ACS replaced by "ASL Season Open" - Starts 21/02 - Page 2

On February 16 2026 19:03 Return wrote:
you didnt get autoqualified by winning ACS, you still had to win a qualifier(just got seeded into the finals), so how does this really change anything?

I think its probably good

On February 14 2026 01:27 Miragee wrote:


That is true if you have a healthy competitive scene with way to naturally grow from beginner to the top. BW has not a healthy competitive scene. There is old dogs that have an insane knowledge and skill advantage as well as tourney and stage experience from their pro days. They mostly retain their bubble, although universities were a great attempt to open that up. If you retain all knowledge and don't give people a fair possibility to play the best players regularly, get coachings, stage experience etc. new people will, bar for some very rare exceptions, never be able to close that gap.

On February 19 2026 21:41 nikolaus8844 wrote:


Mmmm.. it is hard to get on board with this ''cartel'' argument, it just feels lacking in substance. All the pros stream extensively.. replays are for the most part available... everyone has access to an almost unlimited amount of data.. the ladder exist for a reason, and everyone who can rise to the top of it gets to practice against the very best.. Perhaps the only valid aspect of this argument is that people who can afford to do that for a living can devote themselves full time to practice, but if someone's young hungry and resourceful there's every chance for them to brake through, since in such a dynamic ever-evolving game having solid fundamentals is hardly the only deciding factor (albeit the main one).. It seems to me it's not lack of skill, but lack of composure that causes the ''new dogs'' to fail right at the final stages of qualifiers. If what you're saying was the case - those same final stages of the qualifiers should have been obvious stomps alarmingly often, and they are anything [b]but [/b ]that..
So in conclusion - I think the scene will become rather unhealthy and unnatural if some factor was to be introduced to somehow negate/impair the rightfully-earned experience of them ''old dogs''. One may even say that youth, ambition, still actively-firing hormones and fit/energetic bodies is already plenty enough of a factor in that direction.

On February 21 2026 12:12 RowdierBob wrote:
So watching the first broadcast game here: Snow vs Rush.

Why is Snow playing? Isn't he auto into round of 16 as last year's runner up?

On February 21 2026 17:24 RowdierBob wrote:
Broadcast for this was really weird. They would show you the results in the bracket then broadcast the game after you know who’s going to win. Curious approach.