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SSL 2017 announced, ft SC2 and BW
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and I didn't read the tweet yay for valdes | ||
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Hoping Blizzard can get SC2 in a slightly better state before then. Happy for it regardless. | ||
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for sc2 part: 2 seasons, each seasons consist of preliminary-challenge 1- premier - challenge 2. first day of the preliminary: 20 top players advance second day: bo3 4 people groups statge, 2 winners go to the premier the other 2 go to the challenge premier pennant race: full league bo3 top 4 goes to the play offs bottom 2 goes to the ssl challenge challenge first stage 2 groups of 5 people (5 weeks) top 6 goes to the second stage of the challenge. Play off (bw and sc2 done at the same day) po round 1 and 2 bw bo3, sc2 bo5 (4th vs 3rd, the winner vs 2nd) finals bw bo5, sc2 bo7 (the winner vs 1st) challenge 2nd stage 6 people bo5 full league( 5 week) 1st: seeded to the premier next season 2nd to 4th: seeded to the up and down matches "fast lane" season 2 fast lane (up and downs) bo3 group stage (of 4) 1st day: premier 6th and 7th of the premier, and 2nd, 3rd of the challenge. Top 2 to the premier season 2, the others to the 2nd day. 2nd day: the two losers of the first day, 8th of the premier, and 4th of the challenge. Top two to the premier, the others to the challenge pennant race premier 10 people, top 5 from the season 1 premier, the 1st place from the challenge second place, and 4 from the fast lane challenge 2 fast lane losers, 9th and 10th of premier, 6 new players through preliminary. | ||
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egernya
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post season (bw and sc2 same) 1st 10,000,000 2nd 5,000,000 3rd 2,000,000 pennant race premier (45,000,000 in total) 1,000,000 per a match, 45 matches (bo3) 2:0 (8:2 for winner/loser)/ 2:1(7:3) challenge first(6,000,000) 300,000 per match, 20 matches in total(bo3) 200,000 for the winner, 100,000 for the loser challenger second(7,500,000) 500,000 per match(bo5) 15 matches total 300,000 for the winner, 200,000 for the loser bw 500,000 per match(bo1) 28 and 45 total for season 1 and 2 the winner takes 400,000, and the loser takes 100,000 no prize money for rematches or fast lane matches. Total 2017 prize pool (sc2+bw) 221,500,000 Total season 1 prize pool 106,500,000 Total season 2 prize pool 115,000,000 WCS points (premier only) 1st 1500 2nd 1050 3rd and 4th 675 3900 in total per season | ||
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Jealous
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egernya
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1st season 8 players from the fan vote. (10 for 2nd) pennant race full league bo1, top 4 to the play off play off matches done with sc2. bo3 for play off round 1 and 2, bo5 for the finals. season 2 top 4 from season 1, 6 from another fan vote. | ||
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AshC
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AshC
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Here is the picture in English in case someone wants to know: https://twitter.com/spotv_games_en | ||
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onlystar
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the (SSL) name will be awkward with sonics starleague history (edit ohw wait wut no korean bw pro's?) | ||
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Jealous
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On February 28 2017 15:55 onlystar wrote: omg really more bw im happy, the (SSL) name will be awkward with sonics starleague history (edit ohw wait wut no korean bw pro's?) They are almost definitely gonna be invited Korean pros. | ||
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egrimm
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blunderfulguy
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On February 28 2017 16:00 Jealous wrote: They are almost definitely gonna be invited Korean pros. Fan vote, so unless everyone votes for amateurs... | ||
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FrostedMiniWheats
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2017 > 2016 already | ||
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Solar424
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On February 28 2017 16:19 Nagetony wrote: I love StarCraft! 3 GSL Seasons, 2 SSL Seasons, 2 GSL Super tournaments in Korea in the next 8 months... man... we have a packed year!!! Meanwhile, in the rest of the world... | ||
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CynicalDeath
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On February 28 2017 16:37 NinjaToss wrote: Is it only me that get really confused by the format of this tournament? no? anyone? ...to simplify: qualifiers, top 20 advance to 5 gsl style groups... top 2 each go to Premier bottom 2 to Challenge.... Premier is a single 10 players round robin... top 4 advance and bottom 2 (9-10) are "locked" in challenge next season... top 4 players then go koth and premier is completed.... Challenge: 2 round robin groups of 5 players, top 3 each advance bottom 2 are left on a distant planet's surface to die... the 6 advancing players fight in a round robin single group... first qualifies directly to s2premier, 2 to 4 go to "fast lane for s2" and bottom 2 join the ones on the distant planet... | ||
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Musicus
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Man this format and everything is awesome. They even managed to secure WCS points, seems like 2017 is not set in stone after all. | ||
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NinjaToss
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On February 28 2017 16:57 CynicalDeath wrote: ...to simplify: qualifiers, top 20 advance to 5 gsl style groups... top 2 each go to Premier bottom 2 to Challenge.... Premier is a single 10 players round robin... top 4 advance and bottom 2 (9-10) are "locked" in challenge next season... top 4 players then go koth and premier is completed.... Challenge: 2 round robin groups of 5 players, top 3 each advance bottom 2 are left on a distant planet's surface to die... the 6 advancing players fight in a round robin single group... first qualifies directly to s2premier, 2 to 4 go to "fast lane for s2" and bottom 2 join the ones on the distant planet... Okay, now I understand. they should have put it like that in the infographic | ||
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On February 28 2017 16:37 FrostedMiniWheats wrote: *faints* 2017 > 2016 already Nah no proleague  | ||
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TheOneAboveU
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On February 28 2017 17:51 ImbaTosS wrote: I may be missing something, but I don't see where the casters are listed. I would be very keen to know whether there's an English BW cast, and if so, who is doing it. Wolf and Rapid it seems. | ||
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Elentos
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Well I'm not gonna complain, great news. | ||
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munch
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God I love SSL | ||
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SKNielsen1989
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Elentos
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Also there's money on the line for every bo3 match, that's cool. | ||
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Inflicted
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On February 28 2017 18:24 Elentos wrote: The main tournament (SSL Premier) has the same format as Proleague, that's easy enough to understand. But they really went mental with all the "Fast Lane" and "Challenge" stuff. Also there's money on the line for every bo3 match, that's cool. If there was no money on the line for each match, this format would be hell. Go through Challenger 5man group into a 6man group into 4man group to qualify into a 10man group for a chance at $1000 | ||
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PharaphobiaSC
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ParksonVN
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On February 28 2017 14:56 AshC wrote: I'm curious if they open SSL for foreigners as well. GSL got quite a bit of attention with Scarlett in Ro32 so would be nice if we can have some non-Korean players at SSL. Korean tournaments have been always open for foreigners as long as they come to Korea (it's offline event, ofc). The reason you had to wait such a long time to see a foreigner in GSL (Scarlett) is the dificulty of the tournament makes foreigners feel not worthy to travel all the way to Korea and then get rekt | ||
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FrostedMiniWheats
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meh. Wasn't the same anyway. Team identity was being stripped away with increasingly less and less player retention between teams. It wasn't like in the old days where guys like DRG were the face of their team or where you could watch the saplings on teams like IM develop into pillars for their team. Felt like anyone could jump teams and that ruins a lot of the team rivalry hype imo. Also, at least we now have a parade of top-tier players in online events. Used to be that guy's like ByuL would only be seen once every blue moon. I do miss FPL though ;; | ||
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Elentos
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On February 28 2017 18:33 Inflicted wrote: If there was no money on the line for each match, this format would be hell. Go through Challenger 5man group into a 6man group into 4man group to qualify into a 10man group for a chance at $1000 Well the worst thing about the format is that if you didn't get through the qualifiers in season 1, you can't make Premier in season 2. But yeah no money for the matches would also not have been great. The prelims are on the 8th/9th, I hope the IEM Katowice champion is sober by then  On February 28 2017 14:56 AshC wrote: I'm curious if they open SSL for foreigners as well. GSL got quite a bit of attention with Scarlett in Ro32 so would be nice if we can have some non-Korean players at SSL. It's a WCS Korea event so it should be open for foreigners since WCS Korea isn't region-locked. That aside, SSL was always open for foreigners and back in 2015 they would always invite big foreign names to play SSL Challenge. | ||
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On February 28 2017 18:39 FrostedMiniWheats wrote: Team identity was being stripped away with increasingly less and less player retention between teams. It wasn't like in the old days where guys like DRG were the face of their team or where you could watch the saplings on teams like IM develop into pillars for their team. Felt like anyone could jump teams and that ruins a lot of the team rivalry hype imo. The part about the "saplings" is true, but that's a general issue of the Korean scene, there aren't that many promising saplings to be found right now. But I disagree with the part about there being "no faces" and a feeling that anyone could jump team. I felt quite the opposite actually. In other sports during the off-season there's always this feeling of "Maybe big player X will join another team because he got a better offer". Not a feeling I got with Proleague. Players like Zest, Stats, Maru, sOs, herO and others, the faces of their teams, I never had the feeling that any of them would leave their team. Unless their team disbanded. | ||
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Creager
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On February 28 2017 18:34 PharaphobiaSC wrote: So finally no more elitist BS and we work together now? That's good to hear... Yeah, I really like the direction this is going. There are people who are interested in both games and this time it's not about forced transitions, so we will have high quality matches in both games. For me it's a win/win And they even have up&down matches from GSL :D | ||
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munch
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On February 28 2017 18:41 Elentos wrote: Well the worst thing about the format is that if you didn't get through the qualifiers in season 1, you can't make Premier in season 2. But yeah no money for the matches would also not have been great. The prelims are on the 8th/9th, I hope the IEM Katowice champion is sober by then It's a WCS Korea event so it should be open for foreigners since WCS Korea isn't region-locked. That aside, SSL was always open for foreigners and back in 2015 they would always invite big foreign names to play SSL Challenge. Possibly reading too much into this, but it also suggests SSL is here to stay. This format is essentially Code A / Code S from 2011 when they were separate tournaments; it doesn't make sense that they'd set up such a long term format if it's not continuing into more seasons | ||
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On February 28 2017 18:50 munch wrote: Possibly reading too much into this, but it also suggests SSL is here to stay. This format is essentially Code A / Code S from 2011 when they were separate tournaments; it doesn't make sense that they'd set up such a long term format if it's not continuing into more seasons True. One can hope. | ||
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Charoisaur
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On February 28 2017 18:39 FrostedMiniWheats wrote: meh. Wasn't the same anyway. Team identity was being stripped away with increasingly less and less player retention between teams. It wasn't like in the old days where guys like DRG were the face of their team or where you could watch the saplings on teams like IM develop into pillars for their team. Felt like anyone could jump teams and that ruins a lot of the team rivalry hype imo. Also, at least we now have a parade of top-tier players in online events. Used to be that guy's like ByuL would only be seen once every blue moon. I do miss FPL though ;; at the big teams (JA, KT, SKT, CJ, SAMSUNG) the players weren't really jumping teams. Only MVP, Afreeca/Sbenu, Prime and IM (before disbandment) were constantly changing. | ||
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HYPE  | ||
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I'm so happy Korean SC2 is returning to Monday. I missed watching Proleague on the otherwise shittiest day of the week. | ||
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bObA
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On February 28 2017 20:04 Elentos wrote: March 20 is a Monday I'm so happy Korean SC2 is returning to Monday. I missed watching Proleague on the otherwise shittiest day of the week. I agree lol | ||
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PVJ
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On February 28 2017 18:41 Elentos wrote: Well the worst thing about the format is that if you didn't get through the qualifiers in season 1, you can't make Premier in season 2. But yeah no money for the matches would also not have been great. nvm. | ||
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On February 28 2017 20:22 PVJ wrote: I think the bottom of the graph says that Season 2 also has a challenger, with 6 players entering. So whoever loses out in season 1 may have another chance. If I'm reading it right, that is. The players from Challenge don't get to go into that season of Premier though. If you read the graph, it says the top players of season 1 Challenge can get into season 2 Premier. So if you qualify for season 2 Challenge, you can win money, but you can't get into season 2 Premier where the WCS points are given out. | ||
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PVJ
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On February 28 2017 20:25 Elentos wrote: The players from Challenge don't get to go into that season of Premier though. If you read the graph, it says the top players of season 1 Challenge can get into season 2 Premier. So if you qualify for season 2 Challenge, you can win money, but you can't get into season 2 Premier where the WCS points are given out. Yeah, I just removed my comment, I misunderstood what you're saying. You're right, whoever does Season 2 Challenge will only be able to get WCS points for 2018. | ||
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The_Red_Viper
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Also really like that SPOTV is creative with the format | ||
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On February 28 2017 22:06 paralleluniverse wrote: Twitch or Youtube? I hope it's gonna be both. From my school I can only watch YouTube, but I know a lot of people prefer Twitch and Twitch also generally gets a better viewers count | ||
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On February 28 2017 22:30 MrMischelito wrote: I feel so spoiled! ... excellent news! TL has a checkbox for that now. :D | ||
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On February 28 2017 22:45 kajtarp wrote: Is this going be run at the same time as GSL Season 2? Because as i see it from last year, gsl and ssl games were kinda overlapping. Then most of the time people simply practiced for their GSL game. Even tough in theory they should have the same prestige, it seems SSL is threated 2nd Grade amongst many of the players. Therefore it would have been better in my opinion if it would not run in the same time as GSL or at least make it overlap as least as possible. They're gonna overlap at some point, even though GSL season 2 starts in April (as this looks to be a very long event). I don't really remember anyone clearly prioritizing GSL though. | ||
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I particularly llike the Premier format. If the best 10 players actually make it in there, we could have a situation where each of the best 10 SC2 players in the world play each other, we could really get some solid evidence for who is the best. No relying on a single preferable matchup, no eliminations on a single off-day, and so on. Hype! | ||
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On February 28 2017 23:10 LaughNgamez wrote: Trying to fully figure out this format From what i understood, people good at starcraft will compete against each other. That makes me happy | ||
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• Broodwar gets an 8-man/10-man round robin tournament with play-offs where players are qualified by fan-votes • SC2 gets a league system. - SC2 SSL Premier is a 10-man round robin tournament with play-offs where players are qualified for from Challenge or last seasons Premier - SC2 SSL Challenge is a two 5-man groups round robin tournament with open qualifiers Sounds awesome, really glad this is happening. And it seems like they want to continue this for multiple years. | ||
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On February 28 2017 20:57 Heartland wrote: Finally a return back to hybrid league! Not quite. It's still just two separate leagues that happen to be broadcast back-to-back on on certain days. | ||
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On March 01 2017 01:12 The_Red_Viper wrote: I don't quite understand why the format between bw and sc2 is so different though tbh. The BW pros were all too old to understand the SC2 format I think they're just testing the waters because they've never done BW. | ||
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The_Red_Viper
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On March 01 2017 01:25 Elentos wrote: The BW pros were all too old to understand the SC2 format I think they're just testing the waters because they've never done BW. I mean i get that they don't wanna do the whole qualifier thing because for maximum viewer numbers you really need TBLS in your tournament. Also for ASL there were like 500 people trying to qualify, that's just so much work. Well doesn't matter too much i guess, i am hyped for both events Still a bit sad because someone like Rain has pretty much no chance to get in now | ||
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On March 01 2017 01:32 The_Red_Viper wrote: I mean i get that they don't wanna do the whole qualifier thing because for maximum viewer numbers you really need TBLS in your tournament. Also for ASL there were like 500 people trying to qualify, that's just so much work. Well doesn't matter too much i guess, i am hyped for both events Still a bit sad because someone like Rain has pretty much no chance to get in now Maybe they'll hire him to cast again. | ||
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The_Red_Viper
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Ouch :D The guy who recently won a fairly competitive bw online tournament has to cast  | ||
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Cosmos
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On February 28 2017 23:10 LaughNgamez wrote: Trying to fully figure out this format User was warned for this post Hey, why was this warned? | ||
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Elentos
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The gif | ||
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Mun_Su
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On March 01 2017 01:32 The_Red_Viper wrote: Still a bit sad because someone like Rain has pretty much no chance to get in now May I ask why? | ||
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Elentos
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He's a big name in SC2 but not really in BW. In a popularity vote like this he's unlikely to get top 10 or better. | ||
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The_Red_Viper
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Well i don't see him being popular enough to be in the top8 of fan votes. On March 01 2017 02:15 Elentos wrote: He's a big name in SC2 but not really in BW. In a popularity vote like this he's unlikely to get top 10 or better. I doubt he would make it in sc2 either (fan vote), i might be wrong though. | ||
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Elentos
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On March 01 2017 02:16 The_Red_Viper wrote: Well i don't see him being popular enough to be in the top8 of fan votes. I doubt he would make it in sc2 either (fan vote), i might be wrong though. He'd have a much better shot since he's basically a legend in SC2. He's one of the best things to ever happen to SC2 Protoss. Maybe the best. Of course the first 4 spots in a popularity vote would all be Terrans. | ||
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lestye
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On March 01 2017 02:15 Elentos wrote: He's a big name in SC2 but not really in BW. In a popularity vote like this he's unlikely to get top 10 or better. Yeah that sucks, which is a shame because his game vs Effort was probably among my favorites in the last season of the ASL. | ||
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The_Red_Viper
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On March 01 2017 02:18 Elentos wrote: He'd have a much better shot since he's basically a legend in SC2. He's one of the best things to ever happen to SC2 Protoss. Maybe the best. Of course the first 4 spots in a popularity vote would all be Terrans. Oh i am not denying that, imo Rain is one of the most important players in sc2 for sure. But that doesn't necessarily translate into a lot of fans. Hard to say for sure, though he surely had the looks so he probably had a lot of fans :D On March 01 2017 02:19 lestye wrote: Yeah that sucks, which is a shame because his game vs Effort was probably among my favorites in the last season of the ASL. Oh yeah that game was awesome. In general Rain seems to be pretty good atm, one of the better toss players in bw. No chance to make it into the top8 though i think. TBLS are a sure bet i would imagine, then there are big streamers like terror who might wanna participate (which would be bad for the quality of the tournament imo). | ||
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On March 01 2017 02:28 The_Red_Viper wrote: Oh i am not denying that, imo Rain is one of the most important players in sc2 for sure. But that doesn't necessarily translate into a lot of fans. Hard to say for sure, though he surely had the looks so he probably had a lot of fans :D He'd have every Protoss fan on his side. So like 20% of the player base | ||
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On March 01 2017 02:33 Makro wrote: was it expected ? anyway good news SPOTV has been teasing an SSL continuation for a month or so yeah. | ||
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The_Red_Viper
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On March 01 2017 02:29 Elentos wrote: He'd have every Protoss fan on his side. So like 20% of the player base Haha. I think Zest or herO would have more fans? Dunno. | ||
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Elentos
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On March 01 2017 02:37 The_Red_Viper wrote: Haha. I think Zest or herO would have more fans? Dunno. If he made a comeback to SC2 I think a lot of people would be super happy though. Not gonna happen unfortunately. | ||
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The_Red_Viper
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On March 01 2017 02:39 Elentos wrote: If he made a comeback to SC2 I think a lot of people would be super happy though. Not gonna happen unfortunately. Hm yeah would be interesting for sure. Especially because Rain is one of the guys who could be GOAT. I enjoy his play in bw though so there is that :D | ||
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Makro
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On March 01 2017 02:35 Elentos wrote: SPOTV has been teasing an SSL continuation for a month or so yeah. now you say it, i remember spotting it on twitter a while ago, but totally forgot about it nicely done then | ||
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Mun_Su
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On March 01 2017 02:15 Elentos wrote: He's a big name in SC2 but not really in BW. In a popularity vote like this he's unlikely to get top 10 or better. On March 01 2017 02:16 The_Red_Viper wrote: He's a big name in SC2 but not really in BW. In a popularity vote like this he's unlikely to get top 10 or better. Thanks guys I'm not sure if Rain could win a popularity vote in sc2 because he left the scene since quite a long time. But in his prime he would have been chosed, he played so well I found myself lacking of argument against protoss | ||
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FiWiFaKi
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Great news for the SC2 guys as well of course! | ||
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Jealous
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On March 01 2017 02:35 evolsiefil wrote: pretty smart decision doing a hybrid. we need to get rid of that sc2 ded gaem broodwar on the rise mindset. instead we should focus on the fact that the starcraft franchise in general is amazing and alive. cheers to spotv. We absolutely do NOT have to get rid of the BW on the rise mindset! BROOD WAR ON THE COME UP. BW4LYFE! Say it with me fam. | ||
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On March 01 2017 02:18 Elentos wrote: He's one of the best things to ever happen to SC2 Protoss. Maybe the best. Definitely the best. | ||
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On March 01 2017 04:49 iamho wrote: This is awesome, are there any dates announced yet? Qualifiers on the 8th/9th, tournament start on March 20. | ||
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Dav1oN
Ukraine3164 Posts
definition of group of dead may not even exist and all the favorites clashes and I hope foreigners considering to take a part in qualis | ||
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[PkF] Wire
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Jett.Jack.Alvir
Canada2250 Posts
Or are the players only going to stick to their respective game, but the matches will be shown in tandem? | ||
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Elentos
55511 Posts
On March 01 2017 06:28 Jett.Jack.Alvir wrote: I'm a bit confused. Are the premiere SC2 players and classic BW players going to go head to head also? Or are the players only going to stick to their respective game, but the matches will be shown in tandem? The second one. | ||
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Xamo
Spain877 Posts
2016=year of foreignerworld 2017=year of Korea 2018=balance? | ||
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KingofdaHipHop
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Peru10057 Posts
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TheNewEra
Germany3128 Posts
On March 01 2017 10:00 SlayerS_BunkiE wrote: only invitational for bw? can we vote? tbls please!!! Don't worry. TBLS is gonna be voted into the tournament anyways alongside Terror, Britney, Larva and one of Sea, BeSt, EffOrt, hero. Probably Sea or BeSt because of popularity | ||
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The_Red_Viper
19533 Posts
On March 01 2017 10:18 TheNewEra wrote: Don't worry. TBLS is gonna be voted into the tournament anyways alongside Terror, Britney, Larva and one of Sea, BeSt, EffOrt, hero. Probably Sea or BeSt because of popularity I really hope you cannot vote for Terror/Britney. The league should be somewhat competitive and with only 8 spots in the first season 1/4 of them being wasted would be sad. On the other hand it would be arbitrary to not allow them to participate so yeah not a good solution either. | ||
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lestye
United States4163 Posts
On March 01 2017 10:27 The_Red_Viper wrote: I really hope you cannot vote for Terror/Britney. The league should be somewhat competitive and with only 8 spots in the first season 1/4 of them being wasted would be sad. On the other hand it would be arbitrary to not allow them to participate so yeah not a good solution either. I share the same concerns. It's really annoying how it feels like people are so excited for the greats of Brood War being back, that they feel the need to go for invitational/streamer showmatches for the rest of our days. I'm sure all these players have the competitive fire still, but its like the powers that be are putting the storyline ahead of the competition, which isnt good long-term. | ||
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Dungeontai2
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I was wondering how long it takes a company to fuck a game dead, got my answer now. i just genuinely hope something bad happens to blizzard as a company and DK as a person. please continue trying to kill a dead game, fuck blizzard with a cactus and also fuck the mod, who is gonna ban me after he reads this. | ||
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Dungeontai2
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User was banned for this post. | ||
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oGoZenob
France1503 Posts
On March 01 2017 22:56 Dungeontai2 wrote: and fuck you TL-mods, you arrogant pieces of dogshit is everything ok sweetie ? Missed your nap-nap ? | ||
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lestye
United States4163 Posts
On March 01 2017 22:55 Dungeontai2 wrote: SSL pretty much shows SC and SC2 are on the same level now: no korean teams, no korean pros in teams, unpopular overall I was wondering how long it takes a company to fuck a game dead, got my answer now. i just genuinely hope something bad happens to blizzard as a company and DK as a person. please continue trying to kill a dead game, fuck blizzard with a cactus and also fuck the mod, who is gonna ban me after he reads this. Just another clown getting mad at video games... | ||
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munch
Mute City2363 Posts
On March 01 2017 22:56 Dungeontai2 wrote: and fuck you TL-mods, you arrogant pieces of dogshit User was banned for this post. absolutely incredible | ||
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Jealous
10141 Posts
AKA? No smurfing | ||
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Sweden1185 Posts
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oGoZenob
France1503 Posts
funny thing is that he got angry all by himself with no context or anything ^^ | ||
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Jealous
10141 Posts
On March 03 2017 01:10 oGoZenob wrote: funny thing is that he got angry all by himself with no context or anything ^^ If it's RedAlert1 (based on my research I am inclined to suspect this), he was banned recently for similar sentiments so he came out guns blazing. | ||
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Elentos
55511 Posts
On March 03 2017 03:49 Jealous wrote: If it's RedAlert1 (based on my research I am inclined to suspect this), he was banned recently for similar sentiments so he came out guns blazing. Well I'd assume his previous account was Dungeontay. Because of the creative username. | ||
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Bisu-Fan
Russian Federation3329 Posts
LETS GO BW 5EVER | ||
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AbouSV
Germany1278 Posts
And an interesting tournament format with it. | ||
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Elentos
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On March 07 2017 22:48 munch wrote: Tbf ssl normally do have a kr qualifier stream at least True. I reckon though if they do a stream it'd only be for the 2nd stage on Thursday. 5 GSL style groups are easier for them to monitor and get matches in than all those separate brackets. | ||
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United Kingdom551 Posts
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egernya
Canada352 Posts
The schedule has changed. It will be done in a day, and every group plays at the same time (morning) | ||
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The_Red_Viper
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Solar424
United States4001 Posts
Brackets for Round 2 will be here | ||
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Aiingel
243 Posts
On March 08 2017 03:34 Solar424 wrote: Brackets for Round 1 will be here. Brackets for Round 2 will be here Thank you!! | ||
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United States882 Posts
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The_Red_Viper
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The_Red_Viper
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There it is | ||
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SetGuitarsToKill
Canada28396 Posts
On March 08 2017 03:34 Solar424 wrote: Brackets for Round 1 will be here. Brackets for Round 2 will be here Brackets are beginning to go up. Apparently Kelazhur's name is just Diego, no last name. edit: can anyone get the other groups to load? I can only get one | ||
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The_Red_Viper
19533 Posts
On March 08 2017 11:52 SetGuitarsToKill wrote: Brackets are beginning to go up. Apparently Kelazhur's name is just Diego, no last name. edit: can anyone get the other groups to load? I can only get one At the bottom of the page you can change groups | ||
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Topin
Peru10057 Posts
On March 08 2017 11:52 SetGuitarsToKill wrote: Brackets are beginning to go up. Apparently Kelazhur's name is just Diego, no last name. edit: can anyone get the other groups to load? I can only get one all the links for the other groups redirect to the 1st one :/ edit: thx The_Red_Viper | ||
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Solar424
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Darkn3ssFallz
Australia114 Posts
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SetGuitarsToKill
Canada28396 Posts
 NightMare 2-0  Scarlett ?!? Uh that's unexpected... she doesn't even get a loser's bracket :/ | ||
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showstealer1829
Australia3123 Posts
This makes me smile | ||
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Phredxor
New Zealand15076 Posts
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Australia114 Posts
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SetGuitarsToKill
Canada28396 Posts
Seed 2-0 NoRegret Creator 2-1 MajOr Rogue 2-0 Jim Hush 2-1 Toodming Foreigners plz Someone named Aswell 2-0'd Pet though, that's neat | ||
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Nakajin
Canada8989 Posts
Oh god foreigner getting trash | ||
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Darkn3ssFallz
Australia114 Posts
He plays vs ByuL next in the qualifying match. Classic vs Ryung to see who advances to first in Group 4. Go my fellow protoss >:D EDIT: and jjakji 2-1 TY | ||
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Solar424
United States4001 Posts
On March 08 2017 12:34 showstealer1829 wrote: Nightmare 2-0 Scarlett. This makes me smile What did she do to you? | ||
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The_Red_Viper
19533 Posts
Classic vs  Ryung to qualifyByuN vs Maru to qualifyCreator vs ByuL to qualifyAlso Losira vs Kelazhur has to be epic | ||
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SetGuitarsToKill
Canada28396 Posts
She's a dirty foreigner who played a glorious Korean | ||
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The_Red_Viper
19533 Posts
On March 08 2017 12:58 The_Red_Viper wrote: Classic vs Ryung to qualifyByuN vs Maru to qualifyCreator vs ByuL to qualifyAlso Losira vs Kelazhur has to be epicquote for visibility | ||
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Nakajin
Canada8989 Posts
Here we go for the interesting resultCreator 2-0 Dark, Dark in the lower bracket soO 2-1 Bunny HerO 2-1 ImpactINnoVation 2-0 Curious jjakji 2-1 TYAll the losers are still in lower bracket. | ||
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pvsnp
7676 Posts
I thought SSL was like his thing. No finals appearance this time? | ||
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SetGuitarsToKill
Canada28396 Posts
ALL ABOARD THE CLOUDY HYPE TRAIN CHOO CHOO | ||
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SNSeigifried
United States1640 Posts
On March 08 2017 13:00 SetGuitarsToKill wrote: Losira 2-1 Kelazhur ALL ABOARD THE CLOUDY HYPE TRAIN CHOO CHOO WHAT ABOUT RUSHCRAZY D; | ||
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SetGuitarsToKill
Canada28396 Posts
oh THATS who Aswell is. Okay he can be hype too | ||
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The_Red_Viper
19533 Posts
Dear 2-0 Super , herO[jOin] 2-1 Impact Dear vs herO[jOin] to qualify | ||
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Darkn3ssFallz
Australia114 Posts
On March 08 2017 13:02 The_Red_Viper wrote: Dear 2-0 Super , herO[jOin] 2-1 Impact Dear vs herO[jOin] to qualifyGo Dear!!!!!!! | ||
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pvsnp
7676 Posts
Talk about a Group of Death. In the qualifiers to boot! | ||
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Shellshock
United States97276 Posts
On March 08 2017 13:05 pvsnp wrote: Looking at the way Round 2 groups are decided, there's a pretty good chance Group D is gonna be TY, either Maru or ByuN, Classic, and INnoVation. Talk about a Group of Death. In the qualifiers to boot! TY with a buncha scrubs? | ||
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The_Red_Viper
19533 Posts
On March 08 2017 13:05 pvsnp wrote: Looking at the way Round 2 groups are decided, there's a pretty good chance Group D is gonna be TY, either Maru or ByuN, Classic, and INnoVation. Talk about a Group of Death. In the qualifiers to boot! Yeah that sucks :/ TY shouldn't have lost to jjakji ... | ||
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SNSeigifried
United States1640 Posts
On March 08 2017 13:09 The_Red_Viper wrote: Yeah that sucks :/ TY shouldn't have lost to jjakji ... Hating on my boy jjakji i see i will let you know jjakji barely didn't get out of the group of death at iem !!! | ||
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The_Red_Viper
19533 Posts
On March 08 2017 13:10 SNSeigifried wrote: Hating on my boy jjakji i see i will let you know jjakji barely didn't get out of the group of death at iem !!! Haha not hating but TY surely is the better player | ||
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Shellshock
United States97276 Posts
On March 08 2017 13:12 The_Red_Viper wrote: Haha not hating but TY surely is the better player TY > Mvp at his peak | ||
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pvsnp
7676 Posts
Yeah that sucks :/ TY shouldn't have lost to jjakji ... I get the feeling that TY just gives absolutely no fucks about playing well anymore. He's rich beyond rich and already has a Blizzcon seed. What more does he want? | ||
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SetGuitarsToKill
Canada28396 Posts
On March 08 2017 13:12 pvsnp wrote: I get the feeling that TY just gives absolutely no fucks about playing well anymore. He's rich beyond rich and already has a Blizzcon seed. What more does he want? More money and prestige? It's not like he'd have gotten worse in the two days since IEM | ||
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SNSeigifried
United States1640 Posts
On March 08 2017 13:12 pvsnp wrote: I get the feeling that TY just gives absolutely no fucks about playing well anymore. He's rich beyond rich and already has a Blizzcon seed. What more does he want? Just an fyi 300k is not rich lol | ||
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Shellshock
United States97276 Posts
On March 08 2017 13:12 pvsnp wrote: I get the feeling that TY just gives absolutely no fucks about playing well anymore. He's rich beyond rich and already has a Blizzcon seed. What more does he want? a Korean title and more money? | ||
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SNSeigifried
United States1640 Posts
aLive 2-0 Hushjjakji 2-0 Cure to qualifySolar 2-0 LosiraBillowy 2-0 NightMare eliminating him. | ||
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Darkn3ssFallz
Australia114 Posts
On March 08 2017 13:12 pvsnp wrote: I get the feeling that TY just gives absolutely no fucks about playing well anymore. He's rich beyond rich and already has a Blizzcon seed. What more does he want? At least 300 viewers for his victory stream last night. I think he capped at ~250 =[ | ||
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Solar424
United States4001 Posts
It is by SC2 standards | ||
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pvsnp
7676 Posts
More money and prestige? It's not like he'd have gotten worse in the two days since IEM I guess but I fully expect him to drop off at least a bit, and I can't blame him if he does. I find it hard to believe that he will just put his head down and practice harder than ever when he's basically got it made right now. | ||
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SetGuitarsToKill
Canada28396 Posts
It's the most any SC2 player made in a single year. | ||
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pvsnp
7676 Posts
Just an fyi 300k is not rich lol Over a lifetime, not at all. Over a few years, not really. Over 3 months? That's pretty fucking rich. Not very common in life that you get a lump sum that big all at once. | ||
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SNSeigifried
United States1640 Posts
On March 08 2017 13:17 SetGuitarsToKill wrote: It's the most any SC2 player made in a single year. actually ByuN had him beat last year by 2k :D http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/Winnings | ||
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pvsnp
7676 Posts
actually ByuN had him beat last year by 2k :D (Wiki)Winnings TY is waiting for Afreeca to send him his GSL Ro8 check for $4200. | ||
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SetGuitarsToKill
Canada28396 Posts
On March 08 2017 13:19 SNSeigifried wrote: actually ByuN had him beat last year by 2k :D http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/Winnings Ah I had heard differently. Well I really doubt TY will fail to make 2k more this year so that'll change | ||
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pvsnp
7676 Posts
Ah I had heard differently. Well I really doubt TY will fail to make 2k more this year so that'll change TY is guaranteed $4200 from GSL, and $10,000 from Blizzcon. He's already made more, he just hasn't gotten the checks yet. | ||
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Nakajin
Canada8989 Posts
Patience 2-0 Cloudy, the dream is not dead Cloudy is still in lower bracket!Classic 2-0 Ryung and move on to the next round | ||
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Darkn3ssFallz
Australia114 Posts
edit: 김도경 = Billowy | ||
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SNSeigifried
United States1640 Posts
On March 08 2017 13:22 Darkn3ssFallz wrote: NightMare 0-2 김도경 (P) and is eliminated. This guy took a map off Classic :O thats Billowy | ||
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pvsnp
7676 Posts
NightMare 0-2 김도경 (P) and is eliminated. This guy took a map off Classic :O 김도경 is Kim Doh Kyung. Billowy. | ||
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SetGuitarsToKill
Canada28396 Posts
On March 08 2017 13:22 Darkn3ssFallz wrote: NightMare 0-2 김도경 (P) and is eliminated. This guy took a map off Classic :O He has sick PvP apparently, let's see how his PvT is vs Ryung edit: n/m it's Billowy that's not as interesting | ||
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pvsnp
7676 Posts
(P)Classic 2-0 (T)Ryung and qualifies for round 2 Trying to imagine his face as he checks the other guys in his group.... "So who else is gonna join me in Group D? .....ah, shit." | ||
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Darkn3ssFallz
Australia114 Posts
Oh. Not that big of a suprise then =/ | ||
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Nakajin
Canada8989 Posts
Impact 2-0 Super, Super is outTY 2-0 Hurricane, next up vs Cure to advance Zest 2-0 soO soO vs Bunny in the lower bracket final | ||
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SNSeigifried
United States1640 Posts
Sabo = Leenock | ||
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pvsnp
7676 Posts
good to see ByuN's TvT is not hopeless. But maybe Maru's is just not that good lately either Well Maru did lose 1-3 to Ryung in GSL, so it can't be that great. Don't think current TvT suits ByuN or Maru's style very well. | ||
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Nakajin
Canada8989 Posts
Solar 2-0 TrapHerO 2-0 Dear Dear vs Impact to qualify Patience 2-1 INnoVation | ||
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pvsnp
7676 Posts
Patience 2-1 INnoVation | ||
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Shellshock
United States97276 Posts
On March 08 2017 13:41 Nakajin wrote: Solar 2-0 TrapHerO 2-0 Dear Dear vs Impact to qualify Patience 2-1 INnoVationhad to double check to make sure that was former cj herO that qualified and not former liquid HerO. would have been a shocker | ||
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Phredxor
New Zealand15076 Posts
On March 08 2017 13:49 Shellshock wrote: had to double check to make sure that was former cj herO that qualified and not former liquid HerO. would have been a shocker Oh. I was just about to make fun of Dear for losing to scrub HerO | ||
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Darkn3ssFallz
Australia114 Posts
On March 08 2017 13:41 Nakajin wrote: Solar 2-0 TrapHerO 2-0 Dear Dear vs Impact to qualify Patience 2-1 INnoVationWas going to say INno wanted to dodge a potential group of death but Group B has ByuN and Stats... | ||
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Was going to say INno wanted to dodge a potential group of death but Group B has ByuN and Stats... ByuN, Stats and Dear/Impact is still easier than Classic, TY, and Maru tho. | ||
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pvsnp
7676 Posts
(Z)Curious 2-0 (P)Cloudy Inno vs Curious rematch for the second spot then. | ||
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SetGuitarsToKill
Canada28396 Posts
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Darkn3ssFallz
Australia114 Posts
On March 08 2017 13:52 pvsnp wrote: ByuN, Stats and Dear/Impact is still easier than Classic, TY, and Maru tho. Not by much though. They're tough groups either way. | ||
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pvsnp
7676 Posts
Not by much though. They're tough groups either way. Well yeah, absurdly tough given that this is a qualifier. But still Dear/Impact definitely aren't on the same level as everyone else. | ||
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Shellshock
United States97276 Posts
On March 08 2017 14:00 The_Red_Viper wrote: wtf is happening in sOs vs HerO :O probably something weird. like a draw | ||
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Darkn3ssFallz
Australia114 Posts
On March 08 2017 13:58 pvsnp wrote: Well yeah, absurdly tough given that this is a qualifier. But still Dear/Impact definitely aren't on the same level as everyone else. Yea, Impact has been in good form recently but not yet at that level for sure. On the other hand, Dear has only recently started playing in tournaments again and won Olimoleague last night so I'm hoping for a return to glory for him :D EDIT: Bunny 2-0 soO in losers | ||
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Alarak89
United States882 Posts
There we are. I thought they just went somewhere for lunch already | ||
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Nakajin
Canada8989 Posts
On March 08 2017 14:00 The_Red_Viper wrote: wtf is happening in sOs vs HerO :O sOs won! 2-1 | ||
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Nakajin
Canada8989 Posts
Jesus Christ soO stop breaking my heart... | ||
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blunderfulguy
United States1415 Posts
On March 08 2017 13:58 wmfms wrote: Will there be a kr stream for the final round? No, I don't believe anything is streamed until the Challenge or Premier stages. I'm not sure exactly what or where it will be streamed, I just hope it isn't on Dingit unless it's gotten 5,000X better since I was on there last. | ||
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SNSeigifried
United States1640 Posts
Dream DRGLing Symbol and HyuN all retired | ||
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Australia114 Posts
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pvsnp
7676 Posts
Not updated in groups but Maru has been placed in Group D for final qualifier. Same for INnoVation in Group B. No such luck for Groups 2 and 7 though. | ||
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SNSeigifried
United States1640 Posts
Hush 2-1 HerOMaru 2-0 LeenockINnoVation 2-0 CuriousGuMiho 2-1 Rogue | ||
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pvsnp
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...all groups are pretty stacked: Group C seems the weaker one but Groups B and E (assuming Gumigod wins) are quite crazy! You forgot Group D. B, D, and E all have 3 top-tiers in them. | ||
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United States11135 Posts
On March 08 2017 14:25 SNSeigifried wrote: Btw we can probably assume that Dream DRGLing Symbol and HyuN all retired I think HyuN streams BW on Afreeca now | ||
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Australia114 Posts
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United States882 Posts
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Italy3374 Posts
7 Protoss 9 Terran 4 Zerg | ||
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 sOs 2-0  Losira | ||
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Solar 2-0  aLive INno 2-0 ByuN TY 2-0 Classic | ||
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Dear 2-1 Stats herO 2-1 GuMiho Maru 2-0 Patience | ||
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Australia18228 Posts
On March 08 2017 16:04 LaughNgamez wrote: So are these 10 players the players locked in for season 2 of SSL as well? From what I understand there is no second qualifier for next season? The 10 players who qualify for Premier are guaranteed to be in either Premier or Challenge next season (depending on their placement & promotion results) Next season qualifier will be 6 slots for Season 2 Challenge | ||
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Ryung 2-1 jjakji Zest 2-1 Dark ByuL 2-0 Bunny sOs 2-0 ByuL & qualifies for Premier | ||
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pvsnp
7676 Posts
Wow, maybe he's making a comeback. Would be sick. | ||
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FrostedMiniWheats
United States30730 Posts
What stacked groups. Shame there's no stream.. | ||
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Inflicted
Australia18228 Posts
INno 2-0 Dear & qualifies for Premier | ||
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Stats 2-1 ByuN Losira 2-1 BunnyByuN & Bunny fall to Challenge | ||
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pvsnp
7676 Posts
ByuN & Bunny fall to Challenge Damn, sucks for ByuN. He's not doing well at all this year. But there were too many Terrans here anyhow. Zerg needs to do disproportionately well just to get a good ratio in Ro10. Also lol Bunny > soO but Losira > Bunny. | ||
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aLive 2-1 jjakji Patience 2-1 Classicjjakji & Classic fall to Challenge | ||
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pvsnp
7676 Posts
jjakji & Classic fall to Challenge 3 Terrans a 1 Protoss out already. Hey, we might actually get a nicely even racial distribution for Premier | ||
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Austria24417 Posts
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pvsnp
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Zest 2-1 HerO to Premier.God these groups are tough Well this format is pretty rushed. This is basically the SSL version of GSL Ro32 + Ro16 crammed into 1 day. | ||
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Australia18228 Posts
Zest 2-1 herO & qualifies for Premier | ||
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Olli
Austria24417 Posts
On March 08 2017 16:39 Inflicted wrote: Zest 2-1 herO & qualifies for PremierAwwwww yeah | ||
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Dark probably out now that he has to go through herO I really hope not, Zerg needs him in the Ro10 for there to be 3 Zergs. Also his ZvT is awesome and I wanna see it in the finals. | ||
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United States30730 Posts
On March 08 2017 16:42 pvsnp wrote: I really hope not, Zerg needs him in the Ro10 for there to be 3 Zergs. Also his ZvT is awesome and I wanna see it in the finals. Yeah, post-patch I'd imagine Dark is going to be quite lethal in ZvT given his corruptor play. | ||
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Solar 2-0 Ryung & qualifies for Premier Maru 2-1 TY & qualifies for Premier | ||
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Dark 2-1 GuMihoGuMiho falls to Challenge | ||
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Stats 2-0 Dear & advances to PremierDear falls to Challenge | ||
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pvsnp
7676 Posts
Was hoping he was making a comeback. | ||
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Australia18228 Posts
ByuL 2-1 Losira & advances to PremierLosira falls to Challenge | ||
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FrostedMiniWheats
United States30730 Posts
Wish both him and Losira could've made it, but the better representative of the Swarm made it. Can we get a third?! | ||
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aLive 2-0 Ryung & qualifies for PremierRyung falls to ChallengeTvT | ||
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FrostedMiniWheats
United States30730 Posts
On March 08 2017 17:16 machokj wrote: when does the premier start ? 20th | ||
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Inflicted
Australia18228 Posts
Patience 2-1 TY Dark 2-0 herOPatience & Dark qualify for Premier TY & herO fall to Challenge | ||
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The_Red_Viper
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Patience advances over TY and Dark over herO[jOin] | ||
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FrostedMiniWheats
United States30730 Posts
3rd Zerg :O | ||
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Elentos
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On March 08 2017 17:27 The_Red_Viper wrote: TY ffs -.- Patience could never beat TY in HotS but somehow in LotV when Protoss is supposed to have a weak phase he's just fine. | ||
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On March 08 2017 17:30 Inflicted wrote: 4/3/3, praise David Challenge is 3/6/1 what the hell David? | ||
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Inflicted
Australia18228 Posts
Only took one day for David to cull the Patch Terrans amazing | ||
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Elentos
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On March 08 2017 17:33 Inflicted wrote: Only took one day for David to cull the Patch Terrans amazing Patch isn't even live yet in Korea and they're dropping like flies. David Kim rules through fear. | ||
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zakadar
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Premier starts on the 20th at 19:00 KST, Challenge starts on the 24th at 22:00 KST. | ||
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neptunusfisk
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I suppose the invites will be flash, bisu, jaedong, sea, soulkey, stork, last and effort, given that jaedong wants to play... | ||
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TheNewEra
Germany3128 Posts
On March 08 2017 21:55 neptunusfisk wrote: Huh? Was hoping for qualifiers etc instead of only invites but whatever, still cool! I suppose the invites will be flash, bisu, jaedong, sea, soulkey, stork, last and effort, given that jaedong wants to play... Do you really believe Last, Soulkey or EffOrt are getting voted in over Terror, Britney or Larva? | ||
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neptunusfisk
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On March 08 2017 22:07 TheNewEra wrote: Do you really believe Last, Soulkey or EffOrt are getting voted in over Terror, Britney or Larva? Well, I had forgotten and blanked out that those people existed. But if I could choose, I would have Soulkey and Rain over those any day. | ||
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Clazziquai10
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The_Red_Viper
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Maru, aLive, INnoVation, Zest, sOs, Stats, Patience, Solar, Dark and ByuL. Pretty awesome tbh | ||
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Elentos
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On March 09 2017 00:57 The_Red_Viper wrote: This tournament will be so much fun. Wolfdes casting again, a 10 man round robin with Maru, aLive, INnoVation, Zest, sOs, Stats, Patience, Solar, Dark and ByuL. Pretty awesome tbh And that's just half the tournament | ||
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On March 09 2017 02:12 The_Red_Viper wrote: True. Challenge looks nice as well. I think the premier format is more interesting though Eh, the entire format depends on having every stage. They come together to make a whole and confuse everyone the first time they see it. They really took a liking to round robin last year though. "People liked RR Challenge groups? MAKE EVERYTHING ROUND ROBIN NEXT SEASON!" | ||
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The_Red_Viper
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On March 09 2017 02:47 Elentos wrote: Eh, the entire format depends on having every stage. They come together to make a whole and confuse everyone the first time they see it. They really took a liking to round robin last year though. "People liked RR Challenge groups? MAKE EVERYTHING ROUND ROBIN NEXT SEASON!" Sure everything feeds into each other. I will also watch both stages because there are great players in both, but premier > challenge regardless The only thing i don't like (you already mentioned it) is that nobody can qualify for premier season two if he didn't make it into stage 2 this qualifier. That's a bit harsh imo | ||
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FrostedMiniWheats
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Elentos
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On March 09 2017 03:55 The_Red_Viper wrote: I think this will be very close tbh, i doubt any player will just cruise through the round robin stage. Best players will be like 6-3 imo Especially because it's over 9 weeks, not on one day like each Challenge group last year. So much can change in the span of 9 weeks. | ||
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Wardi
England897 Posts
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munch
Mute City2363 Posts
On March 09 2017 05:44 Wardi wrote: Is there a full schedule? I see the leagues start 20th & 24th, are they going to be every Monday & Friday then? ![[image loading]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C5ujaNCU4AAltzT.jpg) | ||
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pvsnp
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Probably slightly too few players involved but other than that this is probably the best format I've seen, if they managed to get this to 32 or 40 I'd be all for it. Round robin format means a lot of matches. They're already taking 9 weeks for 10 players and 45 matches. If they had 32 players, that would mean 496 matches. 40 players = 780 matches. At the current rate of 5 matches per week, 32 players would need 99 weeks and 40 players would need 156 weeks. So yeah, 40 players would need 3 years to play all their matches. | ||
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Also i am interested in bw news regarding the tournament. When can we vote? Is JD gonna participate? :O | ||
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Anybody wanna translate that? | ||
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