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Shellshock
United States97276 Posts
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Waxangel
United States33175 Posts
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mikumegurine
Canada3145 Posts
and Polt, ez group vs foreigners | ||
Yakikorosu
1203 Posts
E probably is closest to a group of death though A and G are strong groups too. | ||
Rehio
United States1718 Posts
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Musicus
Germany23576 Posts
![]() Group E is crazy for ro32. | ||
ZAiNs
United Kingdom6525 Posts
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pHaRSiDE
United States752 Posts
![]() Please use this instead, it fixes the revival typo, and the date typo. | ||
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Shellshock
United States97276 Posts
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SetGuitarsToKill
Canada28396 Posts
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Danglars
United States12133 Posts
For my own personal desires, I want Bomber or Polt to win it or make finals. I need more builds and tactics to copy for my own Terran laddering. | ||
vult
United States9400 Posts
Can't wait for it to start! | ||
AKAvg
Brazil298 Posts
On May 13 2014 07:44 SetGuitarsToKill wrote: GOGO Huk, Masa and Hendralisk! Shame Scarlett couldn't make it or we could have the great Canadian lineup all in there. Well, she was dropped out by another Canadian, You can't be too sad about ![]() Kicking off with Revival vs Hero... great ![]() | ||
-RusH
United States240 Posts
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Xinzoe
Korea (South)2373 Posts
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dyDrawer
Canada438 Posts
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mikumegurine
Canada3145 Posts
On May 13 2014 07:59 dyDrawer wrote: Chinese players rekt. Tough groups for pretty much all of them. Jim 2013 Season 1 WCS NA; not allowed to participate, MLG botched the qualifiers 2013 Season 2 WCS NA; 5th place 2013 Season 2 WCS NA Season finals; not allowed to participate due to VISA EU issues 2013 Season 3 WCS NA; knocked out by Hero and Heart in groups 2014 Season 1 WCS NA; stomped by Red Bull Sponsored Pro Gamer Choi Ji Sung in best of 5 2014 Season 2 WCS NA; in an all korean group with Heart, Hyun, and JAEDONG ![]() hmmm koreans just defending their territory... | ||
nerpderp
United States780 Posts
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TimKim0713
Korea (South)221 Posts
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Shellshock
United States97276 Posts
On May 13 2014 08:07 nerpderp wrote: Excite! I love WCS AM for the sheer variety and diversity. Of course WCS EU has many nations as well, but since they all pretty much play on the EU server, there isn't the same diversity in the metagame. What will happen in WCS AM is anyone's guess, and that makes it exciting! it's a shame we weren't able to get an SEA player outside of Taiwan in this season. It seems like it's been a while since we've had like an Australian or New Zealand player in premier. | ||
pHaRSiDE
United States752 Posts
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tadL
Croatia679 Posts
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nerpderp
United States780 Posts
On May 13 2014 08:09 Shellshock wrote: Show nested quote + On May 13 2014 08:07 nerpderp wrote: Excite! I love WCS AM for the sheer variety and diversity. Of course WCS EU has many nations as well, but since they all pretty much play on the EU server, there isn't the same diversity in the metagame. What will happen in WCS AM is anyone's guess, and that makes it exciting! it's a shame we weren't able to get an SEA player outside of Taiwan in this season. It seems like it's been a while since we've had like an Australian or New Zealand player in premier. I agree it would have been nice to get in an Aussie or Kiwi. I really think inexperience/pressure really cost Iaguz and PiG these last two seasons, as they were both up 2-0 and ended up losing overall. Also, Petraeus (arguably the strongest SEA player), missed out on qualifying to Challenger league both seasons by one game. Hopefully we'll get some SEA representation next season. | ||
tadL
Croatia679 Posts
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Shellshock
United States97276 Posts
On May 13 2014 08:27 pHaRSiDE wrote: Fixed another small problem in my original post, June 4th is a wednesday not a friday. That is all I promise haha! haha it's no problem. The most up to date graphic should now be in the OP | ||
Heinsenzerg
Argentina2279 Posts
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Drmooose
United States390 Posts
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urasyupi2
United States810 Posts
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Yorkie
United States12612 Posts
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oo_Wonderful_oo
The land of freedom23126 Posts
HerO can actually drop out second time in a row in Ro32 as well as Jaedong. Will be sick :D And Suppy can make it out. On May 13 2014 08:33 tadL wrote: well lets hope TI4 compendium makes so much money that they will think about playing the qualifier on LAN for TI5. It will just increase the quality of games. And as TI2 compendium payed for all the TI2 costs it...who knows. TI3, there were no compendiums for TI2, 2012 wasn't as rich for DotA :D | ||
ThomasjServo
15244 Posts
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Larkin
United Kingdom7161 Posts
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Jampackedeon
United States2053 Posts
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SetGuitarsToKill
Canada28396 Posts
On May 13 2014 07:50 AKAvg wrote: Show nested quote + On May 13 2014 07:44 SetGuitarsToKill wrote: GOGO Huk, Masa and Hendralisk! Shame Scarlett couldn't make it or we could have the great Canadian lineup all in there. Well, she was dropped out by another Canadian, You can't be too sad about ![]() I'm both very happy for Hendralisk and sad for Scarlett. It's the luck of the draw though. That group E is gonna be a must watch. I quite excited for that. | ||
nichan
United States158 Posts
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InExcelsis
United States38 Posts
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[PkF] Wire
France24192 Posts
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Adept
United States472 Posts
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Radicalness
United States271 Posts
Group A: HuK, HerO (torn between Revival and HuK) Group B: Bomber, Crank (easy picks here) Group C: Oz, viOLet (I want puCK to make it though...) Group D: TaeJa, Neeb (Neeb has been rising rapidly) Group E: HyuN, Jaedong (anything could happen here but I'll go with the favorites) Group F: Alicia, Illusion (Is Illusion back??) Group G: Polt, MacSed (sorry MajOr...) Group H: Sen, Suppy (gogo Suppy) | ||
negativedge
4279 Posts
On May 13 2014 07:28 Waxangel wrote: it's a known fact that revival is universally revialed ![]() but he's so handsome | ||
Radicalness
United States271 Posts
On May 13 2014 09:18 nichan wrote: this should be called WCS Korea code B Because HerO, TaeJa, Polt, Bomber and Jaedong are all B level Koreans...Any one of those guys could still make a solid run in Code S. | ||
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oo_Wonderful_oo
The land of freedom23126 Posts
On May 13 2014 10:10 Radicalness wrote: Because HerO, TaeJa, Polt, Bomber and Jaedong are all B level Koreans...Any one of those guys could still make a solid run in Code S. "Could" is key word and it's not like Flash, TY, RorO, Curious and so on are B level Koreans. Or, at least it's bad to be a B-level Korean. You never know how will HerO or Bomber perform, JD won't even pass Code A most likely, TaeJa has wrist issues and Polt is only one who might be lock for Code S in decent conditions from all 5. | ||
smashlloyd20
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Shellshock
United States97276 Posts
On May 13 2014 11:02 smashlloyd20 wrote: Oh god poor HuK... Tough group but he has a really solid shot with PvP imo | ||
Xinzoe
Korea (South)2373 Posts
On May 13 2014 10:10 Radicalness wrote: Because HerO, TaeJa, Polt, Bomber and Jaedong are all B level Koreans...Any one of those guys could still make a solid run in Code S. I think he meant the overall skill level of 32 players is Code B but of course HerO/Taeja/polt/bomber/jd will reach code A ![]() | ||
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lichter
1001 YEARS KESPAJAIL22272 Posts
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Shellshock
United States97276 Posts
On May 13 2014 11:30 lichter wrote: Bigpaby wcs am s2 champ pls not after his series against Has was such a let down. I hope he loses | ||
KingofdaHipHop
United States25602 Posts
Edit: Also Suppy's group sparks major hope! Let's go Suppy! | ||
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lichter
1001 YEARS KESPAJAIL22272 Posts
On May 13 2014 11:31 Shellshock wrote: not after his series against Has was such a let down. I hope he loses He can still redeem himself by cannon rushing HerO twice and making Olli cry | ||
Holytornados
United States1022 Posts
On May 13 2014 08:09 Shellshock wrote: Show nested quote + On May 13 2014 08:07 nerpderp wrote: Excite! I love WCS AM for the sheer variety and diversity. Of course WCS EU has many nations as well, but since they all pretty much play on the EU server, there isn't the same diversity in the metagame. What will happen in WCS AM is anyone's guess, and that makes it exciting! it's a shame we weren't able to get an SEA player outside of Taiwan in this season. It seems like it's been a while since we've had like an Australian or New Zealand player in premier. iaguz was so close T_T | ||
RiZu
Singapore5715 Posts
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kaykoose
United States2302 Posts
B: Bomber & Masa C: Violet & QXC D: Taeja & Check E: Jaedong & Hyun F: Alicia & Illusion G: Polt & Major H: Suppy & Arthur | ||
Beakyboo
United States485 Posts
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Shellshock
United States97276 Posts
On May 13 2014 11:37 lichter wrote: Show nested quote + On May 13 2014 11:31 Shellshock wrote: On May 13 2014 11:30 lichter wrote: Bigpaby wcs am s2 champ pls not after his series against Has was such a let down. I hope he loses He can still redeem himself by cannon rushing HerO twice and making Olli cry I can live with that compromise if he also proxy gates HuK | ||
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lichter
1001 YEARS KESPAJAIL22272 Posts
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sjssh
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Undead1993
Germany17651 Posts
please for the competition's sake huk fighting!!! | ||
Spect8rCraft
649 Posts
Also rooting for the Watermelon Zerg, even if the odds are against him, just because the name's awesome! | ||
ejozl
Denmark3340 Posts
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Circumstance
United States11403 Posts
Aligulac sez: + Show Spoiler + Group B: Age is just a number, they say. Well, the Koreans in this group had better hope so, since their average age is 27 and Masa is in some pretty great form right now. Unfortunately for "America Holds!", Bomber has swiftly made this region his home, clearing out Jaedong, the legendary Has, and twice against groupmate Crank. One of the greatest unanswered questions is how much longer the IM non-player Nestea can hang on. With a far from convincing performance in his Challenger series against Iaguz, his chances to beat Masa are slim, let alone Bomber. This group will inevitable come down to Crank and Masa, a battle of two incredibly scrappy, daring players. Aligulac sez: + Show Spoiler + Group C: Oz is a player who's had a serious problem with being recognized for all of his efforts. The man was runner-up last season, and yet he's still not a consensus pick to beat the three Americans in his group. It may be attributed to the unorthodox road of players he made it to the finals through - Nestea, Nestea, Heart, Puck, Arthur, Revival. All the same, there's very little reason to believe Oz won't clear this group out with flying colors. The opening match between Violet and Puck has all the makings of a great battle - Puck, the PvZ specialist who beat Hyun in a season where nobody else was able to do the same, and Violet, who broke 2 powerful Protosses in Seed and Huk on his way to his 4th place finish at Lone Star Clash. One of the deciding factors, in my personal opinion, is that Violet has shown a weakness to unorthodox play (see: his Challenger series against Top from last season), which Puck isn't afraid to break out as needed. You may have noticed a lack of Qxc in this group discussion, and that's not by mistake. He's just such a difficult player to predict, as he can crush skulls one day and break his mouse on stage the next. He's a wildcard whose Challenger match wasn't even played, so his results are anybody's guess. Aligulac sez: + Show Spoiler + Group D: I'm sure that all the contenders here are grateful to be drawn into a three-player group, but that doesn't mean any of them should assume advancement will come easily. Taeja, as everybody knows, is unbeatable when he's ready, and I don't think a trip to Challenger is on the agenda for his extended farewell tour. He's easily the favorite to win the group, leaving the battle to be between rising North America star Neeb and on-again, off-again star Check. Now, with how little Check's primary league, the TeSL, has Terrans in it, one would figure Check's ZvT wouldn't be the most impressive. Well, one would be wrong, as Check won his spot in Challenger in a thrilling, decisive victory against Ryung, who then promptly turned around and beat eventual champion Life at Dreamhack Bucharest. A quick note regarding the 3-player group comment: Top, being predictably aggressive, never beats anyone in Premier. He's a non-factor, always has been. Aligulac sez: + Show Spoiler + Group E: Oh, come on now. Are you serious with this group? Hyun, the defending champion. Heart, the master of upsets. Jaedong, coming off a championship at Lone Star Clash. And Jim, the mysterious Chinese man-crusher. Where to begin? Well, Jim has lost to both Heart and Jaedong in WCS America before. Hyun has impeccable ZvZ, his only real Achilles heel being a Zerg who doesn't play in this region anymore. Jaedong took down Heart in Texas in convincing fashion. But really, no matter what the results are, people won't be surprised, but they will be disappointed that 2 great players got knocked out so incredibly early. Aligulac sez: + Show Spoiler + Group F: Illusion is at his best against Protoss these days, showing amazing timings against JYP, Minigun before him, and a white-hot Astrea before him. Against Zerg, he hasn't played much in recorded matches in a while, the one exception being a 2-0 of Suppy on his way to qualify for MLG Anaheim. How will he do against the mysterious Chinese mind-breaker Toodming? Well, it's hard to say. Toodming has played against non-Chinese Terrans at almost no point, beating Masa and Drunkenboi and losing to Heart. The group's clear favorite, Alicia is one of those players who makes casters abuse the word "solid". He can beat you on 1 base, he can beat you on 4 bases. What he can't do, though, is get sent out in this season of ATC, playing only 3 of his team's 44 games so far, scoring a win against Stardust and losses to Kane and the 4th player in this group, a white-hot Canadian Zerg by the name of Hendralisk. Hendralisk has shown to be in top form in all of his matchups, suddenly becoming the ace for Complexity-Dignitas, four-killing powerhouse Axiom, and clean sweeping the most talented woman to ever play the game to claim a spot in Premier. This is one of the groups that can either be a nail-biter or a blowout. Either way, the games will be incredibly good. Aligulac sez: + Show Spoiler + Group G: Wait, this doesn't look quite right. This isn't how a group with Major is supposed to work in WCS America. The formula is clear, and it's been followed to a T for 3 straight seasons. Major gets the Korean Terran as his first opponent, beats them handily, faces a Protoss in the Winners Match, gets smacked down, then rematches the Korean Terran again in the final decider match and loses, being knocked down to Challenger where he quickly fights his way right back. This isn't how it works. I blame ESL's group selection. The Protoss is supposed to be in the Winners Match, Major is supposed to be playing against Polt first (who he has beaten before, incidentally, at an IEM qualifier). This variation on the formula will be quite interesting. If I were to describe Macsed's PvT in a word, it would be "infrequent". Again, China doesn't have a lot in terms of Terrans, and that puts a real dent in the chances of Macsed and Courage, though the latter did manage to qualify this season through a 3-0 sweep of a retiring TheSTC. I don't have to say anything about Polt - barring another power outage in Georgia, the Winter Soldier is gonna be clearing out whoever the hell stands in his way. Aligulac sez: + Show Spoiler + Group H: The accidental top seed, Arthur, has the good fortune to have a single-race group, which should help him have some very special builds ready. And he'll need them plaing against Xigua, who not only gets to practice his ZvP with his in-house Invictus teammates, but has strong ZvP as it is, taking out HerO in the first round of last season. The other likely beneficiary of this Zerg-heavy group is Sen, whose ZvZ remains in top form, allowing him to make a strong comeback against Guitarcheese to retain his spot. He's also been pretty damn good against Zergs in the TeSL, beating Slam and Ian decisively in the playoffs. The player who probably will have the roughest time in this group is Suppy. He hasn't had a top-level Zerg opponent in a while, and his ZvZ is iffy with his NA counterparts. He does have 2 things going for him, though. He has experience with the Taiwanese, meaning he probably knows a thing or two about Sen, and he has access to the amazing brain trust known only as "Zerg chat". Will that be enough to push him through against this field? It's a tough call. Aligulac sez: + Show Spoiler + (Note: Aligulac's percentage predictions are not always in correlation with their projected median outcome.) | ||
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Olli
Austria24417 Posts
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aero626
United States4 Posts
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havok55
United States276 Posts
HYPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE~ | ||
[UoN]Sentinel
United States11320 Posts
Group A: ![]() ![]() Group B: ![]() ![]() Group C: ![]() ![]() Group D: ![]() ![]() Group E: ![]() ![]() Group F: ![]() ![]() Group G: ![]() ![]() Group H: ![]() ![]() Heart: Group A: ![]() ![]() Group B: ![]() ![]() Group C: ![]() ![]() Group D: ![]() ![]() Group E: ![]() ![]() Group F: ![]() ![]() Group G: ![]() ![]() Group H: ![]() ![]() | ||
shid0x
Korea (South)5014 Posts
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WGT-Baal
France3341 Posts
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SmackDiablo
United States49 Posts
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Olli
Austria24417 Posts
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Circumstance
United States11403 Posts
On May 13 2014 23:43 SmackDiablo wrote: Can somebody tell me who won season 1? I didn't see anything about a season 1 finals for WCS AM. WCS AM was pretty much played immediately after EU every day of each tournament's bracket. After all 3 of the top Terrans were shockingly eliminated in the same round, Hyun went through Alicia and Oz to win himself the title. | ||
Drake
Germany6146 Posts
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LongShot27
United States2084 Posts
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digmouse
China6327 Posts
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mikumegurine
Canada3145 Posts
On May 14 2014 02:06 Drake wrote: after jim made 5th place, they get sure to give him a to good group to advance xD yes top 8 must be korean only for WCS NA | ||
Dragoonstorm7
United States599 Posts
On May 14 2014 04:22 digmouse wrote: out of the 6 Chinese players only Toodming will advance I'm afraid. no faith in Macsed or Courage to beat Major? I agree Polt is the massive favorite in that group, but I would be surprised if Major took down Macsed. | ||
RaiderRyan
United States78 Posts
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Colston
Norway279 Posts
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GohgamX
Canada1096 Posts
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[UoN]Sentinel
United States11320 Posts
On May 14 2014 09:51 GohgamX wrote: 5 Americans, 3 Canadians, and 1 Mexican, NA better representation! Maybe we can break into double digits next season :D Minigun is here in spirit! | ||
mikumegurine
Canada3145 Posts
On May 14 2014 09:51 GohgamX wrote: 5 Americans, 3 Canadians, and 1 Mexican, NA better representation! Maybe we can break into double digits next season :D ideally i would want a Canadian to win the whole thing ![]() | ||
Tchado
Jordan1831 Posts
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Glenn313
United States475 Posts
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yido
United States350 Posts
To be honest, majority of Koreans in the tournament are in the twilight of their careers. I doubt even crowd favorites like Jaedong, Polt, or HerO would make it to Code S this season. Taeja could if his wrists are better and Bomber probably could. | ||
Squat
Sweden7978 Posts
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