SOOP (CEOs Choi Young-woo and Lee Min-won, respectively) will hold a naming ceremony for the round of 16 of StarCraft League ASL Season 21 from 7 p.m. on the 6th.
A total of 16 players, including 12 players who passed the round of 24 and last season’s top 20 seed winners Park Sang-hyun, Jang Yun-cheol, Hwang Byeong-yeong, and Kim Taek-yong, will participate in this George Naming Ceremony. As a result of the semifinals, in the first week, Yunjong Jeong, Jo Ki-seok, Ho-sun Choi, Tae-young Kim, Il-jang Jo, and Soo-cheol Yoon joined the round of 16, and in the second week, Jae-ho Lee, Ji-seong Kim, Young-ho Lee, Jin-mook Lim, Je-dong Lee, and Sang-moon Shin joined the round of 16. A fierce battle of nerves is expected to unfold as the players directly select their groups to form the match.
For Season 21, ASL underwent a rebranding to establish a modern visual system for the long-running league. New catchphrase ‘ASL, the first. ‘The Final’ was also applied with the opening of the season. It was revealed that this phrase contains the trend and future direction of StarCraft eSports from its beginning to the present.
Reporter Park Woon-seong (photo@dailyesports.com)