Zest has the dubious honor of playing Maru in the first round of stage 2 of the Korean qualifier. And the match after that would be against TY or ByuL.

NinjaToss

Austria1383 Posts

January 27 2017 10:18 GMT

#2812

Looking at the bracket... this is going to be pretty difficult for him to be able to qualify, but maybe he can advance through the Loser's Bracket?

Elentos

55566 Posts

January 27 2017 10:33 GMT

#2813

On January 27 2017 19:18 NinjaToss wrote:
Looking at the bracket... this is going to be pretty difficult for him to be able to qualify, but maybe he can advance through the Loser's Bracket?

His odds aren't amazing either way. Two of Dark/Inno/Stats go to the loser bracket guaranteed. Most of ByuN, herO, ByuL, Solar, Maru and TY will go to the loser bracket. Only 3 players make it out tomorrow. And it's hard to pick favorites.

Lil_nooblet

United States459 Posts

January 27 2017 10:46 GMT

#2814

He will have a good chance to qualify in the 2nd qualifier if he doesn't qualify tomorrow. The bracket should be much easier with the EU, NA, and first kr qualifier being done. Didn't watch the games against soO but his form seems to be pretty good right now(losing 2-3 to soO isn't that bad) so I'm hopeful he can qualify.

Elentos

55566 Posts

January 27 2017 11:15 GMT

#2815

On January 27 2017 19:46 Lil_nooblet wrote:
He will have a good chance to qualify in the 2nd qualifier if he doesn't qualify tomorrow. The bracket should be much easier with the EU, NA, and first kr qualifier being done. Didn't watch the games against soO but his form seems to be pretty good right now(losing 2-3 to soO isn't that bad) so I'm hopeful he can qualify.

But if the guys who qualify through KR1 are 3 of the Koreans who are also in the NA and/or EU qualifiers (e.g. TY, Inno, herO), the NA and EU qualifiers won't make things that much easier for him.

Lil_nooblet

United States459 Posts

January 27 2017 11:37 GMT

#2816

Yeah that's true but as long as the top terrans get through before the 2nd qualifier I think he will be have a good shot.

Fango

United Kingdom8987 Posts

January 27 2017 16:33 GMT

#2817

So goddamn close

he needs to qualify to reclaim his title!

The_Red_Viper

19533 Posts

January 27 2017 16:35 GMT

#2818

On January 28 2017 01:33 Fango wrote:
So goddamn close

he needs to qualify to reclaim his title!

He can still qualify, he is invited to the second stage at the korean qualifiers

Fango

United Kingdom8987 Posts

January 27 2017 18:58 GMT

#2819

On January 28 2017 01:35 The_Red_Viper wrote:

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He can still qualify, he is invited to the second stage at the korean qualifiers

The brackets for the KR qualifier are so tough though

Fango

United Kingdom8987 Posts

January 27 2017 21:16 GMT

#2820

So with this qualifer if a player doesn't make it through online they will have to go all the way to Katowice to try and get through the offline? That seems like such a huge investment to make.

edit: wonder where Dark is as well I'd have expected him to be in most of these