SOOP, the rebranded AfreecaTV, have announced their next premier Brood War tournament. The AfreecaTV Starcraft League (ASL) has been rebranded as the SOOP StarCraft League (SSL), with the inaugural SSL 2024 Autumn tournament to be held during August 26-November 2.
The online qualifiers will be held during August 10-11, with 24 players qualifying for the main event (4 players seeded). The maps used will be Radeon, Apocalypse, and Retro.
The total prize money of ₩78,000,000 KRW and its distribution are identical to the previous ASL 17.
On July 27 2024 08:16 WombaT wrote: It can’t just be me who isn’t a massive fan of the rebrand?
Nonetheless more StarCraft carnage incoming can’t be a bad thing
It seems the rebrand has been accompanied by a renewed aversion to foreign-made maps...I had a conversation with one of the top foreign Brood War mapmakers who says he was essentially told by the power that be: "foreign-made maps have no place in Korean Brood War"
On July 27 2024 08:16 WombaT wrote: It can’t just be me who isn’t a massive fan of the rebrand?
Nonetheless more StarCraft carnage incoming can’t be a bad thing
It seems the rebrand has been accompanied by a renewed aversion to foreign-made maps...I had a conversation with one of the top foreign Brood War mapmakers who says he was essentially told by the power that be: "foreign-made maps have no place in Korean Brood War"
This makes no sense unless the people in charge are just racist. o.O IIrc, foreign entries were usually some of the better maps being considered for a season.
EPT
