As a TLO fan i'm not happy about this group at all!!!
Ofcourse Xigua is a good draw, but Violet is just one of these korean pro's who is a level above TLO and Mana is protoss (which is for TLO reason enough to lose), and even good vs.z...

rotta

5586 Posts

August 02 2015 11:46 GMT

#33

On August 02 2015 00:29 yip.man wrote:
No strong koreans players ? very weak tournament

That's why they call it World.

Kaizor

Singapore909 Posts

August 02 2015 12:05 GMT

#34

On August 02 2015 19:52 f1jelle wrote:

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You must be kidding me. Apart from the customary Liquid Team Kill, i will definitely not put Violet above TLO.

If you have been watching WCS this year, Violet has not shown any form at all, losing to foreigners left and right. So unless this season is going to be a breakout performance for Violet, i really fancy TLO's chances in this group.

f1jelle

Germany15 Posts

August 02 2015 13:20 GMT

#35

On August 02 2015 21:05 Kaizor wrote:

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good point, and it's right that violet is no top 30 player right now, but nevertheless i think violet is still better than TLO in zvz now (for example the Aligulac stats: Violet-1917 ,TLO-1740. Ofcourse Aligulacstats are not super acurate, but more than 150 points difference means there is atleast a difference at all).
But i hope either i'm wrong, or TLO gets a bit lucky an manages to win the series...

btw:
I know it's the anonymity of the internet, but why do you have to react to a normal post of a stranger with "you must be kidding me."? Would you ever talk like this to a stranger in real?!?

fronkschnonk

Germany622 Posts

August 02 2015 15:51 GMT

#36

TLO's and violet's ZvZs are even since january - both ~61% winrate. TLO had more success in important matches so far and especially offline. Also his showing against Losira and True at Asus Rog was quite convinving. So I'd favor TLO over violet but violet is definetely a dangerous player.

neptunusfisk

2286 Posts

August 03 2015 09:24 GMT

#37

On August 03 2015 00:51 fronkschnonk wrote:
TLO's and violet's ZvZs are even since january - both ~61% winrate. TLO had more success in important matches so far and especially offline. Also his showing against Losira and True at Asus Rog was quite convinving. So I'd favor TLO over violet but violet is definetely a dangerous player.

Against what opponents? This is the important factor. Even I have 85% winrate in ZvZ against my platinum friend and I dont even play zerg

neteX

Sweden285 Posts

August 03 2015 11:50 GMT

#38

it's funny how some players tends to get into these tournaments when there is plenty of better players out there. Oh wellz gl everyone who participates

BaneRiders

Sweden3630 Posts

August 03 2015 18:38 GMT

#39

On August 03 2015 20:50 neteX wrote:
it's funny how some players tends to get into these tournaments when there is plenty of better players out there. Oh wellz gl everyone who participates

You got to be good when it counts and that is a skill too!

That being said, I watched Firecake vs Zanster yesterday and that was for sure interesting. Firecake having won the challenger against Zanster the season before 3-1 and now Zanster 3-0 Firecake. Proper preparation + daily form certainly goes into the equation.