NASL is starting up now in less than a week (April 12th woo!), I thought I'd start previewing some of the players. So without further ado, the first division:

Terran:

Fenix: The Peruvian Terran, Fenix was a big name shortly after release. His primary achievement was coming first in the IEM American Championship in New York beating qxc. However recently he seems to have been struggling. He went 0-6 at the IEM Grand Finals, lost to RootMinigun 0-4 in a recent show match, and failed to make it out of MLG Dallas's Open Brackets. Despite his present slump, he is still a high profile American player, and is the monster hiding the corner. But unless he can pull himself up by his bootstraps, he won't be able to make it out of his division.

TLO: I'm actually not sure what race TLO is playing in the NASL, but he played Terran in MLG, so that is what I'm assuming. Recently he had a strong showing in MLG Dallas, taking 5th. Before that he has had a string of impressive accomplishments including qualifying for the TSL, where he lost in the ro32 to Nada. Early in his career he was in Korea where he qualified for the first two GSLs. I think he is one of the stronger contenders in the division.

ST_Rainbow: One of the two Korean players in division 1, Rainbow hasn't been the most impressive lately. After doing very well in the first two seasons he has dropped off the map, having to fight against relegation from code S in the latest season. That said, he is a Korean Code S player, and that will put him above most of his adversaries in this league.

Protoss:

Root.Kiwikaki: Kiwikaki is probably one of the top three American Protoss. Being the 1st ranked seed going into MLG Dallas, he would continue on to take 2nd place, being the only player to take games off the winner, Naniwa. He has had many other accolades, such as being the best root player in the GCPL. Going into this event he will have a ton of momentum, and is one of the players to watch for.

Artosis: The fan favourite, and part of the casting archon for the GSL. Artosis is a large question mark going into this event. He was long ago able to qualify for GSL season 1, but hasn't had any results since, good or bad. He claims to be practising hard, but only time will tell if he can hobnob with the best.

Grubby: Fairly new to the scene, Grubby is a very famous War3 player. for a while he was something of an unknown, but MLG Dallas was not an impressive showing at all. He lost to dde in the Open Winner's Bracket, and was denied the Championship Bracket by Sixjax.Cocoa. Nether if those two players are very large on the scene, so I doubt Grubby's abilities to stay in the league.

Zerg:

FOX_Moon: One of the largest Korean names in Foreign e-sports, he and several other Koreans took IEM by storm, where he took 2nd, losing only to fellow Korean Ace. He showed his dominance in a lag-free dominating run. However he was unable to stay in even Code A in Korea, and several foreigners have already proven they are above that line. Several of the players in this group, such as Kiwikaki, TLO and Morrow could take games and matches from him. But like Rainbow, it will be hard for all but the ebst to compete.

FXO.Sheth: A player so unused to the Tournament scene he doesn't have a picture in liquipedia. Sheth appeared in his first LAN at MLG Dallas where he performed very well. He lost to Pokebunny in the open bracket, but was able to make it into the bottom of the championship gauntlet, where he beat KawaiiRice, dde and qxc. He may not be at the top, but he isn't near the bottom either.

NrG.Vibe: A fairly unknown player, he more than any other play was decried as unworthy to be in NASL. He actually doesn't have a liquipedia page (or I just suck at finding it), and has only really be noticed in online tournaments. But he had a solid showing in Dallas where he took 20th overall. He is good material, but he hasn't proven his ability to beat good players yet.

mouz.Morrow: One of the most well known Zergs in the foreign scene, Morrow was originally a Terran player who switched races. He has done very well without actually winning much, taken second in events such as Assembly and the SC Reddit invitational. In addition, he was one of the players selected to play in the Korea vs. The World tournament, although he was unable to take a game. I think Morrow will prove to be a very solid player in this division.

My Predictions:

Top 3:

Kiwikaki

Moon

Morrow

Bottom 3:

Vibe

Grubby

Fenix

Dark horse: 

Artosis