It kinda makes sense considering the achievements he had from the end of last year. OSL champion, WCS Asia champion, Battle.net World Championship 3rd place and GSL 3rd/4th place in October. Whilst I don't agree with the seed, I can see where Mr. Chae is coming from giving it out.

synapse

China13814 Posts

March 06 2013 11:47 GMT

#187

i have a feeling that rain is seeded simply because there are not enough P players in code s

Elroi

Sweden5617 Posts

March 06 2013 11:53 GMT

#188

We will probably get three kespa players advancing from group E now

Also one more guaranteed protoss in code S is nice. But over all this is very strange. I wonder what the reason is.

warmus

United Kingdom196 Posts

March 06 2013 11:55 GMT

#189

Wow people are really close minded. Yeye it may not be fair, but life isnt either. Gom does it cause they need more P in hots code S and Rain is the top P to invite from U and D. Everyone is already crying that there is not enough P in code S, and so Gom is arbitrarily putting one in, cause apart from a few white knighting people who will watch GSL regardless, everyone will still enjoy watching a top P in code S, where he belongs. Kove on, nothing big here

Sorkoas

549 Posts

March 06 2013 11:56 GMT

#190

Thank god it's someone who deserves it and not HuK or some other random foreigner.

The_Templar

your Country52798 Posts

March 06 2013 11:57 GMT

#191

They could at least wait and see if Rain advanced.........

Ragnarork

France9034 Posts

March 06 2013 11:58 GMT

#192

People should drop the "Need more P" argument, since Rain's U&D group could end in 2 protoss advancing + Show Spoiler +

heh, the only protoss left advanced...

while now it's max 1 protoss and another race...

And Rain isn't the only protoss out there.

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts

March 06 2013 11:59 GMT

#193

The fact that Rain has received a seed is not due to a random selection of who we wanted. There is a reason why he has been chosen and it will be revealed soon. Enjoy the matches tonight as we say good bye to our Mok-dong Studio and the last regular season game of Starcraft 2: Wings of Liberty!

Patients...all will be revealed

Seeker

Where dat snitch at?37101 Posts

March 06 2013 12:02 GMT

#194

On March 06 2013 20:59 Pandemona wrote:

Show nested quote +

Patients...all will be revealed

Patients or Patience?

Kasaraki

Denmark7115 Posts

March 06 2013 12:03 GMT

#195

On March 06 2013 20:59 Pandemona wrote:

Show nested quote +

Patients...all will be revealed

Who are you calling patients?

isaachukfan

Canada785 Posts

March 06 2013 12:06 GMT

#196

I certainly hope that Nobelesse gets the other seed!

Eufouria

United Kingdom4425 Posts

March 06 2013 12:06 GMT

#197

On March 06 2013 18:40 bittman wrote:

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The wildcard group was a thing last season only because Polt dropped out and they had some seeds to pass out. They usually don't do it.

That said: it looks completely random. Why Rain and not First?

Because "Rain is a pretty good Protoss" is pretty illegitimate. I hear MVP is a pretty good terran. I hear Yongwha is a pretty good Protoss.

He's the OSL champion, that'll be the reason they end up giving.

It's really sketchy though, if they wanted to seed Rain they should have announced it before they released the up & down groups.

NovemberstOrm

Canada16217 Posts

March 06 2013 12:12 GMT

#198

The thing that stands out the most is the timing as others have said. I wonder if the players in the up & group today knew Rain wouldn't be playing ahead of time.

Meadowlark

United States349 Posts

March 06 2013 12:13 GMT

#199

What? Aren't seeds supposed to bring in exotic and exciting players? I mean, Rain was probably going to make it through is Up and Down group anyways.

negativedge

4279 Posts

March 06 2013 12:19 GMT

#200

Some deal with kespa one way or another, I'm sure. but if that's the case, it should have happened way before this. to pluck a guy straight from the U&D matches the day he is supposed to play is dumb any way you look at it. basically this renders the Flash vs. Rain series 100% irrelevant, which is not really how you want to retcon possibly the most hyped Code A match since MVP vs. Bomber.