[Zealo]

as the above posts indicate, between round 1 and 2 of PBSL an RFlan (largest regular LAN event in australia) happened.

this gives us a chance to compare my ranking predictions to some actual recent results.

my prediction on the left, RFlan finish on the right. (DNA = did not attend)

1) Frustration - 1st, did not drop a map

2) MrToast - DNA

3) AsGNadir - DNA
4) Goosejuice - 5th-6th, lost to AsGChoBo 1-2 and AsGArmi 1-2
5) AsGCHoBo - 2nd, lost to Frustration twice

6) Mvp - DNA
7) TNnomad -DNA
8) Why - DNA
9) Scalaz - DNA
10) FaDeUndoNe - DNA

11) AsGSedz - DNA
12) AsGZealo (me) - 7th-8th, lost to AsGArmi 1-2 and AsGThor 0-2

x) Paul - 9th-12th, lost to Goosjuice and AsGZealo

the players in my 'don't show up to tournaments often' group lived up to their reputation. but the players who did show up finished in approximately the order i predicted (the exceptions being goosejuice and myself under performing)

other: probably worth watching these players in PBSL
AsGArmi - 3rd, lost to frustration and AsGChoBo. beat Zealo and Goosejuice
AsGThor - 4th, lost to AsGChoBo and AsGArmi. beat Zealo and BLTdAXn
both of them were considered for the 'wildcard' section of my early predictions, but were omitted because the list was already too long and I rated them below sedz and myself.
my explanation/excuse is that goose and i had both screwed up our sleep schedules and showed up really tired, though it was pretty obvious that these two had been practising much more lately than I realised. I think every series Armi won was a 2-1 score line where he came within inches of losing the series, which speaks to his ability to perform under pressure.

BLTdAXn - 5th -6th, lost to frustration and AsGThor
i had seen his name a few times, but never seen him play. very impressed he got as far as he did, taking down Default along the way.

Gubna - 7th-8th, lost to chobo and armi,
I remember playing against this guy at lans back when we were both gold terrans. now he's come out of seemingly nowhere as a diamond protoss, taken down Default on the way and produced some very entertaining games, especially in PvP.

RFlan42 rematches in PBSL2 round 2:
AsGArmi vs Goosejuice - RFlan = 2-1, PBSL =

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2-1

AsGThor vs AsGZealo - RFlan = 2-0, PBSL =

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0-3