EPTWCS Bracket Drawn; Neeblet in, Nerchio out - Page 3
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HooHooH
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KtJ
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AzAlexZ
Australia3303 Posts
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TheHumanLife
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Vindicare605
United States16118 Posts
Whoever wins between Dark and Neeb are going to the finals for sure. as for the other side of the bracket, flip a couple of coins, it could go for any of them. | ||
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Kingsky
Singapore298 Posts
On November 01 2016 02:15 Vindicare605 wrote: That showtime upset of Byun really fucked this bracket up for the Terrans. If Byun had won that match like he was supposed to it'd be Elazer vs Byun and TY vs Showtime on opposite sides of the brackets. Instead we get this. Whoever wins between Dark and Neeb are going to the finals for sure. as for the other side of the bracket, flip a couple of coins, it could go for any of them. Showtime might win the whole thing  | ||
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Cashling
United States49 Posts
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Phredxor
New Zealand15076 Posts
On November 01 2016 01:45 TheHumanLife wrote: People think Dark vs TY will be equal final, but I don't think ByuN or TY can beat Dark especially in bo7 in the final. It can be one-sided for Dark i personally think. And his ZvT is almost unbeatable for terrans especially when it comes to bo5 or 7. I never saw Dark lose in bo5 or 7 by any terrans. ByuN just made surprise to take 2 games from Dark in crossfinal bo5 in season2. I think even Neeb and ShoWTimE have better chance to beat Dark in bo5 or 7 than ByuN and TY. I am pretty sure any protoss opponent will be harder for Dark in this bracket, and probably if Elazer beats ShoWTimE, he can make another huge upset through ZvZ. Honestly i think Stats has the best chance against Dark. If he makes it through Zest and TY/Byun first is another story. | ||
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buchh
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ByuN and Ryung going for insane practice now on TY builds... Neeblet's got an Elazer on Dark VODs (although I'm sure a pretty pissed off Nerchio'll rather practice with Showtime to kill Elazer after what he did to him)... Showtime's got Nerchio in that case and perhaps Elazer (he seems like a nice chap)... What about the KT boys out there by themselves? TYs got Jjakji?, Stats and Zest practicing is only a mind game for what they'll show later... I hope the other Koreans out there are willing to provide some help... These next couple of days for prep is making me laugh harder and yearn more for that Byun Global Finals Championship.... | ||
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SlammerIV
United States526 Posts
Now, just looking at this the crazy thing is I think Elazer actually has a decent shot at the finals, he may be an underdog against showtime but its not that hard to imagine he takes it and if Dark beats Neeb than I think Elazer actually has a great shot at taking down Dark in ZvZ. Just crunching the numbers Solar > Dark, Nerchio >Solar, Elazer > Solar and Nerchio = Elazer > Dark?! | ||
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TheHumanLife
138 Posts
As much as maybe this bracket is not 100% ideal for the best possible games/storyline it is still 100% fair, as Blizzard there is really no other fair way to do the bracket, it would be completely messed up to give certain players advantages over others just so we don't have KT team kill or even foreigners on each side of the bracket. The Drawing was random based on who advanced first/second and this is the result, fair is fair. Now, just looking at this the crazy thing is I think Elazer actually has a decent shot at the finals, he may be an underdog against showtime but its not that hard to imagine he takes it and if Dark beats Neeb than I think Elazer actually has a great shot at taking down Dark in ZvZ. Just crunching the numbers Solar > Dark, Nerchio >Solar, Elazer > Solar and Nerchio = Elazer > Dark?! zvz can always go either way | ||
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FFW_Rude
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yubo56
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On October 31 2016 18:15 Cascade wrote: This approach for predicting matches hasn't worked that well lately, but I'll stick with it a bit more: Dark got this. Silly foreigners can't stop the Korean! FTFY. Dark probably has the most momentum of all the Koreans coming into Blizzcon. But Neeb is also by FAR the most hyped foreigner, definitely wouldn't write him off. I honestly think Neeb matches up reasonably well against Dark. If he shies away from his early pressure builds (which won't do anything to Dark who always opens aggressively too), I don't think Dark will be able to do too much damage, and the main late game we've seen from Dark in ZvP is ling bling into hive tech, which isn't that good against Neeb's "survive until mass tempests" Curious to see what Dark's solution will be, don't think we've seen much hydra viper for him. As a die-hard Dark fan, I'm super nervous, butthole is very clenched... | ||
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Swisslink
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On November 01 2016 00:46 jtp118 wrote: haven't followed SC2 lately, is Showtime actually good or are there balance issues / Korean scene no longer as good? He was really well prepared for ByuN. I think this was the main issue there. I felt like Showtime knew pretty much everything about ByuN, while ByuN was just playing his standard play without too much specific preparation for this one opponent. And I guess that backfired quite a bit for ByuN in this matchup. Not taking anything away from Showtime! He did really well and preparation has always been part of the game. However, if they meet again in the finals (which i doubt, ofc), I would not be surprised ByuN beat him. | ||
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Big-t
Austria1350 Posts
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-IAEVAI-KolosS
Canada60 Posts
On November 01 2016 16:48 Swisslink wrote: He was really well prepared for ByuN. I think this was the main issue there. I felt like Showtime knew pretty much everything about ByuN, while ByuN was just playing his standard play without too much specific preparation for this one opponent. And I guess that backfired quite a bit for ByuN in this matchup. Not taking anything away from Showtime! He did really well and preparation has always been part of the game. However, if they meet again in the finals (which i doubt, ofc), I would not be surprised ByuN beat him. This. Showtime has stated himself in the post-game interview that he was well prepared for ByuN and that ByuN played EXACTLY like he anticipated. At that point, Showtime had a strong advantage over his opponent and he played the best he could leading to his victory. | ||
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Phaenoman
568 Posts
On November 01 2016 21:33 Big-t wrote: Plz Showtime, Avange Nerchio!! What do Nerchio and Showtime have in common? | ||
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voyTECH
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It Could be 0-4 grand final. Let's see. | ||
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FrkFrJss
Canada1205 Posts
On November 01 2016 05:08 yubo56 wrote: FTFY. Dark probably has the most momentum of all the Koreans coming into Blizzcon. But Neeb is also by FAR the most hyped foreigner, definitely wouldn't write him off. I honestly think Neeb matches up reasonably well against Dark. If he shies away from his early pressure builds (which won't do anything to Dark who always opens aggressively too), I don't think Dark will be able to do too much damage, and the main late game we've seen from Dark in ZvP is ling bling into hive tech, which isn't that good against Neeb's "survive until mass tempests" Curious to see what Dark's solution will be, don't think we've seen much hydra viper for him. As a die-hard Dark fan, I'm super nervous, butthole is very clenched... Neeb(let)'s biggest weakness is wierd early pressure builds. I give Neeb the best chance if he can avoid dying in the early game, then he can macro with the best. I'm a pretty hard core Neeb fan, and I don't think you have as much to worry about as I. Dark is definitely the favourite here. | ||
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