Happy to announce the result of the GSL style group selection undertaken by Maru and our qualified players!
The selection process (showed above) was via a snake draft starting with Maru as the top seed and defending champion. Maru then had a swap option at the end which he used, replacing MaNa's choice Solar with Elazer who was Clem's choice!
Main event starts in just a week so be sure to tune in!
As a tribute to the hard-working Liquipedia people we have named our groups after the four active editors who historically contributed the most to the SC2 wiki.
Our tournament will also be on Matcherino! Check it out and support it if you feel like it.
Replay pack for the entire tournament (Main event and casted qualifier matches) available at $10 via the matcherino page. KOB works with a limited budget - we appreciate any support in purchasing our replay pack where proceeds go towards production & staff costs. Similar to last year where we released Serral vs Maru for free, we would also be releasing the replays of a top match for free.
After the first two broadcasting days we will hold a series of special fundraising showmatches! Participating players and details will be revealed soon. There will also be an exciting new twist that will make your donations be meaningful not just outside of the game but inside of it too!
Somehow I expected the groups selection to be held in a giant zoom call and streamed somewhere Was actually realy looking forward to watching it, the gsl group nominations are allways realy funny
On November 12 2021 21:47 dbRic1203 wrote: Somehow I expected the groups selection to be held in a giant zoom call and streamed somewhere Was actually realy looking forward to watching it, the gsl group nominations are allways realy funny
with players from widely different regions and time zones participating that was practically impossible, sadly. we hope that this format still offers something fresh and new considering it is happening online.
On November 13 2021 06:49 Nakajin wrote: Interesting that Maru chose Elazer instead of a terran.
With that said, there's also a possibility Maru has 0 idea who Elazer is or what race he play.
They played 4 series since 2018. Elazer had some good results in Global Events (a 2nd place in GSL vs. The World, a semi in WCS Global Final). Your comment is a tad mean.
On November 13 2021 06:49 Nakajin wrote: Interesting that Maru chose Elazer instead of a terran.
With that said, there's also a possibility Maru has 0 idea who Elazer is or what race he play.
They played 4 series since 2018. Elazer had some good results in Global Events (a 2nd place in GSL vs. The World, a semi in WCS Global Final). Your comment is a tad mean.
Oh I don't want it to be mean to Elazer, more about how Maru sometime has seamingly zero knowledge of SC2 outside of Korea.
I feel like he once said that he didn't know who Showtime was or something like that.
On November 13 2021 06:49 Nakajin wrote: Interesting that Maru chose Elazer instead of a terran.
With that said, there's also a possibility Maru has 0 idea who Elazer is or what race he play.
Maru always want to pick a Zerg into his group, I am more suprised that he didnt pick Ragnarok, one of the usual victim.
Probably solar and ragnarok although loss to maru most of the time, they still are able to hold on for quite some time that maru would probably be tired of.
On November 15 2021 04:19 Pandain wrote: Super excited. Bit worried that KoB has the finals set for 4AM in Korea
Its even worse because GSL Super Tournament 3 in on Monday, but they have not yet fixed the schedule of the match because NeXT group A is on the same day and there will be a potential conflict to some of the players. So worst case is that some KRs players might have to play till 5-6am KR and then play the ST on the same day.
On November 15 2021 04:19 Pandain wrote: Super excited. Bit worried that KoB has the finals set for 4AM in Korea
Its even worse because GSL Super Tournament 3 in on Monday, but they have not yet fixed the schedule of the match because NeXT group A is on the same day and there will be a potential conflict to some of the players. So worst case is that some KRs players might have to play till 5-6am KR and then play the ST on the same day.
Oh wow! KoB into ST into Next! Crazy Starcraft week ahead
Full stream schedule for the 2 English streams are here!
Hope everyone is as excited as we are! Players have also kindly recorded interviews where they share their thoughts on the groups and more so do tune in!
Wow it starts super early! That's so cool, finally the koreans won't be too much at a disadvantage / playing at horrible hours. Will probably have to watch without sound at work but only for the first day so not a biggie
Kinda hoping for Maru to win both this and Super Tournament 3, but realistically just one of the two would be dope
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