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2020 GSL Season 1 Code A (Qualifiers) announcement

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AfreecaTV_battlegon
Profile Joined December 2016
52 Posts
March 19 2020 12:01 GMT
#1
Qualifiers for 2020 GSL Season 1 will be held for two days on April 1st(Wed) & April 2nd(Thu).

Details are as below.

■ 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)
- Masters/Grandmaster league players (Any Region)

■ Qualifiers information
- GSL Qualifiers application period: March 23rd(Mon) – March 29th(Sun) 23:59 KST
- You only need to apply once to participate in both days of the qualifiers
- GSL Qualifiers: April 1st(Wed) & April 2nd(Thu)
- GSL Qualifiers location: TBD
- Match schedule for each individual will be sent out via MMS & e-mail to each participant on March 30th(Mon).

■ GSL Qualifiers match format
- Best of 3 / Double Elimination format
- Maps: Game1 Nightshade // Game2 Simulacrum // Game3 Eternal Empire
- Participants who do not qualify on Day 1(1st), can participate again on Day 2(2nd)
- If you do not show up to the 1st day of the Qualifiers without notice, you will be automatically disqualified from the 2nd day
- Participants who acquire prior approval may only participate in the 2nd day of the Qualifiers

Please accurately fill out the form below and send your application to gsl@afreecatv.com
- Full Name:
- Birth date:
- Country:
- Phone Number or Skype ID:
- Battle.net SC2 Account:
- Ladder Score:
- StarCraft 2 Character Name:
- Team:
- Race:
- Email address:

For any questions please feel free to contact us at gsl@afreecatv.com

Thank you.
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Harris1st
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Germany6976 Posts
March 19 2020 12:35 GMT
#2
Whoooop GSL is alive! Welcome back, we missed you old friend
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Ziggy
Profile Blog Joined June 2013
South Korea2105 Posts
March 19 2020 12:37 GMT
#3
no format changes then?
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NaRae
Profile Joined January 2017
Korea (South)48 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-03-19 13:02:48
March 19 2020 13:01 GMT
#4
How many people will be qualified?
Elentos
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
55555 Posts
March 19 2020 13:08 GMT
#5
On March 19 2020 21:37 Ziggy wrote:
no format changes then?

Well format changes are already confirmed to be coming by Solar. It's just a question of what changes will happen and at what stage of the tournament.
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Ziggy
Profile Blog Joined June 2013
South Korea2105 Posts
March 19 2020 13:28 GMT
#6
On March 19 2020 22:08 Elentos wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 19 2020 21:37 Ziggy wrote:
no format changes then?

Well format changes are already confirmed to be coming by Solar. It's just a question of what changes will happen and at what stage of the tournament.


seeing as they still havent released anything despite the quali announcement i thought there was a chance any planned changes had been scrapped
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sneakyfox
Profile Joined January 2017
8216 Posts
March 19 2020 13:33 GMT
#7
GSL hype!!

On March 19 2020 22:28 Ziggy wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 19 2020 22:08 Elentos wrote:
On March 19 2020 21:37 Ziggy wrote:
no format changes then?

Well format changes are already confirmed to be coming by Solar. It's just a question of what changes will happen and at what stage of the tournament.


seeing as they still havent released anything despite the quali announcement i thought there was a chance any planned changes had been scrapped


Yeah, it's odd. No word on how many players qualify either. Maybe they're just postponing the format changes until season 2 due to the delay.
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Elentos
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
55555 Posts
March 19 2020 13:44 GMT
#8
On March 19 2020 22:33 sneakyfox wrote:
GSL hype!!

Show nested quote +
On March 19 2020 22:28 Ziggy wrote:
On March 19 2020 22:08 Elentos wrote:
On March 19 2020 21:37 Ziggy wrote:
no format changes then?

Well format changes are already confirmed to be coming by Solar. It's just a question of what changes will happen and at what stage of the tournament.


seeing as they still havent released anything despite the quali announcement i thought there was a chance any planned changes had been scrapped


Yeah, it's odd. No word on how many players qualify either. Maybe they're just postponing the format changes until season 2 due to the delay.

They never say how many people qualify in these announcements. Maybe potential format changes, if they are applied this season, don't have an effect until the qualifiers are done. Also let me remind you they announced the postponement of ST on the day it was meant to start and the start of it 3 days before it actually started. They're not exactly timely with everything

Of course there's also the chance they scrapped the changes at this time, maybe even due to player concerns. I don't really think schedule delay would play into this because they can always catch up to schedule by condensing group stages to be less spread out.
Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes.
Circumstance
Profile Blog Joined March 2014
United States11403 Posts
March 20 2020 01:13 GMT
#9
It's a positive sign for the state of Korean esports that offline qualifiers are happening, and so soon too.
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hjpalpha
Profile Joined August 2017
Germany339 Posts
March 20 2020 03:26 GMT
#10
On March 19 2020 22:44 Elentos wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 19 2020 22:33 sneakyfox wrote:
GSL hype!!

On March 19 2020 22:28 Ziggy wrote:
On March 19 2020 22:08 Elentos wrote:
On March 19 2020 21:37 Ziggy wrote:
no format changes then?

Well format changes are already confirmed to be coming by Solar. It's just a question of what changes will happen and at what stage of the tournament.


seeing as they still havent released anything despite the quali announcement i thought there was a chance any planned changes had been scrapped


Yeah, it's odd. No word on how many players qualify either. Maybe they're just postponing the format changes until season 2 due to the delay.

They never say how many people qualify in these announcements. Maybe potential format changes, if they are applied this season, don't have an effect until the qualifiers are done. Also let me remind you they announced the postponement of ST on the day it was meant to start and the start of it 3 days before it actually started. They're not exactly timely with everything

Of course there's also the chance they scrapped the changes at this time, maybe even due to player concerns. I don't really think schedule delay would play into this because they can always catch up to schedule by condensing group stages to be less spread out.


The official EPT rule book puts 52 players per season into GSL (point distr. goes down until rank 41-52)
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Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33457 Posts
March 20 2020 03:47 GMT
#11
Location TBD!

Maybe online.....?
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KeithL
Profile Joined July 2019
9 Posts
March 20 2020 03:50 GMT
#12
it seems that there are only 16 players in code S,so GSL downsizes? We all know the so-called code A is just the two-day Qualifiers.
NaRae
Profile Joined January 2017
Korea (South)48 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-03-20 04:44:08
March 20 2020 04:43 GMT
#13
On March 19 2020 22:01 NaRae wrote:
How many people will be qualified?


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24 players will advance to GSL Code S.
GTR
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
51487 Posts
March 20 2020 05:01 GMT
#14
you'd think with covid-19 and the nature of the offline qualifiers that they'd have this all done online.
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NaRae
Profile Joined January 2017
Korea (South)48 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-03-20 06:41:00
March 20 2020 06:40 GMT
#15
2020 GSL Tour Details

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Harris1st
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Germany6976 Posts
March 20 2020 06:48 GMT
#16
Sooo....

Are these group stages or directly KO games?
Players who don't qualify get point regardless (52 players)?
The top 4 of ST go in to the Ro16?
Go Serral! GG EZ for Ence. Flashbang dance FTW
Orlok
Profile Joined June 2014
Korea (South)227 Posts
March 20 2020 06:53 GMT
#17
So it really was like Solar said it, ro.24 for the main tournament. At least we got an answer finally lol
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FFW_Rude
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France10201 Posts
March 20 2020 07:30 GMT
#18
So offline without audience or online ? I'm confused.
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Elentos
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
55555 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-03-20 08:34:48
March 20 2020 08:33 GMT
#19
On March 20 2020 15:48 Harris1st wrote:
Sooo....

Are these group stages or directly KO games?
Players who don't qualify get point regardless (52 players)?
The top 4 of ST go in to the Ro16?

It's basically the ASL format, main difference being of course that GSL won't have any best of 1 matches.Top 4 of the first Super Tournament will make up the 4 seeded players of the Ro16 for season 1.
Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes.
sneakyfox
Profile Joined January 2017
8216 Posts
March 20 2020 09:49 GMT
#20
So Code S 2020 will have the same amount of prize money as Code S 2019. Good news.

Think the new ASL style format is good. But then what was the deal with top 52?
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