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The AfreecaTV StarLeague returns, season 12 is set to start on the 28th of August. This edition sees a change in qualifier format - instead of the usual 'main qualifier' granting 12 slots and two auxiliaries awarding 6 tournament spots each, this is the first time we'll be seeing two qualifiers awarding 12 ASL spots each.
Qualifiers:
Sign-up period: till 11/08 Sign-up form
Qualifier #1 (online): 14/08 (12 slots)
Qualifier #2 (online): 15/08 (12 slots)
Qualifier mappool: Polypoid, Eclipse, Ascension
Tournament schedule:
28/08 (Saturday ~?~) - 07/11, every Sunday + Tuesday @ 1900KST (live from the FreecUP Studio)
Tournament format:
Ro24: Bo1 Double Elimination (grps)
Ro16: Bo1 / Bo3 Double Elimination (grps)
Ro8: Bo5 Single Elimination
Ro4: Bo7 Single Elimination
Third place match: Bo5
Finals: Bo7
Main event mappool: Polypoid, Ascension, Eclipse, Largo, Lemon, Revolver, Good Night [final versions 16/08] (download link)
Prizepool:
1st: ~$26,700
2nd: ~$8,900
3rd: ~$4,450
4th: ~$2,670
5-8th: ~$1,780
9-16th: ~$1,335
17-28th: ~$890
Update:
Following Larva's withdrawal from the tournament, AfreecaTV will be hosting a wildcard qualifier for his spot.
Sunday, 08/08, 1900KST
Participants: JyJ, Best, Snow, Rush
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ALLEYCAT BLUES50642 Posts
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GO GO GO GO !!!!!!!!!!!!
Can't wait !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
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Yeeeessss!!! Soo good, i'm excited!
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^^
the maps look cool, hopefully they come to ladder soon
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Is there any other change to the qualifiers except it's now two tournaments instead of three?
Nice to see it kick off again  Excited for so many new maps!
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THANK. GOD. FOR A DOUBLE ELIM RO 24 GROUP STAGE
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Very exciting, especially the map pool 
thx for the heads up
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I don't see any difference from Polypoid, Largo, Good Night, except their names. I think Polypoid, Ascension, Eclipse should be replace by one MSL, one OSL and one Proleague map.
At least, we have Lemon. It's the best map in this season!
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I'd be surprised if he actually manages to play to his standard because of his wrist, personally I wouldn't even partake, I'd get my wrist fixed.
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South Korea2106 Posts
On August 04 2021 22:13 Freezard wrote:
Is there any other change to the qualifiers except it's now two tournaments instead of three?
no, but its still a pretty big change imo
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On August 05 2021 02:15 Purressure wrote:I'd be surprised if he actually manages to play to his standard because of his wrist, personally I wouldn't even partake, I'd get my wrist fixed.
Wrists don't really get 'fixed'.
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Great to have it back. If Larva really isn't participating, there'll also be a wild card mini tournament to look forward to.
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awesome, I love how to randomly take a look at TL and see there are still BW tournaments <3
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it seems that both qualifiers are now online, so theres no point in dividing it by city. Anyway ASL hype!!
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Really awesome to see a map from the New Worlds Map Contest being adopted into ASL!
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Yup Larva is out because of wrist problems
Wildcard match will be on sunday 7pm KST
Ro4 JyJ vs Best and Snow vs Rush Bo3
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Any ideas on if the qualifier change is likely to stay after COVID restrictions are lifted in Korea?
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Didn’t Larva retire anyway?
This will be fun, hope to see some newcomers 🥰
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"Main event mappool: Polypoid, Ascension, Eclipse, Largo, Lemon, Revolver, Good Night [final versions 16/08] (download link)"
Not Lemon would HATE one of the maps in the map pool! ^_._^
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On August 05 2021 03:56 oxKnu wrote:Show nested quote +On August 05 2021 02:15 Purressure wrote:I'd be surprised if he actually manages to play to his standard because of his wrist, personally I wouldn't even partake, I'd get my wrist fixed. Wrists don't really get 'fixed'.
Ehm.. the problem usually lies with the player not their injury. Getting surgery and grinding games a fart after, that's never gonna fix anything.
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Anyone know if any foreigners going to be joining the qualifiers? Artosis and Dewalt again maybe??
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YEEEEEEEEES GREAT NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!
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On August 05 2021 13:52 MineraIs wrote:Really awesome to see a map from the New Worlds Map Contest being adopted into ASL!
Congratulations my friend. I don't usually follow the pro-gamer scene, partly because I don't have the time to follow both the foreign and Korean scenes, and partly because the latter lacks the community feel of the former, but I look forward to watching some of the ASL games on newer maps, especially GOOD NIGHT which the foreign mapmaking community successfully exported to the pro-gaming domain. This was a remarkable achievement in my opinion. Big shout out to ASL admins and LatiAs for making it possible. And, of course, keep it up.
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Singapore66358 Posts
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Rush just wiped 2 of the best PvTer's?
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ALLEYCAT BLUES50642 Posts
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First game Rush vs Snow was hilarious. Rush dropped Snow's main with vultures like 4-5 times (possible the same vultures) and by the end of the game Snow lost like 30 workers to vultures drive-bys
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Terran has had time to adjust perfectly to these maps. Rush basically knew every single little thing he had to do to win comfortably in all of his games.
Game nr.2 vs Best was hilarious, after Rush scouted his proxy, a 200 vs 200 army cat and mouse game with Best shuffling all of his units around the map in hope he can somehow turn it around.
At that point though, even Artosis could win that game.
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Where are you guys watching?
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Lemon looks pretty cool. Hopefully it replaces Plasma on the ladder soon.
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In case anyone's interested to know:
LatiAs, the author of Ascension, also made Eclipse, Largo and Neo-Sylphid.
Waldstein, the author of Lemon also made Ringing Bloom and Ultimate Stream.
EarthAttack, the author of Revolver also made Optimizer, Plasma, Hidden Track, Circuit Breakers, Match Point, Destination, Blue Storm, Pathfinder, among other maps.
CrystalDrag, author of GOOD NIGHT, also made Cross Game, among other lesser known maps.
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On August 08 2021 22:04 BLinD-RawR wrote:
Rush is that good.
Yess! Saw the games live ! Rush is strong right now !200/200 army control is the same level with Flash haha
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Any vods from the games??
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I see many old school players these days play ladder like Nada,Yellow...And some of them are still really good.
What you think is there any chance of some old school heads will try to qualify for ASL S12?
Still remember Nada in ASL S7 and those nuke fail!  He was so close to be in RO16!
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On August 11 2021 02:20 bracala wrote:I see many old school players these days play ladder like Nada,Yellow...And some of them are still really good. What you think is there any chance of some old school heads will try to qualify for ASL S12? Still remember Nada in ASL S7 and those nuke fail! He was so close to be in RO16!
I do wish this ! Nada is my second favorite pro, after my baby JD. Indeed , when I watch who is streaming, apart from the usuals like Best, Zero, Light etc I sometimes see Nal_rA, Nada, Gorush, yellow (only once), julyzerg !
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sup 40 year olds. long live bw
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Artosis confirmed he is joining the qualifiers. Anyone else outside of Korea? Bonyth or Dewalt??
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ALLEYCAT BLUES50642 Posts
would they even be able to travel if they qualified?
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On August 13 2021 13:15 BLinD-RawR wrote:
would they even be able to travel if they qualified?
Yes, but you have to come two weeks in advance for the mandatory quarantine period. Honestly, if I actually qualified I would do it.
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Anyone know of any bookmakers that have odds on ASL?
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EPT
