I predict Lecaf in 4 or 5. The way flash has been playing lately makes him look mortal enough that I can see him dropping a game to HiyA. Lomo has also been looking good, I can easily see him beating tempest. Lux will beat backho, unless backho cheeses well, and JD has a good chance of beating FireFist. If it goes to ace, I think (hope) lecaf can take it. Lecaf fighting!

wswordsmen

United States987 Posts

October 14 2008 22:37 GMT

I hope this goes to game 5. That would be epic.

NiGoL

1868 Posts

October 14 2008 22:42 GMT

i think KTF wins but lecaf seems pretty good nowdays

sung_moon

United States10110 Posts

October 14 2008 22:57 GMT

On October 15 2008 07:37 wswordsmen wrote:
I hope this goes to game 5. That would be epic.

flash v jaedong ace? i would orgasm

Avidkeystamper

United States8552 Posts

October 14 2008 22:58 GMT

I hope it goes to 5 games so we can see JD>Flash.
Flash<Hiya
Luxury>Backho (The first two games's outcome may easily be switched)
Firefist<<<<...<<<Jaedong
Tempest>Lomo (He practiced a lot for terrans in his MSL group)
Flash < Jaedong.

Paddington

Australia254 Posts

October 14 2008 22:59 GMT

Predictions

Flash < Chupung-Ryeong > HiyA
Luxury < Andromeda > BackHo
FireFist < RaiD Assault 2 > Jaedong
Tempest < Destination > Lomo
Flash < Harmony > Jaedong

Lecaf 3 - KTF 2

RainmanMP

United States1698 Posts

October 14 2008 23:00 GMT

KTF FIGHTING

ShmotZ

United States581 Posts

October 14 2008 23:06 GMT

#10

sigh... ever since (P)

Reach and

Nal_rA and (Z)

YellOw left KTF i feel like.....KTF is a diffrent team now T__T... o well.. KTF fighting! >_<

(T) (T)

Flash > (T) (T)

HiyA
(Z)

Luxury > (P) (P)

BackHo
(Z) (Z)

FireFist < (Z) (Z)

Jaedong
(P) (P)

Tempest < (T) (T)

Lomo
+ Show Spoiler +

ACE:

BoxeR vs

iloveoov
+ Show Spoiler +

lol jk ACE: (T)

Flash vs

Jaedong

Musli

Poland5130 Posts

October 14 2008 23:18 GMT

#11

Very nice match !

Dunno on which I should bet in GosuBet :|
Analysis:

(T)

Flash vs

HiyA:

Flash is rather unstable lately and with his tricky mind everything can happen, although you have to take under account he's still the leading force of progaming along with JD.
(T)

Flash is good at cheeses but then it would be safer with his solid play. (T)

HiyA playing 1st and, what's more, against someone like (T)

Flash may surprise with a cheese as well. (T)

Flash is overally a better player but it's StarCraft, TvT, pro level, (T)

HiyA. You never know.
My bet: (T)

Flash.

Luxury vs

BackHo:

Luxury is doing v.good lately but (P)

BackHo also showed he's not a random noob but a formidable adversary. Still his record vs Z doesn't allow us to think of him as a favorite, especially not against a zerg as good as Park Chan (P)

SoO.
My bet: (Z)

Luxury

FireFist vs (Z)

Jaedong:
Seems obvious at first glance but on a closer look you might not bet your life on Mr Lee.
(Z)

FireFist has already showed he's not a whipping boy and may surprise you (P)

Anytime. He won some, he lost some but certainly he's a material for a champion. But on the other side we have Lee Jae Dong who needs no introduction and we all know what he's capable of. His record speaks for itself. 78.43% winratio against Z ? Gimme a break -.-
My bet: (Z)

Jaedong

Tempest vs (T)

Lomo:
Probably the most interesting bo1 of this match, at least for me. Reasons? Rather new players on the pro scene, looked sharp lately, we dunno what they are capable of yet.
We all knew (P)

Tempest way before he started his pro career. He was well known for his macro but that was it, it seemed he lacked sth to jump a certain level but now it looks he's somehow found it playing for KTF. How much better can he be ? No clue. Nevertheless, as far as PvT goes, macro is a key aspect of this match-up and it gives edge to (P)

Tempest.

Lomo, a TvZ specialist under construction you might say, yet he loses to (Z)

type-b (not a shame at all but a surprise for sure, more the OGN Z performance lately) and at the 'same' time he defeats (P)

free. His TvP cant be that bad it seems. Will he be able to raise his TvP at least to the level of his TvZ ? Who knows. All I know is that (T)

Lomo is a more experienced progamer and this may be a key factor here. It also depends what the results will be at this moment(2-1 but for which side). It's so hard to place a bet on either of these players, I give them 50/50 respectively: (P)

Tempest: macro, (T)

Lomo's TvP; (T)

Lomo: experience, map.
My bet: no bet

Summary: In my humble opinion its going to be 3-1 for KTF or an ACE match: (T)

Flash vs

Jaedong ? Yes please ! Overally KTF are slight favorites here imo but they disappoint as much as they surprise, therefore betting is much harder than it would seem :<

KTF fighting !

BreaK

Canada890 Posts

October 14 2008 23:20 GMT

#12

I think this is gonna be a really tough win for KTF, I'm hoping they can pull it off though.

My predictions aren't too optimistic though:

Flash > HiyA
Luxury > BackHo
Firefist < Jaedong
Tempest < Lomo
KTF < Lecaf OZ

I'm such a pessimist. KTF FIGHTING!

Deleted User 31060

3788 Posts

October 14 2008 23:40 GMT

#13

On October 15 2008 07:59 Paddington wrote:
Predictions

Flash < Chupung-Ryeong > HiyA
Luxury < Andromeda > BackHo
FireFist < RaiD Assault 2 > Jaedong
Tempest < Destination > Lomo
Flash < Harmony > Jaedong

Lecaf 3 - KTF 2

my thoughts exactly