StarCraft: Brood War: Pro gamers predict the EVER OSL final

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By Duncan 'Thorin' Shields

Jan 16, 2010 08:42

Some of the top StarCraft players (Jaedong, Bisu, Stork etc.) gave their predictions on the EVER OSL final between Flash and Movie to FOMOS.

With 'The Ultimate Weapon' Young Ho 'Flash' Lee set to do battle against royal roader (and thus rookie) Young Hwa 'Movie' Jin in the final of the latest EVER OSL Korean Esports site FOMOS.kr contacted a number of top StarCraft players to get their thoughts on how they see the final going.

With Flash playing like the best StarCraft player in the entire world right now it's not a surprise that he is heavily favoured by his peers, even in spite of the map pool being favourable for his inexperienced Protoss opponent. This is best seen in the predictions of the other three members of the legendary 'Taek-Bang-Lee-Ssang' grouping: Jaedong, Stork and Bisu.

Jaedong, golden mouse winner and the dominant player of 2009 predicted:

"The maps are favored for Protoss in this OSL. However, I believe Flash will take this 3:1. There isn't a reason for it. I just wish Flash wins this OSL"

Stork, runnerup at the WCG this year, explained:

"Flash will win with a perfect score. Alot of people are saying Heartbreak Ridge is a heavily favored map for protoss, but New Heartbreak Ridge is sort of okay for Terran. Also, I practiced with Flash recently and his TvP is really really good.

3:0, maybe a 3:1"

Bisu, winner of three MSLs, also backed his rival:

"Flash will win. Just looking at Flash's current state tells us he will win. I don't know the stats for the map pools so I can't make out a score, but Flash has experience in BOXs while Movie is a rookie. Since this is his first final I think movie might get nervous and choke."

With Flash in the finals of both EVER OSL and NATE MSL now this will mark a huge period in the young phenom's career. Should he win both he will begin his own attempt at becoming the next bonjwa after sAviOr. The other man to most recently make a realistic run at that kind of status, Jaedong, may yet stand in his way if he can win his NATE MSL semi-final though.

Regardless the OSL title is all but in Flash's grasp and he knows he needs to add that second title if he's going to keep up in the accomplishments race with Jaedong and Bisu. Should he lose both he'll have more in common with Stork who has had his share of chances to win numerous major titles but has now fallen short a number of times.

Source: teamliquid
(Photograph courtesy of FOMOS.kr)