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2014 KeSPA Cup Brackets - Page 7

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Aeceus
Profile Joined September 2011
United Kingdom1278 Posts
August 26 2014 21:48 GMT
#121
Wow a lot of WCS points on the line. This tournament suddenly becomes very important.
Dingodile
Profile Joined December 2011
4139 Posts
August 26 2014 22:12 GMT
#122
On August 27 2014 06:48 Aeceus wrote:
Wow a lot of WCS points on the line. This tournament suddenly becomes very important.

suddenly?
It's been known for months that Korea wants a Tier1 tournament, only the prizepool was not known at that time.
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Blargh
Profile Joined September 2010
United States2103 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-08-26 23:24:06
August 26 2014 23:23 GMT
#123
I'm actually pretty disappointed with the players in the Kespa Cup.
I would only consider about 5 out of the 16 to be "top-tier". I would have very much preferred if WCS season 2 and PL players were not used, because quite honestly, none of those players are playing that great.
In addition, I would have preferred if they did multiple qualifiers for it instead of 8 smaller brackets, because those brackets had some serious imbalances. Just LOOK at the Innovation, Zest, Parting, TY, Stork, Mvp, Symbol, Ryung bracket. Then compare it to the one Sorry and Super won. I'd have actually taken any of the Ro8 players from Zest's bracket over Sorry or Super.
Currently, this upcoming GSL is still many tiers ahead of the Kespa Cup, despite the Kespa Cup's goal being to have "the best players around the world".

Also, Flash better win this.
Crot4le
Profile Joined June 2013
England2927 Posts
August 26 2014 23:38 GMT
#124
On August 26 2014 18:37 Shuffleblade wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 26 2014 18:24 SuperHofmann wrote:
Maybe add this to the main post


Hyyype =D

Zest will do worse than everyone expects, he is nearing his downfall.
Flash is on the rise and the only players that has a chance of stopping his rampage are Bomber, Rain or sOs. In my dreams a in form herO takes him down in the semifinals to go on and win the whole thing vs sOs going proxy =D

I predict Flash, Bomber, sOs and Rogue to do well.


Hahaha, because making it through the stacked KeSPA cup and IEM Toronto qualifiers and making it through his Code S Ro32 group just fine obviously means he is nearing his downfall.
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Crot4le
Profile Joined June 2013
England2927 Posts
August 26 2014 23:44 GMT
#125
Really want Flash to win the whole thing because having him at BlizzCon would be fucking incredible.
Massive fan of Axiom eSports | Crotale#992 | Twitter: @Crot4le
Fecalfeast
Profile Joined January 2010
Canada11355 Posts
August 26 2014 23:48 GMT
#126
Game 1 : (P)Classic > (Z)Rogue
Game 2 : (P)San < (Z)ByuL
Game 3 : (P)Pigbaby > (P)Zest
Game 4 : (P)sOs > (T)Reality
Game 5 : (P)StarDust < (T)Flash
Game 6 : (Z)soO > (P)Super
Game 7 : (P)herO > (T)Sorry
Game 8 : (T)Bomber < (P)Rain

Going with my heart over my head on this one.I believe in the power of pigbaby. Some of these are harder to call than others, for sure.
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neptunusfisk
Profile Blog Joined July 2012
2286 Posts
August 26 2014 23:58 GMT
#127
Can't wait for flash to kick some ass :D

Results though
+ Show Spoiler +
(P)Classic < (Z)Rogue
(P)San < (Z)ByuL
(P)Pigbaby < (P)Zest
(P)sOs > (T)Reality
(P)StarDust < (T)Flash
(Z)soO > (P)Super
(P)herO > (T)Sorry
(T)Bomber < (P)Rain

+ Show Spoiler +
Rogue > ByuL
sOs > Zest
soO > Flash
Rain > herO

+ Show Spoiler +
sOs > Rogue
soO > Rain

+ Show Spoiler +
soO > sOs
maru G5L pls
Magnet
Profile Joined February 2014
United States77 Posts
August 27 2014 00:12 GMT
#128
Really couldn't have asked for a more balanced bracket. Very well done.
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FFW_Rude
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France10201 Posts
August 27 2014 09:25 GMT
#129
On August 26 2014 20:51 Undead1993 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 26 2014 20:47 FFW_Rude wrote:
Wait... Who's sorry ? I thought it was top PL vs top WCS ?

SKT ? Is he a B teamer ? Never heard of him.

there were qualifiers, not every bracket was equal in terms of skill, but he was able to beat decent players and jaedong was in the same bracket, i guess it's something. only the top two players of pl were invited as were the finalists of all WCS regions.


you can look up the qualifier runs here

http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/KeSPA_Cup/Qualifier


Damn i don't know how to read. I was sure it was "invites only". Thx. Will check this.
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Thax
Profile Joined July 2014
Belgium1060 Posts
August 27 2014 11:31 GMT
#130
On August 27 2014 05:55 Ammanas wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 27 2014 03:24 FrostedMiniWheats wrote:
On August 27 2014 03:15 Thax wrote:
On August 26 2014 16:14 Lunareste wrote:
This is so fucking ridiculously hype.

Now THIS r016 is actually Blizzcon worthy.


...

9/16 players are the same as the current WCS top 16, Pigbaby is 17th.

With the exception of Rain (and he's just 1 good performance away from qualifying) and maybe Flash I really don't see that many players here who are better players for Blizzcon than Life, Taeja, Polt, Hyun, hell, even Snute has proven that he can go toe to toe with players of code S caliber on a good day ...


Finally somebody says it.

Is this lineup better than the top 16 for Blizzcon? Yes, but not by much at all.

I mean, I'm pretty sure (T)Sorry has yet to even play a broadcasted match ffs. I wouldn't doubt Snute being of a comparable level to him, but we'll have to wait and see how he does to be sure.

Super has his moments but he's not that amazing. Reality is doing well lately but I'm still not totally sold on him. Taeja and Polt are definitely better. Rogue/ByuL have great potential but currently I'd say they're at best equal to Life and not significantly better than Jaedong nor Hyun (both of which can play at an incredibly high level when they're in the zone).

If you really think that Snute is as good as Sorry, then I am afraid you are delusional. Also Polt is not better then Reality I don't think (blah blah blah, results in foreign tournaments, blah blah blah - spare me pls).

EDIT: Or you just didn't see Sorry play in the RedBull qualifiers, that's totally understandable then - but you'll be in for a surprise.


How about 9 code S participations of which a bunch of top 16 and 1 top 4 finishes, a GSL super tournament win, 2 WCS titels AND results in foreign tournaments? No?

So far Sorry has played decent in a few online qualifiers, Reality's current top 16 Code S run is his best achievement in 2 years. That doesn't even begin to compare.

This anti-foreign Korean wankery is getting tiresome.
Thax
Profile Joined July 2014
Belgium1060 Posts
August 27 2014 11:38 GMT
#131
On August 27 2014 03:39 Lunareste wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 27 2014 03:24 FrostedMiniWheats wrote:
On August 27 2014 03:15 Thax wrote:
On August 26 2014 16:14 Lunareste wrote:
This is so fucking ridiculously hype.

Now THIS r016 is actually Blizzcon worthy.


...

9/16 players are the same as the current WCS top 16, Pigbaby is 17th.

With the exception of Rain (and he's just 1 good performance away from qualifying) and maybe Flash I really don't see that many players here who are better players for Blizzcon than Life, Taeja, Polt, Hyun, hell, even Snute has proven that he can go toe to toe with players of code S caliber on a good day ...


Finally somebody says it.

Is this lineup better than the top 16 for Blizzcon? Yes, but not by much at all.


eh, when I look at the WCS standings and see 7 players that are barely even in the top 50 worldwide, there's a problem. Just my opinion, of course.


I'd love for you to name those 7 as I've just pointed out the huge overlap with this tournament you think is so off the charts. Are you really arguing that Life, Taeja, Jaedong, ... aren't top 50? That's ... an interesting opinion.
Zerg.Zilla
Profile Joined February 2012
Hungary5029 Posts
August 27 2014 13:42 GMT
#132
Classic-Rogue;sOs-Reality;StarDust-Flash;Bomber-Rain sick city! :D
(•_•) ( •_•)>⌐■-■ (⌐■_■) ~Keep calm and inject Larva~
Uyo
Profile Joined July 2012
35 Posts
August 28 2014 05:08 GMT
#133
how come no foreigners in the qualifier? That's a lot of WCS points. even those in the top 5 like Taeja, Hyun, and Polt played in it for a chance to be in this Cup.
ChapatiyaqPTSM
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
France1887 Posts
August 28 2014 06:07 GMT
#134
There were foreigners in the qualifiers. In the round of 16 of their bracket, at least (from Liquipedia):
(jp) (Z)Vaisravana
(pe) (Z)CatZ
(pl) (P)Jade
(jp) ENZA
(us) (P)State
(ua) (Z)Bly
(mx) (T)MajOr
(cn) (Z)TooDming

That doesn't include 2 other rounds not shown on Liquipedia, but shown in the full brackets:
http://cnce.kr/shop/comm.php?PN=board_view&code=notice&no=372
LiquipediaBoy, these pretzels are makin' me thirsty.
ChapatiyaqPTSM
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
France1887 Posts
September 03 2014 08:52 GMT
#135
The schedule has been announced on twitter:
LiquipediaBoy, these pretzels are makin' me thirsty.
GENerateSAYing
Profile Joined April 2014
United States103 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-09-06 22:56:01
September 06 2014 22:52 GMT
#136
Flash needs this win for Blizzcon, come on Flash.
I know Bomber doesn't need the points, but I want him to do well just because
Hope to see them play in the Semi finals.
You have to earn a chance at redemption.
Canucklehead
Profile Joined March 2011
Canada5074 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-09-06 23:05:04
September 06 2014 22:58 GMT
#137
Flash has got this! He's not going to lose a bo5 to these people!
Top 10 favourite pros: MKP, MVP, MC, Nestea, DRG, Jaedong, Flash, Life, Creator, Leenock
Darkhorse
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
United States23455 Posts
September 06 2014 23:12 GMT
#138
On August 27 2014 08:23 Blargh wrote:
I'm actually pretty disappointed with the players in the Kespa Cup.
I would only consider about 5 out of the 16 to be "top-tier". I would have very much preferred if WCS season 2 and PL players were not used, because quite honestly, none of those players are playing that great.
In addition, I would have preferred if they did multiple qualifiers for it instead of 8 smaller brackets, because those brackets had some serious imbalances. Just LOOK at the Innovation, Zest, Parting, TY, Stork, Mvp, Symbol, Ryung bracket. Then compare it to the one Sorry and Super won. I'd have actually taken any of the Ro8 players from Zest's bracket over Sorry or Super.
Currently, this upcoming GSL is still many tiers ahead of the Kespa Cup, despite the Kespa Cup's goal being to have "the best players around the world".

Also, Flash better win this.

Sounds like you didn't watch any Super in PL TT

Oh well. I think Super is much better than you give him credit for (at least better than Mvp, Symbol, Ryung from your example and possibly Stork) but I guess it doesn't really matter because he is getting fed to soO first round
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rikapi
Profile Joined January 2014
United States63 Posts
September 06 2014 23:24 GMT
#139
I suspect it's going to be a bit rough for Bomber, who has his WCS-AM Ro16 matches on 9/9.
Assuming he takes the redeye outta LAX that night, he lands in ICN afternoon of 9/11... for a match the very next day against Rain.
At least KeSPA was nice enough to not make him play the day that he lands, but I still fear that Bomber may not be in top form when he absolutely needs to be.
saving e-sports one Carbot cookie at a time :D
Aeceus
Profile Joined September 2011
United Kingdom1278 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-09-06 23:45:44
September 06 2014 23:45 GMT
#140
Game 1 : (P)Classic < (Z)Rogue
Game 2 : (P)San > (Z)ByuL
Game 3 : (P)Pigbaby < (P)Zest
Game 4 : (P)sOs > (T)Reality
Game 5 : (P)StarDust < (T)Flash
Game 6 : (Z)soO < (P)Super
Game 7 : (P)herO < (T)Sorry
Game 8 : (T)Bomber < (P)Rain

Predictions for first round.
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