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2021 GSL outline "Code A" returns!

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machinus
Profile Joined January 2010
United States291 Posts
December 12 2020 11:56 GMT
#1
T&A just explained that Code S will alternate with super tournaments in 2021.

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The 16 players in the Code S RO16 will be:
The top 4 players from the last Super Tournament
The top 4 players form qualifiers.
The top 8 players from Code A.



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gammaglobulin1
Profile Joined June 2020
3 Posts
December 12 2020 12:11 GMT
#2
Smaller prize pool by quite a significant margin. Apparently Afreeca will be providing the prize pool themselves next year?
machinus
Profile Joined January 2010
United States291 Posts
December 12 2020 12:13 GMT
#3
They have not had audiences for a year, It's not clear when they will be allowed to have them back in the studio. I'm sure that has had an effect.
LaughNgamezAfreeca
Profile Joined October 2018
129 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-12-12 12:34:19
December 12 2020 12:33 GMT
#4
Smaller prize pool could very well be accounted for in EPT 2021 global events. I doubt they'll be an overall reduction besides the already known removed boost from the 10 year anniversary bonus which is $325,000 decrease.
kubaPS
Profile Joined July 2018
Germany162 Posts
December 12 2020 12:35 GMT
#5
Code A is back. Nice. Looks like overall more SC2 which is also nice!
lechatnoir
Profile Joined November 2016
386 Posts
December 12 2020 12:40 GMT
#6
We'll take all the GSL we can get, thanks.
freelifeffs
Profile Joined April 2018
97 Posts
December 12 2020 12:41 GMT
#7
im pretty sure the region lock will be removed next year, so that might also have played a role.
Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33388 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-12-13 15:53:28
December 13 2020 15:36 GMT
#8
On December 12 2020 21:11 gammaglobulin1 wrote:
Smaller prize pool by quite a significant margin. Apparently Afreeca will be providing the prize pool themselves next year?


ionno where this hearsay keeps coming from

GSL is really richly prized compared to how much KR viewership it gets. I would think it's almost certainly being heavily bankrolled by Blizz. If Afreeca_Chae or anyone else wants to clarify I'd be more than happy to hear tho

Also it's $430,800 in 2021 compared to $480,000 in 2020. That's a drop, but not a 'significant' in my view (esp considering army etc).
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JustPassingBy
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
10776 Posts
December 13 2020 15:59 GMT
#9
So they basically rebranded Code S ro24 to Code A?

And having qualifiers in addition to Code A, does that mean that GSL is giving foreigners a chance to qualify for Code S remotely? If not, why bother having separate qualifiers when they can just make Code A bigger (or double elim)?
SmoKim
Profile Joined March 2010
Denmark10305 Posts
December 13 2020 16:04 GMT
#10
I just hope ESL/Dreamhack are working with Afreeca.
"LOL I have 202 supply right now (3 minutes later)..."LOL NOW I HAVE 220 SUPPLY SUP?!?!?" - Mondragon
SmoKim
Profile Joined March 2010
Denmark10305 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-12-13 16:16:00
December 13 2020 16:15 GMT
#11
Double post
"LOL I have 202 supply right now (3 minutes later)..."LOL NOW I HAVE 220 SUPPLY SUP?!?!?" - Mondragon
NoobSkills
Profile Joined August 2009
United States1598 Posts
December 13 2020 16:44 GMT
#12
I really miss the days of Code A into Code S. There were just so many matches to watch. And yeah maybe some were lesser quality, but it was really nice to always have something to watch when I felt like binging on SC2
JJH777
Profile Joined January 2011
United States4407 Posts
December 13 2020 18:02 GMT
#13
Very good news. I feared a significant reduction next year since it really wasn't clear if GSL was part of the ESL deal. Also the prize pool reduction is really just the decrease from top 28 to top 24 of each season getting paid. Which is unfortunate because it lowers the incentive for new blood but with the amount of notable players who went or are going to the army before the next season it will still be easier than ever to get into GSL.
Vutalisk
Profile Joined August 2016
United States680 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-12-14 00:21:39
December 13 2020 18:12 GMT
#14
This rebrand of Ro24 of Code S to be Code A is cute and all but effectively changing nothing.
I'm happy that there are still GSL tournaments to support the Korean scene for 2021. Any bit of money will help in case you know competitive scene is going away after 2022.
tommey.liang
Profile Joined November 2020
United States363 Posts
December 13 2020 20:49 GMT
#15
Welcome back, Code A!
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B42b42oss4
Profile Joined May 2015
Germany40 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-12-13 20:54:59
December 13 2020 20:54 GMT
#16
On December 14 2020 03:12 Vutalisk wrote:
This rebrand of Ro24 of Code S to be Code A is cute and all but effectively changing nothing.
I'm happy that there are still GSL tournaments to support the Korean scene for 2021. Any bit of money will help in case you know competitive scene is doing away after 2022.


That is not true. Code A is 16 spots with the top 8 advancing to the RO16 GSL. That makes 8 more spots then RO24 GSL this year. Thats a plus of 8 spots.
JustPassingBy
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
10776 Posts
December 13 2020 21:21 GMT
#17
On December 14 2020 05:54 B42b42oss4 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 14 2020 03:12 Vutalisk wrote:
This rebrand of Ro24 of Code S to be Code A is cute and all but effectively changing nothing.
I'm happy that there are still GSL tournaments to support the Korean scene for 2021. Any bit of money will help in case you know competitive scene is doing away after 2022.


That is not true. Code A is 16 spots with the top 8 advancing to the RO16 GSL. That makes 8 more spots then RO24 GSL this year. Thats a plus of 8 spots.


I don't understand. In 2021, Code A + Code S will feature 24 players, same as Code S this year, no?
Elentos
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
55550 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-12-13 21:24:11
December 13 2020 21:23 GMT
#18
On December 14 2020 05:54 B42b42oss4 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 14 2020 03:12 Vutalisk wrote:
This rebrand of Ro24 of Code S to be Code A is cute and all but effectively changing nothing.
I'm happy that there are still GSL tournaments to support the Korean scene for 2021. Any bit of money will help in case you know competitive scene is doing away after 2022.


That is not true. Code A is 16 spots with the top 8 advancing to the RO16 GSL. That makes 8 more spots then RO24 GSL this year. Thats a plus of 8 spots.

I don't follow your math.
On December 14 2020 06:21 JustPassingBy wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 14 2020 05:54 B42b42oss4 wrote:
On December 14 2020 03:12 Vutalisk wrote:
This rebrand of Ro24 of Code S to be Code A is cute and all but effectively changing nothing.
I'm happy that there are still GSL tournaments to support the Korean scene for 2021. Any bit of money will help in case you know competitive scene is doing away after 2022.


That is not true. Code A is 16 spots with the top 8 advancing to the RO16 GSL. That makes 8 more spots then RO24 GSL this year. Thats a plus of 8 spots.


I don't understand. In 2021, Code A + Code S will feature 24 players, same as Code S this year, no?

Code S this year was 28 players...
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esReveR
Profile Joined February 2010
United States567 Posts
December 13 2020 21:38 GMT
#19
On December 12 2020 21:13 machinus wrote:
They have not had audiences for a year, It's not clear when they will be allowed to have them back in the studio. I'm sure that has had an effect.


I doubt it. Watching GSL in-person is free.

It's nice to have Code A back. Hopefully we can see some new players thrive.
Skill is relative.
Die4Ever
Profile Joined August 2010
United States17676 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-12-13 23:52:12
December 13 2020 23:50 GMT
#20
yea I wish they took this opportunity to make Code A a little bit bigger, it wouldn't dilute the "Code S" name, and because they don't broadcast the qualifiers it'd be nice to see players like Bomber, Creator, Curious, Taeja, Coca, Prince, ForGG...

as it is, this is basically just renaming the first round of Code S to Code A, but they made it single elim bo5 instead of groups? that sounds like a bad change, you can really get screwed by bracket luck
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