EPTEDIT: Oh, I forgot about how they do the groups nowadays. Thanks for the explanation below!
Code S Groups Released - Page 11
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Sein
United States1811 Posts
EDIT: Oh, I forgot about how they do the groups nowadays. Thanks for the explanation below! | ||
opterown
Australia54784 Posts
On October 28 2012 05:49 Sein wrote: Interesting, Every Kespa player was picked first for their group (except Rain of course, who did the picking himself). apart from bbyong and baby, none of them were 'picked' (look at the link for a description of how the groups work) | ||
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crbox
Canada1180 Posts
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freerolll
Belgium1056 Posts
On October 28 2012 02:27 neoghaleon55 wrote: why does DRG always get the group of death. He's so unlucky! well its because any group he is in is already a group of death  | ||
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SpunXtain03
Australia66 Posts
Same goes for Life picking Baby, although that's possibly because he is known more for TvT than TvZ. Again, if I were Life i would have picked an eSF player he could prepare for like Happy, Keen or even Sniper. | ||
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SpunXtain03
Australia66 Posts
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opterown
Australia54784 Posts
On October 28 2012 09:34 SpunXtain03 wrote: MVP shouldn't have picked Bbyong . . . definitely would have been better going for Hack or someone. MVP's play generally centers on preparing well for his opponents - Bbyong has a very limited number of televised matches compared to others. Furthermore, we've seen that the kespa players are improving at an amazing rate, and by the time their matches are played he is likely to be a level above when he got through Code A. Same goes for Life picking Baby, although that's possibly because he is known more for TvT than TvZ. Again, if I were Life i would have picked an eSF player he could prepare for like Happy, Keen or even Sniper. he can't, they can only pick players in Tier 4 (see GOM link) | ||
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SpunXtain03
Australia66 Posts
Predictions: Group A - Taeja / Parting Group B - Symbol / Roro Group C - Curious / Hero Group D - Rain / Hyun Group E - MVP / DRG Group F - Seed / Shy Group G - Squirtle / Bogus Group H - Life / Baby Parting looked sick in his all kill last night, but I have slightly less faith in Taeja. Hopefully he will prove me wrong, but Terrans have a habit of climbing high then crashing low. Happy and Hack are both better known for their TvP, I think drawing two competent zergs is going to be bad for them. I think HerO got lucky with two zergs in his group, so he should come out with Curious. Rain and Hyun just look disgusting right now and I'd pick them to both be in the Ro8 or semis atleast. Group E is just hard to predict because both DRG and MVP have taken hard losses, but both also made the finals. MVP is much more likely to recover well, but DRG could very well lose his spot here. Group F I'm liking Shy's form and Seed should be able to make it through as well. Squirtle is just generally solid, and I don't really like leenock or keen and I think they're highly variable players, so I'll predict the elephant upset. Baby is looking more and more like one of the kespa beasts who I wouldn't be suprised to see make Ro8, and obviously voting against Life after his royal roadership would be blasphemy. GSL Fighting! | ||
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LockeTazeline
2390 Posts
B - Symbol/Roro - Honestly they just outclass the two Terrans imo. C - Hero/Curious - Not sure how good Soulkey is, but I think Hero/Curious are both slightly better than Maru. D - Rain/Gumiho - Rain is sick good, and I'll take Gumiho's nerves over Hyun's talent. E - Mvp/Creator - Never doubt Mvp. DRG says he's at about 80% which might not be enough to beat Creator. F - MKP/Seed - Best players in the group. G - Leenock/Squirtle - Squirtle held off the 11/11 against Hack, so Keen's trump card may no longer work. H - Life/Baby - It'll probably come down to Ryung vs. Baby and even though Ryung's TvT is really good, I'll roll the dice with Baby. Ah, I love this non-stop GSL. | ||
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SpunXtain03
Australia66 Posts
Also, sHy (aka sOs) is looking beastly. In every televised game he's been in since May, he has 15 wins and 2 losses from the proleague and GSL. In Code A he 2-0'd Jjakji, 2-0'd Sparta and 2-0'd Seed to make Code S. I think he is hiding behind Rain's shadow at the moment, but is likely going to be amazing. Calling it - Hyun for Royal Roadership | ||
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LockeTazeline
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Mevious
Canada150 Posts
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Kaiyotic
United States90 Posts
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garg
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Ziggitz
United States340 Posts
I'd have to pick A as the group of death as I'd place parting and Taeja slightly above DRG and MVP right now. I feel sorry for Bbyong, poor bastard doesn't stand a chance. | ||
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Necro)Phagist(
Canada6657 Posts
On October 28 2012 13:28 Ziggitz wrote: Some of these groups look crazy. An odd consequence of these racially balanced groups is that two of the players will have to practice 3 matchups and the other two players only have to practice 2 matchups. Was race taken into account when selecting these groups or is it just coincidence? I'd have to pick A as the group of death as I'd place parting and Taeja slightly above DRG and MVP right now. I feel sorry for Bbyong, poor bastard doesn't stand a chance. Just wait.... Bbyong to come in first in his group  | ||
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ogion
New Zealand79 Posts
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nkr
Sweden5451 Posts
 I guess MVP vs DRG will be great, | ||
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FlyingBanana
Australia43 Posts
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magicaljobo
Australia113 Posts
can't wait for this session wonder how will get to fly to Vegas | ||
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