The Code S Season 3 qualifiers took place over August 18th-19th, finalizing the list of 28 players who will participate in the last Code S tournament of 2020
The star of the qualifiers was ByuN, who defeated Hurricane, Dream, and Cure to earn his GSL return after a two year hiatus. Though ByuN's military service will not officially conclude for a few more weeks, it appears that some allowance was made for his participation in the qualifier.
Other old school players such as Golden, ForGG, and CoCa also participated in the qualifiers, but were unable to make the cut. Overall, the qualifier saw six Code S spots change hands from Season 2, with first-time Code S player Spear joining a number of returning veterans.
The 24 players from the qualifiers will join the four seeded players (Rogue, Stats, TY, DongRaeGu) in Code S Season 3. The schedule and round-of-24 groups will be announced at a later date.
Dear: Military service Impact: Military service Prince: Did not qualify Super: Did not qualify Scarlett: Did not participate (visa expiring) Astrea: Did not participate (visa expired)
Awww, a shame Prince couldn't make it back in. I was excited to see what he'd bring this season. But what is that I see? A Korean Terran name that I don't recognize?! GASP! Who is this kid!! oooooh I can't wait to see what he brings!
On August 20 2020 04:22 Vindicare605 wrote: Awww, a shame Prince couldn't make it back in. I was excited to see what he'd bring this season. But what is that I see? A Korean Terran name that I don't recognize?! GASP! Who is this kid!! oooooh I can't wait to see what he brings!
Do you mean Spear? He was in Code A in 2012 (playing as FXO.Tree) so he's not quite a kid
On August 20 2020 07:59 CicadaSC wrote: people are so sad prince didnt make it as if he was gonna be the next goat but imo he wasnt even the most impressive newcomer last season
On August 20 2020 07:59 CicadaSC wrote: people are so sad prince didnt make it as if he was gonna be the next goat but imo he wasnt even the most impressive newcomer last season
But still impressive. His play showed a lot of potential.
On August 20 2020 09:36 PurE)Rabbit-SF wrote: Wasn't coca involved with match fixing before? He was a strong zerg when he last competed as I recall.
He and ByuN colluded in a ESV Weekly back at the beginning of WOL and were disciplined by their teams. It's funny because there are other games (magic is the best example) where intentional draws are common practice, and people concede to friends quite often. Anyway, it wasn't matchfixing in the sense he was being paid to the throw the match by some mobsters a la the 2015 matchfixing disaster, it was more one teammate helping another.
On August 20 2020 09:36 PurE)Rabbit-SF wrote: Wasn't coca involved with match fixing before? He was a strong zerg when he last competed as I recall.
He and ByuN colluded in a ESV Weekly back at the beginning of WOL and were disciplined by their teams. It's funny because there are other games (magic is the best example) where intentional draws are common practice, and people concede to friends quite often. Anyway, it wasn't matchfixing in the sense he was being paid to the throw the match by some mobsters a la the 2015 matchfixing disaster, it was more one teammate helping another.
A much more thorough summary by me (even has the replays of the matches!), if I may toot my own horn
IMO it's even LESS sinister (by which I mean NOT AT ALL sinister) than how you framed it, or how it's erroneously remembered by the SC2 community hivemind.
EPT
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ByuN, who defeated Hurricane, Dream, and Cure to earn his GSL return after a two year hiatus. Though ByuN's military service will not officially conclude for a few more weeks, it appears that some allowance was made for his participation in the qualifier.
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