Happy to announce the result of the GSL style group selection undertaken by Maru and our qualified players!
The selection process (displayed 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 MaxPax's choice Creator with Lambo who was Classic's choice!
Main event starts in just two days so be sure to tune in!
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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.
We are pleased to announce a unique experience for King of Battles 3 where viewers can be rewarded with digital cards featuring most of the qualified players to commemorate this tournament simply by watching! Here is a sample of Maru alongside our King of Battles mascot! Once collected, you can get a digital version to be set as your android/iphone/desktop wallpaper!
If they can be bothered to show up in good form I wonder which Zerg will win this event. Hopefully a KR Zerg so what happened at IEM doesn't turn into a trend. Not that I'll bother watching unless I see a no Zerg top 4 or finals.
Interesting group selection. Think it must be true that Maru hates TvT despite being so darn good at it. Otherwise it makes no sense to pick Maxpax with his TvP being so shit nowadays when he had Special and Clem there, both of whom he would beat quite easily. Also Lambo or Solar&Ragnarok his favorite victims.
As for the tournament hoping for some fun games. Results dont matter in this game state. Chances for win are basically: 30%Serral, 29%Rogue, 20%Dark, 20%Reynor, 1%Anyone else
On April 27 2022 04:47 MarianoSC2 wrote: Interesting group selection. Think it must be true that Maru hates TvT despite being so darn good at it. Otherwise it makes no sense to pick Maxpax with his TvP being so shit nowadays when he had Special and Clem there, both of whom he would beat quite easily. Also Lambo or Solar&Ragnarok his favorite victims.
As for the tournament hoping for some fun games. Results dont matter in this game state. Chances for win are basically: 30%Serral, 29%Rogue, 20%Dark, 20%Reynor, 1%Anyone else
I think he did Creator a favor by letting him play 1 day after the GSL Ro4 finish for some rest. And group D is more managable than group C, swapping Clem would be the ultimate boss move but also kinda disrespectful to Clem. And I would give Dark 25%, Reynor 15% given how his form has gone down quite a bit.
I'm kind of amused at how all the open qualifier events in the last year stack up to have virtually all of the aligulac top 12 or so. Definitely fun for the viewers; dunno what it implies about the state of the scene tho
Similarly shocked as others that Maru would NOT pick Clem and take Reynor instead
Maru may be quite close to Creator or just doesn't want facing off with another Korean. That seems to be the main reason behind the swap, rather than player form and skill.
The pool of top players is small and stagnant, and the skill gap between them and mid-tier players is as wide as ever. Why is that even surprising? Which doesn't speak well of the state of the scene. Is this even a debatable point?
On April 27 2022 20:30 Waxangel wrote: I'm kind of amused at how all the open qualifier events in the last year stack up to have virtually all of the aligulac top 12 or so.
Yeah If every event would have 4 spots via qualifiers and just straight up invite the Rest from Aligulac Ranking, there would have been little to no difference in the participating Players list. Upsets happen way less frequently, also Aligulac seems pretty spot on in predicting qualifier chances, where everyone has multiple shots at least
On April 27 2022 04:47 MarianoSC2 wrote: Chances for win are basically: 30%Serral, 29%Rogue, 20%Dark, 20%Reynor, 1%Anyone else
that's actually accurate
Maru + Clem + Trap + Cure + Solar = 1%?
Honestly with Marus form that 1% is mostly Trap. Maru maybe 0.2% and the rest are less than 0.1%. There is always a chance but Clem Cure Solar are so close to 0 its basically impossible. Solar has the best shot of them because he is a Zerg but only slightly.
On April 27 2022 20:30 Waxangel wrote: I'm kind of amused at how all the open qualifier events in the last year stack up to have virtually all of the aligulac top 12 or so. Definitely fun for the viewers; dunno what it implies about the state of the scene tho
Similarly shocked as others that Maru would NOT pick Clem and take Reynor instead
Great idea. It's kinda imba that a building or ability which gives vision remains invisible itself. Imagine a scanner tower being invisible!
There's of course the observer, but observers aren't free.
Or maybe creep tumours only turn invisible after a period of time, say, after 2-3 minutes? Complicated I know, but the opponent should be given some even chance of taking them down.
On April 27 2022 20:30 Waxangel wrote: I'm kind of amused at how all the open qualifier events in the last year stack up to have virtually all of the aligulac top 12 or so. Definitely fun for the viewers; dunno what it implies about the state of the scene tho
Similarly shocked as others that Maru would NOT pick Clem and take Reynor instead
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