EPTTerran never lack talents. And that's still without the big one coming back.
Protoss, always the same guys carrying the race until they're a 90 years old.
Zerg once again in a bad state as an ensemble. But they have THE ZERG.
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TMNT
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Terran never lack talents. And that's still without the big one coming back. Protoss, always the same guys carrying the race until they're a 90 years old. Zerg once again in a bad state as an ensemble. But they have THE ZERG. | ||
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prosatan
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Miragee
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On August 11 2024 16:15 TMNT wrote:  Sea beat  Horang2 in their rigged group (again) to qualify for ASL. Horang2's play is sus af. It was like this last season as well: they put Sea on one side of the bracket with only amateurs to beat, and put Horang2 on the other side and have him clear out all the semi-notable names, then lose to Sea in the finals.No offense, but to me this sounds a bit too conspiratorial. The brackets are cleary rigged and imho it would be much better if they were transparent about how they make them. However, I don't get why they would put in extra effort for Sea specifically, especially the notion of match-fixing by Horang2. Can you elaborate or back up your claim? I'm really glad to see Scan make it through and also a new face with NoeL. I hope he can keep his nerves in the Ro24 because I feel like this is what always gets the newcomers. | ||
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Soft_General_5023
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nvm found it: liquipedia.net | ||
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TornadoSteve
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TMNT
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On August 11 2024 20:50 Miragee wrote: No offense, but to me this sounds a bit too conspiratorial. The brackets are cleary rigged and imho it would be much better if they were transparent about how they make them. However, I don't get why they would put in extra effort for Sea specifically, especially the notion of match-fixing by Horang2. Can you elaborate or back up your claim? I'm really glad to see Scan make it through and also a new face with NoeL. I hope he can keep his nerves in the Ro24 because I feel like this is what always gets the newcomers. Because it has been THREE season in a row now that Sea repeatedly beat Horang2 in the finals of day 2. And in all three times the Horang2 side of the bracket is the more difficult one, while Sea faced almost no notable player in his side. Horang2 is also the better player judging from his online play and he also practiced more, sometimes getting in the top 10 ladder. But at the same time he's also the one who cares less about getting into ASL while Sea is kind of Afreeca's cash cow. Sea Britney and  Terror are the 3 big Afreeca streamers who are also ex-pros, so getting them into ASL generates viewers, narratives and therefore, money. But let's be real only Sea has the ability to qualify out of them 3, so there it is. | ||
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TornadoSteve
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outscar
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Disappointed to see rigged results where Sea squeezes once again and against same protoss lol, maybe they think this way he will attract viewership. No FlaSh really bummer, this year gonna pass without him once again... And BTW, are they really going to call SSL Autumun 2024, SSL Spring 2025 from now on? That sucks compared we had ASL with numbers. | ||
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M3t4PhYzX
Poland4287 Posts
On August 11 2024 23:38 outscar wrote: Hell yeah, I'm glad to see Scan and especially Motive - I'm expecting a lot from this guy. Disappointed to see rigged results where Sea squeezes once again and against same protoss lol, maybe they think this way he will attract viewership. No FlaSh really bummer, this year gonna pass without him once again... And BTW, are they really going to call SSL Autumun 2024, SSL Spring 2025 from now on? That sucks compared we had ASL with numbers. This is why it will always be ASL to me  ASL Season 18 qualifiers just finished! Now waiting for the main tournament to start. | ||
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prosatan
Romania9320 Posts
On August 12 2024 00:18 M3t4PhYzX wrote: This is why it will always be ASL to me ASL Season 18 qualifiers just finished! Now waiting for the main tournament to start. My thought also.. we can call it ASL 18  Also, let's see the new id of Rush ASL18ChampRush | ||
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WGT-Baal
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End1ess
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Nirli
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Ideas
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TornadoSteve
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RJBTVYOUTUBE
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On August 12 2024 01:38 TornadoSteve wrote: YSC , free, Sea, Action and sSak are all in pretty bad form at the moment. I hope they practice and step up their game in the following weeks. Action in a slump is still the best out of those 5 players. action > ssak > free > sea/ysc Action and Ssak play A LOT. Despite playing a lot they are still in a slump. Maybe they are in a slump because they play too much. also quick look at who are currently the best performers on ELOBOARD rankings: + Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](https://i.imgur.com/kkxXvir.png) soulkey > JyJ > Stork > snow > bisu > light > jaedong > speed > hero > best > mini > sacsri > rush > sharp > etc https://eloboard.com/men/bbs/board.php?bo_table=rank_list | ||
FlaShFTW
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Ideas
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On August 12 2024 01:26 End1ess wrote: almost half Terran in RO24. are they going to put 2t+p+z in each bracket or we will see 4t dog fight? I think Ro24 groups are drawn to split up players by "rank" (not sure if they ONLY use ASL ranking or also take into account other tournaments/matches). So they'll do like a top tier player, 2 mid tier, and 1 bottom tier per group generally. Don't think they factor race that much if at all, but generally it spreads out well. | ||
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TornadoSteve
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On August 12 2024 08:43 Ideas wrote: I think Ro24 groups are drawn to split up players by "rank" (not sure if they ONLY use ASL ranking or also take into account other tournaments/matches). So they'll do like a top tier player, 2 mid tier, and 1 bottom tier per group generally. Don't think they factor race that much if at all, but generally it spreads out well. Exactly Something like T1 Light / Rain / Bisu / ZerO / Mini / Rush T2 JyJ / sOrry / Action / Shine / Mind / BeSt T3 barracks / Stork / Jaedong / Sacsri / sSak / Sea T4 Motive / Scan / YSC / NoeL / free / Speed | ||
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