I've been debating on whether to wake up at 4:00 AM tomorrow to watch the games. My brain tells me TSM doesn't stand a chance, but my heart wants them to win. Maybe TSM can take one game from them, but I don't think they can win the Bo5. On the small chance of a miracle they do win Bo5, they'll have to face SSB.. Unless C9 can beat SSB. Ugh.. I guess I will just wake up tomorrow and watch the games.
I think NA/EU improved a ton this year. They finally realized that they had to play seriously and that the NA/EU scene is not competitive enough to prepare them for the dedication of the Asian players.
SSW will win this year, but I think next year, we have a better chance of seeing an NA/EU team win.
The only team able to beat SSW lately is SSB...and having seen both of these teams I´m fairly sure that SSW will win the whole torunament this Year. The only non-korean team with upset chances vs White would have been fnatic with a miracle-day I think.
No.
I'm gonna watch anyways, tho. I love seeing Samsung White play versus worse teams. Their play gets pretty... entertaining when they're ahead.
Fingers crossed for Katarina #2.
I won't be up at 4 AM. Im just gonna try to avoid spoilers and results and watch matches later !
And to answer your question: No TSM don't stand a chance but C9 stand a chance against SSB.
Lets look at it this way.
If TSM beats SSW, they just beat the hardest opponent of the entire tournament.
Even if they 2-3 SSW, that would be impressive for TSM.
No, TSM CAN play at that level and are more adaptable IMO, but they're EXTREMELY inconsistent. I wouldn't at all be surprised if TSM took 1 game but they can't beat the consistency of SSW. That said I feel like SSB was playing poorly all groups in a weak group while C9 played extremely well even on their losses when down gold so I think C9 can take SSB and C9 also has that adaptability so I think C9 has a chance at taking down SSW but not TSM.
No team has any chance to beat a Korean team other than fellow Korean teams.
TSM is looking really solid this time around, but that last throw vs SK raised some questions for me. I think if TSM is having a really good day, they could take a game off SSW, but in a Bo5, I don't know how TSM will fare. I'm pretty much just rooting for OMG and C9 at this point, but I'm not sure C9 can make it to finals, even if they manage to take down SSB
