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Circumstance
Profile Blog Joined March 2014
United States11403 Posts
July 24 2019 11:16 GMT
#121
All I'm saying is that there's a few worlds where Special and Fantasy both make Ro8. Not saying I'm Liquibetting it, just that there are ways.
The world is better when every background has a chance.
Elentos
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
55561 Posts
July 24 2019 11:17 GMT
#122
On July 24 2019 20:13 deacon.frost wrote:
Maru at least he didn't monobattle the groups...

Edit> Thinking about it, Dark has almost certain first place while he may face TY. Not sure how really good his ZvT is if TY is on fire.

TY is going to try extremely hard to avoid Dark.
Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes.
sneakyfox
Profile Joined January 2017
8216 Posts
July 24 2019 11:18 GMT
#123
On July 24 2019 20:16 Circumstance wrote:
All I'm saying is that there's a few worlds where Special and Fantasy both make Ro8. Not saying I'm Liquibetting it, just that there are ways.


Hmm I think you're going to have to elaborate a bit on that.
"I saw what sneakyfox wrote on TL.net and it made me furious" - PartinG
deacon.frost
Profile Joined February 2013
Czech Republic12129 Posts
July 24 2019 11:19 GMT
#124
Depending on what Stats and TY appears at their play day we may end up with 4 JAGW players in the RO8. (if Rogue finally woke up)
I imagine France should be able to take this unless Lilbow is busy practicing for Starcraft III. | KadaverBB is my fairy ban mother.
Elentos
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
55561 Posts
July 24 2019 11:20 GMT
#125
On July 24 2019 20:18 sneakyfox wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 24 2019 20:16 Circumstance wrote:
All I'm saying is that there's a few worlds where Special and Fantasy both make Ro8. Not saying I'm Liquibetting it, just that there are ways.


Hmm I think you're going to have to elaborate a bit on that.

If we take into account every possible world in every possible reality, there's going to be some where Special and Fantasy advance. It probably won't be in this one though.
Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes.
deacon.frost
Profile Joined February 2013
Czech Republic12129 Posts
July 24 2019 11:23 GMT
#126
On July 24 2019 20:17 Elentos wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 24 2019 20:13 deacon.frost wrote:
Maru at least he didn't monobattle the groups...

Edit> Thinking about it, Dark has almost certain first place while he may face TY. Not sure how really good his ZvT is if TY is on fire.

TY is going to try extremely hard to avoid Dark.

OK, let's face it. Unless Dark really screws up he's 1st. Which means TY has two options
1) Win against probably the best PvT in Korea ATM
2) Boost some random Terran(mjr Special?) TvZ so he wins the group instead of Dark

I don't know, Kev
I imagine France should be able to take this unless Lilbow is busy practicing for Starcraft III. | KadaverBB is my fairy ban mother.
Harris1st
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Germany7021 Posts
July 24 2019 11:24 GMT
#127
On July 24 2019 20:16 Circumstance wrote:
All I'm saying is that there's a few worlds where Special and Fantasy both make Ro8. Not saying I'm Liquibetting it, just that there are ways.




If there are about 100.000+ parallel worlds, then yes I guess there are 2-3 wehre Special and Fantasy both adavance
But there are about 5000+ where neither advances
Go Serral! GG EZ for Ence. Flashbang dance FTW
Elentos
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
55561 Posts
July 24 2019 11:26 GMT
#128
On July 24 2019 20:23 deacon.frost wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 24 2019 20:17 Elentos wrote:
On July 24 2019 20:13 deacon.frost wrote:
Maru at least he didn't monobattle the groups...

Edit> Thinking about it, Dark has almost certain first place while he may face TY. Not sure how really good his ZvT is if TY is on fire.

TY is going to try extremely hard to avoid Dark.

OK, let's face it. Unless Dark really screws up he's 1st. Which means TY has two options
1) Win against probably the best PvT in Korea ATM
2) Boost some random Terran(mjr Special?) TvZ so he wins the group instead of Dark

I don't know, Kev

TY can beat any Protoss, just has to be on his game. But when he's on his game I still don't see him beating Dark outside of BO3.
Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes.
TheOneAboveU
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Germany3367 Posts
July 24 2019 11:26 GMT
#129
On July 24 2019 20:24 Harris1st wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 24 2019 20:16 Circumstance wrote:
All I'm saying is that there's a few worlds where Special and Fantasy both make Ro8. Not saying I'm Liquibetting it, just that there are ways.




If there are about 100.000+ parallel worlds, then yes I guess there are 2-3 wehre Special and Fantasy both adavance
But there are about 5000+ where neither advances


.... so you're saying there's a chance?!

My boy Dark has this ez.
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droppanda
Profile Joined December 2011
Australia176 Posts
July 24 2019 11:29 GMT
#130
On July 24 2019 20:13 deacon.frost wrote:
Maru at least he didn't monobattle the groups...

Edit> Thinking about it, Dark has almost certain first place while he may face TY. Not sure how really good his ZvT is if TY is on fire.


Have been watching his streams lately and he has so far not mastered sky terran vs mass investor/corrupter late game. He is trying with liberator/battlecruiser combo like maru has but he is not macroing at anywhere near the same speed as maru, and his liberator/battelcruiser micro is also not up to par.

I think he is going to struggle against dark going by his recent streaming performance.
Elentos
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
55561 Posts
July 24 2019 11:29 GMT
#131
On July 24 2019 20:26 TheOneAboveU wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 24 2019 20:24 Harris1st wrote:
On July 24 2019 20:16 Circumstance wrote:
All I'm saying is that there's a few worlds where Special and Fantasy both make Ro8. Not saying I'm Liquibetting it, just that there are ways.




If there are about 100.000+ parallel worlds, then yes I guess there are 2-3 wehre Special and Fantasy both adavance
But there are about 5000+ where neither advances


.... so you're saying there's a chance?!

My boy Dark has this ez.

If we can imagine a world in which it is true, then it is true.
Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes.
Harris1st
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Germany7021 Posts
July 24 2019 11:30 GMT
#132
Somebody said something about GSL v The World.

Care to elaborate for those who missed the show?
Go Serral! GG EZ for Ence. Flashbang dance FTW
Vanadiel
Profile Joined April 2012
France961 Posts
July 24 2019 11:30 GMT
#133
On July 24 2019 20:26 Elentos wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 24 2019 20:23 deacon.frost wrote:
On July 24 2019 20:17 Elentos wrote:
On July 24 2019 20:13 deacon.frost wrote:
Maru at least he didn't monobattle the groups...

Edit> Thinking about it, Dark has almost certain first place while he may face TY. Not sure how really good his ZvT is if TY is on fire.

TY is going to try extremely hard to avoid Dark.

OK, let's face it. Unless Dark really screws up he's 1st. Which means TY has two options
1) Win against probably the best PvT in Korea ATM
2) Boost some random Terran(mjr Special?) TvZ so he wins the group instead of Dark

I don't know, Kev

TY can beat any Protoss, just has to be on his game. But when he's on his game I still don't see him beating Dark outside of BO3.


Until RO8, Protoss might get nerfed too, that's something to take in consideration.
deacon.frost
Profile Joined February 2013
Czech Republic12129 Posts
July 24 2019 11:32 GMT
#134
On July 24 2019 20:26 Elentos wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 24 2019 20:23 deacon.frost wrote:
On July 24 2019 20:17 Elentos wrote:
On July 24 2019 20:13 deacon.frost wrote:
Maru at least he didn't monobattle the groups...

Edit> Thinking about it, Dark has almost certain first place while he may face TY. Not sure how really good his ZvT is if TY is on fire.

TY is going to try extremely hard to avoid Dark.

OK, let's face it. Unless Dark really screws up he's 1st. Which means TY has two options
1) Win against probably the best PvT in Korea ATM
2) Boost some random Terran(mjr Special?) TvZ so he wins the group instead of Dark

I don't know, Kev

TY can beat any Protoss, just has to be on his game. But when he's on his game I still don't see him beating Dark outside of BO3.

Same can be said about Trap vT(maybe except Maru ), their match can go both ways but while Trap was in a good form and did beat TY in S1 TY managed to return from a short term slump. It will be interesting.
I imagine France should be able to take this unless Lilbow is busy practicing for Starcraft III. | KadaverBB is my fairy ban mother.
Elentos
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
55561 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-07-24 11:35:09
July 24 2019 11:34 GMT
#135
On July 24 2019 20:30 Vanadiel wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 24 2019 20:26 Elentos wrote:
On July 24 2019 20:23 deacon.frost wrote:
On July 24 2019 20:17 Elentos wrote:
On July 24 2019 20:13 deacon.frost wrote:
Maru at least he didn't monobattle the groups...

Edit> Thinking about it, Dark has almost certain first place while he may face TY. Not sure how really good his ZvT is if TY is on fire.

TY is going to try extremely hard to avoid Dark.

OK, let's face it. Unless Dark really screws up he's 1st. Which means TY has two options
1) Win against probably the best PvT in Korea ATM
2) Boost some random Terran(mjr Special?) TvZ so he wins the group instead of Dark

I don't know, Kev

TY can beat any Protoss, just has to be on his game. But when he's on his game I still don't see him beating Dark outside of BO3.


Until RO8, Protoss might get nerfed too, that's something to take in consideration.

Terran buffed as well. I think we can cut the might as well, group B is at the end of August, I don't see Blizzard waiting this long. I presume the balance changes will come with the new ladder season, a week before the Ro16 starts and a week after GSL vs the World.
Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes.
Elentos
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
55561 Posts
July 24 2019 11:36 GMT
#136
On July 24 2019 20:30 Harris1st wrote:
Somebody said something about GSL v The World.

Care to elaborate for those who missed the show?

As a casual side note they announced voting is going to start in a few hours on TL.
Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes.
deacon.frost
Profile Joined February 2013
Czech Republic12129 Posts
July 24 2019 11:36 GMT
#137
On July 24 2019 20:34 Elentos wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 24 2019 20:30 Vanadiel wrote:
On July 24 2019 20:26 Elentos wrote:
On July 24 2019 20:23 deacon.frost wrote:
On July 24 2019 20:17 Elentos wrote:
On July 24 2019 20:13 deacon.frost wrote:
Maru at least he didn't monobattle the groups...

Edit> Thinking about it, Dark has almost certain first place while he may face TY. Not sure how really good his ZvT is if TY is on fire.

TY is going to try extremely hard to avoid Dark.

OK, let's face it. Unless Dark really screws up he's 1st. Which means TY has two options
1) Win against probably the best PvT in Korea ATM
2) Boost some random Terran(mjr Special?) TvZ so he wins the group instead of Dark

I don't know, Kev

TY can beat any Protoss, just has to be on his game. But when he's on his game I still don't see him beating Dark outside of BO3.


Until RO8, Protoss might get nerfed too, that's something to take in consideration.

Terran buffed as well. I think we can cut the might as well, group B is at the end of August, I don't see Blizzard waiting this long.

Considering the discussed changes nothing IMO affects Trap's PvT that much.
I imagine France should be able to take this unless Lilbow is busy practicing for Starcraft III. | KadaverBB is my fairy ban mother.
Elentos
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
55561 Posts
July 24 2019 11:40 GMT
#138
On July 24 2019 20:36 deacon.frost wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 24 2019 20:34 Elentos wrote:
On July 24 2019 20:30 Vanadiel wrote:
On July 24 2019 20:26 Elentos wrote:
On July 24 2019 20:23 deacon.frost wrote:
On July 24 2019 20:17 Elentos wrote:
On July 24 2019 20:13 deacon.frost wrote:
Maru at least he didn't monobattle the groups...

Edit> Thinking about it, Dark has almost certain first place while he may face TY. Not sure how really good his ZvT is if TY is on fire.

TY is going to try extremely hard to avoid Dark.

OK, let's face it. Unless Dark really screws up he's 1st. Which means TY has two options
1) Win against probably the best PvT in Korea ATM
2) Boost some random Terran(mjr Special?) TvZ so he wins the group instead of Dark

I don't know, Kev

TY can beat any Protoss, just has to be on his game. But when he's on his game I still don't see him beating Dark outside of BO3.


Until RO8, Protoss might get nerfed too, that's something to take in consideration.

Terran buffed as well. I think we can cut the might as well, group B is at the end of August, I don't see Blizzard waiting this long.

Considering the discussed changes nothing IMO affects Trap's PvT that much.

Charge nerf and prism nerf will affect every Protoss very hard if they go through as proposed recently. The positive aspect for Trap is that if the changes come out as I predict, it's unlikely there's gonna be any groundbreaking meta progress (a build that makes perfect use of the stim change) until his group is played

Also they have to worry about beating Cure and herO before they worry about each other
Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes.
Circumstance
Profile Blog Joined March 2014
United States11403 Posts
July 24 2019 11:41 GMT
#139
On July 24 2019 20:18 sneakyfox wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 24 2019 20:16 Circumstance wrote:
All I'm saying is that there's a few worlds where Special and Fantasy both make Ro8. Not saying I'm Liquibetting it, just that there are ways.


Hmm I think you're going to have to elaborate a bit on that.

Dark has had the least exposure and worst winrate against Terrans this year in offline play. His last match loss was to Gumiho, who was 2-0d by Armani this season. Special's form against Korean Zergs is unclear, as most of the matches he plays against them are against the same few that do online competitions regularly. In TvT, he has proven time and again that he's capable of hanging tough with all but that absolute best. Fantasy's a build man, adept with preparation. Always has been, so the long gap works in his favor. He has a good deal of relatively recent offline matches against other Zergs in this Ro16, so he isn't being held up by any degree of insufficient practice.

Now, I'm no fool. Dark is the very, very clear favorite in this group. But as we've seen in the past, it's entirely possible to get complacent when you're the top overall seed and you've made what appears to be an A+ group selection (*cough*Inno*cough*). If Dark is too pleased with his results, this might not end up being the battle for 2nd that it appears to be.
The world is better when every background has a chance.
deacon.frost
Profile Joined February 2013
Czech Republic12129 Posts
July 24 2019 11:44 GMT
#140
On July 24 2019 20:40 Elentos wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 24 2019 20:36 deacon.frost wrote:
On July 24 2019 20:34 Elentos wrote:
On July 24 2019 20:30 Vanadiel wrote:
On July 24 2019 20:26 Elentos wrote:
On July 24 2019 20:23 deacon.frost wrote:
On July 24 2019 20:17 Elentos wrote:
On July 24 2019 20:13 deacon.frost wrote:
Maru at least he didn't monobattle the groups...

Edit> Thinking about it, Dark has almost certain first place while he may face TY. Not sure how really good his ZvT is if TY is on fire.

TY is going to try extremely hard to avoid Dark.

OK, let's face it. Unless Dark really screws up he's 1st. Which means TY has two options
1) Win against probably the best PvT in Korea ATM
2) Boost some random Terran(mjr Special?) TvZ so he wins the group instead of Dark

I don't know, Kev

TY can beat any Protoss, just has to be on his game. But when he's on his game I still don't see him beating Dark outside of BO3.


Until RO8, Protoss might get nerfed too, that's something to take in consideration.

Terran buffed as well. I think we can cut the might as well, group B is at the end of August, I don't see Blizzard waiting this long.

Considering the discussed changes nothing IMO affects Trap's PvT that much.

Charge nerf and prism nerf will affect every Protoss very hard if they go through as proposed recently. The positive aspect for Trap is that if the changes come out as I predict, it's unlikely there's gonna be any groundbreaking meta progress (a build that makes perfect use of the stim change) until his group is played

Also they have to worry about beating Cure and herO before they worry about each other

What I mean is that Trap's PvT wasn't based around heavy WP usage and chargelots everywhere nor the timings with those. herO? Classic? Zest? PATIENCE? Sure, these will get hit harder than Trap. In PvT, PvZ is a different story.
I imagine France should be able to take this unless Lilbow is busy practicing for Starcraft III. | KadaverBB is my fairy ban mother.
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