The MBC Survivor Tournament is over and today we saw the GomTV MBC StarLeague Season 2 Group Selection. A massive 32 man tournament that promises many excellent games already in the first rounds.
There were three ways a player could be qualified for this tournament. First there are the four seeds from last seasons MSL. Meaning the top four finishers in that tournament. They got an autobirth into this one. Then there was the 12 players who qualified through last seasons Survivor League. More recently the Survivor Tournament was held where the last 16 players secured their spot in this seasons MSL. Follow the link at the bottom to the feature about this season of Korean progaming to see who qualified from where and the full results of the Survivor Tournament.
The MSL group selection ceremony is a bit complex. The 16 players who are from last season (Survivor League and seeds) are placed in eight groups. Then the last 16 (from Survivor Tournament) get to pick their opponents. Then the already placed played are allowed a chance to switch one of the players who chose their group out with a player from another group.
GomTV MBC StarLeague Season 2
Group A
Bisu MBC HEROvs Child STX Soul
OverSky CJ Entusvs FreeDom Samsung Khan
Group B
sAviOr CJ Entusvs GoRush SKT T1
Jangbi Samsung Khanvs Shine OGN Sparkyz
Group C
Hwasin STX Soulvs keke PanTech EX
910 MBC HEROvs go.go OGN Sparkyz
Group D
Nal_rA KTF MagicNsvs Boxer AirForce ACE
Canata SKT T1vs FireBatHero Samsung Khan
Group E
Justin OGN Sparkyzvs Sea MBC HERO
Much CJ Entusvs StOrk Samsung Khan
Group F
Light MBC HEROvs Midas SKT T1
Free HanBit Starsvs TT Samsung Khan
Group G
Nada Pantech EXvs Chalrenge OGN Sparkyz
July MBC HEROvs iloveoov SKT T1
Group H
JJu Samsung Khanvs Sheis STX Soul
GoodFrienD KTF MagicNsvs XellOs CJ Entus
JJu: going for the title. XellOs: being walked in by model.
There were quite a few funny and interesting occurances during the ceremony. Savior almost tripped on his way in. Oov originally selected Nada, and asked Nada to swap him back in once he was swapped out of Nada's group. And for once Midas did not pick Savior, finally he has learned. He originally picked JJu, but was passed around like a hot potato, until he ended in Group F against Light. There are clearly many strong groups, but NaDa, July, Chalrenge and Oov in group G stand out a bit. Boxer was attending via phone, and I know we are all looking forward to him vs Nal_rA.
The first round will be played in dual tournament style. That means that the inital games (as listed above) are played. Then there's a winners game where the winner goes through. Then there is a loser's game where the loser is eliminated and the winner goes to the final game to meet the loser of the winners game. The winner here grabs the last spot in the final round. All these games are best of one.
Finally, take a moment to check out the link below to the feature on this season of Korean progaming. It has been updated with results so far and much more. It will also have a map section with pictures and downloads completed by the end of the day.
Links
GosuGamers - Everything about Korean ProGaming this season
FighterForum - Picture Source
