Are you ready to compete in a league of the highest skills? Come test your worth in the brutal challenge that is the 2013 GSL Season 2 Code A Qualifiers. Now is the time to hone your skills as the stage is being set for a free for all between both new and veteran players. Will you rise to the challenge?
Priority for registration will be given to these players in sequential order:
1. ESF Players 2. KeSPA Players 3. Masters league players with at least 200 points (by April 1st, 12:00 PM KST)
After these players have been sorted, anyone will be able to sign up for the Code A qualifiers for a total number of 576 players. (First-come, first-served basis until March 29th, 12:00PM KST)
Code A Preliminaries Application Period: March 29th, 12 PM (KST) ~ April 1st, 12 PM (KST) *When the application period has opened, the link will be found here.
Code A Preliminaries Offline Event: April 10th-11th
Participation Requirements: - Must be at least 12 years old - Need to have a SC2 Battle.net account (cannot use your family's or friends' accounts) [Does not have to be a Korean Battle.net account] - Identification (Passport, Picture ID, Driver's License)
Match Format: Bo3 (2 wins to advance)
Map Pool (Official ladder maps from 2013 Battle.net Season 2) : 1st set – Daybreak (Ladder) 2nd set – Whirlwind (Ladder) 3rd set – Belshir’ Vestige (Ladder)
Map credits: Daybreak made by Blizzard Whirlwind made by Blizzard Belshir’ Vestige made by Blizzard
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact gsl@gomtv.com
On March 25 2013 16:37 Tobblish wrote: Lets see what foreigners will give it a shot now with HOTS. Hopefully this prelim will have a stream, please Khaldor do iiittttt <3
No love for the mapmakers I ;;
@Khaldor Code A Qualifier will take place April 10/11! Don't have any casts scheduled for these days, expect video & twitter coverage! #GSL
i don't think there's a stream, but should be plenty to please hungry profile stalkers!
On March 25 2013 17:37 rj rl wrote: bisu hwailing!
On March 25 2013 17:40 Dodgin wrote: It's that time of year again, the time of year when I cheer for Bisu in the F5 thread and then he loses in the finals.
On March 25 2013 17:40 Dodgin wrote: It's that time of year again, the time of year when I cheer for Bisu in the F5 thread and then he loses in the finals.
He'll make it this time guys
He'll make it....
i sincerely hope so, but if bisu fails again it'll be comic rather than tragic
On March 25 2013 17:57 Pandemona wrote: Wow this is quite a way away again. Oh well! Should be even more fun to see what the crazy Korean strats are on the ladders from masters players+
On March 25 2013 17:57 Pandemona wrote: Wow this is quite a way away again. Oh well! Should be even more fun to see what the crazy Korean strats are on the ladders from masters players+
The rest can fight it out earnestly. Also: Isn't there a list of Code B people somewhere on liquipedia. I remember someone posting one last time we had qualifiers.
On March 25 2013 17:40 Dodgin wrote: It's that time of year again, the time of year when I cheer for Bisu in the F5 thread and then he loses in the finals.
Here's a list of some players that tried to but failed to qualify in last season's Code B: MMA, Supernova, Sting, Puma, TheStC, jjakji, Alicia, Hwangsin, JYP, Crank, Golden, Heart, Choya, Oz, Miya, Inca, Top, Vines, Dark, Stardust, Lucky, San, Tails, Brown, Suhosin, asd, Whale, Serius, Stats, free, ZerO, Hydra, Argo, Cure, Dear, Action, herO, Jangbi, Bisu, Stork, Best, Zest, Thorzain, Major, Artosis.
And here are the 24 players who were knocked out in the round of 48 last season and will have to requalify: Mvp, Jaedong, Genius, finale, YugiOh, TY, Reality, HuK, Tear, First, Sola, Dream, Happy, Revival, Seed, Byul, Vampire, Arthur, s2, Hack, Trap, Zenio, Shine, HS.
All these players are currently not in the GSL. There are only 23 spots up for grabs, who are you cheering for?
On March 25 2013 19:09 Gatesleeper wrote: Here's a list of some players that tried to but failed to qualify in last season's Code B: MMA, Supernova, Sting, Puma, TheStC, jjakji, Alicia, Hwangsin, JYP, Crank, Golden, Heart, Choya, Oz, Miya, Inca, Top, Vines, Dark, Stardust, Lucky, San, Tails, Brown, Suhosin, asd, Whale, Serius, Stats, free, ZerO, Hydra, Argo, Cure, Dear, Action, herO, Jangbi, Bisu, Stork, Best, Zest, Thorzain, Major, Artosis.
And here are the 24 players who were knocked out in the round of 48 last season and will have to requalify: Mvp, Jaedong, Genius, finale, YugiOh, TY, Reality, HuK, Tear, First, Sola, Dream, Happy, Revival, Seed, Byul, Vampire, Arthur, s2, Hack, Trap, Zenio, Shine, HS.
All these players are currently not in the GSL. There are only 23 spots up for grabs, who are you cheering for?
On March 25 2013 19:09 Gatesleeper wrote: Here's a list of some players that tried to but failed to qualify in last season's Code B: MMA, Supernova, Sting, Puma, TheStC, jjakji, Alicia, Hwangsin, JYP, Crank, Golden, Heart, Choya, Oz, Miya, Inca, Top, Vines, Dark, Stardust, Lucky, San, Tails, Brown, Suhosin, asd, Whale, Serius, Stats, free, ZerO, Hydra, Argo, Cure, Dear, Action, herO, Jangbi, Bisu, Stork, Best, Zest, Thorzain, Major, Artosis.
And here are the 24 players who were knocked out in the round of 48 last season and will have to requalify: Mvp, Jaedong, Genius, finale, YugiOh, TY, Reality, HuK, Tear, First, Sola, Dream, Happy, Revival, Seed, Byul, Vampire, Arthur, s2, Hack, Trap, Zenio, Shine, HS.
All these players are currently not in the GSL. There are only 23 spots up for grabs, who are you cheering for?
Jaedong has really been impressing me on his stream lately, I'd be very surprised if he didn't make it through. Of course, the qualifiers are going to be stacked...
Since the account with Masters 2000 doesn't need to be Korean, that means anyone from EU/US could take part. Will be interesting to see if any foreigners decide to try it, and what the rulings are about them having to be in Korea
On March 25 2013 23:26 Warchariot wrote: Since the account with Masters 2000 doesn't need to be Korean, that means anyone from EU/US could take part. Will be interesting to see if any foreigners decide to try it, and what the rulings are about them having to be in Korea
On March 25 2013 23:26 Warchariot wrote: Since the account with Masters 2000 doesn't need to be Korean, that means anyone from EU/US could take part. Will be interesting to see if any foreigners decide to try it, and what the rulings are about them having to be in Korea
What do you mean "rulings"? The event is taking place in Korea,unless you have a clone that you can send, you have to be in Korea to participate.
On March 26 2013 00:10 ReMiiX wrote: How often do they hold these? I will be in Korea from the end of May until the end of July and I would love to play one of these.
It depends on the spacing of the GSL seasons since there are 4 this year. The last ones were in January so it's possible that they could be played about every 3 months so there might be one in the beginning of July. It just depends on how Gom spaces everything out
On March 26 2013 00:10 ReMiiX wrote: How often do they hold these? I will be in Korea from the end of May until the end of July and I would love to play one of these.
Every few months. I don't know how many seasons there will be this year, but there should be at least another season and the qualifiers during the time you are in Korea
On March 26 2013 00:17 CoR wrote: i am pretty sure whirlwind is NOT done by blizzard, perhaps few changes but map ISNT from them !
None of them are blizzard maps, I'm assuming it's saying that they're using the ladder versions of each map.
So far they always announced the author of the map, how it would be on the battlenet, not the original creator. That way people don't end up training on a map were something was changed. I have already seen a tournament with cast from replay, where the two players ended up on a map with increased barracks build time and they didn't notice until far in the game. So it is quiet important to state the one that uploaded the version to the battle net.
On March 25 2013 16:37 Tobblish wrote: Lets see what foreigners will give it a shot now with HOTS. Hopefully this prelim will have a stream, please Khaldor do iiittttt <3
No love for the mapmakers I ;;
@Khaldor Code A Qualifier will take place April 10/11! Don't have any casts scheduled for these days, expect video & twitter coverage! #GSL
i don't think there's a stream, but should be plenty to please hungry profile stalkers!
On March 25 2013 23:52 RPR_Tempest wrote: Scarlett, Artosis, cArn, Whiplash, HuK and MajOr will probably be the foreigners trying to qualify.
If ThorZaIN, DeMusliM, SaSe or NaNiwa are around they'll probably try too, but I don't think they'll be in Korea.
MAYBE SLoG, but I think he might have retired. LastShadow is back to playing a bit of SC2, but I highly doubt he'll try to qualify.
That would be awesome both for GSL (and foreigner/korean fans) if all mentioned would give it a shot (and even better if some of them qualified + Show Spoiler +
On March 26 2013 04:16 Ponera wrote: Does this mean that someone in gold can apply if they get there first and there is room after the masters players all are accounted for?
I wouldn't mind flying to Korea and cheesing a few matches lol
On March 26 2013 04:16 Ponera wrote: Does this mean that someone in gold can apply if they get there first and there is room after the masters players all are accounted for?
I wouldn't mind flying to Korea and cheesing a few matches lol
Yup, it's right there in black and white, anyone can participate (and the brackets are never close to full)... I always wonder why more randoms and fans don't sign up, you might be able to play a Korean pro in a tournament, how many people can say that? Especially because there are so few open brackets left, and I'm pretty sure these qualifiers are free...
On March 26 2013 04:16 Ponera wrote: Does this mean that someone in gold can apply if they get there first and there is room after the masters players all are accounted for?
I wouldn't mind flying to Korea and cheesing a few matches lol
Yup, it's right there in black and white, anyone can participate (and the brackets are never close to full)... I always wonder why more randoms and fans don't sign up, you might be able to play a Korean pro in a tournament, how many people can say that? Especially because there are so few open brackets left, and I'm pretty sure these qualifiers are free...
To be honest I imagine all 576 slots get filled by ESF/Kespa + other random masters players.
On March 26 2013 04:16 Ponera wrote: Does this mean that someone in gold can apply if they get there first and there is room after the masters players all are accounted for?
I wouldn't mind flying to Korea and cheesing a few matches lol
Haha while a gold player could even if they cheesed they'd still get 2-0'd easy
On March 26 2013 04:16 Ponera wrote: Does this mean that someone in gold can apply if they get there first and there is room after the masters players all are accounted for?
I wouldn't mind flying to Korea and cheesing a few matches lol
Pretty sure any gold could play. These things never fill up and there are always tons of byes in the early rounds.
On March 26 2013 04:16 Ponera wrote: Does this mean that someone in gold can apply if they get there first and there is room after the masters players all are accounted for?
I wouldn't mind flying to Korea and cheesing a few matches lol
Yup, it's right there in black and white, anyone can participate (and the brackets are never close to full)... I always wonder why more randoms and fans don't sign up, you might be able to play a Korean pro in a tournament, how many people can say that? Especially because there are so few open brackets left, and I'm pretty sure these qualifiers are free...
To be honest I imagine all 576 slots get filled by ESF/Kespa + other random masters players.
Not even close. Usually they're not even half full. There are only 14 teams in both orgs combined, and not that many randoms sign up, so...
Map credits: Daybreak made by Blizzard Whirlwind made by Blizzard Belshir’ Vestige made by Blizzard
the fuck
Kinda what I was curious about lol.
Whatever JAEDONG BETTER QUALIFY AGAIN!
I have these maps vetoed because they bore me to death T_T
Yes, but these aren't tournament games -- they're qualifiers. GomTV will choose the most balanced, boring maps they can possibly find because choosing ridiculous maps (that potentially aren't very well balance-tested) for entertainment value could ruin the validity of the rest of their tournament.
On March 29 2013 00:40 sitromit wrote: Khaldor tweeted that he got permission to stream the qualifiers this time. This will be good!
That's exciting! Hopefully we are able to see some notable players. I assume it'll probably be like it was the times wolf streamed it where they just have to find people willing to be streamed probably will see Scarlett and some of the foreigners play
On March 29 2013 00:49 ZenithM wrote: Wow, happy birthday Shellshock
Excited for this qualifier, I hope we can get a wolf into Code A
SortOf, Sting and Arthur will attempt to qualify, with Daisy going for morale support (due to just having had major eye surgery and being on a 2 week break from SC2 as a result)
EPT
