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rtomic
Profile Joined September 2015
40 Posts
August 14 2019 07:52 GMT
#21
Liking Wax's prediction, TY won't cast much this season :D
KT FlaSh
HolydaKing
Profile Joined February 2010
21254 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-08-14 08:15:28
August 14 2019 08:06 GMT
#22
Damn, this made me want to do a prediction too... so here we go:

(Z)Dark 1-3 (Z)Elazer
(Z)soO 1-3 (T)TIME
(T)Maru 1-3 (P)Stats
(P)Neeb 3-2 (P)ShoWTimE
(Z)Serral 3-1 (T)TY
(P)Trap 3-0 (T)HeRoMaRinE
(T)SpeCial 1-3 (Z)Reynor
(P)Classic 2-3 (T)FanTaSy

(Z)Elazer 0-3 (T)TIME
(P)Stats 3-2 (P)Neeb
(Z)Serral 3-1 (P)Trap
(Z)Reynor 3-1 (T)FanTaSy

(T)TIME 1-3 (P)Stats
(Z)Serral 3-1 (Z)Reynor

(P)Stats 3-4 (Z)Serral

Some things are wishful thinking tho, like Dark losing to Elazer who doesn't even have the best ZvZ in EU. I'd love Showtime to win against Neeb but he recently didn't look too good which is a little sad since he had such a fantastic form after his HSC injury. Fantasy winning against Classic is something I can see happen though. In the end, I'm expecting another edition of Stats vs Serral.

From TL's prediction I think Wax's is looking the most fun, but I REALLY doubt we will see a TvT final.
Musicus
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany23576 Posts
August 14 2019 08:37 GMT
#23
I love TIME and always root for him, having a Chinese top player would be so great for the scene too. But right now, after asus rog, he is a bit overhyped imo.
Maru and Serral are probably top 5.
Poopi
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France12793 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-08-14 08:42:39
August 14 2019 08:40 GMT
#24
Why so many put Maru ahead of Stats?

The balance patch hits after the tournament, the 15th patch is war chest and bug fixes. Stats beat Maru on stream very recently.

I don’t understand either why so many put TIME ahead of soO, one good series against Serral doesn’t mean he will suddenly win matches he is not the favorite in. I highly doubt he’ll get past soO in bo5.

Other than that the predictions seem plausible
WriterMaru
HolydaKing
Profile Joined February 2010
21254 Posts
August 14 2019 08:43 GMT
#25
On August 14 2019 17:37 Musicus wrote:
I love TIME and always root for him, having a Chinese top player would be so great for the scene too. But right now, after asus rog, he is a bit overhyped imo.

Well, he's playing against soO. Do you say that many of us thinking that TIME will win against soO makes him overrated? soO certainly isn't to be underrated, however he lately showed a lot of questionable games, but more so in ZvP and ZvZ I guess.
Gina
Profile Joined July 2019
241 Posts
August 14 2019 08:45 GMT
#26
As a fan of TY and Serral, I'm not sure if I should be glad or sad...
Also rooting for Showtime and Classic. Think of it, this may be one of the last tournaments for Classic, how brilliant it would be for him to win and have a nice send-off to the army.
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RealityTheGreat
Profile Joined January 2018
China564 Posts
August 14 2019 08:47 GMT
#27
Stats vs Serral finish, and Stats 4-3 Serral.
Betrayed, forgotten, abandoned.
Musicus
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany23576 Posts
August 14 2019 08:52 GMT
#28
On August 14 2019 17:43 HolydaKing wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 14 2019 17:37 Musicus wrote:
I love TIME and always root for him, having a Chinese top player would be so great for the scene too. But right now, after asus rog, he is a bit overhyped imo.

Well, he's playing against soO. Do you say that many of us thinking that TIME will win against soO makes him overrated?

Yeah I do, compared to Serral, soO and all the Koreans so know TIME very well. And soO can show weak games and still be the best player in the world the next day and win IEM katowice. TIME is great, but still "just" a ro8 WCS player and not a "good chance he makes the final" player like soO.

I hope TIME wins for the hype and if it happens it's not a big surprise, but I don't think it makes sense to predict a win for him here.
Maru and Serral are probably top 5.
Z3nith
Profile Joined October 2017
485 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-08-14 10:08:20
August 14 2019 08:53 GMT
#29
Maru seems to be incredibly overrated atm.
AzAlexZ
Profile Joined September 2016
Australia3303 Posts
August 14 2019 09:06 GMT
#30
On August 14 2019 17:53 Z3nith wrote:
Mary seems to be incredibly overrated atm.

who?
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Need
Profile Joined March 2019
566 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-08-14 09:20:32
August 14 2019 09:19 GMT
#31
I don't know what tournaments you people watch where 80% of the games are 3-2

Also soO 3 - 0 Time
blooblooblahblah
Profile Joined February 2011
Australia4163 Posts
August 14 2019 09:46 GMT
#32
On August 14 2019 17:52 Musicus wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 14 2019 17:43 HolydaKing wrote:
On August 14 2019 17:37 Musicus wrote:
I love TIME and always root for him, having a Chinese top player would be so great for the scene too. But right now, after asus rog, he is a bit overhyped imo.

Well, he's playing against soO. Do you say that many of us thinking that TIME will win against soO makes him overrated?

Yeah I do, compared to Serral, soO and all the Koreans so know TIME very well. And soO can show weak games and still be the best player in the world the next day and win IEM katowice. TIME is great, but still "just" a ro8 WCS player and not a "good chance he makes the final" player like soO.

I hope TIME wins for the hype and if it happens it's not a big surprise, but I don't think it makes sense to predict a win for him here.


soO hasn't been in "good chance he makes the final" form for a while. That can always change at any point, but I don't think it's too outlandish to give TIME a good chance here.

On paper, it's still probably quite soO favoured but I don't like the idea that predicting TIME to win doesn't make sense. The whole point of predictions is to add a little flair, a little personal bias etc. If we all based our predictions on what is most statistically likely, would what be the point of predictions? Everyone would have the same one.

TIME still has a lot to prove in terms of results. But it's much more fun to predict the rise/upset rather than predict "predictably" until someone has proven themselves, and then you start predicting them to win. It reminds me the last GSL vs The World where people thought Serral would get smashed by Innovation and Dark because he had yet to do it, you can't blame people for thinking that but that's a bland way of predicting up-and-comers. People have seen some inspired play by TIME and have some faith that it might manifest itself into a victory. Even if the odds are against him, that sort of prediction makes a lot of sense to me.
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fLyiNgDroNe
Profile Joined September 2005
Belgium4001 Posts
August 14 2019 10:14 GMT
#33
Ofc we'll see Stats in the finals. What is wrong with all of you?
Drone is a way of living
sneakyfox
Profile Joined January 2017
8216 Posts
August 14 2019 10:19 GMT
#34
Wax takes the trophy with that preview, with Ziggy as a close second for a sobering text.

This is going to be so hype!
"I saw what sneakyfox wrote on TL.net and it made me furious" - PartinG
TheOneAboveU
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Germany3367 Posts
August 14 2019 10:29 GMT
#35
On August 14 2019 18:19 Need wrote:
I don't know what tournaments you people watch where 80% of the games are 3-2

Also soO 3 - 0 Time


I mean, we could've been boring and not done score predictions, like this Wax-guy, but hoping for lots of close 3:2's isn't a crime.

Dark must crush TIME, he's the villian in the story. soO is too nice to sign SC2's death warrant by eliminating the Chinese.
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dalaiisc2
Profile Joined May 2016
18 Posts
August 14 2019 10:46 GMT
#36
maru wont win against stats lol.this will be another serral vs stats final
schimmetje
Profile Joined August 2010
Netherlands1104 Posts
August 14 2019 11:21 GMT
#37
*tips hat to TheOneAboveU even if he made me laugh in the office, which is just not done*
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emperorofwild
Profile Joined July 2019
87 Posts
August 14 2019 12:21 GMT
#38
Soo will destroy TIME. Soo is IEM winner.
Which world player can make to quaterfinnal in IEM? Now you think Time can beat Soo?
Mlord
Profile Joined February 2013
France135 Posts
August 14 2019 12:27 GMT
#39
I would be very surprised to see soo losing to time as most people are predicting
Progamer
midhigh
Profile Joined July 2018
49 Posts
August 14 2019 12:45 GMT
#40
Am i the only one, who laughed so hard at this piece? I really root for GiantGabe to prove him right with this quote!

In the final foreigner vs Korea match of the first round, HeroMarine scores a huge upset over Code S runner-up Trap, proving the superiority of EPS over Code S once more (the following week, he presents his two map losses as proof of Protoss imbalance on his stream)
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