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[Spoiler] next week's PL final - guess the lineup

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Carnac
Profile Blog Joined December 2003
Germany / USA16648 Posts
July 27 2007 21:43 GMT
#1
So, Lecaf beat MBC 4-2 and will face Samsung in the finals of round 1!

Maps have been announce, but players have not. I'm guessing they will be sometime in the next 1-3 days (at least that's how it was in playoffs).

I though it would be fun to speculate a bit on the lineups, here are the maps:

Game 1 @ Nemesis
Game 2 @ Geometry
Game 3 @ Vampire
Game 4 @ Monty Hall
Game 5 @ Sin Peaks of Baekdu
Game 6 @ Chariots of Fire
Game 7 @ Tau Cross

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maybenexttime
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
Poland5554 Posts
July 27 2007 21:50 GMT
#2
I just hope for less mirror match up's. ;;
Gokey
Profile Joined November 2006
United States2722 Posts
July 27 2007 22:21 GMT
#3
agreed... mirrors are =(
NovaTheFeared
Profile Blog Joined October 2004
United States7222 Posts
July 27 2007 22:23 GMT
#4
There will be a lot of mirrors given the maps.
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pachi
Profile Joined October 2006
Melbourne5338 Posts
July 27 2007 22:24 GMT
#5
No python
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.kaz
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
1963 Posts
July 27 2007 22:27 GMT
#6
I think its 100% that samsung will play FBH, but as for the rest, I have no clue.
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SoMuchBetter
Profile Blog Joined April 2003
Australia10606 Posts
Last Edited: 2007-07-27 22:32:27
July 27 2007 22:27 GMT
#7
samsung vs lecaf

jangbi vs backho @ Nemesis

PvP because its nemesis. samsung will save stork for monty hall since he is so good on it, and lecaf will likely try to counter him with anytime, thus we'll see a pvp between the lesser protosses of each team.

FBH vs forGG @ Geometry

TvT because its geometry

jihyun/cuteboy vs Shinwa/Dongrae @ Vampire

z/t teams have proven to dominate vampire and both teams happen to have very good z/t 2v2 teams.

stork vs anytime @ Monty Hall

i explained it already.

jju vs jaedong @ Sin Peaks of Baekdu

the best players on each team that are not locked into playing a specific map because of the racial domination on it. unfortunately they're both zerg

tt/siga vs Bright[z-zone]/N.aCe)Ever @ Chariots of Fire

z/p has proven to be the best combination to play on chariots and both teams happen to have very good z/p teams.

stork/fbh vs anytime/forgg @ Tau Cross

i think its likely we'll see the winner from the previous stork vs anytime game against the other player listed. actually i think lecaf will probably play anytime no matter the outcome since hes their most capable player by far i think (at least against all races). samsung will send out stork if he beats anytime on monty, or fbh if he fails to do so.
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istealhotelsoap
Profile Joined February 2007
United States514 Posts
July 27 2007 22:49 GMT
#8
wow. i knew i should have voted for lecaf instead of dodging =|
Carnac
Profile Blog Joined December 2003
Germany / USA16648 Posts
Last Edited: 2007-07-28 02:57:43
July 27 2007 23:05 GMT
#9
Nice post SMB, I agree with a lot of what you said, some thoughts though:

Nemesis/Monty Hall: I have been asking myself who is better off with both Monty and Nemesis being in the lineup of the non-ace-match maps, because neither of them really has a 2nd player who can be reasonably sure to win his game there, only Stork for Samsung and Anytime for Lecaf, that's it. The others are pretty much wild cards.

Geometry: TvT is a given, which forces FBH vs fOrGG, nothing to add.

Peaks: Jaedong is basically a given, I can't imagine Jaedong being sent out on any of the other maps..., for Samsung it's a little harder, other than Jju I think Frozean might be a reasonable choice.

2v2 games: you already correctly named the teams that have been used the most (and have been the most successful) for both teams on both maps, nothing to add here.

Tau Cross (ace): I'd really like to add Jaedong as a possibility here, he has been just as good as Anytime throughout this season (1 more win than Anytime actually) and most importantly he is undefeated on Tau Cross in official games during his entire career (8-0 stats with today's game vs Light), so he definitely is a viable choice.
Also Anytime has been doing really bad vs Terran in PL (1-4 stats) and considering he may have to face FBH if he is sent out..., I am by no means saying that he would have really bad odds to beat FBH, but still.

Last but not least I think it's important (and sad in a way) to realize how 50% of the maps that are being used this season (Monty, Nemesis, Geometry) have been forcing a lot of mirrors (Monty to a lesser extent, as there have been a lot of PvT games on it, but neither team has a competent Terran other than FBH and fOrGG). This forces the best players of their races into being sent out on certain maps and then as a coach you have to somehow try to fill remaining maps with your often lesser players. This is much more evident in playoffs/finals obviously, because there are only 3 previously set 1v1 games during the season, as opposed to the 4 set games in playoffs/finals. And it's too late to start experimenting now, you do not experiment in finals, that's what the early season is for.
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cSf.Loser
Profile Joined December 2005
Czech Republic115 Posts
July 27 2007 23:07 GMT
#10
On July 28 2007 07:27 SoMuchBetter wrote:
samsung vs lecaf

jangbi vs backho @ Nemesis

PvP because its nemesis. samsung will save stork for monty hall since he is so good on it, and lecaf will likely try to counter him with anytime, thus we'll see a pvp between the lesser protosses of each team.

FBH vs forGG @ Geometry

TvT because its geometry

jihyun/cuteboy vs Shinwa/Dongrae @ Vampire

z/t teams have proven to dominate vampire and both teams happen to have very good z/t 2v2 teams.

stork vs anytime @ Monty Hall

i explained it already.

jju vs jaedong @ Sin Peaks of Baekdu

the best players on each team that are not locked into playing a specific map because of the racial domination on it. unfortunately they're both zerg

tt/siga vs Bright[z-zone]/N.aCe)Ever @ Chariots of Fire

z/p has proven to be the best combination to play on chariots and both teams happen to have very good z/p teams.

stork/fbh vs anytime/forgg @ Tau Cross

i think its likely we'll see the winner from the previous stork vs anytime game against the other player listed. actually i think lecaf will probably play anytime no matter the outcome since hes their most capable player by far i think (at least against all races). samsung will send out stork if he beats anytime on monty, or fbh if he fails to do so.


i agree with you but i think that for lecaf will play jeadong on ace coz he play on tau this season
pachi
Profile Joined October 2006
Melbourne5338 Posts
July 27 2007 23:17 GMT
#11
Prediction:
FrOzean < Hiya @ Nemesis
FireBatHero > fOrGG @ Geometry
tz > tz @ Game 3 @ Vampire
Jangbi < Anytime @ Monty Hall
Stork > Jaedong @ Sin Peaks of Baekdu
pz < pz @ Chariots of Fire
Stork < Anytime @ Tau Cross

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~chut~
Profile Joined September 2003
France1317 Posts
July 27 2007 23:59 GMT
#12
Maybe Samsung can try to send a P against Jaedong, that might be a good idea.
Carnac
Profile Blog Joined December 2003
Germany / USA16648 Posts
July 28 2007 00:09 GMT
#13
and what P out of samsung's lineup would that be? because stork is a must on monty/nemesis (rather monty though) and the other are... not really good
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~chut~
Profile Joined September 2003
France1317 Posts
July 28 2007 01:34 GMT
#14
Yeah, i know... that's why i said "maybe", it's very unlikely to change anything

But it can still be nice to try to put every lecaf player on their worst mu.
thedeadhaji *
Profile Blog Joined January 2006
39489 Posts
July 28 2007 01:50 GMT
#15
SIX MIRROR MATCHES

Game 1 @ Nemesis - anytime vs stork
Game 2 @ Geometry - forgg vs fbh
Game 3 @ Vampire - dongrae/shinhwa vs jihyun/cuteangel
Game 4 @ Monty Hall - backho vs jangbi
Game 5 @ Sin Peaks of Baekdu - jaedong vs zergman
Game 6 @ Chariots of Fire - ever/bright vs TT/sigamari
Game 7 @ Tau Cross - jaedong vs stork

now, 5/6 of the lecaf lineup is an absolute given already. Chances are, Backho will be placed on Monty again. He really was surprisingly good last night on it. Khan coach knows well that these players are being sent on these maps, and will counter accordingly.

Stork and FBH really should be no brainers. FBH has a far superior tvt compared to forgg. Stork, you would consider to have a better pvp than anytime, but she *might* mix it up here looking at anytime's game last night. Well actually, seeing as we all thought Bisu was firmly in the lead for most of the game, she'll prolly send stork anywyas.

2v2s - no brainers, khan has used the same guys over and over.

monty - Khan really doesnt have that many 1v1 players after fbh and stork. Jangbi has played the most games after them but has a bad record. However, jangbi was used 2x in the last week of proleague, meaning that she intends to use him. Chances are, he's going on the P favored map of Monty.

peaks - khan knows jaedong is going here, and that he has been unstoppable as of late. There are two options here: (1) throw a P at him, such as jangbi (2) throw a Z at him, b/c ZvZ is usually unpredictable. Problem with 1 is that jangbi has not been playing all "that" well. However, jaedong did lose to the Future of Protoss in ODC, so who knows. The problem with 2 is that Zman hasnt played really at all this season, and jaedong's zvz is pretty much the best in the business along with savior.
thedeadhaji *
Profile Blog Joined January 2006
39489 Posts
July 28 2007 01:52 GMT
#16
Anytime will NOT be playing on monty.
Lecaf coach doesn't run that way.
GTR
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
51449 Posts
July 28 2007 02:58 GMT
#17
Game 1 @ Nemesis - Anytime vs Stork
Game 2 @ Geometry - fOrGG vs FBH
Game 3 @ Vampire - Dongrae/Shinhwa vs Cuteangel/Jihyun
Game 4 @ Monty Hall - Hiya or Lomo vs Jangbi
Game 5 @ Sin Peaks of Baekdu - Jaedong vs Jju
Game 6 @ Chariots of Fire - Bright/Ever vs Zerglee/TT
Game 7 @ Tau Cross - Jaedong vs Stork
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oshibori_probe
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States2933 Posts
July 28 2007 05:54 GMT
#18
I dont think nemesis is stork's map.

Hard to predict really, but lecaf is fucked regardless of the matchups
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knyttym
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States5797 Posts
July 28 2007 06:57 GMT
#19
Nemesis Anytime> Jangbi. It will be a PvP and I think Lecaf should take the early lead. Stork's map is Monty Hall so Jangbi is next in line for the Khan Protoss.

Geometry: FBH > ForGG: After ForGG lost the two proleague games in the same day he has been looking down. FBH has an awesome TvT so he will take this.

Vampire: I have no clue but Dong/ Shinhwa have a pretty good record so Oz > Khan

Monty: Stork> Backho: Backho just came out on Monty yesterday + Show Spoiler +
even though he lost
I think he will be played here again with hopes of sniping Stork.

Beakdu: Jaedong > Frozean. The only other person that could come out here is TT but I highly doubt that. Jaedong will rip up Frozean. If Jju comes out, Jaedong will whip his ass as well.

Chariots: Again I really don't know about 2v2 but I think Khan will take it using Sig/ TT. So Khan > Oz

Ace.. Tau Cross: This is hard to predict. Jaedong probably has the highest chance of coming out but Anytime can come out as well. Khan has FBH or Stork. If Jaedong comes out you have to worry that Stork might come out and ZvP is Jaedong's weakest matchup. If it is FBH vs Jaedong it could go either way but Jaedong will probably take it. If Anytime comes out he has a pretty good chance of winning against both of these players as long as he brings his Fall game.
So... I predict both teams will go with veteran players and it will be Anytime > Stork
Carnac
Profile Blog Joined December 2003
Germany / USA16648 Posts
July 28 2007 07:29 GMT
#20
PvZ is also Stork's weakest MU, so it would even out with Jaedong's relatively weak ZvP
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