On March 04 2015 03:49 fezvez wrote:
That's one of the most stacked lineups I have seen in a long long time. And, no offense to Blizzard, but this is more stacked than Blizzcon

By far. This is the real Blizzcon. Honestly, this should just be a Korean event.

sharkie

Austria18658 Posts

March 03 2015 18:54 GMT

#122

wtf is this unfair sides of brackets?
One has all the championship contenders, the other side is full of scrubs

The_Templar

your Country52798 Posts

March 03 2015 18:56 GMT

#123

Most hype bracket:

herO > Cure
Bbyong > Solar
Zest > Hydra
Life > INnoVation
Flash > Trap
Rain < FanTaSy
Maru > Patience
Dark < TaeJa

herO < Bbyong
Zest < Life
Flash > FanTaSy
Maru < TaeJa

Bbyong < Life
Flash < TaeJa

Life < TaeJa

Boucot

France15997 Posts

March 03 2015 18:56 GMT

#124

On March 04 2015 03:51 Skynx wrote:
Is price and its distribution same deal as last year btw? If so I'm $o$ad

No

1st - $68,707
2nd - $15,000
3rd-4th - $7,000
5th-8th - $3,000
9th-16th - $1,000

ArtistenSc2

Sweden53 Posts

March 03 2015 18:57 GMT

#125

On March 04 2015 01:41 Mikau wrote:
Only way this could have been better is if there was one token foreigner there. Nobody can argue that this isn't among the most stacked lineups imaginable but somehow there's usually more hype with the "can Snute/Scarlett/Bunny do well in a stacked tournament?" storyline (even though the answer is almost always 'no (s)he gets 3-0ed in the first round')

Agree, and that's why I'm missing Naniwa, hoping he will get back in full force :-)

Zealously

East Gorteau22261 Posts

March 03 2015 18:57 GMT

#126

Who am I running sigbets with? I forget T_T

On March 04 2015 03:54 sharkie wrote:
wtf is this unfair sides of brackets?
One has all the championship contenders, the other side is full of scrubs

I tried looking at the bracket to figure out what you're on about, but I couldn't

what are you on about?

ANLProbe

667 Posts

March 03 2015 18:58 GMT

#127

On March 04 2015 03:56 The_Templar wrote:
Most hype bracket:

herO > Cure
Bbyong > Solar
Zest > Hydra
Life > INnoVation
Flash > Trap
Rain < FanTaSy
Maru > Patience
Dark < TaeJa

herO < Bbyong
Zest < Life
Flash > FanTaSy
Maru < TaeJa

Bbyong < Life
FanTaSy < TaeJa

Life < TaeJa

"Flash > FanTaSy"

"FanTaSy < TaeJa"

???

The_Templar

your Country52798 Posts

March 03 2015 18:59 GMT

#128

On March 04 2015 03:58 ANLProbe wrote:

Show nested quote +

"Flash > FanTaSy"

"FanTaSy < TaeJa"

???

It's so hype that FanTaSy gets to do the FanTaSy GG twice!

sparklyresidue

United States5524 Posts

March 03 2015 19:01 GMT

#129

Wow. Looking forward to this!

FueledUpAndReadyToGo

Netherlands30548 Posts

March 03 2015 19:02 GMT

#130

Taeja gonna get that retirement fund for sure!

ToKoreaWithLove

Norway10161 Posts

March 03 2015 19:03 GMT

#131

Not quite summer yet so winner should be Life. Or Maru. But probably Life.

Zealously

East Gorteau22261 Posts

March 03 2015 19:04 GMT

#132

On March 04 2015 04:02 FueledUpAndReadyToGo wrote:
Taeja gonna get that retirement fund for sure!

Because he's as good as your average retired player, you mean?

suddendeathTV

Sweden388 Posts

March 03 2015 19:21 GMT

#133

wow, this bracket... unbelievable

Incognoto

France10239 Posts

March 03 2015 19:25 GMT

#134

It'll be Life, Maru, Innovation or hero.

invisigoat

184 Posts

March 03 2015 19:27 GMT

#135

Am I the only person wondering what they are going to do about GSL and Starleague scheduling conflicts?

OtherWorld

France17333 Posts

March 03 2015 19:28 GMT

#136

On March 04 2015 04:27 invisigoat wrote:
Am I the only person wondering what they are going to do about GSL and Starleague scheduling conflicts?

On March 03 2015 04:24 Keeemy wrote:
Messioso confirmed that both NSSL/GSL have agreed to reschedule with IEM Katowice, so Life has his chance to win all 3! Oooh yeaaa

jubil

United States2602 Posts

March 03 2015 19:29 GMT

#137

Each of the top bracket matches is more interesting and more even than the bottom ones lol, besides maybe Dark/Taeja

swag_bro

Japan782 Posts

March 03 2015 19:33 GMT

#138

Let's only preview the groups:

(P)herO > (T)Cure: herO is literally on another level right now. Yesterday in Proleague, he literally beat a GSL champion. And before that? He beat an OSL champion and SC2's highest earner. I am not sure herO can be stopped right now. Maybe there will be someone in this tournament who can beat him. That person is probably Life since herO has shown weakness to Life before in the GSL. I think there will be a semifinals between Life and herO, where Life will win 3-0. But herO still had a good run.

(T)Bbyong > (Z)Solar: Well...here we go. Solar is in a slump. That's it. He was Samsung's ace and then he suddenly started to perform not well. Did the fame get to his head? Who knows what happened? To add to this, Bbyong managed to defeat Life yesterday. Life. The best Zerg to ever have touched a mouse and play Starcraft II. If Bbyong can manage to beat a player 20 levels above him, he can beat a player who fell from grace like Solar.

(P)Zest > (Z)Hydra: Although Zest is in a career defining slump that no other player has ever experienced before, Hydra still ditched Korea or America therefore his practice partners are not as good as they can be in his home country. This will probably be one of the closes PvZ series in this game because on one hand, we have a player spiraling down from the top in rapid pace. On the other hand, we have a player who left his own country to try to get some free cash, but will sacrifice better practice partners for this. I will place my words on Zest.

(Z)Life > (T)INnoVation: So, Life lost to Bbyong. The world champion lost to a player who has no championships, but do cause upsets from time to time. I guess since it was a Bo1, he did not care that much. Innovation is still a very great player. He is doing very well these days and had the best Proleague ratio last round. This one will be close and tough for both players, but I think Life and win. But who knows...he lost to Bbyong so this shows that he is vulnerable to Terran. I think that Innovation is better than Life, so we will see how this pans out. But I am still going for Life.

(T)Flash > (P)Trap: Yesterday we saw the beginning of the end. The beginning of the end for pretty much all SC2 players. Yesterday, we saw Flash start his recovery towards dominance. He defeated Byul, a top 5 Zerg player. If anyone saw Flash's game yesterday, you would know what I am talking about. He completely destroyed him. Flash is on the rise and it seems that he can't be stopped. He is on the bottom bracket so I am sure that it will be Flash vs. Life in the finals. After seeing Flash's game vs. Byul, I think he can beat Life in the finals should he reach it. I am not saying that Trap is a bad player, he has not been very active lately so he might beat Flash, but I doubt it. Flash is just too good these days.

(P)Rain > (T)FanTaSy: Both of these players have been pretty quiet. Rain is that solid and safe player that anyone can count on winning. Fantasy is that crazy dropping Terran that wins sometimes. I think Rain can win this one just by defending against Fantasy's multiple drop style. Rain is really good at defense. Rain is an OSL champion and knows what it takes to win on the big stages. Fantasy has not found his calling in SC2 yet.

(T)Maru > (P)Patience: Yes Maru is in a biiiiiiiiiiiiiiig slump right now. He lost to Parting, herO and the ever slumping Dear. But all of those players are champions on big stages, so the losses are kind of understandable, even for the former best Terran in the world like Maru. Patience has been quiet, and like all quiet players, may cause an upset, but I am sure that Maru will win without dropping a set.

(T)TaeJa < (Z)Dark: Ah Taeja how you have fallen from being to the top, to being a mere good Korean Terran. You did not even make it in GSL and NSL. Dark? Well for a few weeks, he was the best Zerg in the world hands down. He was unstoppable in every single match up, especially ZvT. So, we have not seen much of these players much. The last game we saw from Dark was yesterday vs. Myungsik and he easily won. That does not determine much. Although Dark has not been playing up to his potential these days, he is still good enough to beat a Taeja who has broken wrists and pretty much given up on SC2 because he will do that mandatory Korean military service anyways. But let's hope for good games at least.