EPT1. herO
2. Byun
3. Solar
Group B:
1. Stats
2. TY
3. aLive
Group C:
1. Zest
2. Patience
3. TRUE
Group D:
1. Dark
2. INnoVation
3. Gumiho
[IEM] Katowice - Groups A & B - Page 2
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Charoisaur
Germany16103 Posts
1. herO 2. Byun 3. Solar Group B: 1. Stats 2. TY 3. aLive Group C: 1. Zest 2. Patience 3. TRUE Group D: 1. Dark 2. INnoVation 3. Gumiho | ||
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[PkF] Wire
France24239 Posts
A 1.  ByuN2.  herO3. RyungB 1. TY2. Stats3. aLiveC 1. Zest2. Patience3.  NerchioD 1. INnoVation2. Dark3. uThermal | ||
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bulya
Israel386 Posts
Zest is coming jetlagged and tired. Doubt if he will have the strength for a marathon of 5 BO3 in a row. I don't think he'll be first in his group. He may advance there, but its just because its the easiest group of all. | ||
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bulya
Israel386 Posts
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zakadar
Germany409 Posts
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[PkF] Wire
France24239 Posts
On March 02 2017 00:26 bulya wrote: The peak performance of Byun was several month ago. He wasn't persistent at all since then, and I don't remember a lot of high quality games from him. I don't know why that many people treat him as a safe bet for first place in group A. He remains a tier 1 Korean player, but I won't be surprised if he'll be 3rd there or even knocked out by the other Koreans. Zest is coming jetlagged and tired. Doubt if he will have the strength for a marathon of 5 BO3 in a row. I don't think he'll be first in his group. He may advance there, but its just because its the easiest group of all. I definitely see where you're coming from, but I have this uncanny feeling ByuN will do well in front of that crowd. As for Zest, I think his group is so easy he could advance first after three sleepless nights (OK, maybe he'd lose to Patience). I guess we'll see. | ||
NonY
8751 Posts
I think herO was built for succeeding in a group stage like this. He's got nasty builds to mow people down in bo3's in pvt and pvz. He's very strong right now and faltering against sOs in GSL is not very indicative of how he'll perform in a "weekend" tournament, especially before the single elim bo5 portion of the tournament. But still I could see him not winning the group if him and ByuN both go 4-1 but ByuN gets the tiebreaker by beating herO. Or of course ByuN could just go 5-0. Did he spend too much time newb bashing on the ladder? He needs to be sharp to win this group. | ||
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sickkkciiityyy
34 Posts
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Elentos
55594 Posts
On March 02 2017 02:30 NonY wrote: Stats will probably sweep the terrans in his group if he uses his best builds. His losses vs innovation looked more like the exception to the rule than his wins did. He also looked completely helpless against TY for most of their series in GSL and Stats was on the verge of getting 3-0'd by INnoVation before he turned it around. It'd be very foolish to count out TY. Stats has the advantage though in that he's been in Poland for longer than TY so he's pretty acclimated with the whole setting. TY is traditionally someone who has trouble adjusting when he plays in tournaments outside of Korea, a bit of a slow starter who won't be at 100% immediately. | ||
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NonY
8751 Posts
On March 02 2017 03:19 Elentos wrote: He also looked completely helpless against TY for most of their series... Wow really? I felt like he was on the threshold of very good PvT in those games but just had some miscalculations and a few kinks to work out. If you look at his wins, or how other protoss win PvT's, it's very similar to his losses to TY but with just a few tweaks. Those games don't look like helplessness to me but rather the final stepping stone before getting >50% win rate in the matchup. There's just a lot to map out with that style of play. And since he had to prepare for a Bo5 against Innovation, he has been mapping out a lot more of it in the weeks since he played TY. So at this point I think he's got the edge. But I admit there's a lot of room for creativity for terran and you never know how far each race has advanced in the arms race until the games are played. | ||
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Charoisaur
Germany16103 Posts
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Poopi
France13023 Posts
Plus there are enough terrans for my liking :x. | ||
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Malgo
Germany76 Posts
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Ej_
47656 Posts
On March 02 2017 04:56 Poopi wrote: I'll try not to miss class but damn these groups... fortunately enough I got a sick leave from doctor today and got 2 days of staying in bed and watching IEM life is good again | ||
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NonY
8751 Posts
On March 02 2017 04:53 Charoisaur wrote: If Inno wouldn't have suicided his medivacs into phoenixes he would have very likely 3:0ed Stats and we'd all be talking about how poor Stats' pvt is and if inno had had a better move than trying a doom drop across a void zone against a protoss with a ton of phoenixes and great map awareness, then maybe he wouldn't have taken such a bad trade. but he had gotten outplayed up to that point and had to take a risk! we're lucky that inno didn't get lucky there so that we could collect more data on who gets the better of the other in each interaction throughout a game. stats had some good play to show! | ||
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pvsnp
7676 Posts
Inno is hands down better than Stats right now and losing 2-3 in one series doesn't change that. Stats can beat Inno of course but he isn't favored to do so. | ||
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usopsama
6502 Posts
Poll: Whose tears will be the most delicious? Nerchio (35) ShoWTimE (4) Neeb (2) HeRoMaRinE (1) Harstem (1) uThermal (1) MaNa (1) Snute (0) Serral (0) PiLiPiLi (0) 45 total votes Your vote: Whose tears will be the most delicious? (Vote): HeRoMaRinE | ||
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intotheheart
Canada33091 Posts
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Fango
United Kingdom8987 Posts
On March 02 2017 03:12 sickkkciiityyy wrote: I see Byun TY Nerchio/Zest and Innovation. Byun is still a beast hopefully he will show it, Solar should be 2nd. TY just won huge cup in China earning 100k so he know how to do it, Stats and Neeb should get out. He earnt $200K in China. which is ridiculous on its own | ||
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Fango
United Kingdom8987 Posts
On March 02 2017 06:12 usopsama wrote: Poll: Whose tears will be the most delicious? Nerchio (35) ShoWTimE (4) Neeb (2) HeRoMaRinE (1) Harstem (1) uThermal (1) MaNa (1) Snute (0) Serral (0) PiLiPiLi (0) 45 total votes Your vote: Whose tears will be the most delicious? (Vote): HeRoMaRinE someone do a poll for when nerchio loses what he will complain about on twitter first. | ||
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