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Mun_Su
Profile Joined December 2012
France2063 Posts
February 02 2017 16:42 GMT
#81
On February 02 2017 23:00 DBooN wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 02 2017 15:38 ParksonVN wrote:
On February 02 2017 14:52 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:
At what point can a group just get too nutty? Group B really pushes that boundary. A is nuts too


Firstly Dark wanted a family group, he picked Classic. Classic, more realistically, picked Ryung to secure both him and Dark can advance. But Ryung, as the weakest one, had nothing to lose, so he picked Soo to make the group as hard as possible . And TY just finished the job by swapping Ryung and InnoVation.

ryung had the choice between soO, inno or maru


Yeah I think he feared the two terran monsters. But soO would'have eat him anyway.
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Danglars
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States12133 Posts
February 02 2017 18:25 GMT
#82
I'm so amped. All these names in one tournament and these groups.
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BisuDagger
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Bisutopia19384 Posts
February 02 2017 19:00 GMT
#83
On February 01 2017 22:50 Koektrommel wrote:
TY ~ INnoVation
ByuL ~ Dark
Stats ~ Classic
aLive ~ soO

Group A doesn't seem that much worse than B actually.

Except Group B is sadly all ex-SKT
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Alucen-Will-
Profile Joined October 2014
United States4054 Posts
February 02 2017 19:14 GMT
#84
Has PartinG retired (from above)? Certainly seems like 2016 was a non-thing for him.


Also Group B seems to be soO's I'll never win a gsl group
Phredxor
Profile Joined May 2013
New Zealand15076 Posts
February 02 2017 19:21 GMT
#85
On February 03 2017 04:14 Alucen-Will- wrote:
Has PartinG retired (from above)? Certainly seems like 2016 was a non-thing for him.


Also Group B seems to be soO's I'll never win a gsl group


More or less. I see him streaming League on twitch every now and then to like 7 people.
Philozovic
Profile Joined August 2012
France1677 Posts
February 02 2017 20:08 GMT
#86
On February 01 2017 22:50 Koektrommel wrote:
TY ~ INnoVation
ByuL ~ Dark
Stats ~ Classic
aLive ~ soO

Group A doesn't seem that much worse than B actually.


Byul is nowhere near Dark who just had an amazing 2016 year whereas Byul couldn't made a single top 8.
Sure they both made top 4 at IEM but Dark beat Byun and lost 2-3 to Inno when Byul went 3-3 against classic and beat soO. Byul is much closer to soO than to Dark.

Did you see alive group ? Sure he qualified, but he looked so weak. He is nothing to soO and to the group.

Group A is strong but there is two clear favourite TY and Stats and Byul could possibly upset one of them alive is 99% dead if he doesn't show more than last time.

Groupe B is madness it could very well have been the top 4. Sure Dark and Inno are miles ahead but they could lose to Classic and Dark and it would not be that surprising

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Elentos
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
55594 Posts
February 02 2017 20:09 GMT
#87
On February 03 2017 05:08 Philozovic wrote:
Did you see alive group ?

Did you see who he beat in the IEM qualifiers?
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Philozovic
Profile Joined August 2012
France1677 Posts
February 02 2017 20:32 GMT
#88
On February 03 2017 05:09 Elentos wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 03 2017 05:08 Philozovic wrote:
Did you see alive group ?

Did you see who he beat in the IEM qualifiers?


Amazing lower bracket run don't get me wrong but that is one good online day
INnoVation is the absolute best | I wept for i knew his words to be true
Ej_
Profile Blog Joined January 2013
47656 Posts
February 02 2017 20:35 GMT
#89
On February 03 2017 05:32 Philozovic wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 03 2017 05:09 Elentos wrote:
On February 03 2017 05:08 Philozovic wrote:
Did you see alive group ?

Did you see who he beat in the IEM qualifiers?


Amazing lower bracket run don't get me wrong but that is one good online day

http://aligulac.com/players/106-aLive/results/
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Charoisaur
Profile Joined August 2014
Germany16089 Posts
February 02 2017 20:39 GMT
#90
Unrelated question: Did Dream retire? I don't think he has competed in anything.
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Elentos
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
55594 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-02-02 20:44:04
February 02 2017 20:43 GMT
#91
On February 03 2017 05:39 Charoisaur wrote:
Unrelated question: Did Dream retire? I don't think he has competed in anything.

Lost to Armani in the GSL qualifiers, didn't play in anything since then. Whether he's actually retired or just being lazy I don't know.
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pvsnp
Profile Joined January 2017
7676 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-02-02 21:10:17
February 02 2017 21:09 GMT
#92
You guys also have to notice it's all best of 3, which means nobody is unbeatable. Even Soo or Classic can 2-0 Innovation or Dark not surprisingly.


It's true that upsets can very much happen in a Bo3, much more so than in a Bo5/Bo7.
Still, the Koreans believe (rightfully so) that GSL is the hardest and most prestigious tournament of them all, and will be preparing for that accordingly.

To use INnoVation as an example, he loses to baneling busts/onebase ravagers/assorted cheese/etc, a surprising amount online, far more than you'd expect from a player of his caliber. But in his GSL group, he completely shut down Losira's allin with five bunkers the first game, and some insane splitting stutterstep kiting the second.

The pros hold back quite a bit in tournaments they don't think are important, especially with regard to mentality and preparing specifically for their opponent on specific maps. But nobody will hold back at GSL. GSL is the reason they held back at the smaller tournaments.

I'm expecting some awesome games from Group B, especially when Dark and Inno go all-out in the winner's match.
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FrostedMiniWheats
Profile Joined August 2010
United States30730 Posts
February 02 2017 21:36 GMT
#93
On February 03 2017 05:08 Philozovic wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 01 2017 22:50 Koektrommel wrote:
TY ~ INnoVation
ByuL ~ Dark
Stats ~ Classic
aLive ~ soO

Group A doesn't seem that much worse than B actually.


Byul is nowhere near Dark who just had an amazing 2016 year whereas Byul couldn't made a single top 8.
Sure they both made top 4 at IEM but Dark beat Byun and lost 2-3 to Inno when Byul went 3-3 against classic and beat soO. Byul is much closer to soO than to Dark.

Did you see alive group ? Sure he qualified, but he looked so weak. He is nothing to soO and to the group.

Group A is strong but there is two clear favourite TY and Stats and Byul could possibly upset one of them alive is 99% dead if he doesn't show more than last time.

Groupe B is madness it could very well have been the top 4. Sure Dark and Inno are miles ahead but they could lose to Classic and Dark and it would not be that surprising



Depends how much you value online results. Given the slim pickings of 2017, I think they're one of the few other indicators we have of the current form of players besides gsl.

Factoring those in, based on recent results (since patch 3.8) I'd say ByuL, Dark, and soO are not far apart at all. Dark still deserves the title of best Zerg for sure, but he's not ridiculously ahead of the rest of the pack. Frankly, even though he still holds the Zerg throne and was the only one worth a damn in 2016, I still think he's a bit overrated. I could easily see ByuL or soO dethroning him in the future considering they've both had higher peaks in the past (though that was in HotS).

I think group A is more of a toss-up than it seems. aLive has been looking legit lately and TY/Stats are not clear favorites at all.
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Elentos
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
55594 Posts
February 02 2017 21:51 GMT
#94
On February 03 2017 06:36 FrostedMiniWheats wrote:
I think group A is more of a toss-up than it seems. aLive has been looking legit lately and TY/Stats are not clear favorites at all.

If group B wasn't so completely ridiculous group A would have been my group of death for sure.
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zealotstim
Profile Joined February 2015
United States455 Posts
February 02 2017 21:58 GMT
#95
KT sticks it to SKT one last time with that group B. TY you bad man.
Philozovic
Profile Joined August 2012
France1677 Posts
February 02 2017 22:52 GMT
#96
On February 03 2017 05:35 Ej_ wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 03 2017 05:32 Philozovic wrote:
On February 03 2017 05:09 Elentos wrote:
On February 03 2017 05:08 Philozovic wrote:
Did you see alive group ?

Did you see who he beat in the IEM qualifiers?


Amazing lower bracket run don't get me wrong but that is one good online day

http://aligulac.com/players/106-aLive/results/


Is that supposed to go against what I said ?

Since 22nov and the new patch aLive is 107-108 in games and 42-39 in matches against koreans.
soO is 88-66 (and that included him getting trashed by Inno) and 32-20 that is not close. aLive is average and given his recent offline showing I would say at best.


On February 03 2017 06:36 FrostedMiniWheats wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 03 2017 05:08 Philozovic wrote:
On February 01 2017 22:50 Koektrommel wrote:
TY ~ INnoVation
ByuL ~ Dark
Stats ~ Classic
aLive ~ soO

Group A doesn't seem that much worse than B actually.


Byul is nowhere near Dark who just had an amazing 2016 year whereas Byul couldn't made a single top 8.
Sure they both made top 4 at IEM but Dark beat Byun and lost 2-3 to Inno when Byul went 3-3 against classic and beat soO. Byul is much closer to soO than to Dark.

Did you see alive group ? Sure he qualified, but he looked so weak. He is nothing to soO and to the group.

Group A is strong but there is two clear favourite TY and Stats and Byul could possibly upset one of them alive is 99% dead if he doesn't show more than last time.

Groupe B is madness it could very well have been the top 4. Sure Dark and Inno are miles ahead but they could lose to Classic and Dark and it would not be that surprising



Depends how much you value online results. Given the slim pickings of 2017, I think they're one of the few other indicators we have of the current form of players besides gsl.

Factoring those in, based on recent results (since patch 3.8) I'd say ByuL, Dark, and soO are not far apart at all. Dark still deserves the title of best Zerg for sure, but he's not ridiculously ahead of the rest of the pack. Frankly, even though he still holds the Zerg throne and was the only one worth a damn in 2016, I still think he's a bit overrated. I could easily see ByuL or soO dethroning him in the future considering they've both had higher peaks in the past (though that was in HotS).

I think group A is more of a toss-up than it seems. aLive has been looking legit lately and TY/Stats are not clear favorites at all.


see above for aLive,
Byul is 86-62 in games and 36-18 in matches. sure he won some online cups here and there but noway I'm rating him as highly as Dark who deliver throughout all 2016 without missing a beat. I'm not saying he is bad, I'm just saying he is no Dark.


I'm ready to ban bet that aLive won't make it out of his group
INnoVation is the absolute best | I wept for i knew his words to be true
pvsnp
Profile Joined January 2017
7676 Posts
February 03 2017 00:01 GMT
#97
Factoring those in, based on recent results (since patch 3.8) I'd say ByuL, Dark, and soO are not far apart at all. Dark still deserves the title of best Zerg for sure, but he's not ridiculously ahead of the rest of the pack. Frankly, even though he still holds the Zerg throne and was the only one worth a damn in 2016, I still think he's a bit overrated. I could easily see ByuL or soO dethroning him in the future considering they've both had higher peaks in the past (though that was in HotS).


Dark's ZvZ is not so great, yeah, but his ZvT is easily a tier above ByuL and soO. Haven't seen much of his ZvP lately, but Classic complains about how much he gets beat by Dark, and Dark chose Classic in group selection so I'm guessing it's pretty good.

All three Zergs have played INnoVation recently (and lost), but Dark was the only one who made every game look competitive. Inno didn't roflstomp soO and ByuL, but their games weren't close either. Whereas with Dark, Inno was winning favorable maps and losing unfavorable ones.

Given that, I'd say the gap between Dark and the other top Zergs is still significant. Not nearly as huge as it was in 2016, ofc, but he's not really in danger of losing his throne atm.
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Frakkofff
Profile Joined May 2014
Russian Federation66 Posts
February 03 2017 00:30 GMT
#98
Group A : ByuL; TY
Group B : DarK; INnoVatioN
Group C : herO; Leenock
Group D : Maru; KeeN
Lunchador
Profile Joined April 2010
United States776 Posts
February 03 2017 03:55 GMT
#99
Oh, damn. GomTvT is back!
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bObA
Profile Joined May 2012
France300 Posts
February 03 2017 21:05 GMT
#100
oh my goodness group B is semi finals actually !
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