EPTIEM Katowice 2021: RO24 groups announced - Page 2
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fLyiNgDroNe
Belgium4119 Posts
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VladSlymor
80 Posts
On February 11 2021 18:06 sneakyfox wrote: Very odd indeed. Would be nice to hear from ESL on how they did this. Given the results, it seems very likely they did use tiers: one player of each tier 1-4, 5-8, 9-12, 13-16, 17-20 in each group. It's just quite unfortunate that the top players of the three first tiers (TY 1, Maru 5, Clem 9) ended in group A... Still, go go Clem! | ||
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hyuu
163 Posts
But at the same time i won't be able to handle the excitement such a death star group would bring | ||
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Harris1st
Germany7402 Posts
Group of life imma go with B | ||
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DarkGamer
Germany332 Posts
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Fango
United Kingdom8987 Posts
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Howard_Kao
China261 Posts
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TentativePanda
United States800 Posts
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Rob-Zero
Germany460 Posts
Serral group looks rather easy for him on the first glance, but Inno, Dark and Time all are players that gave Serral a hard time or even defeated him in the past. My bet would go to Rogue to show up once again and take it home, especially since the spotlight seems to lay on other players. Would be just that typical Rogue move to win it in the end. | ||
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Light1082
18 Posts
I think TY will top group 1 since his TvT is just a bit too big brain for the mechanical monsters in Maru and Clem. I don't think Solar or Showtime are favored against him either. I'm hoping Serral will dominate group B, but Dark and Inno can always make a clean sweep. Still think Serral will top this group relatively easily though. In group C at first glance I thought Reynor would take it down, but the way Trap has been performing recently is just insane. Zest has also been on fire the last few weeks, so I think depending on how well Reynor prepares for ZvP This group should go Trap>Zest>Reynor or Reynor>Trap>Zest. Excited to see how that plays out. Unfortunately I don't see Heromarine putting up much of a fight against all these Protoss and the American hero Astrea has a mountain to climb to get out of this group. We havn't seen much from him in a while so there is some potential for some excitement. Stats should take group D with his consistent play. I'm expecting rogue to drop a series he's favored in, but still come out of the group in second. Of course the seeded players may mix things up quite a bit, but that's where I'm at right now. What are your thoughts? | ||
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DarkGamer
Germany332 Posts
On February 12 2021 13:28 Light1082 wrote: Group A looks like the group of death to me. I'm hoping Maru comes back stronger than ever after his injury hiatus. The groups are all so good and can't wait to watch these games! I think TY will top group 1 since his TvT is just a bit too big brain for the mechanical monsters in Maru and Clem. I don't think Solar or Showtime are favored against him either. I'm hoping Serral will dominate group B, but Dark and Inno can always make a clean sweep. Still think Serral will top this group relatively easily though. In group C at first glance I thought Reynor would take it down, but the way Trap has been performing recently is just insane. Zest has also been on fire the last few weeks, so I think depending on how well Reynor prepares for ZvP This group should go Trap>Zest>Reynor or Reynor>Trap>Zest. Excited to see how that plays out. Unfortunately I don't see Heromarine putting up much of a fight against all these Protoss and the American hero Astrea has a mountain to climb to get out of this group. We havn't seen much from him in a while so there is some potential for some excitement. Stats should take group D with his consistent play. I'm expecting rogue to drop a series he's favored in, but still come out of the group in second. Of course the seeded players may mix things up quite a bit, but that's where I'm at right now. What are your thoughts? I pretty much agree with you. but i think TY will have problems against Solar, cuz i think his TvZ is his weakness and Solar can performe on a very high lvl in TvZ. In Group C i think Reynor will take 1. or 2. place. He will be prepared for Katowice, but maybe Trap oder Zest will win a bo3 against him. In Group D i really hope the "online Cure" shows up. I think he could take Stats down, if he plays 100%. Im feeling Rogue, Cure and Parting coming out of the group. Parting will play some crazy PvPs and somehow beat Stats too. I hope that Byun will end up in Group B or D...(if he will make it through the ro36). | ||
Poopi
France13018 Posts
The groups are so stacked it will be madness, may the cross server lag have mercy on us | ||
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SpaWnvERtiGO
110 Posts
On February 11 2021 05:03 Elentos wrote: Also while being the highest seed usually means you have the advantage that the rest of your group becomes easier, group A has by far the highest EPT point total and Aligulac average if you remove the top seed of every group. Unusual to say the least to have a system that is the worst for the highest seeded player. So I have to assume this was at least partially random draw because this arrangement doesn't seem like the result of any normal seeding system. I thought maybe they just went 1A, 2D, 3B, 4C for 5 rounds but that order doesn't hold up. If this was full random draw (other than maybe player tiers like 1-4, 5-8, 9-12, 13-16, 17-20) that's hilarious. It's a bullshit draw.... like bracket rigging.... they still hate the Koreans... | ||
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deacon.frost
Czech Republic12133 Posts
Also group A has total 10k EPT points while B, C and D have 8,8k, 9,3k and 9,2k? And the average is way off as well. I would really love to know how this happened. | ||
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Elentos
55594 Posts
On February 12 2021 18:33 DarkGamer wrote: I pretty much agree with you. but i think TY will have problems against Solar, cuz i think his TvZ is his weakness and Solar can performe on a very high lvl in TvZ.. TY's biggest weakness is definitely TvP. I've seen him struggle against clearly weaker Protosses than Showtime recently. | ||
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Poopi
France13018 Posts
On February 12 2021 22:42 deacon.frost wrote: To get this clear, group A has the top player of each row except Dark? Also group A has total 10k EPT points while B, C and D have 8,8k, 9,3k and 9,2k? And the average is way off as well. I would really love to know how this happened. I have the scary feeling that ByuN will somehow end up in group A as well... Maybe they had no choice having a group with more EPT points than the rest with the row thing, and it ended up being this group. Of the top 3 players from EU, Clem will have the hardest time to shine: he better hopes Maru is still not at his top, because TY seems to have his number and Solar/ShoWTimE are no slouch. Reynor should qualify comfortably independently of the top protoss performances (Zest / Trap), because he is a bit above HeroMarine / Astrea. Serral will probably top his group or at worse be top 3 as well. | ||
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Rob-Zero
Germany460 Posts
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deacon.frost
Czech Republic12133 Posts
On February 12 2021 23:08 Poopi wrote: I have the scary feeling that ByuN will somehow end up in group A as well... Maybe they had no choice having a group with more EPT points than the rest with the row thing, and it ended up being this group. Of the top 3 players from EU, Clem will have the hardest time to shine: he better hopes Maru is still not at his top, because TY seems to have his number and Solar/ShoWTimE are no slouch. Reynor should qualify comfortably independently of the top protoss performances (Zest / Trap), because he is a bit above HeroMarine / Astrea. Serral will probably top his group or at worse be top 3 as well. I have the same feeling. To the EPT point thingy - it wouldn't kill them to record the creation of the groups and place it on youtube. It doesn't have to be fancy or anything special. | ||
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-KG-
Denmark1219 Posts
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deacon.frost
Czech Republic12133 Posts
On February 13 2021 00:54 -KG- wrote: BuyN will crush all of'em....unless wrist issues :s He doesn't have them online, so no wrist issues will be encountered. I have spoken! (also it would be the best story if ByuN wins the IEM) | ||
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