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Nice brackets.
Know the usual meme is that Serral allways gets the easy way, but having either Rogue in a ZvZ or imo the best Protoss atm in Classic in the qualifying match is not a lucky draw :D
Will be great games!
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On July 15 2025 02:46 Kreuger wrote:
Nice brackets.
Know the usual meme is that Serral allways gets the easy way, but having either Rogue in a ZvZ or imo the best Protoss atm in Classic in the qualifying match is not a lucky draw :D
Will be great games!
It's almost certainly seeded based on Aligulac rating from mid-June (when all the players were confirmed). They didn't say this officially, but the match-ups line up perfectly by rating.
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On July 15 2025 02:48 Waxangel wrote:Show nested quote +On July 15 2025 02:46 Kreuger wrote:
Nice brackets.
Know the usual meme is that Serral allways gets the easy way, but having either Rogue in a ZvZ or imo the best Protoss atm in Classic in the qualifying match is not a lucky draw :D
Will be great games! It's almost certainly seeded based on Aligulac rating from mid-June (when all the players were confirmed). They didn't say this officially, but the match-ups line up perfectly by rating.
Ah yeah, that might be it.
How things can change in a couple of weeks,
We have Classic that are in great shape, Clem in good shape byt showing some vulnerability in his TvP, Serral we dont know since he doesnt show up to smaller cups.
22/7 cant come soon enough :D
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Damn, I wanna see a Rogue versus Serral ZvZ!! Although seeing Serral go against Classic after the recent loss would be super interesting as well.
Maru versus Reynor could also be a banger.
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All the matchup seems pretty “fair” and well balanced.
Only Maru vs trigger and hero vs lancer sticks out like a sore thumb.
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The play-in in to get either Serral or Clem always makes me chuckle, so Brutal.
Looking forward to the games.
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The brackets are very balanced much more so than in most world championships. Maybe the bottom one is a tiny bit stronger. Really whichever half Byun ends up in will be the harder bracket.
It's also particularly good for Maru, he has a very high chance of getting straight to the ro8. Especially if Shin beats Reynor.
Kinda weird that they're doing a third place match. Is this the first world championship with a 3rd place match for SC2? I guess it gives time for the finalists to prep which is nice.
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I guess the player qualify from the play-in upper bracket will face Serral and the lower bracket will face Clem.
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On July 15 2025 10:22 JJH777 wrote:
Kinda weird that they're doing a third place match. Is this the first world championship with a 3rd place match for SC2? I guess it gives time for the finalists to prep which is nice.
I think it is just a thing they do throughout the entire EWC. Every discipline has divided points between 3rd and 4th place, so SC2 had to do it aswell.
In general it feels like the Bronze-match has a bit of a comeback this year in other games aswell, considering that it was pretty much dead for the last ten years
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On July 15 2025 08:11 Agh wrote:
The play-in in to get either Serral or Clem always makes me chuckle, so Brutal.
Looking forward to the games.
It's an additional 10k so definitely worth it
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The brackets look very balanced. im a bit sad for rogue, who has a very hard bracket :o
Shin Vs Reynor will be fun and beside it's a zvz, it is a must watch for me! Cure vs Showtime will be close as well, i think.
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What's the reason the Play-in Stage exists as part of the main tournament?
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On July 16 2025 16:46 Yrr wrote:
What's the reason the Play-in Stage exists as part of the main tournament?
The Playin-Stage awards 7500$ for the last place, I think the least the players can do is travel to Riyadh for that 
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On July 16 2025 16:46 Yrr wrote:
What's the reason the Play-in Stage exists as part of the main tournament?
Drama, make a "last chance" tournament, hype if someone from play-in actually wins a round, money
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Well all the people that like to complain that Serral always gets very favorable matchups in groups/brackets definitely can't complain on this one could have to face Byun for first series which albeit isn't that bad but then either a ZvZ against Rogue or series against Classic who is in absolute top form right now for the potential qualifying match to the playoffs is without a doubt the worst potential 2 opponents for any player in their respective potential playoff qualifying match.
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classic, rogue, serral have to play that early? holy moly...
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After many years, im excited for another sc2 tournament again. lets gooo
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Looks great - a lot of great SC2 coming up next week!
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