I normally wouldn't do this thread for any final, but this is like...the most epic finals ever. The closest manifestation of "Unstoppable force meets unmovable object" in Starcraft we have ever seen.
In honor of this event, I've made the first thread of this kind on MAL-SC. Predictions, hype, analysis, or at the very least just vote.
Please remember to place anything you say after finals are over into spoilers for those who haven't viewed it yet.
(9:27:07 PM) Me:
i can definitely learn something from these matches, no matter how they go
(9:27:14 PM) Me:
obviously i'm rooting for jd tho
(9:27:32 PM) Friend:
inherently, i like Flash better.
(9:27:43 PM) Friend:
most likely because he's a Terran player.
(9:27:54 PM) Me:
yea, same for me because jd's a zerg player
(9:28:27 PM) Me:
but also it's cuz of the way jd wins
(9:28:32 PM) Me:
it's like a work of art
(9:28:38 PM) Me:
whereas when flash wins
(9:28:43 PM) Me:
it's like a machine of perfection
(9:28:50 PM) Me:
that's how people describe these two
(9:29:23 PM) Friend:
yeah, i read that.
(9:29:37 PM) Friend:
emotionless march of the Ultimate Weapon.
(9:29:40 PM) Me:
yup
(9:29:47 PM) Me:
it really is like a march
(9:29:53 PM) Me:
he just steamrolls you
(9:29:57 PM) Me:
but jd is like
(9:30:00 PM) Me:
when he wins
(9:30:05 PM) Me:
he dominates you in and out
(9:30:14 PM) Me:
often with mutalisks
(9:30:21 PM) Me:
two very different styles
(9:31:16 PM) Friend:
well...just don't tell me who wins before i watch the vids.
(9:31:23 PM) Me:
hah, arite
(9:31:26 PM) Me:
the thing is
(9:31:41 PM) Me:
a similar scenario happened to jd in the middle of last year
(9:32:14 PM) Me:
like in june that is
(9:32:23 PM) Me:
basically there was this terran named fantasy
(9:32:31 PM) Me:
who was the best terran at the time, because flash was slumping
(9:32:49 PM) Me:
and basically in the team league grand finals (which happens once every 1.5 years)
(9:32:57 PM) Me:
he destroyed jd twice
(9:33:04 PM) Me:
most importantly in the ace match of the second day
(9:33:28 PM) Me:
the one game that decided the champion after 1.5 years
(9:33:38 PM) Me:
then like a week later they met in the semifinals of the OSL
(9:33:42 PM) Me:
and everyone was like "yo jd
(9:33:45 PM) Me:
is done"
(9:33:56 PM) Me:
he can't hold up to fantasy after that
(9:34:02 PM) Me:
but then he crushed him 3-1
(9:34:25 PM) Me:
similarly, over christmas in the round of 8
(9:34:28 PM) Me:
flash beat jd 2-0
(9:34:40 PM) Me:
so that seems to be the reason ppl are saying flash will win right now
...
(9:47:39 PM) Me:
interesting thing to note was that against fantasy, fantasy's strength was his strategy, so that's something jd can adapt to
(9:47:57 PM) Me:
flash's strength is his mechanics, so it can only be overcome with either strategy or better mechanics
tl;dr: recall fantasy's momentum over jd last year.