On January 28 2023 15:44 HOLYBATS wrote:
BeSt's streak continues.Well deserved.Played good macro game.

Bishop - JD now on steam.

Group 1 : Action
Group 2 : Sharp
Group 3 : JyJ
Group 4 : BeSt
Group 5 : BishOp
Group 6 : Light
Group 7 : Queen - Ggaemo

1P
4T
2Z

HOLYBATS

Turkey853 Posts

January 28 2023 07:26 GMT

#82

If Mini,Soma,Snow,Shuttle,Bisu advances.

5P
4T
3Z

NoS-Craig

Australia3173 Posts

January 28 2023 07:30 GMT

#83

Thanks for the updates guys keep it up.

HOLYBATS

Turkey853 Posts

January 28 2023 07:44 GMT

#84

Group 1 : Action
Group 2 : Sharp
Group 3 : JyJ
Group 4 : BeSt
Group 5 : BishOp
Group 6 : Light
Group 7 : Queen
Group 8 : Mini
Group 9 : Soma
Group 10 : SnOw
Group 11 : Ample
Group 12 : Bisu

SnOw - Beast on stream.1-1
SnOw - Beast 2-1

Soma - Leta on stream. 0-0
Soma - Leta 2-0

Bisu - BarrackS on stream.0-0
Bisu - BarrackS 2-0

Shuttle - Ample on stream.1-1
Shuttle - Ample 1-2

NoS-Craig

Australia3173 Posts

January 28 2023 09:04 GMT

#85

I expect Soma to win here. Either way glad I get to see some more ZvT.

HOLYBATS

Turkey853 Posts

January 28 2023 09:31 GMT

#86

We have two PvT remaining.

Miragee

8716 Posts

January 28 2023 09:56 GMT

#87

That timing push by Barracks looked so scary but Bisu crushed it. :o

Aylear

Norway3988 Posts

January 28 2023 10:01 GMT

#88

It did look scary; when Barracks' mines connected with Bisu's Dragoons I really thought Barracks would be killing a base. Then a single Arbiter arrived, and Barracks seemed to get flustered. He stopped for a full minute to get a Goliath into position, and by the time he resumed his timing attack Bisu had cranked out enough units to hold it.

TMNT

3406 Posts

January 28 2023 10:03 GMT

#89

On January 28 2023 18:56 Miragee wrote:
That timing push by Barracks looked so scary but Bisu crushed it. :o

That was an all-in that's why it's scary.

Ample advances in the last group, which means only JD and Shuttle stumble on the first day, which seems about right as they are the most fragile among tier 1 players.

Day 2 should be fun with tier 2 & 3 players scrambling over each other

HOLYBATS

Turkey853 Posts

January 28 2023 11:26 GMT

#90

I was wondering Soma - Dewalt at R4. He may qualify tomorrow with an easier group.

Simplistik

2173 Posts

January 28 2023 12:01 GMT

#91

Would someone be able to link to some spoiler-free-ish qualifier vods?

TMNT

3406 Posts

January 28 2023 12:14 GMT

#92

On January 28 2023 21:01 Simplistik wrote:
Would someone be able to link to some spoiler-free-ish qualifier vods?

https://vod.afreecatv.com/player/97584458

redknights

206 Posts

January 28 2023 13:41 GMT

#93

apparently some of the drama amongst the Koreans was speculation that Bisu wasn't going to participate (he said publicly that he wouldn't) and that Flash was going to show up to qualify at the last minute (there was someone with "flash" in their discord tag in the Group 12 discord checkin but it wasn't him)

Personally it seemed Afreeca was trying to cram all the mid to low tier Terrans into a few groups so not too many of them qualify? Kind of backfired as JD and Shuttle lost to mid to low tier Terrans and there are 7 terrans qualified already inc seeds.

My opinion as to 12 strongest players left: JD (easy group predicted), Ssak, Shuttle, Mong, Stork, Free, Barracks, Beast, Sacsri, Shine, Mind, TY

They might not all advance bc Afreeca might cram Terrans into the same groups again... Might also see Stork, Shuttle and Free get easy groups due to low Protoss representation so far

TMNT

3406 Posts

January 28 2023 13:51 GMT

#94

Notable names left for day 2:
T: Mong, Barracks, Mind, Ssak, Hiya, Scan, TY
P: Shuttle, Stork, Free, Horang2, Dear, YSC
Z: JD, Shine, Sacsri, ggaemo, beast

Too many good Terrans left for day 2. We're looking at another Terran dominated ASL.

shaka0110

3 Posts

January 28 2023 15:16 GMT

#95

Does anyboy know for sure if FlaSh will be able to participate to this ASL 15? What about Rain? I saw him playing bw all week long, will he not try to qualify?

M3t4PhYzX

Poland4300 Posts

January 28 2023 15:19 GMT

#96

big gratz to Dewalt for advancing as far as the group semifinals!

I really hope TY will be able to advance tomorrow. Crossing fingers for a relatively easy group draw

QOGQOG

834 Posts

January 28 2023 17:45 GMT

#97

Pretty much expected other than BishOp and Ample. I don't mind a lot of Terrans--it's all to Snow's benefit.

Mutaller

United States1051 Posts

January 28 2023 18:12 GMT

#98

BaBy was is the finals of his group! I think if he has a good shot of qualifying! This man just got out of the military wow

Aylear

Norway3988 Posts

January 28 2023 18:34 GMT

#99

On January 29 2023 03:12 Mutaller wrote:
BaBy was is the finals of his group! I think if he has a good shot of qualifying! This man just got out of the military wow

And took a game off Best! I hope tomorrow goes well for him. =)

TMNT

3406 Posts

January 28 2023 19:00 GMT

#100

Best himself said Baby/TY is king-tier at least (basically meaning ASL Ro24 quality). Maybe a bit diplomatic from Best, but Baby took down Zelot on his way to the finals of that group and also beat Stork last week in Proleague. For a guy just coming out of the military and was only playing SC2 before that, that's impressive. If he had more time to practice he'd definitely be a candidate to qualify.