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King of Battles 2 Groups & Main Event

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Alphaxsc2
Profile Joined December 2018
144 Posts
Last Edited: 2021-11-22 19:26:24
November 12 2021 12:38 GMT
#1
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Hi guys,

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.

Liquipedia Page - (Wiki)King of Battles/2


Schedule

Friday, Nov 19 9pm KST | 1pm CET - Groups Kashim and DARKING

Saturday, Nov 20 9pm KST | 1pm CET - Groups hjpalpha and CynicalDeath

Sunday, Nov 21 7pm KST | 11am CET - Playoffs

Full stream schedule for the 2 English streams are here!

All VODs will be uploaded to our Youtube should you not be able to catch the matches live!

Streams

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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.

*edit - Released Dark vs Clem replays!

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dbRic1203
Profile Joined July 2019
Germany2655 Posts
November 12 2021 12:47 GMT
#2
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
MaxPax
Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33388 Posts
Last Edited: 2021-11-12 13:48:06
November 12 2021 13:38 GMT
#3
Nice, I love it when players get to pick groups

Reynor wins the unofficial "scariest player" award, as deserved
AdministratorHey HP can you redo everything youve ever done because i have a small complaint?
AscorbicAcid
Profile Joined April 2012
Germany44 Posts
November 12 2021 14:37 GMT
#4
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.
swarminfestor
Profile Joined September 2017
Malaysia2449 Posts
November 12 2021 16:49 GMT
#5
Group B became group of death suddenly.
Rogue & Maru fan boy. ^^
QOGQOG
Profile Joined July 2019
834 Posts
November 12 2021 18:46 GMT
#6
Maru switching Solar out of his group? I mean, probably the right call, but strange to see.
Nakajin
Profile Blog Joined September 2014
Canada8989 Posts
November 12 2021 21:49 GMT
#7
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.
Writerhttp://i.imgur.com/9p6ufcB.jpg
Serimek
Profile Joined August 2011
France2274 Posts
Last Edited: 2021-11-13 00:24:31
November 12 2021 23:27 GMT
#8
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.
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Nakajin
Profile Blog Joined September 2014
Canada8989 Posts
Last Edited: 2021-11-13 01:22:14
November 13 2021 01:21 GMT
#9
On November 13 2021 08:27 Serimek wrote:
Show nested quote +
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.
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tigera6
Profile Joined March 2021
3397 Posts
November 13 2021 04:21 GMT
#10
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.
Howard_Kao
Profile Joined September 2018
China261 Posts
November 13 2021 08:00 GMT
#11
On November 13 2021 13:21 tigera6 wrote:
Show nested quote +
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.
"You don't need a gsl champion, you don't need a esl champion. I feel like I'm just a normal man. I just practice very hard this time, like 15hrs everyday" Oliveira 2023
tommey.liang
Profile Joined November 2020
United States362 Posts
November 13 2021 16:19 GMT
#12
Excited for some more King of Battles next weekend. Group D has way too much starpower.
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Pandain
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States12989 Posts
November 14 2021 19:19 GMT
#13
Super excited. Bit worried that KoB has the finals set for 4AM in Korea
tigera6
Profile Joined March 2021
3397 Posts
November 15 2021 07:40 GMT
#14
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.
Harris1st
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Germany6928 Posts
November 15 2021 14:20 GMT
#15
On November 15 2021 16:40 tigera6 wrote:
Show nested quote +
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
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freaquency88
Profile Joined July 2019
Malaysia14 Posts
November 16 2021 01:20 GMT
#16
Cool to have group selection. I wonder if they have interviews for the group selection.
Zest is beast, Zest is best!
AlphaXSushi
Profile Joined September 2017
838 Posts
November 19 2021 00:34 GMT
#17


Event starts in less than 12 hours!

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!
Poopi
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France12879 Posts
November 19 2021 10:13 GMT
#18
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
WriterMaru
Nakajin
Profile Blog Joined September 2014
Canada8989 Posts
November 19 2021 12:43 GMT
#19
Really good defensive zvt from Solar, he seemed down and out for a while
Writerhttp://i.imgur.com/9p6ufcB.jpg
buzz_bender
Profile Joined August 2019
445 Posts
November 19 2021 12:45 GMT
#20
The pre-game graphics are even better than ESLs! With updated uniforms!
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