single most feared ZvP strategy on all maps. I guess everyone is going to try to pick Reality, he's probably the weakest member of the ro16 (not meaning he's bad at all)
Yeah I would guess Reality/effort/Cure/Stats first four picks? It's hard everyone here is so good
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United States97277 Posts
I think I would say Reality, EffOrt, Solar, Stats for the weakest 4. Maybe even DRG instead of Solar. I think Cure is playing very well right now so I'd probably replace him with one of the zergs in your prediction. They're all still fairly strong players in general though so we should hopefully get 4 entertaining groups
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United Kingdom31935 Posts
Hyyype! Like every player is cool :D
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The selection will be epic because there's no clearly weaker player here (ok, maybe Reality seems on paper a tad weaker). Any combination of 4 players among the 16 remaining I can think of will be awesome. This GSL is incredibly enjoyable : most of the strongest players made it to the ro16, the race distribution is perfectly balanced, the games are of outstanding quality as usual and, last but not least, this could very well be Flash season at last ! This GSL has me excited like I haven't been in a very long time !
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On August 22 2014 00:29 Darkhorse wrote:Show nested quote +On August 22 2014 00:24 Pino wrote:On August 21 2014 23:42 Jazzman88 wrote:
Parting, if you pull any fuckery like you did last time this was a big deal, I hope Flash double 11-11's you in both games of the winner's match to send you home.
I could reliably see Zest picking Innovation or Cure since his PvT is so sick. Rain I can't see picking Terran for his group (if Rain is in fact one of the people making selections first). Maru should probably be picking a Zerg, I'd guess Solar or DRG. soO... probably selects a Protoss, maybe Parting, since the Soul Train is no longer the single most feared ZvP strategy on all maps. I guess everyone is going to try to pick Reality, he's probably the weakest member of the ro16 (not meaning he's bad at all) Yeah I would guess Reality/effort/Cure/Stats first four picks? It's hard everyone here is so good
The one who will pick Cure will regret it.
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This is the most stacked ro16 I have ever seen in GSL! I wouldnt know who to pick
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6/5/5 pretty awesome players group selection drg flash all is well in the world.
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Man these tiers and GSL points are confusing as hell, especially in a scene where there already are WCS points. I think they should just select four players amongst the first place finishers at random and let them commence the picking.
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The only thing that can defeat Flash is... the group selection stage
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United States97277 Posts
On August 22 2014 00:53 JustPassingBy wrote:
Man these tiers and GSL points are confusing as hell, especially in a scene where there already are WCS points. I think they should just select four players amongst the first place finishers at random and let them commence the picking.
I don't see how it's that confusing. It's just who was top 8 last season in tier 1 and then the next 3 tiers separated by how well you've done in the GSL. It's been around since 2011
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I will die happy if innovation vs drg happens
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The land of freedom23126 Posts
On August 22 2014 00:33 Shellshock wrote:
I think I would say Reality, EffOrt, Solar, Stats for the weakest 4. Maybe even DRG instead of Solar. I think Cure is playing very well right now so I'd probably replace him with one of the zergs in your prediction. They're all still fairly strong players in general though so we should hopefully get 4 entertaining groups
I guess, it will be more about race than about players.
Won't be surprised if soO takes EffOrt because Protosses should be scared a bit of him if he plays on same level as he did in Ro32, not speaking about Terrans.
It's hilarious to say, but Soulkey might be first priority pick for non-SKT T1 Protosses.
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Is it me or is this possible the best GSL yet?
the level, the players, the race numbers, the production... everything?
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On August 22 2014 01:09 SmoKim wrote:
Is it me or is this possible the best GSL yet?
the level, the players, the race numbers, the production... everything?
Best GSL this year by far.
2013 had the soulkey GSL that was pretty special.
2012 had some excellent ones, notably the IMMvp one.
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EPT
