1. Which group would you say is the hardest?
Dknight, WGT:
The hardest groups is easily Group B. Sen and White-Ra are two of the easily top players around. Gohan and Gosia have a lot to prove, in terms of being the newest ToT members and the expectations that come with that, and they should be gunning for a few upsets.
Bartar, Excello:
For me group B has players who could end top 1-2 in any other group. I'm looking forward to the results.
The1Crow, MYM:
Well, I waver between Group H and B. In H we have the two of America's finest players, sweetened with the best players from Germany and Sweden. But since in B there are three very active and high class players with Sen, Gohan and White-Ra, this is one the hardest to survive, I think.
Vilda, GG.net:
That would have to be Group B, with four well known player who we all have seen win big matches before. White-Ra winning WCG Ukraine two years in a row, Sen who is one of the best Zerg player outside Korea and then the Poles GohaN and Gosia from ToT.
2. Which five players have the best chances to qualify?
Dknight, WGT:
Idra, Dreiven, Squall, Xiaozi, and Mondragon should have an easy time qualifying. With Mondragon and Dreiven winning their country's WCG, they're in great shape. IdrA is an underrated player in an easy group while Squall and Xiaozi are dangerous - no matter how much they have or haven't practiced.
Bartar, Excello:
Mondragon, Strelok, Idra, XiaoZi, Dreiven. I expect Idra vs Oldy to be the hardest match but Idra has more chances to win it.
The1Crow, MYM:
Bouncer showed an impressive performance at the WCG Germany since he practiced for it. I guess he is still in shape and will be the second German dude next to Mondragon who will advance. Further I vote for datoby, CrayOn and Sen.
Vilda, GG.net:
Well, if you don't look at Group A, or the tough group B i think We will see Mondragon (Group H), IdrA (Group E), Strelok from Group F and Dreiven from Group C. The fifth one is hard, as we have some players who I have not seen enough of to know how well they could play.
3. Which players will YOU keep an extra eye on in this season?
Dknight, WGT:
I'll be keeping my eye on Ptak and Jersey. Ptak is a great player and with WCG Croatia nearly a week away, he should be a tough opponent for anyone in the GGSL. Jersey has a chance to prove himself in this event and hopefully he takes advantage of that and shows some Ukrainian power.
Bartar, Excello:
Jersey and datoby. I'm really interested to see their level and how much they can improve more.
The1Crow, MYM:
Since SarenS left MYM and teamed up with the brittlely team of aAa, we didn't heard much about this guy. So I wonder in which shape he is at the moment. Further I still think that datoby and Dreiven are both on the best way to become players that can bring soon a bunch of glory and success to their teams. Might be interesting to see how they do in the GGSL.
Vilda, GG.net:
I'm looking forward to see how well Jersey, Omni, LoWeLy - the players who qualified later - will do. And then of course the three Swedes and the players in group B.
4. Is there a special reason why so many Zerg players are in this season's StarLeague?
Dknight, WGT:
For the foreign scene, Zerg is a lot easier to play well with then compared to Protoss and Terran. If the players had more time, I think the races would eventually even out or come close.
Bartar, Excello:
No special reason. Some say that there is lack of top notch western Terrans but I don't agree with them. I expect Terrans to overcome most Zergs this season.
The1Crow, MYM:
That is actually interesting that we have 13 Zerg players this time. I guess in the last GGSL we saw more Toss players. Maybe this is one more evidence that the clocks in the Korean and non-Korean StarCraft world still go in some way different.
Vilda, GG.net:
There have been a lot of Zerg players doing good lately, not only in GGSL, and I guess it is about time the Terran era is over. The only reasonable answer I have got on that question this far was that the maps are not as Terran friendly these days, but what do I know. ;]
5. Which player would you have liked to see who's NOT in the StarLeague?
Dknight, WGT:
I would have liked to see Maix or Cool2Die in the GGSL. Maix is really underrated and seems to be left out of all the big tournaments. Cool2Die won WCG Baltic twice and came in second once. He deserves a chance to play with the big guns in Europe. It'd be great to see where he stood - and not just at WCG.
Bartar, Excello:
Sea3. For me he is a very skilled player and he could produce very interesting results.
The1Crow, MYM:
Well, honestly it is sad that Testie and the Chinese guys don't participate even though, I think, this is comprehensible in some way, but that is a different topic. It would be of course nice to see MistrZZZ here taking down some players, but, well, this is again a different and difficult topic.
Vilda, GG.net:
I'm missing the players who forfeited from the league (Testie, Androide and the Chinese players). Then there could have been some more German players as they do have a lot of skills hidden there, and maybe some more American/Canadian as there are a lot more European players. And Draco, of course!
