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Wonder if this is what Protoss representation will be like in tournaments from here on out with Stats and Zest leaving. Hopefully Classic comes back strong this year.
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Mexico2170 Posts
I thought I had read Special was going to leave Korea due to visa issues?
In any case, looking forward to the tournament!
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On May 05 2021 13:44 [Phantom] wrote:
I thought I had read Special was going to leave Korea due to visa issues?
In any case, looking forward to the tournament!
I'm not sure if he's said when his visa expires, so possibly it lasts long enough for him to play in supertournament?
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DRG also didn't make it. I feel like he's also a notable player to mention
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Stats didn't enter this tournament. And Zest got bopped by a fellow Protoss (Zoun). Also, there is big difference in the level of play between the old guard, especially the old guard that played during the ProLeague era, and new wave Korean players. For example, the difference in play between Zest/Trap/Classic/PartinG and the new wave Protoss like Prince and Nightmare is just too great. If Zoun is considered a new wave Korean Protoss, then Zoun is the one exception that seems to have improved (he did join in the last year of Proleague) but he was not a notable Protoss player when Proleague disbanded.
Korean Terran has the same problem because the difference in level of play between Ty/Maru/Byun/Cure and Percival is also a big gap.
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What is the item on the calendar today?
GSL Super Tournament 8h 55m
Zest vs Zoun
Solar vs Dream
RagnaroK vs INnoVation
TY vs ByuN
sOs vs Cure
Trap vs Dark
Bunny vs PartinG
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On May 05 2021 17:05 Edpayasugo wrote:
What is the item on the calendar today?
GSL Super Tournament 8h 55m
Zest vs Zoun
Solar vs Dream
RagnaroK vs INnoVation
TY vs ByuN
sOs vs Cure
Trap vs Dark
Bunny vs PartinG
CreightonOlsen is gonna be casting the matches
https://tl.net/forum/viewpost.php?post_id=27799243
On April 29 2021 20:45 CreightonOlsen wrote:I am pleased to announce that the final winner's bracket games of the GSL Super Tournament II Qualifiers will be streamed (from replay) on my AfreecaTV channel. Please tune in on Wednesday, May 05 5:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) for those 7 matches!
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On May 05 2021 17:08 Die4Ever wrote:Show nested quote +On May 05 2021 17:05 Edpayasugo wrote:
What is the item on the calendar today?
GSL Super Tournament 8h 55m
Zest vs Zoun
Solar vs Dream
RagnaroK vs INnoVation
TY vs ByuN
sOs vs Cure
Trap vs Dark
Bunny vs PartinG CreightonOlsen is gonna be casting the matches https://tl.net/forum/viewpost.php?post_id=27799243Show nested quote +On April 29 2021 20:45 CreightonOlsen wrote:I am pleased to announce that the final winner's bracket games of the GSL Super Tournament II Qualifiers will be streamed (from replay) on my AfreecaTV channel. Please tune in on Wednesday, May 05 5:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) for those 7 matches!
Ok so casted replay of qualifiers?
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Ok so casted replay of qualifiers?
yes
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Protoss is not looking good atm. Losing two pillars of the race in Stats and Zest is going to be really painful. I imagine it'll be the same for Zerg when Rogue and Dark go to the military. There aren't many other premier level zergs in Korea.
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It's sad to see no new players in that list.
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lol Zoun stopped Zest's timing attack with just two Oracles.
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I recommended Game 2 of Zest vs Zoun to watch for those of you havent done yet.
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Russian Federation400 Posts
why there's been an open GSL Tournament stream but nothing is going on youtube?
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On May 06 2021 03:08 RandomPlayer wrote:
why there's been an open GSL Tournament stream but nothing is going on youtube?
Afreeca has asked me to stream this on their platform directly.
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Thanks for the awesome casting!
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United States4126 Posts
On May 05 2021 22:09 Garnet wrote:
It's sad to see no new players in that list.
Super Tournament isn't exactly the type of tournament that lets new talent shine.
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On May 05 2021 16:30 xelnaga_empire wrote:
Stats didn't enter this tournament. And Zest got bopped by a fellow Protoss (Zoun). Also, there is big difference in the level of play between the old guard, especially the old guard that played during the ProLeague era, and new wave Korean players. For example, the difference in play between Zest/Trap/Classic/PartinG and the new wave Protoss like Prince and Nightmare is just too great. If Zoun is considered a new wave Korean Protoss, then Zoun is the one exception that seems to have improved (he did join in the last year of Proleague) but he was not a notable Protoss player when Proleague disbanded.
Korean Terran has the same problem because the difference in level of play between Ty/Maru/Byun/Cure and Percival is also a big gap.
Zest was eliminated by a Zerg (Armani), Zoun knocked him into loser bracke
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The game 2 between Ragnarok and Innovation was the best series of the day.
It was the battle between two casting units: Ghosts and Infestors. Ghosts/Infestors were the saving grace of both players until their resources got depleted.
Ragnarok used burrowed Infestor's neural parasite on the single Ghost, then EMP all the Ghosts before they could cast EMPs to Infestors/Vipers. Then, a couple bad trade fights between the two players where Inno unnecessarily wasting his nukes and Ragnarok losing his Brood lords/Ultralisks to Ghosts' Snipe until their resources got depleted at the 30:00 mark. These leave Inno with just a couple of Ghosts running around.
Ragnarok started to give up after his spine crawler and spore crawler got shut down, leaving with only single Infestor and couple of Lings. Both players had only single worker, with no resource left. The game ended up with Inno taking the series with just Marines barely survived.
Edit: Inno should has one Raven for detecting purpose while Ragnarok should make more banes to obliterate Ghosts after getting fungal.
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On May 05 2021 16:30 xelnaga_empire wrote:
Stats didn't enter this tournament. And Zest got bopped by a fellow Protoss (Zoun). Also, there is big difference in the level of play between the old guard, especially the old guard that played during the ProLeague era, and new wave Korean players. For example, the difference in play between Zest/Trap/Classic/PartinG and the new wave Protoss like Prince and Nightmare is just too great. If Zoun is considered a new wave Korean Protoss, then Zoun is the one exception that seems to have improved (he did join in the last year of Proleague) but he was not a notable Protoss player when Proleague disbanded.
Korean Terran has the same problem because the difference in level of play between Ty/Maru/Byun/Cure and Percival is also a big gap.
I am a bit curious about what you mean about new wave players. NightMare has played for a long time, used shadow stride successfully when that upgrade was newly introduced. Before that he played Proleague for cj entus in Heart of the Swarm. NightMare played Proleague before Zoun joined.
Also, how does Patience fit in? What about ViViD? Those two have shown good results at times. Though ViViD only ever performed in team leagues, never individually.
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On May 06 2021 15:41 swarminfestor wrote:
The game 2 between Ragnarok and Innovation was the best series of the day.
Well, if by series you mean game then sure
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oh, only 3 protoss. It seems to be the fall of aiur.
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France12992 Posts
Almost a week after qualifiers and the bracket is still not publicly available? Does anyone has some info on when it will be?
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On May 10 2021 20:28 Poopi wrote:
Almost a week after qualifiers and the bracket is still not publicly available? Does anyone has some info on when it will be?
It's been out on their Afreeca site for a few hours already. Check https://bj.afreecatv.com/afgsl/post/72280114 (or Liquipedia)
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6 Terran in the lower bracket, while 4 Zerg in the other bracket. Possibly another TvZ final.
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Wishing TY the best to win championship title just a couple of days before going to military service. It will be very meaningful to him and his fans.
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On May 10 2021 23:37 swarminfestor wrote:
Wishing TY the best to win championship title just a couple of days before going to military service. It will be very meaningful to him and his fans.
He's playing sOs in the Ro16, his fate is first round elimination.
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France12992 Posts
On May 10 2021 22:34 Elentos wrote:Show nested quote +On May 10 2021 20:28 Poopi wrote:
Almost a week after qualifiers and the bracket is still not publicly available? Does anyone has some info on when it will be? It's been out on their Afreeca site for a few hours already. Check https://bj.afreecatv.com/afgsl/post/72280114 (or Liquipedia)
Thank you!
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EPT
Zest failed to make the cut from his qualifying pool, losing to Zoun and Armani 
