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Afreeca Starleague Season 4: Busan Qualifiers
Official stream:
http://play.afreecatv.com/afstar1
Restreams:
https://www.twitch.tv/koreanusher
https://www.twitch.tv/esportsjohn
The Afreeca Starleague [ASL] Season 4 is about to begin! This weekend is the qualifying round, held in the cities of Seoul, Daegu (a short drive outside of Seoul), and Busan. The qualifiers will run from September 2 to September 4, 2017.
Currently, four players are seeded from last season:
Flash, 
Shine, 
Bisu, and Soulkey. They do not need to qualify. Everyone else will have to pass through the gauntlet for a shot at winning the single biggest 1st-place prize in Brood War history. The main season starts up on September 10th, 2017.Links:
Format:
- 24 players in total will qualify for Afreeca Starleague Season 4.
- Qualifiers will be played offline in PC Bangs on:
- Saturday, September 2 in Seoul (12 spots for ASL4)
- Sunday, September 3 in Daegu (6 spots for ASL4)
- Monday, September 4 in Busan (6 spots for ASL4)
- Saturday, September 2 in Seoul (12 spots for ASL4)
- Single-elimination Bracket
- All rounds are best-of-3.
- Bracket winners advance to the ASL S4 Round of 24
Brackets:
Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 4 | Group 5 | Group 6
As the groups are posted I'll copy-paste the list of names and TLPD-ize them. I cannot vouch for the accuracy of the information. Some Koreans have identical names (i.e.
Horang2 has the same name as an unknown amateur player, so "Horang2" showed up in two groups last season before this was corrected). This is just basic trawling through Challonge and hoping for the best.+ Show Spoiler [Old theorized list] +
Notable players (theorized):
Until the brackets are unveiled we don't know for sure who is showing, but a lot of the ex-pros and competitive players who showed up to Seoul and Daegu and did not make it through are very likely to show up here as well for one last try. To get an idea of who might show up, here's a list of notable exits from both Seoul and Daegu:
Britney
eNvy.Bisu
GuemChi
Hint
Horang2
Lazy
Movie
Noble
Olympus
Pure
Pusan
Reach
Rock
Sea.KH
Sky
Snow
Tyson
Zeus
[Oops]ClouD
910
Iris
Lomo
NaDa
PianO
Rush
Scan
Sexy
firebathero
sKyHigh
Action
beast
By.Spire
Calm
Feat
ggaemo
Hyuk
July
Modesty
Killer
Terror
force[Name]
soO
ZeLoT
Until the brackets are unveiled we don't know for sure who is showing, but a lot of the ex-pros and competitive players who showed up to Seoul and Daegu and did not make it through are very likely to show up here as well for one last try. To get an idea of who might show up, here's a list of notable exits from both Seoul and Daegu:
BritneyeNvy.BisuGuemChiHintHorang2LazyMovieNobleOlympusPurePusanReachRockSea.KHSkySnowTysonZeus[Oops]ClouD910IrisLomoNaDaPianORushScanSexyfirebatherosKyHighActionbeastBy.SpireCalmFeatggaemoHyukJulyModestyKillerTerrorforce[Name]soOZeLoTNotable players by group:
Group 1
+ Show Spoiler [Notable players] +
Group 2
+ Show Spoiler [Notable players] +
TLPD-ized with "BW Korean"
soO
Horang2
force[Name]
wonsuk
Sky
[Oops]ClouD
beast
KangTaeWan
Melon OR Sorry
Probe
ggaemo
TLPD-ized with "BW SOSPA"
Horang2
force[Name]
Sky
beast
KangTaeWan
Melon
ggaemo
jaetaek
soOHorang2force[Name]wonsukSky[Oops]ClouDbeastKangTaeWanMelon OR SorryProbeggaemoTLPD-ized with "BW SOSPA"
Horang2force[Name]SkybeastKangTaeWanMelonggaemojaetaekGroup 3
+ Show Spoiler [Notable players] +
Group 4
+ Show Spoiler [Notable players] +
Group 5
+ Show Spoiler [Notable players] +
Group 6
+ Show Spoiler [Notable players] +
Notable missing players (NOT attending):
- free - has wrist problems, abstaining from ASL4
- JangBi - K.H.J. says he's out of the country. No idea why, but unless he can teleport he's probably no-showing.
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Results
Liquipedia article: (easy-to-follow brackets)
Afreeca Starleague Season 4/QualifierGroup 1 winner:
LazyGroup 2 winner:
SkyGroup 3 winner:
RushGroup 4 winner:
HiyAGroup 5 winner:
SnowGroup 6 winner:
firebatheroNotable exits
(Did not make it into ASL season 4)
Group 1:
Pure, sKyHigh, Iris, Terror, Leta, TysonGroup 2:
Horang2, force[Name], soO, beast, ggaemo, [Oops]ClouDGroup 3:
Calm, Scan, Reach, July, GuemChi, SexyGroup 4:
PianO, Lomo, Pusan, ShineeGroup 5:
Sea.KH, Kwanro, NaDa, 910, MovieGroup 6:
Killer, Olympus, Britney, Action, Hyuk, ![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/images/Ticon_small.png)
DragonLast chance to make it into the ASL Season 4! We had some upsets in Seoul and Daegu, and there are a lot of world class players still looking to get in. This will be their final shot for this year.
Streams and restreams will be announced in the thread as they go live. Early on we'll have to rely on player streams again, but there should be an official stream starting up once everyone gets settled.
Seoul qualifiers: Link
Daegu qualifiers: Link
Busan qualifiers: Link
Great effort
