Damn, this bracket sucks. All chinese players except Toodming and all the taiwanese players except Ian get korean opponents, even the only three chinese/taiwanese players from last season get the (probably) best three koreans, who qualified, while there are 6 NA vs NA match-ups. I see, how the seeding system probably worked, but the outcome is rather unsatisfying.

Also, does anyone know, why exactly Sonic is withdrawing? Signing up for a qualifier and than forfit the tournament only 1-2 weeks later seems rather odd, I´d be interested on what happened to him, hopefully nothing serious.

TumNarDok

Germany854 Posts

January 17 2014 23:40 GMT

#22

6 BO5 a day. Good thing so many koreans else they be in trouble for time.

elfonse

416 Posts

January 17 2014 23:43 GMT

#23

If anyone is curious as to why sonic withdrew:

Wen Jin ‏@Core_Sonic Jan 15
Had a fight with my parents, lots of stuff going on right now. I wont be able to play sc2 or wcs... sorry guys

Xoronius

Germany6362 Posts

January 17 2014 23:44 GMT

#24

Ah, ok, so no injury or something, thats good to hear.

oo_Wonderful_oo

The land of freedom23126 Posts

January 17 2014 23:46 GMT

#25

On January 18 2014 08:31 Zealously wrote:

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Of course it can. Draws aren't supposed to be fair, they're supposed to be random. And they are.

Because of it i wished that they will have some kind of seeds or something like that.
But it's ridiculous.

oo_Wonderful_oo

The land of freedom23126 Posts

January 17 2014 23:48 GMT

#26

For other days going with this:
Wednesday, January 22nd
(P)Sage vs (P)Has
(P)Alicia vs (Z)Courage
(P)Arthur vs iAsonu
(P)Jim vs (T)Bomber
(T)Ian vs (P)puCK
(P)Minigun vs (P)SaroVati

Tuesday, January 28th
(Z)HyuN vs (Z)Jig
(T)qxc vs (T)SeleCT
(Z)NesTea vs (Z)KingKong
(T)TheStC vs (Z)CatZ
(T)Neeb vs (Z)EnDerr
(Z)Revival vs (Z)Slam

Wednesday, January 29th
(Z)Sen vs (Z)check
(T)Illusion vs (P)Astrea
(T)Drunkenboi vs (Z)Toodming
(P)Tassadar vs (Z)XiGua
(P)CranK vs (Z)PiG
(Z)Suppy vs (T)MaSa

NovemberstOrm

Canada16217 Posts

January 17 2014 23:50 GMT

#27

should be some good matches :D

Darkhorse

United States23455 Posts

January 18 2014 00:29 GMT

#28

Alive and Bomber please win. And select!!

Squat

Sweden7978 Posts

January 18 2014 00:40 GMT

#29

Never heard of Cowman.

Other than that, Jim vs Bomber is definitely the main event of this round

Iodem

United States1173 Posts

January 18 2014 00:52 GMT

#30

I wonder why Sonic dropped out of WCS.

I hope China can hold against the Korean menace.

RPR_Tempest

Australia7798 Posts

January 18 2014 01:05 GMT

#31

NesTea vs KingKong

CranK is a tough match for PiG. EnDerr should beat Neeb, though.

DarkPlasmaBall

United States45399 Posts

January 18 2014 01:12 GMT

#32

On January 18 2014 08:18 StutteR wrote:
Damn... At least each day has a marquee match up.

(Z)

Kane/

MajOr,

Jim/

Bomber,

qxc/

SeleCT,

Sen/

check

Does marquee mean the best/ highest quality, or very well-known/ crowd favorites? o.O

Wintex

Norway16838 Posts

January 18 2014 02:39 GMT

#33

This is bullshit.

Zenbrez

Canada5973 Posts

January 18 2014 02:42 GMT

#34

On January 18 2014 10:12 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:

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Does marquee mean the best/ highest quality, or very well-known/ crowd favorites? o.O

mar·quee
märˈkē/
noun
noun: marquee; plural noun: marquees

1.
a rooflike projection over the entrance to a theater, hotel, or other building.
leading; preeminent.
modifier noun: marquee
"a marquee player"
2.
Brit.
a large tent used for social or commercial functions.

I don't know :S

Waise

3165 Posts

January 18 2014 02:46 GMT

#35

On January 18 2014 11:42 Zenbrez wrote:

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a marquee player is a player whose name you would expect to see on a marquee, so it can mean either one depending on context

Karis Vas Ryaar

United States4396 Posts

January 18 2014 02:52 GMT

#36

On January 18 2014 11:42 Zenbrez wrote:

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adjective
4.
superlative; headlining: a marquee basketball player.

so in this case name recognition probably. can also be used for highest quality but in that case Its usually explained more specifically (the marquee matchup for great play). Thins used by itself its usually just how well known/hyped they are although It probably won't be considered a marquee match if one player is clearly going to destroy the other.

I'm not an english major though so don't take this as fact.