ICCup Ladder Main Event ($750) - Day 1

In the past two months the ICCup Ladder Main Event Ladder Phase went down. More than 1,000 players participated, more than 10,000 games were played and now only the best of the best remain. A total of $750 are on the line, thanks to our sponsors!

The system is a bit complicated, as the ICCup administration wanted to make sure only the elite comes through. We're going to skip some details, for a full report, we suggest you check Liquipedia!. First off, only the Top 288 qualified. Ranks #288 to #17 will play on the upcoming Saturday in the first two stages: The Qualifiers and the Shoot Outs. It's going to be tough, there will be blood and it will most definitely be a very, very long day for everyone involved!


Please note, that we won't be able to provide you with live scores in the original post. Check the Liquipedia article for updated results; the sub-pages are listed below!

The first stage will be the Ladder Qualifiers. The places #33 to #288 will be put into sixteen 16 Man Single Elimination Brackets. Futhermore, the ICCup Administration wanted to reward a better rating, hence the places #33 to #48 were seeded into different brackets, so the players with a better rating would only meet in the later stages.



      More Details:
      Time: 14:00 CET Start (15 Minute Walk Over Deadline for 1st Round, 5 Minutes without excuses after!)
      Round of 16 - Semifinals: Best of One
      Finals: Best of Three
      Maps: Fighting Spirit (1st Round) - Destination (2nd) - Aztec (3rd) - Electric Circuit (Finals)
      Liquipedia: Qualifiers Stage


      Seeded Players:

• Group A Marwin
  
• Group B 1014
  
• Group C Dsaqwe
  
• Group D kogeT
  
• Group E Julia
  
• Group F Play.
  
• Group G Hujiwarano.Sai
  
• Group H Shrinker
  
• Group I Bakuryu
  
• Group J Tama
  
• Group K Sleep
  
• Group L Fantasy
  
• Group M AMLAcZ
  
• Group N CastrO
  
• Group O Pike
  
• Group P spx
  

+ Show Spoiler [Notable Players, Not Seeded] +

The second stage will feature the survivors of the Qualifier stage. The Ranks #17 to #32 were seeded into that stage.

Matches:



      More Details:
      Time: 18:00 CET Start (15 Minute Walk Over Deadline, Replacements will be done right away!)
      Map: Python, loser's choice
      Liquipedia: Shoot Outs

The official English speaking Casters will be BisuDagger, dRaW and Talent!

      About: BisuDagger

This man is a guy who really fucking loves Bisu and founded the Church of Bisu, which currently has over 1 million disciples worldwide. It is not a cult. He almost lost his faith the other day when he suggested that Stork might be a better Protoss than Bisu, and I quickly reprimanded him for his sins, and he repented. If you give him trouble, I will roast you in a rap song. That's not a good thing, so don't even go there. Just back away and nobody will get hurt. His casting style is strong, enthusiastic and mixes in very subtle humor that you probably won't catch, and think is serious.

      Catch phrases: "We love him/her, but not as much as we love Bisu.", "Let's just pretend I'm right."


      About: dRaW

The strongest, most legendary Protoss player in the history of StarCraft. He also really fucking loves Bisu. His constant dabbling in playing Zerg and Terran have caused some hilariously stupid people to think that dRaW is a Zerg player, but that is false. His true race is Italian. His skill is legend, and he has beaten Sziky many times. He is the kite runner, the snake charmer, the horse whisperer, the lion tamer, and the undisputed world champion, and got A rank on iCCup using Protoss. He currently plays for Team sas, which was betrayed by Sziky for 30 pieces of silver. His casting style is analytical, with making lots of funny voices.

      Catch phrases: "Just make Lurkers", "Hm nah, that's pretty standard."



      About: Talent

Another guy who really loves Bisu. Actually, all of these guys are ga-ga for Bisu, and it's creepy and weird. But anyhow, Beggar is a 1200(ish) rank Fish player who recently found out that the McWraps at McDonald's are not actually healthy. He is a frequent attender of C-rank events, although he's clearly better than C+, but that's how C events work. He enjoys eating fried chicken. He is the sole owner of a secret replay pack from a very good Protoss player on Fish who is in the top 20, and you can't have it. His casting style is humorous and going "shiittt." a lot.

      Catch phrases: "Shit man", "Man, these guys are just bad."

ICCup.Regular asked some of the players to send in their replay packs and tried to find the hidden gems. Thanks to NinaZerg and BisuDagger a few of these were already casted - inofficially. Check them out, you won't regret it!

Also, don't forget to vote in the polls in the second post!

+ Show Spoiler [Brain vs. Sziky] +

+ Show Spoiler [Cute2 vs. dRaW] +

+ Show Spoiler [TerranBoy vs. trutaCz] +