HuK hasn't shown anything impressive as of late.
I think the 5 best players there in terms of skill are IdrA, Ret, Naniwa, Tyler (he's been really stepping it up) and then maybe Select? Idk, he doesn't appear in a lot of tournaments as of late, but he always does good whe he does

Then again, with the current metagame, and the huge solid protoss player count, I could easily see a repeat of MLG Raleigh (with like protoss in the top x positions or whatever)

Drxz

Australia115 Posts

April 01 2011 02:29 GMT

#62

Idra will not win. He is sometimes too confident to practice enough to allow him to actually take a win. I personnally am a huge Idra fan however I am unsure if he will be prepared for this, His current mindset on ZvP will be his downfall because he will lose to a terran which he has not practiced enough against.

I believe if Skew is going to be there, he is going to win if not him I believe some, either that or Fenix, those Fnatic boys know how to win.

Edit: I mis spelled a word

Lunit

United States183 Posts

April 01 2011 02:33 GMT

#63

I really feel like Idra is going to take it. Theres no way Huk can make it all the way to finals through the open bracket. Way to many games to be played.

CaptainFwiffo

United States576 Posts

April 01 2011 02:34 GMT

#64

If history is any guide, Socke will produce an amazingly epic PvT at some point in the event, and the map will be eventually dropped from the pool. Recall:
Socke vs. Drewbie on Lost Temple at MLG Raleigh
Socke vs. Jinro on Desert Oasis at MLG Dallas

Zzoram

Canada7115 Posts

April 01 2011 02:35 GMT

#65

Tyler will get further than Huk.

Huk seems to have performance anxiety.

SigmaoctanusIV

United States3313 Posts

April 01 2011 02:37 GMT

#66

1. Nony Tyler has transformed due to TSL he wants to PWN all that is Starcraft 2
2. Idra I think Idra has been on a string of loses and he will spring board back with his "new Style"
3. Grubby - I think he has the potential and has been training really hard to make it far through the open bracket and land on 3rd.

Agnosthar

631 Posts

April 01 2011 02:41 GMT

#67

Have a feeling that Select is going to do amazingly well.

On April 01 2011 11:37 SigmaoctanusIV wrote:
3. Grubby - I think he has the potential and has been training really hard to make it far through the open bracket and land on 3rd.

I don't think Grubby has much of a chance finishing anywhere near the top.

Turbo.Tactics

Germany675 Posts

April 01 2011 02:42 GMT

#68

Destiny failing HD-style
IdrA winning it all then crying
TLO coming very far but losing very clearly as soon as he plays too gimmicky
Incontrol showing his true power (top 5)
Artosis losing to some random
MrBitters loses humbly as soon as he plays someone he met during "12 weeks with the pros"
qxc dropping the shit out of everything
Huk winning at least once with his suicide atack timings
disconnects during the finals
crowd shouting in the wrong moment
Day9 laughingtrack during 3 bo3s minimum

Ultramus

United States319 Posts

April 01 2011 02:46 GMT

#69

On April 01 2011 11:42 Turbo.Tactics wrote:
Destiny failing HD-style
IdrA winning it all then crying
TLO coming very far but losing very clearly as soon as he plays too gimmicky
Incontrol showing his true power (top 5)
Artosis losing to some random
MrBitters loses humbly as soon as he plays someone he met during "12 weeks with the pros"
qxc dropping the shit out of everything
Huk winning at least once with his suicide atack timings
disconnects during the finals
crowd shouting in the wrong moment
Day9 laughingtrack during 3 bo3s minimum

Artosis isn't competing. If he were he'd win the entire event though. Artosis Imba.

Aegeis

United States1619 Posts

April 01 2011 02:48 GMT

#70

I honestly think that MLG is one of those tournaments impossible to call, just look at all the amazing players that showed up.

Dingobloo

Australia1903 Posts

April 01 2011 02:49 GMT

#71

On April 01 2011 11:42 Turbo.Tactics wrote:
Artosis losing to some random

Artosis isn't even in the US at the moment.

MechKing

United States3004 Posts

April 01 2011 02:50 GMT

#72

1. Cruncher
2. Destiny
3. qxc

Staboteur

Canada1873 Posts

April 01 2011 02:52 GMT

#73

I'm betting $13.37 on MrBitter taking it.

Slardar

Canada7593 Posts

April 01 2011 02:53 GMT

#74

1. Grubby
2. Tyler
3. IdrA
4.

rolfe

United Kingdom1266 Posts

April 01 2011 02:53 GMT

#75

my predictions are that select wins
athene gets destroyed
sheth shows up and does well
huk loses to some annoying PvP
ret top 8
tyler in the top 4
machine plays incontrol at some point
naniwa top 8

but then i'm often wrong about these things

j0k3r

United States577 Posts

April 01 2011 02:56 GMT

#76

On April 01 2011 09:20 FakeBoxeR wrote:
HuK isnt even going to make it out of the open bracket, he sucks. Too many better players in open bracket anyway but probably atleast Idra will place top 4

Woah some harsh words. I don't think he'll win it all. I think Tyler will place Top 4 and has a good chance of taking it all. Home court advantage yo.

ReachTheSky

United States3294 Posts

April 01 2011 02:56 GMT

#77

1. REQPhilibird
2. REQDarkcell
3. REQYutz
4.

DennizR

Sweden653 Posts

April 01 2011 02:58 GMT

#78

Someone from ROOT will do better than Idra, is my prediction.

TheBJ

Bulgaria906 Posts

April 01 2011 02:59 GMT

#79

One of the top protoss ( too many to choose and pvp ) winning or qxc is my prediction

Leyra

United States1222 Posts

April 01 2011 03:01 GMT

#80

Noooo, too many people picking Tyler makes me a sad panda T_T;; Hyped players too often bomb bigtime, and I don't want Tyler to bomb <3 I'm hoping Tyler, but there's an awful lot of good players... I got a funny feeling about Socke for this event though, dunno why.