Parting you cocky cock, you just wrote your own obituary. Seeing as Parting can't beat either of these terrans (he's already tried), I think he'll go out last.

Innovation and Flash is virtually a coinflip, but lately God looks mortal while Innovation doesn't appear to be human. I'd give him the benefit of an extra 1% to get out of this madness alive, but Flash isn't far behind.

Predictions are a fool's errand since these players are all so godly, but I'll still bite:

Parting-Life
Innovation-Flash
Life-Flash
Parting-Innovation
Innovation-Flash

Lifu + Innovation advance

bhfberserk

Canada390 Posts

May 02 2013 03:46 GMT

#124

Flash Life advance.
Flash Life FINAL PLEASE!

frontline-

Bulgaria281 Posts

May 02 2013 03:51 GMT

#125

I think the people who underestimate Flash are in for a treat. Today I fully expect Flash to do one of his stronger and more dominant performances in recent years.

Flash & Life to advance.

syroz

France249 Posts

May 02 2013 03:53 GMT

#126

Flash made a big step forward already with ro16. Even god cant compet death, he has no chance (exept miracle).
Innovation is a code S player he may go throught. Life is just simply better he will go throught. Parting is the outsider.

Anyway, this group is the most incredible one in GSL history, can't wait <3

Mads2

Denmark21 Posts

May 02 2013 04:16 GMT

#127

Man, I had to log in just to compliment this extremely well written article!

Can't wait to watch the Vods after work.

Mortal

2943 Posts

May 02 2013 04:25 GMT

#128

Fuck man, this group... anyone could get out, but I'm guessing Bogus/Life.

KnowNothing

69 Posts

May 02 2013 04:29 GMT

#129

Honestly I haven't been following that closely lately, but everyone here is underestimating Parting, not to mention seriously overestimating Innovation.

Innovation is as described in the thread: standard terran at a high level. Technically sound. Not clutch, no comparable results, not a real champion. Can he win? Sure, but his chances don't compare to those of these 3 proven champions.

Parting is disliked cause he's got attitude. He was largely overlooked in WoL for a long time too. The first time I saw him play he wasn't given much credit, but from that game, I finally saw someone who I thought understood how to play SC2. Then he was hardly visible for a year or so, and finally broke through, winning the BNet WC and WCG. All I can say is watch him shred life in this match.

Life is the best player in the world, in most ways, but his micro can't match parting's, and with the balance currently favouring protoss, life won't be able to think his way out of the pressure parting puts on.

Flash is smarter than life, and more professional. He'll prepare very hard for these matches, because showing his fans good games means more to him than anyone else here (how do you think he went from #1 in BW to where he is now?). Again, because parting has stronger micro and is more likely to cheese than Life, he will be much harder to prepare for, Flash also sees Life as the more significant rival and is the one he will be most interested in defeating. It's hard to tell exactly when Flash will overtake Life, but once he does, Life will never get back on top.

Parting>Life --- Life is a little better, but P > Z is the trend
Innovation<Flash --- This TvT is Innovation's best chance for an upset.
Life>Innovation --- EGPZ
Parting>Flash --- Parting will win because he must. He'll be afraid to play Life again.
Flash>Life --- Might be worth a watch.

Flash and Parting advance!

C0MMANDO

71 Posts

May 02 2013 04:38 GMT

#130

Typo. Life won 1 GSL, not 2

Gotnerves

56 Posts

May 02 2013 04:48 GMT

#131

On May 02 2013 13:38 C0MMANDO wrote:
Typo. Life won 1 GSL, not 2

'
He has won 2 it's not a typo

letian

Germany4221 Posts

May 02 2013 04:53 GMT

#132

"he was just a mid-tier Terran from Brood War," lol what?

Heavenfallz

Australia73 Posts

May 02 2013 04:56 GMT

#133

Love to watch this group. Pity that i can't watch this T.T

ph0cuz

9 Posts

May 02 2013 04:58 GMT

#134

Parting and Flash advance, you heard it here first ( well I guess not first, Unless you disregard everyone else that predicted it)

Watch flash 11/11 life first game. I can sense it..

shin_toss

Philippines2589 Posts

May 02 2013 05:02 GMT

#135

I want Parting and Flash advance !

Vansetsu

United States1452 Posts

May 02 2013 05:04 GMT

#136

All I can say is if anyone is the least favored here, even by the smallest most miniscule degree, i think it has to be parting. that said, it's anyone's group, with life having the edge. Hard to see any of these players drop so early though

RinconH

United States512 Posts

May 02 2013 05:15 GMT

#137

On May 02 2013 11:32 TidusX.Yuna wrote:
"but no player has ever triggered a sense of competitive obsession the way Seed does in Symbol, Thorzain with Naniwa, or detection does for InCa"

I laughed

It was good but was begging for a Hong-Un reference.

He hasn;t been in the GSL for 2 years and he still is probably rivals with everyone in this group.

Lysanias

Netherlands8351 Posts

May 02 2013 05:26 GMT

#138

Flash and Life to move on.
Parting's soul train will never reach it's full Life.
Bogus fears Flash in TvT in the minds of these players Flash is 1-0 up already.

Flash will upset Life in a nailbiting 2-1
Life wakes up and kills who ever comes up next.

Cuh

United States403 Posts

May 02 2013 05:33 GMT

#139

i really wish i didnt have to goto bed... i want to her the tastosis hype!!! al along with the games but Life and Innovation all day

bhfberserk

Canada390 Posts

May 02 2013 05:34 GMT

#140

Cannot wait to see Parting eat all his big words.
And Innovation vs Flash TvT is probably going to be some craziest game of the year. The only concern here is their stamina. Usually TvT can drag out quite long

But if anyone can maintain their form, it is GOD,