With the conclusion of the Open Qualifier, the final bracket for the 2014 IEM World Championship has been set:
Roccat.HyuN andmouz.Dear were able to triumph over fourteen other players at the live, open qualifier in Katowice to claim the final two spots in the sixteen-man main event. The other spots had been awarded through a mixture of online qualifiers and seeds for high placements at prior IEM events.
HyuN was the first player to come out of the live qualifier, defeating Forte, Nerchio, Dear, and HasuObs without dropping a single map. HyuN's Zerg vs. Protoss looked particularly deadly, as he was able to overwhelm all of his opponents with any lair-tech units of his choosing, whether they were mutalisks, roaches, or hydralisks.
Though Dear was trounced by HyuN in the winner's bracket, he reeled off a series of wins against Leenock, Jaedong, and HasuObs to claim the final spot in the main event. Outside of his loss to HyuN, Dear also did not drop a single map to his opponents.
Unfortunately for the fans in the host city of Katowice, Poland, no Polish players were able to qualify. Acer's Nerchio made it the furthest through the qualifier, but was eliminated in the loser's semifinal by Jaedong.
Mousesport's HasuObs had by far the best showing of all the non-Korean players in the open qualifier, coming within one series victory of qualifying for the main event. Along the way, HasuObs recorded series wins over both Leenock and Jaedong, showing solid, all-around play.
The round of sixteen will be played on Friday, March 14th starting at 12:00 GMT (+00:00). The round of eight and semifinals will be played the next day, starting at the same time. The grand finals will take place on Sunday, March 16th at 14:30 GMT (+00:00). Please check the official IEM site for the full schedule.
The IEM World Championship will award the entirety of its $100,000 prize to the winner. As a WCS "Tier 1" event, it will also distribute 7000 WCS points to the players.
Calling it now, Scoobers somehow escapes elimination in the Open qualifier, gets in the Ro16, and doesn't drop a map on his way to claim the $100,000. Then retires for life.
If Polt crumbles hard again and NaNi SOMEHOW can win against him, then he really can go ham. sOs got nice bracket tho, can get revenge on TaeJa for Dreamhack Winter.
On March 14 2014 06:03 Zealously wrote: That's a great bracket for Life
ez vZ vs Rogue and then either Taeja or Stardust, both of which are beatable. Taeja hasn't looked very good in TvZ recently (lost 0-4 to Ragnarok just a few days ago and barely beat Revival 3-2 two days earlier) and Stardust's recent PvZ history tells me that he's among the more beatable Protosses in Katowice.
Best-case scenario would be sOs going out to Oz, in which case Life would have the best possible road to the finals
On March 14 2014 06:03 Zealously wrote: That's a great bracket for Life
ez vZ vs Rogue and then either Taeja or Stardust, both of which are beatable. Taeja hasn't looked very good in TvZ recently (lost 0-4 to Ragnarok just a few days ago and barely beat Revival 3-2 two days earlier) and Stardust's recent PvZ history tells me that he's among the more beatable Protosses in Katowice.
Best-case scenario would be sOs going out to Oz, in which case Life would have the best possible road to the finals
On March 14 2014 06:00 oo_Wonderful_oo wrote: If Polt crumbles hard again and NaNi SOMEHOW can win against him, then he really can go ham. sOs got nice bracket tho, can get revenge on TaeJa for Dreamhack Winter.
You think that even if Polt loses to Naniwa by some miracle that Naniwa will beat HerO or Dear with no practice?
StarDust is probably hating this draw more than everyone lol. Getting TaeJa first and even if he wins - then Zerg? And then probably best Protoss in the world right now? Holy moly, StarDust, you're really unlucky this time.
And herO can go out in first round already considering Hyun's form in open bracket, even if he has ridiculous PvZ.
On March 14 2014 06:00 oo_Wonderful_oo wrote: If Polt crumbles hard again and NaNi SOMEHOW can win against him, then he really can go ham. sOs got nice bracket tho, can get revenge on TaeJa for Dreamhack Winter.
You think that even if Polt loses to Naniwa by some miracle that Naniwa will beat HerO or Dear with no practice?
I guess, understanding of matchup > practice. Especially in PvP.
On March 14 2014 06:03 Zealously wrote: That's a great bracket for Life
ez vZ vs Rogue and then either Taeja or Stardust, both of which are beatable. Taeja hasn't looked very good in TvZ recently (lost 0-4 to Ragnarok just a few days ago and barely beat Revival 3-2 two days earlier) and Stardust's recent PvZ history tells me that he's among the more beatable Protosses in Katowice.
Best-case scenario would be sOs going out to Oz, in which case Life would have the best possible road to the finals
I'm a big fan of Life, and a big fan of his recent ZvZ, but Rogue I'm not sure about. 3:1 vs Soulkey in the qualifier to get here means some pretty solid ZvZ himself. I think Life's experience in foreign tournaments will carry him through though.
On March 14 2014 06:03 Zealously wrote: That's a great bracket for Life
ez vZ vs Rogue and then either Taeja or Stardust, both of which are beatable. Taeja hasn't looked very good in TvZ recently (lost 0-4 to Ragnarok just a few days ago and barely beat Revival 3-2 two days earlier) and Stardust's recent PvZ history tells me that he's among the more beatable Protosses in Katowice.
Best-case scenario would be sOs going out to Oz, in which case Life would have the best possible road to the finals
Don't underestimate Rogue
Aside from his insane qualifier run, Rogue hasn't been very good in vZ, most recently losing to Hydra (albeit Bo1). Life, on the other hand, is on an 8-match win streak in ZvZ (for a total of 19-4). Rogue isn't helpless, but Life is definitely the favorite.
On March 14 2014 06:14 oo_Wonderful_oo wrote: StarDust is probably hating this draw more than everyone lol. Getting TaeJa first and even if he wins - then Zerg? And then probably best Protoss in the world right now? Holy moly, StarDust, you're really unlucky this time.
And herO can go out in first round already considering Hyun's form in open bracket, even if he has ridiculous PvZ.
On March 14 2014 06:00 oo_Wonderful_oo wrote: If Polt crumbles hard again and NaNi SOMEHOW can win against him, then he really can go ham. sOs got nice bracket tho, can get revenge on TaeJa for Dreamhack Winter.
You think that even if Polt loses to Naniwa by some miracle that Naniwa will beat HerO or Dear with no practice?
I guess, understanding of matchup > practice. Especially in PvP.
Even so I don't see him standing half a chance against either of those Protosses in PvP.
On March 14 2014 06:03 Zealously wrote: That's a great bracket for Life
ez vZ vs Rogue and then either Taeja or Stardust, both of which are beatable. Taeja hasn't looked very good in TvZ recently (lost 0-4 to Ragnarok just a few days ago and barely beat Revival 3-2 two days earlier) and Stardust's recent PvZ history tells me that he's among the more beatable Protosses in Katowice.
Best-case scenario would be sOs going out to Oz, in which case Life would have the best possible road to the finals
I'm a big fan of Life, and a big fan of his recent ZvZ, but Rogue I'm not sure about. 3:1 vs Soulkey in the qualifier to get here means some pretty solid ZvZ himself. I think Life's experience in foreign tournaments will carry him through though.
Soulkey hasn't been that good in ZvZ for the last few months. Beating him 3-1 is no joke, but it's not incredibly impressive.
On March 14 2014 06:03 Zealously wrote: That's a great bracket for Life
ez vZ vs Rogue and then either Taeja or Stardust, both of which are beatable. Taeja hasn't looked very good in TvZ recently (lost 0-4 to Ragnarok just a few days ago and barely beat Revival 3-2 two days earlier) and Stardust's recent PvZ history tells me that he's among the more beatable Protosses in Katowice.
Best-case scenario would be sOs going out to Oz, in which case Life would have the best possible road to the finals
On March 14 2014 06:03 Zealously wrote: That's a great bracket for Life
ez vZ vs Rogue and then either Taeja or Stardust, both of which are beatable. Taeja hasn't looked very good in TvZ recently (lost 0-4 to Ragnarok just a few days ago and barely beat Revival 3-2 two days earlier) and Stardust's recent PvZ history tells me that he's among the more beatable Protosses in Katowice.
Best-case scenario would be sOs going out to Oz, in which case Life would have the best possible road to the finals
He would lose to Taeja, again.
Yes, Taeja's games against Ragnarok truly showed his vZ prowess at the moment.
On March 14 2014 06:03 Zealously wrote: That's a great bracket for Life
ez vZ vs Rogue and then either Taeja or Stardust, both of which are beatable. Taeja hasn't looked very good in TvZ recently (lost 0-4 to Ragnarok just a few days ago and barely beat Revival 3-2 two days earlier) and Stardust's recent PvZ history tells me that he's among the more beatable Protosses in Katowice.
Best-case scenario would be sOs going out to Oz, in which case Life would have the best possible road to the finals
He would lose to Taeja, again.
Yes, Taeja's games against Ragnarok truly showed his vZ prowess at the moment.
On March 14 2014 06:03 Zealously wrote: That's a great bracket for Life
ez vZ vs Rogue and then either Taeja or Stardust, both of which are beatable. Taeja hasn't looked very good in TvZ recently (lost 0-4 to Ragnarok just a few days ago and barely beat Revival 3-2 two days earlier) and Stardust's recent PvZ history tells me that he's among the more beatable Protosses in Katowice.
Best-case scenario would be sOs going out to Oz, in which case Life would have the best possible road to the finals
He would lose to Taeja, again.
Yes, Taeja's games against Ragnarok truly showed his vZ prowess at the moment.
6-2 DH.
That was in November, and November was four months ago. Do you want to talk about GSL? MLG? Probably not, because they're not as recent. Taeja going 0-4 against Ragnarok and 3-2 against Revival days ago shows certain weakness in the match-up. I'm not saying he's weak, but saying that because he beat Life at DH he'll beat him again no matter what is far-fetched, even for a fan.
On March 14 2014 06:03 Zealously wrote: That's a great bracket for Life
ez vZ vs Rogue and then either Taeja or Stardust, both of which are beatable. Taeja hasn't looked very good in TvZ recently (lost 0-4 to Ragnarok just a few days ago and barely beat Revival 3-2 two days earlier) and Stardust's recent PvZ history tells me that he's among the more beatable Protosses in Katowice.
Best-case scenario would be sOs going out to Oz, in which case Life would have the best possible road to the finals
He would lose to Taeja, again.
Yes, Taeja's games against Ragnarok truly showed his vZ prowess at the moment.
6-2 DH.
That was in November, and November was four months ago. Do you want to talk about GSL? MLG? Probably not, because they're not as recent. Taeja going 0-4 against Ragnarok and 3-2 against Revival shows certain weakness in the match-up. I'm not saying he's weak, but saying that because he beat Life at DH he'll beat him again no matter what is far-fetched, even for a fan.
Online is completely different to offline and Taeja has shown that he's not very good online in the past.
On March 14 2014 06:03 Zealously wrote: That's a great bracket for Life
ez vZ vs Rogue and then either Taeja or Stardust, both of which are beatable. Taeja hasn't looked very good in TvZ recently (lost 0-4 to Ragnarok just a few days ago and barely beat Revival 3-2 two days earlier) and Stardust's recent PvZ history tells me that he's among the more beatable Protosses in Katowice.
Best-case scenario would be sOs going out to Oz, in which case Life would have the best possible road to the finals
He would lose to Taeja, again.
Yes, Taeja's games against Ragnarok truly showed his vZ prowess at the moment.
6-2 DH.
That was in November, and November was four months ago. Do you want to talk about GSL? MLG? Probably not, because they're not as recent. Taeja going 0-4 against Ragnarok and 3-2 against Revival shows certain weakness in the match-up. I'm not saying he's weak, but saying that because he beat Life at DH he'll beat him again no matter what is far-fetched, even for a fan.
Online is completely different to offline and Taeja has shown that he's not very good online in the past.
I think it would be hilarious if Rogue won the event, clearly being the most "faceless" of the participants. I would love to see all the fanboys here on the forum rage about it like they always did with Sniper or with sOs after Blizzcon.
On March 14 2014 06:03 Zealously wrote: That's a great bracket for Life
ez vZ vs Rogue and then either Taeja or Stardust, both of which are beatable. Taeja hasn't looked very good in TvZ recently (lost 0-4 to Ragnarok just a few days ago and barely beat Revival 3-2 two days earlier) and Stardust's recent PvZ history tells me that he's among the more beatable Protosses in Katowice.
Best-case scenario would be sOs going out to Oz, in which case Life would have the best possible road to the finals
He would lose to Taeja, again.
Yes, Taeja's games against Ragnarok truly showed his vZ prowess at the moment.
6-2 DH.
That was in November, and November was four months ago. Do you want to talk about GSL? MLG? Probably not, because they're not as recent. Taeja going 0-4 against Ragnarok and 3-2 against Revival shows certain weakness in the match-up. I'm not saying he's weak, but saying that because he beat Life at DH he'll beat him again no matter what is far-fetched, even for a fan.
Online is completely different to offline and Taeja has shown that he's not very good online in the past.
Alright, let's look at Asus ROG, which was played offline:
3-0 Serral 1-3 Sortof 3-2 Serral
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And besides, you always go on hype trains about Taeja's IPL TAC performance, but now suddenly online doesn't matter? Which is it, exactly?
On March 14 2014 06:16 TheFlock wrote: Do you really think Life has been playing that well recently? (honest question no flaming)
He's probably the best ZvZ player atm. Sick ZvT as well, though I can see Taeja maybe going godmode and beating him despite looking less impressive in the matchup lately (guy knows how to win foreign tournaments). Life is prepping to own Maru though, so he's probably ready for the terrans coming into this.
ZvP he has a pretty bad record in the last few months, but we haven't gotten to see much of his form there lately.
On March 14 2014 06:03 Zealously wrote: That's a great bracket for Life
ez vZ vs Rogue and then either Taeja or Stardust, both of which are beatable. Taeja hasn't looked very good in TvZ recently (lost 0-4 to Ragnarok just a few days ago and barely beat Revival 3-2 two days earlier) and Stardust's recent PvZ history tells me that he's among the more beatable Protosses in Katowice.
Best-case scenario would be sOs going out to Oz, in which case Life would have the best possible road to the finals
He would lose to Taeja, again.
Yes, Taeja's games against Ragnarok truly showed his vZ prowess at the moment.
6-2 DH.
That was in November, and November was four months ago. Do you want to talk about GSL? MLG? Probably not, because they're not as recent. Taeja going 0-4 against Ragnarok and 3-2 against Revival shows certain weakness in the match-up. I'm not saying he's weak, but saying that because he beat Life at DH he'll beat him again no matter what is far-fetched, even for a fan.
Online is completely different to offline and Taeja has shown that he's not very good online in the past.
Alright, let's look at Asus ROG, which was played offline:
3-0 Serral 0-3 Sortof 3-2 Serral
Firstly it wasn't 0-3 so check your facts and it was clear that Taeja wasn't even in the right mindset from his interviews and his fast GGs and he was suffering from wrist issues.
On March 14 2014 06:03 Zealously wrote: That's a great bracket for Life
ez vZ vs Rogue and then either Taeja or Stardust, both of which are beatable. Taeja hasn't looked very good in TvZ recently (lost 0-4 to Ragnarok just a few days ago and barely beat Revival 3-2 two days earlier) and Stardust's recent PvZ history tells me that he's among the more beatable Protosses in Katowice.
Best-case scenario would be sOs going out to Oz, in which case Life would have the best possible road to the finals
He would lose to Taeja, again.
Yes, Taeja's games against Ragnarok truly showed his vZ prowess at the moment.
6-2 DH.
That was in November, and November was four months ago. Do you want to talk about GSL? MLG? Probably not, because they're not as recent. Taeja going 0-4 against Ragnarok and 3-2 against Revival shows certain weakness in the match-up. I'm not saying he's weak, but saying that because he beat Life at DH he'll beat him again no matter what is far-fetched, even for a fan.
Online is completely different to offline and Taeja has shown that he's not very good online in the past.
You never watched IPL TAC.
The finals was offline and he used to be a ploayer who was good at online tournaments like ESV but was struggling in offline tournaments.
On March 14 2014 06:03 Zealously wrote: That's a great bracket for Life
ez vZ vs Rogue and then either Taeja or Stardust, both of which are beatable. Taeja hasn't looked very good in TvZ recently (lost 0-4 to Ragnarok just a few days ago and barely beat Revival 3-2 two days earlier) and Stardust's recent PvZ history tells me that he's among the more beatable Protosses in Katowice.
Best-case scenario would be sOs going out to Oz, in which case Life would have the best possible road to the finals
He would lose to Taeja, again.
Yes, Taeja's games against Ragnarok truly showed his vZ prowess at the moment.
6-2 DH.
That was in November, and November was four months ago. Do you want to talk about GSL? MLG? Probably not, because they're not as recent. Taeja going 0-4 against Ragnarok and 3-2 against Revival shows certain weakness in the match-up. I'm not saying he's weak, but saying that because he beat Life at DH he'll beat him again no matter what is far-fetched, even for a fan.
Online is completely different to offline and Taeja has shown that he's not very good online in the past.
Alright, let's look at Asus ROG, which was played offline:
3-0 Serral 0-3 Sortof 3-2 Serral
Firstly it wasn't 0-3 so check your facts and it was clear that Taeja wasn't even in the right mindset from his interviews and his fast GGs and he was suffering from wrist issues.
Alright, I'm sorry, 1-3 Sortof. If you think losing to Sortof and dropping games to Serral is excused by "not in the right mindset" then discussing with you is pointless. Life is miles ahead of Sortof in ZvT, and what I'm saying is that Taeja's continued mediocrity (by his standards) show a weakness he didn't have at Dreamhack Winter. Further, if he is having trouble with his wrists again, then predicting him to crush Life after losing to Sortof dropping games all over the place seems a little odd.
On March 14 2014 06:03 Zealously wrote: That's a great bracket for Life
ez vZ vs Rogue and then either Taeja or Stardust, both of which are beatable. Taeja hasn't looked very good in TvZ recently (lost 0-4 to Ragnarok just a few days ago and barely beat Revival 3-2 two days earlier) and Stardust's recent PvZ history tells me that he's among the more beatable Protosses in Katowice.
Best-case scenario would be sOs going out to Oz, in which case Life would have the best possible road to the finals
He would lose to Taeja, again.
Yes, Taeja's games against Ragnarok truly showed his vZ prowess at the moment.
6-2 DH.
That was in November, and November was four months ago. Do you want to talk about GSL? MLG? Probably not, because they're not as recent. Taeja going 0-4 against Ragnarok and 3-2 against Revival shows certain weakness in the match-up. I'm not saying he's weak, but saying that because he beat Life at DH he'll beat him again no matter what is far-fetched, even for a fan.
Online is completely different to offline and Taeja has shown that he's not very good online in the past.
Alright, let's look at Asus ROG, which was played offline:
3-0 Serral 0-3 Sortof 3-2 Serral
Firstly it wasn't 0-3 so check your facts and it was clear that Taeja wasn't even in the right mindset from his interviews and his fast GGs and he was suffering from wrist issues.
Alright, I'm sorry, 1-3 Sortof. If you think losing to Sortof and dropping games to Serral is excused by "not in the right mindset" then discussing with you is pointless. Life is miles ahead of Sortof in ZvT, and what I'm saying is that Taeja's continued mediocrity (by his standards) show a weakness he didn't have at Dreamhack Winter. Further, if he is having trouble with his wrists again, then predicting him to crush Life after losing to Sortof dropping games all over the place seems a little odd.
Damn i love how passionate you are here, gogo Life! (and Zealously!)
My guess is the top 4 will discuss the prize pool distribution while eating on saturday night and will end up splitting: 1st place 40k, 2nd 30k, 3rd 15k and 4th 15k. Polt vs Taeja final would be awesome!
On March 14 2014 06:42 Mifoi123 wrote: My guess is the top 4 will discuss the prize pool distribution while eating on saturday night and will end up splitting: 1st place 40k, 2nd 30k, 3rd 15k and 4th 15k. Polt vs Taeja final would be awesome!
On March 14 2014 06:03 Zealously wrote: That's a great bracket for Life
ez vZ vs Rogue and then either Taeja or Stardust, both of which are beatable. Taeja hasn't looked very good in TvZ recently (lost 0-4 to Ragnarok just a few days ago and barely beat Revival 3-2 two days earlier) and Stardust's recent PvZ history tells me that he's among the more beatable Protosses in Katowice.
Best-case scenario would be sOs going out to Oz, in which case Life would have the best possible road to the finals
He would lose to Taeja, again.
Yes, Taeja's games against Ragnarok truly showed his vZ prowess at the moment.
6-2 DH.
That was in November, and November was four months ago. Do you want to talk about GSL? MLG? Probably not, because they're not as recent. Taeja going 0-4 against Ragnarok and 3-2 against Revival shows certain weakness in the match-up. I'm not saying he's weak, but saying that because he beat Life at DH he'll beat him again no matter what is far-fetched, even for a fan.
Online is completely different to offline and Taeja has shown that he's not very good online in the past.
You never watched IPL TAC.
The finals was offline and he used to be a ploayer who was good at online tournaments like ESV but was struggling in offline tournaments.
So he was bad at offline when he was struggling there but bad at online now that he's struggling in that as well. I like Taeja but you are being a pain in the ass about this. You harp on Zealously for being barely off in his stats but don't use any recent stats of your own.
On March 14 2014 07:25 Drake wrote: thats why loserbrackets sucks wins matters nothing when you not out ... its bad just bad, daer had to be out and so hasu had to be top2 just sad
Double elimination helps cut down on bracket luck letting people get through. I think you are letting your fandom for a player give you cause to criticize the format because it didn't go his way.
Being a zerg I must be realistic there is no way Life can beat taeja or stardust after seing his perfomance at Ro32 and 16 (and his gane against Fantasy)
On March 14 2014 07:25 Drake wrote: thats why loserbrackets sucks wins matters nothing when you not out ... its bad just bad, daer had to be out and so hasu had to be top2 just sad
I agree, getting the 2-0 in the rematch isn't fair from Dear, why is he a better player
Actually, except for Polt vs. Naniwa, I cannot predict any series since both players are truely capable of advancing. I'd say HerO should have a worse pvp than sOs, so that guy should have the edge. Also, I guess Life is the favourite vs. Rogue. herO vs. Hyun will be great, so will Taeja - Stardust be. But I'm ready to make a bet that if Taeja beats Stardust, he'll win the whole tournament (except he meets Life, he'll lose). Anyone in?
On March 14 2014 07:54 boxerfred wrote: Actually, except for Polt vs. Naniwa, I cannot predict any series since both players are truely capable of advancing. I'd say HerO should have a worse pvp than sOs, so that guy should have the edge. Also, I guess Life is the favourite vs. Rogue. herO vs. Hyun will be great, so will Taeja - Stardust be. But I'm ready to make a bet that if Taeja beats Stardust, he'll win the whole tournament (except he meets Life, he'll lose). Anyone in?
I won't be against to be honest, if sOs drops to Oz and go back to Korea to prepare for Code S. You can win 100 IEMs but winning Code S is just another world.
But. Last time when 100k tournament occured, eventual champion, sOs won against HerO 3-1. If Dear wins 3-1, i bet he will win whole thing. #herothe100kgatekeeper
And especially if he wins 3-1 against Polt after it, which did happen in the past as well. If Oz advances - he's very streaky player so i won't be surprised if he wins against Revival/jjakji after it as well and who knows what will happen after.
Taeja, Life and Dear. Those are the most likely players to win this in my opinion, in that order. If Hyun tears it up in the main tournament like he did in he open bracket though he could take the upset all the way. Especially if Polt fails early and Hyun gets all P until the finals.
On March 14 2014 06:03 Zealously wrote: That's a great bracket for Life
ez vZ vs Rogue and then either Taeja or Stardust, both of which are beatable. Taeja hasn't looked very good in TvZ recently (lost 0-4 to Ragnarok just a few days ago and barely beat Revival 3-2 two days earlier) and Stardust's recent PvZ history tells me that he's among the more beatable Protosses in Katowice.
Best-case scenario would be sOs going out to Oz, in which case Life would have the best possible road to the finals
Don't underestimate Rogue
Ageeed, he beat Soulkey to get through that qualifier, Life might also lose to Rogue, don't underestimate him
Rofl, just hope Naniwa doesn't embarass himself much.. Polt is probably the hardest he could've got
I mean - he's in a slump lately.. He even said it himself didn't practise enough and fell from WCS Premier - again
And I somehow suspect that his PvT is his worst matchup.. Though might be wrong about it depending on what kind of a Protoss opponent he has in a PvP..
Think sOs got this one though.. ATM - not sure of Dear's form..
Really looking forward to seeing polt, life, taeja, sos(lol what rage inducing cheese will he come up with next, also 2 wins and he'd have earned more money then stephano) and hyun (I like his triple upgrade zvp style) play.
On March 14 2014 09:37 liberate71 wrote: I wonder if this will be another one of those stacked tournaments that Taeja wins, but people still claim he's not great cause he hasnt won a GSL
I think nobody says that taeja isn't great, he is just not THAT great
Gahhhh I'm gun have a heart attack watching this tournament single elimination is scary, especially with such a stacked draw.
I hope herO will win, and I'm rooting for sOs, Life/Taeja/jjakji/Rogue of the non protoss players! Also I wouldn't mind if Stardust did well, he's always so nice and laid back, you just can't hate that guy easily..
HyuN looked good in the qualifier, but nobody in that Open Bracket has anywhere near the level of PvZ that herO or San does, so escaping the first two rounds for him will be quite a feat if he manages to do so (and will also break my heart seeing herO lose so early.. I'll probably cry a little seeing his cute face all sad...) Not to mention he doesn't compete anywhere near the level herO does on a regular basis so I like herO's chances. I feel confident if he makes it past HyuN that he will make it to the final.
And whoever says sOs has an easy draw is crazyyy in my opinion. I think the bottom half of the bracket is much tougher than the top, although there are fewer Protoss, there are much bigger names, even if some of them haven't been performing up to par recently with their normal results, I still think this kind of tournament gives them much motivation to practice and bring their A game! Looking forward to the tournament and can't wait to cry/laugh/smile/die while watching it go down! lol!
This is a lot like blizzcon, half the same players are there (Naniwa, Revival, TaeJa, sOs, HerO, Dear, Polt, MC), everyone except Naniwa is korean, 50% of the bracket is one race (admittedly it's protoss instead of terran), top prize is the same amount, there was a ton of potential ways to qualify
This is the most stacked non code s tourney in 2014 so far. The 15 best prize money hunter and Naniwa(I would happily say 16 best prize money hunters but he all but quit playing)
On March 14 2014 09:38 oo_Wonderful_oo wrote: Aligulac is going for absolute ham to say the least. If every result will match i will eat my hat and buy hat to do it :D
Oh thank god Jaedong didn't make it. Usually I'm the biggest Jaedong fan boy ever, but when it comes to an event that I won't watch for multiple reasons I'd much rather see him out early.
@xuanzue: SPOTV will broadcast the event, not sure wether it'll be IPTV in Korea only or if they'll stream it on youtube/afreeca as well though.
Hmpf, how about Naniwa donating his spot to someone that actually has the drive to play and compete? Wasted spot, and another Protoss in the bracket...yay.
But ok, don't wanna judge him...hope he shows his best :/
On March 14 2014 17:18 ArcadeR wrote: Hmpf, how about Naniwa donating his spot to someone that actually has the drive to play and compete? Wasted spot, and another Protoss in the bracket...yay.
But ok, don't wanna judge him...hope he shows his best :/
If you had a 0.1% chance of winning 100k, you'd take it too.
This is the strongest tournament ever. All of them can win it. Blizzcon had too many out of form players compared to this. I think Life will be the one to beat CJ_hero if he can bring his carefree style.
On March 14 2014 17:18 ArcadeR wrote: Hmpf, how about Naniwa donating his spot to someone that actually has the drive to play and compete? Wasted spot, and another Protoss in the bracket...yay.
But ok, don't wanna judge him...hope he shows his best :/
If you had a 0.1% chance of winning 100k, you'd take it too.
Thx for missing the point. And no, I wouldn't take a supercheap chance to aquire "big" money when I'm no longer interested in my work (and therefore will not give my very best => wasting my and other peoples time).
But if thats your shot at life and earning big, good luck..you'll need it with this approach
On March 14 2014 07:54 boxerfred wrote: Actually, except for Polt vs. Naniwa, I cannot predict any series since both players are truely capable of advancing. I'd say HerO should have a worse pvp than sOs, so that guy should have the edge. Also, I guess Life is the favourite vs. Rogue. herO vs. Hyun will be great, so will Taeja - Stardust be. But I'm ready to make a bet that if Taeja beats Stardust, he'll win the whole tournament (except he meets Life, he'll lose). Anyone in?
HerO is playing Dear though sOs is playing Oz.
Oh, I read it wrong! Thanks for the correction. Let me fix my predictions then. Can't say anything on HerO vs Dear, since I don't really know their pvp too well. If HerO continues his IEM cologne form, he'll rock Dear off though. sOs will kick Oz' ass for sure.
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mouz.Dear were able to triumph over fourteen other players at the live, open qualifier in Katowice to claim the final two spots in the sixteen-man main event. The other spots had been awarded through a mixture of online qualifiers and seeds for high placements at prior IEM events.
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