If your dates are right then this overlaps with the Red Bull lan which runs from the 25th-27th, which would exclude Huk and Sase from participating, possibly more once all the players are announced.

jubil

United States2602 Posts

May 11 2012 18:23 GMT

#65

Jinro fighting!

HuK probably the "safest" bet to make it, after that maaaaybe nightend. Would not bet on any other foriengers making it. (cheering for them, though!)

NoMicroWin

United States688 Posts

May 11 2012 18:30 GMT

#66

Jinro back to code A pls:D

Also wouldn't be bad to see HuK, SaSe, desRow or ToD qualify.

TheDougler

Canada8302 Posts

May 11 2012 18:55 GMT

#67

Good work with the write-up bud.

FOREIGNERS FIGHTING!!!

Theovide

Sweden914 Posts

May 11 2012 19:02 GMT

#68

:o, this actually made me pretty hyped. I just wish there was better coverage of it :s.

nebok

Sweden85 Posts

May 11 2012 19:02 GMT

#69

Unfortunately I don't think either HuK or SaSe will attend the qualifiers since they are both playing the in the Red Bull Battlegrounds

edit:

On May 12 2012 04:02 Theovide wrote:
:o, this actually made me pretty hyped. I just wish there was better coverage of it :s.

I saw this on Khaldor's twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/Khaldor/status/200534357935538176
So, if we're lucky we might get some coverage

Venomsflame

United States613 Posts

May 11 2012 19:06 GMT

#70

Gogo Sase. Love his stream hope he gets through and tears it up in Code A!

CarlMikael

Sweden1043 Posts

May 11 2012 19:08 GMT

#71

Sase climb yourself back to code A pls

SaSe, Jinro, iajtls fighting !

FILM

United States663 Posts

May 11 2012 19:12 GMT

#72

Wow, this is shaping up to be one hell of a tournament.

Welmu

Finland3295 Posts

May 11 2012 19:13 GMT

#73

So many foreigners O_O. Good luck to all!

UndoneJin

United States438 Posts

May 11 2012 19:21 GMT

#74

Personally, I would give Huk the best chance of qualifying right now, simply because he has the kind of experience in GSL only Jinro (and now Naniwa, though he is already Code S for Season 3) can match among the foreigners attempting to qualify. I think Tod/SaSe/Jinro/Haypro all have at least a relative chance of qualifying, depending on their brackets. Honestly, Tod is an absolute beast and his luck in qualifiers for Code A has been nothing short of ridiculous, I wouldn't be surprised if he made a run through one of the lesser brackets.

Jinro should have qualified by now, I don't understand why he has such inconsistent results in the past 6 months.

Thanks for the writeup, well done

Noizhende

Austria328 Posts

May 11 2012 19:23 GMT

#75

I hope cArn makes it through so he can finish his blog ^_^

gl to everybody

btw it would be so awesome if the prelims were broadcasted.

Darkthorn

Romania912 Posts

May 11 2012 19:28 GMT

#76

It will be so funny if NightEnD and DeathAngel meet in the finals of their bracket :D

Sabre

United Kingdom1086 Posts

May 11 2012 20:02 GMT

#77

On May 12 2012 03:19 lastshadow wrote:
Juan should make it, again, he actually deserves to.

I on the other hand, won't :D

dont doubt urself man, gogo :D

dylan522p

United States38 Posts

May 11 2012 20:31 GMT

#78

On May 11 2012 21:41 RPR_Tempest wrote:

Liquid (Z)

TLO

Fun fact: TLO has never failed in any GSL qualifier he has attempted.

I got a great laugh out of that! Thanks Tempest

itkovian

United States1763 Posts

May 11 2012 20:41 GMT

#79

Nice preview! There are quite a lot of foreigners competing on Code B, I'm excited! Theres bound to be at least one that makes it through I think

Clbull

United Kingdom1439 Posts

May 11 2012 20:45 GMT

#80

Here are my thoughts on the matter.

cArn - If he can get himself back up to form from practice, very maybe. I can see him maybe getting to Code A one season.

Deathangel - I can see him qualifying for Code A. As for whether he's Code S material or not.... Maybe. If he were to go into twelve-hour-a-day mode, not get burned out and rigorously practice a playstyle that could take out Code S Koreans, maybe.

desRow - Nooooo. Actually in all seriously, he could maybe hit Code A but only if he tries ridiculously hard. Otherwise, results are something I haven't seen from this guy.

HayprO - Doubtful, especially not in today's progaming climate. He's been practicing in a teamhouse in Sweden a lot over the last few months and the best he managed was a decent showing in his group and taking out NesTea 2 - 1 in a ZvZ series at MLG Providence.

HuK - The Top 3 Bieber lookalike has slumps and yet always manages to come back. At one point he just about mangaed to scrape Code S, didn't quite perform too well but still maintained his place in the premier division of the GSL. Then he goes out and wins Dreamhack and Homestory Cup 3. Then he didn't do so well again and won MLG Orlando. Since then, his performance has been between acceptable and subpar. If he recovers from his slump then there's a small chance he could get into Code A without a welfare seed.

Jinro - Maybe. However, his mindset needs to change severely for that to happen. Apparently he once said to rakaka.se that he may consider quitting if he remained in this slump. The rest of 2012 is going to be critical for Chinro, and if moving into a new place with teammates such as Hero, Zenio, TLO, Haypro and TaeJa helps his mindset hugely and improves his confidence, I can see this sleeping beast unleashed.

LastShadow - Not sure, not really seen him play.

MajOr/WinDy/AnnaProsser - Juan has a moderate chance of making it to Code A. He's got two accounts in Korean GM for fuck's sake.

TLO - TLO is inconsistent. While definitely improved from his 2011 days where he suffered severely and had to take a break due to carpal tunnel and had an identity crisis on what race he wanted to play, TheLittleOne will probably fail this Code A qualifier. However, TLO when in good shape is not to be taken lightly. Getting used to the Korean metagame and playstyle will take some time, especially since there is a clear regional divide due to the lack of cross-region support, as it's not HOTS time yet.

SaSe - Not a very consistent player either. I doubt he'll make it into Code A.

Radrel - No. Especially if he just recently switched races.

TriMaster - Possible. His MLG run was brilliant and he has potential, and has been practicing in Korea for some time now.

SLoG - Very unlikely.

ToD - I dunno about this Code A qualifier but maybe the next one. It wasn't that long ago that the FnaticRC team house was opened up, after all.

Nightend - He hasn't been in Korea that long. I'd give him two or three Code A qualifiers before he breaks the finals.