Blizzcon Bracket Challenge! - Page 6

On November 07 2013 10:21 Yakikorosu wrote:
I'm too lazy to set up an account on some site or to mess with Paint so I'll just do it in text:

RO16:
Soulkey beats NaNiwa 3-1 (Nani is good but I don't think on Soulkey's level)
Bomber beats MMA 3-1 (MMA's TvTs against Maru in S3 finals really didn't impress me)
sOs beats HerO 3-2 (tough call but HerO's had a bit of a hard time in PvP lately)
aLive beats Polt 3-2 (Polt's my favorite player since looooong before he came to the U.S. but his full-time student status will hurt him more and more as he gets further away from the summer)
Dear beats TaeJa 3-1 (Dear's PvT is too strong right now and summer is long over)
Mvp beats Jaedong 3-1 (I just have a lot more faith in Mvp's TvZ than Jaedong's ZvT)
Maru beats MC 3-0 (MC might surprise me, but after seeing how well Maru played against Dear in S3 finals, I just don't think MC can beat THAT)
INnoVation beats duckdeok 3-0 (sorry duckdeok)

QF:
Soulkey beats Bomber 3-1 (Bomber's TvZ is good but just too predictable)
aLive beats sOs 3-2 (tough call but I think sOs will have a harder time now that his style is no longer so unique)
Dear beats Mvp 3-1 (TvP has always been Mvp's worst matchup and Dear is the best Protoss around right now)
Maru beats INnoVation 3-2 (Tough to call but I feel like INnoVation's biggest weakness is his stubborn clinging to a predictable set of macro builds, which makes him weak against aggressive players)

SF:
Soulkey beats aLive 3-0 (I just don't think aLive is on Soulkey's level in this matchup)
Dear beats Maru 3-1 (I think Dear knows Maru's playstyle too well by now and don't think Maru is flexible enough to change it very much)

Finals:
Dear beats Soulkey 4-2 (I think Dear will fare better in a match that neither one can spend much time preparing for)

All that said, I think the best thing about Blizzcon is that very few outcomes would shock me. It WOULD shock me if duckdeok beats INnoVation, and to a lesser extent if MC beats Maru, but other than that...

On November 07 2013 18:10 antigravity wrote:
Do you have to predict map scores or just games?

On November 07 2013 15:42 ChristianS wrote:

MC beating Maru is a bigger upset than Naniwa beating Soulkey? I feel like MC has more potential than Naniwa for pulling impossible wins out of a hat, although I don't want to sell Naniwa short

On November 07 2013 10:21 Yakikorosu wrote:
I'm too lazy to set up an account on some site or to mess with Paint so I'll just do it in text:

RO16:
Soulkey beats NaNiwa 3-1 (Nani is good but I don't think on Soulkey's level)
Bomber beats MMA 3-1 (MMA's TvTs against Maru in S3 finals really didn't impress me)
sOs beats HerO 3-2 (tough call but HerO's had a bit of a hard time in PvP lately)
aLive beats Polt 3-2 (Polt's my favorite player since looooong before he came to the U.S. but his full-time student status will hurt him more and more as he gets further away from the summer)
Dear beats TaeJa 3-1 (Dear's PvT is too strong right now and summer is long over)
Mvp beats Jaedong 3-1 (I just have a lot more faith in Mvp's TvZ than Jaedong's ZvT)
Maru beats MC 3-0 (MC might surprise me, but after seeing how well Maru played against Dear in S3 finals, I just don't think MC can beat THAT)
INnoVation beats duckdeok 3-0 (sorry duckdeok)

QF:
Soulkey beats Bomber 3-1 (Bomber's TvZ is good but just too predictable)
aLive beats sOs 3-2 (tough call but I think sOs will have a harder time now that his style is no longer so unique)
Dear beats Mvp 3-1 (TvP has always been Mvp's worst matchup and Dear is the best Protoss around right now)
Maru beats INnoVation 3-2 (Tough to call but I feel like INnoVation's biggest weakness is his stubborn clinging to a predictable set of macro builds, which makes him weak against aggressive players)

SF:
Soulkey beats aLive 3-0 (I just don't think aLive is on Soulkey's level in this matchup)
Dear beats Maru 3-1 (I think Dear knows Maru's playstyle too well by now and don't think Maru is flexible enough to change it very much)

Finals:
Dear beats Soulkey 4-2 (I think Dear will fare better in a match that neither one can spend much time preparing for)

All that said, I think the best thing about Blizzcon is that very few outcomes would shock me. It WOULD shock me if duckdeok beats INnoVation, and to a lesser extent if MC beats Maru, but other than that...

On November 08 2013 08:47 Stolker wrote:
I just had a vision. The vision told me that Soulkey v Innovation is the final where Innovation takes it.

On November 08 2013 06:38 Yakikorosu wrote:


I think NaNiwa beating Soulkey would also be a big upset, but I feel like NaNiwa is a player who has days when he is brilliant and can beat anyone (I mean come on, he beat Innovation at S2 finals) and also has days when he totally falls apart. If he has a day of brilliance, I give him a good shot against Soulkey, so I would not be SHOCKED if he won. Maru just looks so strong lately, and I feel like MC typically relies on aggression and out-microing his opponents, which is precisely Maru's strength.