Terran - The Pride of War (16) #5 Seed NaDa - 이윤열 - Lee Yoon Yeol #6 Seed Leta - 신상문 - Shin Sang Moon #8 Seed fOrGG - 박지수 - Park Ji Soo HiyA - 구성훈 - Ku Sung Hoon Hwasin - 진영수 - Jin Yung Soo Shine - 안상원 - Ahn Sang Won PianO - 임진묵 - Lim Jin Mook sKyHigh - 조병세 - Jo Byung Se Sea - 염보성 - Yum Bo Sung Iris - 변형태 - Byun Hyung Tae UpMaGiC - 신희승 - Shin Hee Seung fantasy - 정명훈 - Jung Myung Hoon Canata - 고인규 - Ko In Kyu Flash - 이영호 - Lee Yung Ho go.go - 김창희 - Kim Chang Hee firebathero - 이성은 - Lee Sung Eun
Zerg – Overcome All (7) #1 Seed Luxury - 박찬수 - Park Chan Soo #4 Seed ZerO - 김명운 - Kim Myung Eun #7 Seed sAviOr - 마재윤 - Ma Jae Yoon EffOrt - 김정우 - Kim Jung Woo Kwanro - 한상봉 - Han Sang Bong Calm - 김윤환 - Kim Yoon Hwan Jaedong - 이제동 - Lee Jae Dong
Protoss – Victory After Victory (9) #2 Seed JangBi - 허영무 - Hu Yung Moo #3 Seed Stork - 송병구 - Song Byung Goo Bisu - 김택용 - Kim Taek Yong free - 윤용태 - Yoon Yong Tae Kal - 김구현 - Kim Ku Hyun Horang2 - 이경민 - Lee Kyung Min Movie - 진영화 - Jin Young Hwa Much - 박영민 - Park Yeong Min Pure - 박세정 - Park Sae Jung
Terran - The Pride of War (16) #5 Seed NaDa - 이윤열 - Lee Yoon Yeol #6 Seed Leta - 신상문 - Shin Sang Moon #8 Seed fOrGG - 박지수 - Park Ji Soo HiyA - 구성훈 - Ku Sung Hoon Hwasin - 진영수 - Jin Yung Soo Shine - 안상원 - Ahn Sang Won PianO - 임진묵 - Lim Jin Mook sKyHigh - 조병세 - Jo Byung Se Sea - 염보성 - Yum Bo Sung Iris - 변형태 - Byun Hyung Tae UpMaGiC - 신희승 - Shin Hee Seung fantasy - 정명훈 - Jung Myung Hoon Canata - 고인규 - Ko In Kyu Flash - 이영호 - Lee Yung Ho go.go - 김창희 - Kim Chang Hee firebathero - 이성은 - Lee Sung Eun
Zerg – Overcome All (7) #1 Seed Luxury - 박찬수 - Park Chan Soo #4 Seed ZerO - 김명운 - Kim Myung Eun #7 Seed sAviOr - 마재윤 - Ma Jae Yoon EffOrt - 김정우 - Kim Jung Woo Kwanro - 한상봉 - Han Sang Bong Calm - 김윤환 - Kim Yoon Hwan Jaedong - 이제동 - Lee Jae Dong
Protoss – Victory After Victory (9) #2 Seed JangBi - 허영무 - Hu Yung Moo #3 Seed Stork - 송병구 - Song Byung Goo Bisu - 김택용 - Kim Taek Yong free - 윤용태 - Yoon Yong Tae Kal - 김구현 - Kim Ku Hyun Horang2 - 이경민 - Lee Kyung Min Movie - 진영화 - Jin Young Hwa Much - 박영민 - Park Yeong Min Pure - 박세정 - Park Sae Jung
Two maps, Byzantium 3 and Carthage 3, have been kept from the previous season, although last season, versions 2.3 and 1 were used, respectively. Heartbreak Ridge and Outsider have been adapted from Proleague.
Once again we return to a group stage for the round of thirty-two. Each group consists of four players; the group selection event determines their placement in each group. Each group must go through a double elimination format to determine which players will advance and which players are eliminated. If a player can get two wins before he gets two losses, then he advances to the next round. If he can’t, then he is eliminated. Two players from each group of four will have the chance to continue to fight for this season’s title.
Group A 1. EffOrt 2-0 ► Advances to Round of 16 2. Hwasin 2-1 ► Advances to Round of 16 3. Luxury 1-2 ► eliminated 4. HiyA 0-2 ► eliminated
The number of remaining competitors has been halved as the tournament continues into the Round of 16. Beginning with this round, the tournament becomes single elimination. The players who finished first out of their groups last round will be paired against a player that finished in second. Each pair of players will play a best-of-three match to determine not only who will advance to the next round, but who will earn seeds into the following MSL.
Thumbs Down Since there are four maps, there will be one map in each best-of-three match that will not be played. The players who finished first out of their group are given the opportunity to give a “thumbs down” to one of the maps. What this means is that the player will get to choose one of the four maps that he will not have to play on during this round. This allows the player the advantage of getting to remove a map that does not fit his play style or that he thinks may be imbalanced in a particular match-up.
MBC has implemented a new format for the Ro8 this season. The brackets from the Ro16 have been discontinued, and the matchups are now determined by KeSPA ranking. The matchups are a Bo5 format, with both players able to thumb down maps they do not want to see played twice.
There are only four players left, each with nothing to lose. The race for the finals reaches its peak here. Only two of these progamers will have the chance to taste glory, perhaps for the very first time.
If anyone has any mistakes in the OP to point out, or any suggestions, I'm happy to hear them. For example, I'm cribbing the idea of linking the winner interviews from Grandinquisitor. Does anyone have any other ideas like that?
EDIT: I guess more concretely, should I include VODs in the OP?
when i was making it, instead of having the four people in each group and the 2-0 2-1 1-2 0-2 records (since that's going to be the same for every group), i was doing it something like how pachi did it here: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=76966
i think VOD's are a good idea, but it's some additional effort from TLPD
On June 16 2009 22:18 GrandInquisitor wrote: when i was making it, instead of having the four people in each group and the 2-0 2-1 1-2 0-2 records (since that's going to be the same for every group), i was doing it something like how pachi did it here: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=76966
i think VOD's are a good idea, but it's some additional effort from TLPD
Two advantages of the way it is now: first, it's clearer who will have the advantage in day 2 of the group stages, and second, when the Ro16 rolls around, it'll be more clear how the Ro32 results led to the bracket.
Also, what does the TLPD have to do with linking VODs?
was anyone able to piece out all the groups from the ridiculous MSL selection process? I tried and gave up... I'm sure it's posted somewhere but I can't seem to find anything in English
On June 17 2009 10:42 Sleight wrote: was anyone able to piece out all the groups from the ridiculous MSL selection process? I tried and gave up... I'm sure it's posted somewhere but I can't seem to find anything in English
there's a thread somewhere with the group selections. its pretty crazy. pretty much a buncha stuff gets swapped everywhere.
This Round of 16 is going to look so strange ... the advancing players so far are EffOrt, Kal, PianO, Calm, Iris, and fantasy, none of whom made it to last season's Ro16. It should be interesting to say the least.
Finally a thread for the 'less' prestigious of the two star leagues, which I prefer because it gives 'lesser' names a chance to win it. Although I would want fOrGG to win again but there is a fat chance of that happening. I hope a terran player wins though. Maybe Flash perhaps?
To win this MSL First Jaedong has to beat Leta (#6 Kespa) in a Bo1 then he has to beat Movie (who he already lost to) in a Bo1 then he has to beat Kal (#10 Kespa) in a Bo3 then he has to beat either fantasy or Bisu (#4 and #2 Kespa) in a Bo5 then he has to beat Luxury (2nd best ZvZ) in a Bo5 then he has to beat Flash in a Bo5
On June 23 2009 14:52 motbob wrote: To win this MSL First Jaedong has to beat Leta (#6 Kespa) in a Bo1 then he has to beat Movie (who he already lost to) in a Bo1 then he has to beat Kal (#10 Kespa) in a Bo3 then he has to beat either fantasy or Bisu (#4 and #2 Kespa) in a Bo5 then he has to beat Luxury (2nd best ZvZ) in a Bo5 then he has to beat Flash in a Bo5
...good luck dude
Because Jaedong is 1st KeSPA ranking he faces RO8 lowest KeSPA ranking player.
Next seasons Survivor qualified players (according to KeSPA ranking for this month, will be adjusted when month changes). Remember some teams have players still in MSL (CJ for example).
On June 23 2009 14:52 motbob wrote: To win this MSL First Jaedong has to beat Leta (#6 Kespa) in a Bo1 then he has to beat Movie (who he already lost to) in a Bo1 then he has to beat Kal (#10 Kespa) in a Bo3 then he has to beat either fantasy or Bisu (#4 and #2 Kespa) in a Bo5 then he has to beat Luxury (2nd best ZvZ) in a Bo5 then he has to beat Flash in a Bo5
...good luck dude
Winning starleague is hard--that's kinda the point of starleague.
I think the hardest part will be trying to get out of the bo1 matches between leta and movie. If jaedong can get out of that, he is a HUGE favorite for any bo3 or bo5
Does anyone else find it funny that the MSL intro song contains a masturbation joke? I don't understand Korean culture; sexsexpussyhair is a HUUUUGE deal but they play songs with the word "fuck" uncensored in proleague???
What the deuce? I thought I passed the MSL R&S torch onto semioldguy.
Anyway it's nice to see my format still being used. =]. Keep it up motbob Keep up the explanations man. For the period I wrote the R&S, I felt I would dominate liquibet. No longer =/
On June 26 2009 07:30 Crunchums wrote: Does anyone else find it funny that the MSL intro song contains a masturbation joke? I don't understand Korean culture; sexsexpussyhair is a HUUUUGE deal but they play songs with the word "fuck" uncensored in proleague???
Dude they don't know English. They hear a song and it sounds cool, they'll use it as the intro regardless of the lyrics. In Korea they can't even say fuck. They say 퍼크 (puh-kih) or 퍽(puhk)
On June 28 2009 03:27 jkillashark wrote: What the deuce? I thought I passed the MSL R&S torch onto semioldguy.
Anyway it's nice to see my format still being used. =]. Keep it up motbob Keep up the explanations man. For the period I wrote the R&S, I felt I would dominate liquibet. No longer =/
I sort of... stole R&Sing from semioldguy... :\ it was an accident
On June 28 2009 03:27 jkillashark wrote: What the deuce? I thought I passed the MSL R&S torch onto semioldguy.
Anyway it's nice to see my format still being used. =]. Keep it up motbob Keep up the explanations man. For the period I wrote the R&S, I felt I would dominate liquibet. No longer =/
I sort of... stole R&Sing from semioldguy... :\ it was an accident
LOL I used to do OSL RandS and Grinq caught me being lazy and stole it too. You guys are like vultures.
On July 03 2009 01:11 StorZerg wrote: least this makes it so jaedong won't face bisu or flash till the finals and that bisu flash semis will be pretty epic
On July 03 2009 05:58 Crunchums wrote: This is shaping up to be a decent ro16, though there's only 3 protoss so far (Kal, Bisu, Pure) and only Much and Stork can still make it.
Only 2 qualifiers, both 2-1, and 2 0-2 epic failures. The Lost Saga MSL may have kinda sucked.
No, all those seeds sucked. Tell 'em to shape the fuck up if you want to see the big names make it. Jangbi, Stork, and Luxury didn't deserve to make it, and what to you expect from Nada and Savior? They're in their twilight years.
This could be a lot like the ClubDay MSL but for reverse Protoss and Zergs. Only 3 Ps in the Ro16 (there were only 3 Zs in the Ro16 of the ClubDay), and it's looking like there might not be any Ps in the Ro8 :O
wtf protosses why do you all suddenly suck except for Bisu?
On July 06 2009 04:22 Ideas wrote: This could be a lot like the ClubDay MSL but for reverse Protoss and Zergs. Only 3 Ps in the Ro16 (there were only 3 Zs in the Ro16 of the ClubDay), and it's looking like there might not be any Ps in the Ro8 :O
wtf protosses why do you all suddenly suck except for Bisu?
jangbi eliminated two of the dragons with his group
Only 2 qualifiers, both 2-1, and 2 0-2 epic failures. The Lost Saga MSL may have kinda sucked.
Lost Saga MSL had Nada and Savior, Avalon MSL has neither.
It's clear which MSL sucks more.
Yeah, he said - Lost Saga MSL sucked.
I don't care about the fact that sAviOr and NaDa are absent from Avalon MSL Round of 16, because I'd rather see players who are going to be doing well as opposed to players who are going to be getting owned (a la sAviOr, Lost Saga MSL Round of 8). Was it cool to see those two in action once more, garnering seeds? Of course. Is the quality of this MSL (and the likely final) going to be better? Absolutely.
Bisu vs Iris (Both players leading their series 1-0)
Today's results confirm this. One ZvT, one PvT and 2 ZvZs. Jaedong and Bisu should just walk over their opponents and the two ZvZs have potential to be epic.
Bisu vs Iris (Both players leading their series 1-0)
Today's results confirm this. One ZvT, one PvT and 2 ZvZs. Jaedong and Bisu should just walk over their opponents and the two ZvZs have potential to be epic.
On July 16 2009 21:11 UGC4 wrote: wow, this MSL is so much more exciting than the OSL +_+ even though it would be that much better with flash in it T^T
how come? whats exciting about Flash getting 3-0ed :p
On July 16 2009 21:11 UGC4 wrote: wow, this MSL is so much more exciting than the OSL +_+ even though it would be that much better with flash in it T^T
how come? whats exciting about Flash getting 3-0ed :p
Seems like 3 zergs advancing to the top 4, can't really & sure as hell don't wanna see Canata beating JD ;<
Got to agree with the statement that MSL is way more interesting than the OSL this season, though there isn't that much excitement as we all know Jaedong is gonna win both!
On July 16 2009 22:17 pripple wrote: Seems like 3 zergs advancing to the top 4, can't really & sure as hell don't wanna see Canata beating JD ;<
Got to agree with the statement that MSL is way more interesting than the OSL this season, though there isn't that much excitement as we all know Jaedong is gonna win both!
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On July 23 2009 04:07 barbahaba0 wrote: ???? may someone tell me plz why the hell do they play the first game of bo5 and after 3 days the rest of the 4 games??
They just changed it that way, I'm not sure of the reason but I hate it too =(
UPDATE: Calm vs Effort series just set the WORLD RECORD for the shortest Bo5 series in StarCraft history,,, A stunning gameplay time of 18 minutes and 24 seconds! Props to both players for the magnificent feat!
On August 29 2009 11:51 Roffles wrote: Lol wut? This guy seriously expects 3x the viewers of OSL for this garbage finals between two players no one really cares about?
Ugh I hate fanboys
also he's clearly having fun with the interview, look at him barely holding back a smile.
EPT
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