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Pandain
United States12989 Posts
On February 09 2024 23:31 Artanis[Xp] wrote: Best case scenario for the broadcast tomorrow is if Solar beats Gumi. We'll have a direct qualification battle between Scarlett and Gumi  I of course want Gumiho to win this series but I agree it'll make for a better day tomorrow if Solar wins | ||
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Yoshi Kirishima
United States10366 Posts
On February 09 2024 23:59 Luolis wrote: Death, taxes, Gumi losing a bio TvZ. You can evade taxes though  | ||
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Nasigil
137 Posts
On February 09 2024 23:43 yezzir88 wrote: I would never ever in my life insinuate such a thing. You're reading way too much into what I said. Get out of your own head bro. All I'm saying is that Serral just so happens to get weak groups (weak compared to his skill level) every year and has never had to play in a group of death therefore less stress and better performance later down in the tournament giving him a higher chance of winning. Its just good luck. It can't possibly be anything else. I am just simply wondering why. No need to project bro. If you do believe "it's just good luck" then you wouldn't "wonder why" because you already know it's luck. Emphasizing "why" multiple times just feel like you are trying to imply there're other reason than luck. It's not projecting, it's a natural conclusion from your comment. If this is an attempt at discrediting Serral's achievement in anyway, I have to say this is the most pointless argument I've seem yet. | ||
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Fango
United Kingdom8987 Posts
Feels like a huge flaw of this schedule that some guys have an entire day to prep for the playoffs. Being 1st in your group already guarantees an extra $10K and one less playoff match, to add a day of prep is insane. Especially when you consider the variation in group difficulty. Like 2nd in Group D might easily be tougher than 1st in Group A They just want more final day matches than just ro4+finals like in past years? | ||
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Balnazza
Germany1254 Posts
On February 10 2024 00:11 Fango wrote: HeroM is locked in 1st right? He can literally take tomorrow off. Serral will certainly be the same. Probably also Dark if he beats Maru. Feels like a huge flaw of this schedule that some guys have an entire day to prep for the playoffs. Being 1st in your group already guarantees an extra $10K and one less playoff match, to add a day of prep is insane. Especially when you consider the variation in group difficulty. Like 2nd in Group D might easily be tougher than 1st in Group A They just want more final day matches than just ro4+finals like in past years? He can take half a day off. Of course he can throw against trigger (as in "not play too seriously"), especially since trigger is also done for, but the match itself is still worth 500 bucks. Personally wouldn't throw that out so easily. I also assume the guys already qualified for Top 8 have to do some media afterwards? | ||
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tigera6
3455 Posts
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MJG
United Kingdom1382 Posts
On February 10 2024 00:11 Fango wrote: HeroM is locked in 1st right? He can literally take tomorrow off. Serral will certainly be the same. Probably also Dark if he beats Maru. Feels like a huge flaw of this schedule that some guys have an entire day to prep for the playoffs. Being 1st in your group already guarantees an extra $10K and one less playoff match, to add a day of prep is insane. Especially when you consider the variation in group difficulty. Like 2nd in Group D might easily be tougher than 1st in Group A They just want more final day matches than just ro4+finals like in past years? Each Bo3 in the group stage is worth $500 if you win. I don't think anyone is going to be taking it easy. | ||
Nakajin
Canada8989 Posts
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Pandain
United States12989 Posts
On February 10 2024 00:11 Fango wrote: HeroM is locked in 1st right? He can literally take tomorrow off. Serral will certainly be the same. Probably also Dark if he beats Maru. Feels like a huge flaw of this schedule that some guys have an entire day to prep for the playoffs. Being 1st in your group already guarantees an extra $10K and one less playoff match, to add a day of prep is insane. Especially when you consider the variation in group difficulty. Like 2nd in Group D might easily be tougher than 1st in Group A They just want more final day matches than just ro4+finals like in past years? It's not actually that bad. You don't get an extra day of prep- you get an extra day of rest (and you have to play one series anyway which kind of still takes time/energy even if it's irrelevant). You won't know who your opponent is, or even possibly will be, until the end of the day just like everyone else. So you basically just get to relax more, but I think that's a fair reward for going 4-0 right off the bat | ||
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Durnuu
13322 Posts
On February 10 2024 00:23 Nakajin wrote: Plus surely if you are Heromarine, it's much less work to show up and play your normal level than actually "taking it easy". He probably won't bust out any tournament specific cheese though. Yeah, and if nothing else it's at least good mental practice, as in it's playing a match for the biggest tournament of the year. So you're that little bit more used to the pressure. | ||
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Fango
United Kingdom8987 Posts
On February 10 2024 00:22 MJG wrote: Each Bo3 in the group stage is worth $500 if you win. I don't think anyone is going to be taking it easy. 500 bucks is nice, but there's zero stress involved in that match, especially when winning his first playoff series nets him an extra $20K. He's not gonna pull out any of his best builds compared to the players fighting for their tournament life tomorrow. As for prep, sure you don't know your ro8 opponent until tomorrow, but you still get time to rest, look over everyone else's games, and think about builds in different cases. And all that rest is in addition to the extra guaranteed $10K, and not having to play the ro8. Going 4-0 is worth any of those rewards on their own, let alone all of them | ||
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Ciaus237
South Africa286 Posts
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TheLordofAwesome
Korea (South)2655 Posts
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Poopi
France12907 Posts
On February 10 2024 00:43 TheLordofAwesome wrote: Maru's loss to Cyan seems to have been a wakeup call to him. He's playing a lot better vs Showtime I think ShoWTimE isn't as aggro as Cyan so Maru can kinda do whatever he wants it seems, it helps | ||
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Nakajin
Canada8989 Posts
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Fango
United Kingdom8987 Posts
On February 10 2024 00:44 Poopi wrote: ShoWTimE isn't as aggro as Cyan so Maru can kinda do whatever he wants it seems, it helps Yeah, Showtime has always been a fantastic matchup for Maru. You could probably say Showtime's style doesn't lend itself well to PvT in general. Protoss has so much potential to mess up and tilt terran in the early game that he doesn't really do. | ||
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dysenterymd
1250 Posts
On February 10 2024 00:49 Nakajin wrote: If Reynor lose this, is he out? I can imagine a situation with a lot of players on 2-3 in this group, but most likely. Edit: If Reynor goes 0-2 against herO though his map score may be too bad to advance 2-3 | ||
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darklycid
3519 Posts
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Poopi
France12907 Posts
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TheLordofAwesome
Korea (South)2655 Posts
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