The four players with the highest GSL 2013 point rankings are distributed to the four groups - 1st place to Group A, 2nd to group D, 3rd to group C and 4th to Group B.

There are three rounds of nominations:

1st place in points nominates their player, then 2nd to 4th (A - D - C - B).
The nominated player in Group D nominates another player to join that group. Then the nominated player of Group C, B, and A follow (D - C - B - A).
The nominated player in Group A nominates another player to join that group. Then the nominated player of Group B and C follow. The last player is placed in Group D (A - B - C - D).

Seeded players: (Z)

RorO,

Symbol,

TaeJa,

PartinG

Pickable players: (T)

YoDa,

Flying,

sOs,

Bomber,

soO,

KangHo,

Shine,

Flash,

Soulkey,

INnoVation, (T)

GuMiho,

Life

+ Show Spoiler [Overall Groups] +

Group A:
(Z)

RorO

Flying

YoDa

Soulkey

Group B:
(P)

PartinG

Life

INnoVation
(T)

Flash

Group C:
(T)

TaeJa

Shine

sOs

Bomber

Group D:
(Z)

Symbol

soO

KangHo

GuMiho

Group A:
(Z)

RorO
+ Show Spoiler [First pick] +

Flying

+ Show Spoiler [8th pick] +

YoDa

+ Show Spoiler [9th pick] +

Soulkey

Group B:
(P)

PartinG
+ Show Spoiler [4th pick] +

Life

+ Show Spoiler [7th pick] +

INnoVation

+ Show Spoiler [10th pick] +

Flash

Group C:
(T)

TaeJa
+ Show Spoiler [3rd pick] +

Shine

+ Show Spoiler [6th pick] +

sOs

+ Show Spoiler [11th pick] +

Bomber

Group D:
(Z)

Symbol
+ Show Spoiler [2nd pick] +

soO

+ Show Spoiler [5th pick] +

KangHo

+ Show Spoiler [Last pick] +

GuMiho

NovemberstOrm

Canada16217 Posts

April 24 2013 17:16 GMT

Poll: Who will be picked first?

Shine (50)

34%

Flying (22)

15%

KangHo (15)

10%

soO (14)

9%

Life (13)

9%

Flash (10)

7%

Bomber (5)

3%

GuMiho (5)

3%

YoDa (4)

3%

sOs (4)

3%

INnoVation (4)

3%

Soulkey (2)

1%

148 total votes

Your vote: Who will be picked first?

(Vote): Life
(Vote): YoDa
(Vote): Bomber
(Vote): Flying
(Vote): Flash
(Vote): sOs
(Vote): soO
(Vote): KangHo
(Vote): Soulkey
(Vote): INnoVation
(Vote): GuMiho
(Vote): Shine

Poll: Who will be picked last?

INnoVation (51)

31%

Life (43)

26%

Flash (23)

14%

sOs (15)

9%

GuMiho (13)

8%

Soulkey (6)

4%

YoDa (5)

3%

Bomber (3)

2%

KangHo (2)

1%

soO (2)

1%

Flying (1)

1%

Shine (1)

1%

165 total votes

Your vote: Who will be picked last?

(Vote): Life
(Vote): YoDa
(Vote): Bomber
(Vote): Flying
(Vote): Flash
(Vote): KangHo
(Vote): Shine
(Vote): GuMiho
(Vote): INnoVation
(Vote): Soulkey
(Vote): sOs
(Vote): soO

Ramiz1989

12124 Posts

April 24 2013 17:22 GMT

I definitely think that Bomber will be picked among the first players. He is not consistent, and a lot more often he plays really sloppy than great.

FrostedMiniWheats

United States30730 Posts

April 24 2013 17:23 GMT

edit: derp I can't believe I forgot Curious is out <_>

okay...let's try this again...

RorO -> Gumiho -> SoO -> Soulkey
Symbol -> Shine -> Losira -> sOs
Taeja -> Bomber -> Flying -> Yoda
PartinG -> Life -> Flash -> Bogus

A: RorO, Gumiho, SoO, Soulkey
B: Taeja, Bomber, Flying, Yoda
C: PartinG, Life, Flash, Bogus (OH SHI- once again)
D: Symbol, Shine, Losira, sOs

Xtreme94

Malaysia282 Posts

April 24 2013 17:27 GMT

Erm...I don't understand why curious is on the list... Isn't he go down to Challenger league?

Fuell

Netherlands3111 Posts

April 24 2013 17:27 GMT

On April 25 2013 02:23 FrostedMiniWheats wrote:
The hell? Curious is the 4th player to pick o.O

thought it'd be Bogus, PartinG, or Soulkey.

Anyways my stab in the dark predictions of how the groups will pan out :p

RorO -> Gumiho -> soO -> Soulkey

Symbol -> Shine -> Losira -> sOs

Taeja -> Bomber -> Flying -> Bogus

Curious -> PartinG -> Life -> Flash

A: RorO, Gumiho, soO, Soulkey
B: Taeja, Bomber, Flying, Bogus
C: Curious, PartinG, Life, Flash (OH SHI--)
D: Symbol, Shine, Losira, SoS

thar!

hoping for this, although i think sOs will roll through that last group, (why does everyone write SoS nowadays?)

NovemberstOrm

Canada16217 Posts

April 24 2013 17:28 GMT

On April 25 2013 02:27 Xtreme94 wrote:
Erm...I don't understand why curious is on the list... Isn't he go down to Challenger league?

yeah that's a mistake will fix it.

Ramiz1989

12124 Posts

April 24 2013 17:31 GMT

Parting will probably pick Life with how much he put him down in the interview. :D

Except if someone else picks Life, which I highly doubt will happen. ^^

NovemberstOrm

Canada16217 Posts

April 24 2013 17:36 GMT

fixed the polls!

Griffins

United States98 Posts

April 24 2013 18:31 GMT

#10

Parting had *better* pick Life, he's got so much talk riding on this. But then again, last time he talked about picking GuMiho and then made a beeline straight for Boongboong. I guess that's what happens when the Gumibear is immune to trash talk.
I highly doubt Symbol or Taeja will pick Life, but Roro could, though probably not with Kangho on the table.

Anyway, these things never go logically! The Koreans have all sorts of grudge picking and info that most of us don't know about.

Shellshock

United States97276 Posts

April 24 2013 18:32 GMT

#11

I just hope the groups are good

Zenbrez

Canada5973 Posts

April 24 2013 18:35 GMT

#12

Has GOM been restreaming during daytime for foreigners? Haven't noticed if they stopped when WCS was announced or something

onPHYRE

Bulgaria923 Posts

April 24 2013 18:47 GMT

#13

I just hope there is a group with at least 3 Terran. TvT is fun to watch right now.

c0sm0naut

United States1229 Posts

April 24 2013 19:18 GMT

#14

I bet gumiho and shine get picked early, despite being really strong players. it's crazy how stacked code s is, any of these guys can take games off each other, rushes or macro it doesn't matter. i just wish tere were more protoss in this season, but it's not anything new for GSL to have low protoss #'s :p

Conut

Canada1026 Posts

April 24 2013 19:18 GMT

#15

man i love group stages, i always watch them, hope losera carries on nesteas wishes of not giving a fuck.

SidianTheBard

United States2474 Posts

April 24 2013 19:22 GMT

#16

This is my prediction on how groups will play out.

Group A:
(Z)

RorO

KangHo 1st
(T)

YoDa 8th

Soulkey 9th

Group B:
(P)

PartinG

Shine 4th

soO 7th

INnoVation 10th

Group C:
(T)

TaeJa

Bomber 3rd
(T)

GuMiho 6th
(P)

sOs 11th

Group D:
(Z)

Symbol

Flying 2nd
(T)

Flash 5th

Life 12th

KangHo will be first pick.
(Z)

Life will be last pick.

Elison

111 Posts

April 24 2013 19:25 GMT

#17

After pretty much all the players I enjoy watching were eliminated in the Ro32, my continued interest in this tournament is dependent solely on the results of Flash. Hopefully he will get a relatively easy group, not that he will need it but still.