EPTSpeCial and Elazer break the mould as Stats and Dark crash…
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Swash91
26 Posts
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DBooN
Germany2727 Posts
On October 30 2017 19:53 Swash91 wrote: Gumiho - Soo will be an easy 3-0... Yeah, Gumiho stands no chance. | ||
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Mun_Su
France2063 Posts
I really hope to see soO overcoming his ZvT struggles. Also INno is at 92% of winrate in offline TvT since june, he is favored against TY. | ||
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Zaros
United Kingdom3692 Posts
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kajtarp
Hungary487 Posts
On October 30 2017 19:53 Swash91 wrote: Gumiho - Soo will be an easy 3-0... Gumi wasn't really that convincing in the group stage. I'm not saying hes the underdog vs soO, but its a 50-50%. It can go either way. | ||
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Boggyb
2855 Posts
On October 30 2017 14:49 FrkFrJss wrote: In a tournament like this, where the best Koreans and the best Foreigners meet, there's bound to be people who don't perform as well as they did in their original circuits as well as people who outperform their performance. Even aside from Neeb and Major, look at Stats and Dark. I don't think most people thought that they would be out of the tournament (mostly anyways), but here we are. That's why Blizzard swapped from a straight 16 man tournament with bests of 5 to GSL style groups with bests of 3. More volatility = more chance of non-Koreans winning. | ||
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FrkFrJss
Canada1205 Posts
On October 30 2017 21:50 Boggyb wrote: That's why Blizzard swapped from a straight 16 man tournament with bests of 5 to GSL style groups with bests of 3. More volatility = more chance of non-Koreans winning. I don't doubt that that was part of it. Of course, the foreigners have to be good enough in part, but it has the potential for the foreigner to have to win more games than a bo5 or to just have to win two games over a foreigner and then upset a Korean for the other two. | ||
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Ryu3600
Canada469 Posts
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DieuCure
France3713 Posts
On October 30 2017 21:18 kajtarp wrote: Gumi wasn't really that convincing in the group stage. I'm not saying hes the underdog vs soO, but its a 50-50%. It can go either way. soO will win easily. Gumiho had to use a weird build to take game 2, and had to use all his skills to defeat serral in game 3. And soO >> Serral. | ||
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ParksonVN
Australia370 Posts
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pvsnp
7676 Posts
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Alarak'smanservant
35 Posts
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SpecKROELLchen
Germany151 Posts
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Vendethiel
213 Posts
On October 30 2017 09:37 DinosaurJones wrote: THEY GOT PUT AGAINST EACH OTHER? Aw, come on, not cool... Depends if you like koreans of foreigners: at least it guarantees 100% a foreigner in ro4. On October 30 2017 11:15 Shellshock wrote: why did they break the mold though? 3 foreigners made it last year? gap is widening They break the mold compared to other foreigners probably. All in all, it's just nice that terrans won't be able to use the "no foreigners terrans bc terrans too hard" excuse  . | ||
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franzji
United States583 Posts
On October 30 2017 21:50 Boggyb wrote: That's why Blizzard swapped from a straight 16 man tournament with bests of 5 to GSL style groups with bests of 3. More volatility = more chance of non-Koreans winning. lmao, keep finding excuses. | ||
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Fango
United Kingdom8987 Posts
It's not really an excuse. bo3 series by default have a greater chance for an upset/the lesser player is more likely to win. | ||
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FrkFrJss
Canada1205 Posts
On October 31 2017 02:19 Fango wrote: It's not really an excuse. bo3 series by default have a greater chance for an upset/the lesser player is more likely to win. That is very true, and there is no doubt that helped and has helped foreigners win. However, it does seem like the talk shifted from "foreigners only being able to beat Koreans in bo1s or online but rarely in an offline series of any length" to "foreigners are only able to beat Koreans because bo3s are too volatile." At some point people will have to stop blaming the format or jet lag or meta changes as the main reasons why foreigners are able to beat top level Koreans. | ||
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DieuCure
France3713 Posts
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Majick
416 Posts
This might lead to some less epic ro8 because I am sure we would end up with a slightly different lineup if ro16 was bo5 instead. Still I'm very happy that soO advanced and I'm gonna send him all my energy because him winning it all would be one of the most beautiful stories in sc2 history. If not him than let it be INno, let's give him that GOAT finally and move on with life, mkay? | ||
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Trizztein
Canada45 Posts
Elazer would be great too, obviously. Inno I'd still be very happy too because SC2 needs a new bonjwa. I really love how Special admitted he took his TvT build against TY from a low MMR player; it's a nice tribute to all the players out there who are able to envision excellent builds but are not able to perform them to their fullest potential due to mechanical flaws that naturally come with not practicing as much as pros. He got lucky to find it and yet admits it and does not take undue credit for it. Gogo Juanito! | ||
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