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IEM Katowice - Bracket revealed - Page 9

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The StarLeague will be rescheduled if necessary to accomodate the players attending both Katowice and NSSL.
caznitch
Profile Joined July 2012
Canada645 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-03-03 20:39:39
March 03 2015 20:38 GMT
#161
Flash is taking this. FO SHO!

I'm calling it now. He won't even lose a game. In fact, mid way though game 4, he'll have such a lead that he'll get out of the booth and start hitting on Life's mom (who I'm assuming he'll have in the finals).
why?
KingofdaHipHop
Profile Blog Joined October 2013
United States25602 Posts
March 03 2015 20:53 GMT
#162
holy what the fuck this tournament is stacked

also is herO gonna have to knock out bbyong again what is with cj teamkills
Rain | herO | sOs | Dear | Neeb | ByuN | INnoVation | Dream | ForGG | Maru | ByuL | Golden | Solar | Soulkey | Scarlett!!!
Charoisaur
Profile Joined August 2014
Germany16008 Posts
March 03 2015 21:06 GMT
#163
damn, normally i don't watch every ro16 match but looking at the matches there isn't a single game i can skip.
Guess there goes my freetime
Many of the coolest moments in sc2 happen due to worker harassment
Phredxor
Profile Joined May 2013
New Zealand15076 Posts
March 03 2015 21:31 GMT
#164
So cool. Agree with swag bro. Flash is obviously gonna get to finals against Life. I see no other result.
stevethemacguy
Profile Joined September 2008
United States137 Posts
March 03 2015 21:50 GMT
#165
Holy Crap. I can honestly say that each group looks exciting. Can't remember that last time I felt that way about an entire Ro16.
"What we do in life, echoes in eternity" -maximus decimus meridius
stevethemacguy
Profile Joined September 2008
United States137 Posts
March 03 2015 21:54 GMT
#166
On March 04 2015 03:21 Cricketer12 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 04 2015 03:18 Blargh wrote:
Innovation vs Life..... Why do the two best players keep getting paired against each other at the beginning of the bracket??? :|

but Cure and Dark arent playing each other?


Ok, Artosis.
"What we do in life, echoes in eternity" -maximus decimus meridius
erby
Profile Blog Joined September 2012
464 Posts
March 03 2015 21:57 GMT
#167
RIP everyone

Still cheering on my boy TaeJa though~
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Cricketer12
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
United States13990 Posts
March 03 2015 22:14 GMT
#168
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
Flash < TaeJa

Life < TaeJa

Pashun
Cure > herO
bbyong > solar
Zest > Hydra
Inno > Life
Trap > Flash
Rain > Fantasy
Maru > Patience
Dark > TaeJa

Cure > bbyong
Inno > Zest
Trap > Rain
Dark > Maru

Cure > Inno
Dark > Trap

Cure > Dark
Chain 1 Arthalion Chain 2 Urgula Chain 3 Mululu Chain 4 Lukias
Cricketer12
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
United States13990 Posts
March 03 2015 22:15 GMT
#169
On March 04 2015 06:54 stevethemacguy wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 04 2015 03:21 Cricketer12 wrote:
On March 04 2015 03:18 Blargh wrote:
Innovation vs Life..... Why do the two best players keep getting paired against each other at the beginning of the bracket??? :|

but Cure and Dark arent playing each other?


Ok, Artosis.

crap im already being compared to artosis, fuck me
Chain 1 Arthalion Chain 2 Urgula Chain 3 Mululu Chain 4 Lukias
messioso
Profile Joined June 2011
Denmark635 Posts
March 03 2015 22:20 GMT
#170
Good thing we're broadcasting every single match :3
Former ESL League Operations. I ran IEM/WCS for like 3 years or something. I did map vetos on a tablet. That guy.
SAFenix
Profile Joined July 2011
Canada439 Posts
March 03 2015 22:30 GMT
#171
Hoping for Dark to win, with Rain showing he is still a top tier Protoss.
mYi.Rain | SKT1.soO
Heartland
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
Sweden24591 Posts
March 03 2015 22:30 GMT
#172
sick city!
REyeM
Profile Joined August 2014
2674 Posts
March 03 2015 22:36 GMT
#173
On March 04 2015 07:20 messioso wrote:
Good thing we're broadcasting every single match :3


Any information on releasing the schedule? I would especially want to know more about Thursday/Friday ones because, work days.
S4 Arrows, never forget. RIP Woongjin Stars.
arcane1129
Profile Joined January 2011
United States271 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-03-03 23:04:26
March 03 2015 22:42 GMT
#174
On March 04 2015 04:33 swag_bro wrote:
+ Show Spoiler +
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.



I agree with most of your predictions but I think you put way too much emphasis on bo1s and their most recent games and seemingly ignore others.

hero/cure: herO's form according to aligulac is 30-22. Cure is 52-25.

Bbyong/solar: Solar was only slumping in last round of proleague and still doing decently elsewhere. Plus he beat sOs yesterday. Bbyong beat Life in one game in which Life got caught off guard, don't read too much into it.

Zest/Hydra: Yes Zest is slumping compared to where he was but this is not the biggest slump we have seen and I think he was overrated at his prime anyway based on his play and the metagame at the time. He's still doing okay and being picked as KT ace in proleague. Hydra has been wrecking people, but his opponents are way easier so he's hard to gauge.

Life/Inno: Again, don't read too much into Life losing one game. This could go either way and I'm sure most would agree.

Flash/Trap - Again, one game does not signal a return to top form. Byul definitely made some mistakes, and Flash did as well. Plus why ignore that Trap won both his starting game and the ace match while being picked over Cure in the lineup and over Maru/sOs/Cure for ace? 40-10 form as well which is crazy.

Rain/Fantasy: I agreed until you said "Rain is an OSL champion and knows what it takes to win on the big stages." That OSL was a long time ago and it's not like Fantasy is any stranger to BW finals.

Maru/Patience: Maru's "slump" has lasted since Feb 27. 5 days. His form is still 46-25.

Dark/Taeja: Pretty much agreed but I wouldn't underestimate Taeja by any means.
-----------------
Predictions:
hero>cure (50/50 imo)
bbyong>solar
zest>hydra
inno>life
flash<trap
fantasy<rain
maru>patience
dark>taeja

hero>bbyong
zest<inno
trap>rain
maru<dark

hero<inno
trap<dark

inno vs dark I can't decide
Glenn313
Profile Joined August 2011
United States475 Posts
March 03 2015 22:44 GMT
#175
Things are gonna be insane..
Hey man
FrostedMiniWheats
Profile Joined August 2010
United States30730 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-03-03 23:06:27
March 03 2015 23:06 GMT
#176
On March 04 2015 07:42 arcane1129 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 04 2015 04:33 swag_bro wrote:
+ Show Spoiler +
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.



+ Show Spoiler +
I agree with most of your predictions but I think you put way too much emphasis on bo1s and their most recent games and seemingly ignore others.

hero/cure: herO's form according to aligulac is 30-22. Cure is 52-25.

Bbyong/solar: Solar was only slumping in last round of proleague and still doing decently elsewhere. Plus he beat sOs yesterday. Bbyong beat Life in one game in which Life got caught off guard, don't read too much into it.

Zest/Hydra: Yes Zest is slumping compared to where he was but this is not the biggest slump we have seen and I think he was overrated at his prime anyway based on his play and the metagame at the time. He's still doing okay and being picked as KT ace in proleague. Hydra has been wrecking people, but his opponents are way easier so he's hard to gauge.

Life/Inno: Again, don't read too much into Life losing one game. This could go either way and I'm sure most would agree.

Flash/Trap - Again, one game does not signal a return to top form. Byul definitely made some mistakes, and Flash did as well. Plus why ignore that Trap won both his starting game and the ace match while being picked over Cure in the lineup and over Maru/sOs/Cure for ace? 40-10 form as well which is crazy.

Rain/Fantasy: I agreed until you said "Rain is an OSL champion and knows what it takes to win on the big stages." That OSL was a long time ago and it's not like Fantasy is any stranger to BW finals.

Maru/Patience: Maru's "slump" has lasted since Feb 27. 5 days. His form is still 46-25.

Dark/Taeja: Pretty much agreed but I wouldn't underestimate Taeja by any means.
-----------------
Predictions:
hero>cure (50/50 imo)
bbyong>solar
zest>hydra
inno>life
flash<trap
fantasy<rain
maru>patience
dark>taeja

hero>bbyong
zest<inno
trap>rain
maru<dark

hero<inno
trap<dark

inno vs dark I can't decide


and some think swag_bro is in a slump
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arcane1129
Profile Joined January 2011
United States271 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-03-03 23:11:59
March 03 2015 23:08 GMT
#177
On March 04 2015 08:06 FrostedMiniWheats wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 04 2015 07:42 arcane1129 wrote:
On March 04 2015 04:33 swag_bro wrote:
+ Show Spoiler +
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.



+ Show Spoiler +
I agree with most of your predictions but I think you put way too much emphasis on bo1s and their most recent games and seemingly ignore others.

hero/cure: herO's form according to aligulac is 30-22. Cure is 52-25.

Bbyong/solar: Solar was only slumping in last round of proleague and still doing decently elsewhere. Plus he beat sOs yesterday. Bbyong beat Life in one game in which Life got caught off guard, don't read too much into it.

Zest/Hydra: Yes Zest is slumping compared to where he was but this is not the biggest slump we have seen and I think he was overrated at his prime anyway based on his play and the metagame at the time. He's still doing okay and being picked as KT ace in proleague. Hydra has been wrecking people, but his opponents are way easier so he's hard to gauge.

Life/Inno: Again, don't read too much into Life losing one game. This could go either way and I'm sure most would agree.

Flash/Trap - Again, one game does not signal a return to top form. Byul definitely made some mistakes, and Flash did as well. Plus why ignore that Trap won both his starting game and the ace match while being picked over Cure in the lineup and over Maru/sOs/Cure for ace? 40-10 form as well which is crazy.

Rain/Fantasy: I agreed until you said "Rain is an OSL champion and knows what it takes to win on the big stages." That OSL was a long time ago and it's not like Fantasy is any stranger to BW finals.

Maru/Patience: Maru's "slump" has lasted since Feb 27. 5 days. His form is still 46-25.

Dark/Taeja: Pretty much agreed but I wouldn't underestimate Taeja by any means.
-----------------
Predictions:
hero>cure (50/50 imo)
bbyong>solar
zest>hydra
inno>life
flash<trap
fantasy<rain
maru>patience
dark>taeja

hero>bbyong
zest<inno
trap>rain
maru<dark

hero<inno
trap<dark

inno vs dark I can't decide


and some think swag_bro is in a slump


It's okay that I'm getting trolled, I know it. I was hungry and decided to bite. Plus we need some reasoning behind people's predictions more often.
Cricketer12
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
United States13990 Posts
March 03 2015 23:11 GMT
#178
On March 04 2015 07:42 arcane1129 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 04 2015 04:33 swag_bro wrote:
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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.



I agree with most of your predictions but I think you put way too much emphasis on bo1s and their most recent games and seemingly ignore others.

hero/cure: herO's form according to aligulac is 30-22. Cure is 52-25.

Bbyong/solar: Solar was only slumping in last round of proleague and still doing decently elsewhere. Plus he beat sOs yesterday. Bbyong beat Life in one game in which Life got caught off guard, don't read too much into it.

Zest/Hydra: Yes Zest is slumping compared to where he was but this is not the biggest slump we have seen and I think he was overrated at his prime anyway based on his play and the metagame at the time. He's still doing okay and being picked as KT ace in proleague. Hydra has been wrecking people, but his opponents are way easier so he's hard to gauge.

Life/Inno: Again, don't read too much into Life losing one game. This could go either way and I'm sure most would agree.

Flash/Trap - Again, one game does not signal a return to top form. Byul definitely made some mistakes, and Flash did as well. Plus why ignore that Trap won both his starting game and the ace match while being picked over Cure in the lineup and over Maru/sOs/Cure for ace? 40-10 form as well which is crazy.

Rain/Fantasy: I agreed until you said "Rain is an OSL champion and knows what it takes to win on the big stages." That OSL was a long time ago and it's not like Fantasy is any stranger to BW finals.

Maru/Patience: Maru's "slump" has lasted since Feb 27. 5 days. His form is still 46-25.

Dark/Taeja: Pretty much agreed but I wouldn't underestimate Taeja by any means.
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Predictions:
hero>cure (50/50 imo)
bbyong>solar
zest>hydra
inno>life
flash<trap
fantasy<rain
maru>patience
dark>taeja

hero>bbyong
zest<inno
trap>rain
maru<dark

hero<inno
trap<dark

inno vs dark I can't decide

you put way too much effort into getting swag_bro'd
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March 03 2015 23:13 GMT
#179
Dat bracket o_0 HYPE
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Last Edited: 2015-03-03 23:21:40
March 03 2015 23:19 GMT
#180
this is the most stacked tournament ever, what the shit


hero solar zest life trap rain mary dark

hoping for taeja but dark pretty good..

life champion of course. life is invincible
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