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Lorning
Belgica34432 Posts
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East Gorteau22261 Posts
Ouch Group I is pretty tough D:
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i think group h is the strongest
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wow, good spread on the groups again. A, I, and H seem like the outliers for group of death material.
H if I had to pick just one as the death group. Trap, Bbyong, and RorO are still quite strong lately.
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Group I... poor herO can't catch a break when it comes to facing sOs.
Impact got a tough group too, Cure, Rain and Hydra. Much tougher than his group last season, gonna keep the faith though, gogo Impact!
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Lol codeA is so stacked, should add a Ro64 in code S 
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Groups look very good for terrans. Flash Innovation Bbyong Supernova and TY should advance. With a chance of fantasy and cure !!!
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Hmm, depends on the initial matches but (assuming groups are played in the current state of the game) I see 3-5 Terrans advancing. 7 at best. Usually it's AvD | BvC, right?
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Lorning
Belgica34432 Posts
On July 08 2014 21:13 TheDwf wrote:
Hmm, depends on the initial matches but (assuming groups are played in the current state of the game) I see 3-5 Terrans advancing. 7 at best. Usually it's AvD | BvC, right?
It's AvsB and CvsD as initial matches. That's how it was last season anyway
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The land of freedom23126 Posts
God bless Code A.
If Ruin and INnoVation start against each other, hyvaa has a legit chance to qualify for Code S.
DRG will qualify again.
Group C could be Code S group easily but both Dear and Dark should qualify, until Dark loses in opener and then faces Ragnarok.
Group D is sick.
TY will fall again.
Flash finally can qualify though.
Easy for PartinG.
Rofl Group H. This could be Ro16 Code S group easily.
Rofl Group I. I hope that things won't be complicated for sOs, poor Reality though, rofl. This could be Ro16 as well.
Rogue has ok group, EffOrt has okay group. Bunny though, if he's going to TvZ as he does in SPL, he has legit chances.
AND FANTASY WON'T QUALIFY AGAIN, DAMMIT.
Anyway.
Ruin-INnoVation
MyuNgSiK-DRG
Dark-Dear
Rain-Hydra
ByuL-Shine
Flash-Symbol because Symbol finds a way.
PartinG-Sleep
Trap-RorO
sOs-herO
Rogue-Life
SuperNova-Leenock
Stork-YongHwa
3T-10P-11Z
4T-13P-15Z Code S.
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1001 YEARS KESPAJAIL22272 Posts
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Innovation to Code S! Effing yeahhh!
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aLive is so unlucky !! He had to play against Life, Maru, Flash and sOs in proleague and now he gets a group with Trap, Bbyong and Roro. FHL
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And also, Wolf and Brendan Valdes will be the casters. No Artosis or Tasteless like in season 2 
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On July 08 2014 21:20 Lorning wrote:Show nested quote +On July 08 2014 21:13 TheDwf wrote:
Hmm, depends on the initial matches but (assuming groups are played in the current state of the game) I see 3-5 Terrans advancing. 7 at best. Usually it's AvD | BvC, right? It's AvsB and CvsD as initial matches. That's how it was last season anyway
OK, thanks. Well, if I have to classify Terrans according to their chances:
Bogus: should be OK.
TurN: don't see him advancing.
Cure: small chances.
TY: decent chances.
sKyHigh: don't see him advancing.
Flash: should be OK.
aLive: don't see him advancing.
Bbyong: doable but tough.
Reality: don't see him advancing.
Bunny: doable but tough.
SuperNova: doable but tough.
FanTaSy: small/decent chances.
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i think Bunny will impress everyone, he played so well this round-playoff on SPL!
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Without the patch hitting i only see Inno making it through for Terran, maybe TY or Skyhigh has a chance. People thinking Flash will make it.. its not like he's on the rise. If he wants to WCS they should mail him to NA or EU.
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On July 08 2014 21:48 MysterySC wrote:
Without the patch hitting i only see Inno making it through for Terran, maybe TY or Skyhigh has a chance. People thinking Flash will make it.. its not like he's on the rise. If he wants to WCS they should mail him to NA or EU.
I don't think "the ultimate weapon" will make it throught security checks
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A : Ruin/Innovation
B : MyuNgSiK/DRG
C : Dark/Dear
D : Hydra/Rain
E : Byul/TY
F : Flash/Hush
G : Parting/Avenge
H : Roro/Bbyong <- Group of death 1
I : sOs/herO <-- Group of death 2
J : Life/Rogue
K : Effort/SuperNova
L : Stork/YongHwa
5 T 11 P 8 Z
code S : 6T 14P 12Z.
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D, H, I are so sick. The level of Code A is ridiculous.
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I forgot that Rain, herO, and sOs dropped down to code A D: Hope Impact can make it out of his group. And dat groups H and I....
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If Impact makes it out that group I will be so stoked because that's a tough group. I actually think that Group J is the hardest though.
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On July 08 2014 21:09 Gwavajuice wrote:Lol codeA is so stacked, should add a Ro64 in code S
Code A is harder that the Ro16 in the WCS EU.
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1 am and 6 am my time. There goes my sleep schedule -.-
On July 08 2014 22:34 Crot4le wrote:Show nested quote +On July 08 2014 21:09 Gwavajuice wrote:Lol codeA is so stacked, should add a Ro64 in code S Code A is harder that the Ro16 in the WCS EU.
lol that's true
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Okay, PartinG, if you don't get out of this group, I'm sending you dishes so you can wash them.
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GSL the hardest tournament in the world by far. Even Code A is so stacked. Any one of these guys would crush in WCS America or Europe.
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A : Ruin/Innovation
B : MyuNgSiK/DRG
C : Dark/Dear
D : Cure/Rain
E : Byul/TY
F : Flash/Symbol
G : Parting/Sleep
H : Bbyong/Trap
I : sOs/herO
J : Life/Rogue
K : Leenock/SuperNova
L : Stork/Fantasy
7 T 9P 8Z
Code S: 8 T 12 P 12 Z
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Jesus, might as well be code S.
Also wheres Maru?! 0.0
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On July 08 2014 21:09 Gwavajuice wrote:Lol codeA is so stacked, should add a Ro64 in code S
Yes, it's amazing to see how many great players are not in Code S.
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Super, Reality. I believe! Underdogs hwaiting!
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Lorning
Belgica34432 Posts
On July 08 2014 22:56 Yora wrote:
Jesus, might as well be code S.
Also wheres Maru?! 0.0
Maru is in Code S
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A: Ruin, Inno
B: DRG, Myung
C: Dear, Dark
D:Rain, Cure(/or Impact)
E: TY, ByuL
F: Flash, Tails
G: PartinG, Sleep
H: RorO, Bbyong
I: SoS, herO
J: Life, Bunny
K: Effort, Leenock
L: Stork, Fanta
P: 9 T: 6 Z: 8
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Holy crap these groups are sick. Groups D, H, I, and J all looks incredibly tough. I can't wait!
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Group E is probably my fav. Should be a lot of fun ^/^
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meh...
CJ's top two title contenders both in group of deaths...
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United Kingdom50 Posts
Code A looks more stacked every season
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sOs is in code a? wtf korea seriously.
what a prominent code a list overall. crazy that these guys are not even code s
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Some takeaways...
Tough breaks: everyone in groups D, H, I, J
Breakout players: Hush, Ruin, Dark, Impact, Bunny
The return: INnoVation, Dear, Byul, SuperNova, Flash
The boring group on paper that will end up crazily entertaining: group G
Praising lucky stars: everyone in groups B and L
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Fiddler's Green42661 Posts
On July 09 2014 00:11 Undead1993 wrote:
sOs is in code a? wtf korea seriously.
what a prominent code a list overall. crazy that these guys are not even code s
Shine murdered sOs with a 10 pool.
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On July 09 2014 00:22 stuchiu wrote:Show nested quote +On July 09 2014 00:11 Undead1993 wrote:
sOs is in code a? wtf korea seriously.
what a prominent code a list overall. crazy that these guys are not even code s Shine murdered sOs with a 10 pool.
i remember now, it was the saddest sOs ever. i can sympathize with him
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Oh snap, Skyhigh! Haven't seen him in ages. He was cool back in BW.
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Holy shit, so many insane players lol
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All the groups are better than WCS AM/EU Ro4 lol.
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United States97276 Posts
A: Innovation & Ruin
B: Myungsik & DRG
C: Dark & Ragnarok
D: Rain & Cure
E: ByuL & TY
F: Flash & Hush
G: PartinG & Sleep
H: Trap & RorO
I: sOs & Super
J: Rogue & Stats
K: Leenock & EffOrt
L: Stork & Trust
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United States23455 Posts
NOOOOOOOOOO This is all my fault aLive… I was saying last night how I was hoping you got an easy group and here you are in the group of death. So sad, but I don't see him advancing D: Group I is also insane
Life, Byul, Sora, and Cure all have doable group so I hope they advance. Would like to see Avenge move on as well D: I suppose I'll do predictions
 INnoVation,  Ruin
 DRG, MyuNgSiK
Dark, Dear
Rain, Cure
Shine, ByuL
Symbol, Flash
PartinG, Sora
aLive, Bbyong + Show Spoiler +TT actually Trap, Bbyong
HerO, sOs (TT sorry Super)
Life, Rogue
SuperNova, Leenock
Stork, YongHwa
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code A is better than WCS EU final 4  I am IN!
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Group I has the #2, 3 and 15 Proleague players according to number of wins, that is pretty sick.
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If Flash win 1 Code S final, then Blizzcon is guarentee right?
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On July 09 2014 01:56 XiaoJoyce- wrote:
If Flash win 1 Code S final, then Blizzcon is guarentee right?
Nope, he would need more. The 16th one is currently at 2100 points.
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On July 09 2014 01:56 XiaoJoyce- wrote:
If Flash win 1 Code S final, then Blizzcon is guarentee right?
he has currently 225 points, winning code s would give him 2000 points, so with 2225 points he would be 14th with the current standings, but other players will get points this season as well, and besides that you are a dreamer it wouldn't guarantee a blizzcon spot for flash
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We might see more Terrans in code S next season, maybe a crazy number as high as 8
I m fearing for innovation though, I don't know all killing every team in ACT is a good training when facing SPL guys... I hope he's not too rusty...
Also, this will be just a few days before SPL playoff, will the top team players really prepare for Code A?
(hope we won't have a last minute CJ forfeit Oo)
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On July 09 2014 01:56 XiaoJoyce- wrote:
If Flash win 1 Code S final, then Blizzcon is guarentee right?
Blizzcon will be a WCS AM/EU event. no point to go there anyway.
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On July 09 2014 02:10 cpower wrote:Show nested quote +On July 09 2014 01:56 XiaoJoyce- wrote:
If Flash win 1 Code S final, then Blizzcon is guarentee right? Blizzcon will be a WCS AM/EU event. no point to go there anyway.
atm there would be 4 WCS EU players, 6 WCS AM and 6 WCS KR players qualfied for blizzcon
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SuperNova will destroy his group
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Remember that we have new maps, so its kinda hard to predict the results.
Fantasy has only one matchup to prepare so he may finally do it.
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On July 09 2014 02:18 Undead1993 wrote:Show nested quote +On July 09 2014 02:10 cpower wrote:On July 09 2014 01:56 XiaoJoyce- wrote:
If Flash win 1 Code S final, then Blizzcon is guarentee right? Blizzcon will be a WCS AM/EU event. no point to go there anyway. atm there would be 4 WCS EU players, 6 WCS AM and 6 WCS KR players qualfied for blizzcon
GSL players hold ~ 34.64 % of the Blizzcon Qualification chances.
WCS AM has ~ 33.13 %
WCS EU has ~ 32.13 %
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Terrans fail at Code A round 3?
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On July 09 2014 02:23 TW wrote:
Remember that we have new maps, so its kinda hard to predict the results.
Yep totally right! we might even have some huge upsets.
All these games are televised, right?
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United States23455 Posts
On July 09 2014 02:24 Die4Ever wrote:Show nested quote +On July 09 2014 02:18 Undead1993 wrote:On July 09 2014 02:10 cpower wrote:On July 09 2014 01:56 XiaoJoyce- wrote:
If Flash win 1 Code S final, then Blizzcon is guarentee right? Blizzcon will be a WCS AM/EU event. no point to go there anyway. atm there would be 4 WCS EU players, 6 WCS AM and 6 WCS KR players qualfied for blizzcon GSL players hold ~ 34.64 % of the Blizzcon Qualification chances. WCS AM has ~ 33.13 % WCS EU has ~ 32.13 %
You, sir, are killing them with science today.
Also it is interesting that Code A always seems to fall right when new ladder maps are coming out. In season one all the Code A games were played on the original version of Daedalus Point haha
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Seems like new maps are decent for Terrans. I hope they do well this time.
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Excited to see Fantasy again. Hope he amazes us with funky new builds like Bio-Mech in TvZ.
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GO Dear!
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On July 09 2014 03:03 Darkhorse wrote:Show nested quote +On July 09 2014 02:24 Die4Ever wrote:On July 09 2014 02:18 Undead1993 wrote:On July 09 2014 02:10 cpower wrote:On July 09 2014 01:56 XiaoJoyce- wrote:
If Flash win 1 Code S final, then Blizzcon is guarentee right? Blizzcon will be a WCS AM/EU event. no point to go there anyway. atm there would be 4 WCS EU players, 6 WCS AM and 6 WCS KR players qualfied for blizzcon GSL players hold ~ 34.64 % of the Blizzcon Qualification chances. WCS AM has ~ 33.13 % WCS EU has ~ 32.13 % You, sir, are killing them with science today. Also it is interesting that Code A always seems to fall right when new ladder maps are coming out. In season one all the Code A games were played on the original version of Daedalus Point haha
moar science
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewpost.php?post_id=22534527
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I consider a Group of Death to need not only stacked talent, but also no clear favorites. Group I is easy as it gets. $O$ and herO come back to Code S.
The Group of Death to me is Group C. 2 EXCELLENT players will be going to Code B.
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Prediction:
A: Innovation and Hurricane
B: DRG and Myungsik
C: Dear and Ragnarok (Dark )
D: Rain and Cure (Impact )
E: Byul and TY
F: Symbol and Tails (I have learned my lesson)
G: Parting and Sleep
H: Trap and Bbyong
I: sOs and herO
J: Life and Rogue
K: Leenock and SuNo
L: Stork and Fanta
6 Terrans in Code S, probably a little generous with these groups.
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United States23455 Posts
I'd like to update my prediction on Group C to Dark and Billowy. Shouldn't doubt the Billowjwa
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Groups A, C, H, and I all look strong!
Can't wait for Code A!
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Megastacked Code A is megastacked.
A: Tough group to predict. I'll go with Inno in first, Ruin in second (after beating up on hyvaa twice).
B: Myungsik and DRG.
C: Dear and Dark.
D: Hydra, Rain.
E: Another tough one to call. Anyone but SkyHigh has a chance. I'll go with Byul and Shine.
F: Head: Flash and Tails, Heart: Flash and Symbol.
G: Parting, Avenge
H: Trap, Bbyong.
I: herO, sOs
J: Life, Rogue
K: Leenock, Suno
L: Head: Stork, Yonghwa, Heart: Fantasy, Stork
4 T, 12 P, 8 Z
5 T, 15 P, 12 Z
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On July 09 2014 06:03 Circumstance wrote:
I consider a Group of Death to need not only stacked talent, but also no clear favorites. Group I is easy as it gets. $O$ and herO come back to Code S.
The Group of Death to me is Group C. 2 EXCELLENT players will be going to Code B.
I agree, however which group has "clear favorites" is subjective. I definitely think that Dear and Dark are stronger favorites compared against Ragnarok and Billowy than sOs and hero are against Super and Reality. Sure Reality isn't quite up there but Super definitely is.
I feel the same about group I, Trap, RorO and Bbyong are pretty equal while aLive is a step behind but not by much.
Btw I'm pegging group D as most likely upset, maybe no Rain? =P
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Russian Federation1612 Posts
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I kept going down and thinking, "okay, that's the group of death" and then seeing another group equally as strong, or even stronger. Korea SC2 skill level right now is nutssssssssss
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Praying for Stork and Flash! TY and the rest of KT as well :D.
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On July 09 2014 06:14 Darkhorse wrote:
I'd like to update my prediction on Group C to Dark and Billowy. Shouldn't doubt the Billowjwa
NO
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I'm pretty sure every group is a group of death lol. Such a talented lineup.
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H is strongest group, with J second (Rogue, Life and Stats are very strong and if you watched CJ vs Jin Air Proleague you saw Bunny is a monster in TvZ.
Not sure what all the hype is about I, Super and reality are both decent players but sOs and herO will own that group.
If Flash can't get out of the group he's in now.... not sure what to tell you, fanboys.
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Code A.
Ten times harder than WCS EU Premier League.
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On July 09 2014 11:21 TotalBiscuit wrote:
Code A.
Ten times harder than WCS EU Premier League.
Or WCS AM Premier League; look what Pigbaby did to it and he couldn't buy a SPL appearance when he was on Jin Air.
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On July 09 2014 12:04 Yakikorosu wrote:Show nested quote +On July 09 2014 11:21 TotalBiscuit wrote:
Code A.
Ten times harder than WCS EU Premier League. Or WCS AM Premier League; look what Pigbaby did to it and he couldn't buy a SPL appearance when he was on Jin Air.
He got sent out last year and did pretty well. He even beat Rain once! But yea, you can take any Code A group and they'll br stronger than the RO4 of WCS AM/EU.
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Welp I don't see a lot of these Terrans advancing... INno, Flash, TY, Bbyong and Cure are the only ones I think who have decent chances.
Group A: INnoVation, Ruin
Group B: DRG, Panic
Group C: Dear, Dark
Group D: Rain, Cure
Group E: TY, ByuL
Group F: Flash, Symbol
Group G: Parting, Avenge(???tossup)
Group H: Trap, Bbyong
Group I: sOs, herO (holy shit)
Group J: Rogue, Life (root for bunny!)
Group K: SuperNova, Leenock
Group L: Stork, FanTasY
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On July 09 2014 14:07 Redrot wrote:
Welp I don't see a lot of these Terrans advancing... INno, Flash, TY, Bbyong and Cure are the only ones I think who have decent chances.
Group A: INnoVation, Ruin
Group B: DRG, Panic
Group C: Dear, Dark
Group D: Rain, Cure
Group E: TY, ByuL
Group F: Flash, Symbol
Group G: Parting, Avenge(???tossup)
Group H: Trap, Bbyong
Group I: sOs, herO (holy shit)
Group J: Rogue, Life (root for bunny!)
Group K: SuperNova, Leenock
Group L: Stork, FanTasY
New map pool, so I think its really hard to make predictions for Terrans based on recent results.
By the way, It's kind of absurd that Blizzard doesn't award more WCS points for players in the GSL Code A/S. I get that they want to region balance BlizzCon, but at the same time these GSL players just don't get the same opportunities to rack up easy(relative to the GSL that is) points at MLGs and Dreamhacks and the such so it really isn't region balanced at all.
Edit: So here's my thoery. Blizzard is still punishing KeSPA for holding up SC2 in Korea, thus the absurd WCS point system. Unfortunately this only punishes the players, and not really KeSPA at all.
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On July 11 2014 01:43 sc2isnotdying wrote:Show nested quote +On July 09 2014 14:07 Redrot wrote:
Welp I don't see a lot of these Terrans advancing... INno, Flash, TY, Bbyong and Cure are the only ones I think who have decent chances.
Group A: INnoVation, Ruin
Group B: DRG, Panic
Group C: Dear, Dark
Group D: Rain, Cure
Group E: TY, ByuL
Group F: Flash, Symbol
Group G: Parting, Avenge(???tossup)
Group H: Trap, Bbyong
Group I: sOs, herO (holy shit)
Group J: Rogue, Life (root for bunny!)
Group K: SuperNova, Leenock
Group L: Stork, FanTasY New map pool, so I think its really hard to make predictions for Terrans based on recent results. By the way, It's kind of absurd that Blizzard doesn't award more WCS points for players in the GSL Code A/S. I get that they want to region balance BlizzCon, but at the same time these GSL players just don't get the same opportunities to rack up easy(relative to the GSL that is) points at MLGs and Dreamhacks and the such so it really isn't region balanced at all. Edit: So here's my thoery. Blizzard is still punishing KeSPA for holding up SC2 in Korea, thus the absurd WCS point system. Unfortunately this only punishes the players, and not really KeSPA at all.
actually the region balance currently in the top 16 is 6 in GSL, 6 in WCS AM, and 4 in WCS EU
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On July 11 2014 01:55 Die4Ever wrote:Show nested quote +On July 11 2014 01:43 sc2isnotdying wrote:On July 09 2014 14:07 Redrot wrote:
Welp I don't see a lot of these Terrans advancing... INno, Flash, TY, Bbyong and Cure are the only ones I think who have decent chances.
Group A: INnoVation, Ruin
Group B: DRG, Panic
Group C: Dear, Dark
Group D: Rain, Cure
Group E: TY, ByuL
Group F: Flash, Symbol
Group G: Parting, Avenge(???tossup)
Group H: Trap, Bbyong
Group I: sOs, herO (holy shit)
Group J: Rogue, Life (root for bunny!)
Group K: SuperNova, Leenock
Group L: Stork, FanTasY New map pool, so I think its really hard to make predictions for Terrans based on recent results. By the way, It's kind of absurd that Blizzard doesn't award more WCS points for players in the GSL Code A/S. I get that they want to region balance BlizzCon, but at the same time these GSL players just don't get the same opportunities to rack up easy(relative to the GSL that is) points at MLGs and Dreamhacks and the such so it really isn't region balanced at all. Edit: So here's my thoery. Blizzard is still punishing KeSPA for holding up SC2 in Korea, thus the absurd WCS point system. Unfortunately this only punishes the players, and not really KeSPA at all. actually the region balance currently in the top 16 is 6 in GSL, 6 in WCS AM, and 4 in WCS EU
Yes, your numbers are correct, but I was being more theoretical in my post.
Points available to GSL only players: 10,500/Season + 7,000 from KeSPA cup + 1,800 from GSL Global Championship
Points available to WCS AM/EU players: 10,5000/Season + twelve 4,000 point tourneys + six 1,800 pointers + a 7,000 pointer + a 3,375 pointer and another one TBD.
Now to be fair, some GSL players like SoS do travel to some foreign tourneys, but those opportunities to earn points just aren't as available to players with Proleague obligations. Blizzard could have easily corrected this imbalance by awarding, let's say, 30% more points to the GSL region. A boost of that magnitude wouldn't even change the overall region balance in the top 16 as it currently stands so it's not like Blizzard's goal of region balance would be severely damaged. Maru, Korea's consensus best Terran would STILL be on the outside looking in.
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On July 11 2014 02:41 sc2isnotdying wrote:Show nested quote +On July 11 2014 01:55 Die4Ever wrote:On July 11 2014 01:43 sc2isnotdying wrote:On July 09 2014 14:07 Redrot wrote:
Welp I don't see a lot of these Terrans advancing... INno, Flash, TY, Bbyong and Cure are the only ones I think who have decent chances.
Group A: INnoVation, Ruin
Group B: DRG, Panic
Group C: Dear, Dark
Group D: Rain, Cure
Group E: TY, ByuL
Group F: Flash, Symbol
Group G: Parting, Avenge(???tossup)
Group H: Trap, Bbyong
Group I: sOs, herO (holy shit)
Group J: Rogue, Life (root for bunny!)
Group K: SuperNova, Leenock
Group L: Stork, FanTasY New map pool, so I think its really hard to make predictions for Terrans based on recent results. By the way, It's kind of absurd that Blizzard doesn't award more WCS points for players in the GSL Code A/S. I get that they want to region balance BlizzCon, but at the same time these GSL players just don't get the same opportunities to rack up easy(relative to the GSL that is) points at MLGs and Dreamhacks and the such so it really isn't region balanced at all. Edit: So here's my thoery. Blizzard is still punishing KeSPA for holding up SC2 in Korea, thus the absurd WCS point system. Unfortunately this only punishes the players, and not really KeSPA at all. actually the region balance currently in the top 16 is 6 in GSL, 6 in WCS AM, and 4 in WCS EU Yes, your numbers are correct, but I was being more theoretical in my post. Points available to GSL only players: 10,500/Season + 7,000 from KeSPA cup + 1,800 from GSL Global Championship Points available to WCS AM/EU players: 10,5000/Season + twelve 4,000 point tourneys + six 1,800 pointers + a 7,000 pointer + a 3,375 pointer and another one TBD. Now to be fair, some GSL players like SoS do travel to some foreign tourneys, but those opportunities to earn points just aren't as available to players with Proleague obligations. Blizzard could have easily corrected this imbalance by awarding, let's say, 30% more points to the GSL region. A boost of that magnitude wouldn't even change the overall region balance in the top 16 as it currently stands so it's not like Blizzard's goal of region balance would be severely damaged. Maru, Korea's consensus best Terran would STILL be on the outside looking in.
Ah you were speaking theoretically. I doubt Blizzard was trying to punish KeSPA, but maybe they were trying to encourage them to go to more international tournaments.
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Soooo stacked! I'm probably more hyped for this than Code S.
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Whens broadcasting start???? Code A was better than Code S RO32 last year
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Lorning
Belgica34432 Posts
On July 11 2014 03:40 Orcasgt24 wrote:Whens broadcasting start???? Code A was better than Code S RO32 last year
on Wednesday, Jul 16 4:00am GMT (GMT+00:00) is the first group
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Hey hey hey! Group A and Group G just switched dates? Whats up? Something happen?
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United Kingdom31935 Posts
So INno isnt playing tomorrow?
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Lorning
Belgica34432 Posts
On July 15 2014 16:04 GumBa wrote:
So INno isnt playing tomorrow?
Nope, he's at IEM
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United Kingdom31935 Posts
On July 15 2014 20:00 Lorning wrote:Nope, he's at IEM
Thank god I wouldve missed it otherwise!
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On July 11 2014 02:41 sc2isnotdying wrote:Show nested quote +On July 11 2014 01:55 Die4Ever wrote:On July 11 2014 01:43 sc2isnotdying wrote:On July 09 2014 14:07 Redrot wrote:
Welp I don't see a lot of these Terrans advancing... INno, Flash, TY, Bbyong and Cure are the only ones I think who have decent chances.
Group A: INnoVation, Ruin
Group B: DRG, Panic
Group C: Dear, Dark
Group D: Rain, Cure
Group E: TY, ByuL
Group F: Flash, Symbol
Group G: Parting, Avenge(???tossup)
Group H: Trap, Bbyong
Group I: sOs, herO (holy shit)
Group J: Rogue, Life (root for bunny!)
Group K: SuperNova, Leenock
Group L: Stork, FanTasY New map pool, so I think its really hard to make predictions for Terrans based on recent results. By the way, It's kind of absurd that Blizzard doesn't award more WCS points for players in the GSL Code A/S. I get that they want to region balance BlizzCon, but at the same time these GSL players just don't get the same opportunities to rack up easy(relative to the GSL that is) points at MLGs and Dreamhacks and the such so it really isn't region balanced at all. Edit: So here's my thoery. Blizzard is still punishing KeSPA for holding up SC2 in Korea, thus the absurd WCS point system. Unfortunately this only punishes the players, and not really KeSPA at all. actually the region balance currently in the top 16 is 6 in GSL, 6 in WCS AM, and 4 in WCS EU Yes, your numbers are correct, but I was being more theoretical in my post. Points available to GSL only players: 10,500/Season + 7,000 from KeSPA cup + 1,800 from GSL Global Championship Points available to WCS AM/EU players: 10,5000/Season + twelve 4,000 point tourneys + six 1,800 pointers + a 7,000 pointer + a 3,375 pointer and another one TBD. Now to be fair, some GSL players like SoS do travel to some foreign tourneys, but those opportunities to earn points just aren't as available to players with Proleague obligations. Blizzard could have easily corrected this imbalance by awarding, let's say, 30% more points to the GSL region. A boost of that magnitude wouldn't even change the overall region balance in the top 16 as it currently stands so it's not like Blizzard's goal of region balance would be severely damaged. Maru, Korea's consensus best Terran would STILL be on the outside looking in.
Blizzard is helping out organizers to attract players with WCS points, which supports regions that are interested in having sc2. If you could make it by only getting 1 good run in GSL, then the whole system wouldn't work that way.
Kespa is a fairly closed of organization and because they don't let their players farm tournaments those players are actually that good (or not as figured out). Just enjoy the difference. And wait for the Global Finals where you can say ha Kespa players are the best. Not oh we have a 4th GSL yay .
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