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United States32954 Posts
Schedule: November 29-30 start time is 12:00 GMT (+00:00) // Dec 1 is 12:15 GMT (+00:00)
- November 29:
RO24 Groups A & B (6 player round-robin)
- November 30:
RO24 Groups C & D (6 player round-robin)
- December 1:
Playoffs (8 player single elimination)
Streams: TakeTV (main English stream) + check TL.net sidebar when live
Players and Initial Groups:
Stream Schedule
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The lineup is looking good! Maru's first HSC? Now I am eager to find out the groups so I can decide if I should be worried for the number of Protoss in the top 8...
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Last invited person is Gerald
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Group C will be a fun one
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Germany337 Posts
On November 28 2024 03:08 Kreuger wrote:Group C will be a fun one
i hope all the groups will bring fun
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On November 28 2024 04:26 hjpalpha wrote:i hope all the groups will bring fun
Ofcourse :p
Meant that I think this one will be the most "fun" in most thrilling which two players will move on
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United States32954 Posts
Going to the 2-of-6 advance format does make the group stage more interesting. Compared to some of the older tournaments where the groups could feel like a formality, there's some real tension in the second place races in this tournament.
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Germany337 Posts
On November 28 2024 13:14 Waxangel wrote: Going to the 2-of-6 advance format does make the group stage more interesting. Compared to some of the older tournaments where the groups could feel like a formality, there's some real tension in the second place races in this tournament.
and having 6 player groups instead of 8 player groups makes it way easier to administrate too, like with this format:- all players are upstairs in the player rooms instead of some also downstairs in the vip area
- no overlapping groups (with 8 matches at the same time during the overlap) but one group after another (with 3 matches at the same time)
overall it imo is heavily preferable
(and it is no pseudo-swiss abomination)
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HYPUUUU YES YES YES!!!
THANK YOU FOR SAVING ESPORTS TAKETV!
First for me seeing the new patch live in action
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On November 28 2024 13:14 Waxangel wrote: Going to the 2-of-6 advance format does make the group stage more interesting. Compared to some of the older tournaments where the groups could feel like a formality, there's some real tension in the second place races in this tournament. Yeah, C is the only group that really feels like a formality (no offense to big Gabe, but unless Reynor is slacking hard he doesn't have much hope.) Showtime is playing well and pretty favored to get 2nd in B imo, but A (Gumiho is clearly the best player in that group, but him losing to Skillous and Nightmare is plausible) and the second spot in D are wide open.
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On November 28 2024 13:14 Waxangel wrote: Going to the 2-of-6 advance format does make the group stage more interesting. Compared to some of the older tournaments where the groups could feel like a formality, there's some real tension in the second place races in this tournament. Can't wait for Maru to bomb out in the group stages
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France12749 Posts
It felt like a year I couldn't watch sc2, despite EWC being not that far back. So hype! Having Maru participate as well is the icing on the cake though, pretty fucking cool
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On November 29 2024 03:55 Durnuu wrote:Show nested quote +On November 28 2024 13:14 Waxangel wrote: Going to the 2-of-6 advance format does make the group stage more interesting. Compared to some of the older tournaments where the groups could feel like a formality, there's some real tension in the second place races in this tournament. Can't wait for Maru to bomb out in the group stages
Wouldn’t be surprised since it’s outside of Korea
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On November 29 2024 07:15 Blitzball04 wrote:Show nested quote +On November 29 2024 03:55 Durnuu wrote:On November 28 2024 13:14 Waxangel wrote: Going to the 2-of-6 advance format does make the group stage more interesting. Compared to some of the older tournaments where the groups could feel like a formality, there's some real tension in the second place races in this tournament. Can't wait for Maru to bomb out in the group stages Wouldn’t be surprised since it’s outside of Korea
When has maru bombed out in groups outside korea?
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On November 29 2024 09:40 lokol4890 wrote:Show nested quote +On November 29 2024 07:15 Blitzball04 wrote:On November 29 2024 03:55 Durnuu wrote:On November 28 2024 13:14 Waxangel wrote: Going to the 2-of-6 advance format does make the group stage more interesting. Compared to some of the older tournaments where the groups could feel like a formality, there's some real tension in the second place races in this tournament. Can't wait for Maru to bomb out in the group stages Wouldn’t be surprised since it’s outside of Korea When has maru bombed out in groups outside korea? Yeah Maru usually advances from groups and makes a strong playoffs run, he's got a ton of 2nd places (a blessing and a curse lol)
We haven't seen him play in a long time, I wonder what kind of shape he's in
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my feeling is that reynor won't make it through the group phase. I'm probably wrong.
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On November 29 2024 18:50 jack_less wrote: my feeling is that reynor won't make it through the group phase. I'm probably wrong.
Gabe could definitely beat Reynor, especially if Reynor hasn't been practicing much.
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Looking forward to this. Great player list, it has been a while since the last offline tournament, and HSC is always a party.
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United Kingdom38142 Posts
Really looking forward to this. Not sure how much I can watch live but should be some great games
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