Its funny/sad that a tournament with such a big prize pool has such a weak line up. Insanely boring games to come, not worht watching tbh. But im really hype for PL and GSL!

Soularion

Canada2764 Posts

March 20 2016 03:21 GMT

#28

On March 19 2016 21:00 Abradix1 wrote:

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That is actually quite big, that makes this tournament a lot more important than I thought it was. Would love to see a seperate analysis of the potential ranking shifts.

There's not much. To boil it down into likely events- if MarineLorD makes 2nd, he gets the spot. If not and Has gets top 8, he gets the stop. If not and MarineLorD (or iA, causing a potential tiebreaker) gets Ro4, they get the spot.

Anyone else can get the spot if they get #1 (or, in the case of quite a few people) #2, but the chances of seeing anyone outside of MarineLorD/Elazer/Snute/PtitDrogo/Nerchio in the finals is insignificant.

When you note that Has is the favorite in his qualifier and iAsonu is probably not making top 4, the only significant data gained from this is 'MarineLorD needs to perform here or at Regionals'.

Chant1

37 Posts

March 20 2016 10:31 GMT

#29

it is so hard to care about this...

hexhaven

Finland936 Posts

March 20 2016 10:53 GMT

#30

I'm secretly rooting for Sioras.

Diabolique

Czech Republic5118 Posts

March 20 2016 18:47 GMT

#31

On March 20 2016 03:44 Ensiferum8 wrote:
Its funny/sad that a tournament with such a big prize pool has such a weak line up. Insanely boring games to come, not worht watching tbh. But im really hype for PL and GSL!

Maybe, you don't know one thing. One day after the tournament, there will be another minitournament with prize pool 12k USD, where some selected (not the best) Koreans will play against the foreign winners of the tournament. I hope, these matches will be interesting, as I expect that players like Snute can actually beat Koreans (and even more when these are not the top ones). There will be ByuN and ByuL, Stork and a few others. At least that.

boxerfred

Germany8360 Posts

March 20 2016 19:50 GMT

#32

not going to tune in.

SetGuitarsToKill

Canada28396 Posts

March 20 2016 19:52 GMT

#33

On March 21 2016 04:50 boxerfred wrote:
not going to tune in.

thank you for letting us know. i was wondering if you would or not

Rehio

United States1718 Posts

March 20 2016 20:15 GMT

#34

Absolutely going to tune in; I'm really looking forward to seeing the matches.

Well.. if the production holds up. China seems scary for production, lately.

Diabolique

Czech Republic5118 Posts

March 21 2016 00:50 GMT

#35

On March 21 2016 05:15 Rehio wrote:
Absolutely going to tune in; I'm really looking forward to seeing the matches.

Well.. if the production holds up. China seems scary for production, lately.

Well, I would like to tune in, but not for the group with 4 Zergs and not while Proleague / GSL runs at the same time. So I guess Thursday is the only option. But I will definitely tune in for the showmatch with the Koreans (on Sunday or Monday?). I just hope, the last two Koreans announced will be true stars and not some B-line up. But I am definitely not complaining about ByuN and DRG.