All these groups look really close. Most people seem to be counting out Trap and ByuL, and I think there's really no basis for that. Trap hasn't had the exposure so people keep underrating him (I can still remember Tasteless' shocked voice in the KR placement matches; "Uh... Trap might actually win this?!" like such a thing is unthinkable) but he's as good as MMA and Jaedong, and if ByuL can win a ZvZ Bo5 against Jaedong, he can win a ZvZ Bo3 against soO. The two big underdogs the way the groups shake out are certainly Genius and duckdeok.

Pazuzu

United States632 Posts

October 23 2013 19:08 GMT

#86

Dat Group A of death.....
Shame HerO has to play potentially 2 PvPs....though his PvZ vs Hyun in WCS previously was insane so he should be feeling good vs Vortix.

5c0rp10n

Germany342 Posts

October 23 2013 19:13 GMT

#87

oh my god, every group is stacked as fuck. this weekend is just gonna be soooo good! Im going with genius as the real suprise!

KT_Perry

Korea (South)71 Posts

October 23 2013 19:17 GMT

#88

Group A, I've personally never cared for polt or soulkey and hack doesn't have the results to announce out loud that I don't care for him. Same thing in group d. Not interested in soo, byul or duckdeok.

I always like judging a tourney based off how many I'd like in the round of 8 reguardless of groups/ and this tourney I can only muster 7.

(I know there's no excuse for not being interested in polt or soulkey, there both gods in their own right they just never clicked.)

MC, JD, MMA, GENIUS, DEAR, VORTIX, MARU

Now...
(Heart)
MCsoulkey
JD/MMA(mma seems the most in form of any player on earth)
DEAR/VORTIX
MARUcould care less really can't form an opinion for second place, I'd think soo would make it out.

Buchinsky

Belgium10 Posts

October 23 2013 19:21 GMT

#89

I hope Jaedong wins this one, poor fella is always so close but can never seal the deal

jonich0n

United States1982 Posts

October 23 2013 19:28 GMT

#90

holy shit, Vortix has a decent shot to make a run in this tourney

Hadronsbecrazy

United Kingdom551 Posts

October 23 2013 19:31 GMT

#91

Man poor Polt, really hoping he can make it out of his group unlike last season

Soohyung

Korea (South)116 Posts

October 23 2013 19:42 GMT

#92

Group A isn't all that hard in my opinion.

lolfail9001

Russian Federation40190 Posts

October 23 2013 19:45 GMT

#93

On October 24 2013 04:42 Soohyung wrote:
Group A isn't all that hard in my opinion.

Well, we do not know the current form of Soulkey, but Polt is still in America=homelandbuff/s, then we have MC who can pull MC and somehow get out of the group and to close it out we have Hack, who is kinda underrated but is kinda sick.
Group B can be stronger though, yeah.

Sakkreth

Lithuania1096 Posts

October 23 2013 19:50 GMT

#94

I'd say Group B is strongest, A being close.
And lol Vortix will advance, he knows how to abuse ZvP.

Pandain

United States12989 Posts

October 23 2013 19:50 GMT

#95

The fact Vortix is the only non-korean makes you realize how important it is for region-locking next year.

caznitch

Canada645 Posts

October 23 2013 19:51 GMT

#96

I'm really confused.... Where is Taeja and Innovation? I'm trying to search news that I missed but they are still in the top 16 standings?

Yhamm

France7248 Posts

October 23 2013 19:52 GMT

#97

On October 24 2013 04:51 caznitch wrote:
I'm really confused.... Where is Taeja and Innovation? I'm trying to search news that I missed but they are still in the top 16 standings?

this is Season 3 Finals, not Global Finals

Marcinko

South Africa1014 Posts

October 23 2013 19:53 GMT

#98

On October 24 2013 04:51 caznitch wrote:
I'm really confused.... Where is Taeja and Innovation? I'm trying to search news that I missed but they are still in the top 16 standings?

Season 3 finals, not Blizzcon...