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Code S Ro16 Groups decided

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Olli
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
Austria24417 Posts
February 01 2017 13:05 GMT
#1
Code S held its group selection ceremony for the Round of 16 today, leaving us with the following groups.







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Musicus
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany23576 Posts
February 01 2017 13:06 GMT
#2
Group B is so insane, but I do worry for the zerg hopes :/.
Maru and Serral are probably top 5.
Deleted User 3420
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
24492 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-02-01 13:08:53
February 01 2017 13:08 GMT
#3
lol that group B. seriously?

anyways this is a pretty stacked code S in general
just missing byun
Mizenhauer
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
United States1805 Posts
February 01 2017 13:10 GMT
#4
Are there really more KeSPA Cup/Starleague final appearances in group B than the rest of the groups combined - or am I just imagining it?
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AVirtualGigolo
Profile Joined December 2016
12 Posts
February 01 2017 13:11 GMT
#5
On February 01 2017 22:08 travis wrote:
lol that group B. seriously?

anyways this is a pretty stacked code S in general
just missing byun


God would you ppl. STFU about Byun? He won $200k, he obviously took it easy, and he's been playing poorly (for him) lately. Jesus, stop sucking Byun off please...doesn't it get old?

User was temp banned for this post.
Durnuu
Profile Joined September 2013
13319 Posts
February 01 2017 13:12 GMT
#6
Group B breaks my heart
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ArtyK
Profile Joined June 2011
France3143 Posts
February 01 2017 13:12 GMT
#7
On February 01 2017 22:08 travis wrote:
lol that group B. seriously?

anyways this is a pretty stacked code S in general
just missing byun


and solar
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mCon.Hephaistas
Profile Joined May 2014
Netherlands891 Posts
February 01 2017 13:20 GMT
#8
On February 01 2017 22:12 ArtyK wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 01 2017 22:08 travis wrote:
lol that group B. seriously?

anyways this is a pretty stacked code S in general
just missing byun


and solar


And Zest the best
digmouse
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
China6327 Posts
February 01 2017 13:25 GMT
#9
Poll: Group of Death?

Group B (337)
 
87%

Group A (34)
 
9%

Group D (10)
 
3%

Group C (6)
 
2%

387 total votes

Your vote: Group of Death?

(Vote): Group A
(Vote): Group B
(Vote): Group C
(Vote): Group D

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Kaizor
Profile Joined May 2015
Singapore909 Posts
February 01 2017 13:28 GMT
#10
On February 01 2017 22:25 digmouse wrote:
Poll: Group of Death?

Group B (337)
 
87%

Group A (34)
 
9%

Group D (10)
 
3%

Group C (6)
 
2%

387 total votes

Your vote: Group of Death?

(Vote): Group A
(Vote): Group B
(Vote): Group C
(Vote): Group D




Is there really a need for a poll this time round??
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rotta
Profile Joined December 2011
5584 Posts
February 01 2017 13:29 GMT
#11
Group SKT, how appropriate.
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digmouse
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
China6327 Posts
February 01 2017 13:30 GMT
#12
On February 01 2017 22:28 Kaizor wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 01 2017 22:25 digmouse wrote:
Poll: Group of Death?

Group B (337)
 
87%

Group A (34)
 
9%

Group D (10)
 
3%

Group C (6)
 
2%

387 total votes

Your vote: Group of Death?

(Vote): Group A
(Vote): Group B
(Vote): Group C
(Vote): Group D




Is there really a need for a poll this time round??

There might be outliers! (how probable though? YMMV)
TranslatorIf you want to ask anything about Chinese esports, send me a PM or follow me @nerddigmouse.
Pandemona *
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Charlie Sheens House51458 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-02-01 13:33:47
February 01 2017 13:32 GMT
#13
Well Maru lost he hates TvT and it's the bane of his existence. He also can derp to protoss craziness as well and sOs will bring that no doubt. Eurgh

This the second or third time now Maru is last pick btw? xD
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intotheheart
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Canada33091 Posts
February 01 2017 13:33 GMT
#14
All these groups actually look sick though - sadly I won't catch any of them because #nopassion.

But I will shitpost in the threads so I've got that going for me.
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Elentos
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
55464 Posts
February 01 2017 13:42 GMT
#15
On February 01 2017 22:32 Pandemona wrote:
Well Maru lost he hates TvT and it's the bane of his existence. He also can derp to protoss craziness as well and sOs will bring that no doubt. Eurgh

This the second or third time now Maru is last pick btw? xD

Maru wanted that group though.

Group B is definitely the group of death but Group A is also incredibly sick.
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Pandemona *
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Charlie Sheens House51458 Posts
February 01 2017 13:43 GMT
#16
On February 01 2017 22:42 Elentos wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 01 2017 22:32 Pandemona wrote:
Well Maru lost he hates TvT and it's the bane of his existence. He also can derp to protoss craziness as well and sOs will bring that no doubt. Eurgh

This the second or third time now Maru is last pick btw? xD

Maru wanted that group though.

Group B is definitely the group of death but Group A is also incredibly sick.

Oh did he, ok interesting. I thought he hates TvT XD
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Elentos
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
55464 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-02-01 13:46:43
February 01 2017 13:46 GMT
#17
On February 01 2017 22:43 Pandemona wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 01 2017 22:42 Elentos wrote:
On February 01 2017 22:32 Pandemona wrote:
Well Maru lost he hates TvT and it's the bane of his existence. He also can derp to protoss craziness as well and sOs will bring that no doubt. Eurgh

This the second or third time now Maru is last pick btw? xD

Maru wanted that group though.

Group B is definitely the group of death but Group A is also incredibly sick.

Oh did he, ok interesting. I thought he hates TvT XD

It's a pretty weak group overall tbh and he really didn't want the others. I think his order of preference was D --> B --> C --> A. Yeah he didn't hate the idea of being in group B.

On February 01 2017 22:10 mizenhauer wrote:
Are there really more KeSPA Cup/Starleague final appearances in group B than the rest of the groups combined - or am I just imagining it?

Dark alone almost beats every other group.
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MrMischelito
Profile Joined February 2014
347 Posts
February 01 2017 13:49 GMT
#18
Group B... gg
11 Feb apparently will be the SKT memorial day
Koektrommel
Profile Joined December 2012
Netherlands47 Posts
February 01 2017 13:50 GMT
#19
TY ~ INnoVation
ByuL ~ Dark
Stats ~ Classic
aLive ~ soO

Group A doesn't seem that much worse than B actually.
Pandemona *
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Charlie Sheens House51458 Posts
February 01 2017 13:54 GMT
#20
On February 01 2017 22:46 Elentos wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 01 2017 22:43 Pandemona wrote:
On February 01 2017 22:42 Elentos wrote:
On February 01 2017 22:32 Pandemona wrote:
Well Maru lost he hates TvT and it's the bane of his existence. He also can derp to protoss craziness as well and sOs will bring that no doubt. Eurgh

This the second or third time now Maru is last pick btw? xD

Maru wanted that group though.

Group B is definitely the group of death but Group A is also incredibly sick.

Oh did he, ok interesting. I thought he hates TvT XD

It's a pretty weak group overall tbh and he really didn't want the others. I think his order of preference was D --> B --> C --> A. Yeah he didn't hate the idea of being in group B.

Show nested quote +
On February 01 2017 22:10 mizenhauer wrote:
Are there really more KeSPA Cup/Starleague final appearances in group B than the rest of the groups combined - or am I just imagining it?

Dark alone almost beats every other group.

I can see why, im sure he is pretty confident at the moment in TvZ so being with Dark would have been fine, Classic probs annoys him but Inno probably winnable in his eyes atm.
TY and aLive both people who seem to "farm" him in TvT atm so i can understand not wanting group A
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Elentos
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
55464 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-02-01 14:03:56
February 01 2017 14:01 GMT
#21
On February 01 2017 22:10 mizenhauer wrote:
Are there really more KeSPA Cup/Starleague final appearances in group B than the rest of the groups combined - or am I just imagining it?

For the hell of it:

Group A

(T)TY - 1 GSL final
(T)aLive - none
(Z)ByuL - 2 GSL finals, 1 SSL final
(P)Stats - 1 SSL final

Total: 5 Korean tournament finals

Group B

(Z)Dark - 2 KeSPA Cup finals, 2 SSL finals
(P)Classic - 1 SSL final, 1 GSL final
(T)INnoVation - 3 GSL finals
(Z)soO - 4 GSL finals, 1 KeSPA Cup final

Total: 14 Korean tournament finals

Group C

(P)herO - 2 KeSPA Cup finals, 1 SSL final
(P)Trap - 1 KeSPA Cup final
(Z)Leenock - 1 GSL final
(T)Ryung - none

Total: 5 Korean tournament finals

Group D

(P)sOs - 1 GSL final, 1 Hot6ix Cup final
(T)KeeN - none
(T)Bunny - none
(T)Maru - 1 OSL final, 1 SSL final

Total: 4 Korean tournament finals

Group B pretty decent.
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Peggies
Profile Joined December 2016
Philippines9 Posts
February 01 2017 14:08 GMT
#22
Group B is my nightmare.. I wanted those 4 to advance in the ro8.. Looking forward to great games that will come out of this group.. Inno and Dark to advance and hopefully to meet in the Finals! :D
INNOVATION FLASH FANTASY SKT1 FOREVER
WidowMineHero
Profile Joined September 2014
New Zealand143 Posts
February 01 2017 14:29 GMT
#23
group b group of death comfirmed.
"Time won't change anything, I will."
ShAd_1337
Profile Joined January 2016
Germany1042 Posts
February 01 2017 14:32 GMT
#24
damm Dark is reckless. he really wanted that skt reunion.
for me they are all still skt players and i really want all to advance *-*
I like Dark
JimmyJRaynor
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada16647 Posts
February 01 2017 14:34 GMT
#25
are there any new "up and coming rookies" to look out for in the GSL this year?

on another note, the fact that there are less than 16 Terrans in the RO16 undeniably proves that Terran is underpowered and Mech needs to be buffed.
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Zaros
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United Kingdom3692 Posts
February 01 2017 14:36 GMT
#26
On February 01 2017 23:34 JimmyJRaynor wrote:
are there any new "up and coming rookies" to look out for in the GSL this year?

on another note, the fact that there are less than 16 Terrans in the RO16 undeniably proves that Terran is underpowered and Mech needs to be buffed.


The GomTvT days are finally over
XiZeL
Profile Joined July 2014
Switzerland92 Posts
February 01 2017 14:39 GMT
#27
Group B winners will meet in final
Dark Vs INNO in my opinion
I watch more starcraft than i play it
dr3am_b3ing
Profile Joined May 2015
Canada188 Posts
February 01 2017 14:39 GMT
#28
Maru taking Group D EZ
Potassium Gang
Koromon
Profile Joined May 2012
United States304 Posts
February 01 2017 15:25 GMT
#29
No Terrans for Ryung... Leenock is very beatable. Hopefully one of her0 and Trap are as well.


GO RYUNG!
Noonius
Profile Joined April 2012
Estonia17413 Posts
February 01 2017 15:29 GMT
#30
NO ZERGS IN RO8
Terran forever | Maru hater forever
Noonius
Profile Joined April 2012
Estonia17413 Posts
February 01 2017 15:30 GMT
#31
On February 01 2017 23:39 dr3am_b3ing wrote:
Maru taking Group D EZ


there's no need to descend into madness

Terran forever | Maru hater forever
CynicalDeath
Profile Joined January 2012
Italy3286 Posts
February 01 2017 15:30 GMT
#32
...we should rename group B into SKT group...
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ejozl
Profile Joined October 2010
Denmark3340 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-02-01 15:44:07
February 01 2017 15:43 GMT
#33
On February 01 2017 22:43 Pandemona wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 01 2017 22:42 Elentos wrote:
On February 01 2017 22:32 Pandemona wrote:
Well Maru lost he hates TvT and it's the bane of his existence. He also can derp to protoss craziness as well and sOs will bring that no doubt. Eurgh

This the second or third time now Maru is last pick btw? xD

Maru wanted that group though.

Group B is definitely the group of death but Group A is also incredibly sick.

Oh did he, ok interesting. I thought he hates TvT XD

Mb he hates it, but he shouldn't. Imo it's his strongest matchup.
Why did Gyuri say Classic is the weaker of the 4? they are very much even, mb Innovation is a bit higher right now and Dark is a bit higher in LotV. Overall you can't rly say he's the weakest resultwise and currently I don't think you can as well, other than Protoss simply having a rough patch.
SC2 Archon needs "Terrible, terrible damage" as one of it's quotes.
Philozovic
Profile Joined August 2012
France1676 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-02-01 15:44:52
February 01 2017 15:44 GMT
#34
You are not asking the right question !

Poll: Which one is harder

Groupe B 2013 (Flash Inno Parting Life) (63)
 
58%

Groupe B 2017 (Inno Classic Dark soO) (45)
 
42%

108 total votes

Your vote: Which one is harder

(Vote): Groupe B 2013 (Flash Inno Parting Life)
(Vote): Groupe B 2017 (Inno Classic Dark soO)


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neutralrobot
Profile Joined July 2011
Australia1025 Posts
February 01 2017 15:44 GMT
#35
On February 01 2017 23:39 dr3am_b3ing wrote:
Maru taking Group D EZ


I'm still not confident Maru is back to 100%. I feel like anything could happen. Didn't he just fail to qualify for Katowice?
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GumBa
Profile Blog Joined July 2012
United Kingdom31935 Posts
February 01 2017 15:51 GMT
#36
That group B o.O
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KingofdaHipHop
Profile Blog Joined October 2013
United States25602 Posts
February 01 2017 16:04 GMT
#37
OMG group B, SKT didn't die for this...

does anyone have an order of picks btw? I'd like to see who picked who but I don't have the time to watch the whole VOD
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killerm12
Profile Joined November 2014
Slovakia601 Posts
February 01 2017 16:11 GMT
#38
On February 02 2017 01:04 KingofdaHipHop wrote:
OMG group B, SKT didn't die for this...

does anyone have an order of picks btw? I'd like to see who picked who but I don't have the time to watch the whole VOD


top seeds picked first 4 player, then those 4 picked another 4 and so on

after that TY as top seed had right to swap 2 players and he swapped Inno(was in C) with Ryung(was in B)
Byun | Neeb | Ryung | Solar | ShoWTimE | uThermal | Nerchio | TY | soO | MMA | Crank
trada
Profile Joined August 2012
Germany347 Posts
February 01 2017 16:14 GMT
#39
cant watch group B and D due to timezone, cant watch group C due to work and group A is the least appealing group to watch (imho). fml

I like a lot of the matches tho! maybe I'll catch the vods...
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StarscreamG1
Profile Joined February 2011
Portugal1652 Posts
February 01 2017 16:28 GMT
#40
OMG, did alive got into R16?? I just saw his first pair of games and he was playing so bad..
Seeker *
Profile Blog Joined April 2005
Where dat snitch at?36990 Posts
February 01 2017 16:31 GMT
#41
WAIT WTF?! HOW DID THIS GROUP B EVEN HAPPEN?!
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Lightrush
Profile Joined July 2015
Bulgaria164 Posts
February 01 2017 16:35 GMT
#42
group B - group of death
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Boggyb
Profile Joined January 2017
2855 Posts
February 01 2017 16:38 GMT
#43
sOs gets to practice nothing but PvT, so that's good for him, but since PvT seems to be the most imbalanced match up at the moment (we'll see how the liberator nerf changes that), that's less advantageous than it could be.
ChriS-X
Profile Joined June 2011
Malaysia1374 Posts
February 01 2017 16:59 GMT
#44
press B for SKT
stuchiu
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Fiddler's Green42661 Posts
February 01 2017 17:28 GMT
#45
On February 02 2017 01:31 Seeker wrote:
WAIT WTF?! HOW DID THIS GROUP B EVEN HAPPEN?!


Pride or spite. Take your pick.
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yubo56
Profile Joined May 2014
687 Posts
February 01 2017 17:35 GMT
#46
Bittersweet SKT reunion
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Drfilip
Profile Joined March 2013
Sweden590 Posts
February 01 2017 17:38 GMT
#47
Dark said he wanted to make his group all about family. He got his ohana.
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phodacbiet
Profile Joined August 2010
United States1739 Posts
February 01 2017 17:39 GMT
#48
Nice! We are guaranteed 2 SKT members for ro8!!! Woo!
FrostedMiniWheats
Profile Joined August 2010
United States30730 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-02-01 17:51:24
February 01 2017 17:47 GMT
#49
On February 02 2017 00:44 Philozovic wrote:
You are not asking the right question !

Poll: Which one is harder

Groupe B 2013 (Flash Inno Parting Life) (63)
 
58%

Groupe B 2017 (Inno Classic Dark soO) (45)
 
42%

108 total votes

Your vote: Which one is harder

(Vote): Groupe B 2013 (Flash Inno Parting Life)
(Vote): Groupe B 2017 (Inno Classic Dark soO)




You guys serious voting for 2017 over 2013?

The 2013 group B had the best Protoss of the time, the best Zerg and the two best Terrans.

Classic being in the 2017 group brings it down.

==

A: ByuL, aLive
B: Bogus, soO
C: herO, Leenock
D: Maru, sOs

Bogus might be in the clear this season unless herO, Maru, or ByuL can stop him.
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Elentos
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
55464 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-02-01 17:53:30
February 01 2017 17:50 GMT
#50
On February 02 2017 01:04 KingofdaHipHop wrote:
OMG group B, SKT didn't die for this...

does anyone have an order of picks btw? I'd like to see who picked who but I don't have the time to watch the whole VOD

1st round

(T)TY --> (T)aLive
(P)sOs --> (T)KeeN
(P)herO --> (P)Trap
(Z)Dark --> (P)Classic

2nd round

(T)KeeN --> (T)Bunny
(P)Trap --> (Z)Leenock
(P)Classic --> (T)Ryung
(T)aLive --> (Z)ByuL

final round

((T)TY: "If ByuL doesn't do as I say (and pick (P)Stats or (Z)soO) I'll put him into another group")
(Z)ByuL --> (P)Stats
(T)Ryung --> (Z)soO
(Z)Leenock --> (T)INnoVation
(T)Bunny has to take (T)Maru

TY gets 1 swap between any two players. Stats wants to get swapped with someone from group C or D to make it easier for both of them, but TY decides to swap Ryung and INnoVation instead, finalizing the group of death in Group B.
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killerm12
Profile Joined November 2014
Slovakia601 Posts
February 01 2017 17:54 GMT
#51
On February 02 2017 02:47 FrostedMiniWheats wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 02 2017 00:44 Philozovic wrote:
You are not asking the right question !

Poll: Which one is harder

Groupe B 2013 (Flash Inno Parting Life) (63)
 
58%

Groupe B 2017 (Inno Classic Dark soO) (45)
 
42%

108 total votes

Your vote: Which one is harder

(Vote): Groupe B 2013 (Flash Inno Parting Life)
(Vote): Groupe B 2017 (Inno Classic Dark soO)




You guys serious voting for 2017 over 2013?

The 2013 group B had the best Protoss of the time, the best Zerg and the two best Terrans.

Classic being in the 2017 group brings it down.


SC2 Flash < BW Flash - in SC2 he was nowhere near best terrans
Parting best Protoss of all time? seriously?

it is at worst close call but certainly not so onesided as you try to suggest
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Elentos
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
55464 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-02-01 18:03:30
February 01 2017 17:55 GMT
#52
On February 02 2017 02:54 killerm12 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 02 2017 02:47 FrostedMiniWheats wrote:
On February 02 2017 00:44 Philozovic wrote:
You are not asking the right question !

Poll: Which one is harder

Groupe B 2013 (Flash Inno Parting Life) (63)
 
58%

Groupe B 2017 (Inno Classic Dark soO) (45)
 
42%

108 total votes

Your vote: Which one is harder

(Vote): Groupe B 2013 (Flash Inno Parting Life)
(Vote): Groupe B 2017 (Inno Classic Dark soO)




You guys serious voting for 2017 over 2013?

The 2013 group B had the best Protoss of the time, the best Zerg and the two best Terrans.

Classic being in the 2017 group brings it down.


SC2 Flash < BW Flash - in SC2 he was nowhere near best terrans
Parting best Protoss of all time? seriously?

it is at worst close call but certainly not so onesided as you try to suggest

At the time Flash was the 2nd best Terran. And he said "of the time" (as in for those months in 2013), not "of all time", regarding PartinG.
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HolydaKing
Profile Joined February 2010
21254 Posts
February 01 2017 18:01 GMT
#53
Only group C is a bit lacking. Others are great.

Prediction:
A) (T)TY (T)aLive
B) (T)INnoVation (Z)soO
C) (P)herO[jOin] (T)Ryung
D) (P)sOs (T)KeeN
The_Red_Viper
Profile Blog Joined August 2013
19533 Posts
February 01 2017 18:05 GMT
#54
Interesting groups. Group B is ridiculous tbh. I would still think that the Life, Parting, Flash and Innovation group was harder though tbh
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starkiller123
Profile Joined January 2016
United States4030 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-02-01 18:12:09
February 01 2017 18:11 GMT
#55
Prediction time,

A: TY, aLive
B: Dark, INnoVation
C: herO, Ryung
D: Maru, Bunny

I really don't know about group A so I just went with my Terran bias. And I dont think sOs can beat the terrans in his current form.
pvsnp
Profile Joined January 2017
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Last Edited: 2017-02-01 18:33:15
February 01 2017 18:22 GMT
#56
Group B is a formidable Group of Death, and the strongest we've had in a couple years.
But there's no way it matches up to the hype of 2013.

Inno and Dark are on top of the world, but as good as Classic and soO are, they're pretty outclassed here. Classic complained in an interview about how much he loses against Dark, and soO went 2-9 against Inno recently in addition to having been notably defeated twice by him in the finals (GSL and IEM respectively).

Compared to 2013, when it was actually the four best players in the world. Soulkey was arguably better, but that's a stretch.
The group of Parting, Life, Inno and Flash has never been equaled before or since.


PartinG and Flash retired, Life isn't around anymore, but INnoVation, for all his ups and downs, is once again the best around four years later. Talk about tenacity.
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intotheheart
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Canada33091 Posts
February 01 2017 18:25 GMT
#57
On February 02 2017 01:28 StarscreamG1 wrote:
OMG, did alive got into R16?? I just saw his first pair of games and he was playing so bad..

Yeah he did! :O Played some solid games towards the end.
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Phredxor
Profile Joined May 2013
New Zealand15076 Posts
February 01 2017 18:28 GMT
#58
Anyone who voted C or D should lose their voting privileges.

Also 2013 group comfortably better.
pvsnp
Profile Joined January 2017
7676 Posts
February 01 2017 18:30 GMT
#59
Coming back to the present, we can look at their recent results for predictions:
Inno can beat Dark, Classic, and soO
Dark can beat Inno and Classic
Classic can beat soO
soO can beat Dark

So we get Inno and Dark in the winner's match, which is pretty much a coinflip. If Dark loses, he might get knocked out by soO, but for that to happen soO has to beat Classic, which is a long shot. If Inno loses I doubt either Classic or soO can take him out.

Inno and Dark to advance.

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The_Red_Viper
Profile Blog Joined August 2013
19533 Posts
February 01 2017 18:34 GMT
#60
On February 02 2017 03:22 pvsnp wrote:
Group B is a formidable Group of Death, and the strongest we've had in a couple years.
But there's no way it matches up to the hype of 2013.

Inno and Dark are on top of the world, but as good as Classic and soO are, they're pretty outclassed here. Classic complained in an interview about how much he loses against Dark, and soO went 2-9 against Inno recently in addition to having been notably defeated twice by him in the finals (GSL and IEM respectively).

Compared to 2013, when it was actually the four best players in the world. Soulkey was arguably better, but that's a stretch.
The group of Parting, Life, Inno and Flash has never been equaled before or since.


At least not in sc2, there was (were?) some really hard group in bw, consisting of Jaedong, Bisu, Flash and Sea
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skatblast
Profile Joined September 2011
United States784 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-02-01 18:57:27
February 01 2017 18:53 GMT
#61
leenock is playing again?wow

edit: for some reason i thought leenock was julyzerg sorry.
Hushfieldx
Profile Joined December 2016
Belgium64 Posts
February 01 2017 19:50 GMT
#62
Hype! I guess Afreeca decided it would be a nice idea to just get the Ro4 out of the way and play it instead of group B.
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Profile Blog Joined January 2013
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February 01 2017 20:07 GMT
#63
On February 02 2017 03:53 skatblast wrote:
leenock is playing again?wow

edit: for some reason i thought leenock was julyzerg sorry.

Leenock is the guy who ate July and gained his powers.
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FFW_Rude
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France10201 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-02-01 20:17:59
February 01 2017 20:17 GMT
#64
The group of Beath.

I don't see more than 1 Z in RO8 though

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Alarak89
Profile Joined January 2016
United States882 Posts
February 01 2017 20:31 GMT
#65
On February 02 2017 03:11 starkiller123 wrote:
Prediction time,

A: TY, aLive
B: Dark, INnoVation
C: herO, Ryung
D: Maru, Bunny

I really don't know about group A so I just went with my Terran bias. And I dont think sOs can beat the terrans in his current form.

But he have already beaten a Terran ONLINE, and interestingly enough his opponent's name is KeeN.
Dude, if someone even lost to sOs ONLINE nowadays, he has no hope when it comes to offline.
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FrostedMiniWheats
Profile Joined August 2010
United States30730 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-02-01 20:43:28
February 01 2017 20:40 GMT
#66
On February 02 2017 05:17 FFW_Rude wrote:
The group of Beath.

I don't see more than 1 Z in RO8 though

Hopeing (is that a word) for Stats to win the whole thing. Well. No. That's not hope. I'm sure of it


I think 1 of Dark or soO will win over Classic and ByuL is probably the favorite in his group with the main challenge being Stats.

Come to think of it, Leenock stands a decent chance against Trap and Ryung as well and has the benefit of going against Ryung first. He may very well just end up advancing by beating him twice.

I say at least 2 Z make it.
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KappaKingPrime
Profile Joined May 2014
United States468 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-02-01 20:55:02
February 01 2017 20:54 GMT
#67
Group B, where B stands for bloodbath.
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Profile Joined June 2014
France1810 Posts
February 01 2017 21:23 GMT
#68
Yeah sure group B is incredible on paper, but group A might end up being the one with highest level of play...
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Profile Joined December 2010
Canada4341 Posts
February 01 2017 22:53 GMT
#69
Man, I haven't watched SC2 in a long time, but it makes me happy to see so many old-school names in here.
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Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States97276 Posts
February 01 2017 22:57 GMT
#70
easy group for inno
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Profile Joined September 2010
United States2101 Posts
February 02 2017 00:22 GMT
#71
Even though Group B does look totally deadly, Innovation & Dark are definitive favorites. If every player was in their prime, it would probably be one of the hardest groups ever though.

Still, Group SKT is probably the toughest one here, and should be amazing to watch.
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Profile Joined October 2010
United States286 Posts
February 02 2017 01:29 GMT
#72
On February 02 2017 07:57 Shellshock wrote:
easy group for inno


Right now I don't think you could possibly stack a group where Innovation isn't the favorite.
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Profile Joined October 2015
Australia370 Posts
February 02 2017 01:57 GMT
#73
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.
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Profile Joined May 2015
Canada188 Posts
February 02 2017 02:38 GMT
#74
Byul and Stats should be taking Group A, who I voted for in my LiquiBet
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Riner1212
Profile Joined November 2012
United States337 Posts
February 02 2017 05:46 GMT
#75
group A: Ty and Stats
group B : innovation and dark
group C: Ryung and Hero (considering if ryung can play well)
grou D: maru and bunny

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Profile Blog Joined December 2013
Canada28396 Posts
February 02 2017 05:52 GMT
#76
At what point can a group just get too nutty? Group B really pushes that boundary. A is nuts too
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ParksonVN
Profile Joined October 2015
Australia370 Posts
February 02 2017 06:38 GMT
#77
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.
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Profile Joined November 2016
Czech Republic54 Posts
February 02 2017 07:22 GMT
#78
On February 02 2017 02:38 Drfilip wrote:
Dark said he wanted to make his group all about family. He got his ohana.


Pretty much Vin Diesel's style (Fast and Furious movies).

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Profile Joined January 2017
France3713 Posts
February 02 2017 09:23 GMT
#79
Dark will die if he lose against Innovation.

He cant win against soO
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Profile Joined May 2011
Germany2727 Posts
February 02 2017 14:00 GMT
#80
On February 02 2017 15:38 ParksonVN wrote:
Show nested quote +
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
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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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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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Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Bisutopia19214 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
France1676 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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Profile Blog Joined February 2015
55464 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
France1676 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
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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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Profile Joined August 2014
Germany15883 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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Profile Blog Joined February 2015
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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
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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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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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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
France1676 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
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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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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
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United States776 Posts
February 03 2017 03:55 GMT
#99
Oh, damn. GomTvT is back!
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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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Last Edited: 2017-02-03 21:50:06
February 03 2017 21:48 GMT
#101
On February 03 2017 07:52 Philozovic wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 03 2017 05:35 Ej_ wrote:
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.

I filtered for 2017, vs KR only for you. http://aligulac.com/players/106/results/?after=2017-01-01&before=&event=&race=ptzr&country=KR&bestof=all&offline=both&game=all&wcs_season=&wcs_tier=&op=
54.07% in maps
62.50% in matches
Then look at the people he has won versus. INnoVation, Stats, Dark, ByuN, Zest, Maru, herO.
He's definitely a very strong player now (with the exception of his awful GSL performance [where u could still see the real quality of aLive in g3 vs Scarlett where he just roflstomped her with pure macro]).


oh and btw, no, no Zerg has been any close to Dark's level for about a year now
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Alarak89
Profile Joined January 2016
United States882 Posts
February 04 2017 00:53 GMT
#102
Group D will be a fun time, who is the best Jin Air player atm? We'll see then
sOs is THE ONLY player I pay attention to
DieuCure
Profile Joined January 2017
France3713 Posts
February 04 2017 02:09 GMT
#103
This is Cure, you mean, who is the second best JA player atm
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Philozovic
Profile Joined August 2012
France1676 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-02-08 10:41:16
February 08 2017 10:40 GMT
#104
On February 04 2017 06:48 Ej_ wrote:
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On February 03 2017 07:52 Philozovic wrote:
On February 03 2017 05:35 Ej_ wrote:
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.

I filtered for 2017, vs KR only for you. http://aligulac.com/players/106/results/?after=2017-01-01&before=&event=&race=ptzr&country=KR&bestof=all&offline=both&game=all&wcs_season=&wcs_tier=&op=
54.07% in maps
62.50% in matches
Then look at the people he has won versus. INnoVation, Stats, Dark, ByuN, Zest, Maru, herO.
He's definitely a very strong player now (with the exception of his awful GSL performance [where u could still see the real quality of aLive in g3 vs Scarlett where he just roflstomped her with pure macro]).


oh and btw, no, no Zerg has been any close to Dark's level for about a year now



Well my original post was a reply to :

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.


And I didn't say aLive is shit, I'm just saying he ain't soO and that he is much weaker than TY, Stats and Byul
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Madars
Profile Joined December 2011
Latvia166 Posts
February 08 2017 11:57 GMT
#105
Vod?
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