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United States20365 Posts
First off, the Blizzard Cup is back with a new name: GSL Tour Grand Finals. Here are the players who are qualified:
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They mistook Sting for Hero. Pretty sure Hero will be playing and not Sting. The format is the same as last year: two five men groups. Top three move onto the knockout rounds, with the top two from each group being placed directly in semifinals. Biggest format change is that instead of Bo1 group stage matches, every match in pool play will be Bo3.
It starts on the 17th of December and ends on the 22nd.
For the 2013 GSL Tour, there will be four regular GSL seasons with Code S staying exactly the same and Code A/Up and Down matches getting slight changes that will be announced soon.
For GSTL, there will be two GSTL seasons, but they will be in full league format more like Proleague with a long regular season and playoffs.
For GOMTV itself, there will be enhanced HQ and a new flash player that GOM will put on their site you can use instead of GOMTV. Meaning you no longer need to download anything to watch GSL.
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how did you do this so fast.......Heck I spent a good 5 minutes just thinking about all the stuff they said lol
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United States95020 Posts
I like the changes so far. Looking forward to the new GSTL. More team league matches can't be a bad thing, right? Kind of sad that there will only be 4 GSLs next year, but they were kind of crammed to get a 5th one in this year and the shorter tournament caused a lot of people to complain, so I guess it's for the best.
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I like how Sting won DH at the same time as IEM Singapore 
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since PartinG already got a slot, MKP definitely has a shot here at WCG
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Great changes all around. GOM stepping it up.
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I like the part where I will be able to watch LG-IM play more than a handful of matches per GSTL season, thank goodness for full league format.
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wooot
blizzcup 2012, baby!!
go DRG!!
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Enhanced HQ is a Premium feature only available to the $29.99/season ticket, not the $19.99/season one.
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thank god Rain will have another chance at winning a major title before 2012 ends after the GSL mishap....
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On November 30 2012 12:43 Fionn wrote:
For GSTL, there will be two GSTL seasons, but they will be in full league format more like Proleague with a long regular season and playoffs.
Fantasy is back! :D:D:D
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Did Sting really win DHW12?
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I like the more spread out GSLs, S5 just felt forced to combine with IPL and I think the scheduling may have tampered with some player's quality of skill due to lack of time. Having more GSTL matches is good though, and all those new stream upgrades are nice.
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If sting doesn't get to go just because he won IEM and they mistook the result I'll be sad FOR him lol.
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United States20365 Posts
On November 30 2012 13:00 archonOOid wrote:
Did Sting really win DHW12?
Sting won IEM Singapore. Hero won DH Winter. Seeing as DH Winter was apart of the Blizzard Cup last year (which Hero won), pretty sure it means Hero is qualified and not Sting.
It's pretty much the same format as last year except they switched MLG Providence with IPL5, IEM NY with OSL, and I think Blizzcon for BWC.
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Canada15958 Posts
On November 30 2012 13:02 Fionn wrote:Sting won IEM Singapore. Hero won DH Winter. Seeing as DH Winter was apart of the Blizzard Cup last year (which Hero won), pretty sure it means Hero is qualified and not Sting. It's pretty much the same format as last year except they switched MLG Providence with IPL5, IEM NY with OSL, and I think Blizzcon for BWC.
mr chae just said it would be fixed on twitter
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Part of the problem with GOM's stream is the terrible encoding, hopefully their overall encoding will improve, not just a higher resolution.
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what's the situation for 3rd in points? I'm guessing it depends on whether or not Ryung advances? Cause Hyun/Bogus can be royalroaders and I don't think Sniper has placed high enough in previous seasons to be that far up
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On November 30 2012 13:00 PhoenixVoid wrote:
I like the more spread out GSLs, S5 just felt forced to combine with IPL and I think the scheduling may have tampered with some player's quality of skill due to lack of time. Having more GSTL matches is good though, and all those new stream upgrades are nice.
The compression was due to WCS. I will bet money that the drop to 4 GSL seasons is mostly to allow for WCS 2013.
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