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CTC becomes World Team League: 12 teams, $49,000

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digmouse
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
China6330 Posts
Last Edited: 2021-03-08 18:12:01
March 08 2021 14:11 GMT
#1
SCboy presents: World Team League 2021

China Team Championship goes global!

(Wiki)World Team League/2021/Summer


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In WTC 2021, teams are no longer required to field a player from China, Hong Kong, Taiwan or Macau. This opens the gate for teams from Europe and America to compete in the league, and with online cross server matches becoming the norm in a post-pandemic world, WTC becomes the first premier team competition in recent years to go global after the departure of legendary team events like Acer Teamstory Cup.

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Regular Season

12 team round robin. Proleague format, best of 2 series for each match-up, with best of 1 ace match if needed. Top 5 advance to playoffs.

Playoffs

Proleague style single elimination bracket, best of 7 all kill format, best of 2 series for each match-up with a unique twist: in a 1-1 scenario, both players will be eliminated.

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New faces and old fan favorites come together to form the most diverse and exciting line up in CTC history.

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Alpha X
(P)Astrea (T)FuturE (P)Nice (Z)RagnaroK (P)Zoun

Team Liquid
(T)Clem (T)Kelazhur (P)Harstem (P)MaNa (T)TaeJa (T)uThermal

Team GP
(P)Prince (T)Ryung (P)TAiLS (T)NaTuRal (Z)DRGLing (P)LunaSea

KaiZi Gaming
(T)INnoVation (Z)Solar (T)TIME

Team LaoPaoer
(P)Jieshi (Wiki)QzDdb (Z)wanted

Team NV
(T)Bunny (P)Creator (T)Maru (P)NightMare (P)sOs (Z)DRG HHs

Dragon Pheonix Gaming
(T)Cure (Z)Dark (Z)Rogue (P)Zest

Good Game Gaming
(P)Cyan (T)Dream (P)Patience

Shopify Rebellion
(T)ByuN (Z)Lambo (Z)Scarlett (Z)TLO

Invictus Gaming
(P)Jim (Z)XiGua (P)MacSed (T)XY

Afreeca Freecs
(Z)Armani (P)Stats (P)Trap (T)TY

Team eXoN
(Z)Cham (P)Gerald (Wiki)MaxPax (T)SpeCial (P)Nina


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WTC 2021 will feature $49,000+ in prize money each season, with $98,000+ total prize money for the two season year. SCboy will also launch a merch campaign in the domestic market, with a share of the revenue being added to the total prize pool.

Seasonal prize money distribution (base):

1st: $12,560/¥80,000
2nd: $9,195/¥60,000
3rd: $6,123/¥40,000
4th: $4,600/¥30,000
5th: $3,065/¥20,000
6th: $2,452/¥16,000
7th: $2,145/¥14,000
8th: $1,839/¥12,000
9th: $1,532/¥10,000
10th: $1,073/¥7,000
11th: $920/¥6,000
12th: $766/¥5,000


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WTC 2021 will be livestreamed on Twitch in multiple languages, 11:00 GMT (+00:00) every Friday, Saturday and Sunday starting March 26th. Playoffs weekend starting June 26th.

cn Scboy | Mage
uk Wardi | CreightonOlsen
kr CranK | Maddox | IntotheiNu | ELSStephenCurry
TranslatorIf you want to ask anything about Chinese esports, send me a PM or follow me @nerddigmouse.
sneakyfox
Profile Joined January 2017
8216 Posts
March 08 2021 14:40 GMT
#2
Hype hype hype

We have two threads though.
"I saw what sneakyfox wrote on TL.net and it made me furious" - PartinG
OsaX Nymloth
Profile Joined March 2013
Poland3244 Posts
March 08 2021 15:04 GMT
#3
This looks hype af!
Twitter: @osaxnymloth
Tastyyyy
Profile Joined July 2018
Portugal95 Posts
March 08 2021 15:28 GMT
#4
Gotta love SCboy
Husyelt
Profile Blog Joined May 2020
United States837 Posts
March 08 2021 15:39 GMT
#5
This sounds amazing great stuff
You're getting cynical and that won't do I'd throw the rose tint back on the exploded view
dbRic1203
Profile Joined July 2019
Germany2655 Posts
March 08 2021 15:42 GMT
#6
H Y P E
I feel like with so many great teams, they could have extended the playoffs by one spot.
MaxPax
osliang
Profile Joined June 2019
China108 Posts
March 08 2021 16:30 GMT
#7
Wow, 3 months of Starcraft 2 games? Can't wait :D
Andi_Goldberger
Profile Joined July 2018
Germany1608 Posts
March 08 2021 16:47 GMT
#8
oh boy this is nice!
Sad that team QLASH with a certain world champion and a pretty good poker player isnt participating
~~~~~
muppet70
Profile Joined January 2017
Sweden72 Posts
March 08 2021 16:57 GMT
#9
On March 09 2021 01:47 Andi_Goldberger wrote:
oh boy this is nice!
Sad that team QLASH with a certain world champion and a pretty good poker player isnt participating


Wishing for Qlash to partner with Ence for a collab team!
Edpayasugo
Profile Joined April 2013
United Kingdom2217 Posts
March 08 2021 16:58 GMT
#10
KaiZi fighting!

And Wardi casting, great.
FlaSh MMA INnoVation FanTaSy MKP TY Ryung | soO Dark Rogue | HuK PartinG Stork State
InfCereal
Profile Joined December 2011
Canada1759 Posts
March 08 2021 17:41 GMT
#11
Interesting to see Taeja again
Cereal
lepricon1992
Profile Joined July 2019
105 Posts
March 08 2021 17:47 GMT
#12
Wish to have a offline playoffs.
SmoKim
Profile Joined March 2010
Denmark10305 Posts
March 08 2021 17:53 GMT
#13
Is the the best news in recent times?

Finally a Team League! And the teams looks overall pretty balanced

Now we just need NationWars back
"LOL I have 202 supply right now (3 minutes later)..."LOL NOW I HAVE 220 SUPPLY SUP?!?!?" - Mondragon
BisuDagger
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Bisutopia19320 Posts
March 08 2021 17:53 GMT
#14
This is some of the best news possible for SC2. I'm really excited to see how the teams do. For a world team league we are missing some critical top players. As there still time for teams to pick up more players?
ModeratorFormer Afreeca Starleague Caster: http://afreeca.tv/ASL2ENG2
Malta Soron
Profile Joined May 2012
Netherlands3 Posts
March 08 2021 17:57 GMT
#15
On March 09 2021 01:47 Andi_Goldberger wrote:
oh boy this is nice!
Sad that team QLASH with a certain world champion and a pretty good poker player isnt participating


Yeah, that's the disadvantage of having a small SC2 roster on a team. The same goes for most of the other top foreigners (Serral, Showtime, Heromarine, Neeb) and Parting.
dbRic1203
Profile Joined July 2019
Germany2655 Posts
March 08 2021 18:48 GMT
#16
On March 09 2021 02:53 SmoKim wrote:
Is the the best news in recent times?

Finally a Team League! And the teams looks overall pretty balanced

Now we just need NationWars back

Well the Team league has been going for quite some time now, so nothing realy new. Just new Rules I suppose
MaxPax
Crocolisk Dundee
Profile Blog Joined October 2015
870 Posts
March 08 2021 20:15 GMT
#17
Is TLO actually playing? He is listed as part of the Shopify Rebellion roster.
Stopped watching ESL content in 2022 when the company was acquired by Savvy Gaming Group. Also object to sponsorships by the U.S. Air Force. Thanks for the lively discussions about sportswashing. StarCraft II is not for me anymore.
warnull
Profile Joined February 2016
United States280 Posts
March 08 2021 20:35 GMT
#18
On March 09 2021 01:57 muppet70 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 09 2021 01:47 Andi_Goldberger wrote:
oh boy this is nice!
Sad that team QLASH with a certain world champion and a pretty good poker player isnt participating


Wishing for Qlash to partner with Ence for a collab team!


The idea of smaller EU teams joining together as one for the team league was explored, according to Xiaose on stream. Unfortunately it didn't pan out.
Swisslink
Profile Joined March 2011
2954 Posts
March 08 2021 20:53 GMT
#19
I guess the regular season will be Bo5?
dbRic1203
Profile Joined July 2019
Germany2655 Posts
March 08 2021 20:56 GMT
#20
On March 09 2021 05:35 warnull wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 09 2021 01:57 muppet70 wrote:
On March 09 2021 01:47 Andi_Goldberger wrote:
oh boy this is nice!
Sad that team QLASH with a certain world champion and a pretty good poker player isnt participating


Wishing for Qlash to partner with Ence for a collab team!


The idea of smaller EU teams joining together as one for the team league was explored, according to Xiaose on stream. Unfortunately it didn't pan out.

I think its better this way.
Imagine Qlash (Reynor), Ence (Serral), Mouz (Gabe) and BIG (Showtime) formed a super team. It would be against the idear of teams and team leagues to begin with.

Yes it would be interesting to see an EU only team compete there and actually be one of the favorites. But not if we had to sacrifice actual teams, that invest into deep roosters for that.
MaxPax
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