2024 Off-season Community Weekly Cups Week of November 11-17
by Wax
Whoops, did we jinx it? Following last week's post about how community organizers recreated ESL's Monday triple-header of cups, the Kaelaris-Steadfast-Rotti Cup announced its (temporary?) cessation with tournament #11. Still, even down one competition, the weekly cup scene seems to be in good shape for at least the near future.
WardiTV Mondays started things off with a big surprise, as Trap won his first big weekly cup since his return from military service in April (he did win the smaller Sparking Tuna Cup back in September). Even though weekly cups aren't quite the same as live events, it was very impressive of Trap to survive a gauntlet of GuMiho, Clem, ByuN, and MaxPax so soon after his return to active competition. Hopefully, he won't have to wait too long to show his skills in offline competition as well.
The KSR cup delivered a smaller surprise, with the usual Clem vs MaxPax finals getting canceled by an interloping Astrea. The American Protoss bounced MaxPax from the tournament in the quarters, and then took down ByuN in the semis to earn himself a spot opposite of Clem in the finals. Unfortunately for Astrea, he couldn't take down a third cup titan in a row, and he ceded the weekly title to Clem in a 0-3 sweep.
Astrea's momentum carried over to the following PiGosaur Cup #6, as he once again made a run to the finals (once again defeating MaxPax along the way). This set him up against ByuN in the finals—a rematch from the earlier KSR Cup semis. ByuN was able to avenge his earlier loss, taking a 3-1 victory to close out the Monday cup trilogy.
Some funky scheduling turned Olimoleague into a 'twice-weekly,' with two tournaments being held in quick succession on 12th and the 16th.
The first of these tournaments gave us a classic ESL Korea/Asia weekly finals of herO vs Dark, with herO narrow besting his regional rival by a 3-2 score.
The KSL was back in the mix on its two-week cycle. Dark took first place by flexing his ZvP skills, defeating LunaSea, Zoun, and herO without dropping a single map.
On November 19 2024 03:27 Telephone wrote: Did Trap get a new perm or something?? Awesome!
no it's an old screengrab from like 2022
I think we may literally have no images of Trap since he returned from the military since he hasn't played live tournaments and there's been nothing posted on social media (that I'm aware of)
Trap was the most complete Protoss for several years with combination of macro-micro-offense-defense, his game is well-rounded, maybe too well-rounded for his race. And he also will be remembered as the guy who blew a 3-0 lead in a GSL code S.
During the week of November 11-17, 2024, the community weekly cups saw some exciting results. Trap claimed his first major win since his return at WardiTV Mondays #10, while Clem triumphed at Kaelaris-Steadfast-Rotti Cup #11. Astrea's momentum continued with a solid showing, but ByuN ultimately secured victory at PiGosaur Cup #6. Homework assignments can often be overwhelming, especially when you’re juggling multiple classes. I turned to https://academized.com/do-my-homework academized to do my homework, and I was incredibly satisfied with the results. The writer followed all my instructions, delivered the assignment on time, and the quality of the work was exceptional. If you’re a student in need of homework assistance, academized.com is the way to go.