Wow, the polls are 50-50.
This series is going to be awesome, but I'm going to give it to Idra. His ZvT is just too damn solid as soon as it hits the mid game.

woobsauce

United States491 Posts

January 08 2012 23:31 GMT

#271

On January 09 2012 06:59 enecateReAP wrote:

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Did you even think you posted that? o.O Seal and Crank are better than Idra...What? mindblown...I guess player skill in Starcraft II is subjective...

Seal is hard to say. He has times where he displays pretty unbelievable understanding of the game. Others he seems to be choke city, but I don't see how Idra is any different. Furthermore, Crank and Seal have demonstrated outstanding ability vs extremely strong players (inside and outside of GSL). Watching Crank play is pretty spectacular. SlayerS_Min let us spectate some SlayerS vs SlayerS training games from first person, and it must be said that Crank is Gosu as hell. Given that appearance and interpretation of the word "skill" are definitely subjective in this community, you can't seriously deny that Crank or Seal aren't strong players and couldn't also beat Idra or TaeJa in Bo7s. So, yes - I did put a good bit of thought into my post (as well as time watching [read: stalking] some of these Korean players).

Dezire

Netherlands640 Posts

January 08 2012 23:34 GMT

#272

I don't know why so much comments are in favour of Taeja, i dont know whether people remember last MLG where IdrA beat Bomber? but he showed there his ZvT is very very very good and that was before Korea

Jinsho

United Kingdom3101 Posts

January 08 2012 23:37 GMT

#273

Who cares, they're wrong anyways.

woobsauce

United States491 Posts

January 08 2012 23:42 GMT

#274

On January 09 2012 08:34 Dezire wrote:
I don't know why so much comments are in favour of Taeja, i dont know whether people remember last MLG where IdrA beat Bomber? but he showed there his ZvT is very very very good and that was before Korea

In all honestly this match could go both ways. Both players are going to be playing in a matchup they are quite comfortable with.

However, I imagine the reasoning is that TaeJa is able to consistently play against and beat extremely talented Korean players, whereas Idra has had quite some trouble this year beating such players. A lot of people also put FAR too much stock into Idra's previous wins (though, few they were) in GSL at a time when players are far from the skill level they are at now. I wouldn't say this is set either way; however, my gut says if it were to be one sided at all then TaeJa would be the player to bet on. He delivers pretty frequently. Furthermore, and this is probably naive idealism coming from me, I hope people avoid the "oh X is better than Y because so and so won a series, oh lawdy lawd" mentality. This match doesn't exist in isolation, and there are many other indicators of current ability than this one Bo7.

Edit: PS. TaeJa is streaming right now. Those of you who are unfamiliar with his ability might want to check it out.

Seeker

Where dat snitch at?37043 Posts

January 08 2012 23:58 GMT

#275

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1061 - 1061

NOW THAT'S TRUE 50/50 RIGHT THERE!!!!

But TaeJa should be higher

Diamond

United States10796 Posts

January 09 2012 01:06 GMT

#276

So here's the Map Pool and how it will work. There will be 5 maps. Games 1 and 7 will be on a fixed map (Cloud Kingdom) and the other games will be losers pick. Of the 4 maps left one can be picked twice, and only one.

Map Pool
GSL Calm Before the Storm
GSL Daybreak
ESV Cloud Kingdom
ESV Sanshorn Mist AE
ESV Ohana RE