EPTIt's a little bit crazy that one of Patience, Bunny, and Impact will be in the round of 8 and one match away from a Ro4.
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Pandain
United States12989 Posts
It's a little bit crazy that one of Patience, Bunny, and Impact will be in the round of 8 and one match away from a Ro4. | ||
Nakajin
Canada8990 Posts
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Waxangel
United States33638 Posts
On February 22 2019 02:53 Pandain wrote: Maru obviously gets an insane advantage, but has there ever been a time in GSL history that it's literally been the strongest player and the three weakest in a group? ' It's a little bit crazy that one of Patience, Bunny, and Impact will be in the round of 8 and one match away from a Ro4. Given the group selection order, I think that's what should always happen when everyone is picking "optimally."
This theory only works because there's presently very severe skill stratification in the RO16 so that the 3~4 worst players are obvious to everyone regardless of match-up/race, whereas in years past there was enough parity in the RO16 that the 'worst' player could vary greatly depending on one's preferred match-up/race. | ||
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Charoisaur
Germany16079 Posts
On February 22 2019 01:50 swarminfestor wrote: I dont like Maru get the easiest group while Rogue get the hardest group again. Even though Rogue may survives, his mind will be shattered and his beast mode will be toned down just like the two previous code s series before the semifinal. Rogue wouldn't advance past the ro8 anyway. He has a worse record in GSL ro8s than soO has in finals | ||
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Elentos
55583 Posts
On February 22 2019 02:48 kajtarp wrote: Same thing goes for Gumiho when he picked soO. He wasn't the weakest player available to pick by far... GuMiho's approach made sense to me though. He wanted to avoid Protoss like the plague (the only "easy" Protoss to pick was Patience who wouldn't have stayed in the group anyway). So he was basically limited to Inno, Cure, soO and Rogue. And then he said he wouldn't pick a Terran because he expected Inno to end up as the final player (so picking Inno would be pointless and picking Cure would just net him a 4 Terran group). He was wrong in the end though, obviously. On February 22 2019 02:51 Fango wrote: At the same time I think he's only lost in a single group stage out of every LotV tournament. The only group I recall him losing in is GSL S1 ro16 last year. Indeed, if that hadn't happened this year TY could have possibly become the first player to reach the Ro8 of GSL 10 times in a row. He's 7 in 8 for LotV. | ||
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StarscreamG1
Portugal1653 Posts
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Akio
Finland1838 Posts
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Elentos
55583 Posts
On February 22 2019 04:01 Akio wrote: 2 groups in a day? That's rare Well it's not 2 groups in a day in a real timezone  | ||
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Pandain
United States12989 Posts
On February 22 2019 03:29 Waxangel wrote: Given the group selection order, I think that's what should always happen when everyone is picking "optimally."
This theory only works because there's presently very severe skill stratification in the RO16 so that the 3~4 worst players are obvious to everyone regardless of match-up/race, whereas in years past there was enough parity in the RO16 that the 'worst' player could vary greatly depending on one's preferred match-up/race. Great point. | ||
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Proko
United States1022 Posts
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Vutalisk
United States680 Posts
Group C and D look tough. Just hope soO makes it out. That's all it matters. | ||
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ZigguratOfUr
Iraq16955 Posts
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Cricketer12
United States14000 Posts
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sneakyfox
8217 Posts
On February 22 2019 03:41 Elentos wrote: Indeed, if that hadn't happened this year TY could have possibly become the first player to reach the Ro8 of GSL 10 times in a row. He's 7 in 8 for LotV. Yeah it really sucked that he lost that one against Dark and some newcomer called aLive. Would have been sick to have the TY Award for 10 straight quarterfinals. At least he should get the PartinG award next season, but still PS. Very hyped for three of these groups! Ro16 is going to be so sick! | ||
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Xain0n
Italy3963 Posts
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Popparockz
United States40 Posts
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sneakyfox
8217 Posts
On February 22 2019 06:47 Xain0n wrote: Bunny is not the weakest Terran player left Well, in TvT he is the weakest and that is what matters regarding Maru | ||
BisuDagger
Bisutopia19367 Posts
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Geo.Rion
7377 Posts
 cant really watch the vod right now | ||
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pvsnp
7676 Posts
On February 22 2019 06:47 Xain0n wrote: Bunny is not the weakest Terran player left and I find unlikely that Rogue will never reach Code S semifinals. He isn't? I guess Cure is not a top Terran either, but he always struck me as more well-rounded. Bunny seems very predictable with lots of drops and his TvT is meh. | ||
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