Players are divided in two tiers:
Tier 1: 4 players from Qualifier, Day 1 and 4 players winning Qualifier, Day 2 brackets.
Tier 2: second and third places from Qualifier, Day 2 brackets.
Eight 1v1 (Tier 1 vs. Tier 2) Bo5 Matches.
The 8 winners are qualified to Code S.

Map Pool

Day Three

KeeN vs

Ryung

Cure vs

Leenock

Results

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MajiN1

113 Posts

August 22 2021 11:56 GMT

Feel bad for Leenock...
KeeN should beat Ryung because he is one of the best player who came back from military.

No Innovation for the group's selection TT

Poopi

France12906 Posts

August 22 2021 13:14 GMT

I expect another 100% on liquibet! But there will probably be many people with 8/8 so far, since it was relatively easy predictions.
Cure vs Leenock will probably look like a reverse Solar vs Gumiho

neutralrobot

Australia1025 Posts

August 22 2021 14:15 GMT

I find Leenock's promo pic unrecognizable. I don't see anything there that even remotely reminds me of the face of Leenock in my memory.

QOGQOG

834 Posts

August 22 2021 16:21 GMT

People seem very confident in Cure. On paper, I agree he should win but... his performances in the last couple GSLs have been remarkably terrible. I mean, this year he's qualified for both GSLs and both Super Tournaments, and across those four events he's won two series (both in GSL season one). If Leenock can win one game it feels like the series is his.

Drfilip

Sweden592 Posts

August 22 2021 16:25 GMT

On August 22 2021 23:15 neutralrobot wrote:
I find Leenock's promo pic unrecognizable. I don't see anything there that even remotely reminds me of the face of Leenock in my memory.

I went back and forth between the pictures in the promo and the picture by the match up. The match up pic is my memory of Leenock. The nose shape and the prominent eyebrows are all similarities I see. The jaw, the eyes, the cheeks etc. are not the same. Promo Leenock is thinner, but the eyes shouldn't change.

Keen vs Ryung is hard to call. Keen has been surprisingly good after coming back, but Ryung have years and years of impressive TvT. Keen had the anti Maru TvT as long as Maru didn't proxy.
There was a time of Ryung having 50+% winrate in TvT, but every other Terran he faced had above 80% TvT. Ryung played evenly with the greatest TvTers.

Die4Ever

United States17724 Posts

August 23 2021 04:26 GMT

I like Cure too, but I'm hoping for Leenock to win

XDEKSDEEXD

622 Posts

August 23 2021 07:32 GMT

Man I want every single player tonight to advance....

tigera6

3449 Posts

August 23 2021 08:30 GMT

Do we know who are the Seeded players for each group, probably Dark Rogue Maru Trap?

Drfilip

Sweden592 Posts

August 23 2021 08:37 GMT

#10

On August 23 2021 17:30 tigera6 wrote:
Do we know who are the Seeded players for each group, probably Dark Rogue Maru Trap?

We could calculate it, but I don't know the formula by heart. Rogue and Trap has performed well in the last year of GSL. Dark has won and Maru is seldom placing badly. It could very well be Dark, Rogue, Maru and Trap.

Edpayasugo

United Kingdom2217 Posts

August 23 2021 09:33 GMT

#11

Special again!

Durnuu

13322 Posts

August 23 2021 09:43 GMT

#12

Mech vs mech, now that's really fucking cool (and rare)

Durnuu

13322 Posts

August 23 2021 10:09 GMT

#13

Lmfao even Artosis is mocking Marinelord and meme-ing the "better tools"

tigera6

3449 Posts

August 23 2021 10:21 GMT

#14

On August 23 2021 18:33 Edpayasugo wrote:
Special again!

Making sense, as he would be around for the Group Nomination later anyway.

Morbidius

Brazil3449 Posts

August 23 2021 10:32 GMT

#15

They really need to fix group A, its leaky as hell and always leads to some subpar players at season finals.

swarminfestor

Malaysia2449 Posts

August 23 2021 10:32 GMT

#16

Is this the first time a non GSL Code S Champion get the right to pick up any person he want for Group A?

Durnuu

13322 Posts

August 23 2021 10:40 GMT

#17

Nvm

swarminfestor

Malaysia2449 Posts

August 23 2021 10:55 GMT

#18

Leenock's roaches doing nothing to kill the mining SCVs while he simultaneously tanking the upper ramp with Queens.

Durnuu

13322 Posts

August 23 2021 10:58 GMT

#19

On August 23 2021 19:32 swarminfestor wrote:
Is this the first time a non GSL Code S Champion get the right to pick up any person he want for Group A?

Maybe soO managed to get the first pick at some point, I don't remember