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I wonder if TY will participate!
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Delighted to hear it's all in person, and two seasons is great. Shame it's only over 6 weeks. I hope something can continue next year and be spaced out more. Assume there will be English commentary? (tasteless and state)
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Only 12 slots is very sad, I hope next year is more drawn out. Also I do wonder if for SOOP whether it's worth it because Patreon contributions will drop with it only being on SOOP not Youtube.
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On April 26 2025 01:25 Haighstrom wrote:
Delighted to hear it's all in person, and two seasons is great. Shame it's only over 6 weeks. I hope something can continue next year and be spaced out more. Assume there will be English commentary? (tasteless and state)
We all know the only reason they have this GSL was because of EWC, dont expect GSL coming back next year or at least until they (unlikely) announce SC2 for EWC again.
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I don't care about anything, 1 more year of GSL is AMAZING news to me! :D :D
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Any word on how you qualify?
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On April 26 2025 17:27 Edpayasugo wrote:
Any word on how you qualify?
Winning the qualifier thats beeing played now
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Thank you SOOP for hosting GSL for another year!
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Reynor qualified...another go I guess!
Sadly Dark didn't even try to qualify. Military service must be really close :/
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On April 26 2025 21:29 Balnazza wrote:
Reynor qualified...another go I guess!
Sadly Dark didn't even try to qualify. Military service must be really close :/
Still playing so not qualified or am I reading it wrong?
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sOs qualified for GSL.
Not something I expected to say/type in 2025... :D For multiple reasons...
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On April 26 2025 21:31 Kreuger wrote:Show nested quote +On April 26 2025 21:29 Balnazza wrote:
Reynor qualified...another go I guess!
Sadly Dark didn't even try to qualify. Military service must be really close :/ Still playing so not qualified or am I reading it wrong?
Concerning Reynor: Sorry, I fumbled the system, didn't realize it was a two-stage-qualification.
EDIT: Fumbled again. Reynor did already qualify, the 2nd Round is only to determine which players make it into the 2nd Stage of GSL proper. So yeah, Reynor is in!
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On April 26 2025 22:09 Balnazza wrote:Show nested quote +On April 26 2025 21:31 Kreuger wrote:On April 26 2025 21:29 Balnazza wrote:
Reynor qualified...another go I guess!
Sadly Dark didn't even try to qualify. Military service must be really close :/ Still playing so not qualified or am I reading it wrong? Concerning Reynor: Sorry, I fumbled the system, didn't realize it was a two-stage-qualification. EDIT: Fumbled again. Reynor did already qualify, the 2nd Round is only to determine which players make it into the 2nd Stage of GSL proper. So yeah, Reynor is in!
Ah nice 
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Shin, Bunny, Zoun, Creator, DRG, and Ryung are the notable eliminations. On the one hand the tournament feels more prestigious if not every pro Korean qualifies (as it would basically be with 16 players), on the other hand at this point I feel like all Koreans who've stuck with SC2 this long sort of deserve to play...
Impressive to see Trigger qualified - he's had some great results online recently, but qualifying for GSL over those names is still a big step forward.
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12 slots is a shame looking at how many players signed up for this
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On April 26 2025 23:01 Die4Ever wrote:
12 slots is a shame looking at how many players signed up for this
22 players signed up for the tournament (if I counted correctly). So slightly more than 50% of the participants got in.
So I think sadly 12 players is a pretty good spot
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Liquipedia says Reynor qualified even though he lost the qualifying match vs herO? I don't see a final win for Reynor where he finished
I see Solar and Cure are counted as qualified too, so I guess the "qualifying match" is a bit of a misleading name lol
I guess it's the "qualifying match" for the higher seeds that skip round 1?
I never really like these formats where we see so few games from the top players, the champ could theoretically have just 4 matches broadcast for the tournament as quickly as 11 games, and for the 8th place players we might only see 2 matches with an 0-4
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On April 26 2025 23:40 Die4Ever wrote:
Liquipedia says Reynor qualified even though he lost the qualifying match vs herO? I don't see a final win for Reynor where he finished
I see Solar and Cure are counted as qualified too, so I guess the "qualifying match" is a bit of a misleading name lol
I guess it's the "qualifying match" for the higher seeds that skip round 1?
I never really like these formats where we see so few games from the top players, the champ could theoretically have just 4 matches broadcast for the tournament as quickly as 11 games, and for the 8th place players we might only see 2 matches with an 0-4
I fell for that two:
Round 1 of the qualifier was basically a "placement" round. The Top 2 finisher go into the R2 Top Group and play out the players that directly qualify for the 2nd Group Stage of GSL. The other ones (like Reynor) qualify for the first stage.
The Losers of R1 play out the remaining slots for Group Stage 1.
It is atleast very consistent with GSL that they always play out the "invites" for the first tournament of the season, they rarely give out free slots.
And while the format has certain problems, it seems the perfect one if you have to cramp two seasons of GSL into barely three months, because they need to finish in advance of EWC.
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Liquipedia had it all in the format section 
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