With BlizzCon on the horizon, I decided to take an in-depth look at the brackets and make predictions based on information / results I could find on each player.
The top bracket looks a little bit weaker than the lower bracket, being that the semi-finals is probably being played in the first round between SeleCT and NEXGenius. SeleCT has proven he can beat Fenix, White-ra, and DeMuSLiM. However, SeleCT admitted he has very little practice against top zergs. I am not too sure about iceiceice, Luffy, or SoFTBaLL so if someone would like to inform a little about them it would be greatly appreciated.
The lower half of the bracket seems much more competitive with MakaPrime, HuK, TLO, Sen, DiMaGA, and Loner all battling for a spot. I do not know much about Loner other than he was one of three qualifiers for the GSL Ro64, which is quite impressive. Some of the Australian Pros from the SEA scene have said that RedArchon was a fluke qualifier based on the brackets made for the Blizzard SEA Regionals, and his strategies have been recently nerfed (I've been gaming with mOOnglade and Rozkun, two of the invitees of the SEA regionals, for years). The scariest player of the group seems to be MakaPrime with his recent All-Kill of TSL in the GomTV ClanWar Invitational and is probably favored to win the event.
Bracket:
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Let's take some polls and I'll add my predictions at the end:
Poll: DeMuSLiM vs. Luffy?
DeMuSLiM (797)
85%
Luffy (139)
15%
936 total votes
Luffy (139)
936 total votes
Your vote: DeMuSLiM vs. Luffy?
Poll: SeleCT vs. NEXGenius?
NEXGenius (524)
52%
SeleCT (484)
48%
1008 total votes
SeleCT (484)
1008 total votes
Your vote: SeleCT vs. NEXGenius?
Poll: Fenix vs. SoFTBaLL
Fenix (757)
89%
Softball (90)
11%
847 total votes
Softball (90)
847 total votes
Your vote: Fenix vs. SoFTBaLL
Poll: White-ra vs. Iceiceice
White-ra (773)
90%
Iceiceice (90)
10%
863 total votes
Iceiceice (90)
863 total votes
Your vote: White-ra vs. Iceiceice
Poll: HuK vs. RedArchon
HuK (833)
94%
RedArchon (54)
6%
887 total votes
RedArchon (54)
887 total votes
Your vote: HuK vs. RedArchon
Poll: Capoch vs. Loner
Loner (641)
85%
Capoch (113)
15%
754 total votes
Capoch (113)
754 total votes
Your vote: Capoch vs. Loner
Poll: DiMAGA vs. MakaPrime
MakaPrime (501)
54%
DiMAGA (422)
46%
923 total votes
DiMAGA (422)
923 total votes
Your vote: DiMAGA vs. MakaPrime
Poll: TLO vs. Sen
TLO (627)
51%
Sen (613)
49%
1240 total votes
Sen (613)
1240 total votes
Your vote: TLO vs. Sen
and the obligatory overall winner poll:
Poll: Who;s going to win BlizzCon 2010?
Sen (227)
21%
TLO (187)
17%
NEXGenius (167)
15%
HuK (146)
13%
MakaPrime (137)
13%
DeMuSLiM (61)
6%
Fenix (46)
4%
SeleCT (45)
4%
Limited to 12: Other (iceiceice, Luffy, SoFTBall, Capoch) (28)
3%
Loner (19)
2%
White-ra (18)
2%
RedArchon (14)
1%
1095 total votes
TLO (187)
NEXGenius (167)
HuK (146)
MakaPrime (137)
DeMuSLiM (61)
Fenix (46)
SeleCT (45)
Limited to 12: Other (iceiceice, Luffy, SoFTBall, Capoch) (28)
Loner (19)
White-ra (18)
RedArchon (14)
1095 total votes
Your vote: Who;s going to win BlizzCon 2010?
(Vote): DeMuSLiM
(Vote): TLO
(Vote): HuK
(Vote): SeleCT
(Vote): NEXGenius
(Vote): MakaPrime
(Vote): Sen
(Vote): Fenix
(Vote): White-ra
(Vote): Loner
(Vote): RedArchon
(Vote): Limited to 12: Other (iceiceice, Luffy, SoFTBall, Capoch)
Based around the known results, my favorites to win it are MakaPrime, SeleCT, and TLO. Don't flame me too hard :X
Also, Show-match Result!