Overall very balanced though, the only two players who would shock me if they won are Jim, Terminator and Dream, and more because they're playing three of the best in the world, not because they're bad.
Sorry, but (and that's just with this side of the story), those admins are jackasses if they tolerate certain behaviour from a team (even if it's JAGW) and not from a player... On the other hand, it's his own responsibility to be on time and at least notify the admins.
It's so sad
More when you know how emotional player he is... But don't worry he WILL qualify for GSL, plus Myungsik will avenge him if he already didn't... And be happy about TerrOr almost making it, he wasn't showing anything in past in offline performances, maybe this is about to change! ^^
Top 5 matches in order: Life vs Flash Scarlett vs TY (not exactly because of quality, but just because foreigner hype) Innovation vs Stats Bbyong vs herO Fantasy vs MarineKing
Cure vs Classic would be good if both were playing in top form, but I was not super impressed from their recent play.
On December 11 2014 21:29 DarkLordOlli wrote: I'm happy about Dream making it in. I could really see him prosper at SKT. Seriously though, all my protoss favorites (except Classic) are out, had to kill each other or will have to kill each other in the wildcard bracket
Never forget Dream vs Scarlett in ATC. God what a game that was
On December 11 2014 21:29 DarkLordOlli wrote: I'm happy about Dream making it in. I could really see him prosper at SKT. Seriously though, all my protoss favorites (except Classic) are out, had to kill each other or will have to kill each other in the wildcard bracket
Never forget Dream vs Scarlett in ATC. God what a game that was
On December 11 2014 23:00 Yakikorosu wrote: List of some of the more notable people who participated and did NOT qualify:
Stork MMA soO Bomber First YoDa jjakji MC Creator (apparently forfeited his matches) DRG HyuN Symbol sOs Rain Liquid Hero TRUE Trap Zest
Of all the Koreans "returning" to Korea after competing in WCS AM and EU in 2014, the only ones who made it into SSL are San and Patience. Edit: and TaeJa, forgot him.
Of course there's always still WCS...
Shame no soO/Bomber/Zest/sOs/Rain, but that's the nature of bracket qualifiers...
Also it's interesting to note players who did not even participate, like:
Mvp (retirement probably confirmed) ByuN (hopes of comeback likely dashed)
I hope Mvp has taken a break to go through surgery in anticipation of LotV. A retirement seems more likely at this point, though.
I really wish they did away with this shitty challenger league format, it's a total crapshhot with the draw. At least with gsl group stages (thank god code a started doing them) you get the comfort of double elimination so that if you get an awful first opponent you can still make it through. Also players who deserve to make it far get shafted because oof a single best of 5 instead of being put in a group of death.
Still shocked MMA, Bomber, Rain, SoO, Zest didnt make it. MMA was just the blizzcon finalist, Bomber #1 in WCS points, Zest the best player of the year, SoO 4 times in a row gsl finalist, and Rain just finished second at IEM.
On December 12 2014 01:19 Alucen-Will- wrote: Still shocked MMA, Bomber, Rain, SoO, Zest didnt make it. MMA was just the blizzcon finalist, Bomber #1 in WCS points, Zest the best player of the year, SoO 4 times in a row gsl finalist, and Rain just finished second at IEM.
SC2 does not have that kind of consistency. While Zest and soO are somewhat surprising, I wouldn't say any of them had the level of dominance that Mvp in his prime did, and certainly not the level of dominance of Flash in BW.
On December 12 2014 01:19 Alucen-Will- wrote: Still shocked MMA, Bomber, Rain, SoO, Zest didnt make it. MMA was just the blizzcon finalist, Bomber #1 in WCS points, Zest the best player of the year, SoO 4 times in a row gsl finalist, and Rain just finished second at IEM.
SC2 does not have that kind of consistency. While Zest and soO are somewhat surprising, I wouldn't say any of them had the level of dominance that Mvp in his prime did, and certainly not the level of dominance of Flash in BW.
EPT
Rogue < (Z)
Classic > (T)
Cure (very tough call)
And be happy about TerrOr almost making it, he wasn't showing anything in past in offline performances, maybe this is about to change! ^^
