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On August 14 2024 21:37 M3t4PhYzX wrote:At what hour will the groups start, btw? Anyone knows? 7PM KST? Thanks for posting the groups. Cheers 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 )
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Happy to see Speed to the RO16!
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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.
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Queen + Barracks Mini + Bisu Motive + RoyaL Action + Best Light + JD Mind + Stork
But really anything can happen on those maps in bo1 scenarios.
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I'll be visiting Korea with family during the first stage of the tournament. Is there a way to book tickets for this? ^^
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I will go with Barracks, Rain sSak, Mini Motive, sOrry Best, Speed Light, Jaedong Mind, Stork
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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.
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Scan is FUCKED
Rain's group is harder than it seems. Esp with a tough Tier 3 Terran
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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.
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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
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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.
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On August 14 2024 23:25 Bonyth wrote:Show nested quote +On August 14 2024 21:37 M3t4PhYzX wrote:At what hour will the groups start, btw? Anyone knows? 7PM KST? Thanks for posting the groups. Cheers 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..
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On August 14 2024 22:05 Kreuger wrote:Show nested quote +On August 14 2024 21:37 M3t4PhYzX wrote:At what hour will the groups start, btw? Anyone knows? 7PM KST? Thanks for posting the groups. Cheers 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?
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Its a longshot but really wish for Scan to get through
And JD ofc
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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.
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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:
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On August 15 2024 17:39 Peeano wrote:Show nested quote +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: oh shit.. didn't realize that actually.. wow, ok that changes things!
thanks a lot for that tip, holy smokes
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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.
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So they can change Bo5 in QF to Bo7, which doesn't make much of a difference anyway, but Ro24 is still Bo1 all the way...
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