Battle in Berlin 2011 - Players, Brackets and more - Page 9

hey all,


ALL games will be casted. The first one will be done all by myself (I doubt a player wants to cast before he even has played).

I said it's unfortunate because commentators should also be good hosts in terms of presentation etc. and having 2 instead of one is also a good thing to go for.

We replaced the picture with grubby (old EG one) with a new suitable one. When the picture was made yesterday, I wasnt paying too much attention because I'm very sick atm (my thyroid gland is shutting down but I can't start taking new medication, because of unknown side effects and I need to be at least able to be there on site - I mean, we have worked so hard for months to get to this point and we simply can't allow this whole thing to fail)

Our Money, Our Reputation - Our Everything is on the line here.

I think the winner of White-Ra vs Stephano in round 2 will win it all.

I think it will be Stephano, but White-Ra does have a very long history of surprise tournament results.

Ret in the finals of the other side. Ret could take it vs White-Ra, but not vs Stephano IMO.

Odds to win:
Stephano: 3/2
WhiteRa: 4/1
Ret: 4/1
Socke 6/1
Grubby 8/1
TLO, Kas, Nerchio - 10/1

Bo5 and Bo7 for semi and finals make upsets less likely.

The bracket does seem a bit unbalanced, the side with Stephano, White-Ra, TLO and Grubby is far stronger IMO. Especially with Grubby having been in Korea now for quite some time.

I haven't seen Kas play much lately, but his 80% win-rate on EU ladder makes me tentative on my 10/1 for him.... but I've haven't seen him do well in tourney's while travelling and until a pro show's differently ladder results don't necessarily translate to tourney success.