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Banner by KizZBGThe Players Jaedong recently tore up many of the best progaming has to offer, going on an incredible 24-3 run from December up to the middle of this month, winning the last OSL and smashing his way into this semifinal match. Since then, he has looked somewhat more mortal, but still very strong. Tonight he'll be playing the defending champion in a matchup where he has seen no serious challenger other than Flash in a long time.
Mind is the defending champion, surprising the world with major upsets against Savior and Bisu to take the title. Since then his play has been very solid, developing into a new ace for his team in proleague and making it back to the semifinals here, albeit against weaker opposition this time. Mind has excellent game sense and makes very few mistakes, which will be necessary tonight, as his opponent tends to punish even small mistakes very severely.
While most would likely rate Jaedong the stronger player in this matchup, the maps tend to favor Mind. Will Jaedong continue on his path to break the mighty OSL curse, or will Mind take another step toward defending his title?
Results+ Show Spoiler +Jaedong < MindJaedong > Mind Jaedong > Mind Jaedong > Mind Jaedong 3:1 Mind Jaedong advances to the finals!
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Apparently I proofread everything except the title before submitting If a mod could fix the bracket in my title that'd be great.
I figured since the other thread was setup for hype it'd be good to have a nicely formatted live report thread as well.
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Best match of the MSL will happen in 2 hours.
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United States1653 Posts
I'm definitely leaning towards Jaedong- Mind's TvZ has yet to impress me.
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I'm leaning toward Mind to impress.
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CA10824 Posts
My prediction:
Mind 3-2
Jaedong W < Loki II > Mind Jaedong < Katrina > W Mind Jaedong W < Blue Storm > Mind Jaedong W < Zodiac > W Mind Jaedong < Loki II > W Mind
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I have a feeling this will be quite epic.
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Aotearoa39261 Posts
holy shit i totally forgot this was on tonight :O!!
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I'm predicting and hoping for Jaedong to win 3-1, maybe 3-0, but I tried to keep that bias out of the OP as much as possible.
Also since this is my first time setting one of these threads up, if anyone has any comments or criticism on my layout, I'd appreciate it.
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Mind's TvZ is his weak spot, Jaedong should take this
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I think jaedong has this, but I don't think he's very confident, so ill say 3-2 in his favor. Must've missed something, but whats with the "Banner by KizZBG/pachi" when there isn't a banner?
The OSL banners work for me, but I've never seen the GSI or MSL banners LosingID8.
The links to the banners work, but the images don't show up in the threads, odd. Thanks for the help ID8.
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CA10824 Posts
On February 28 2008 17:02 .kaz wrote: I think jaedong has this, but I don't think he's very confident, so ill say 3-2 in his favor. Must've missed something, but whats with the "Banner by KizZBG/pachi" when there isn't a banner? there is one...
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so much for sleeping... Go MIND FIGHTING!!!
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CA10824 Posts
huh weird, do you have images blocked or something o_O
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JAEDONG FIGHTING 1HOUR left
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Mind for the win. His timing/strategy is impressive, so I am curious as to what he'll offer against Jaedong.
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I've never thought much of Mind. He's pretty good, but I just don't think of him as top tier, and I'd say his TvZ is is weakest matchup.
I think Jaedong takes this 3-1 or 3-0
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Here's to hoping for a lag-free stream, and some good games
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United States10774 Posts
I want Mind to win but I think JD will take it 3-1 or 3-2
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predictions:
Jaedong > Mind @ Loki Jaedong < Mind @ Katrina Jaedong > Mind @ Blue Storm Jaedong > Mind @ Zodiac
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