Probably that 7 number next to the day and month means the starting hour, so very likely it is 7 pm KST. But you probably knew that when u were asking the question )

HOLYBATS

Turkey615 Posts

August 14 2024 15:42 GMT

#162

So it is mon tue wed.

TornadoSteve

893 Posts

August 14 2024 19:21 GMT

#163

Happy to see Speed to the RO16!

ThunderJunk

United States638 Posts

August 14 2024 20:18 GMT

#164

Motive has a tough but winnable group. If he could get a good 1 game win by cheese, he'll be in a great position to beat Royal and advance 1st. The problem is I can't see him advancing past Sacsri in a Bo3.

Destroyer

Czech Republic929 Posts

August 14 2024 20:23 GMT

#165

Queen + Barracks
Mini + Bisu
Motive + RoyaL
Action + Best
Light + JD
Mind + Stork

But really anything can happen on those maps in bo1 scenarios.

maybenexttime

Poland5333 Posts

August 14 2024 20:32 GMT

#166

I'll be visiting Korea with family during the first stage of the tournament. Is there a way to book tickets for this? ^^

TornadoSteve

893 Posts

August 14 2024 21:20 GMT

#167

I will go with
Barracks, Rain
sSak, Mini
Motive, sOrry
Best, Speed
Light, Jaedong
Mind, Stork

RJBTVYOUTUBE

Netherlands463 Posts

August 14 2024 22:32 GMT

#168

On August 15 2024 05:18 ThunderJunk wrote:
Motive has a tough but winnable group. If he could get a good 1 game win by cheese, he'll be in a great position to beat Royal and advance 1st. The problem is I can't see him advancing past Sacsri in a Bo3.

Motive doesn't cheese. He's an eco control player. No wacky or crazy builds from him. I won't put him over RoyaL, but I think he has his best shot vs Sacsri. Realistically it would be Rush + Royal in Winner's, with Motive vs Sacsri in loser's with odds there at 50/50. Motive's odds vs Rush or Royal are closer yo 40/60. He could still win but its less likely. I want him to make it out in 1st place, but its less likely.

Also, I've noticed games are getting shorter and shorter lately. The meta seems to favor STRONG early and mid players, with late becoming much less common amongst all match-ups.

ShowTheLights

Korea (South)1668 Posts

August 15 2024 00:26 GMT

#169

Scan is FUCKED

Rain's group is harder than it seems. Esp with a tough Tier 3 Terran

ThunderJunk

United States638 Posts

August 15 2024 01:54 GMT

#170

Group A:
Queen and Rain, the two biggest players in the group both have the advantage of only needing to practice 2 matchups. They handily win group A, but with some challenging Terran cheese thrown at them.
Group B:
Mini and Bisu are always clear favorites in every group. Bisu is highly reliable in his path to the Ro16. Mini could lose to Terrans who know how to turtle and macro because mini can't build more than 60 probes. Scan tends to play aggressively in the early game. If he does that, he'll lose to Mini. No matter what he'll lose to Bisu. Scan beating sSaK is also possible, though I'd give him like 40% odds against sSaK on competition day.
Group C:
Rush and Sacsri are impressive Broodwar players. Sacsri in fact is very good at being Zerg. Royal is strong, but Sacsri feels the pull of the Zerg race yearning for a new champion. More importantly, he only needs to win one series against Royal, lose to Rush, and collect against Motive in the final match.
Group D:
Best and Action are heads and shoulders better than Sea and Speed. I think Speed could maybe do something against Action, but certainly not twice. And Sea spends most of his time convincing pretty Korean chicks to follow him around and enjoy him while he talks loudly about stuff.
Group E:
Who is teolbo?
Light and Jaedong. Jaedong has been around long enough to not be thrown off guard by novelty. Light is one of the most stable defensive terrans around. They're equipped to deal with cheese. Respect teolbo for making it this far.
Group F:
Can Free beat JyJ?
If he gets one really good win against JyJ, he could move on against Mind and we'll find out if the guy is for real. Stork is going to the loser's match. I give him 90% to beat free in PvP. So, Free needs to beat JyJ to have a shot of getting out of this group. My hypothetical money's on JyJ and Mind to clear the group with stylistic gumption.

TornadoSteve

893 Posts

August 15 2024 02:05 GMT

#171

Mini could lose to Terrans who know how to turtle and macro because mini can't build more than 60 probes.

Exactly. As soon as he get 61 probes, guy bleed all over his keyboard, wink every half second and slap himself which reduce considerably his APM

TornadoSteve

893 Posts

August 15 2024 03:43 GMT

#172

On August 15 2024 10:54 ThunderJunk wrote:
Group A:
Queen and Rain, the two biggest players in the group both have the advantage of only needing to practice 2 matchups. They handily win group A, but with some challenging Terran cheese thrown at them.
Group B:
Mini and Bisu are always clear favorites in every group. Bisu is highly reliable in his path to the Ro16. Mini could lose to Terrans who know how to turtle and macro because mini can't build more than 60 probes. Scan tends to play aggressively in the early game. If he does that, he'll lose to Mini. No matter what he'll lose to Bisu. Scan beating sSaK is also possible, though I'd give him like 40% odds against sSaK on competition day.
Group C:
Rush and Sacsri are impressive Broodwar players. Sacsri in fact is very good at being Zerg. Royal is strong, but Sacsri feels the pull of the Zerg race yearning for a new champion. More importantly, he only needs to win one series against Royal, lose to Rush, and collect against Motive in the final match.
Group D:
Best and Action are heads and shoulders better than Sea and Speed. I think Speed could maybe do something against Action, but certainly not twice. And Sea spends most of his time convincing pretty Korean chicks to follow him around and enjoy him while he talks loudly about stuff.
Group E:
Who is teolbo?
Light and Jaedong. Jaedong has been around long enough to not be thrown off guard by novelty. Light is one of the most stable defensive terrans around. They're equipped to deal with cheese. Respect teolbo for making it this far.
Group F:
Can Free beat JyJ?
If he gets one really good win against JyJ, he could move on against Mind and we'll find out if the guy is for real. Stork is going to the loser's match. I give him 90% to beat free in PvP. So, Free needs to beat JyJ to have a shot of getting out of this group. My hypothetical money's on JyJ and Mind to clear the group with stylistic gumption.

Action is not better than Speed right now. Jaedong is getting thrown off guard every single season. teolbo is YSC. 90% in a PvsP is absurd. lol.

M3t4PhYzX

Poland4036 Posts

August 15 2024 07:37 GMT

#173

On August 14 2024 23:25 Bonyth wrote:

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Probably that 7 number next to the day and month means the starting hour, so very likely it is 7 pm KST. But you probably knew that when u were asking the question )

???

I didn't "know". I presumed but wanted confirmation from somebody who was sure. That's why I asked the question.. why would I ask the question if I was sure about the answer?

Whatever..

M3t4PhYzX

Poland4036 Posts

August 15 2024 07:39 GMT

#174

On August 14 2024 22:05 Kreuger wrote:

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Yesh. 7pm kst should be starting time if my conversion isnt all wrong

Thank You

What about the map order? Dominator for first two sets and then? Anyone has the info?

Kreuger

Sweden589 Posts

August 15 2024 07:45 GMT

#175

Its a longshot but really wish for Scan to get through

And JD ofc

M3t4PhYzX

Poland4036 Posts

August 15 2024 07:56 GMT

#176

Can someone translate the map order for ro24? Please.

Thanks in advance <3

edit; also.. will the ro8 be a bo7 series from now on? Do i understand this correctly? Or just seeing things.

Peeano

Netherlands4641 Posts

August 15 2024 08:39 GMT

#177

On August 15 2024 16:56 M3t4PhYzX wrote:
Can someone translate the map order for ro24? Please.

Thanks in advance <3

edit; also.. will the ro8 be a bo7 series from now on? Do i understand this correctly? Or just seeing things.

Google Translate has an image option as well:

M3t4PhYzX

Poland4036 Posts

August 15 2024 09:18 GMT

#178

On August 15 2024 17:39 Peeano wrote:

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Google Translate has an image option as well:

oh shit.. didn't realize that actually.. wow, ok that changes things!

thanks a lot for that tip, holy smokes

GTR

51269 Posts

August 15 2024 11:25 GMT

#179

just caught the fact that they're changing ro8's from bo5 to bo7, interesting choice - there won't be any bo5's at all now which is strange.

imo they should have just cut down the quarterfinals to two days and do 2 bo5's in one day.