EPTSOOP StarCraft League Autumn 2024
[SSL Autumn] Ro16 Group Selection
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BLinD-RawR
ALLEYCAT BLUES50121 Posts
SOOP StarCraft League Autumn 2024 | ||
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prosatan
Romania8047 Posts
I think i will watch it live ! Please an easy group for JD !!!!!! with sea and speed ... tho speed is on fire right now.. | ||
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HOLYBATS
Turkey731 Posts
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DiMiaN
Finland300 Posts
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TornadoSteve
1034 Posts
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Sonic_md
Moldova275 Posts
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Zografa
177 Posts
1. SK-> Sea 2. hero-> Barracks 3. Snow-> Speed 4. Sharp-> Stork 5. Stork-> Royal 6. Speed-> Rain 7. Barracks-> JyJ 8. Sea-> Rush 9. Rush-> JD 10. JyJ-> Bisu 11. Rain-> Mini 12. Light is autodrafted. They switch JD with JyJ. From the looks of it they all rate JD far better than his recent stats say. He got drafted in last round and got switched. | ||
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Soft_General_5023
73 Posts
snow has a hard group | ||
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Zografa
177 Posts
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RJBTVYOUTUBE
Netherlands887 Posts
I think Rush or JyJ will upset Soulkey, but they won't eliminate him. Soulkey will go to Ro8 in 2nd place with JyJ(sorry rush). Sea does not stand a chance in that group. Group B: Realistically probably HerO and Bisu but lets just make it Jaedong and Bisu for the fans of the old days. Group C: SnOw and Speed. Call me crazy but It would be fun to see Speed progress despite him actually having the lowest odds in this group. Realistically it would be SnOw and Mini. Group D: Light and Stork. This will be the season of the old timers succeeding! To be honest anything could happen in this group but odds are in favor of Light. | ||
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TornadoSteve
1034 Posts
Bisu//hero Speed//Rain Sharp//Stork | ||
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RJBTVYOUTUBE
Netherlands887 Posts
On September 09 2024 21:03 TornadoSteve wrote: Soulkey//Rush JyJ can easily upset on a good day Bisu//hero Speed//Rain Sharp//Stork Speed and Rain over snow and mini! now this is a spicy prediction! Sharp Stork over Royal Light is honestly also quite spicy, but anything is possible! I LIKE me some spicy predictions! I think we can all agree though, these are 4 groups of death. | ||
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cheesehuehue
Vatican City State90 Posts
Bisu-Hero // Upset: Bisu-Barracks Snow-Mini Light-Stork | ||
GTR
51453 Posts
On September 09 2024 20:44 Zografa wrote: ugh why are protoss blue and terran red - tradition dictates that    | ||
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Zografa
177 Posts
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TornadoSteve
1034 Posts
On September 09 2024 21:29 RJBTVYOUTUBE wrote: Speed and Rain over snow and mini! now this is a spicy prediction! Sharp Stork over Royal Light is honestly also quite spicy, but anything is possible! I LIKE me some spicy predictions! I think we can all agree though, these are 4 groups of death. I dont really believe in Rain, but i believe in his PvP. And i absolutely dont believe in sOrry, at all. | ||
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TornadoSteve
1034 Posts
On September 09 2024 22:10 GTR wrote: ugh why are protoss blue and terran red - tradition dictates that Your face look like a dictate | ||
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RJBTVYOUTUBE
Netherlands887 Posts
On September 09 2024 22:10 GTR wrote: ugh why are protoss blue and terran red - tradition dictates that they did that just trigger viewers like you :p | ||
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Simplistik
2007 Posts
I think that's a tough group for Soulkey and three Protoss in the same group is pretty terrible, as is putting two out of three Zergs in the same group. I get that the selection ceremony has tradition, but wouldn't a proper seeding system be better to keep the tournament entertaining? Thre's a non-zero chance that none of the seeds make it... | ||
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Nirli
Bulgaria370 Posts
Also, I don't fear the man practicing three match ups once. I fear the man practicing one match up thrice. | ||
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Destroyer
Czech Republic931 Posts
Anyways.. Soulkey + Rush HerO + JD Snow + Mini Stork + Light But huge factor will definitely be the selected maps for bo1 part.. | ||
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HOLYBATS
Turkey731 Posts
On September 09 2024 22:12 Zografa wrote: Does anyone know how the switch works? Soulkey picks who to switch for who? Or what? Kinda weird for him to take JyJ, who is very good tvz. I get the JD switch(because zvz is tricky) and i get the terran choice(easier to prepare) just dont get why he went for JyJ, also not sure what are the exact rules? He cant switch first picks.He also want a T. So the options are JyJ,Royal and Light. SK,Rush herO,Bisu SnOw,Mini Stork,Light | ||
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Lazyer
United States343 Posts
A: SK/Rush B: herO/Bisu, but I could see JD making it out instead of Bisu. C: Rain/SnOw (assuming Rain's PvP is back on point... if this were any other group I feel like he'd be out) D: Sharp/Light (Stork was lookin good but ngl it's hard to trust) | ||
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cheesehuehue
Vatican City State90 Posts
On September 10 2024 01:23 Destroyer wrote: Soulkey left it on Sea to do the switch or what was it about? Tha So apprarently Soulkey had been teasing/announcing that he would pick Sea first. In response, Sea threatened Soulkey to make a group of death that would include Jaedong. Soulkey picked up Sea first anyways. In the next round, when it was Sea's turn to pick the third member of the group, Soulkey offered to give him "his power" to make the last change in the group as long as Jaedong didn't join their group and stated that he didn't care if anyone else joined. Sea liked the offer and they made a pinky swear (lol), apparently in part because he liked the idea of having that "much" power. Sea picked Rush, however, Rush picked Jaedong anyways. Soulkey had the power to move Jaedong away if he wanted anyways, but also seems like Sea was actually grateful to Soulkey so he honored his part of the deal and swapped JD away. | ||
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chongu
Malaysia2585 Posts
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bochs
111 Posts
On September 10 2024 11:44 chongu wrote: Why is Soulkey afraid of Jaedong? Jaedong's vZ is his worst matchup according to ASL stats At least in the old Kespa era, JD's zvz win rate was close to 70% if my memory serves correctly, and was leading the 2nd by a wide margin. zvz by nature is highly dependent on opening, so SK would want to avoid any zvz (JD or not) if he could. | ||
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Vasoline73
United States7801 Posts
Hero and JD Snow and Mini Sharp and ??? (hardest for me to guess...) | ||
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RowdierBob
Australia13007 Posts
Group C is brutal, but about as good as Rain could've hoped for. Same with D, looks really tough for Stork but also he'll be decently happy he only needs to prepare for PvT. Predictions: A: SK and Rush B: Hero and Bisu C: Snow and Mini D: Light and Sharp | ||
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M3t4PhYzX
Poland4195 Posts
Should be a very interesting Ro16! | ||
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M3t4PhYzX
Poland4195 Posts
edit: Wait.. did they change the dates? I'm pretty sure it was 18th, 19th and 25th, 26th IX before.. | ||
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BLinD-RawR
ALLEYCAT BLUES50121 Posts
On September 10 2024 16:49 M3t4PhYzX wrote: 1 plays 2 first and 3 plays 4 first, btw right? edit: Wait.. did they change the dates? I'm pretty sure it was 18th, 19th and 25th, 26th IX before.. yes on both questions the dates have been updated. | ||
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Kespa1988
40 Posts
Interesting JD was picked so late. His form must be pretty good atm. Well actually, its not. I have been watching his stream for long time, and while his form at the beginning of August was interesting and promising, the last 3 weeks were a total decline. Even his matches during the group competition were far from good. This decider match vs Shine was actually played badly by Shine rather than well by JD. Shine did not take advantage of the fact that he had a spore in both bases and instead of destroying JD's economy, he allowed him to set up a third base.. Anyway I really cheer for JD, but I think he is causing fear because of his unpredictable nature and experience mixed with hype, rather than his current shape . Here are his stats from 29 July till now, in ProLeauge: vs p W:8 L: 9 vs z W: 6 L: 7 vs t W:7 L: 9 | ||
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TornadoSteve
1034 Posts
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Piste
6177 Posts
Hero+Bisu Speed+Mini Sharp+Royal | ||
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Zografa
177 Posts
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flyingrat
43 Posts
I booked a trip to South Korea in part because I wanted to attend SSL once in my life and had assumed that Groups A and B were going to be on September 18th and 19th as it said on Liquipedia. Now it turns out they're on the 23rd and 24th, when I'll be gone. Oh well, win some lose some. | ||
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iopq
United States924 Posts
On September 10 2024 11:44 chongu wrote: Why is Soulkey afraid of Jaedong? Jaedong's vZ is his worst matchup according to ASL stats It's still a build order win like half of the time. In the finals the advantaged build won every single game. | ||
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cheesehuehue
Vatican City State90 Posts
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TornadoSteve
1034 Posts
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sM.Zik
Canada2547 Posts
On September 12 2024 02:54 TornadoSteve wrote: Switchingn a coin flip match up just so you have one match up to practice against. The exact definition of being afraid Your definition of being afraid is interesting.. Id call that being smart. | ||
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TornadoSteve
1034 Posts
On September 12 2024 03:25 sM.Zik wrote: Your definition of being afraid is interesting.. Id call that being smart. Pretty sure u play protoss | ||
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Zografa
177 Posts
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Morti1
5 Posts
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thedeadhaji
39489 Posts
Do we know group initial matchups? | ||
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HOLYBATS
Turkey731 Posts
On September 13 2024 09:14 thedeadhaji wrote: Thanks for the information! Do we know group initial matchups? Seed vs their pick and the rest each other. For instance SK vs Sea Rush vs JyJ | ||
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M3t4PhYzX
Poland4195 Posts
bummer | ||
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PVJ
Hungary5221 Posts
On September 13 2024 06:29 Morti1 wrote: Do you guys know how long until they release the translation? It is out I just watched it yesterday! | ||
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Artas1984
Lithuania119 Posts
I now want Sea to make it into Ro16 every time - that guy has charisma to make the group nomination real fun. Imagine if Sea could get into shape in which he was back at ASL1&2 - nr. 1 terran he would be! I absolutely adored TY's savage trash talking of Sea and Rain as well! This was a great nomination. Anyway... GROUP A: Soulkey & Rush. GROUP B: Bisu & Hero. GROUP C: Snow & Rain. GROUP D: Light & Sharp. I know Speed has no chance in hell, but it would be nice if he could at least take one game from each those protoss gods. I hope he will do a miracle and eliminate Mini, so we could sea Mini's iconic grotesque "twich-in-the-chair" one more time. Also, i think Snow is better than Rain at PvP these days. This is not the same Snow we had at S5/S6 - the amount of skill he gained since then is crazy, and Rain definitely is not in the same great form as he was in S5/S6. I hope Snow will make a statement and put Rain into dirt. | ||
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prion_
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