I would agree if it was a tournament with even race distribution. But since it will likely come down to PvPs, I would give Creator, Squirtle, Hero[join] the edge.

Mackus

England1681 Posts

October 12 2012 01:50 GMT

#62

What interests me more than the player lineup about this tournament is the viewer count this tournament will get

The major selling point is it is the Asia finals

But on the flip side you have the lack of Terrans and the time zone differences, the GSL Code A Premium Matches don't start until 5am UK time which is 6am EU time so the first few rounds of the Asia finals could potentially have extremely low viewers for something which is supposed to be a massive event and all the Terrans could already be out by the time the Europeans wake up

vthree

Hong Kong8039 Posts

October 12 2012 01:52 GMT

#63

On October 12 2012 10:37 Waxangel wrote:

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rain's style should actually be stronger in a weekend gauntlet because he plays standard, standard, and more standard

This works for PvT and PvZ. But I feel PvP is a different ball game. There doesn't seem like a standard build in PvP in the early game which is when most games get decided. In the late game, Rain does really well with his Colossi control and army positioning.

opterown

Australia54784 Posts

October 12 2012 02:00 GMT

#64

On October 12 2012 10:43 SHOOG wrote:
I think Rain needs to be on top. He only lost to the best of the best. I would put Creator 3rd.

exactly, he lost to creator

opterown

Australia54784 Posts

October 12 2012 02:16 GMT

#65

my crazy predictions:

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+ Show Spoiler [Final Four] +

CeriseCherries

6170 Posts

October 12 2012 02:21 GMT

#66

i hope it doesnt just devolve into pvpvpvpvpvpvpvpvpvpvp

LiLSighKoh

United States588 Posts

October 12 2012 02:23 GMT

#67

I think EnDerr is going all the way this tournament.

X3GoldDot

Malaysia3840 Posts

October 12 2012 02:24 GMT

#68

imho seed /squirtle/ creator are about the same skill level, with parting slightly below them and rain slightly above them
hero is a wildcard, im starting to give a more neutral look towards him nowadays, since he did impress me abit by getting to ro8, but i still feel that hes slightly above parting only

aRyuujin

United States5049 Posts

October 12 2012 02:56 GMT

#69

dang
so many protoss lol

digmouse

China6330 Posts

October 12 2012 03:06 GMT

#70

On October 12 2012 10:36 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
I'd put Rain a bit higher up (possibly even at #1 because of the brackets), and did you seriously not put all the Koreans in all the highest spots?

Come on now.

If it's more like WCS EU or an MLG, I definitely will put all Koreans in the Top 10, but this is so special and unpredictable, with a lot of untested wildcards, even you can say they are invisible before, I would rather be called "underestimate", than "overrate" someone.

legofranak

United States24 Posts

October 12 2012 04:05 GMT

#71

Great job on these bio snippets, it's hard to learn important "new" names if you're not deep into the scene...

GhandiEAGLE

United States20754 Posts

October 12 2012 04:24 GMT

#72

I would really put rain as the number one fav, tied with creator and seed, but with a much easier bracket.

Champi

1422 Posts

October 12 2012 04:31 GMT

#73

By.Sun/Rain is number 1 atm hands down.

Also looking forward to see if Revenant can pull a few upsets and maybe turn some heads. He is deffinitely capable of it whether u know him or not

ReignSupreme.

Australia4123 Posts

October 12 2012 04:57 GMT

#74

Revenant to flawless victory :D

Hoping that some of the SEA/China players at least do relatively well, pull some spotlight away from Korea

Entirety

1423 Posts

October 12 2012 05:26 GMT

#75

I'm really sad that this tournament will probably be PvPvPvPvPvPvP...

Funny how Korean Terrans have been dominating the Korean scene, yet not a single Korean Terran is represented... I feel like the WCS KR tournament took place during the worst time possible: A time when Terran could not win against Zerg and Zerg could not win against Protoss, leading to Protoss domination and a handful of Zergs.

The talent pool of Korea is so deep that any idea of a World Championship that doesn't give more seeds to Korea is a flawed idea in my opinion. Sure, this can be considered a World Championship... but if you want a World Championship level of skill, all you have to do is look at GSL and OSL every month.

zev318

Canada4306 Posts

October 12 2012 05:43 GMT

#76

sen wins easy

RPR_Tempest

Australia7798 Posts

October 12 2012 06:11 GMT

#77

EnDerr, Revenant and RedArchon so underestimated.

RedArchon has really good TvP, Revenant is a jack of all trades, he's good at everything. EnDerr is much the same. They'll definitely take out some Taiwanese and Chinese players.

I reckon Sen will definitely take out some Koreans. People have been underestimating him as well simply because he hasn't been to an international tournament in quite some time. Sen beat ByuN 4-2 recently, and that's Sen's weakest match-up.