Tournament:Kowloon 12 with Kagaribi: Difference between revisions
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This was the first Premier event of the [[LumiRank 2024.2]] season, having a large amount of Japan's top talent coming to the event as well as two overseas players in attendance; {{Sm|Sparg0}} and {{Sm|Yoda Cage}}. The only notable top Japanese players missing from the tournament were {{Sm|Yoshidora}}, {{Sm|Yaura}}, {{Sm|Neo|p=Japan}} and {{Sm|Kaninabe}}. The first day of pools ran up until top 192. | This was the first Premier event of the [[LumiRank 2024.2]] season, having a large amount of Japan's top talent coming to the event as well as two overseas players in attendance; {{Sm|Sparg0}} and {{Sm|Yoda Cage}}. The only notable top Japanese players missing from the tournament were {{Sm|Yoshidora}}, {{Sm|Yaura}}, {{Sm|Neo|p=Japan}} and {{Sm|Kaninabe}}. The first day of pools ran up until top 192. | ||
The first day of the tournament saw many notable upsets in pools, with #8 seed {{Sm|Tea}} losing to #264 seed {{Sm|Moyashi|p=Ultimate}} 1-2 (upset factor 11) | The first day of the tournament saw many notable upsets in pools, with #8 seed {{Sm|Tea}} losing to #264 seed {{Sm|Moyashi|p=Ultimate}} 1-2 (upset factor 11) and #9 seed {{Sm|TamaPDaifuku}} losing to #137 seed {{Sm|Nyonoknb}} 2-3 (upset factor 8). In total, 20 of the top 64 seeds were upset on the first day. | ||
The second day continued the large slew of upsets. TamaPDaifuku was ultimately eliminated at 129th after losing to {{Sm|Kurofune}} 2-3 (upset Factor 6), tying {{Trn|Kagaribi 11}} as his worst offline placement to date. Other top talent would get upset, such as #3 seed {{Sm|Hurt}} losing to {{Sm|alice}} for an Upset Factor of 7, Hurt would then get a win on Rimu but get upset by {{Sm|Lea}} resulting in a 25th place finish, one of his worst placings since his breakout performance at {{Trn|Kagaribi 10}}. #5 seed Shuton and #6 seed Sparg0 would make it all the way to Top 48 winners side, before being upset by {{Sm|Sin|p=Ultimate}} and {{Sm|Doramigi}} respectively, getting placed into the losers bracket. Sparg0 would start to make a long losers run to make top 8, proceeding to beat {{Sm|shirome}}, {{Sm|alice}} and {{Sm|MASA}}, while Shuton would place 9th after a small losers run, notably losing to {{Sm|Zackray}}. In addition, Tea and #13 seed {{Sm|KEN}} would proceed to get upset, with Tea losing to {{Sm|Sumaho}} causing an upset factor of 9 and KEN losing to {{Sm|Rarikkusu}} and {{Sm|Ryuoh}}, sending both to get eliminated at 33rd. Ryuoh would notably make a strong losers run, as in addition to defeating KEN he would also defeat #4 seed Raru, Toriguri, #17 seed Snow and Akakikusu to make top 8 after losing to Zackray. | The second day continued the large slew of upsets. TamaPDaifuku was ultimately eliminated at 129th after losing to {{Sm|Kurofune}} 2-3 (upset Factor 6), tying {{Trn|Kagaribi 11}} as his worst offline placement to date. Other top talent would get upset, such as #3 seed {{Sm|Hurt}} losing to {{Sm|alice}} for an Upset Factor of 7, Hurt would then get a win on Rimu but get upset by {{Sm|Lea}} resulting in a 25th place finish, one of his worst placings since his breakout performance at {{Trn|Kagaribi 10}}. #5 seed Shuton and #6 seed Sparg0 would make it all the way to Top 48 winners side, before being upset by {{Sm|Sin|p=Ultimate}} and {{Sm|Doramigi}} respectively, getting placed into the losers bracket. Sparg0 would start to make a long losers run to make top 8, proceeding to beat {{Sm|shirome}}, {{Sm|alice}} and {{Sm|MASA}}, while Shuton would place 9th after a small losers run, notably losing to {{Sm|Zackray}}. In addition, Tea and #13 seed {{Sm|KEN}} would proceed to get upset, with Tea losing to {{Sm|Sumaho}} causing an upset factor of 9 and KEN losing to {{Sm|Rarikkusu}} and {{Sm|Ryuoh}}, sending both to get eliminated at 33rd. Ryuoh would notably make a strong losers run, as in addition to defeating KEN he would also defeat #4 seed Raru, Toriguri, #17 seed Snow and Akakikusu to make top 8 after losing to Zackray. | ||
This event notably saw a cinderlla run for #181 seed {{Sm|Sin|p=Ultimate}}, who defeated #12 seed {{Sm|Kameme}} 3-2 (upset factor 8), #21 seed {{Sm|Karaage}} 3-1 (upset factor 6), and #5 seed {{Sm|Shuton}} 3-2 (upset factor 10) to place 9th. Other players who made unexpected runs include #697 seed {{Sm|Lummy}} placing 33rd, #166 seed {{Sm|Sumaho}} and #111 seed {{Sm|Konokururu}} both placing 25th, and #111 seed {{Sm|Furararamen}} and #98 seed {{Sm|shirome}} both placing 17th. | |||
==Results== | ==Results== | ||