With the Season 2 Premier League wrapped up, WCS Europe moves on to the Challenger League where 24 players will earn spots in the Season 3 Premier League.
Challenger League Primer
Challenger League is comprised of 40 players: 8 from qualifiers, 8 from the previous season of Challenger League, and the 24 Premier League players who did not finish in the top eight.
Bracket Stage: 8 players earn Premier League spots
All the forty players are placed into a three round, single elimination tournament. Players who finished top 16 in the previous Premier League are seeded into the third and final round. The eight players who are victorious in the third round receive spots in the next Premier League.
Group Stage: 16 players earn Premier League spots
The 32 players who did NOT advance to the Premier League from the Bracket Stage move on to the Group Stage of the tournament, where they are placed into eight different four-man groups. Each group is played in GSL/Premier League double elimination style, with the top two players receiving spots in the next Premier League. The third place finisher receives a spot in the next Challenger League, while the fourth place finisher is eliminated and must requalify.
The winners move onto the round two, the round of 24. The losers are not eliminated yet, getting second chances to qualify through the group stage (up/down) of the Challenger League.
The next round, the Ro24, will be played tomorrow at 16:00 GMT (+00:00).
Damn Sase, so close. Strelok noo .-. San yay. Genius no! :[ Although, sLivko is a really really good player. TargA over ForGG as biggest upset in ro40?
On August 13 2013 12:02 slowbacontron wrote: Yay for San and Shuttle (is that the right Shuttle?)!
I really dislike the team MvP solely for the fact that their players with very little personality always seem to knock out fan favorites. Duck taking out MC and Naniwa, Monster taking out Hyun for the GSL, Tails for Sase. If they win could they at least be interesting?
On August 13 2013 12:21 Apollo_Shards wrote: I really dislike the team MvP solely for the fact that their players with very little personality always seem to knock out fan favorites. Duck taking out MC and Naniwa, Monster taking out Hyun for the GSL, Tails for Sase. If they win could they at least be interesting?
Did you actually forget to mention Sniper? Or did you mean Sniper beating Hyun? (Among many others)
On August 13 2013 12:33 slowbacontron wrote: Deokdeok has very little personality? Did you watch the Europe finals?
Even Sniper was ecstatic upon winning his GSL
I said little not shitty, at the very least I would hope they would be happy for winning a tournament. I havent seen or heard anything about Sniper since he won.
Showing basic human emotions doesnt really cut it for me.
On August 13 2013 12:21 Apollo_Shards wrote: I really dislike the team MvP solely for the fact that their players with very little personality always seem to knock out fan favorites. Duck taking out MC and Naniwa, Monster taking out Hyun for the GSL, Tails for Sase. If they win could they at least be interesting?
For me, it was the fact that half of the team decided to all change names. Now I can't keep track of them anymore. Now I have to play a game of match the WoL ID to the HotS ID. Duckdeok is still finale to me.
And changing your ID from Monster to NAKSEO? Oh dear, Monster was such a cool ID. At least DRG didn't decide to change his ID, that would have been confusing.
Well I won't criticize you based on your opinion of players, but I think you should give them a chance. Their good play is entertaining in itself. (Maybe not Sniper during infestor/BL era but for example Tails and his cool builds)
While I like the fact that those who lose aren't out yet and that my favourites still have a chance (unlike danger days in code A), it does take away from the excitement since there is so much less on the line. Still, hoping Sase, Thorzain, Genius, and Sortof are able to survive their up and down groups!
EPT
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