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TY, Cure, PartinG and INnoVation, the top 4 finishers of last season, have already accepted their invites to the Season 1 Finals. ![[image loading]](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/718454775020126258/722476273171169320/DH_SC2_Masters_GSL_Invites_2.png?width=1204&height=677)
The two decider matches will be held on 18 June, between
Dark vs Maru and Dear vs Trap, who finished in 5th-8th. 
GSL play-in matches for Season Finals (June 18)
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TY, Cure, PartinG and INnoVation, the top 4 finishers of last season, have already accepted their invites to the Season 1 Finals. The two decider matches will be held on 18 June, between Dark vs Maru and Dear vs Trap, who finished in 5th-8th.
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DiMano
Korea (South)2066 Posts
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dbRic1203
Germany2655 Posts
 I thought they would just take the ept standing and be done with it Is this one double elimination group or just those 2 matches? | ||
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ZigguratOfUr
Iraq16955 Posts
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BaneRiders
Sweden3630 Posts
 Winning team takes the two slots. | ||
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bObA
France300 Posts
But good to see Dark vs Maru ! | ||
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Elentos
55566 Posts
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Durnuu
13322 Posts
On June 17 2020 02:49 Elentos wrote: Wow for the first time in 7 years we're crowning 5th and 6th places in GSL Oh yeah, for WCS finals. Good times | ||
Waxangel
United States33553 Posts
altho this appetizer is a bit like getting foie gras covered in ketchup  | ||
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conormcgregor156
22 Posts
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ssg
United States1777 Posts
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TentativePanda
United States800 Posts
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[PkF] Wire
France24238 Posts
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JJH777
United States4415 Posts
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Shathe
Hungary422 Posts
I already hate the GSL seed into top 16. Rich gets richer. | ||
Olli
Austria24422 Posts
On June 17 2020 06:05 Shathe wrote: Omg now GSL top 4 gets another free entry for another Premier tourney... I already hate the GSL seed into top 16. Rich gets richer. How is qualifying through a full GSL season "free entry"? It's how every other regional EPT division also works. | ||
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ZigguratOfUr
Iraq16955 Posts
On June 17 2020 06:01 JJH777 wrote: On one hand I really want Maru to play in this but it would be sad not to have a single Korean Zerg. They should have just done it based on GSL points rather than placement in the last season. Most recent GSL season's performance makes more sense than points given that there's several Masters, but points carry throughout the year. Doing well in the first GSL of the year shouldn't be relevant to qualifying for the second or third Masters. | ||
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Phredxor
New Zealand15076 Posts
On June 17 2020 02:49 Elentos wrote: Wow for the first time in 7 years we're crowning 5th and 6th places in GSL And Trap was one of those places too. Along with j-god of course. | ||
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Elentos
55566 Posts
On June 17 2020 06:08 Olli wrote: How is qualifying through a full GSL season "free entry"? It's how every other regional EPT division also works. Yeah this complaint - if at all - would apply to every region, not just Korea. But really the season finals are showdowns of the top finishing players of every division - aka a "rich get richer" invitational. That is very much the point. | ||
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Waxangel
United States33553 Posts
On June 17 2020 06:45 Elentos wrote: Yeah this complaint - if at all - would apply to every region, not just Korea. But really the season finals are showdowns of the top finishing players of every division - aka a "rich get richer" invitational. That is very much the point. Starcraft equity is a fun topic. If you smoothed out prize curves even further, would selective players like Dark and Maru participate in MORE events, or would they just retire? What's the breaking point for equity where that happens? | ||
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Olli
Austria24422 Posts
On June 17 2020 06:45 Elentos wrote: Yeah this complaint - if at all - would apply to every region, not just Korea. But really the season finals are showdowns of the top finishing players of every division - aka a "rich get richer" invitational. That is very much the point. It's not different to any other such tournament that people qualify for. Top performers of a year qualified for BlizzCon, now Katowice. Top performers of one season get the extra opportunity to compete against top performers of other regions for additional money and points. They don't have those thrown at them, they have to perform to earn the opportunity. Really not correct to call it an invitational given that it's based on performance in a season that serves as a qualifier. So yes, the rich get richer, but they have to earn the extra chance. Nothing wrong with that in my eyes. | ||
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XDEKSDEEXD
622 Posts
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dalecooper
56 Posts
On June 17 2020 08:08 5ecured wrote: This wont be on twitch will it? probably afreecatv and youtube. | ||
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TheGoatPuncher
76 Posts
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shadow4723
87 Posts
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darklycid
3531 Posts
On June 17 2020 19:16 shadow4723 wrote: As shocking as I also find it, I believe this will not be broadcasted. First of all, the announcement is insanely late, secondly, there is no mention of it being broadcasted anywhere, and thirdly, youtube already set up the reminder for the first GSL group on Saturday but NOT the one for these games, which are tomorrow... sounds like it will be casted tho. | ||
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CreightonOlsen
United States366 Posts
On June 17 2020 17:56 TheGoatPuncher wrote: No announcement yet on where this will be broadcasted? This will be broadcasted right? ESL admins have chosen broadcasters, but it's not public who they are yet. They said in Discord that they just sent out the invitations to folks a few hours ago. This will be broadcast, but we don't know by whom or where yet. | ||
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WardiTV
595 Posts
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XDEKSDEEXD
622 Posts
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skywave
Germany4 Posts
On June 17 2020 20:00 WardiTV wrote: Hey everyone, I will be broadcasting this in English on Twitch tomorrow. I'm not sure if I'm the only English broadcaster chosen, but there are limited lobby spaces so it depends how many other languages there were that applied for it. Great news! <3 | ||
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sneakyfox
8216 Posts
Having a couple of playoff matches like this feels a bit akward, maybe a better system can be made in the future (eight players from Korea?). But it definitely seems the best way to do it for now - much better to have actual matches decide rather than have some inevitably-arbitrary administrative decision decide. | ||
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shadow4723
87 Posts
Also shout-out to Wardi for being THE guy when something needs to be cast! | ||
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whiterabbit
2675 Posts
On June 17 2020 20:00 WardiTV wrote: Hey everyone, I will be broadcasting this in English on Twitch tomorrow. I'm not sure if I'm the only English broadcaster chosen, but there are limited lobby spaces so it depends how many other languages there were that applied for it. Lovely! In CEST that's 00:30h start time tomorrow night? | ||
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Elentos
55566 Posts
On June 17 2020 23:44 whiterabbit wrote: Lovely! In CEST that's 00:30h start time tomorrow night? Try 10:30 | ||
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Die4Ever
United States17725 Posts
ESL Pro Tour/2020/21/Masters/Summer/KRI would've preferred a 4 player group instead of a single elimination bracket, kinda crazy that Maru and Dark can't both qualify together Really cool to have more global events though ESL Pro Tour/2020/21 | ||
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yubo56
690 Posts
On June 18 2020 03:07 Die4Ever wrote: ESL Pro Tour/2020/21/Masters/Summer/KRI would've preferred a 4 player group instead of a single elimination bracket, kinda crazy that Maru and Dark can't both qualify together Really cool to have more global events though https://liquipedia.net/starcraft2/ESL_Pro_Tour/2020/21#Premier_ESL_Pro_Tour_2020.2F2021_Events Yeah this format definitely leaves something to be desired haha, I think if it were a group stage format or round robin there's a pretty good chance Dark & Maru are the two who go through. | ||
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Andi_Goldberger
Germany1608 Posts
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col_jung
139 Posts
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KappaKingPrime
United States468 Posts
On June 17 2020 20:00 WardiTV wrote: Hey everyone, I will be broadcasting this in English on Twitch tomorrow. I'm not sure if I'm the only English broadcaster chosen, but there are limited lobby spaces so it depends how many other languages there were that applied for it. Wasn't there a huge lag issue (for broadcaster) if a caster is from EU and it's being played on KR? | ||
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darklycid
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Bomzj
Belarus24 Posts
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ShowTheLights
Korea (South)1706 Posts
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