Can I be frank? The review on Supernova, I mean he did get SECOND! lol, its not like he had an awful tournament, coming second is prettty fucking good, so no need to downplay him so harshly imo, sure he wasn't at the top of his game, but he did have some outstanding games.

I feel like he's always gonna be a favourite to win, second is damn close so I feel that was a pretty good guess.

falafel

Poland3 Posts

March 05 2012 22:26 GMT

#62

Idra is in the easiest group, but probably still will not come out:}

Balgrog

United States1221 Posts

March 05 2012 22:29 GMT

#63

If people want to learn PvP watch Elfie in group B, that kid is absolutely FANTASTIC at PvP, and since thats basically the whole group, I say he has a strong chance of moving on to the RO16. Besides Elfi, PvP is such a toss up match up, anyone can move on, so we will have to see.

Kevan

Sweden2303 Posts

March 05 2012 22:33 GMT

#64

Well, Elfi should be the favourite in his group. If he manages to 2-0 Nerchio he should be able to win his group without dropping a game.

Looks to be a great tournament overall and with the amount of representatives from Aiur, you would think that one of them could take it. MMA is still the favourite though but I think that MC might be able to take it.

milkyjug

8 Posts

March 05 2012 22:33 GMT

#65

All of the groups are realy ballanced race wise, aside from b, not realy sure why they had to put 5 protoss in the same group. Furthermore many of the protoss in this group are beter than the others in groups A, C and D. Its a shame that moving out of group stage for these players is going to be decided by who can play the beter PvP. so sad

Santiago4ever

Sweden299 Posts

March 05 2012 22:35 GMT

#66

There are no swedes in this tournament. As a shameless patriot I have to say that it's a damn shame since only swedes stands a chance to break the korean dominance

DMXD

United States4064 Posts

March 05 2012 22:48 GMT

#67

great writeup as always, shame there are so few TL members participating the tournament.

Kharnage

Australia920 Posts

March 05 2012 22:48 GMT

#68

Elfy will make it out of his group, and then die as soon as he runs into someone not Protoss. Hate watching him play cause he's so good at PvP yet you know he has no chance at all at beating a decent zerg or terran. Feels like a wasted spot. Swap him and feast around and he wouldn't make it out.

IMHO this is either an MC or MMA tournament. If they are both playing well then MC wins. If MC gets knocked out then MMA wins.

snively

United States1159 Posts

March 05 2012 22:55 GMT

#69

On March 05 2012 21:04 TeamLiquid ESPORTS wrote:

Player to watch not named Greg Fields: ...

i lol'ed

Terranist

United States2496 Posts

March 05 2012 23:05 GMT

#70

love all the groups but especially interested in seeing who survives group C.

Pixel.

Netherlands287 Posts

March 05 2012 23:05 GMT

#71

Poor nerchio >.< only zvp

Vaelom

Korea (South)154 Posts

March 05 2012 23:05 GMT

#72

Nerchio only needs one matchup in the group stages o.O good chance of him advancing further on

Sagamantha

United States339 Posts

March 05 2012 23:13 GMT

#73

Grandpa toss can do it! I know he can!

Kharnage

Australia920 Posts

March 05 2012 23:13 GMT

#74

On March 06 2012 04:07 Aunvilgod wrote:
Zenio is Code S, Puma Code B.

Just wanted to point that out. We´ve gotta be glad that you didn´t pick Socke as the heavy favourite for group A...

GSL is not the same as foreign events. People need to stop referencing GSL standings when talking about foreigner group formats. Code S players are all unarguably good, but time and again we've seen Code S players not perform as well we would expect when they go to an international competition.

When you're talking about an international tournament like this, Puma's record is as about as good as it gets.

Kernen

United States84 Posts

March 05 2012 23:19 GMT

#75

poor Nerchio that protoss group is going to be painfull

Lothargr

Greece32 Posts

March 05 2012 23:19 GMT

#76

It would be so fun if Idra was in Nerchio's place

On a more serious note though, imo tournaments should prevent this from happening. I'd rather see them pre-decide the race distribution of the groups and then draw the players than watch 15 PvPs in a row.

Saronix

Canada73 Posts

March 05 2012 23:20 GMT

#77

I am actually worried for MC -- as PvP is his weakest matchup at the moment and it is an unpredictable one. His group is filled with Protoss.

tombola

41 Posts

March 05 2012 23:23 GMT

#78

oh my god that video of SangHo is so fucking hilarious... what a baller :D

The_Unseen

France1923 Posts