Why TSL Will Win GSTL - Page 7

On January 12 2012 03:05 pStar wrote:
Whats up with the XXXXXXXX thing?

Nice writeup though.

On January 12 2012 05:42 aphorism wrote:
As a TSL fanboy, I feel kind of obligated to post in this thread.

To be honest, TSL is not a strong team on paper. The only player to achieve a notable individual result is Polt, winner of the super tournament, with aLive's Ro8 finish in the GSL November being the second best GSL result.

Despite this, however, TSL went 5-0 in the Group stages of the GSTL Season One, against teams like MvP, oGsTL, and SlayerS. More notable is how each series played out; In every Bo7 series but one, a single member of the team got three or more kills, and it was a different member each time. PuMa in their match against Prime, Killer vs. Slayers, RevivaL vs. oGsTL, and finally Clide in a surprising all-kill of MvP. TSL was eventually knocked out of the playoffs by Prime, whose secret weapon Creator (seriously, I picked him for my fantasy team and they wait until the playoffs to use him...) closed the series out with an astounding four kills, but they showed excellent results throughout the group stages, and could certainly have taken the entire tournament.

TSL does not have a deep roster, and the closest thing TSL has to an ace player is the unassuming terran aLive. This is in contrast to teams like MvP, who rely on their strongest players to pull through in the GSTL, as well as teams like oGsTL and SlayerS, who have a deep roster full of GSL stalwarts. Unlike those teams, TSL is more than the sum of its parts, and that is why they are going to win the GSTL.

TSL fighting!

On January 12 2012 07:30 RinconH wrote:
Alive just got embarrassed by Losira in Up and Downs...