Before ASL4, ASL team battle S2 is planned.

BJ Kevin and effort give us this info.

But it is not fixed.

About 90% Possibility, I think

Edit

Team list (90% correct)

Flash, Stork, Sea, Terror

Bisu, JD, Mind, Tyson

Best , Rain, Briteney, Jangbi

Last, Shuttle, Larva, Mini

sSak, Hero, Horang2, ?

Shine, Sharp, Rush, Miso

Mong, Effort, Snow, Skyhigh

Soulkey, Organ, Guemchi, Light

4:4Winners league format

It is not fixed.

Edit : Go to tournament

BLinD-RawR

ALLEYCAT BLUES50121 Posts

May 16 2017 05:05 GMT

hopefully it will be 6 member teams and not 3 member teams

Vivi57

United States6599 Posts

May 16 2017 05:28 GMT

Wishlist is for bo7 with 5-6 person teams, one ajae, one rookie. Defining what qualifies someone for the rookie slot is hard, but it would be really neat if there was a structure which encouraged more mentoring.

BossPurple

Sweden65 Posts

May 16 2017 08:35 GMT

I had no interest in watching the previous team battle because the teams weren't formed by the players themselves.

If Flash, Bisu and Effort want to create a team for this new season, they should be able to.

ortseam

996 Posts

May 16 2017 09:56 GMT

Teams were formed by top 8 in ASL2, how is that not "by the players themselves"?

PVJ

Hungary5214 Posts

May 16 2017 11:45 GMT

Cool! It was a great format, loved the 2v2s.

TheNewEra

Germany3128 Posts

May 16 2017 11:51 GMT

On May 16 2017 17:35 BossPurple wrote:
I had no interest in watching the previous team battle because the teams weren't formed by the players themselves.

If Flash, Bisu and Effort want to create a team for this new season, they should be able to.

So...

Team Flash, players picked by Flash.

Team Bisu, players picked by Bisu.

At which point in your opinion did players not form the teams themselves?

BossPurple

Sweden65 Posts

May 16 2017 13:48 GMT

On May 16 2017 20:51 TheNewEra wrote:

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So...

Team Flash, players picked by Flash.

Team Bisu, players picked by Bisu.

At which point in your opinion did players not form the teams themselves?

The part where the team leaders have to be the top 8?

Crisium

United States1618 Posts

May 16 2017 14:01 GMT

It wasn't known before hand last time, nor even this time, but it's looking like being a team leader is an earned right from a top 8 ASL finish. Like a top 4 finish earns you the right to be seeded in the next Ro16. What's the problem?

2/3 of the players being player-selected is pretty good, especially since the other 1/3 earns it through ASL Ro8 placement. Better than SSL 100% fan voting that virtually precludes an unknown from rising to the ranks. Flash could choose Purpose (unknown amateur in Ro24 ASL3) instead of Last next time. But it's not surprising to see friends pick each other.

What changes would you specifically make? An open tournament without seeding with preliminaries? I think it being streamlined like this is what is important to Afreeca right now.

Broodwar4lyf

304 Posts

May 16 2017 15:07 GMT

#10

how about adopting 1 foreigner for each team? i know its expensive etc but one can dream right?

[AS]Rattus

427 Posts

May 16 2017 15:21 GMT

#11

cool

TheNewEra

Germany3128 Posts

May 16 2017 15:46 GMT

#12

I would love it if they would expand the teams a bit. For example just make it 4 people a team or something. Not just because I want to see more broodwar but also because I would love it if some more amateurs like PURPOSE get the chance to play offline and maybe train a bit with their team.