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Alright, we haven't had a Challenge League update in forever. Here's the last update we had. So, what's happened since then? Well, first here are the results for the games in that post.
Best 2 of 3
[Oops]Lee deafeted Crystal[Inca]
Silent_Control defeated Sinji_NT
Mumyung defeated Eros~Rage
ArtOfTerran defeated Jinsu
JulyZerg defeated Grrr....
Sync defeated Ggon
The winners from those games qualified for the Dual Tournament as 2nd place from their groups.
With all 12 qualifiers from the Challenge League ready, all that was left was the tournament for the all-important seed. As you all know, the no.1 Challenge League player receives a seed in the next OGN Starleague. The number one finishers from each group played for first place.
Players: Gorush, Jju, Doggi, V-Gundam, ForU, IntoTheRainbow
The 6 players played a 6 man version of the OGN rounds of 16, with each player taking on remaining players once. 3 weeks of games, with 5 games per week were played.
Week 1
Rainbow defeated Jju on Paradoxxx
ForU defeated V-Gundam on Sin Gaema Gowun
Doggi defeated Gorush on Nostalgia
V-Gundam defeated Rainbow on Guillotine
Jju defeated Doggi on Guillotine
Week 2
ForU defeated Rainbow on Nostalgia
Gorush defeated V-Gundam on Paradoxxx
Jju defeated ForU on Sin Gaema gowun
V-Gundam defeated Doggi on Nostalgia
Gorush defeated Jju on Sin Gaema Gowun
Week 3
Gorush defeated ForU on Guillotine
Doggi defeated Rainbow on Sin Gaema Gowun
Jju defeated V-Gundam on Nostalgia
Doggi defeated ForU on Paradoxxx
Gorush defeated Rainbow on Guillotine
The final rankings went as so
1: Gorush 4-1
2: Jju 3-2. Jju was placed higher than Doggi because he defeated Doggi in their game.
3: Doggi 3-2
4: Foru 2-3
5: V-Gudanm 2-3
6
: IntoTheRainbow 1-4
With all the players ranked, the stage was set for the Challenge League finals. The No.1 and No.2 players, Gorush and Jju faced off for 1st place and the OGN seed.
Jju vs Gorush
1: Gorush defeated Jju on Paradoxxx
2: Gorush defeated Jju on Guillotine
3: Gorush defeated Jju on Sin Gaema Gowun
Gorush 3 : 0 Jju
Gorush defeats Jju and takes the seed in the next OGN Starleague! While Gorush's skill in ZvT and ZvP might not be at the level of players like Yellow and Chojja, he's easily one of the best(or best!) ZvZ players alive. His performances on MBCGame and OGN were nothing short of brilliant. I think this makes Jju 0-5 vs Gorush, OGN and MBC combined -_-;;
Gorush heads off to the next Starleague, while the other players have to play in the feared Dual Tournament!
Starleague: Nada, Boxer, Chojja, Jinnam, Xellos, SC_side, TheWind, Zeus, BlueK, Yellow, Elky, Mycube OGN 4th place
Challenge League: ArtOfTerran, Lee, Jju, Mumyung, Doggi, Silent_Control, ForU, JulyZerg, V-Gundam, Sync, IntoTheRainbow
The groups are made by a complicated forumla of mixing players of various rank. Players from the starleague are ranked by which round they were eliminated, their ranking in that round, and their win ratio. The Challenge League players are also similarly ranked. While the groups don't show it, a player who ranked higher should have an easier time.
Group A
Nada:ArtOfTerran, Chojja:SC_side
Group B
Boxer:Lee, Jinnam:Jju
Group C
Xellos:Mumyung, TheWind:Doggi
Group D
Zeus:Silent_control, BlueK, ForU
Group E
Yellow: JulyZerg, Elky:V-Gundam
Group F
Starleague 4th place:Sync, Kos:IntoTheRainbow
And that is all!
