Starcraft 2 WCS Grand Finals Predictions

Here we are. The Starcraft 2 WCS Grand Finals.

Its been a different year for Starcraft 2 e-sports and despite all the problems and issues of the World Championship Series, there is one indisputable fact about this weekend's tournament. It contains the 16 best players in the world, duking it out for 100,000 dollars.

There have been some amazing games and moments this year. Here are some of the highlights that I'll remember.

• Soulkey's amazing come back win in the WCS Korea S1 Final
• Mvp's deep run in the Season 1 Finals.
• Polt's back to back WCS America wins.
• Bomber overcoming Bomber's Law to win the WCS Season 2 Championship
• MC proving that he's still one of the Protoss' in the world.

All of these moments and more have lead to this point, the WCS Grand Finals.

It would be unfair to say that every player has an equal chance to win this tournament. While they are the best players, some of the skill and experience gaps between the players themselves are really large.

Let's review the lower end of the players on this scale:

Naniwa,

duckdeok

sOs

aLive

These are solid players who can make deep runs in a tournament, whiling pulling an occasional upset, they are not proven championship players.

Given all that's happened this year and the match-ups and possible match-ups this weekend, here are my picks for this tournament.

Round of 16:

Soulkey beats Naniwa, 3-0
Bomber beats MMA 3-1
sOs beats HerO, 3-2
aLive beats Polt 3-2
Taeja beats Dear 3-2
Mvp beats Jaedong 3-1
Maru beats MC 3-2
Innovation beats duckdeok 3-0

Round of 8:

Soulkey beats Bomber 3-1
sOs beats aLive, 3-1
Mvp beats Taeja, 3-2
Maru beats Innovation, 3-1

Semi-Finals:

Soulkey beats sOs: 3-2
Mvp beats Maru 3-1

Finals:

Mvp beats Soulkey 4-3

I am picking IM.Mvp to win the 2013 World Championship of Starcraft 2.

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